Public meetings and events listed for Southern Illinois
Local calendar lists City Councils and school boards meeting 7:30 p m Tuesday in various towns including Carbondale Anna De Soto Anna Jonesboro Alto Pass Cobden Rend Lake area and Benton Also mentions hospital board and education meetings Special events include Herrin Christmas concert and multiple movie showings at theaters in Anna Murphysboro Carbondale Marion and nearby towns with times running from Sunday through Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Anna City Council
de Soto
Anna Jonesboro Community High School
Alto Pass
Cobden
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Wood
Benton
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
Marion Memorial Hospital Board
Marion Unit
Board of Education
Johnston City Unit School Board
Ae Theater
Anna
Maxions
Murphysboro
Fox
Gartendale
Interlude
Varsity
Russia
Thunderball
Marion Orpheum
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Herrin
Walnu? Street
Carbondele
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Carbondale Park District Board Meeting and Senior Citizens Event
The Carbondale Park District Board meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m in offices on 206 W Elm St. Herrin Senior Citizens host a noon pot luck 50 cent gift exchange and slide show at the center 301 N 14th St.
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Carbondale Park District Board
W. Elm St
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Meridian school bond issue failure confirmed
A canvass of Saturday's vote in the Meridian Unit School District shows defeat of a plan to build a new grade school on the district property near the high and junior high schools and close Olmsted Pulaski Villa Ridge Mounds and Lowell Schools in Mound City. The three proposition measure would have issued 145000 bonds to qualify for a state rent loan, raising taxes about 10 cents per $100 assessed valuation. It was defeated 540 to 44.
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Meridian Unit
Mounds-Mound City Blacktop
Olmsted
Pulaski
Villa Ridge
Mounds
Lowell School
Moind City
State School Building Commission
David Glisson
Glisson
Mound City
West Frankfort
Benton
Harold T. Martin services Thursday in Marion
Funeral services for Harold T. Martin, co founder of Martin Oil Co., held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Rose Hill Cemetery Marion. He died Monday in Kenilworth at 60. Born Oct 13 1908 in Brantford Ontario he was a member of several professional and fraternal organizations. Survivors include his wife Eloise daughters and other relatives. Huffman Funeral Home is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Martin
Rose Hill Cemetery
Marion
Mr. Martin
Martin Oil Co
Carbondale
Kenilworth
Brantford
Ontario
Thomas W. Martin
American Petroleum Institute
Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers Association
Elks and Masons
Eloise
John Smart
Lake Forest
Alex Vance
Korea
Dale T. Martin
Britt Kirby
Joe Gamble
Nashville
Tenn
Warren Gladders
St. Louis
Louis A. Youngs
First Methodist Church
Huffman Funeral Home of
West Frankfort Chooses Renewal Plan for 69 Acre Downtown
A market absorption study for West Frankfort's General Neighborhood Renewal area recommends conservation and rehabilitation. City voters fund the $8,100 Herring Co. study, done with Nack and Associates in a 14 block downtown survey, aided by an $89,966 HUD grant and a potential $448,612 for first renewal. The plan weighs a one way traffic loop and housing needs, with elderly and low income public housing urged outside the core area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Harry Herring Co
Clayton
R. A. Nack and Associates
Carbondale Engineering
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Main
Poplar
Oak
St. Louis
Oak Streets
Missouri court weighs quash motion in Garner case
Benton circuit judge takes under advisement a motion to quash a search warrant in the George F. Garner case. Garner, 45, Cairo, was arrested Oct. 19 near Sikeston with Billy Sullivan and Maurice Mitchell. The group faced charges from Sikeston and Bond forfeitures for Sullivan and Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Mo
George F. Garner
Cairo
Garner
Sikeston
Billy Lee Sullivan
Mounds
Maurice Leroy Mitchell
Metropolis
Sullivan
Missouri
Benton
T. J. Brown
Charleston
Scott County
Fielding Potashnick
Potashnick
Mitchell
Gambling case delayed in Murphysboro tavern raid
Six Murphysboro men charged in a Beasley’s Tavern card game had their hearings continued to January 9. Owner Joseph Beasley, 56, faced a gambling place charge with bond set at $1,000. Five players were released on bonds of $500. State's Attorney Richard Richman said the case was referred to Mayor Joe Williams for action against the tavern’s liquor license. Mayor Williams is away and returns Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Beasley
Walnut St
Joseph Ardell Beasley
John H. Andress
Fay Grammer
John L. Reese
Earl Camden
Louie Williams
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Joe Williams
Williams
Shed Fire at 409 East Green in Carbondale
At 12 20 p m Monday Fire units responded to 409 East Green Carbondale where a shed owned by Charles Edgar was on fire.
