Workman Dies After Tie Plant Accident Friday
Henry Clay Chappell of Carbondale died at Holden Hospital after his arm was mangled in a conveyor belt at the Koppers Tie plant. He slipped into the belt while shoveling coal. inquest to be set. He leaves wife Willie, father Amos, a brother and six sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay Chappell
F. Green St
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Koppers
Jackson County
Edward Knowles
Chappell
Knowles
Willie
Amos Chappell
Shelley Chappell
Cora Cunningham
Anna Perkins
Daisy Harrell
Valmar Hutchinson
Murphysboro
Betty Wilson
South Bend
Ind
Pauline McDonald
Corinth
Jackson Funeral Home
Mrs Ella Moore Dies In Gary Indiana
Mrs Fila Atwood Moore of Johnston City died Friday at her daughter Helen Deans home in Gary Indiana. Her body returns to Johnston City for calling after 4 p m. Services at Washington Avenue Baptist Church Monday at 2 p m with Rev Vernon Moore officiating. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery. She leaves two daughters Helen and Mrs Ruby Jones a son Claude two sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fila Atwood Moore
Johnston City
Helen Dean
Gary
Ind
Murman and Wilson
Moore
Oscar
Helen
Ruby Jones
Los Angles
Calif
Claude
Harvey
Rollie Bush Dies Cambria Resident at 67
Rollie Bush 67 Cambria died at 4 45 p m Friday at his home after ill health since February He was born November 29 1885 near Blairsville He married Nora Lynch September 23 1906 in Cambria He leaves wife a son a daughter Helen Myrick Cambria sisters Oma McCormick Cambria and Ella Leace Portland Ore three grandchildren He was a retired miner and member of Cambria Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge of Carbondale Funeral 2 p m Sunday Cambria Baptist Church Rev William Coleman burial Odd Fellows Cemetery DuQuoin Riggin Funeral Home Carterville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Willoughby Bush
Nora Lynch
Cambria
Bush
Marl
Pontiac
Helen Myrick
Oma McCormick
E la Leece
Portland
Ore
Cambria Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge of
Carbondale
William Coleman
Odd Fellows Cemetery
DuQuoin
Riggin Funeral Home
Carterville
Charles Allen Dies In Metropolis Hospital
Charles Allen age 60 8 at 10 30 a m today in Metropolis Doctor's Hospital where he had been a patient about two weeks. He formerly worked at Metropolis Bending Works and leaves wife Sarah and two sisters Mrs Grace Hawkins and Mrs Minnie LeMay of San Francisco. Body to Baynes Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete. friends may call after 6 p m today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Allen
Eighth St
Metropolis
Metropolis Doctor's Hospital
Massac County
Metropolis Bending Works
Sarah
Grace Hawkins
Minnie LeMay
San Francisco
Baynes
Home Permanent Kit Alleged Burns Cause Hair Loss Suit
Mrs. Norma Sanders of Pittsburgh filed suit in Williamson County Circuit Court seeking 2500 dollars alleging a home permanent kit manufactured by a company burned her scalp eyes and hair on September 22 1951. She claims neglect in product manufacture and says she was unable to work losing wages and suffering nervous system injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Sanders
Pittsburg
Williamson County
Safety Group to Meet Monday in Herrin City Hall
Herrin forms a traffic safety committee to meet Monday at 7 p.m. in city hall. Safety engineer Carl East says the group will elect officers and draft parking and speed control recommendations for the city council next Monday January 12. State Patrolman Sam Garnall joins the committee after an earlier omission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Carl East
Sam Garnall
Soldier on furlough injured in Metropolis traffic crash
Pfc. Robert Hillie, 22, of Fairmont Addition Metropolis, was cut about the arms when his car collided with another at Seventh and Catherine Streets at 5 pm Friday. The other driver fled the scene. Hillie, home on leave from the Army, was treated at Doctors Hospital Metropolis and released this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Robert Hillie
Fairmont
Metropolis
Seventh and
Catherine Streets
Hillie
Doctor's Hospital
Smoler Bros Employees Celebrate Christmas Party
Approximately 400 workers at Smoler Bros Dress Manufacturing in Herrin attended a Christmas buffet at noon on Wednesday. Twenty-five basket and package prizes were awarded and employees were given Wednesday afternoon off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoler Bros. Dress Manufacturing
Herrin
Duncan Death Declared Accidental By Coroner Jury
The coroner's jury ruled Herman Woodrow Duncan died accidentally after falling about 24 inches from a curb on West Monroe Street in Herrin. He was 29, a mechanic, and had walked with crutches since an automobile crash two years earlier. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Moroni and Johnson funeral home with Rev. E. C. Lee officiating. Burial in Eastlawn Memorial cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moroni and Johnson
