Monday government meetings and events listed for many towns
Local notices list Monday meetings for city councils village boards school boards and county commissions across multiple towns including Carbondale Benton Johnston Shawnee Zeigler Duquoin Pinckneyville and Jonesboro. Events cover library board sessions health mini lectures YMCA activities and housing authority gatherings with times and locations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Egypt
Spebs9osa
Carbroms'e Est Hoch
Fred Felicite
Jackson County Family Ymca
W. Sunset Drive
Carbondale
Benton Grade School Board
E. Church St. Christopher
Johnston City Unit School Board
Zeigler
Zeigler - Royalton
Illinois
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Chester
Duquoin
Pinckneyville
S. Walnut
Tamaroa
Sesser
Cobden
Jonesboro
Weekend Movie Listings Highlight Carbondale Screenings
The listing shows multiple venues in Carbondale and nearby towns including SIU Carbondale with Two Minute Warning The Gnome Mobile The Ritz Car Wash Saluki 2 Marathon Man Roxy Coulterville Country Cuzzins Fox King Kong Carrie Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox New Liberty One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Egyptian Herrin teenagers Intimacies Harrisburg King Kong Cinema II Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country
Marion
Sasquatch”’ University
Carbondale
Gnome Mobile
The
Ritz
Webster
Steeleville
Roxy Theatre
Coulterville
Country
FOX
King
New Liberty
Murphysboro
Herrin
Cinema II
Harrisburg
Harriburg
Hospital Notes Roundup Admits and Discharges Across Counties
Long list of patients admitted or discharged at multiple facilities including Memorial Hospital Carbondale Saint Josephs Murphysboro and Marshall Browning Hospital. Birth notices include several families in Du Quoin Evansville Sparta Prairie du Rocher and Carbondale with new sons and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Dillon
Hattie
Royalton Schmidt
Anna Noble
Alma Branam
Travis
Tamaroa
Clark
Lola
Sesser Cooper
Mannie
Bonnie Cooper
Stela
Bonnie Diogs
Margaret Acosta
Linda
Lesser Kern
Kevin Kern
William Carter
Christie Presley
Anna
Royalton Louis
Patricia
Pinckneyville
James
Mary
Sparta
Sievers
Beverly
Prairia du Rocher
Walter
Connie
Evansville Adams
Ester Owens
Cindy
Tilden Stafford
Perna
Walsh
Rednour
Cheri Williams
Charles Campbell
Blanche Bell
Bernice
AVA. Johnson
Donald
St. Josephs Hospital
Murphysboro
Duquoin
Cavins
Marshall Browning Hospital
Evansville
Wolter
Richard
Sparta Community Hospital
Prairie DU Rocher
Charlies
Lexie
Lenton
Minner
John
Wild bullet narrowly misses sleeping boy in rural home
A .38 caliber bullet pierced the Richard Pinnell residence in Carterville on Friday night and passed within six feet of Pinnell's sleeping son in a top bunk. The slug pierced walls. Pinnell recovered the slug from a bedroom closet, according to the sheriff's department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pinnell
Carterville
Pinnell
Field fires strike Harrisburg and Galatia area
Harrisburg Fire Department fought a 200 acre field and wood fire near Galatia beginning about 4 30 p m Friday. Fire units used three trucks and a department jeep for 62 hours to contain the blaze, which damaged three or four properties. Creal Springs crews also battled two field fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Galatia
Creal Springs
Walter Bruce
Snow and Rain Forecast Across Midwestern States
The report notes snow and showers across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois and Michigan with rain expected in Louisiana Mississippi and parts of Arkansas Tennessee and Georgia. In Southern Illinois the high Saturday reached 66 degrees and the period from 7 am Friday to 7 am Saturday saw a low of 23 with no precipitation. Sunset is 4 38 pm and sunrise Monday is 7 18 am with Monday sunset at 4 38 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinis
Michigan
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
Sothern
Illinois
Firemen aid sought for Mangrum family after Marion blaze
