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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
14
Barbara Smith Anna Smith Emma Dongela Johnson Robert Anna Spurlock Mary Frances Anna Discharged Davis Larry Anna Williams Margie Wolf Lake Ulrich Ida Jean and daughter Grand Chain Hess Pat and son Anna Miller Rev Allen Anna
In Carbondale Cox and Mrs Robert welcome a daughter at Doctors Hospital. Yoder couple greet a son at Doctors Hospital. Creal Springs Leon Cast and wife announce a daughter at Marion Memorial Hospital. Murphysboro Mr and Mrs Lawrence Unterfer greet Lee Robin in Orlando Florida. they are former Murphysboro residents. Pinckneyville John Keene and wife have a son at Community Hospital. West Frankfort James Thornhill and wife welcome a son at Franklin Hospital Benton Wilson and wife greet a son at Franklin Hospital.
James S. Raby, 26, and Nita H. Kinnear, 25, both of St. Louis, were issued marriage licenses in Murphysboro.
Multiple obituaries listed including Samuel N Dallas 83 Alto Pass died at Union County Hospital 7:03 pm with services at Pentecostal Church Paducah burial Alto Pass Cemetery. Ernest Ava Penrod died Wednesday with services Saturday 2 pm Dutch Ridge Baptist Church Ava burial Alto Pass Cemetery IOOF. Mary Fox 75 Carbondale died at Holden Hospital with 2 pm Saturday funeral Van Natta Carbondale burial Oakland Cemetery. J M Wilkinson 75 Marion died at home arrangements incomplete Mitchell Funeral Home. James Morgan Woodall 55 Marion died Thursday in Storm Lake Iowa services 1:30 pm Monday Mitchell Funeral Home Marion burial Old Rosehill Cemetery.
Hogs 8 500 mostly 180 220 lb at 11.50 to 12.25 with many 11.75 12.00. 160 head grade 1 200 220 lb at 12.50. 220 230 lb 10.75 12.00. 230 270 lb 9.75 11.50. 270 320 lb 9.00 10.25. 140 170 lb 11.00. Sows 450 lb down 8.50 9.00 heavier sows 8.00 25 boars over 250 lb 5.50 6.50 lighter to 7.50. Cattle 400 calves 300 choice steers and heifers to 20.00 majority commercial good 14.00 17.00 light utility 10.00 11.00 majority 10.00 11.50 canners cutters 7.50 10.00 bulls 12.00 14.00 dealers 27.00 30.00 high choice prime, good and choice largely 20.60 26.00 commercial and good 15.00 20.00. Sheep 600 good and choice wooled lambs 17.00 18.00 utility and good 15.00 16.00 culls 10.00 13.00 wooled slaughter ewes 3.00 5.00.
The Carbondale NAACP branch will install newly elected officers on January 8. The exact location will be announced later. Officers include President W. J. Anderson First Vice President Thomas Ayler Second Vice President Emanuel Miller Treasurer Benny Deal Secretary Jacob Hayes Associate Secretary Mrs Cato McKinnier man of Executive Committee Ed Hilsman Co chairman Rev W F Williams.
Creal Springs city crews layered spar rock on cemetery drives as part of a planned improvement project sponsored by the City Council and the Creal Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A Carbondale and Harrisburg Coach Lines spokesman said ICC desegregation orders will not affect the company. The ICC served cease and desist notices on about 350 rail and bus firms, with Perrine noting enforcement may take time for Southern Illinois buses. Illinois Central, Southern Railway System and Gulf Mobile and Ohio indicated they would end segregating Negro passengers.
Funeral services for Delia Mowery Miller 64 longtime Carbondale Dongola resident will be at the First Church in Dongola with Rev H Peterson officiating. Burial will be at Dongola IOOF Cemetery. Miller died Monday in Riverside California leaving daughters Dolores Murry Evelyn Holland Rozena Talley and Maxine Wilburn and sons William and Pauli Mowery along with siblings twelve grandchildren four great grandchildren and two step grandchildren. Friends may call at Ford Funeral Home in Dongola after 10 am Saturday.
Postmaster Homer Cleland says the Murphysboro Post Office saw Christmas mail about 1 percent heavier than last year. Cancellations are expected to exceed 300000 for December 13 to 23 as extra carriers complete their last rush day and operations return to normal. Peak days were not as hectic as in some years.
Donald N. Boydston, chair of SIU health education, is invited to speak at the fourth annual Illinois Health Improvement Assn convention in Decatur January 19 20. He will discuss county health service improvements and county level projects and SIU support plans through surveys counseling and guidance services with county boards.
The Creal Springs Post Office processed 16 000 pieces of mail last Monday with about 10 000 received and roughly 6 000 cancellations.
The Korean War raised a legal issue of how to handle POWs charged with crimes against country and fellow prisoners. Army warfare ethics stress high standards, with defenses like duress debated. most POWs resisted indoctrination, and trials target the extreme cases of gross deviation.
Floods swept Humboldt, Del Norte and surrounding counties as the Klamath and Eel rivers surged. Authorities reported multiple deaths and widespread destruction from the coast to inland valleys, with towns isolated and trains halted. Red Cross and civil defense aided thousands of homeless families brought to Eureka.
Army PFC James Chambers Jr. and his wife Ethel of 1209 W 13th St Chicago helped the unit win the 18th Field Artillery Group boxing championship in Germany. His parents Mr and Mrs James Chambers reside on Rt 2 Carbondale.
Randolph Board of Commissioners reviewed the fiscal year ending November 30 1955 expenditure report showing 1 019 675 total spending and 234 788 balance in the county general fund. A courthouse renovation project in Chester was listed at 26 762 with 28 800 set aside. Per diem and travel expenses for commissioners were approved along with routine bills and salary payrolls for county employees.
The Anna City Council met Thursday night and approved expenditures including a partial payment to Triangle Construction Co of Kankakee for work on the city's new gas system.
Samuel N Dallas 83 of Alto Pass died Thursday night at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was a janitor at Alto Pass schools and a member of Alto Pass Pentecostal Church. Survived by sons Ed Ava Albert Howard of Alto Pass and Lee Phoenix. daughters Iva Bittle Alto Pass and Gussie Nance Peoria. 17 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 PM at Paducah Pentecostal Church. Rev. Albert Altenburger officiating. Burial in Alto Pass. Friends may call at Walker Funeral Home after 7:30 PM today.
Everett Miller Jr. was not a passenger in the Rt. 13 crash north of Murphysboro. James O. Lacy drove the car, injuring himself when it went off the highway. Sheriff Howard Cheatham confirmed the driver was alone.
Final interior work on a new three room and auditorium unit at Lincoln Grade School proceeds through the holiday break. Roof doors and windows near completion with heat to begin interior plastering and flooring once enclosed. The $100,000 bond approved January funds the project, begun in July after delays from labor disputes and cement shortages.
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