Public Meetings and Arts Notes From Southern Illinoisan
A list of this week’s meetings includes Anna Jonesboro High School Board at 7 39 p m Tuesday at the school and city council sessions in Anna Benton Carbondale Cobden De Soto John A Logan College Marion Rend Lake and Rend Lake Conservancy District with 7 30 p m Tuesday start times In the arts Sphinx Chapter Sweet Adelines and First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale Elm Street and University Avenues plus movie showings at Liberty Murphysboro featuring Hang Em High The Good Bad and Ugly Paranoia and Color Me Dead through Warnerent
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Anna - Jonesboro Community High School
Anna City Council
Benton City
City Hall
Carbondale
Cobden
de Soto Grade School
John A. Logan College Board of Trustees
Carterville
Marion Unit
Board of Education
Rend Lake College Board
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake
Sphinx Chapter
Sweet Adelines
P.m
First Presbyterian Church
Elm Street
University Avenues
Liberty
Murphysboro
Marlen
Wranerent
Shawnee College to set bond referendum date
Shawnee College board plans to decide on December 22 the date and amount of a proposed bond issue to finance a permanent campus. President Loren E. Elais said staff would provide statistics on educational needs and state requirements by December 22. An adjacent master plan sketch will be presented by Architect Thomas Graman.
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Shawnee College
Loren E. Elais
Shawnee
Thomas Graman
Carbondale area meetings set for midweek evenings
The Carbondale Park District Plan Commission and Dwellings Association schedule 7:30 p.m. gatherings this week at 206 W Elm, City Hall, and 710 N Illinois Ave. A Zeigler Royalton School Board and Franklin High School event are listed for Thursday at Zaigier location in West Franklin.
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Carbondale Park District
W. Elm St
Carbondale Plan Commission
Carbondale Dwellings Association
Southern Illinois
N.llinois Ave
Zeigler Royalton Unit
Franklin High School
Zaigier
Santa Claus Returns Kitten After Christmas Mixup
Paula Barnes of Cobden thought she lost Frenchie a kitten given away. The kitten waited on a porch Monday night and a caller later confirmed the family had found it. Ruth McMillan, 75, of Carbondale, died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital.
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Frenchie
Roy Barnes
Cobden
Paula Barnes
Barnes
Paula
Ruth McMillan
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Walker Funeral Home
Sale
Safe theft clue found in Herrin burglary probe
A stolen car believed used in a Herrin safe burglary was found in an old strip mine pit near Cambria around noon Monday. Police say glass from the car matched a plate glass window broken to gain entry at the General Telephone Co. office early Monday.
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Herrin
Cambria
Big Humphrey
General Telephone Co
Model Cities report HUD approves housing plans
Carbondale City Council and Model Cities staff reviewed progress on HUD backed programs. 25 housing reservations were secured under the 235 program to help low income families buy homes with government subsidized interest. Discussions covered 236 funds, a northeast multifamily project, and needs in education employment and community facilities.
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Carbondale
Model Cities
Robert Stalls
Yocal Model Cities Agency
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Stalls
NDP
Attucks School
Park Board
Rend College lauds long contract extensions for top administrators
A North Central Association consultant praises Rend Lake College for extending six year contracts for President James M. Snyder and Business Manager Paul Fitch. The report notes the move aids future boards with orderly transitions and staffing, while Snyder hints at hiring an assistant for Fitch by July 1. Snyder is 56, Fitch 63, and Dean Howard Rawlinson declined a three year offer.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Rend Lake College
James M. Snyder
William N. Atkinson
Jackson Junior College
Jackson, Mich
North Central
Paul Fitch
Snyder
Fitch
Howard Rawlinson
Stilley candidacy legality upheld by state
Leslie Stilley a Democratic candidate for Williamson County superintendent of schools says a certificate of eligibility issued by Ray Page to allow him to file for the March 15 primary rests on a legal opinion from the state superintendent of schools. He filed with county clerk Barney Boren after Hutson raised reservations in 1963 about whether his Illinois supervisee years met the Tennessee code standards.
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Leslie Stilley
Williamson County
Ray Page
Stilley
N. E. Hutson
Dexter, Mo
Hutson
Dee
Page
Barney Boren
Dinois
Illinois
Alto Pass
Union County
Gordon H. Warren
Marion
Oxford
Ohio
Ray Som
Mers
Kent
Wash
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Yon Rt. 3
Grand Tower
Sommers
Jackson County
Williamson Democrats face precinct filing shortage in county
In Williamson County a lack of candidates emerges after filing closes. Eight of fifty three precincts have no contenders, while contests exist in five. Names listed include Blairsville and Carterville races with various candidates, plus West Marion East Marion Creal Springs and Stonefort precincts among those with vacancies. Local party chair Omer Sanders faces no opposition in Carterville 4.
