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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1952

Page

5

Rare Plants Sent To SIU For Teaching Use

Eight universities and plant organizations contributed living plants and seeds to Southern Illinois University botany for teaching. Walter B. Welch said requests from staff member Miss Margaret Kneiser prompted the gifts. Contributions include cactus varieties from Oklahoma and ferns from Minnesota, seeds for flowering tobacco from Iowa, cycads from Chicago, Florida State, and others, plus a 10 year old Umbrella Pine from Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers.

Southern Ilinois University Walter B. Welch Margaret Kneiser University of Oklahoma Norman University of Minnesota Minneapolis State University of Iowa Iowa City University of Chicago Florida State University Tallahassee Rare Plant Club San Francisco Area Calif Fairchild Tropical Gardens Coconut Grove Fla Boyce Hompson Institute For Plant Research Yonkers N. Y

Local Livestock Auction Sells Hogs Lambs and Porkers

Percy Hogs sell for 17.50 while Rudy Wittenborn realizes 17.10 cwt for 15 head of 230 lb hogs at National Stock Yards. Area sellers include George Degenhardt Red Bud 22.50 cwt for two lots of 92 and 96 lb lambs. Other buyers and weights noted with prices for hogs and lambs from Red Bud Chester Prairie du Rocher Evansville and Ft Gage.

Rudy Wittenborn Percy Producers Live Stock Marketing Association National Stock Yards George F. Degenhardt Red Bud Elmer H. Kipp Chester Ft. Gage Louis C. Kern

Kelley to Speak on Counselor Attitudes in St Louis

Dr. Noble H. Kelley chairman of Southern Illinois University psychology will address a regional meeting of the National Vocational Guidance Association in St. Louis tonight. He will discuss The Counselor's Attitudes Toward Himself and Toward His Client.

Noble H. Kelley Southern Illinois University National Vocational Guidance Association St. Louis

Soldier Delbert Dusch Serves In Korea With 2nd Division

Pfc. Delbert R. Dusch husband of Mrs. Joan Dusch of Carbondale has been serving in Korea with the 2nd division since September. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dusch of Makanda. His present address is Pfc. Delbert R. Dusch No. 26372985 I Co APC 248 38th Infantry Regiment 2nd Division care of Postmaster San Francisco California.

Delbert R. Dusch Joan Dusch Carbondale Korea C. R. Dusch Makanda I. Co 38Th Infantry Regiment C-O San Francisco Calif

Herrin Airman Arrives in Philippines for Tour of Duty

S. Sgt. Clarence E. Bosscawen husband of Patsy J. Bosscawen of Herrin has arrived in the Philippines to serve with the U S Air Force. He is with the 6200th Food Service Squadron at Clark AFB north of Manila after enlisting in 1944 and transferring to the Air Force in 1950. He served in the Navy during World War II at New Herides Yokota Korea.

U. S. Navy Air Force

Chittyville Students Present Operetta She Didn’t Believe

Chittyville Grade School students stage an all school Christmas operetta titled She Didn’t Believe at 7 30 p m Friday with free admission and public invitation. Octopuses may have an arm span of up to 28 feet.

Chittyville

Lake Ontario: Smallest and easternmost Great Lake

Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes and sits furthest east in the group. This limits its size among the five lakes and places it on the eastern edge of the lake system.

Lake Ontario Great Lakes

Murphysboro Schools Close for Christmas Break

Murphysboro grade schools and high school will close Friday for Christmas holidays and reopen January 5. The grade school board set a 16 day vacation and appointed Katherine McElwain as Lincoln fifth grade teacher for the rest of the year. The board also approved facility improvements at Longfellow and Washington School renovations and heard a study on school board functions funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Midwestern administration center with six area schools participating.

Murphysboro Katherine McElwain Lincoln Longfellow School Washington School Woodson Fishbach William Shelton College of Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale Discus Rockefeller Foundation Midwestern Administration Center

Plumbing Act Portions Ruled Invalid by Illinois Court

Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Dewitt S. Crow ruled that key parts of the Illinois plumbers licensing law are unconstitutional. The decision, filed Tuesday, found features of the statute granted monopolistic special privilege to master plumbers in a suit seeking to halt enforcement of the new statute.

Illinois Sangamon County Dewitt S. Crow State Supreme Court

Plumbing Supervision Rules Spark Dispute

The text notes invalid sections that would require master plumbers or journeymen under supervision to perform all plumbing work except minor repairs or planning and design, indicating a regulatory challenge or appeal over scope rules in the discipline.

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