Murphysboro Council Reconsiders Lot Purchase and City Hall Plan
Murphysboro leaders questioned the exact location of a proposed refuse site after engineer John Blankinship found property line confusion south of Bridge street. The council delayed buying the lot offered by Omer Frazier as deed details are clarified. Blankinship also outlined preliminary designs for a new city hall with native stone facing, brick second floor, reduced height, and a second floor auditorium for public meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Omer Frazier
Bridge Street
John Blankinship
Blankinship
Council Advances New City Car Generator Plan
Mayor Williams said the council approved installing a new generator for the city car. The car's battery, red light, beam headlights, radio and siren are all used together in emergencies.
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Williams
Pittsburg Woman Charlotte Cline 53 Dies
Mrs. Charlotte Cline, 53, Pittsburg, died Friday at Herrin Hospital at 1 45 pm. She was born July 8 1902 in New Bernside and married April 23 1918. Services set for Monday at 2 pm at Pittsburg Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Floyd Jent and Rev. Floyd Barnes officiating. Burial in Union Grove Cemetery. Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Cline
Hit-Run Victim Found Fined Saturday
A report states a body along Rt 3 near the Wye Tavern was found by Sheriff Cheatham and two women Shirley Vollner and Peggy Vollner were fined with costs $12 each for drunkenness by Justice of the Peace C. M. Held. Investigating state's attorney John Gilbert filed charges.
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Jackson County
Cheatham
Shirley
Peggy Vollner
Roble St
Murphysboro
Justice of the Peace
C. M
John Gilbert
Rt. 3
Wye
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murph
Murphysboro Car Parade Joins West Frankfort Rally
A Murphysboro parade car pool will participate in Operation Sink or Swim in West Frankfort on December 31. The procession will assemble at GM&O Park at 12 30 p m led by E A Comte and Harold Grob with Floyd Hart presiding. The rally seeks federal aid to attract new industry to Southern Illinois.
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Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Gm&o
17Th
Walnut Streets
Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Hart
Joe Williams
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
E. A
Comte
Harold Grob
Hart
U. S
Kenneth Gray
Frankfort
Illinois
West Frankfort High Gym
Gray
Ewenhower
Sesser Chief Case Heads To Illinois Supreme Court
Attorney E Charles Giettman said he will appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court over four aldermen’s suit to reinstate ousted policeman Louis Jones. The Circuit Court dismissed the action, citing Jones as the injured party. Stephenson contends he is a seventh council member. four votes failed to achieve a two thirds majority. Giettman claims Jones and another man serve as officers in different capacities. Several hundred dollars have been raised to fund the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Charles Giettman
Sesser
Harold Stephenson
Illinois Supreme Court
Louis Jones
Giettman
Charles Randolph
Jones
Stephenson
Dhead
West Frankfort Mayor Urges Participation in Sink or Swim Meeting
Mayor Williams urged officials to attend a December 31 meeting in West Frankfort called by Rep. Kenneth Gray to address local economic needs. He cited strong city meter receipts around Christmas and noted the Illinois Sanitary Water Board filed a brief in Mt. Vernon in the city’s appeal over Big Muddy River pollution.
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Williams
West Frankfort
Kenneth Gray
C. E. White
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Fourth District Appellate Court
Mt. Vernon
Water Board
Big Muddy
Week's Weather In Review No White Christmas
The week ended with no white Christmas as temperatures rose to the 60s on Saturday and fluctuated between 14 and the upper 30s. Dallas Price of Southern Illinois University notes a depleted cold air supply from Canada and a warm-air surge from the south ends the cold wave. Precipitation was only .02 inch with December remaining the driest month of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Price
Southern Illinois University
Teatures
Mercury
Price
Canada
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Hood Re-Elected as Business Agent in Local 160
Earl Hood aged 38 of Carbondale was re-elected business agent of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 160 at a Friday night meeting in the Jackson County courthouse Murphysboro Hood had been installed Feb 22 after a January election Other officers elected were Bill Thomas president Clifford Simmons vice president Edward Huppert secretary treasurer Jack Ward inside guard The executive board includes James P Harris Loren Taylor Frank Loy Wesley Neville Ernnest Hamlin and trustees Fred Tweedy and Wallace Jones
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Earl Hood
Carbondale
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Hood
Bill Thomas
Clifford Simmons
Edward Huppert
Jack Ward
James P. Harris
Loren Taylor
Frank Loy
Wesley Neville
du Quoin Ernnest Hamlin
Fred Tweedy
Wallace Jones
Three Hurt In Wreck North Of Marion
A three car collision four miles north of Marion on Rt. 37 at 9 a m injured three people. Jack Summers 20 of Thompsonville faced a charge of illegal passing after the crash. Margaret Jamison 31 of Chicago and Ralph Woodham 16 of Chicago sustained injuries. Summers to be arraigned December 29 in Marion.