Marion firefighters report a Saturday fire gutted the Mangrum home due to faulty wiring in a bedroom. The parents and children escaped, while the father fled through a window. They ask residents to donate clothing furniture household items blankets and toys. Donations can be left at the Marion Fire Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Mangrum
Marion
Mangrum
Hurst plans gospel sing to fund new village building
The Hurst Bicentennial Committee aims to raise 4000 dollars as the local share of a 40000 grant for a youth and senior citizens building in the town center. The January 1 gospel concert at Hurst-Bush School features The Glorylanders The Journeymen McKenzie Family and others with advance tickets 150 and 075. door prices 200 and 150. free for under 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst
Hurst Bicentennial Committee
Hurst-Bush
Florine Burkhardt
Gospel Sing
Glorylanders
The
Journeymen
McKenzie Family
West Monroe Street Singers
Soul Seekers
Haver Baptist Church Singers
School menus and holiday notice for Marion and Murphysboro Units
Readable menus show Marion Unit Tw and Murphysboro 185 Schools week plans. Marion lists Monday vegetable soup half meat salad sandwich peanut butter and raisin cookies Tuesday pizza gelatin with pears Wednesday manager's choice. Christ mas holidays begin. Murphysboro lists Monday Pizza Burgers Pudding Tuesday Fish Sticks Cake Wednesday Bar-B-Q on Bun Fruit Salad Thursday Turkey and Dressing or Turkey Pie Ice Cream Friday No School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eel Marion Unit
Murphysboro Unit
Norris gets 1 to 6 year sentence for aggravated battery
Jerry L. Norris of Paul ton pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and was sentenced by Judge W. A. Lewis in Williamson County Circuit Court in Marion. Norris stabbed Roger Tolbert in a parking lot outside Fred's Barn west of Carterville on March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry L. Norris
Paulton
Norris
W. A. Lewis
Anna
Williamson County
Marion
Roger Tolbert
Pittsburg
Fred’s
Carterville
Obituary Notice for Rosa Gertrude
The obituary notes the surviving two daughters Stella Mae Cullen of LaPunta Col and Rosalie Shipman of Whittier California. It mentions a deceased named Rosa Gertrude and lists her offspring in a corrected notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Gertrudeno
Stella Mae Cullen
LaPunta, Col
Rosalie Shipman
Whittier
Calif
Fire damages Benton home. attic blaze minor injuries
A fire in a Benton house at 704 Sheridan Drive late Friday caused extensive smoke and water damage to a five room frame home. Fire officials said a short in an electrical cord likely started the blaze which reached the attic before 13 firefighters stopped it. Homeowner is Mike O Keef son of former Benton Fire Chief Patrick O Keef. No occupants were present. Damage estimated at 5000 dollars. Firefighter Roger Kirk sustained a hand laceration and was treated at Franklin Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Sheridan Drive
Mike O’keef
Patrick O’keef
Roger Kirk
Franklin Hospital
Deaths of Robert Lucas Dulcie Coonce and Marie Lynch
Obituaries note Robert Lucas 78 of Kincaid and Dulcie Coonce 71 of Vienna died Dec 17 1976 with services planned in Kincaid and Taylor Church Cemetery Funeral home in Vienna handles arrangements Marie Lynch 77 of Willisville formerly Cahokia died Dec 17 1976 at Centreville Hospital with services at the Missionary Baptist Church Willisville and burial in Percy’s Odd Fellows Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lucas
Kincaid
Stiritz
Kin Kincaid
Doll Seagle
Dulcie Coonce
Vienna
Taylor Church
Mount Whitwell Funeral Home
Mrs. Coonce
Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis
Taylor United Methodist Church
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Homemakers Extension
Ozark and New Burnside Women’s Club
Tunnel Hill
Ellis
Ruth Weston Odum
Robert Coonce
Jonesboro
Coy Odum
Alpha Yandell
Clara Weber
Marie Lynch
Willisville
Cahokia
Centreville
Lynch
Illinois
James
Sarah Howe Killion
Charles Lynch Sr
Missionary Baptist Church
Charles Jr
Helen Thurwalker
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Percy
Braun Colonial Funeral Home
Falling Springs Rd
Cahkia
Edna Ruebke
Steeleville
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Paradise Cemetery
