First County Baby of '50 Will Get Valuable Prizes
The Jackson County Free Press announces a New Year baby contest for the first baby born in Jackson County in 1950. Entries require a doctor’s certificate with birth details and parental info and must be received by noon January 5 1950. Prizes include milk, clothing, home goods, a silver rattle, a photo, a car wash and more from Carbondale merchants.
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Jackson County
Carbondale
The
Free Press
Free Press Office
New Era Dairy Arrow
J. W. Walker & Sons
Zwick’s Ladies Store
Better Homes and Gardens
Cline Vick
Bradley Hardware
Carbondale Walgreen
Higgin’s
Bill
Murray House
Hewitt’s
Down State
Chevrolet
Leslie’s
L. H
L. H. Lungwitz $10 Savings Account, First National Bank of Carbondale
Varsity
Max
City buys truck and overhauls water plant filters
The city council approved buying a used 1947 dump truck from Arthur Warren for 1200 with a 300 trade in, to aid street repairs. Street Commissioner Cal Cavaness said gravel costs can be reduced. Water Commissioner Raymond Berger will fund bin building to reuse material during overhauls of three old water filters, aiming to modernize the plant.
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Arthur Warren
Cal Cavaness
Warren
Street Department
Cavaness
Jonesboro
Raymond Berger
Forty three displaced persons pass through Carbondale
Forty three displaced persons from Europe will pass through Carbondale at 4 20 p m today on Illinois Central train No 26 en route from New Orleans to Chicago and beyond.
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Europe
Carbondale
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Chicago
Daily Free Press billing and AP affiliation notice
The Daily Free Press lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in Carbondale Illinois with weekly and long-term options and notes mail subscriptions require carrier service. It also states post office filing as second class matter and AP affiliation granting exclusive reprint rights.
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Daily Free Press
Ilinoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale, Ill
Carvendale
Ilinois
Associated Press
Community Recreation Talked Before Kiwanians
William Freeburg of the S I U physical education department spoke to the Carbondale Kiwanis on a community recreation program. He outlined administrative problems and financing options and urged members to learn the Illinois Home Rule Bill to aid funding for Carbondale recreation facilities.
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William Freeburg
S. I. U. Physical Education Department
Carbondale Kiwanis Club
Carbondale
Post Office Reports Five Percent Mail Surge
Carbondale post office processed a flood of mail during the pre Christmas season. Postmaster Virgil Brown estimated volumes exceeded last year’s record by about five percent. Last year was the previous high for Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Virgil Brown
Brown
Carbondale Mayor Outlines Priorities for Final Year
Mayor John I. Wright told Carbondale city council the last year of the term should focus on lasting city gains. He urged action on street and traffic modernization zoning reform sewer and water expansion and better relations among officials employees and the public. Commissioner E V Miller urged securing West Side land for a new fire station and the mayor planned a committee with Fire Chief Carl Crain Police and Fire Commissioner Paul Brown and local business leaders.
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John I. Wright
Carbondale
Tha,mayer
Illinois
Wright
E. V. Miller
Miller
Carl Crain
Paul Brown
Dairymen remodel barns as FHA program gains traction
The rural area reports rising FHA loan inquiries with seven new appraisals this past week. Ninety 23 dairymen in Jackson County are remodeling to Grade A standards at Prairie Farms creamery, while farm housing reports and Small Homes Council studies bolster on farm improvements and extension work.
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FHA
Rau
Willard Moore
Farmers Home Administration
Walker
Norman Rushing
Prairie Farms Creamery
Small Homes Council
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Illinois
Dixon Springs Station
Jackson County
Carbondale OKs 15 Year I C T Phone Expansion Plan
The Carbondale city council approved Illinois Commercial Telephone Company expansion to serve all current applicants and allow future growth. A 900 pair East side cable will replace the current 300 pair system with work to finish before year end 1950 subject to materials. Crewmen begin laying permanent cable next week under Orville Schureman and Earl H. Morgan supervision as relief cable on the West side nears completion.
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Carbondale
Illinois Commercial Telephone Company
Orville Schureman
Schureman
Earl H. Morgan
Murphysboro
Schuremann
Mother of Mrs Grace Throgmorton Dies
Mary Elizabeth Roberts 79 mother of Grace Throgmorton died Tuesday afternoon at Marion. Funeral Friday at 1 pm Second Baptist Church Marion with Rev Hobart Peterson officiating. Burial in Hampton Cemetery. Frick Funeral Home Marion handling arrangements. She leaves three daughters and three sons, plus 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Mary Elizabeth Roberts
Grace Throgmorton
Main Street
Carbondale
West Cherry Street
Marion
Second Baptist Church
Floyd F. Brown Rites Held by VFW Post in Carbondale
The Teeter-Carter-Watson VFW Post in Carbondale officiated at graveside services Tuesday for Floyd F. Brown 72 of Murphysboro dies Christmas Day at Marion Veterans Hospital Burial was in Oakland Cemetery Brown a former Murphysboro township tax collector left a wife Jo Ann three sons Zeigler Ralph Springfield and Kenneth St Louis three daughters Beatrice Williams Herrin Margaret Lynn Springfield and Lucille Williams Carbondale a half brother Charles Helton Carbon-dale four half sisters Ada Anderson Sadie Clutts Callie Moore all of Carbondale Anna Bush Bridgeport Brown lived in Carbondale many years moving to Murphysboro about 25 years ago He was Spanish American War veteran and a member of First Baptist Church of Murphysboro.
