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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1965
Page
17
A collage of Murphysboro housing ads across multiple streets and formats. Properties include 2 to 5 room modern houses with gas heat basements and partial basements, several apartments in Carbondale, Herrin and Johnston City, and rental hints with contact numbers. Also includes oblique memorial and bid notices from local institutions.
Classified rental notices for Carterville, Marion, Carbondale, and Crainville list furnished and unfurnished apartments, houses, trailer spaces, and office space. Entries provide 3 to 4 rooms, gas or water heat, private baths, carport, and contact numbers such as 985-2211, 985-2355, 985-2483, 985-2427, and 942-2746.
Southern Illinois University Breckinridge Job Corps Center Morganfield Kentucky invites bids for stainless steel tennis nets on requisition M 02924. Official bid opening set for Monday December 27 1955 at 4 00 p m CDST. C 3558 December 17 20 22.
The record lists numerous discharged and admitted patients across Union County and towns including Murphysboro Anna West Frankfort and Carbondale. Names ages and home towns appear with entries for hospital admissions and patient pairings in a dense roster.
In Carbondale a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dear Owen at Doctors Hospital. The Rev and Mrs Burdell O Neil welcomed a daughter in Centralia. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Clyde Lingle in Goreville. A son to Mr and Mrs Cletus Burchfield in Johnston City. A son to Mr and Mrs Dean Snoddy in Marion Memorial Hospital. A son to Mr and Mrs Dennis Howell in Murphysboro. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Earl Ray Dungey in Norris City. A son to Mr and Mrs Charles Ran ey in West Frankfort at Franklin Hospital in Benton.
A sequence of obituaries and funeral notices from Ava Benton Carbondale Johnston City Marion detail the deaths of Iva Levan A B Crawshaw Nora L McKinnies Frances Johnston City Mazelle Dunaway Sherri Sue Dungey John Violett Cecil Ward with ages, dates, funeral times and locations, and burial sites listed across Pleasant Hill Church Van Natta Mitchell and Wilson funeral homes and Rose Hill and East Lawn memorial gardens.
The Illinois Junior College Board approves a plan for a new junior college serving east central Illinois. The district would cover Champaign and adjacent counties, with a $1.2 billion assessed valuation and about 230000 residents. A State Board of Higher Education vote on January 4 could trigger a referendum.
Mazelle Dunaway, 68, died at 8 30 p m Tuesday in Marion. She was born February 27 1897 in Marion daughter of Judge W F Slater and Zula Reed Slater. She married Sam Dunaway September 28 1928 in Effingham and was active in First Christian Church Marion the Marion Fortnightly Club the Marion Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Christian Woman’s Fellowship and the American Legion Auxiliary. She leaves her husband brothers Dr John W Slater of Detroit and Herman Slater of Youngstown and a niece Mrs Robert Eslander of Detroit. Funeral services 2 p m Thursday Wilson Funeral Home Marion Rev Bruce Patton officiating burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m today.
Edward Thompson Jr. 43 of 312 E Birch Sr. pleaded innocent to peace disturbance charges in Jackson County Circuit Court. Police say he wrecked a house and slapped the occupant, with furniture and dishes reported broken. Trial set for 9 a.m. December 28.
Murphysboro Louise Wanstreet, 73, died today. funeral 10 a m Friday at St Andrew Catholic Church burial in church cemetery friends may call after 4 p m Thursday at Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro Jesse Burton WITCHER 78 died Tuesday funeral 3 p m Thursday at Sesser Methodist Church burial Lees Cemetery friends may call Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser Benjamin Luther MORRIS four months died Tuesday funeral 10 p m Thursday Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser burial Maple Hill Cemetery Lesser Rylie BLAIR 91 died Tuesday in Cape Girardeau Mo services 2 p m Thursday at Lynn Hill Funeral Home Sparta burial Union Cemetery Sparta friends may call after 6 p m today at funeral home Minnie INSELMANN 70 died Tuesday services 2 p m Friday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Wine Hill burial in church cemetery friends may call at Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville
Weather outlook predicts higher temperatures from the Great Lakes to the Gulf coast and into the mid-Atlantic, with unchanged temps elsewhere. Snow remains likely in the northern Plains and plateau tonight while showers are forecast in the Pacific Northwest and southern plateau areas. Temperature metrics include a Tuesday high of 52 and a low of 22 with a 32 overnight. a 10 am reading of 55 and no precipitation expected from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning. Lake stage notes show Crab Orchard 21 inches below spillway, Devil's Kitchen 1 inch below, Little Grassy below, Lake of Egypt 3 inches below.
Fair tonight with lows in the 30s to around 40. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and continued mild temperatures with highs in the upper 50s to around 65 in parts of the region including the Chicago area.
The Jonesboro City Council plans to request Central Illinois Public Service install three street lights. One on Brown Street, one on an unnamed south edge street, and another at the merchant parking lot behind the Farm Bureau office. Last year the city had 29 lights installed. no action on a proposed 30 acre water supply lake near the east edge.
Benjamin Luther Morris four month old son of Randall and Pamela Morris of Sesser died at 8 a.m. Tuesday in Children's Hospital St Louis after a one day hospital stay. Born August 16 at Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin he is survived by sister Tammy Liviie and grandparents Mr and Mrs Benjamin Taylor of Du Quoin. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 p.m. at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser with Rev E A Somers officiating burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Ava Glory M. Fox of Murphysboro was fined 15 dollars for disobeying a stop sign. Elisha H. Joiner of Murphysboro was fined 15 dollars for disobeying a stop sign.
Ida Herman, 66, suffered a crushed ankle when her leg was caught in an automatic elevator door as she entered on Monday. Her husband was left outside as the car rose to the 12th floor. James Bland, 50, an employee on the eighth floor, alerted firefighters who freed her by prying open the doors.
The Murphysboro fire department moved the toy distribution to 1:30 p.m. Thursday as children are on Christmas vacation. Any child may pick a toy at Murphysboro City Hall. Donated gifts came from local stores and individuals and were originally planned for today.
Funeral services for infant Sherri Sue Dungey were held at Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion with Rev. C R Walker officiating. Burial followed at East Lawn Memorial Gardens. The infant, stillborn at 1 44 p m Tuesday in Marion, leaves parents Earl Ray and Deloris Emery Dungey of Norris City and siblings Kimberly Diane Debra Lynn and Nickie Joe.
State Police reported no injuries in two minor traffic accidents Tuesday. Thomas R. Bishop 22 of Du Quoin and Roy R. Brown 48 of Carbondale collided at 5 10 p m on Rt 51 two miles north of De Soto. Nellie Purcell 57 and Billy E Fatherlee 40 both of Mt Vernon collided at 1 55 p m on Old Rt 15 four miles east of Mt Vernon.
Frances Francisco 72 of 902 W 9th St Johnston City died at 4 p m Tuesday in a area hospital born Sept 23 1893 in Austria widow of Emil who died in 1959 lived in Johnston City since 1909 She leaves a daughter Mrs Elizabeth Tooley Greenville Ky sons Frank Emil and Henry Francisco all of Johnston City Albert Francisco East St Louis and Andrew Francisco Orlando Fla Funeral 2 p m Thursday Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City Rev Thomas Adams officiating burial Lake View Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m
Herrin mayor Fred A. Henderson named Daniel F. DeClue and John M. Hutchison to represent the city on a proposed Rend Lake intercity water system advisory council. The council, not yet formed, would advise on a contract with Bend Lake Water District as work advances toward a 1969 completion.
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