Five Injured in Head On Crash On Highway 51
Five people were injured in a head on collision on Highway 51 just outside Carbondale in front of the Carbondale Mietel early Friday. Dale Bruce and wife and Edwin Hunter and family were involved. Bruce suffered two broken legs and severe lacerations with his wife having a broken nose and ribs. Bohannon family also injured.
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Carbondale
Dale Bruce
Alton
Edwin Hunter
Carerville
Hunter
Bruce
Albert Bohannon
Anna
Bohannon
Tuffman
Bruces
Holden Hospital
Tat Bruce
Judy Kay
Doctor's Hospital
Anna City Hospital
Judy
Bohannons
Royalton
Carter
Ed Fletcher
Big Muddy River
Route 13
Murphysboro
Fletcher
St. Andrew's Hospital
J. R. Williams Dies in Murphysboro Veteran Farmer
J R Williams 72 of rural Murphysboro died Wednesday in Marion Veterans Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Du Quoin in 1880 he lived in Murphysboro 32 years a retired farmer. Survived by wife Lelia Edmmonds son James Jr Millstadt six grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Funeral Sunday at 10 a m at Roberts Residence Funeral Chapel Murphysboro with Masonic and American Legion rites burial Tower Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Collins
Tower Grove
Coon Supper Planned at Hurricane Church
A coon supper will be held at Hurricane Memorial Baptist Church on Saturday January 3 announced by Rev L R Iddingtno. Men of the church and community are invited Rev C H Moore will be the speaker. The event was postponed from December 27 following a church member's death.
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Hurricane Memorial Baptist Church
L. R.iddingtno
C. H. Moore
Silk worm moth generations vary by region
The silk worm moth produces one generation annually in seasonal countries like Europe, but in Japan it can produce two generations and in India production is nearly continuous, reflecting regional climate effects.
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Europe
Japan
India
Carterville Christmas Pageant Draws Southern Illinois Visitors
A Christmas pageant staged by Carterville residents drew attendees from Southern Illinois on Monday and Tuesday nights. Reverend Jack Lawrence, pastor of the Christian Church, led the event.
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Carterville
Southern Illinois
Jack Lawrence
Christian Church
Four Students Receive Presser Scholarships at SIU
Four Southern Illinois University students awarded Theodore Presser foundation grants aimed at future music teachers. Recipients Everett Boyd Peggy Fulkerson Boyd LaMarsh and Frances Willis were chosen for musical achievement after an exam by Dr Leigh Gerdine of Washington University St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Theodore Presser Foundation
Philadelphia
Alice Rector
SIU
Leigh Gerdine
Music Department
Washington University
St. Louis
Niemeyer Rites Set For Chester Resident Henry F Niemeyer Dies At 77
Henry Fred Niemeyer 77 of Chester died at home Thursday morning after a yearlong illness. Born January 26 1876 in Chester he married Minnie Horman in December 1900. Funeral at St John s Lutheran Church in Chester Saturday at 2 30 pm with Rev O B Hussmann officiating. Burial in Church Cemetery. Survived by wife Minnie a son William of Chester a daughter Ada Stamm of Salem and five sisters Emma Horman of Ellis Grove Clara DeRousse Mary Niemeyer Dora Niemeyer and Amelia Niemeyer all of Chester.
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Henry Fred Niemeyer
Chester
Mr. Niemeyer
Minnie Horman
Welge Funeral Home
St. John’s Lutheran Church
O. B. Hussmann
William of
Ada Stamm
Salem
Emma Horman
Ellis Grove
Clara DeRousse
Mary Niemeyer
Dora Niemeyer
Amelia Neimeyer
Funeral Service for Flora Ann Moake
Funeral services for Flora Ann Moake age 65 of Herrin will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Herrin First Baptist Church with Rev. Le. Lee and Rev. Larry Eddington officiating. Burial follows in Carterville Cemetery. Mrs Moake died at home Tuesday of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was the wife of William Moake.
