Teacher To Be IEA Delegate From District 106
Kathleen Miller a Murphysboro grade school teacher will attend the Illinois Education Assn convention in Chicago as District 106 delegate. The Grade School Board of Education authorized expenses and has long custom of selecting the exam president-elect as delegate. Also attending from district 106 are Louis Wides William H. Carruthers Agatha White and others as TEA invitees. The convention begins Tuesday.
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Kathleen Miller
Murphysboro
Illinois Education Assn
Chicago
Louis Wides
TEA
Supt
William H. Carruthers
IEA
Agatha White
Logan
SIU Faculty Recital Set for Jan 5 at Shryock Auditorium
Seven SIU faculty perform a chamber music recital January 5 at 8 15 p m in Shryock Auditorium. Pianist Steven Barwick and violinist John Wharton open with Beethoven Sonata in G major Op 30 No 3. The program also includes Mozart String Quartet in D Major K 575 Shostakovich Op 49 and Brahms Trio for Piano Violin and French Horn Op 40 with Robert Mueller Wharton and Phillip Olsson.
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Southern Illinois University
Shryock
Steven Barwick
John Wharton
Wharton
Carl Schroeder
Eileen Barry
Mozart
Kachel
Shostakovich
Robert Mueller
Phillip Olsson
Brahms
Terrific Herrin Teen Town Moves to New Home
Herrin teen group Teen Town opened on the second floor of the Howard & Casey Building owned by George Anderson after remodeling. More than 250 youngsters attended after a Herrin Centralia game to test the 16 by 16 soda bar and dance space. The layout adds space, a new south entrance, knotty pine stairs, and a painted yellow ceiling with green walls.
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Howard & Casey
George Anderson
Anderson
Herrin Teen Town
Herrin
Herrin-Centralia
Teen Town
Former Metropolis Resident Drowns in Ohio River
Walter H. Moreland of Elizabeth Indiana formerly of Metropolis drowned Tuesday in the Ohio River south of Laconia. He an employee of the U S Corps of Engineers was placing a warning sign for boats when his motor boat washed over the dam. He leaves a wife and three children and a large Netz of relatives in Metropolis Elizabeth and Detroit.
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Walter H. Moreland
Elizabeth
Ind
Metropolis
Ohio River
Laconia
Moreland
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Neil Moreland
D. Carmen
Celtus Bowen
Jack Staulcup
Ruth Moreland
Wayne
Santa in Sparta Shoppers Welcome Daily Appearance
Santa Claus appears in the Sparta shopping district daily this week drawing families and posing for photos with children and visitors amid seasonal shopping bustle.
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SANTA
Sparta
Santa Claus
Notable Praise From Junior Teen Town Council Vice President
Ray Dean Pierce, vice president, expresses enthusiasm describing the event as terrific. The remark captures local pride in the youth leadership project and its positive reception among participants and supporters.
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Ray Dean Pierce
Junior Teen Town Council
Accused Mass Slayer Guilty Conviction Shocks Indiana
Princeton Indiana December 21 An Gibson Circuit Court jury convicted Leslie Irvin 31 of murder in the slaying of Wesley Kerr 29 an Evansville service station operator during a December 23 1954 robbery The jury deliberated 90 minutes before finding Irvin guilty The state labeled him a mad dog killer The defense seeks appeals as sentencing is postponed Goebel Duncan survivor of a triple slaying linked to Irvin also present in the packed courtroom The Duncan farm killings occurred March 21 near Henderson Kentucky and were tied to robberies The survivor Mrs Duncan was blinded by the shooting while her family members perished
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Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Gibson
Irvin
Wesley W. Kerr
Evansville
A. Dales
Goebel Duncan
Raymond
Elizabeth Duncan
Duncan Farm
Henderson
Steeleville Minister Named Menard Aide
The Rev J W Heller of Steeleville is named assistant chaplain at Menard State Penitentiary in Chester He will assist Protestant chaplain Rev Silas Morgan at the prison.
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J. W. Heller
Steeleville
Menard State Penitentiary
Chester
Mr. Heller
Silas Morgan
Goodwill Truck to Collect in Carbondale on Jan 17
Goodwill Industries will stage a donation drive in Carbondale on January 17 to collect clothing shoes and small appliances. Residents should place items in plain sight on their front porch by 8 a.m marked Goodwill.
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Goodwill Industries
Carbondale
Goodwill
Indictments Tied to Evansville and Mount Vernon Killings
Irvin faced indictments for a bullet wound death and for two separate killings. One victim, Mrs. Mary Holland, 36, was slain in an Evansville liquor store on December 2, 1954, and Mrs. Wilhelmina Sailer, 47, was killed at her Mount Vernon area home on March 21.
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Irvin
Mary Holland
Evansville
Wilhelmina Sailer
Mount Vernon
Ind
Philosophy series set in Carbondale explores higher education
George K. Flechmann of Southern Illinois University will lead a five lecture series titled Five Dilemmas in Higher Education. Topics include Whether the Curriculum Has a Unity and Education or Experience Which is Prior, slated for January during the winter term in Carbondale.
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George K. Flechmann
Southern Illinois University
University lecture series on democracy education and creativity
A schedule of lectures begins February 1 with "Are Democracy and Education the Same?" followed by "Does Knowledge Bake Any Bread?" on February 15 and "Does a University Stifle Creative Thought?" on March 7. Lectures start at 7 30 p m at University School Studio Theater and the public is invited.
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University School Studio Theater
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New Herrin
Basil Russell
Elie
Nn Americal Eminent
Russel Wright
Calvert Reserve
Calvert
Elay
Calvert Nee
Calvert Distillers Company
New York City
Mass Slayer
Eaton & Brown Appliance Co
Menard
Goodwill Collection
Philosophy
B&k
B&k Furniture Store
M. J. Bozarth
Illinois
West Frankfort
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