Bracy Elected Herrin Chamber of Commerce President for 1958
Floyd P. Bracy head of Bracy and Sons Insurance was chosen Herrin Chamber of Commerce president for 1958 at a Wednesday dinner meeting. Tom Cox was re elected vice president and H A Whittenberg treasurer with Ray Hubbs as executive secretary. Bracy succeeds W Walker. He has a long record of public service and community involvement in Herrin and Southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd P. Bracy
Bracy and Sons Insurance
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Tom Cox
H. A. Whittenberg
Ray Hubbs
Bracy
W. Walker
Marion High School
STU
Marion
Navy
Herrin
Harry W. Bracy
University of Illinois
Mark Woodley
Bill
Jim
Southern Ilnois, Inc
Southern Illinois
Boy Scouts of America
Williamson County
Red Cross
Plea Asks Eisenhower to Declare Southern Illinois Disastrous
U S Representative Kenneth Gray of West Frankfort said a disaster designation would allow Southern Illinois to access federal funds from a special presidential fund allocated by Congress. The move seeks swift federal aid following the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Southern Illinois
U. S
Kenneth Gray
Dwest
Hospital Prepared for Big Disaster at Doctors Hospital
A disaster plan let Doctors Hospital in Carbondale shield seriously injured after the Murphysboro tornado. On report, two wards were cleared and staff mobilized for emergency duty. One doctor said the facility could have treated about 50 more persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Mrs. Zimmerman Dies Wife of Circuit Judge in Marion
Opal Zimmerman 56 wife of Circuit Judge Harold L Zimmerman of Marion died at 5 30 pm in Marion Memorial Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born Christmas Day 1900 at Pleasant Hill she was a MacMurray and Illinois College alumna and taught music in local schools. Survived by husband a daughter in Germany two sons in Chicago and Marion and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending notification of daughter in Germany with viewing after 2 pm Friday at Wilson Frick Funeral Home.
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Opal Zimmerman
Harold L. Zimmerman
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Pleasant Hill
Charles T. and
Dora Windmiller
Zimmerman
MacMurray College School of Music
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Hurst Bush
Donna Jean Smith
Spangdahlem
Germany
John Marshall
Chicago
Stephen Eugene
Wilson-Frick Funeral
Tornado locations mapped across Southern Illinois shows
Dots on a map mark Wednesday tornado reports with not all confirmed. An air view of Southern Illinois reveals many wooded areas likely struck by twisters including Murphysboro Mt. Vernon Gorham Rockwood Chester north of Chester south of Carbondale near Ava Willisville and the Steeleville Percy area Cutler between Hurst Rush and De Soto Sunfield Junction and Plumfield.
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Illinois
Murphysboro
Mt. Vernon
Gorham
Rockwood
Chester
Carbondale
Ava
Willisville
Steeleville-Percy Area
Cutler
Hurst Rush
DeSoto
Sunfield Junction
Plumfield
$3 Million Loan To SIU OK'd By Government
A $3 million loan to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale was announced by the Community Facilities Administration. With $1.5 million from the university, the funds will build housing and dining facilities for 374 men and 322 women students and 160 student families. The project includes 15 two story dormitories with dining units and house mothers, plus 10 two story apartment buildings for married students.
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Washington
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Community Facilities Administration
Volunteer Aid Helps Regulars Fight Disaster
Murphysboro faced a tornado disaster on Thursday prompting a rapid volunteer response. Firefighters state police and volunteers from Carbondale Vergennes Cairo Benton Marion Herrin and many other towns aided the city’s emergency effort including hospitals shelters and traffic control.
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Murphysboro
St. Andrew's Hospital
Sheriff’s
Missouri
Joe Daniels
Joe Williams
Leah
William Carruthers
Lincoln Junior High
Gorham
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Ool
Carbondale
Carbondale Elks Lodge
Doctors Hospital
St. Andrew’s
Vergennes
Cairo
Benton
Marion
Herrin
Tornado Injuries Listed By Murphysboro Hospitals
The list names injured individuals treated after the tornado at St. Andrew's in Murphysboro and nearby Carbondale hospitals. Ages range from 1 month to 69 with conditions from critical to stable. Several patients are noted as transferred due to power and water outages.
