Board Hires Secretary and Office Aide at Carbondale HS
Carbondale High School District 165 Board of Education hired a secretary and a guidance office assistant. Mrs. Virginia Costigan, a 1987 CCHS graduate, was named secretary and Mrs. Frerett N. Hong became the guidance assistant. Costigan attended Southern Illinois University for two years.
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de Carbondale High School
Board of Education
Virginia Schonioft Costigan
Frerett N. Hong
Costigan
CCHS
Southernhe Noig University
Carbondale High School board in brief actions
The Carbondale High School board set a date to discuss a policy on custodians' working conditions, hired a secretary and an office assistant, and learned the state will fund a survey on job opportunities for graduates of a marketable skills program. Additional items included ongoing test results, new staff temp positions, and a plan for psychological testing for students entering an educable mentally handicapped program. The board also extended the West Bus Service contract and reviewed a post wage meter for potential district purchase.
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Carbondale High School
Board of Education
Hong
Costigan
Diane Blewer
Juanita Johnson
R. G. Isaacs
Carbondale Community High School
Officer Candidate School of the Army
Isaacs
CCHS
State Office of Public Istruction
Marehs
West Bus Service
Stud Transportation
We’re Sorry for Delay in Deliveries
An item notes a mechanical breakdown caused a delay in the regular schedule and apologizes for being late. It mentions the setback and promises to catch up. No names or places are included.
Mines Report Recaps Saturday Operations and Notes
Mines working Saturday include Orient 3 and Avigler 4 with Old Ben 9 and Ole Ben 21. Orient 4 and 5 also logged activity. Burning Stave and Sear percentages appear in the briefing alongside Hidelity and other items in the field report.
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Oiler
Avigler
Old
Ole Ben
Hidelity
Carbondale District 95 Sees $25,269 Deficit Expected
Carbondale Grade School District 95 forecasts a $25,269 annual deficit, below the $40,000 feared. Supt. Laurence Marlin cites education fund shortfall at $22,771 and a bonds and interest shortfall of $6,577 by June 30. Projected positive balances include $1,420 in building, $2,387 in transportation, and $272 in municipal retirement funds.
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Carbondale
Laurence Marlin
Lane
Martin
Board of Education
Marlin
Illinois Municipal
Education
Transportation
Renfro Insurance Agency
Paul Brown
Union Proposals Grade Board Rejects Pact At Carbondale
Union seeks to represent 168 Carbondale area workers in Grade School District 95. Board rejects memorandum of agreement with Local 316. plans April talks to fix differences and consider policy on custodians and cooks for potential future action.
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Carbondale
Board of Education
Building Service
Haucalion Liaraway Sage
Building Service Employes International Union
Afl-Cio
Eae Nohaersen
Saasee
Elmer Brandhorst
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale School Board to Decide on Union Representation
Carbondale Grade School District 95 board rejected a request to sign a memorandum with the Building Service Employes Union and learned a potential district deficit. The board postponed action, debated seniority and job security, and considered a private discussion to avoid influencing members, with no vote recorded.
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Carbondale
Board of Education
Val Cox
Busi James Wallace
Cox
Norman Moore
Lincoln School
Carl Jones
Souts
Joseph Ragsdale
Brandhorst
No Snow Forecast It's Getting Warmer
Sub zero cold eased with a warming trend. Weather Bureau Cairo forecasts 35 to 40 degrees Saturday and fair to partly cloudy conditions. Tonight's low 15 to 20 degrees. No snow expected this weekend. Readings from Williamson County Airport and Benton show lows near 10 to 17 degrees and highs in the 20s to low 30s.
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Illinois
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Central
Ilinois Public Service Co
Williamson County
Colp Home Burns Widow Dies In Blaze
An elderly Colp widow, Mrs Arrila Matthews about 70, perished in a morning house fire. Firefighters from Colp Carterville and Herrin battled the blaze about two hours, finding her body in a doorway between the kitchen and bedroom. Cause undetermined. Water shortages hampered efforts as pumpers from three towns fought flames.
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Colp
Arrila Matthews
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Carterville
Herrin
Bessie Tulous
George Wright
Wright
Carbondale Sports Club To Be Built
A Carbondale construction firm plans a private sports club west of Carbondale at a cost of 125000 to 150000 dollars. John H. Talbot of Orchard Lake Construction Co. says work starts this spring on a three acre site with an Olympic sized pool and other facilities. The club opens in June with lifetime memberships 125 dollars and annual dues 40 dollars per family, limited to 650 to 700 families and staffed by 10 to 15 workers plus four lifeguards.