Herrin
Herman Woodrow Duncan
Charles Gilley
Marion
Duncan
West Monroe St
Fred Schoonover
Gilley
N. 14Th St
Hopkins County
Herrin Eagles Lodge
Wallace
Ruah Walker
Luadia Jean Newby
Vernon
Ina Underwood Salomon
Moroni and Johnson Funeral
E. C
Herrin Reports Three New Water Main Breaks
Herrin water department discovered three 2 inch main breaks in the Ordill area Eastlawn Memorial Park cemetery and Eden Park. The weather shift has caused eight breaks in two weeks, the highest cluster in department history. The lines were installed 26 years ago and a total of 13 breaks have occurred this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Water Department
Dan Williams
Ordill
Eastlawn Memorial Park
Eden Park
Williams
Red Bud Hospital Hosts St Mark's Church Sextet
A girls' sextet from St. Mark's Lutheran Church Steeleville visited Red Bud Hospital to sing Christmas selections for patients. Directed by Martin Wegehaupt the group toured the hospital as several Steeleville church choirs performed carols during the pre Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Steeleville
Red Bud Hospital
Martin Wegehaupt
St. Mark’s Church
Archaeology exhibit details clo vis flaced point discovery
Dr J Charles Kelley SIU museum director hands a channeled projectile point to Senor Hugo Moedano Mexican archaeologist at a Durango Mexico excavation site. Miss Susie Rucker UNM observes. Kelley and Sha ckelford report on the expedition at the AAAS meeting in St Louis tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Charles Kelley
Southern Illinois University
Senor Hugo Moedano
Durango State
Mexico
SIU
Susie Rucker
University of New Mexico
Kelley
William J. Shackelford
Museum
American Association For the Advancement of Science
St. Louis
SIU Faculty Featured At AAAS St Louis Meeting
Eight SIU faculty members will join the 119th AAAS meeting in St Louis December 26 to 31, with more than 30 attending sessions during the holiday week. The program showcases research across science fields including geology botany archaeology philosophy and education. Additional SIU attendees include psychologists sociologists and botanists among others for sectional meetings and presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
East St. Louis
Southern Illinois University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
St. Louis
Southern
Clyde M. Bown
Stanley E. Harris, Jr
Kinkaid County
Illinois
Margaret Kaeiser
Charles Kelley
Rio Grande Pueblos
Plains
Kelley
Association
Southwest
William J. Shackelford
Museum
Mexico
Love Rites Sunday for Harv F Love 83
Funeral services for Harvey F. Love 83 a retired Murphysboro farmer who died Friday at Tyler Nursing Home will be held Sunday at 2 pm at Crawshaw Funeral Home with Rev Campbell of the Nazarene Church officiating. Burial is Mt Carbon Cemetery. He lived in Murphysboro about 48 years and is survived by his wife Mary Jane Riley three daughters Grace Coleman Lucille Palmer and Alice Quillinan a son Lee and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey F. Love
Murphysboro
Tyler
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Campbell
the Nazarene Church
Mt. Carbon
Love
Mary Jane Riley
Alice Quillinan
Chicago
Grace Coleman
San Diego
Calif
Lucille Palmer
Carbondale
Lee
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Paducah Driver Fined 129 Dollars in Metropolis Case
Flavous Johnson a 32 year old from Paducah was fined 129.60 including costs in the Metropolis case for driving while intoxicated. He paid the fine and was released by Police Magistrate Ada Pettiford after the week’s arrest by Massac County Sheriff Leonard Devers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Flavous Johnson
Massac County
Leonard Devers
Metropolis
Ada Pettiford
Johnson
Body of Brookport Soldier Returns
The body of Pvt. Everett D. Lynn husband of Mrs. Valda Lynn Rt. 1 Brookport arrived in San Francisco aboard the ship Robin Goodfellow according to the Department of Defense. Pvt. Lynn lost his life in the fighting in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookport
Everett D. Lynn
Valda
FP. Lynn
Rt. 1
San Francisco
Robin Goodfellow
Department of Defense
Pvt
Lynn
Korea
Wente Spends Holiday in Steeleville
A-3c Donald Wente, stationed at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Miss., is spending a two weeks Christmas holiday furlough with parents and friends in Steeleville. Other Steeleville area servicemen on holiday furloughs are Frank Campanella, Val Jean Stewart, Melvin Lampe, and Lawrence Lindenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Wente
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Teeleville
Steeleville Area
Frank Campanella
Val Jean Stewart
Melvin Lampe
Lawrence Lindenberg
Nichol son Funeral at 2 P M Monday
