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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1967
Page
2
A list of public meetings in Carbondale and surrounding towns with times on Wednesday including conservation board library board and economic development group. Also district school board water commission and zoning meetings plus film showings at Marlow's Varsity and Fox theaters with start times.
Carbondale Citizens Advisory Committee meets at 4 p m. at the Crab Orchard Job Corps Center with other community events including the Job Corps Center advisory council at 7 p m. in Ordill Murphysboro Unit School District 186 hosts 7 30 p m. Carruthers Junior High School program. Herrin Energy Village Board gathers 6 p m at a temporary village hall. Benton High School Board meets 7 p m. Special events include Herrin Senior Citizens Tour Club at 2 p m with a bus trip show at 211 N 14th St. Franklin County Advisory Council annual meeting at 6 30 p m in Akin Grade School gym. Senior Citizens slide show at 2 p m at the center 211 N 14th St. Movie listing Rodgers Anna Triple Cross.
The Marion Unit Two School Board accepted four resignations and hired five new staff. Connie Clark and Dana Smothers resigned as library technicians. Evelyn Parkinson will replace Clark at Washington School, with Smothers’ replacement to be named later. Katherine Klamp resigned as sixth grade teacher. Michelle Harmis was hired to replace her.
The Williamson County TB Sanitorium board reportedly moves its offices to the Franklin Williamson Bi County Health Dept. building in Johnston City. Chairman Homer Askew seeks official authority and says the secretary was given notice.
Herrin Unit School Board approved letting the Herrin Park District use South Side School gym for an adult fitness program. Fees for electricity and custodial work must be paid. The plan calls for two morning sessions for men and one evening session for women weekly.
A group of 36 residents filed a petition with City Clerk Otto Biggs charging Cockrum's Sheltered Care Home at 1409 N. Main St. violates the city zoning ordinance by housing feeble-minded or insane residents in R-2 and R-3 districts. Rev. H. V. Knight and City Atty. Don Cox reviewed the petition. officials noted state hospital patients are screened before discharge.
The annual cookie parties hosted by Professor and Mrs. Nelson L. Bossing of Southern Illinois University foster intercultural交流 among international students since 1962. Students praise the gatherings as a key chance to meet peers from many countries and build mutual understanding.
Benton police took into custody two 16 year old West Frankfort girls missing for a week, and Joann Shannon 19 charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. All were released to their parents after being found at the Franklin Hotel Benton at 11 50 p m. Previously they stayed at the Dimmick Hotel in West Frankfort.
Judith Herrin a 19 year old McKendree College student from Herrin was injured in an auto crash Saturday. She is a patient at St Elizabeth Hospital Belleville and her mother says she is doing all right. The Herrin family listing is 395 Park Lane Herrin.
Murphysboro Unit District 186 reports high absence rates across schools with 98 of 800 pupils out at Murphysboro High on Tuesday and 86 today. Carruthers Junior High 375 records 82 absent Tuesday and 72 today. District superintendent James Blackwood cites lower grades less affected. most illnesses are respiratory, with colds and flu. Principal Wayne Perry notes December usually tough for attendance but this week is unusually high. Health officer Dr. H. H. Rohrer ties rise to multiple causes, not a centralized influenza outbreak, and cites similar upticks in other districts.
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