Southern Illinois Calendar Open House and film schedules
Open House at Shawnee Forest headquarters 3 5 p m Sunday 317 E Poplar St Harrisburg plus film showings at Riviera Herrin Grand Slam Campus Drive in Egyptian Drive in and more across Carbondale Marion and other towns. Public meetings list city councils school boards and community events across the region with dates and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Forest New
E. Poplar St
Harrisburg
Riviera
Herrin
Campus Drive-in
Fiie
Varsity
Carbondale
Mayor delays action on Beasley's Tavern license
Murphysboro officials will delay any license action against Beasley's Tavern at 902 Walnut St until the gambling case is prosecuted. Mayor Joe Williams said a conviction on the gambling charge could lead to suspension. Beasley faces a $1,000 bond hearing January 9 for keeping a gambling place. five poker participants are bonded at $500 each. Energy to hold village primary Feb 25 with 6 am to 6 pm voting in the village hall for three trustees a clerk and a president.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Williams
Beasley
Walnut St
Joseph Ardell Beasley
Energy Village
IC to test jet train on Carbondale Chicago run
The Illinois Central Railroad plans a jet train test in 1969 on the Carbondale to Chicago route. The unit, capable of 170 mph, would run about a month though top speed on the corridor remains around 100 mph with a sub five hour trip. It mirrors a prototype in the Boston to Washington corridor.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Carbondale
Chicago
Boston, Mass
Washington, D.C
Murphysboro Eyes 1969 City Election Slates
Democrats plan ten incumbents to file for city posts in Murphysboro with eight eight seats filled by incumbents. Mayor Joe Williams and Ernest Miller expected to file Monday along with City Clerk Kenneth Taylor and Treasurer Bill Hardwig. Four incumbents plus two appointed aldermen seek new terms. Filing ends December 28 with a February 25 primary and April 15 election. no Republican filings reported.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Ernest Miller
Kenneth Taylor
Bill Hardwig
Kenneth Cochran
John Wright
Bruce Richmond
Bob McCormick
Curtis Cooper
Jim Shields
Fire damages new quarters of First Federal in Herrin
Fire at 316 South Park Avenue destroyed five rooms of the First Federal Savings and Loan Co. office after opening day in the new quarters. Cause undetermined. no damage estimate. Records safe. work to resume at old office. Firefighters at scene about two hours. brick exterior intact.
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Federal Savings and Loan Co
Herrin
South Park Avenue
W. Douglas Bryant
Bryant
Association
North Park Avenue
Ing
Du Quoin Buys Automatic Addressing Machine For Water Dept
The Du Quoin City Council approved a $3,337 Pitney-Bowles automatic addressing machine with feeder for use in the water department. The council also moved toward acquiring the Red Star Mill, with safety concerns cited about the three story building and an open elevator shaft. An option on rear mill buildings was offered for $10,000, but may wait until after the new fiscal year. The body set Poplar Street as an arterial and approved a street-widening project funded by $160,000 in motor fuel tax funds.
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Pam Arnold
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
Pitney-Bowles, Inc
St. Louis
Pitney-Bowles
Daily
Water Department
Don Johnson
Guy Hitt
Red Star
Jack Struck
Struck
Rennie Bedar
Bedar
Council
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Leslie J. Rose
Poplar Street
Chestnut
Oak
R. W. Hardy
Illinois Inspection and Rating Bureau
Hardy
Helen Apple
The
du Quoin Youth Association, Inc
Area districts plan Sparta area vocational school
Eight high school districts began planning an area vocational school near Sparta. State official Howard Strubinger outlined operations while Sparta Unit District 140 officials prepare a written proposal. The school would serve a 25 to 30 mile radius with tuition covering operating costs and funds from Sparta plus matching state money.
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Sparta
Howard Strubinger
State Dept. of Vocational Education
C. B. Pierce
Sparta Unit
Strubinger
Pierce
Blood Drive at VFW Hall in Chester this Friday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall at 939 State St Chester from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday. Persons aged 18 through 60 may donate blood. minors need a parent or guardian written consent on Red Cross form 5255. Transportation provided. call 826-4187 or 826-3773, or arrange transport on Dec 27 by calling 826-3411.
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Red Cross
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State St
Chester
Benton codes move closer to city election issue
A joint meeting of the city council and planning commission advanced a set of plumbing housing fire electrical and building codes. Adopted by the planning commission earlier these codes would shape the city workable program and federal housing eligibility. Awaiting council action 120 public housing units exist with 50 for the elderly.
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Benton
City Council
Planning Commission
The
Planning Commission, Ac
Cording
J. W. MacDonald
West Frankfort
Charles Toler
Clarence Lowery
MacDonald
Don Cox
Plan Commission
Fire destroys home. Johnston City man dies
An 81 year old Johnston City man, Charlie Eberhardt, died after a fire swept his frame home at 1112 Burgess Street. He was found unconscious and died on arrival at Herrin Hospital. Firemen fought the blaze for two hours. Cause listed as undetermined with preliminary inquiry noting asphyxiation. Funeral plans set for 2 p.m. today at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Burgess Street
Charlie Eberhardt
Herrin Hospital
Eberhardt
Delmer Mitchell
Tom Kirkpatrick
Charles E. Gamble
Williamson County
James Wilson
Murman
Godfrey
Dorothy Gontermann Eberhardt
Myrtie Dorris
Hodcarriers Union
First Baptist Church
Wallace Hunter
Dorothy Sharknass
West Frankfort
Edgar
Glenn
Earl
Ray
Jerry
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Thomas Adams
Huck Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan Publisher and Contact Note
The Southern Illinoisan operates daily except Saturdays and holidays from Carbondale and maintains bureaus in Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes its succession from several local papers and its exclusive AP republication rights.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphyshere Independent
Associated Press
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Marlow’s
Orpheum
Marion
Enemy Country
Rodgers
Anna
Fox
Hammerhead
Hurst
Johnston
Frankfort
City Hall
Herrin Senior
N. 14Th St
Sammy
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Energy
First Federal Savings and Loan Office
Farnham
South Illinois
Southern Illinois Book and Supply SO
Ill
Steeleville
Red Bud
Randolph Coun
New Athens
Marissa
Trico
Campbell Hill
Pinckneyville
Coulterville
Randolph County
Bob Heins
Pekin Farmers Life Insurance Company
Robert Tebben
Mr. Heins
Pekin
Pekin Farmers
Pekin, Illinois
W. College
Helleny’s
Mardale Shopping Center
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