Southern Illinois Calendar Public Meetings and Events
Public meetings are listed for Du Quoin Pinckneyville Elverado Carbondale Marion and other towns with 7 to 7:30 p.m. start times Monday and Tuesday. Also noted are special events, movie listings, school board sessions and arts group rehearsals including Herrin Little Egypt chapter of SP E B S 95 A and Sphinx Chapter Sweet Adelines in Carbondale.
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du Quoin
John B. Ward
Pinckneyville
Elverado
Elkville
Benton
E. Church St
Johnston City
Christopher City
Zeigler City Council
Southern Timpis Airport Authority
Century High School District Board
Dongola Unit School Board
Herrin Little Egypt
Herrin High School
Carbondale
Plaza Park
Washington Avenue
Main Street
Illinois Central Depot
Anna - Jonesboro
John A. Logan College Board of Trustees
Carterville
Marion Unit
Board of Education
Rend Lake College Board
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
Wood
the Arts Sphinx
Sweet Adelines
First Presbyterian Church
Elm Street
University Avenue
Funeral services for Harold Venus set in Percy
Funeral services for Harold Ray Venus 16 of Percy will be at 2 pm Tuesday at the McDaniel Funneral Home in Percy with Rev. Same Calaboun Fatt. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery at Percy. Venus died at Sparta Community Hospital after a car crash four miles southwest of Sparta. He was born January 30 1951 in Murphysboro, son of Ray and Lillian Venus. Surviving are his parents and sisters Nora Smith Darjene Venus Esther Venus and Alice Venus of Percy. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Harold Ray Venus
Percy
McDaniel Funneral
Calaboun
Venus
Sparta Community Hospital
Sparta
Murphysboro
Ray
Lillian Vickery Venus
Nora Smith
Darjene Venus
Esther Venus
Alice Venus
Rommie Williams
Belleville Memorial Hospital
Robert Schilling
Evansville
Scott Air Force Base Hospital
Clarence Schilling
Campbell Hill Ava Dial Changes Set
Campbell Hill and Ava residents will begin using a new dialing procedure on Tuesday. Commercial manager D J Schmidt said callers must dial the prefix 1 for long distance direct calls and use the full seven digit number plus area code where applicable.
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Ava
Campbell Hill
D. J. Schmidt
Area
Schmidt
Fire Damages Don Jones Residence. Evacuations Ordered
Fire Chief reports heavy interior damage to the Don Jones home at 708 N Victor St. Christopher from a bedroom fire started early today. No damage estimate given. Jones family evacuated as investigators probe cause. Mrs. Mary Corrigan of Cutler, 87, died Sunday at Memorial Hospital in Chester. funeral is 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Church Willisville. Burial at St. Boniface Cemetery Evansville. Friends may call Lyne Hill Funeral Home Cutler. Rosary recited at 7 p.m. today.
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Don Jones
N. Victor St. Christopher
Pepino Trogolo
Trogolo
Jones
Mary Corrigan
Cutler
Memorial Hospital
Chester
St. Joseph’s Catholc Church
Willisville
Leo Hayes
St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
Evans Ville
Lyne-Hill Funeral
Cutter
Santa Socks Hang in Carterville Fire Station
Santa is expected to pass Carterville as 20 red socks hang in the fire station window for 14 regular and 6 volunteer firefighters. The socks, made by the fire chief's wife Mrs Bill Edwards, sit above a Christmas tree. A tree and star crown the building and candy canes adorn each sock if Santa’s bag runs low.
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Carterville
Bill Edwards
Santa
Weekend Search Ends As Missing Boys Found At Relatives
Two youths from Murphysboro Rt 2, Mike Terry and Jerry Addison, were reported missing after a boat trip on the Big Muddy River Saturday night. Deputies conducted area and aerial searches before the boys were found Sunday morning at the home of their grandparents, Mr and Mrs Claude Terry.