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Marion
Rt. 37
Jack Summers
Rt. 1
Thompsonville
John Neal
Sam Garnall
Neal
Lawrence Bell
Carrier Mills
Summers
Bell
Margaret Jamison
Chicago
Man Burns to Death at Timber Mill
Jess Orr of Mt. Carbon died from severe burns suffered when his clothing ignited as he warmed himself at a fire at the Missouri Timber Co sawmill Monday. Witnesses said Orr was taken to St. Andrew's Hospital where he died Friday. An inquest is slated for Tuesday evening in Murphysboro. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Jackson Funeral Home in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Orr
Mt. Carbon
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Missouri Timber Co
Orr
Mt. Carbon Timber Company
Dan James
Jackson County
Rechter Plans Reopening In Herrin After Fire
Rechter Brothers Clothing Co announces a temporary reopening within 10 days at the Economy Store at 16th and Cherry streets in Herrin. Fire destroyed the original Rechter building on W Cherry, damaged Yuill Music Store and Grady Plumbing and Heating, with total losses estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Rechter Brother Clothing Co
Ind
16Th
Cherry Streets
Herrin
Herrin Supply Co
Dick Peters
Rechter
Herrin Supply
W. Cherry Street
Yuill Music
Sohn’s
Grady Plumbing and Heating Co
Peters
Finney
Harvey Yuill
Yuill Music Store
Yuill
S. 10Th Se
Harvard Sohn
Sohn
C. B. Grady
Grady Plumbing Co. & Heating Co
Marion Woman Lorraine Duncan Dies at 32
Lorraine Duncan 32 of Route 5 Marion died at Marion Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since November 26. Born June 2, 1923 in Vienna she married Orvil Duncan in 1941 in Mississippi City Missouri. Survived by husband six sons two brothers and parents. Services Tuesday at Wilson Frick Memorial Chapel Marion with burial in Bellknap Cemetery.
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Lorraine Duncan
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Vienna
Orvil Duncan
Mississippi City
Bertha Corzine Avery
East Chicago
Ind
Wilson-Frick Memorial
Earl Ligon
Anna
Bellknap Cemetery
Wilson-Frick Funeral
Duncan
Vienna Baptist Church
Sidewalk Repairs Delayed in Carbondale Dispute
Carbondale Street Commission surveyor Virgil Barringer announced sidewalk repairs along the north side of the Hotel Roberts on Main Street are postponed until the Tuesday City Council meeting. The unsafe, blocked walk may require the city or the hotel owner to pay, with Mrs Newsome the real estate owner and J F Stitt owning hotel fixtures. No cost estimate was provided.
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Carbondale Street
Virgil Barringer
Hotel Roberts
Main Street
George Newsome
Miami
Fra
J. F. Stitt
Herrin groups deliver yule toys to 200 children
Herrin Kiwanis Club and American Legion members handed out toys to about 200 children in the Herrin area on Thursday. Baskets were shared across Energy Crenshaw Chittyville Hafer Sunnyside Colp and Herrin with candy fruit and nuts added to the toys according to Kiwanian Roy Cornaghie.
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Erican Legion
Herrin
Special Christmas Masses at Herrin Church
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Herrin hosts Christmas services with a midnight solemn high mass Saturday preceded by an 11 45 pm processional and Oh Holy Night. Rt Rev Msgr Robert De Gasperi will lead assisted by Fr Pancratius OFM and Fr Ronald Glennon. Sunday mass schedule includes 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 10 10 30 11 00 and 11 30 am.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin
Msgr
Robert de Gasperi
Pancratius, O. F.M
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Teutopolis
Ronald Glennon
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Explosion at West Frankfort Service Station Injures Owner
A grease rack room explosion at 1202 E Main St in West Frankfort burned Shell station owner Austin Weaver hands and face with first and second degree burns while attendant Kendall Uhls was shocked. Fire Chief Fred Harkins noted poor ventilation and gasoline spilling into a sewer as the cause. Damage estimated between 700 and 800 dollars.
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West Frankfort
Austin Weaver
Shell
Fred Harkins
Kendall Uhls
Harkins
E. Main St
Sno Ball Queen Crowned At Carbon Dale Elks Event
Eddie Vogeler Jr. of the Carbon Dale Elks Lodge serves as exalted ruler while Pat Lindsay is crowned Sno Ball queen during Thursday night festivities at the lodge venue.
