Local Government Meetings and Movie Listings
Public meetings include Hurst Johnston City Frankfort Christopher Benton Marion and De Soto school and city councils plus a special water superintendent review. Movie showings span Half a Sixpence Sailor Beware Around the World in 80 Days Pink Jungle In Enemy Country Tarzan and the Jungle Boy Hammerhead Assignment K. Special events note a chorus rehearsal at Herrin High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst
Johnston City
Herrin
Frankfort
de Soto School Board of Education
Marion City Council
City Hall
Varsity
Carbondale
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Marion
Enemy Country
Rodgers
Anna
Fox
Hammerhead
Herrin Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Carbondale Public Hearing on Move of House to New Lot
A Tuesday code enforcement hearing at City Hall discusses moving a house from 720 Marion Street to Lot 60 Tie Plant Place on North Pierce Street. A Social Security office representative will attend Herrin Senior Citizens Center at 301 North 14th Street for sessions at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. plus a pinochle game at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
City Hall
Marion St
Pierce Street
Social Security Office
Herrin
Senior Citizens Center
N. 14Th St
Christmas cheer lists many locals who lent a hand
A year after a house fire, the Knight family receives help from Crab Orchard Job Corpsmen, Carbondale and Murphysboro neighbors, reporters, Elks, Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary volunteers, service clubs, SIU students, and area workers. The column thanks ODeserving individuals and groups for efforts to rebuild and support the needy with holiday baskets and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Willhite
Murphysboro
Robert Knight
Knights
Carbondale
Crab Orchard
Sallee Kirk
East Side Rangers
Bob Hagen
Herrin
Rip Stokes
Carbondale Elks
Elks
Charles Horst
Elks, Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
Jaycees
Larry Odell
Odell
St. Louis Cardinals
Martin Oil
North Illinois Avenue
CIPS
General Telephone Co
Carbondale Teen Center
Robert Allen
SIU
Regional cleanup push in Southern Illinois gains steam
In 1951 Jackson County launches a countywide rural urban spring cleanup spurred by Dowell and health officials. Towns like Carbondale Murphysboro and Herrin report hundreds of loads of trash removed, streets scrubbed, and new garbage cans appearing. Officials cite ongoing beautification efforts and national programs Keep America Beautiful and the National Clean-Up Bureau backing regional pride and anti litter campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Iinois
Dowell
Jackson County
Health Department
Southern Illinois
Ben
Herrin
Marion
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Eldorado
Saline County
National Advertising Council
Keep America Beautiful, Inc
National
Advertising Council
Keep America Beautiful
National Soft Drink Assn
National Public Service Agency
Lyndon Johnson
Bureau
Greater Egypt
Disneyland
Anaheim
Calif
Four injured in collision between car and pickup east of Marion
State police said a collision on old Route 13 near its junction with new Route 13 left four people injured. John C. Ballowe 59 of Charleston and Pauline Ballowe 58 of Charleston were among the injured. Douglas McAlpin 19 of Marion drove the truck. One car accident on Orient Road injured Donald R. Hoppers 24 of Joliet. Funeral services for George Abel Jones 68 of Chester set for St John Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rt. 13
Marion
John C. Ballowe
Charleston
W. Va
David G. McAlpin
Ballowe
Pauline Ballowe
Frank C. Ballowe
Herrin
Ruth W. Ballowe
Donald R. Hoppers
Joliet
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Orient Road
Rt. 149
George Abel Jones
A. Allendale
Chester
St. John Lutheran Church
W. Arnold Ranta
Church
Mr. Jones
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Kaskaskia Island
William
Caroline Meir Jones
Florence Beckhorn
Jones
Theodore
Harry
Ellis Grove
Roland
Murphysboro
Oneida Ross
St. Louis
Jessie Eggemeyer
Vesa Salger
Evansville
Ruth Reinhart
Jefferson City
Schroeder
Marion soldier wounded in Vietnam near Chu Lai
Pfc. Bobby L. Tottleben, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Tottleben of Marion, was wounded in the left thigh on a combat operation near Chu Lai. He is a machine gunner who enlisted April 10 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Ord before arriving in Vietnam September 21. His wife Vivian Ann resides in Zeigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Vietnam
Bobby L. Tottleben
William E. Tottleben
Vivian Ann
Baggett St
Zeigler
Tottleben
