Carbondale Populations: City 12,400 Trade Area 15,787
Pre-publication census analysis for April shows Carbondale city population at 12,400 and trade area at 15,787. The city grew 13 percent since 1950, with migratory patterns and age shifts amid many newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Community Council
F. S. Randall
League of Women Voters
Southern Illinois University Department of Community Development
Greater Carbondale
SIU
Southern Illinois Oil Prospects Slow Amid Price Cut
SIU geologists say lower crude prices will curb area exploration as Sohio and others trim to 15 cents less per barrel. The $3 rate marks a four year low and likely reduces new drilling, hurting local economy and delaying wells, with industry officials noting rising costs compound the squeeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Sohio
Frank Bell
SIU Petroleum
Dewey H. Amos
SIU Geology Department
Alf Thompson
Independent Petroleum Assn. of America
Thompson
Marion Man Pleads Innocent To DUI Charge
Pete Hamilton Jr. of Marion pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge A R Cagle in Williamson County court. Bond set at 1000 with return date January 15 and a jury trial requested. Hamilton was arrested after a wreck with Roger Myrick of Herrin at 4 30 a m on Route 13 near Viking Freight. Myrick’s blowout caused the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Hamilton Jr
N. Vicksburg St
Marion
A. R. Cagle
Williamson
Cagle
Hamilton
Floyd Myers
Viking
Roger Myrick
Herrin
Wright Heads Williamson County Commission Board
Henry Wright known as Hank Wright was elected chairman of the Williamson County Board of Commissioners. Lonnie Priest had served as acting chairman since December 2 after winning the November election. The board also set 1958 fee offices totaling 97,140 and amended the budget including increasing the coroner and assessor funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry “Hank” Wright
Herrin Democrat
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Lonnie Priest
Rt. 5
Marion Democrat
C. H. Whitcomb
Marion
Three Benton youths escape after car overturns
Three Benton youths James Mabry Carlos Lampley and Charles Robey were in a 1958 car driven by Mabry on Rt 14 about three miles west of Benton. At about 1 am the vehicle went out of control on a steep hill overturned and rolled into a field landing upside down. No one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Rt. 14
James Mabry
Carlos Lampley
Charles Robey
Mabry
Robey
Two Boys Drown In Ice Coated Pond At Coulterville
A funeral service was held in Coulterville for 7 year old Lawrence Bouas and 6 year old Michael Hillyard who drowned Saturday afternoon after falling through ice on a private pond near the Hillyard home. Firemen recovered the bodies about an hour later in four feet of water. The coroner’s office said the pond is near the Hillyard residence and an inquest is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulterville
Lawrence
Larry” Bouas
Michael Hillyard
Michael
Hillyard
United Presbyterian Church
Howard
Bouas
Milton Hurst
Walter Meyer
Walter Lowe
John Hunter
Gerald Shaw
Claude Fraley
Sparta
Jim Hallock
Harold Berkley
Norman Hillyard
Beverly Ann
Kenneth
Stephen
Charles Eylie
sAlina Jackson
Swanwick
Walton Hillyard
Montana
Eats
Lawrence E
Fatal Fog Shuts Roads In Southern Illinois
A Belleville man was killed and a Harrisburg youth critically injured in separate one car crashes on fog wrapped highways. Malcolm White 52 of Belleville died after a Rt 3 crash near McClure while Bobby Foster 21 of Muddy remained in critical condition at Lightner Hospital Harrisburg after a Rt 34 collision. Three others escaped injury in a Massac County incident on Rt 45 caused by heavy fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Harrisburg
Illinois
Malcolm White
First St
Lightner Hospital
Bobby Foster
du Quoin
White
Rt. 3
McClure
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
North Funeral Home
Foster
Massac County
Rt. 45
Massac
Johnson County
Marion UF Thirty-Day Drive Nears Goal
Marion United Fund remains $900 shy of a $22,923 quota as Kenneth Avis reports progress from a late-week effort that reduced the deficit from $1,500. A final consolidation is planned with nine agencies taking part in the city’s first consolidated charity drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
United Fund
Kenneth Avis
Avis
Stolen Car Recovered in Carbondale
A car reported stolen Saturday night by Lowell Short of Makanda was found early today by Carbondale police. Acting Asst. Chief James Stearns said he located the vehicle around 1 a.m. in the 200 block of West Jackson Street and returned it to Short this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lowell Short
Makanda
James Stearns
West Jackson Street
Short
West Monroe Street
Southwest Missouri to face SIU in Flora Friday game
Southwest Missouri of Springfield Missouri will play SIU at Flora Friday night at 7 30 p m. Southwest was booked after Colorado State withdrew when the governor cancelled a trip to Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Missouri
Springfield
SIU
Flora
Southwest
Colorado State
Louisana
Illinois Power Asks Electric Rate Increase