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Flora Ann Moake
S. 20Th St
Herrin
Herrin First Baptist Church
LE. Lee
Larry Eddington
Carterville Cemetery
Storme
SIU Delegates to Attend SEA Meeting in Chicago
Three Southern Illinois University faculty members join 32 Southern Division delegates at the Illinois Education Association annual meeting in Chicago Monday through Wednesday. Elbert Fulkerson Victor Randolph and Rove Bryant lead division roles among 600 delegates from across Illinois representing 40 000 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Southern Division
Illinois Education Association
Chicago
Elbert Fulkerson
STU
Le.a
Victor Randolph
Education Department
Rove Bryant
Placement Service
SIU
Illinois
Harvey E Love dies in Murphysboro
Harvey E Love of Murphysboro died at Tyler Nursing Home in Murphysboro Friday morning. Friends may call at Crawshaw Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Harvey E. Love
Murphysboro
Tyler Nursing Home
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Marine's Wife Receives Christmas Call From Korea
Mrs. Shirley Reno of Carbondale got a rare Christmas greeting from her husband Pfc. John Eugene Reno of the U S Marine Corps in Pusan Korea. He called Christmas morning Korea time and the line connected at 9 a m Christmas day in Carbondale. Reno has been in Korea two months and is the son of Mr and Mrs Lee Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Reno
W. Cherry St
Carbondale
Pfc
John Eugene Reno
U.S. Marine Corps
Pusan
Korea
Reno
Vernon Man Fined for DUI in Herrin Case
Basil Smothers of 1508 Perkins St. was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He ran into a vehicle at Freeman Spur, forced another off the road, and was arrested around 11 pm Thursday while driving a tractor trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Herrin
Basil Smothers
Perkins St
Freeman Spur
Ihursdav
Mrs Wilkerson Dies in Pinckneyville at 83
Mrs Lucy Jane Wilkerson 83 wife of the late Sherman Wilkerson died at her daughter’s home in Pinckneyville. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Sunday at Pyatt Funeral Home Pinckneyville with burial in IOOF Cemetery. She leaves two daughters Mrs Jones and Mrs Jack Sams three sisters Mrs Maggie McKeldey Mrs Elizabeth Stevenson and Mrs Sam Buchanan and three grandchildren all of Pinckneyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Jane Wilkerson
Sherman Wilkerson
Pinckneyville
Frank Jones
Pyatt
Pincknewville
Ioof
Wilkerson
Jones
Jack Sams
Maggie McKeldey
Elizabeth Stevenson
Sam Buchanan
800 Report PMA Practice in Jackson
About 800 Jackson County farmers report on 1952 practices per Claude Terry PMA director. Final date for reports from 1 367 farms signed up in Jackson county is January 16. The program used 11 practices this year. Sign-up for 1953 practices is ongoing at PMA offices in Murphysboro.
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PMA
Jackson
Jackson County
Claude Terry
Production and Marketing Association
Murphysboro
Sangamo workers set to strike at Ordill plant
No meetings set today toward a new contract for 1,400 Sangamo Electric workers in Ordill as union votes to strike at midnight Sunday if no settlement. H. Lawrence Kunz says no contact from union officials, notes wage demands exceed what the company can grant and that margins are tight in a competitive market. He asserts company is ready to resume talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangamo Electric
Ordill
H. Lawrence Kunz
Kunz
International Association of Machinists
Marima
Sangamo Electric Co
Well-Fed Banks Stolen in Miami Piggy Bank Heists
A third piggy bank theft in as many weeks hits Miami. A desk drawer piggy bank containing 27 dollars was taken, following a $1,000 piggy bank belonging to a prominent contractor.
