District 100 Sets Meeting On Unit School Plan
Murphysboro Township High School District 100 calls a unit district meeting at 8 pm in the high school auditorium inviting six districts within the boundary and other interested parties. The plan would create one seven member board to oversee administrative work and qualify for higher state aid with lower tax levels and potential savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Township
District 100
William Sauer
Mt. Carbon
Pleasant Grove
Murphysboro
Worthen
Orchard Hills
Harrison
Sauer
Rose Craine Dies at 84 in Murphysboro Funeral Tuesday
Rose Elizabeth Craine 84 of Murphysboro died Saturday in Tyler Nursing Home after a long illness. Born 1872 in Centralia, she co owned Craine Furniture Co with her son Frank S. Craine. Survived by son and three grandchildren and aunt to Dr. Frank M. Keiser and Joseph Keiser. Funeral Monday at Meyer Denny, service Tuesday 8 am at St Andrew's Church with burial in Centralia City Cemetery. Rosary Monday at 7:30 pm at St Andrew's Church.
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Rose Elizabeth Craine
Murphysboro
Tyler
Centralia
Frank S. Craine
Craine Furniture Co
Frank Craine
Craine
Frank M. Keiser
Joseph P. Keiser
New Orleans
St. Andrew’s Church
Meyer- Denny
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
J. J. Taggart
Southern Illinoisian Publication Notice and Credits
Southern Illinoisian published daily except Saturdays by Southern Illinois Publications with multiple office locations Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro. It is a second class matter at the Post Office and successor to regional papers. The Associated Press content is used under license for republication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publicationa
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 13Th Street
Murphysboro
Fos
Ginnocsan
Cerbondake Prep
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Daper
AP News
De Soto Lutheran Men’s Brotherhood Launches Coon Feasts
The De Soto Lutheran Church’s Men’s Brotherhood started an annual raccoon supper tradition after a 1951 fish fry memory. Five years in, 70 people joined the feast with 18 raccoons baked and served potluck style. Ralph Chief cook, with Dale Carter and helper others, led preparation for baked raccoon, potatoes, salads, and desserts. 참석 guests included Joe Van Natta and Eldon Starkweather.
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de Soto Lutheran Church
Brotherhood
de Soto
The
Oson
Brown
Car Brown
Ralph
Dale Carter
Jackson
Roy Carter
Carter Brown
Wilson Memorial Group Sets 28th Service in Anna
The Union County Woodrow Wilson Memorial Association will hold its 28th annual memorial service for the late President on December 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Anna Community Center. Rev. John Barhorn of Milliken University will speak. area legislators are expected to attend. reservations close December 24, according to chairman L. Card Sitter.
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Union County
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Association
John Barhorn
Milliken University
Anna
L. Card Sitter
Sitter
Refugee Flow Slows Near Bonn as Christmas Arrives
The West German Refugee Ministry says the Christmas approach reduced East German defection to the West. In the last week 3,947 people left the Soviet-occupied zone, down from 4,412 the prior week.
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Bonn
Germany
West
Crop Meetings Set In Jackson
University of Illinois specialist Pat Johnson will speak at 1 30 p.m. in Murphysboro at the first of three Jackson County crop meetings on fertilizer value and varieties with slides of Brownstown experiments. U of I agronomists J C Spurrier and Walter Scott will cover weed control and seed corn varieties with grain sorghums in later sessions. dates to be announced. Alois Partl of Austria studies U S methods and may attend.
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Pat Johnson
University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
Brownstown
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
Johnson
Eldon Starkweather
J. C. Spurrier
U of I
Walter Scott
Alois Part I
Near Vienna
Austria
Farm Youth Exchange
United States
Starkweather
Partl
Jackson County
Edmond Cochran
George Funk Sr
Elkville
Harold Kuehn
Dowell
Japan leads 1955 rayon output with 530 million pounds
Japan topped world production in 1955 with 530 million pounds of span rayon, according to the Japan Chemical Fiber Association.
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Japan
Japan Chemical Fiber Assn
Cardinal Spellman Denounces Baby Doll Film
In a pulpit address at St Patrick’s Cathedral Cardinal Spellman condemned the Warner Bros film Baby Doll and urged Catholics not to view it under pain of sin. He called the adaptation evil in concept and immoral and warned of its corrupting influence.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Warner Bros
Tennessee Williams
Cardinal Spellman
Williams
Elia Kazan
Kazan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Karl Malden
Eli Wallach
Carroll Baker
Shawnee Native Promoted to Machinist's Mate Second Class
Guy C. Johnson son of Mrs. Wilma R. Johnson of Shawnee town earns a promotion to machinist's mate second class in the United States Navy while serving aboard the Pacific Fleet seaplane tender USS Curtiss.
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Guy C. Johnson
Wilma R. Johnson
Shawneetown
Curtiss
Two Mishaps Listed in Carbondale
No injuries reported. Keith Pierce 20 of 118 N Blanche St Mounds and James St Murphysboro drove in a collision on South Illinois Avenue and West Walnut Street at 825 p m Sunday. Geneva Davis 38 Rt 1 Carbondale and Irwin Marc Karson 36 613 W Elm St Carbonale were in a separate crash at 4 p m Saturday on South Illinois Avenue and West Monroe Street.
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Carbondale
Keith Pierce
N. Blanche St
Mounds
James St
Murphysboro
South Illinois Avenue
West Walnut Street
Geneva Davis
Rt. 1
Bondale
Irwin Marc Karson
W. Elm St
Illinois Avenue
West Monroe Street
Eye device lets blind operators work private switchboards
An electronic eye device attached to the index finger enables blind workers to operate private telephone switchboards. The fingertip eye assists point by point dialing and message routing, expanding job opportunities for visually impaired technicians.
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Rose Craine
St. Andrew’ N Chk
Victor Walker
Ralph Dale Carter
Oscar Brown
Joe van Natta
Wilson Memorial
Irwin
Limerick
Public Square
Main
Walnut
North Park
Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Illinois
Legion of Decency
Motion Picture Assn
Key West
Fla
Joe
Fredman
Bryan
Joe Fredman
E. Main West Frankfort
Pistol
Westinghouse
Stearns Refrigeration
South Washington
M. Mollman
N. 19Th St
Louis D
Henry R. Price
San Diego, California
Jessie Gallus
Rochester
Ann Schoenberg
Cleveland
Ohio
American Life & Accident Insurance Co
American Life Building
St. Louis 8
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
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