Illinois Power Co seeks a general rate rise to take effect January 16, 1958, affecting about 300 000 customers. Residential bills would rise 33 to 108 cents monthly depending on usage, with Class I II and III areas showing higher charges and commercial rural industrial rates also increasing. Allen Van Wyck explains the rise covers rising costs and needed expansion. the company plans over 168 million dollars in five years with 29 million next year from new securities. hearings may defer the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Illinois Power Co
Illinois Commerce Mission Today
du Quoin
Chester
Pinckneyville
Sparta
Allen van Wyck
van Wyck
Commerce Commission
Deterding Named Randolph Board Chairman in December Session
Ernest Deterding a Republican member of the Randolph Board of Commissioners was named Board chairman in a Chester December meeting. The session was ongoing at noon with no vote tally available. Deterding is the senior member and typically presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Deterding
Randolph Board of Commissioners
Chester
Deterding
Cisaka
William “Sonny” Dierks Jr
Sparta
C. W. “Speck
Zerban
Robert Schroeder
Mines Report Records for Tuesday Work Status
The list shows mine names with status on Tuesday including Old Ben Nos 9 14 22 Orient Nos 2 3 Freeman 4 Buckhorn Zeigler Nos 3 New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Traux Tracr No 2 Fidelity Old Ben Brique Plant and several not working entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Orient
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Zeigler
Two Murphysboro youths face theft and crash charges
Two teens from Murphysboro are charged after stealing cars and fleeing police. Dean Weston, 16, was jailed in Jackson County after a wreck that left one injured near the Big Muddy River bottoms. Kenneth Murray, 15, is hospitalized with arm shoulder and chest injuries in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Big Muddy
Rt. 149
Hurst
Dean Weston
Harrison
Jackson County
Kenneth Murray
Rt. 3
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Herrin
St. Andrew's Hospital
Martin
West Hemlock Street
Weston
Roy Cole
William Ridgeway
Murray
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Arch Edwards
Hinchcliff
Williamson County
Dean West
Two Zeigler youths charged in Franklin County burglaries
John Oakley and Walter Benson both 16 are in Franklin County jail after confessing to four burglaries in Zeigler and Herrin. They admitted stealing from Hawkin's cafe Beldo's Texaco Mack's Superette and two Herrin taverns plus changes from a money changer. Police linked them to two Herrin tavern break ins and questioned others in a West Frankfort supermarket burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler
Franklin County
John Oakley
Walter Benson
Herrin
Hawkin
Beldo
Texaco
Cole
Burke’s
Market
Herrin Tavern
Joe
Energy Wins Narrow by Zeigler 66 65
Energy Independent edged Zeigler 66 65 at Energy Grade School on Thursday. Hiller led Zeigler with 36 points while Energy players Cravens Crain Bowen and Dotson contributed key scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Energy Independent
Zeigler
Energy
Hiller
Duck Stamp To Feature Goose In 58
Next year’s duck stamp will be a goose stamp featuring Canada Geese. This marks the second appearance for the Southern Illinois game bird on federal hunting stamps, with the first in 1936. Canada Geese are the first birds pictured twice since 1934. Les Kouba of Minneapolis won the sketch, following Roy Preuss who designed the 1949 stamp. About two million stamps are issued yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Les Kouba
Minneapolis
Roy Preuss
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Tragic head-on crash kills 2-year-old and injures seven
In Bellwood on a rain slick bridge, a collision left Thomas Diedrich dead and seven relatives hospitalized. The child’s parents Loras and Doris Diedrich were serious. siblings were treated for minor injuries. The other driver George Sarfino 26 suffered a back injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bellwood
Thomas Diedrich
Westchester
Loras
Doris
West Lake Hospital
George Sariio
North Lake
Diedrich
Sarfino
Restoration work under way on Pierre Menard home near Chester
The Randolph County Historical Society reports preliminary restoration of Pierre Menard's home five miles north of Chester with volunteer labor. State historical consultants Richard S. Hagen and Berry Tracy direct the project funded by 47 500 dollars in state money, aiming for four years completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Menard
Chester
John — Gilster
Randolph County Historical Society
Richard S. Hagen
Berry Tracy
Gilster
Menard
Illinois
Hagen
Springfield
First Illinois Bank
Shawneetown
Con
Mississippi
Ohio
Cairo
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Galena
Mississippi River
Kaskaskia
Shadrach Bond
Lincoln
Grant
Ilinois
Fort Defiance
Police Briefs: Clark, Carterville Fined for Intoxication
Marion Millard Clark of Carterville was fined 15 dollars and 20 cents for intoxication Monday by Police Magistrate L. B. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Millard Clark
Carterville
L. B. Long
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Murphysboro Unit School District
Henry Wright
Coulterville Pond
Illinois Power
Randolph Board
Fidelity
Old Ben Brique
Paul Hindman
Herrin Street
Boy
Headon
of Menard Home
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!