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Mary Johnson
2Nd
Murphy Sts
Frank Baxmann
S. 8Th St. Andrew’s
Carbondale
Murphysboro Doctors Hospital
Geneva Smith
Lindell St
Murphysboro
Wendy Irene Johnson
S. Third St
Ethel Holliday
Dewey St
Harry Holliday
Albert Brooks
Bridge St
Lillie Bell Terry
Glenna Butcher
Lake St
Rt. 3
Satisfactory
Storm Warning plan urged for Southern Illinois
Frank Bridges urges a unified storm warning system in a December letter from the SIU Civil Defense Organization. He calls on schools sheriffs mayors radio and TV stations utilities and others to appoint a steering committee to develop or promote the plan and to meet on campus for a dinner in December or January.
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Frank Bridges
Southern Illinois Civil Defense
Southern Illinois
Southern
Illinois
Southern Illinois University
T. V
Illinois Highway Department
Illinois Highway Police
Southern Illinois Civil Defense Assa
Southern Illinois University Civil Defense Organization
A. Frank Bridges
SIU Civil Defense Organization
Mt. Vernon and Murphysboro Addresses List Names
A jumble of names and addresses appears for Mt. Vernon Murphysboro and surrounding areas. Included are Karen Wangler Dennis Wangler Wilberta Copple Martha Hussey Bernice Backensto Frank Stoder Richard Brown Robert Bebaun Mary Warren Karla Warren Betty Burton Virginia Brown Anne Howe Joe Steve and Karen Martin Earl Howe Pamela Whitsell Bernice Marverelli Darla Womack Phyllis Ann Bryant Charles Hall Faye Hall Margaret Morgan Becky Morgan and others.
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Mt. Vernon
Karen Wangler
Pine St
Dennis Wangler
Wilberta Copple
Martha Hussey
Crown View
Bernice Backensto
Frank Stoder
Vernon Casey
Tommy Husey
Richard Brown
Pine View
Robert Bebaun
I. W. Morgan
Boyd Mary Warren
Karla Warren
Betty Burton
Virginia Brown
Anne Howe
Waltonville Road
Joe
Steve
Karen Martin
West Frankfort
Earl Howe
Pamela
David Whitsell
Bernice Marverelli
Darla
Charles Womack
Phyllis Ann Bryant
Charles Hall
Faye
Bobbie Hall
Margaret Morgan
Becky Morgan
Tornado Recalls 1925 Great Midwestern Strike Calm
A Murphysboro storm followed the 1925 Great Midwestern Tornado path, hitting near Gorham and blasting the Big Muddy River valley. It left several dead and caused extensive property damage, rhyming with the March 18 disaster that killed about 300 and damaged millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Gorham
Jackson County
Big Muddy River
Mines Operating Areas Chart Friday Work
A brief mine report lists active sites and statuses for Friday. It notes Old Ben numbers 9 14 22 Orient 2 Freeman 4 Orient 3 Buckhorn Zeigler 3 Zeigler Washer Not Working Old Ben Briquet Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Orient
Buckhorn Zeigler
Zeigler
Mail Goes Through Despite All
Murphysboro Post Office workers used Carbondale Post Office electricity to handle the Christmas mail rush despite a disaster. The effort kept mail moving amid the disruption and cancellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Eyewitness report of Murphysboro tornado hits
Prof James Ford recalls the Murphysboro twister strike at 4 45 pm with a black funnel cloud. Fire and gas tank explosions, shattered glass, burning houses, and injured evacuees flood the scene as ambulances rush to the hospital and volunteers help restore order.
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James Ford
Southern Illinois University Journalism
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Walnut Street
10Th
Eighth Street
Bridge Street
Wate Tower
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Ruben Farmer
James T. Johnson
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