Christmas in Other Ends Pro Am at Johnston City High
Calendar item notes a Christmas in Other Ends pro am at Johnston City junior and senior high school with 2 30 p m Sunday start and no admission fee. It also lists movies at Carbondale and Murphysboro meetings and local government events for Monday and Tuesday in surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville Jaycees
Petrolane Chemical
Old Rt. 13
Vocational Technical Institute
Johnston City
Palace Theatre
Varsity
Carbondale
Monday Public Meetings Schedule in Southern Illinois
Public meetings listed for Monday include Jonesboro City Council at 7 30 p m in city hall Southern Illinois Airport Authority at 7 30 p m at airport office Century Unit School District at 8 p m Pinckneyville city council at 7 30 p m Du Quoin District 207 school board at 8 p m Benton City Council at 7 30 p m Benton Grade School Board at 7 30 p m Lincoln Grade School Herrin City Plan Commission and other local bodies provide times and venues for residents to attend and learn about local issues
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Southern Illinois Airport Authority
Century Unit
Dongola Unit
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Benton City Council
Benton Grade School
Lincoln
Herrin City Plan Commission
Tuesday meetings and events in Carbondale Murphysboro and Herrin
Carbondale Human Relations Commission schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting at city hall moved from December 26 for holidays. Murphy sboro Planning Commission meets at 8 p.m. in city hall. Herrin Citizens Advisory Committee gathers 7:30 p.m. at the Herrin City Library. Herrin Christmas concert is at 7:30 p.m. in South Side School gym. Herrin Senior Citizens knit and crochet at 10 a.m. and pinochle at 2 p.m. at the center located at 211 North 14th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler
West Frankfort
Christopher City
Herrin
City Library
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
City Hall
Murphysboro Planning Commission
Herrin City Library
South Side
N. 14Th St
Herrin Pupils to Present Annual Christmas Concert
Four hundred Herrin school pupils will present a Christmas concert at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The choruses come from elementary junior high and high schools under Betty Boatwright Pat Edwards Margaret Smith and Kathy Betterton. Madrigals a select high school group will perform. Lincoln School second graders with Dorothy Yandell as teacher accompany singing a class composed song. The program closes with combined choirs performing Silent Night as junior high art pupils form a human Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin School
South Side
Betty Boatwright
Pat Edwards
Margaret Smith
Kathy Betterton
Lincoln School
Dorothy Yandell
Chicago Man Sentenced For Station Burglary
Lawrence Reyno 18 of Chicago received one year in a state penal farm after pleading guilty to burglarizing Cassie Burke service station in Herrin on December 2. Bonnie Reyno was released to return home. Walter Moser 18 of Chicago also pled guilty and drew one to two years in Menard Prison. Canadian geese noted among highest flying birds reaching 29000 feet with wing load up to 4.2 pounds per square inch.
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Lawrence Reyno
Chicago
Vandalia
Marion
Cassie Burke
Herrin
Bonnie
Walter Moser
Menard
Seven bids filed for Du Quoin treatment plant project
Seven sealed bids were read for the Du Quoin sewage treatment plant project part of an 895000 package. Hoel Steffan Construction Co of St Louis topped bids at 406120 with 350 day completion. council to rank bids for final selection by January 14 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Illinois
St. Louis, Mo
John Blankinship
Murphysboro
Hoel-Steffan Construction Co
St. Louis
Powell and Beltz I Inc
Centralia
Oakes Construction Co
Metropolis
C. L. Sagaser and Associates
Carlyle
Mantz and Oren, Inc
Effingham
R & R Construction Co
Alton
State Police cars to use two year plates
Illinois State Police cars have begun receiving two year license plates. The plates will show the district and radio call numbers assigned to the trooper and his car. The change is expected to save at least half the handling costs of state police license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Paul Powell
Powell
Ross Randolph
Major Rt. 57 Interchange Contract Award Near Mt. Vernon
The Illinois Division of Highways awarded S. J. Groves and Sons Co. a 7.78 million contract for 4.65 miles on Rt. 57 and related interchanges with Rt. 64 and Rt. 15 west of Mt. Vernon. The project includes multiple grade separations, ramps, and a triple box culvert on Casey Fork Creek. The award is part of about 26 million in highway contracts announced by Public Works Director Francis S. Lorenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Division of Highways
S. J. Groves and Sons Co
Springfield
Mt. Vernon
J and SW
Rt. 64
Rt. 57
St. Louis
Rt. 15
Francis S. Lorenz
Police hunt check suspects in Herrin area
Herrin police seek two women suspected of cashing three bad checks last week at Borens IGA Kroger and Herrin Rexall Drugs. Each check ranged from 47 to 49 dollars. The suspects are believed to be traveling in a car with Colorado license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Roy Cole
Borens Iga
Kroger’s
Herrin Rexall
Cole
Colorado
Road bureau approves plans for added lanes on Rt 13
The federal Bureau of Public Roads approved two additional eastbound lanes on Rt. 13 between Carterville and Rt. 148 in Williamson County. The plans, presented at a June hearing in Carterville, call for a frontage road along the north side of the westbound lanes and would make Rt. 13 a divided four-lane highway from Carbondale to Marion. Illinois highway engineers withheld comment on start dates and costs amid objections over closing several intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Carterville
Rt. 148
Williamson County
Illinois Public Works
Francis S. Lorenz
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Marion
Illinois Division of Highway Engineers
Crainville Road
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Murphysboro Taxicab Commission
Murphysboro Board of Appeals
Johnston City Unit School Board
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
American Association For Retired Persons
W. Elm St
Citizen’s Committee
Economic Development Administration
Eda
Tom Moss
George Foster
Rennie Bedar
Richard Wilson
Harry Murray
Donald Woodsides
Lloyd Porter
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Forrester and
Neely
Leo Hilligoss
Hilligoss
Constantine I
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Balbriggan
Sohus
Ing
Southern Illinois University
Lloyd’s
Murdale Shopping Center
Biederman
Proctor-Silex
Road Bureau
Kohlsdorf’s
Jarman
America
Rockingham
Donzini
Terry
Jane
Munsingwear
Kayser
Bradley
Douglas Marc
By Claussner
Samsonite
Leslie Fay
Nelly Don
Amy Adams
Gay Gibson
Lois Young
Berkshire
Men‘Dels
Betty Hartford
Glengarry
Claire Tiffany
Korell
Slimaker
Flutterbye
Hob Nobber
Helen Whiting
Kdalscore
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