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Addison
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Big Muddy
Shore
Claude Terry
Terry
Hurst home burns in South Main Street blaze
A one story frame residence on South Main Street in Hurst burned Saturday night. Firemen say the occupant was Larry Bowden and his daughter away at the time. Bowden is serving in Vietnam. Cause undetermined. Reported about 10:30 p.m. The Southern Illinoisan notes the paper’s regional offices and AP affiliation.
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Hurst
Main Street
Sige
Larry Bowden
Bowden
Viet‘nem
Slippery bridges blamed in Southern Illinois weekend crashes
District 1% State Police report five injuries from Saturday crashes caused by slick bridge surfaces. Among those hurt were Robert G. Bjurstrom and two passengers after a Rt 177 collision near Okanville, and Emily Schwartz after a Rt 154 bridge incident near Pinckneyville. Several others injured in separate Rt routes near Carbondale, Zeigler, and Baldwin as crews logged multiple weekend incidents.
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Okanville
Robert G. Bjurstrom
Trenton
Donald Bjurstrom
James Johnson
O’fallon
Shelby C. Sloat
Hurst
Big Muddy River
Carbondale
Saiwre Jacqueline Peirce
de Soto
Doctors Hospital
Emily Schwartz
Pinckneyville
Silent minority on SIU board stays tight lipped
Two of eight SIU board members spoke publicly on university affairs. Eugene T. Simonds of Carbondale and F. Guy Hitt of Benton offered cautious, off the record comments while urged to present official positions. Both bring long backgrounds in business and banking, with Simonds facing scrutiny over personal company ties.
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Margaret Ann Nicoley
Southern Clinotian
Southern Ilinois University
Whetre
Eugene
T. Simonds
Carbondale
Lindell. W
Sturgis
Guy ‘Hitt
Benton
Hitt
SIU
Simonds
Hitti
Benton and
Anna
First National Bank of Carbondale
Bank of Harrisburg
Wham
Democratic Party
Carbondale Community High School
Dinais Commission On Higher Education
Illinois Board of Higher Education
University of Alinois
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
Board of
Banker board member shapes money views on University House
Harold R. Fischer, banker on Southern Illinois University board since 1954, urges open meetings remain private during early development to protect proper solutions. He questions broader funding controls and says he would vote for University House again with the same information. He criticizes sensational press coverage and praises The Southern Illinoisan for reporting on overheads at other universities.
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Illinois Board of Higher Education
University House
Margaret Ann Nicoley
Southern Hlinoisa
Harold R. Fischer
Granite City
Southern Inois University
Fischer
SIU
T Am
Ten-year-old Chester boy struck by car
A 10 year old Chester youth was treated at Memorial Hospital in Chester after a Sunday crash. Police Chief Clarence Arms gard Donald Milligan, son of June Milligan, ran into a car driven by Michael Phillips. The chief said he did not know Phillips name or address. No tickets were issued. The accident occurred near Stacy and Swanwick streets around noon. Marion brief notes Charles R. Wagner, 21, cited for driving with expired license.
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Agnes E. Fabick
St. Louis
Evansville Road
Todd ‘J. Vincent
Anna
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Giant City Road
Charles DeBieck
Tilden
Aldrich Auto
Chester
Memorial Hospital
Clarence Armsgard
Donald Milligan
June Milligan
Michael Phillips
Phillips
Stacy and
Swanwick Streets
Marion
Charles R. Wagner
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Mike ‘Terry
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Southern Winds Inc
North Winois Avenue
North 6Th Street
Herrin
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Illenois
Southern Miinalsan
Carbondale Free Press
iHerrin Dally Journal
Furphysbore Independent
Associated Press
Oval News
AP News
Southern
Illinoisan
Murphysbere
Southern Illinois Injuries
Rt. 154
Thomas Gaston
Rt. 127
Rt. 148
Zeigler
Satuday
Southern Illinois University Board
Southern Illinois. University
Board of Uustees
Southern Tilinvisan
Simond
John Page Wham
Centralia
STU
University
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Pramar Ree
Mardale Shopping Center
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