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Carbondale
E. Green
Charles Edgar
City hires seek applicants for water chief posts
Christopher requests applications for water superintendent and assistant after a resignation. Mayor Smith notes retirements of Watt Supt. Charles Bodeck on December 24 and Asst. Supt. Frank Stritzel. Council to review submissions at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Repairs to North State Street completed at a cost of 27000 for resurfacing and curbing. Final payment to Three Star Construction Co. Marion pending. Christmas bonuses approved for city employees. Fire call rates kept at 100 dollars for another year. Funeral plans for George Rohach of Zeigler, 83, announced. services Wednesday at St. Marys Orthodox Church Royalton. Burial at St. Marys Cemetery. Adult hippo weighs up to four tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Gene Smith
Watt
Charles Bodeck
Frank Stritzel
Smith
North State Street
Three Star Construction Co
Marion
Kiwanis Host Christmas Party For 22 Children
The Marion Kiwanis Club hosted a Christmas party Monday for 22 children from the Southern Illinois Children Service Center at Bush. The group included 12 boys and 10 girls ages 8 to 17, who dined at Libbys Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Childrens Service Center
Bush
Marion Kiwanis Club
Libby
Kiwanis
Benton
SIU Campus Empty as Students Head Home for Holidays
SIU Carbondale shows a near desertion during Christmas exodus after fall quarter exams end at noon. Many students already left, return date set for January 2 and 3 for winter term classes.
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SIU
Southern I Ilinois University
Inquest Pending in Death of Du Quoin Man Lang
Charles Clement Lang known as Rappy Lang 72 of Du Quoin found dead at 327 S Walnut St. An inquest is pending. Lang a 25 year resident born Sept 19 1896 in Fayette County was a retired teamster and a member of House of Prayer St Johns. He leaves brothers Elon Benton and Pat Chicago sisters Mrs John Clark Du Quoin and Mrs Catherine Stephenson Chicago. Funeral to be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Neal Memorial Chapel Du Quoin with Rev Earl Lively officiating. Burial Mulkey Town Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clement
Lang
du Quoin
S. Walnut St
Fayette County
Elon
Margaret Turner Lang
Pat
Chicago
John Clark
Catherine Stephenson
Neal
Du Quoin Unit 300 Names Du Quoin High School Official
The Du Quoin Unit 300 School Board officially named the unit’s high school Du Quoin High School. Supt. Ray C. Todd sought action to have diplomas ordered with the official name. The board also voted to buy ten 10 000 certificates of deposit totaling 100 000 for the education fund, with Du Quoin National Bank to handle 1968-69 funds and Du Quoin State Bank for 1969-70.
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du Quoin Unit
du Quoin High School
Ray C. Todd
du Quoin Township
du Quoin National Bank
du Quoin State Bank
Todd
Coello School to Be Sold to Village for One Dollar
The Christopher Grade School Board voted to repay a $9,027.38 loan by transferring funds from the educational fund and to allow Coello village to buy the unused Coello school building for $1. The board will send a representative to the Feb 34 Early Education Workshop in Springfield, though the delegate was not named.
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Christopher Grade School
Coello
Springfield
Pinckneyville outlines $785 000 sewer project plan
Pinckneyville City Council moves to fund a sewer upgrade with 785 000 dollars in sewage revenue bonds to repair and extend the system. The plan follows a 1967 health department halt and a rejected 346 500 dollar federal grant as industrial and residential growth stalled. Public inspection was set for a city group health insurance contract for employees.
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Pinckneyville
Virginia Bartle
Economic Development Administration
State Public Health Department
Jacob Bender
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Side
Betty Boatright
Margaret Smith
William Betterton
Meridian School
Day
R. & H. Supply CO
Jacob, Illinois
Frankfort
Paducah
Menard State Prison
E. L
Buddy Buddy” Harris
Union County
Carousel Club
Jonesboro
New City
George Rohach
Zeigler
St. Mary’s Orthodox Church
Royalton
Paul Pyrch
Rohach
George Jr
Leo
Vantrease
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Hippo
Santa Claus Drive
Village Inn Pizza Parlor
Welfare Rights Council of Carbondale
ZZA
Bruce
Patton
Larry Hughes
Hyson Denton
Billi Davis
The
Cereter
Homer Farmer
Ed Cox
Illinois Central Railroad
University Health Service
Coello School
Carterville Stores
Carterville
Merchants Association
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