Weber Heads Brick Union Local 72 in Chester
Harry Weber of Chester is re elected president of Local 72 Brick Masons and Plasterers International Union. Secretary Guy Hardin of Murphysboro also re elected. New officers include Paul Potts Carbondale vice president Andrew Lodge Murphysboro warden John Craver Murphysboro deputy George Reimer Chester and Auditory Committee Dewey Potts Carbondale Harley Rarter Campbell Hill Homer Rarthert Ava. They will begin duties at a Murphysboro meeting on January 6. Local 72 serves Randolph Perry and Jackson Counties.
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Harry Weber
Chester
Brick Masons and Plasterers International Union
Guy Hardin
George Reimer
Dewey Potts
Carbondale
Harley Rathert
Campbell Hill
Homer Rathert
Ava
Murphysboro
Hardin
Randolph
Perry
Jackson Counties
Mary Davidson Celebrates 100th Birthday on Friday the 13th
Mrs. Mary Davidson of Little Rock Arkansas marked her 100th birthday on a Friday the 13th proving her belief that the date brings no bad luck. The centenarian remains active and optimistic about the future.
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Little Rock, Ark
Mary Davidson
Red Men Santa Party Aids Needy Kids In Herrin
Santa Claus visits Southern Illinois Children's Service Center at the Red Men Lodge in Herrin City Hall Monday night. Lee Roy Laffoon notes the event aims to give neglected and dependent children a memorable Christmas with gifts, checks, fruit, and pencils from local firms. Peggy Wallett narrates a 15 minute Christmas puppet story while Carolyn Houston supplies music and area scouts perform dances. Albert W. Jeffreys will preside as master of ceremonies. The 7:30 p m party is open to Red Men members and interested residents.
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Santa Claus
Southern Illinois Children’s Service Center
Red Men’s Lodge
Herrin
Lee Roy Laffoon Seledt
Pocahontas Lodge
Jeffreys
Laffoon
Red Men
Official Job Hunter Frankfort Ky Finds Few Openings
James Oberst, a parolee placement representative in Kentucky, has to search for 200 jobs but finds only about 10 since March. State officials warn luck may be needed as openings are scarce at the reformatories and penitentiary system. He now places roughly two men a month while scouting employers statewide. Oberst notes one parolee he hired proved to be the best for a specific job.
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James Oberst
Ems
Kentuc State Reformatory
James W. Hughes
Bureau of Ayer
Oberst
Louisville
Congress
Illinois Central
Mid-America
Carbondale NAACP to Elect Officers
The Carbondale branch of the NAACP will hold its last meeting of 1955 Sunday at 3 00 pm at Hopewell Baptist Church. Robert Crim, a Southern Illinois University student, will be guest speaker and officers for 1956 will be elected.
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Carbondale
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Hopewell Baptist Church
Robert Crim
Southern Illinois University
Crainville Church Presents Christmas Pageant The
Crainville church will present a Christmas pageant titled The at its hall on December night. Organizers say the program features local performers from the community and captures the nativity story with song and narration.
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Crainville Church
Gift Presentation At Crainville Church Scheduled
Gift will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday at Crainville Baptist Church. Young Baptist Assn. attendance records for 1955 56 will be unveiled at the 10 40 a.m. morning worship hour.
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Crainville Baptist Church
Young Baptist Assn
Teachers Strike In Rome Over Massive Pay Raises
Eighty thousand teachers in Rome walked out on Thursday demanding pay raises averaging 11 a month and up to 75 percent. Starting pay currently is 40 000 lire or about 64 dollars a month.
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Itate
Sheriff Is Own Victim in Accidental Pistol Discharge
Deputy Sheriff Bertis Fussell of Rose Hill North Carolina kept a pistol for 19 years without a incident. He accidentally fired his weapon while answering a disturbance call dropping the pistol from his desk and it struck him in the calf.
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Bertis Fussell
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