Carbondale Opens New Lewis School Amid Access Delays
Carbondale’s Lewis Grade School is ready for occupancy but requires an all weather road. Traffic access hinges on city approval of dedication and annexation papers, with the district funding materials and the city providing labor. Officials stress avoiding workmen in classrooms during school hours before move-in.
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Carbondale
Lewis
Rendleman Road
Tatum Heights
East Grand Avenue
South Wall Street
Lincoln
S. Washington St
Laurence Martin
Lewis Grade
East Park Street
Snider Hill
Frank Kirk
Kirk
Atty. Haynes Reese
Charles Garrison
Simon Rettberg
Garrison
Martin
Lincoln School
Mrs Pearl McCarthy Thompson obituary in Carbondale
Pearl McCarthy Thompson of 413 West Main Street Carbondale died Saturday at Doctors Hospital two months after illness She was 80 born December 24 1885 in Carbondale daughter of John and Louisa Upshaw McCarthy She taught at Brush School and served as assistant librarian at Carbondale Public Library She was a member of First Christian Church She married Dr Curtis M Thompson who died in 1918 She leaves daughters Mrs Raymond Stotlar Evanston Miss Alice Thompson and a sister Mrs Herbert A Hays five grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services set for 3 pm Monday at Huffman Funeral Home with Rev William A Longman officiating Burial at Oakland Cemetery.
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Pearl McCarthy Thompson
W. Main St
Carbondale
Doctors’ Hospital
Brush School
John
Louisa Upshaw McCarthy
Curtis M. Thompson
Raymond Stotlar
Alice Thompson
Evanston
Herbert A. Hays
Huffman
William A. Longman
First Christian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Miss Mattingly
Southern Illinois University
Herrin
William Robinson
Anna
Lena Anderson
Chester
Susan Kay
Bill
David
Leo Mattigly Jr
Herrin First Baptist Church
Ben R. Stripling
Herrin City
Johnson Funeral Home
North Pole Winds Rattle Southern Illinois Towns
Strong north pole winds accompanied Santa into southern Illinois causing damage in Carbondale at the Southern Barbecue and Hunter Motors on Illinois Avenue. Marion saw torn decorations and a ripped awning, Murphysboro reported an aluminum awning being flipped and blocked doors, while Herrin had no wind damage.
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North Pole
Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois Ave
Hunter Motors, Inc
Marion
West Main
North Market
South Market Street
Murphysboro
Herrin
Sailor Killed In Auto Crash Near Red Bud
A Waterloo youth home from U S Navy service on Christmas leave was killed when his car hit a concrete culvert half a mile south of Red Bud on Route 3 at 4 20 a m. James A Curran 19 of the Waterloo rural area died at the scene.
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Waterloo
U.S. Navy
Red Bud
James A. Curran
Marion Prison Inmate Stabbed In Kitchen Knife Attack
A 23 year old inmate at the Federal Penitentiary at Marion remains in serious condition after a stabbing in the prison kitchen area. Wesley George Bauer of Chicago who is serving a two year term for automobile theft was stabbed in the abdomen by another inmate. The attack occurred Friday in the kitchen area where the men were working. The knife used was a kitchen cutting instrument. The FBI will investigate. This is the fifth knifing incident in the prison this year.
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Federal Penitentiary At
Marion
Wesley George Bauer
Chicago
G. W. Richardson
Bauer
Richardson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carbondale Police Fine Robert Young for Speeding
Carbondale records show Robert Young fined $16 for speeding. The brief notice notes the citation issued by local police.
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Breif Carbondale
Robert Young
Driver Faints After Auto Captures Cemetery Crash
C Valen tine Jr a 55 year old from St Louis lost consciousness while eastbound on East Main Street at 1015 PM Friday causing his car to strike two eastbound vehicles driven by Irma Valentine 48 and George W Dixon 26 and then veer into Woodlawn Cemetery damaging a city water meter 15 to 20 tombstones and injuring Sandra Herren 25 who received minor treatment at Doctors Hospital. No arrests were reported.