University School B E Class Highlighted in Magazine
Eleanor Casebier outlines a hands on business training program at University School Southern Illinois University in Business Education World The curriculum relies on realistic office work demonstrations community input and student minutes in faculty meetings Casebier formerly taught at University of Illinois and now supervises the department
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Curtis Williams
Lesser
Joan Taylor
Chilton Heston
the Savage
Southern Illinois
Williams
Southern Illinois University
Business Education Department
University School
Eleanor Casebier
Business Education World
University of Illinois
Ex Herrin Man Dies in Plane Crash Near Munich
Lt. Louis A. Goalby 28 formerly of Herrin killed when his plane exploded in flight and crashed near Munich Germany He was stationed in England en route to visit his sister Alice Goalby in Frankfurt He leaves a widow Cathy and two children Bruce five and Patricia eight months plus parents Mr and Mrs Louis A Goalby Denver grandmother Mrs John F Goalby Morris two sisters Alice and Mrs Dorothy Kennedy Beaumont Texas His grandfather Jack Goalby was Sunnyside mine superintendent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A
Jim) Galby
Herrin
Munich
Germany
Goalby
England
Alice Goalby
U.S
Frankfurt
Air Force
Korea
Merchant Marine
Cathy
Bruce
Patricia
Louis A. Goalby
Denver
Colo
John F. Goalby
Morris
Alice
Dorothy Kennedy
Beaumont
Tex
St. Goalby
Morris, Ill
Morris Community High School
Jack Goalby
Sunnyside
Two Women Treated in Herrin for Burns
Two women were treated at Herrin Hospital Thursday for burns. Mrs. Hazel Elliott of St. Louis, visiting Blairsville for Christmas, suffered superficial and first degree burns to the right hand face neck and left wrist when a gas stove blew up. Mrs. Lucille Welch of Blairsville burned when hot grease popped onto her right side.
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Herrin Hospital
Hazel Elliott
St. Louis
Blairsville
Lucille Welch
Christmas Show Draws Murphysboro Youth at Marlow Theater
A 1300 plus crowd of Murphysboro area youngsters gathered at the Marlow Theater for a free Christmas show on Wednesday afternoon. The event was sponsored by the Murphysboro Eagles Rosie 670 and the theater management. Free popcorn greeted the entrants while the Eagles club handed out fruit and candy treats.
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Murphysboro Area
Marlow Theater
Murphysboro Eagles
Rosie
Eagles Club
Herrin Youth to Lead Winter Rally at Christian Camp
Herrin Christian Youth will host the Southern Illinois Christian Service Camp winter rally. Registration starts at 4 p.m. and a 6 p.m. banquet follows served by Wu Wun Class members. Matthew Ikeda of Cincinnati Bible Seminary will speak at 7 p.m. and plans to return to Japan. The public is invited.
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Christian Church of
Herrin
Southern Illinois Christian Service Camp
Southern Illinois
Ray Myers
Matthew Ikeda
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Ikeda
Japan
Red Methods To Be Studied By Civic Leaders
Chicago December 26 report on a program by the Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club to educate civic leaders about Communist infiltration. Edgar C. Bundy says the group will expose and oppose subversive activity across government industry education religion and entertainment. Plans for schools to study subversive activity will be discussed and congressional investigations into Communism will serve as textbooks.
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Chicago
APA
Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club
Edgar C. Bundy
Wheaton
Bundy
Plane Search Continues Over Lake Michigan
Coast Guard boats resumed the hunt for a twin engined cargo plane believed to have crashed into Lake Michigan near Wind Point Wisconsin. The search focused on a small offshore area after tips suggested a plane circled during an attempted Mitchell Field landing. Two Ohio men were aboard and two days of hunting yielded no clues.
