Carbondale Church Protests West Side Fire Station Site
The Presbyterian Church at 310 South University Ave protests a proposed site at 307 West Walnut Street for a West Side fire station. Church leaders cite traffic, noise, and safety concerns while Mayor Wright argues the city needs the facility and parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
Carbondale — Council
W. Walnut St
W. Main St
Ien
C. E. W. Howe
Glen Storme
S. Forest St
Church Board of Trustees
Lois Nelson
S. Rawlings St
Howe
Church’ Board
John I. Wright
Wright
West-Sire
Dr Walla Tate Rites Held in Benton Today
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m in Benton for Dr Walla Tate 63 a former dentist at the Marion Veterans Hospital Rites were in the Mitchell Funeral Chapel Dr Percy Adkins officiated Burial was in Benton Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery Dr Tate died Tuesday in McMillan Hospital St Louis He served 25 years with the Veterans Administration including 10 years at Marion before retiring two years ago He had since maintained an office in Lesser while living near Thompsonville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Walla Tate
Marion Veterans Hospital
Mitchell Funeral
Percy Adkins
Benton Masonic
Mary Staudacher Dies at 76 in Marion
Mary Staudacher, 76, died at 12 10 a m today in the Colonial Rest Home of Marion. Born in Ketrof Austria on November 9 1880 she was the widow of Urban Staudacher. She leaves no known relatives. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Wilson Frick Funeral Home of Marion in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Staudacher
Marion
Ketrof
Austria
Urban Staudacher
Staudacher
Wilson-Frick
Mines List of Work and Nonwork Sites on Friday
The report lists operational and inactive mines including Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No 1 and various Old Ben sites 9 14 22 plus Truax Tract Orient 2 3 and Buckhorn Zeigler 3. Noting Briquet Plant and Freeman 4 as nonworking in the Friday schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity
New Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star
Truax-Tract
Orient
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
French coins paid parking tickets puzzle West Frankfort
Police investigate two French 5 franc coins handed in for meters issued October 18 to Sgt. John R. Foder now overseas. No postmark on the envelope but mail appears from France. At current exchange rates the coins total about one and a half cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
John R. Foder
France
Chester Woman Dies At 98
Miss Minerva Waters aged 98 of Chester dies after a brief illness. Born in Butler Missouri in 1858 she leaves a cousin Mrs Bess Born. She belonged to First Methodist Church of Chester. Friends may call Welge Funeral Home Chester until Friday 2 p.m. services. Rev H F Gerecke to officiate. Burial in Chester Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Waters
Chester
Lowing
Butler
Minnie Ebers Dies. Funeral Services Planned in Chester
Minnie Ebers 77 of Chester died Wednesday at Randolph County Nursing Home in Sparta after a three year illness. Born in Steeleville in 1879 she married Albert Ebers in 1903 who preceded her in death. Survived by a son Hilmer and four daughters in Chester plus two others in Vandalia. sister and brother survivors listed. 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She belonged to St John’s Lothian Church. Services at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church conducted by Rev H F Gerecke burial at St Paul’s Cemetery Wine Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Ebers
Chester
Randolph County
Sparta
Steeleville
Albert Ebers
Ebers
Hilmer
Laura Hartenberger
Ruth Grimes
Mabel Rebbe
Emma Alleymeyer
Tillie Kidd
Vandalia
Louis Clasen
William Prange
Caroline Hornbostel
Percy
H. H. Bergman
St. Louis
Albin Grote
St. John’s Lothian Church
Welge Funeral Home
St. John’s Lutheran Church
H. F. Gerecke
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Wine Hill
Preliminary hearing set for bad check suspect Walters
B D Walters 28 of Elkville faces a preliminary hearing in Du Quoin Saturday. He is jailed in Perry County on a 5000 dollar bond after being arrested on suspicion of writing bad checks in Du Quoin Carbondale Herrin and other towns. The hearing was delayed at the request of Perry State's Attorney Lloyd Middleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Walters