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Carbondale Construction
Carbondale
John H. Talbot
Pera Orchard Lake Construction Co
Towers Road
Carbondale Surf Club
American Public Health Association
State Sanitary Engineers
Talbot
Keathly
Colp
Matthews
St. Louis
Litton
Herrin Post Office Extends Saturday Hours
The Herrin Post Office will remain open until 5 p.m. Saturday. Postmaster Lee Herrin announced the extension after talks with postal officials. The office will close at noon on Friday, December 22, with the longer Saturday hours aimed to aid service on the earlier date.
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Herrin
Lee Herrin
Vent Pipe Blockage Warning From State Fire Marshal
State Fire Marshal Al Phillips urged residents with gas or oil heating units to ensure vent pipes are unobstructed. He noted state law requires proper venting and advised covering pipes to prevent bird nesting. The warning follows the deaths of two truckers from gas fumes likely caused by a blocked stove vent.
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al Phillips
Herrin
Phillips
Prints Hint at Leads in Carbondale Slaying Case
Carbondale police and state crime lab pursue footprints and fingerprints from a pre dawn slaying that killed Miss Elsie Louise White. About 20 men questioned, two lie detector tests inconclusive, with a 36 year old man in custody pending further results and a funeral planned for Miss White in Oakland Cemetery.
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Elsie Louise White
Carbondale
Floyd Crawshaw
Mio Mana Hankadan
EME USA
Murphysboro
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
James Wallace
Carbondale Public Safety
Wallace
Wallace and Murphysboro
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State
Family Tells Of Attempts To Save Baby
In Murphysboro an inquest heard a fire last week claimed four week old Lannie Eugene Harris. The coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. Witnesses Mrs Harris sister Mrs Mary Barger and two Harris children plus Fire Chief Chester Steele described the glow and smoke hindering rescue efforts. The fire began near a coal stove flue in the rear bedroom where the infant slept.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Lannie Eugene Harris
Jessie Mae Harris
Haris
Logan St
Harris
Ramona Jean
Edgar
Chester Steele
Ramona
Harvis
Deaths in motel gas fumes blamed on bird nest
Inquest heard a bird nest blocked a four inch vent pipe in a Davie Motel gas heater, causing fumes to fill the room and killing brothers James W. Slater 29 and William R. Slater 18 of Loretto Tennessee. The time of death was about 11 30 pm Tuesday after their truck broke down on Route 3 near the Union Jackson county line.
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Wolf Lake
Jonesboro
Union County
L. F. Pearson
James W. Slater
William R. Slater
Loretto
Tenn
Davie
Rt. 3
Union-Jackson County Line
al Phillips
Herrin
Pearson
Gene Fulenwider
Phillips
Slater
Tennessee
W. W. Davie
Jay Culbertson
St. Louis
Rotary Christmas Dinner Draws Hundreds in Carbondale
About 250 people attended the Carbondale Rotary Club Christmas dinner at Southern Illinois University Center ballroom. Norman Beck and local Rotary presidents joined guests including Col. A R MacMillan who noted some 380 foreign students were invited as guests with entertainment from India, Japan, Germany, Panama, Korea, Ethiopia, Scotland, Nationalist China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
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Carbondale Rotary Club
Southern Illinois University Center
Carbondale Club
Obser Ance Ue
Herrin
Murphystoro
Norman Beck
International Rotary
Thomas Easterly
Carbondale Rotary
John Reed
Herrin Rotary
Henry Rahming
Murphyshoro Rotary
Col
A. R. MacMillian
India
Japan
Germany
Panama
Korea
Ethopia
Scotland
China
Viet Nam
Philippines
Priest Named Aid Director for Williamson County
Lonnie Priest, former Williamson County Commissioner, will assume duties Monday as general assistance administrator replacing Frank Lockwood. Lockwood recently left Mt. Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium stay and was briefly under care. Priest, of Marion Rt. 5, has run Midway Construction Co. and served on the county public aid advisory committee and tuberculosis sanitarium board.
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Williamson County
Priest
Frank Lockwood
Herrin
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Lockwood
Mt. Vernon
Ann Brown
Energy
Rt. 5
Marion
Midway Construction Co
Williamson County Public Aid Advisory Committee
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Courthouse Reopens in Jackson After Heat Repair
Jackson County courthouse offices in Murphysboro reopened today after noon closure for repairs to a broken fire heater. One furnace dismantled another patched to keep operation, both defective. Heat restored Thursday but boiler pressure kept low to prevent further breakdowns.
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Murphysboro
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