Anna State Hospital Christmas Gifts For 39 Wards
Gifts assembled by Minors Federated Women's Clubs and supporters will be opened on Christmas Day as 39 hospital wards receive presents. About 130 patients in family care homes also receive gift boxes. The hospital festooned grounds with a 40 foot Tree of One Thousand and One Lights and Christmas scenes. The event featured a program The Christmas That Almost Wasn't and religious services led by Rev Melvin Vandeloo and Chaplain Robert Otto.
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Anna State Hospital
Ev G
Santa Claus
Christ
Saint Nick
Melvin Vandeloo
Anna
Robert Otto
Goodner Hall
Hoslauver Named Chairman of Alexander County Board
William H. Hoslauer, a Democrat elected to his first term on the Alexander County Board of Commissioners, was named board chairman at an organizational meeting. Hoslauer, manager of a Cairo grain company, will also assume liquor control commissioner duties. Holdover members are Guy Coleman and Rankin Robinson, both from Cairo.
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William H. Hoslauer
Alexander County Board of Commissioners
Hoslauer
Cairo
Guy Coleman
Rankin Robinson
Wieneke, West Frankfort, Dies at 41 in Chicago Hospital
Val Wieneke, 41, formerly of West Frankfort, died early Thursday in a Chicago hospital of cirrhosis. Born March 26, 1920, he was a World War II veteran and attended Second Baptist Church. Survived by wife Florence and children Carol Alan Gary Donna, and by parents, siblings Gloria Taylor, Howard, plus Mel Lopez. services Sunday at Second Baptist Church West Frankfort, burial Tower Heights Cemetery. viewing after 6 p.m. at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort.
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Val Wieneke
West Frankfort
Chicago
Mr. Wieneke
Second Baptist Church
Herbert Wieneke
Florence
Six Hurt In Wreck On Rt 45 North Of Harrisburg
Six persons, including four from an Indiana family, received minor injuries in a two car collision on Rt 45 north of Harrisburg. Joseph Tate and Eugene Pigg drove the other car. Pigg’s family was treated at Harrisburg Hospital while Tate’s wife was kept for observation. An Indiana driver escaped injury when a loaded tractor trailer overturned along Rt 37 near Ina. Tohru Motooka and two other drivers were treated for minor injuries after separate accidents on Rt 51 and Rt 149 in Zeigler.
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Harrisburg
du Quoin
Joseph Tate
Eugene Pigg
Transville
Ind
Muddy
Pigg
Imogene
Diane
Genlry
Tate
Aaron Hall
Zeigler
Maud Schaeffer
Goreville
Rt. 149
Penitentiary Inmates Get Fried Chicken for Christmas
Inmates at the Menard Penitentiary in Chester will not have turkey for Christmas dinner. Warden Ross Randolph announced a holiday menu featuring fried chicken with sage dressing giblet gravy cranberry sauce candied yams June peas combination salad bread fruit pumpkin pie and coffee.
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Menard
Chester
Ross Randolph
Charles Forbes Services Held at Crainville
CharlesWilliam Forbes 75 of Bourbonnais died at 5 15 pm Wednesday. Services Saturday afternoon at Crainville Baptist Church with Rev Jimmie Howerton and Rev Everett Beal officiating. Burial in Hast Lawn Memorial Gardens. Born September 3 186? in Carterville to William and ? Forbes. Friends may call at Riggings Funeral Home Carterville.
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Crainville Baptist Church
Carterville
Charles William Forbes
N. LaVasseur's
Bourbonnais
George
Rt.1
Jimmie Howerton
Everett Beal
Hast Lawn Memorial Gardens
Forbes
William Forbes
Riggins
Car Hits Pole, Driver Fined In Johnston City
A Johnston City driver, Paul Howell, 28, was fined 109 dollars and 26.60 costs after his car struck a telephone pole on West 9th street at 6 am Thursday. He was charged with reckless driving and destruction of property. no injuries were reported and telephone communications were briefly interrupted.