Last rites for Lizzie Nichol son 62 of Murphysboro will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mr. Gilead Baptist Church. Burial will be in Tower Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Jackson Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday. Frank Nicholson of Racine Wis is named as eldest son in survivors list correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Nicholson
Murphysboro
Mr. Gilead Baptist Church
Tower Grove Cemetery
Jackson Funeral
Frank Nicholson
Racine
Wis
Nicholson
Southern Illinoisan
Out of town firemen save Harveysburg firehouse
Harveysburg volunteers called in Waynesville firefighters when their pumper hose caught fire. Waynesville units raced six miles and had the blaze under control in about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harveysburg
Waynesville
Carl Sandburg Day Declared in Illinois
Gov. Adlai Stevenson designates January 6 as Carl Sandburg Day in Illinois to mark the poet Carl Sandburg's 75th birthday observance in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Carl Sandburg
Illinois
Bell & Zoller Names General Superintendent
C Ward Padgett of Madisonville Kentucky named general superintendent of Bell & Zoller Coal and Mining Zeigler Buckhorn No 2 properties succeeding the late Ernest Prudent who died December 9 Padgett effective December 19 has led Oriole and Moss Hill mines and previously Crescent Coal Co Central City born in Indiana married with two children plans to live in Herrin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ward Padgett
Madisonville
Bell & Zoller Coal and Mining Company
Zeigler
Buckhorn
Padgett
Ernest Prudent
Prudent
Bell & Zoller
Oriole
Moss Hill
Kentucky
Crescent Coal Co
Central City
Indiana
Herrin
Murphysboro Council Sees Quorum Shortfall Delays Session
A lack of six aldermen halted the Murphysboro City Council meeting Friday night with only four present. Mayor C A Hart and city officials attended as four of ten council members were available, leaving the session postponed with no new date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Ralph Norman
L. E. File
Robert Clipner
C. A. Hart
Delmar Ward
C. E. White
John Blankinship
Walter Wright
Ralph Dale
Bryden Craine
Mrs George Martin Dies in Johnston City at 72
Mrs. George Martin 72 of 1304 Davis Street Johnston City died at 3 a.m. She was a Sturgis Kentucky native who lived in Johnston City 48 years. Survived by five daughters Lois Reed Johnston City Joe St Louis and Charles Summers both of Chicago Oral Johnson Annawan Ill and Lester Stevenson San Fernando Calif a son Cecil Johnston City and sister Mrs Jim Roe Sullivan Plattsburg. Funeral arrangements incomplete with services planned at Wilson Funeral Home and cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Martin
Davis St
Johnston City
Sturgis
Lois Reed
Joe St. Louis
Charles Summers
Chicago
Oral Johnson
Annawin
Ill
Lester Stevenson
San Fernando
Calif
Cecil
Jim Roe Sullivan
Plarksburg
Martin
First Baptist Church of
Murman
Schaack Wins Lighting Prize in Steeleville
Clemens Schaack won first prize of 35 dollars for best decorated home in Steeleville during Christmas. Floyd Eckenrode took second with 25 dollars and Edgar Werre earned third with 15 dollars after a committee of three nearby residents named the winners late this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemens Schaack
Steeleville
Floyd Eckenrode
Edgar Werre
Walkout Imminent At Sangamo Plant Monday
The text describes a planned walkout at Sangamo plant on Monday. It mentions a Sunday church concert by the Senior Choir of St. Mark's Lutheran Church Steele and a Christmas sermon by Rev. L Behnken with program led by Rev. Henry Gerecke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangamo
St. Mark's
Four Men Fined In Williamson For Drunken Driving
Two Marion men were fined Friday for driving while intoxicated. William Lawton, 26, paid 125 and 23 in costs in Williamson County Court. A. C. Bollheimer, Marion, was the complaining witness. James Greeney, 26, was fined 110 and costs by Justice of the Peace W. B. Roberts. Both were arrested by county authorities and pleaded guilty. Two others arrested were Virgil Whitecotton, 25, Herrin, fined 5 and Albert Winchester, 23, Marion, fined 32.20 by Judge Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
William Lawton
A. R. Cagle
Williamson
A. C. Bollheimer
James Greeney
W. B. Roberts
Williamson County
Virgil Whitecotton
Herrin
Albert Winchester
Roberts
Buncombe Youth Sues For $35 000
Billy Joe Brown of near Buncombe in Johnson County files a $35,000 lawsuit in Williamson County Circuit Court against Viking Freight Company of Chicago. He alleges a Viking truck crossed the center line on August 26 injuring his left arm extended from his car near Marion. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown, was on furlough and remains in service. he claims his arm is paralyzed and the shock caused permanent nervous-system ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Billy Joe Brown
