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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1967

Page

2

Carbondale Plan Commission Meets Wednesday at City Hall

Southern Illinoisan calendar notes a Carbondale Plan Commission public meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday in city hall. The page also lists movie showings at Marlow's Murphysboro Fox Carbondale with titles The Last Safari The Swinger Big Mouth and Forty Guns to Apache Pass and schedules 7 15 p m on weekdays and matinees weekends.

Carbondale Plan Commission City Hall Marlow’s Murphysboro Apache Pass Fox Carbondale

Thursday Public Meetings and Local Events

Carbondale school boards meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in district offices. Herrin Council resumes Dec 25 agenda and parking lot plans. Community events include teen dance at 8 11 45 p m and white elephant bingo at 2 p m at the Herrin center. Local cinema listings for Anna Rogers Theatre show Bible and family features. obit Azalea McClement of Christopher dies at 76 after extended illness. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery.

Carbondale Community Board of Education CCHS Carbondale Lincoln Zeigler Royalton Community Unit Franklin High Pinckneyville Herrin Herrin Senior Citizens N. 14Th St Azalea McClement Christopher Azalea Eubanks McClement S. Victor St Anna State Hospital Franklin County Samuel Flatt Methodist Church of Clement Rosa Williams Chicago Emma Fasig Addie Peirce Rt. 3 Benton Dwight Flatt du Quoin Opal Bill Eubanks Gilbert Funeral Shelby Felts Mt. Pleasant Lesser

Christmas Eve liquor rules stay tight in Southern Illinois

Officials say no broad loosening of Sunday liquor laws this Christmas Eve with limited New Year allowances in select towns. Murphysboro extends to 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. others keep Sunday bans, with some counties and cities offering brief extensions or discretion for New Year’s Eve only.

Southern Illinois Murphysboro Joe Williams Marion Robert Butler Carbondale David Keene Keene Perry County Board of Commissioners du Quoin Pinckneyville Benton Charles Toler West Frankfort Mike McClatchey Johnston City Jesse Carter Chester Derrick Helmers Chester Liquor Control Commissioner Sparta Delbert Hayer Hayer Randolph County Liquor Control L. W. Gwinn Gwin Jackson County W. S. Brandon

Carbondale Studies Planned for Area Drainage Survey

Carbondale invited area officials to co sponsor a comprehensive drainage study with the township county and Southern Illinois University. The project would map Little Crab Orchard creek Pyles Fork Glade Ditch and part of Drury creek to assess needed storm facilities and flood control options.

Carbondale Southern Illinois University Paul Ice Federal Soil Conservation Service Edward Sheraden Shawnee Little Crab Orchard Pyles Fork Creek Glade Ditch Drury Creek Pyles Fork Frank Kirk Sheraden Soil Conservation Service Ice Big Muddy

Trailer Fire Damages 50 Percent at Logan Street

Fire crews responded to a trailer fire at 400 Logan Street in Carbondale at 9:05 p m on Tuesday. The flames damaged half the trailer and were blamed on an overheated oil furnace. The trailer is owned by E W Severs and valued with 50 percent damage. An unrelated forecast notes the 1990 projection of over half the world population living in large communities.

Carbondale Logan St., Jr E. W. Severs

Three injured in two-vehicle crashes near Benton and Eldorado

State Police report two accidents Tuesday near Benton and Eldorado. In the first collision on Rt 34 near the Akin side road, Dorothy Williamson aged 28 and Byron Frankie aged 17 sustained minor injuries. Earl Williamson, 35, was a minorly injured passenger. A second crash on Rt 45 five miles north of Eldorado injured Louis Dettert, 43, and three passengers including Nathanial Warner, 43, Harold Hulsing, 40, and Linus Willenberg, 24, with Dettert and the others treated for minor injuries. Varner, driver of a house trailer, was not injured.

Dorothy Williamson Dale Byron Frankie Thompsonville Earl Williamson Williamson Franklin Hospital Benton Rt. 45 Eldorado Louis Dettert Effingham Nathanial Warner Flint Mich Dettert John Landschafer Teutopolis Linus Willenberg Harold Hulsing Varner

Carbondale Widow Receives Posthumous Service Medals

Mrs. Robert E. Robinson of Carbondale received four medals posthumously honoring her husband Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Robinson who died in a May 13 airplane crash off the coast of South Vietnam. The awards include the U S Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon. The ceremony was held at her home with family present.

Robert E. Robinson Carbondale Southeast Asia South Vietnam U.S. Naval Support Activity Saigon

Christopher Grade School Board Raises Supt Byars Salary

The Christopher Grade School Board increased Supt Glenn Byars' pay from 9700 to 11000 yearly to align with new state minimums amid higher teacher salaries. Eugene Helfrich resigns after 13% years to lead Miners Hospital Christopher. Nancy Greico hired as replacement at 6000 annually.

Christopher Glenn Byars Byars Eugene Helfrich Helfrich Miners Hospital Nancy Greico

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