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Johnston City
West 9Th Street
Paul Howell
Oscar Line
Jack Wells
Howell
Carbondale man complains after restaurant altercation
A Carbondale area man told police he was struck by a Black man after objecting to three Black men sitting beside him at a restaurant. Police could not locate the three, and an investigation found he had asked one of them to go outside.
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Carbondale Area
Santa Claus to visit Williamson County Airport event
Santa Claus will arrive via Ozark Air Lines at 8 45 Saturday and be greeted by Mayor Henderson at the Williamson County Airport. He will tour downtown business district until 1 p m and then workshop near Coca Cola Bottling to distribute gifts to children. At about 3 20 p m he plans to visit homebound children and asks parents to call Jack Murphy for home visits.
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Santa” Claus
Williamson County
Ozark Air Lines
Meee Taek
Ee aTarahy
Jaycee
Fred Henderson
Santa
Airieort
Herrin
Busi’ Mess
Coca. Cola
Jack Murphy'at
Home Displays To Be Judged In Local Contest
Herrin junior chamber of commerce sponsors a home décor and lighting contest judged this weekend. Jack Murphy says first to third place will be awarded in three categories with no leash awards this year. Class A displays up to 255 dollars, Class B from 26 to 50 dollars, and Class C over 50 dollars.
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Herrin
Jack Murphy
Jaycees
Funeral services for Mrs Izora Shadowens 71 Johnston City
Funeral services for Mrs Izora Shadowens 71 of Johnston City will be held at 9 p m Saturday at Muman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City with Rev Mrs Ethel Hoffard and Rev Curt Rogers officiating Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery Mavion Friends may call at the funeral home Mrs Shadowens died at 6 p m Thursday at Union Hospital West Frankfort Local newspaper notices indicate the publication by Southern Illinois Publications Inc Carbondale Illinois
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Izora Shadowens
Johnston City
Muman and Wilson
Ethel’ Hoffard
Curt Rogers
Maplewood Cemetery
Mavion
Friends
Mes
Shadowens
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Southern Egcingisan
Southern
Llinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North Ith Street
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Til
Herrin
Ulinois
Southern Alinuisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Alt. AP
Local Yard Sale Fragments Highlight Small Purchases
Readable fragments show prices and names tied to a neighborhood market scene. Items include windows priced under and over ten dollars and buyers like Mrs. Jim Davis and William Rice amid addresses on Washington Avenue and Skyline Drive.
Mythical yard sale figures appear in fragmented ad
An OCR fragment lists yard sale style entries with prices and names. It mentions Harry W. Schulz at 700 Skyline Cyr offering $10, Tom Gallogly at 908 S Oakland Ave offering $7.50, and Mrs. Carl Bennett at 200 S Dixon Ave offering $15. The note also references a yard scene over $25 and a $25 threshold, plus an entry for Mrs William Boor at 905 W Linden Sr. with an honorable mention.
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Harry W. Schulz
Skyline Cyr
Tom Gallogly
S. Oakland Ave
Willian Boor
W. Linden Sr
Carl Bennett
S. Dixon Ave
Funeral services for William J Gant of Johnston City
William J Gant of Johnston City dies Friday in Marion Hospital at 2 p.m. Sunday funeral planned at Murrian and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City with Elder William Reece officiating. Burial in Hervin City Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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William J
Bill Gant
Johnston City
Murrian - and Wilson Funeral Home
Wileliam’ Reecewill
Hervin .Cuty
Grant
Marion Hospital
Friends
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East Park Street
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Devillez Christmas
Lane
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Illinois
Lloyd’s
Mardale Shopping Center
Carbondale, Ill
Sharles Forbes
Shadawens
Sanitary Service, Inc
North Kennicott
Dial
Liberty
Orville Bevel, JR
Robert A. Crawshaw
Pam
Washington Ave
Selmiervn Supply
Ss. S
Seas Garden Eyes
Jim’ Davis
Donna
William Rice
Skyline Dr
Qreetings
Frank
Tinois
Herrin West
Wembley
Admiral
Og Ae
Seeley Mill
Ris
Srees
Weller
Main
Walnut
Monroe
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