Elkville
du Quoin
Walters
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Johnston City Man Freed On Bond In Tavern Shooting
Bill Eskew aged 41 of Johnston City was freed on a $10 000 bond on a charge of assault with intent to murder after a Christmas Eve tavern shooting. The victim William Audie Gower 31 was wounded in the face and improving at Herrin Hospital. The incident followed a tavern fight and the tavern’s liquor license was suspended for five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Eskew
Johnston City
Justice of the Peace
Hugh Hudgens
Marion
William “Audie” Gower
Herrin
Eskew
Gower
Vernon Malone
Neil Thurmond
SII Re-Elects All Incumbents
The Southern Illinois Inc. board re elected all officers for the 1957 term by acclamation in West Frankfort. Incumbents listed include R A Boni field president Jettie Vaughn secretary J W Hayton treasurer and Jo V Walker chairman. New board members by mail ballot include R A Banfield Clyde Brewster J W Hayton F Guy Hitt Earl D Jamison J O Jones R J Lewis W A Leucke Oscar Schafale and W F Tracy. The group set the annual membership dinner for 6 30 p m Thursday Jan 17 at the Vocational Technical Institute cafeteria at Southern Acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Inc., Board of
West Frankfort
R. A. Bonifield
Jettie Vaughn
Cambria
J. W. Hayton
Carterville
Jo V. Walker
Herrin
R. A. Banfield
Clyde Brewester
F. Guy Hitt
Benton
Earl D. Jamison
Mt. Vernon
J. O. Jones
R. J. Lewis
Anna
W. A. Leucke
Marion
Oscar Schafale
W. F. Tracy
SII
Vocational Technical Institute
Southern Acres
Old Grandstand Removed at Marion Park
The west grandstand at Marion City Park baseball diamond was torn down today. Commissioner Raymond McCormick said steel bleachers would be bought and installed before the season. The east stands received new bleachers last winter and the center grandstand with showers and dressing rooms remains. A roof may be added later. The WPA built the original structures in the 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion City Park
Raymond McCormick
McCormick
WPA
Police Briefs Hear Minor Fines In Indiana Motions
In Indiana, Herrin Flanagan Jack and others were fined $20.40 for intoxication Thursday by Police Magistrate Earl May. The brief item notes small penalties issued in local court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Flanagan
Jack
Indianapolis
Ind
Earl May
Miami girl Mary Lou Grady to reign on Sun Float
Mary Lou Grady a former Herrin resident will be Queen on the Sun Float in the Orange Bowl parade on New Year’s Eve in Miami and at the Orange Bowl game the next day. A University of Miami senior she majors in education and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Grady former Herrin Dry Cleaners owners now running a Miami cleaning business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Grady
Herrin
Miami
University of Miami
Lester Grady
Herrin Dry Cleaners
Stolen Goods Confiscated in Belleville Carbondale Case
Belleville Police Chief Reese G Dobson and Asst. Chief Henry Hale confiscated firearms radios and other items from Carl Veach 23 of Carbondale tied to thefts from Scott Base and Belleville stores He admitted stealing from Scott Base Belleville Hardware Good Year Store and others and larceny charges are expected. items were pawned in East St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Belleville
Henry Hale
Scott Air Force Base
Southern Illinois University
Carl Veach
E. Freeman St
Justice of the Peace Court
Reese G. Dobson
Hale
Veach
Dobson
Scott Base
Lertz Electric Co
Illinois St
Scott Base Post Exchange
Belleville Hardware Co
Goodyear
Ben Reissen
Stanley Photo Co
Central Hardware Co
Walter Ashe Radio Co
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Collision in Herrin Injuries Reported No
Two cars collide at 10:30 p m Monday at 700 N Oak St Herrin no injuries reported Drivers identified as Carl Ray Russell 22 of 400 S 25th St and Dallas Burli son 19 of 400 S 23rd St
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Oak St
Herrin
Carl Ray Russell
S. 25Th St
Dallas Burlison
S. 23Rd St
Victor Veath Home Wins Chester Lighting Prize