Pfc
U.S
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Theft reports hit two Carbondale stores over weekend
Police logged break ins at Purple Mousetrap Restaurant and Weston Shell Station Sunday. Loot included cash, cigars, and vending machine takes with damage noted at both sites. Also reported a Cobden man’s death at Union County Hospital from a brain tumor or hemorrhage. Funeral plans: Broadway McCarty Cobden. A ponderous pelican opens with flight and stride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Eugene Gelling
S. Illinois
Weston Shell Station
West Main Street
Paul Naas
Naas
Cobden
Robert Leon Cowsert
Rt. 1
Union County Hospital
Anna
Cowsert
Mr. Cowsert
Anna Feed and Paper Co
Dexter
Charles L
Pearl Pitcher Cowsert
Laura Clutts
Alto Pass
Judy Anna
Linda Sue
Alice Marie
Billy Joe
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Charles Jr
Jimmy Lee
Broadway-McCarty
Herrin council to act on zoning changes tonight
The Herrin City Council plans to approve two zoning changes. The plan commission recommends rezoning 301 N. 8th St from B-2 residential to B-2 business for a heating and air repair business. A second proposal would allow owner operated beauty shops in residential zones without prior approval. The council may discuss assuming ambulance service, bids on a 1969 police car, and insurance coordination. Funeral services were held for Edna M. Kiefer at 2 p.m. in Til den.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
City Plan Commission
N. 8Th St
William Knight
Williamson County Funeral Homes
City Hall
Heater responsible for Johnston City fatal fire
An 81 year old man, Charlie Eberhardt of 1112 Burgess Street, died Friday after a fire at his Johnston City home. Fire officials believe a gas heater without a pilot light caused a gas explosion. An inquest is scheduled for 7 p m at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Charlie Eberhardt
Burgess St
Doyle Ray
Leslie Rose
West Frankfort
Ray
Eberhardt
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Fire damages mobile home in Herrin
Heavy fire and smoke damaged a mobile home at 1008 N. 14th St in Herrin early today. Firefighters reported the blaze began in a sawdust pile beside the trailer, owned by Willard Smith and occupied by Pete Peters. Firefighters had answered an earlier call to the same three room trailer Friday morning before moving the home away from the sawdust pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
14Th St
Willard Smith
Pete Peters
Golconda Soldier Receives Second Purple Heart
Golconda resident Army Specialist Four Phillip L. Hicks has earned a second Purple Heart for wounds sustained in action. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kestner Hicks of Golconda. The item appears in the Southern Illinoisan, a regional newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip L. Hicks
Golconda
Hicks
Kestner Hicks
Fire Calls Report From Local Areas
Fire incidents include Carbondale at 12:58 a.m. Sunday in University City Dormitory with an air conditioner fire no estimate. Another Carbondale case at 11:25 p.m. Sunday at 409 W Oak a house fire with damage to basement wiring and plumbing started from cinders in the basement. Herrin at 2:10 a.m. today 1008%4 N 14th St mobile home owned by Willard Smith occupied by Pete Peters heavy damage with blaze started in a sawdust pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
University City
W. Oak
Manuel Schanarn
Herrin
N. 14Th St
Willard Smith
Pete Peters
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Hunky-Lynch
Chrysler-Plymouth
Benton
VISTA
C. William Norman
Norman
Watson Miller
Puerto Rico
Arthur Lenzini
Guatemala
Herb Ashleys
Shorty’? Howells
Tom McKie
W. Main
Greater
Egypt
Illinois
George Jones
Southern Illinois Book and Supply
Ill
Robert Cowsert
Pelican
Herrin Council
Tilden
United Presbyterian Church
Edna M. Kiefer
Wesley Walters
Kiefer
Charles
Janet Craig Lindsay
Delmar
Covina
Norm Coulter
City of Carbondale
Byford Boyd
Golconda Gleets
Pep
Southern Illinois Inc
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Sesser
Franklin Hospital
Williamson County
Estella Hartwell Boyd
Ariel Lochiner
First Baptist Church
Sesser Concrete Co
Peyton Concrete Co
Carbondale Concrete Products
Muriel
John Paul
Opal Boyd
Woodstock
Luther
John
Loren
Bert
Rantoul
Memphis
Tenn
Robert
Decatur
Bill
Christopher
Don
O’fallon
E. A. Sommers
Jerrell White
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield Funeral Home
Mae E. Jacques
Cherry St
Barnes Hospital
Jacques
Anna State Hospital
Congregational Church
Pete
Lella Hopkins Hill
Country
Aire
W. College
Bank of Murphysboro
FDIC
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