Buncombe
Johnson County
Viking Freight Company
Chicago
Brown
Viking
Marion
Schuey Spiller Orchard
Lloyd Brown
Man Hurt in Crash Near Carbondale
Two-car collision on Route 31 one mile south of Carbondale left both drivers uninjured. Kenneth Nance of Makanda and Gene Winn of Carbondale were involved. Wesley Hawk of Makanda was treated for facial cuts and bruises and released. Both cars suffered major damage as Winn slowed to turn left and Nance began to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Jackson County
Roy Carter
Kenneth Nance
Makanda
Gene Winn
Wesley Hawk
Doctors’ Hospital
Hawk
Nance
Carter
Winn
Asteroids Visible to Telescopes Outnumber Bare Eye
Asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter are numerous with thousands believed detectable by modern telescopes, while only some are visible to the naked eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Jupiter
Carbondale Posts 18 Percent Rise in Christmas Buying
Carbondale merchants report an 18 percent increase in Christmas sales with hardware and paints leading at about 25 percent. National trends show a 10 percent rise, while Christmas Savings Clubs sum to 37,175 dollars. Merchants credit three shopping days before Christmas for stronger volumes and anticipate continued prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Matt Hall
Hall
Sangamo Shoric plant workers strike looming over wage demands
About 1 500 members of the International Association of Machinists at Sangamo Shoric in Ordill threaten a strike at midnight Sunday after talks failed. The union seeks a roughly 30 cent hourly raise to bring pay near Springfield plant levels. Most workers are women earning about 1 07 an hour. plant mainly makes capacitors for defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangamo Shoric Company
Ordill
International Association of Machinists Union
H. Laurence Kunz
Sangamo
Lare Springfield
Orcill
Sangamo Management
Charles Popham Dies at 68 in Herrin Hospital
Charles Popham, 68, retired Herrin coal miner, died at 6 a m today in Herrin Hospital after a long illness. Born February 1 1884 in DuQuoin he lived in Herrin the last decade. He leaves three children Virgil of Percy Charles of St Louis Mo and Dorothy of Willisville eight grandchildren three brothers Parley Earl of Herrin and William of Flint Mich and two sisters Mrs Clara Shemwell Herrin and Mrs Maude King San Francisco Cal. Funeral services tentatively set for 2 p m Monday at Moroni and Johnson funeral home with Rev Larry Eddington officiating. Burial in Herrin City Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pophan
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
DuQuoin
Telia Wiggins
S. 23Rd St
Popham
Virgil
Percy
Charles
St. Louis
Dorothy
Willisville
William
Flint
Mich
Parley
Earl
Clara Shemwell
Maude King
San Francisco
Calif
Moroni and Johnson
Larry Eddington
Herrin City
Funeral Held for Frank Ward in Cutler
Funeral services for 67 year old Frank Ward of Cutler were held at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Spencer officiating. Burial followed at the ICCF Cemetery in Percy. Ward died Sunday at Firmin Desloge Hospital in St. Louis after months of illness. He is survived by two daughters Esther Rife of Cutler and Dorothy Lee of Murphysboro, two sons Francis and Woodrow of Murphysboro, three sisters Mrs Bessie Carter of Texas and Mrs Vicie Smith and Mrs Emma Smith of Herrin, and a brother Rev Henry Ward of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ward
Cutler
First Baptist Church
Gerald Spencer
I.C.C.F
Percy
Walker Funeral Home
Ward
Firmin Desloge
St. Louis
Esther Rife
Dorothy Lee
Murphysboro
Francis
Woodrow
Bessie Carter
Texas
Vicie Smith
Emma Smith
Herrin
Henry Ward
Unclear listing of names and items in old notes
An unreadable OCR fragment lists various names and numbers such as Old Ben Buckhorn Bell Zoller Peabody Fidelity Pyramid New Kathleen Burning Star and Orient entries with no coherent context or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeborn
Old Ben
Buckhorn Bell & Zoller
Peabody
Fidelity
Pyramid
Kathleen
Burning Star
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Workman
Henry Chappell
Ella Moore
Rollie Bush
Metropolis Man
Smoler Bros
RED
Maude Stewart
Clyde Brown
Stanley Harris, Jr
Carl C. Lindegren
Durango
Chihuahua
Carl C Lindegren
Biological Research Laboratory
George Kimball Plochmann
Noble H. Kelley
Joseph K. Johnson
Mrs. Lindegren
A. Leonard Shetfner
Dan McClare
William H. Locke
D. B. Mundkur
Juan Calle
Edgar Braham
Walter B. Welch
Leo Kaplan
John Voigt
Willard M. Gersbacher
Hilda Stein
F. Earle Lyman
Charles L. Forte
Harold M. Kaplan
Anita Zorzoli
Floyd F
Wente
Sturgis, Ky
Schaack
Steeleville Choir
Menard
Buncombe Youth
Charles Popham
Orient
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