The Victor J. Veath residence on Rt. 2 Chester won first prize in a lighting contest sponsored by the Chester Chamber of Commerce and Illinois Light and Power Co. Howard Boxdorfer's home took second and William Haier's claimed third prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Veath
Chester
Victor J. Veath
Rt. 2
Chester Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Light and Power Co
Howard Boxdorfer
William Haier
Ridgeway to Seek Indictments in Two Murders
Grand jury notices were sent to 23 Jackson County residents for the January term of Jackson Circuit Court opening Jan. 14. State's Attorney Ridgeway said he will seek murder indictments against Fred Sinroll and Willie Mae Langston for killings in Sterling and Murphysboro, with additional charges against Eldora Mosely and Elmer Vachata. No hearings are set for Jan. 14 and 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Jackson
William G. Ridgeway
Fred Sinroll
Sterling
Willie Mae Langston
Murphysboro
Sinroll
Southern Illinois University
Robert Batura
Danvers
Mass
Langston
Jesse
Ridgeway
Eldora Mosely
Carbondale
Elmer Vachata
Grand Tower
Red Bud Man in State Job
State Treasurer-elect Elmer Hoffman announced the appointment of Conrad Becker of Red Bud as assistant treasurer Harold Conley of Wheaton as chief revenue clerk and John Damisch of Chicago as chief inheritance tax clerk. The posts take effect January 16. Becker previously served as state treasurer 1944-46 and assistant treasurer 1952-54. He was warden of Menard State Penitentiary 1941-44 and manager of the Illinois State Fair, with roles in Federal Housing Administration work in central and southern Illinois. He also led Red Bud First National Bank and had milling interests in Southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hoffman
Conrad Becker
Red Bud
Harold Conley
Wheaton
Hoffman
John Damisch
Chicago
Becker
Menard State Penitentiary
Federal Housing Administration
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Red Bud First National Bank
Dongola Man Dies. Services Set Friday
William Arthur Dale 81, longtime Dongola area farmer, died Tuesday at his son’s Ashley home from a heart attack. He was born January 6, 1875 in Dongola and is survived by his wife Alice C. Dale and 7 sons, 4 daughters, 22 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. Funeral from Norris and Sons Chapel in Jonesboro Friday at 2 p.m. with burial in Lyerla Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Arthur Dale
Dongola
Ashley
Dale
Alice C. Dale
Glen
Arthur
Manteno
Harlan
Waterman
Roy
William
Virgil
Joliet
Warren
Oroville
Cecil Wagoner
E. St. Louis
Alma Harend
Dayton
Ohio
May Ebersohl
Belleville
Nina Manus
Norris and Sons
Jonesboro
Big Creek Baptist Church
Lyerla Cemetery
Rites Today for Murphysboro Infant
Sarah Ann Flowers infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald Flowers of Rt. 3 Murphysboro died in St Andrew s Hospital Wednesday night Born in St Andrew s Hospital Monday Funeral services were to be held today at Meyer Denny Funeral Home Rev William J Boatman officiating Burial was to be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ann Flowers
Ronald Flowers
Rt. 3
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
William J. Boatman
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Democratic Primary In Murphysboro Sees Petitions Circulated
In Murphysboro Illinois a Democratic mayoral contest shapes the 1957 city election with petitions filed by incumbent Mayor Joe Williams and Ray Chancey. Filing runs through January 12 with primary on February 26 and runoff April 16. Local aldermen candidates also seek new terms while no Republican petitions are shown. Chancey, 38, previously ran Ray Mar restaurant and now sells Morgan Motors vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Ray Chancey
Morgan Motors
Dale Peters
Murdale
Robert Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Robert Clipner
John Kimball
Delmar Ward
Chancey
Murphysboro Township
Cardwell Motors
Squirrels Bite Four In Chester Residential Area
Four residents report being bitten by squirrels in a Chester neighborhood last weekend. Police say the animals may be part of a pack near a cemetery. Chief Athmer orders all suspect animals brought in for examination. Two animals tested negative for rabies at a state lab in Carbondale. No bites were serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Ben Athmer
Carbondale
New Proposal For Mt. Carbon Water Service Slated