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Rt. 13
Pinckneyville
King Hines
East St. Louis
Larry E. Smith
Saltillo
Tenn
Smith
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Franklin Spencer
Sargis
Jack Dixon
Pekin
Herrin- Carterville
Carterville
Gerald Combs
Denna Terrine
Herrin
Combs
Donna Fite
Cambria
John McChemish
Herrin Hospital
Rt. 150
Chester
Mildred Stipe
Martha Elders
Campbell Hill
Richard Thompson
Sparta
Carbondale
Woodlawn
C. Valentine Jr
St. Louis
East Main Street
George W. Dixon
Vienna
Valentine
Jack D. Herren
Donna
Logan Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Sandra Herren
Herren
Doctors Hospital
Lonely Christmas for Cobden Soldier’s Family
A Cobden mother shares Christmas hardship as Sgt. Steven Wright of the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry spends a year in Vietnam. Three year old Steven Wright Jr. asks why his daddy cannot come home. Mrs. Lavonna Wright mails care packages, recalls Germany Christmas, and hopes for purpose amid war protests.
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Santa
Steven Scott Wright
Cobden
Church Street
James M. S. Wright
Julie Michelle
Sgt. Wright
Army
1St Air Cavalry
Lavonna Pender
Wolkhausen
Germany
United States
Wrights
Wright
C. E. Wright
Fisk, Mo
Anna
Mines Report From Monday Operations Across Several Sites
Mines working on Monday include Old Ben 9 Old Ben 21 Orient 3 Orient 4 Orient 5 Zeigler 3 Zeigler 4 EIB 1 Fidelity Burning Star 1 Burning Star 2 first shift. Second shift Burning Star 2 idle and a general idle status at Burning Star site.
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Orient
Zeigler
EIB
Fidelity
Burning Star
Youth Jailed On Christmas Birthday After Chase
Carterville driver Edward L. McDaniel, 20, was charged by Trooper Stephen Endicott with reckless driving after a Friday night chase on Route 13 two miles east of Carbondale. He also faced a charge of driving under a suspended license. He is to appear in court January 10 with bond pending.
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Carterville
Edward L. McDaniel
Stephen Endicott
McDaniel
Jackson County
Endicott
Mdaniel
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Herrin Youths Die In Christmas Morning Wreck
Two Herrin youths died in a 2:05 a.m. crash at 13th and Oak streets. Daniel F. DeClue III 21 and Frances Lee Mattingly 18 were killed. Jimmy Warren 22 of Herrin was at fault for failure to yield. Mattingly a SIU freshman attended Our Lady of Mt Carmel Mass. funeral plans filed. DeClue SIU senior had ROTC ties and Elks membership. services set for Monday.
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Herrin
Daniel F. DeClue III
Park Lane
Herrin Hospital
Frances Lee Mattingly
S. 13Th St
Jimmy Warren
N. 21St St
Williamson County
Paul Litton
de Clue
Miss Mattingly
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
DeClue
Young DeClue
13Th
Oak Streets
Warren
Oak
Mrs Minnie E Davis Dies at 83 in Murphysboro
Minnie E. Davis 83 died Saturday in Jackson County Nursing Home Murphysboro. She leaves a daughter Mrs Richard Crowell Rt 4 Carbondale. Funeral arrangements are pending at Crawshaw Funeral Home Murphysboro.
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Minnie E. Davis
Jackson County Nursing Home
Murphysboro
Richard Crowell
Rt. 4
Carbondale
Crawshaw Funeral Home
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Marlon
New Lewis
Pearl Thompson
Sailor
Daniel F. DeClue
Irma Valentine
E. Jackson St
Battlefront
Viet Nam
Helen Coombs
The
Southern Illinoisan
James Wright
Daniel DeClue
Herrin Security Bank
Leo E. Mattingly
Mattingly Nursing Home
Mattingly
SIU
University of Illinois At
Champaign
Joseph D. DeClue
Richwoods
Henry Geders
Mary Bernadette
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