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Williamson County
Blairsville
Carterville
West Marion
East Merion
Creal Springs
Stonefort
Omer Sanders
William Holland
Claude Rolaid
Jane Severs
Williamson GOP Candidates in Precinct Committeeman Races
Williamson County Republicans set six of 53 precincts with contests March 17. James W. Sanders of Marion faces two opponents Earl Buckner and Charles Samples in West Marion 5. Also listed are numerous precinct slates with candidates and districts in Blairsville, Carterville, Grassy, Herrin, Lake Creek, East Marion, Creal Springs, Corinth, Cray Orchard, Troy Lollar, Stonefort, and police briefs for Carbondale and Harrisburg infractions.
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William Jenkins
Shake Creek
Ralph Hope
James Dean
Thomas DiLlard
Clarence Smith
East Marion
George Ashley
William Harris
Joe Rentire
Leroy Linek
Jess , Darnell
James Bieger
Creal Springs
Glen Binkley
Williamson County
Republican Party
James W. Sandes
Marion
Earl Buckner
Charles Samples
Sanders
West Marion
Blairsville
Wade Hrowaitt
Raymond Jones
Wesley Barry
Rodney Jarvis
Pauline Hall
Minnie Popham
Willliam Milani
Kenneth Hammond
LeRoy Rominson
Mayon Duncan
Carterville
John Rich
Gerald Choate
Jack Hampton
Charles Stevens
Rese Tie Tanner
Ray McCluskey
Grassy — Oral Futrell
Herrin
Marguerite Milani
Charles Vansaghi
Lamyrence Smuthers
G. Z. Cox
Robert Savant
Elmer Mitchell
Houston Murphy
Lester Neilson
Harold Crain
Clifford Downen
Kennel Portess
Paul Wheeler
Dean Melvin
Clara Radford
Buckner
Samples
Robert Connell
Harald Farner
Rex Presson
Dea Redd
Albert Jones
Southern
Wayne Meracle
Lake Creek
Norman Roggers
James Shubert
Earl Jent
Thomas Arnold
Du Quoin Unit-District Hires Heating Study Committee
A three member committee including John Vancil Jackie Bishop and Ben Kinman is appointed to decide heating for the new kindergarten building using gas or electric room heaters. The unit superintendent said architectural plans cannot proceed until heating is chosen. The board also recognizes the Du Quoin Education Association as exclusive negotiating agent after listing its members. A bid of 4,260 to tuckpoint Lincoln and McKinley schools was approved with 2,460 for Lincoln and 2,400 for McKinley.
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District 300
John Vancil
Jackie Bishop
Ben Kinsman
Ray C. Todd
Bill McLaughlin
Chester
The
du Quoin Education Association
DEA
Tuck Point
Lincoln
McKinley Schools
B. A. Bunton Tuckpointing and Waterproofing Company of
du Quoin
Lincoln School
McKinley School
Carterville Delays Bond Bid Decision On Water Project
Carterville City Council delayed action on three bids for revenue bonds to fund a 246000 water improvement program. Mayor Frank Samuel Jr said bids from Columbian Securities Inc, Dain Kalman and Quall, and Benjamin Lewis Co all offered 7 percent interest, with selling fees of 2675, 10000, and 6000 respectively. Council adjourned to 5 p.m. today. city plans to issue 100000 bonds with the rest to cover fees. Carterville's federal grant approval was granted late last year.
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Carterville
Frank Samuel Jr
Couneil
Carterine
Samuel
Columbian Securities Inc
Chicago
Dain
Kal- Tan and Quail
Minneapolis
Minn
Benjamin, Lewis Co
Columbian
Kalman
Quall
Benjammin Lewis
Associated Municipal Consultants
Naperville
Economic Development Administration
Golden Bear Restaurant Theft Reported in Carbondale
Police detectives investigate the theft of $20 in cash from the Golden Bear Restaurant in Carbondale after closing on Monday night. The incident, reported early today, is under active inquiry.
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Carbondale
Swan shot warrant issued for Thomas Roos in Crab Orchard Lake incident
Williamson County deputies issued an alias arrest warrant for Thomas Roos of Carbondale on a charge of killing a swan from a motorboat at Crab Orchard Lake. Roos could not be located after a December 2 warrant. a December 10 hearing date passed, and the alias warrant was ordered.
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Williamson County
Thomas Roos
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Lake
Roos
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