Murphysboro Mayor Joe Williams announced a city council meeting Friday will outline a new offer from L R Howson owner of Murphysboro Water Co to extend city water service to Mt Carbon School and Fiddlers Ridge. The plan may require some financial help from Mt Carbon residents but less than anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro City Water
Mt. Carbon School
Fiddlers’ Ridge
Joe Williams
L. R. Howson
Murphysboro Water Co
Howson
Williams
Mt. Carbon
Water Company
Mt. Carbon Group
City Water Service
William L Barwick Dies at 80 in Creal Springs
William L Barwick aged 80 of Rt 2 Creal Springs died at 4 15 am in Marion Memorial Hospital Funeral arrangements are pending with Wilson Frick Funeral Home Marion He is survived by a son John of Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Barwick
Creal Springs
Rt. 2
Marion Memorial Hospital
Wilson-Frick Funeral Home
Marion
Barwick
John
National Guard Inspectors Set for Carbondale Events
The 130th Infantry Regiment National Guard unit in Carbondale will host an annual inspection on January 3 led by an officer from the Fifth Army in Chicago. Beginning at 1 PM the administration supply and maintenance sections are to be examined, followed by a 7 15 PM inspection of personal equipment. The inspecting officer will confer with Capt. William E Doris and Lt. Col. Frank Brock on training progress of the 130th and the Carbondale Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
National Guard
Headquarters and Headquarters Co
130Th Inf. Reg
5Th Army
Chicago
William E. Doris
Frank Brock
130Th Regiment
Dozers Ruin Streets Prompt City Council Complaint
Car bondale Street Commissioner Vir gil Barringer told the City Council that heavy vehicles including bulldozers violated city ordinances by using unimproved streets. He plans to pursue legal action to stop the violations. The council also reviewed November water and sewer finances: receipts 19 190 disbursements 18 719 and a Dec 1 balance of 2 056 with 3715 water customers and 2996 sewer units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Virgil Barringer
Water and Sewer Department
Hurst youth pleads innocent to DWI charge
Dale Jarvis twenty of Hurst pleaded innocent in Williamson County Court on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested by Hurst Marshal Virgil Claunch after reportedly resisting arrest. Judge A R Cagle set a two thousand dollar bond with return date January twenty fifth. Jarvis seeks a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Jarvis
Hurst
Williamson
Jarvis
Virgil Claunch
Claunch
A. R. Cagle
Deportation cited for Cherni with prior convictions
Cherni Rudolph, once living in the area, was deported by the United States in 1939 due to a criminal record including rape in 1927 and assault with intent to rob in 1930. He claimed American citizenship after repatriation but had not naturalized, with home listed as Johnston City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Cherni
United States
Department of Naturalization and Immigration
Washington, D. C
Williamson County
Cherni
Immigration Department
Austria
Johnston City
Murphysboro Hearing Over Sewage Disposal Set
A Jackson County hearing January 16 will review Murphysboro's challenge to an Illinois Sanitary Water Board injunction aimed at stopping Big Muddy River pollution. City officials pursue a sewage treatment plant while a 1954 deadline violation continues, with preliminary work led by City Engineer John Blankinship. The Board will not prosecute as long as the city shows steady progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Big Muddy
Jackson
John Blankinship
Joe Williams
Illiams
R. G. Crisenberry
Springfield
Clarence Klassen
The
Water Board
Cout
Carbondale Crash No Injuries Reported
George Spiller 32 of Rt. 3 Carbondale and Albert Jenkins 58 of 414 Brown St Carterville were the drivers in a Tuesday auto accident on Rt 13 about one mile east of Carbondale. No injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spiller
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Albert Jenkins
Brown St
Carterville
Rt. 13
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SUN Queen
Luther Wiseman
Ford
Dongola Man
Tom Stevenson
L. E. File
W. Hardy Crews
Bruce Richmond
S. 20Th St
Ralph Dale
Mt. Carbon Water Service
Alabama
U. S
John Cherne
Zeigler
Kenneth Gray
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