Schaach
Ruebker
Sparta Community Hospital
St. Mark's Lutheran Curch
Wine Hill
Ernst
Mary Brammer Heuer
Hernann Ruebke
Paul
Perryville
Laverna Rieckenberg
Florence Fedderke
Lucille Wildermuth
Pinckneyville
Harold
Elmer
Idaho
KFUO
Clem Swain
N. Victor St
Christopher
Gilbert
Hammond
Mr. Swain
Franklin County Hospital
Benton
Church of Christ
Martin
Dora Bacon Swain
Lackey Pharis
Francis
Hopkinsville
Cecil
du Quoin
Carl
Hillsboro
Floyd Flap
Hobart
Ind
Tom
Agnes Pharis
Sylvia Furlow
Ruth Sanders
Euelah Smith
Buckner
Aaron Milton McAdams
Evergreen Cemetery
Chester
Don
Jo Beth Zemlyn McAdams
St. Clements Hospital
Red Bud
Childrens Hospital
St. Louis
Milton Zemlyn
Dan McA
Andrew
Jack’’ Gladden
Granite City
Mr. Gladden
Reidired
Marion
John and
Rachael Crenswah Gladden
Genevieve Nichols
Las Vegas
Nevada
Rachael Wyatt
Flora Carin
Jesse Wyatt
Fred Wyatt
Peoria
Kyle Wyatt
Kenneth Wyatt
Taylorville
Lee Wyatt
Keeling Funeral Home
Old du Quoin
Sadie B. Mayfield
E. Oak St
Carbondale
Styrest
Crockett County
Tenn
Horace
Josephine Oldham
Will Mayfield
Elsie Shelton
Detroit
Mich
Robert Claybrook
Albert Mercier
Rt. 4
Murman and Johnson
Johnston City
Chicago
Irving Park Boulevard
Lloyd Johnson
American Beauty Nursing Home
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Union Funeral Home
Charles FR. Leffler
Coello
Franklin Hospital
Leffler
Church of God
Bonnie
Rod and Gun Club
Mt. Vernon
William
Emma Dale Leffler
Cleo Rushing
Thelma Donaldson
la Grange
Betty Hale
Anna Cathout
Centralia
Norma Ehel
Arnold, Mo
Shirley Roberts
Kansas City
Wilford
Boulder
Calif
Larry
Willow Springs
Charles
Grafton
Mass
Dale
Jim Walls
Marie Boswell
Rosinea Thomason
San Bernadino
Ciholow
Tempe
Ariz
Louis
Malcho
Rennie Wilson
E. Elm St
East Fork
Wilson
Bonifields Trucking Co
East Fork Baptist Church
Teamsters Union
Willie
Hannah Trusty Wilson
Blondell Wilson
Billy Joe
Darlene Fuller
Mascoutah
Harlan
Billie
Rethel Milligan
Ralph Giles
Tom Tomlinson
Don Catcott
Mark Allen Magerkurth
State St
Beaucoup Baptist Church
New Concord
Rige
Doerrr-Schwebel
Magerkurth
Randolph County
Gary McClure
Chester Mental Health Center
Oak Grove
Amy
Hilda Gaston
Obituary notices for multiple local residents in Illinois
Obituaries and funeral notices from Herrin to Chester list Susie Ogden Ramsey and Edna Ruebke among the deceased, with service details, survivors, and burial plans. Other entries announce deaths of Clem Swain Andrew Gladden Sadie Mayfield Aaron McAdams Rennie Wilson Mark Magerkurth and related memorial arrangements across several towns.
Community Help Desk Hours Update
The switchboard remains open until 8 30 p.m. on Monday. Residents may call for assistance at 993 8102 or 997 2305 to arrange services or ask questions.
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Kong
Pink Panther
Carrie
Franklin
House
Guy Rice
Mildred Chaffin
Frances Adkins
Dorothy
Adams
Helen Lawson
Beverly Piaeza
Phyllis Treace
Robert
Garrett
Truman
Memorial
Knop
Chad Allen
Schmidt
Elsie
Hasemeyer
Dennis Johnson
Jessie H
Wittenborn
Richard Neuhaus
Regina
Jacob Engemeyer
Mildred
Walsh Kennedy
Tanya Ray Hart
Myrtle
Butler
Wynn
Edward
McCormick
Donna Kennedy
Tanya Arnat
Alan
Valleroy
Mark Jr
Hahn
Grace
Madoc
Pinckneyille
Schwartzkopf
Leta Valentine
Kenneth
Tamarea Morrow
Jesse Bryam
Cotter Sorgman
ST. Joseph Memorial
Meade
Grand Tower Vancil
Irvin
de Soto Kiel
William Jr
Tooley
Herman
Makanda Crawshaw
David
Carbondale Young
Danny Tolbert
Randall Cottonaro
Albert
Union County
Plott
O'Daniel
Nancy Fritz
Ophell Moore
Anthony
Allin Mackey
Stonefort Scharrne
Almstead Perry
Helen
Hearin Hospital
Ivy
Lena York
Ralph
Richland, Mo
Washington County
Nashville
Stein
Hoyleton Miller
Robert Jr
Hoffman
Dubois
P.m
Jackson County
Illinois 13
Bicentennial Committee
P.O. Box
Hurst Community Council
Susie Ogden Ramsey
W. Harrison St
Clay County
George
Lou McDaniel Poff
Frank Ogden
William Collins
Wiley Ramsey
West Monroe
Virgil Ogden
Johnson Funeral Home
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Andrew Gladden
Sadie Mayfield
Charles Leffler
Bennie Wilson
Mark Magerkurth
Southern
Toler Cinema
Marion Drive-In
Flying
King Kong
Marion Jaycees
Santa Claus
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