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Eddie Vogeler Jr
Carbondale Elks Lodge
Pat Lindsay
Brown Shoe Company cites worker service pins at Murphysboro dinner
Six employees of the Brown Shox Company plant in Murphysboro received 25 year service pins at the annual Christmas dinner Saturday. Plant Superintendent Virgil Belton presented pins to Edith Davis Violet Crawshaw Vivian Buck Ruth Followell Enola King Howard Clough. The program noted service started in 1954 when the company began recognizing workers with 25 or more years.
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Brown Shox Company
Murphysboro
Virgil Belton
Edith Davis
Violet Crawshaw
Vivian Buck Ruth Followell
Enola King
Howard Clough Company
Herrin Hosts First Our Brightest Christmas Light Contest
Winners announced by the Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce in the inaugural Our Brightest Christmas home lighting contest. In Class A first place went to John Robbs for a Rudolph scene. second to Mrs. Josephine Rogers. In Class B first place was Don Benitone with a Santa sleigh display. second to Josephine Miriani. Twenty five entries judged. honorable mentions awarded to Carl McNeill and Charles Burke. Judges were Mrs. Herman Karnes Gloria Swofford and Mrs. Charles Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Robbs
S. Park Ave
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Josephine Rogers
N. 20Th St
Santa Claus
Don Benitone
13Th St
Josephine Miriani
16Th St
Jaycee Contest
Taffie Helleny
Helleny
Carl “Buck” McNeill
S. 19Th St
Charles Burke
Herman Karnes
Gloria Swofford
Charles Young
West Frankfort
Car Strikes Area Youth Near Murphysboro
A northbound auto on Route 127 swerved to avoid a stopped car and hit Doyle Crabtree an 18 year old of Murphysboro. Crabtree was taken to St Andrews Hospital with a back injury while the driver W B Miller 46 of Cape Girardeau was treated for minor head injuries and released. The crash occurred about 745 am two miles south of the Route 13 127 junction near New Hill east of Murphysboro.
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Rt. 127
Murphysboro
Doyle Crabtree
Rt. 2
Crabtree
St. Andrew’s Hospital
W. B. Miller
Cape Girardeau
New Hill
Miller
Jackson Commonb
Ray Dillinger
Drunken driving fines set by regional justices
In Herrin Pierce Elsworth and Herrin were fined $110.40 with costs for drunken driving by Justice of the Peace George Wood. In Marion Johnny McGee of Chicago was fined $10 and costs for illegal passing by Justice Hugh Hudgens on state ti
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Herrin
Pierce
Elsworth
Justice of the Peace
George Wood
Marion
Johnny McGee
Chicago
JP Hugh Hudgens
Carbondale Leads In Southern Illinois Sales Tax
Carbondale topped area cities in October sales tax collections at 5 840 dollars, followed by Marion 5 744 and Cairo 5 104. Illinois total receipts reached 3 143 824 across 494 cities, up 511 987 from September as 639 municipalities appeared on the rolls by December 10.
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Carbondale
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Richard J. Lyons
Marion
Cairo
Murphysboro
Herrin
Lyons
Alto Pass
Anna
Benton
Carmi
Carterville
Cobden
Coulterville
Dongola
du Quoin
Eldorado
Equality
Flora
Galatia
Grand Tower
Hurst
Johnston City
Jonesboro
Mound City
Mounds
Odell
Pinckneyville
Royalton
Lesser
Sparta
Thompsonville
Walier
Ergennes
Vienna
West Frankfort
Zeigler
Murphysboro Reports 1955 Tax Receipts and Grants
Murphysboro's first check under the half cent city sales tax is 3964 dollars. City Treasurer reported on Friday night that the city’s share of 1955 property taxes was 67683 dollars, slightly above 1954. The city also received 8039 dollars for road and bridge work in Murphysboro Township and 76 dollars in Somerset Township.
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Murphysboro
Somerset Township
UF Drive To End Tuesday Raises Funds In Carbondale
Carbondale United Fund chair man Bill Winstead says the twice extended drive will end Tuesday with a full report due Wednesday. Pledges and cash total $27,241 toward a $31,000 goal. Donors may visit the Fund office at 205 Monroe St to contribute or check records of distributions to 25 beneficiary organizations.
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Carbondale United Fund
Bill Winstead
Winstead
Monroe St
Mines Idle Report Shows Daily Totals By Mine
Mines idle on Monday and Tuesday report includes Freeman Buckhorn Zeigler Old Ben Orient Fidelity Kathleen Pyramid Truax Truex No 2 and 3 9 14 22 productivity notes indicate shutdowns and restarts across several sites with numbers reflecting hours or units under review.
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Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Ben
Orient
Fidelity
Kathleen
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Murphysboro Council
Pittsburg
Hich
Week's Weather In Review
West Cherry Street
Carbondale Council
Herrin Organizations
Herrin Kiwanis Club
Herrin Church
Pat
Elks
Brown Shoe Company
Robbs
Benstone
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