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Milwaukee
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Ohio
Wind Point
Racine
Mitchell Field
Infant dies six hours after birth near Johnston City
Douglas Ray McClellan seven months old died at Herrin Hospital six hours after birth on Wednesday. Surviving are parents Ochis and McClellan with four brothers Dennis Ricky Delmar Darrell, Chicago grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Tadish and Mrs. Frank Poucher. Brief services were held at Murman and Wilson funeral home with Fr. Albert Buratto officiating. Burial in Denning Cemetery Franklin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Ray McClellan
Ochis McClellan
Johnston City
Herrin Hospital
Dennis
Ricky
Delmar Gene
Darrell
John Tadish
Chicago
Frank Poucher
West Frankfot
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Albert Buratto
Denning
Franklin County
Wisent and Bison Diet Distinct in Wild
The wisent, Europe’s bison cousin, feeds on leaves and twigs, in contrast to the grazing bison that prefers grasses.
Herrin Man Dies After Fall In Herrin Hospital
Herman Duncan aged 38 of Herrin died at 6 50 a m in Herrin Hospital from injuries after a fall Thursday afternoon outside Dr Herschel Reeder s office on West Monroe Street He walked with crutches after a past automobile accident An inquest was scheduled for 2 p m at Moroni and Johnson funeral home Duncan was an Ace Music Co employee and lived at Hart s Apartments He is survived by a brother and three sisters with funeral arrangements pending at noon today.
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Herman Duncan
Herrin
Duncan
Herschel Reeder
West Monroe St
Moroni and Johnson Funeral Home
Fred Schoonover
Duncan Oil
Ace Music Co
Hart
215 Park
Carbondale
Christmas With The Old Woman In The Shoe Draws 1600
Unit 3 schools in the Crab Orchard Crеal Springs area presented a two night Christmas musical under Ruth McCamish. Monday night 188 students from Arnold Cogey Willeford Free Silver Odumburg Oak Grove Wright and Henshaw performed before 850 patrons. Tuesday night 180 students from Central Black Parks Wilson Mayhew Crab Orchard Opossum Valley Shelton and Motsinger performed before 800.
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Unit
Crab Orchard-Creal Springs
Ruth McCamish
Unite
Arnold, Cogey
Willeford
Free Silver
Odumburg
Oak Grove
Wright and Henshaw
Central
Black
Parks, Wilson
Mayhew
Crab Orchard
O’possum Valley
Shelton
Motsinger
New Year's Services Planned at Elm Street Baptist Murphysboro
New Year programs are set this week at Elm Street Baptist Church in Murphysboro. Morning service at 10 30 features a sermon My Best Resolution and an evening message An Example of Fortitude. A baptism follows. Training Union offers three nights of Bible study for all ages Monday to Wednesday with an Award on completion. Watch night service Wednesday includes films and prayer from 11 30 to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Murphysbro
Training Union of the Church
Netherlands Majority Live Below Sea Level
The National Geographic Society reports that more than half of the population in the Netherlands lives below sea level, highlighting ongoing geographic and water management challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Netherlands
National Geographic Society
Mines Working Saturday Freeborn Suckhorn Bell and Zoller
Listing of mine names and statuses shows several mines in operation Saturday among a mix of working and nonworking sites. Entries include Orient series, Old Ben, Peabody, Fidelity Pyramid, Burning Star, and others with varying numbers attached.
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Freeborn Suckhorn Bell & Zoller
Orient
Kathleen
Ben
Peabody
Fidelity
Pyramid
Burning Star
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J. R. Williams
Legion
Hurricane Church
YALE
Rev. N. G. Daniels
Joseph
Betty. Fozzard
Mary
Raymond Talley
Frank Ledbetter
Fred Rudloff
Herald Choate
Ed Goodwin
Black Hills
South Dakota
Everett Boyd, Junior
Robert L. Boyd
Peggy Fulkerson
Mrs. L. Garland Fulkerson
Harrisburg
Boyd LaMarsh
Leo LaMarsh
Frances Willis
Lizzie Fields
Pulaski
H. F. Niemeyer
SEA
Harvey Love
Marine
Vernon Man
Sangamo
Miami, Fla
Casebier
Herrin Christian
Roup
Charles Ulysses Gordon
Wallace Duncan
Earl Walker
Jean Newby
Ina Underwood Salmon
Yerhesie
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