Santa Claus visits Murphysboro on busy Christmas Eve day
The tale follows a day when a local man dressed as Santa at Weber's Men’s Store in Murphysboro greeted children on Walnut Street. Shoppers, including young Shannon McGinnis and 4 H club members, traded cookies for treats while a 73 year old spectator and other residents shared holiday moments. Santa later headed to the newspaper office to file his tale.
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Gary Sosniecki
Tommy Oglesby
Weber’s Men’s
Murphysboro
Santa Claus
Santa
Tommy
Walnut Street
Walnut
Shannon McGinnis
Shannon
Jackson County
Kim Moore
Kristi Varnum
Carla Limbert
Jimmy Carter
Virgil Moulton
12Th and
Tonya Johnson
Keren
Mike Boone
Little girl’s Christmas wish spans decades in Nova Scotia
In 1949 a Nova Scotia girl Clara asked Santa for a doll. In Jonesboro Raymond Bowen and June Bowen raised funds to send a doll and candy. Clara grew up in Nova Scotia as Mrs Thomas Greene and kept the exchange alive with the Bowens. The story's thread continues as local connections revisit a long friendship across miles.
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Raymond Bowen
Jonesboro
Vienna Correctional Center
Daniels
Canada
Linwood
Nova Scotia
Clara
Santa Claus
Bowen
June
Beau
Thomas Greene
Rodney
Danny
Ted
Anna State Hospital
Meyers From Illinois Meet Clara Greene Family During Nova Scotia Visit
Mrs Meyers from Illinois and her companion traveled through the Trans Canada Highway to Linwood Nova Scotia and found Clara Greene at her home. They exchanged greetings photographed their visit and formed new friendships with Mr and Mrs Thomas Greene and their sons Rod. The encounter capped a surprising chance to say hello in person during a family Byline days trip to the American northeast and adjacent Canada.
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Canada
Bowens
Clara
Mrs. Bowen
Meyers
Mrs. Meyers
Claa
June
Nova Scotia
Linwood
Illinois
Thomas Greene
Rodney
Danny
Christmas Stamp Gifts at the Post Office Window
A holiday notice highlights last minute gift ideas for stamp collectors and philatelists offering six new topical stamp kits at about $2 each, mint commemoratives from 1975 and 1976, gift packs from $5.50 to $9, and Bicentennial Philatelic Passports at $2 each.
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Chrismas
Mai
Ing U
Warm December Weekend Sets West Illinois Records
Temperatures reached 66 degrees at Southern Illinois Airport on Saturday, a potential Dec 18 record. With two high pressure systems over the South and Atlantic states, mild conditions persist through the weekend. The Mississippi River at Chester is forecast near minus 1.3 feet Monday, dropping to minus 1.5 by Dec 26, a 12-year low, as residents in Carbondale enjoy warm weather.
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University Mall
Carbondale
Santa Claus
Southern Illinois
New Orleans
Virginia
Gulf of Mexico
Midwest
National Weather Service
St. Louis
the Weather Service
Chester
Mel Doernhaever
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Doernhoefer
Mystery deaths at Marion Memorial Hospital linger unresolved
Two families, the Schutzenhofers and the Watsons, still await answers nearly two years after relatives died following alleged medical errors at Marion Memorial Hospital. No charges have been filed and officials have provided little information.
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Watsons
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson Programs on Aging moves to new headquarters
The 10 year old Williamson County program, an outgrowth of Herrin Senior Citizens Inc., relocates to the former Reval Crown Co. plant at 212 E. Walnut St, expanding services. The center now expects meals to double from 59 daily as it seats a new lunch and lounge area with offices, a first aid room, and a chair lift. Repairs and upgrades run to about 85 thousand dollars, funded by loans and local donations.
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Herrin Senior Citizens Inc
Reval Crown Co
Walnut St
S. Park Ave
Earline McEvers
Williamson County
Nutrition Coordier Pet Gunthorse
Ilinois
Jackson
Union
Saline
Franklin
Jefferson
Gunter
Two Vienna Men Sentenced for Robbery in Anna Case
Richard Sorrells aged 18 and James E Thorne aged 20, both of Vienna, received 364 days in Vandalia for an armed robbery at Clark s Service Station on October 3. The charge was reduced to theft under $150 by State s Attorney James Leaton. They pleaded guilty November 2 in Union County Circuit Court in Jonesboro and were sentenced by Judge D D Bigler in Anna.
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Richard Serrells
James E. Thorne
Vienna
Anna
Sorrells
Thorne
Clark’s
Servicee
James Leaton
William Ballard
Union County
Jonesboro
Ballard
D. D. Bigler
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10Th and
City National Bank
Weber’s Men's Store
Cambria
Adam Culp
Nual
Adam
5D Greer
Patronia Dowell
Marie Dowell
Ed Greer
Ben Gelman
The
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Marion Hese
O.R. Walley
Schutzenhofers
Karen
Helen Schutzenhofer
Brian Schutzenhofer
Charles Watson
Marion
Jim Dean Watson
Watson
Williamson
Herrin
Charles
Wastson
Schutzenhofer
Brian
Darrin
Phillip Armin
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