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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1955
Page
5
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Fidelis class of Johnston City First Baptist Church hosted a Christmas gathering at Mrs. Charles R. Rogers home with Mrs. O. L. Wall and Mrs. Loren Childers as assistants. Mrs. Minnie Evers led the devotional and Mrs. Lizzie Hard presented two readings. Mrs. Dovey Trinkle coordinated games awarding prizes to Mrs. Evers and Mrs. Alice. Santa Claus distributed gifts.
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Ethel Hammett of the Oklahoma state supreme court clerk’s office marks four occasions on Christmas Day. It is Christmas, her birthday, her mother's birthday, and her parents' wedding anniversary.
Southern Illinois District 13 ranked sixth in the regular semi annual inspection. The district head at Du Quoin said Saturday morning the results were released and noted the performance across patrol units.
Sangamo Electric Co employees held their annual Christmas turkey dinner Saturday with guests of the company. Johnston City High sextet sang Christmas carols and a group of Sangamo employees joined in the celebration.
Belleville police report Sgt. William E. Nichols 27 was killed in a headon crash Friday when his car collided with another vehicle in Belleville AP confirms the fatal incident and identifies Nichols as the deceased officer.
Steeleville area residents may take night classes through SIU Division of Technical and Adult Education in cooperation with Steeleville High School. Courses include mechanical drawing beginning typing beginning welding and advanced welding running January through March with weekly meetings. Registration is January 3 at 7 pm at the high school. Tuition and book fees are nominal from 7.20 to 12.50. Illinois veterans may use the Military Scholarship with a discharge copy.
Funeral services were held Friday at Dowell Baptist Church for a 67 year old Dowell resident who died at 12 25 am Thursday in Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin after several weeks as a patient. He married Maesiee in Owensboro Kentucky on February 13, 1908. Survivors include daughters Elmo Frost St Louis Missouri John Marsin Dowell and Bill Herman Taylorville Frances Stamm Du Quoin and Carroll Modglin Havelock North Carolina son Charles Taylorville brothers Lee Ramsey sisters E N Roach Logan Illinois Sylvia Smith Henderson Kentucky and E J Sinnock Pontiac Michigan 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The Rev Kenneth Hardway officiated. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park.
Chicago on the eve of Christmas reports ten deaths in traffic accidents over 12 hours starting Friday at 6 p m. A death occurred in Skokie with a suburban motor mishap. Over 1,000 accidents occurred in the metropolitan area. The year has seen more than 370 motor deaths and over 33 000 injuries in Chicago.
The Office of Student Affairs at Southern Illinois University will administer GED tests without charge on January 6 and 7. Illinois residents 21 or older must present a diploma-eligibility letter from their high school or last attended school. Tests start at 8 a.m. January 6 and require a day and a half of testing.
Orval Leukering of Marion was named Manager Of The Year at a recent Illinois Agency meeting of State Farm Insurance.
Leukering was cited for contributing three agents to management and hiring 12 full time agents in the past 11 months with sales gains. A dinner for agents and wives in Leukering's district was held at the Marion Motel. Joe Schneider and Les Luehers of Bloomington attended.
Patrick B. Galbraith, son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Galbraith of Tamaroa, advanced to aviation electronics technician third class USN while serving with Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11 at the U S Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland.
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