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Teeter-Carter-Watson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carbondale
Floyd F. Brown
Murphysboro
Brown
Marion Veterans Hospital
Oakland
Jo Ann
Fred
Zeigler
Ralph
Springfield
Kenneth
St. Louis
Beatrice Williams
Herrin
Margaret Lynn
Lucille Williams
Charles Helton
Ada Anderson
Sadie Clutts
Callie Moore
Anna Bush
Bridgeport
First Baptist Church of
Property Transfers in Murphysboro Meadows
Otto Galway transfers lot 9 in W D Russell's subdivision block 10 Herbert's addition Murphysboro to Harold W Koehn for 1 dollar C H Clay transfers lot 18 block 6 C H Clays addition Murphysboro to Raymond Trigg for 10 dollars Gilbert C Reiman transfers part of lots 4 and 5 block 2 Clarke and Logan fifth addition Murphysboro to Raymond Davis for 1 dollar
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Otto Galway
Harold W. Koehn
W. D. Russell
Herbert
Murphysboro
C. H. Clay
Raymond Trigg
Gilbert C. Reiman
Raymond Davis
Clarke and Logan
Fire destroys Murphysboro home. mother and son escape
A mother Mrs. Whittington and her two year old son fled a South Fifth Street fire in Murphysboro after waking to smoke. Fire crews arrived at 9:45 a m to find the two room interior gutted and the outside frame saved. Whittington and child had already gone to a relative’s home. Damage estimate not yet set.
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South Fifth Street
Murphysboro
John Whittington
Ross Appeals For Support Of Teen Town
Claude Ross, director of Carbondale Teen Town, urged civic clubs to back the youth group at a Rotary Club noon meeting. He outlined supervised activities, low admission, and 50 cent three month dues, noting 252 members with 100 to 150 nightly on weekends.
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Ross
Claude Ross
Carbondale
Civic Clubs
Rotuary Club
Hotel Roberts
Lincoln School
Circuit Court ruling on county supervisor of assessments stirs little action
In Springfield a Circuit Court ruling upholding the new county supervisor of assessments drew muted response in Jackson County. County Clerk Boyd Thorp said the matter remains in limbo as an Illinois Supreme Court appeal seems likely. Authorities expect no decision before mid summer.
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Springfield
County Supervisor of Assessments
Jackson County
Boyd Thorp
Illinois Supreme Court
Thorp
County Board of Review
Board of Review
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
State Department of Revenue
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Founder Honored as St Francis Xavier Church Marks Jubilee
The Rt. Rev. Bernard Hilgenberg celebrated his 55th year of priesthood in Carlyle. He founded St. Francis Xavier Church in Carbondale, built in 1900, now serving about 70 families at 403 South Poplar Street. His work included missions in Carterville Herin Johnston City Christopher Marion Bush West Frankfort Benton Royalton Zeigler and a rectory at Ava.
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Bernard Hilgenberg
Carlyle
St. Francis Xavier Church
Carbondale
South Poplar Street
Msgr. Hilgenberg
Carterville
Herin
Johnston City
Christopher, Lesser, Marion, Bush
West Frankfort
Benton
Royalton
Zeigler
Ava
Claude Davis Dies Former County Tax Collector
Claude Davis, former Jackson county collector of delinquent taxes, died suddenly on a Chicago street Sunday. He had been missing since leaving Murphysboro before his 1938 embezzlement indictment was returned.
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Claude Davis
Jackson County
Chicago
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Resient
Deputy Circuit Clerk Appoints Gilbert Campbell
Circuit Clerk James McRoy announced Gilbert Campbell of Murphysboro as deputy circuit clerk. Campbell, a World War II veteran, has four years of clerical experience in the Menard division of the State Penitentiary. Mrs D J McMahon resigned after about five years in the same office.
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James McRoy
Gilbert Campbell
Murphysboro
Menard Division
State Penienntiary
D. J. McMahon
Mrs Dolie Hack Dies At Vergennes
Mrs Dolie Hack 88 died at the home of her daughter Mrs Ray Bastien Vergennes after about four weeks illness. A native of Elkville she had been married to Benjamin Grear and later to Christopher Hack both deceased. Survived by son C B Ha Centerville and two daughters Mrs Ray Bastien and Mrs Della Alla Vergennes. Funeral at United Brothers Church Vergennes 2 p m Friday with Rev Goddard and Rev Kahl. Burial Parrish Cemetery.
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Dolie Hack
Ray Bastien
Vergennes
Elkville
Hack
Benjamin Grear
Christopher Hack
C. B. Ha
Centerville
M. Ray Bastien
Della Alla
United Brothern Church
Goddard
Kahl
Parrish Cemetery
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Ice
D. A. Price
Phillip Temple
William Hastie
Kileta Ann Eaton
Odell Pulley
Bill Gasaway
Bobby Ogden
Carl Edwards
Dennis Kevin Martin
Benjamin F. Bryan
August Boester
W. C. Anderson
Santa Claus
Louise Phemister
Farm Bureau
Charles Best
Department of Agricultural Economics
Wayo Bennety
Duryea
Lamour
Milton Berle
Lila UE Tlle
Shirley Larry Temple
Fitzgerald Seibiscur
V. F. W. Post
Floyd Brown
Presley
N. Allyn
Urba Hanson
Hanson
Masonic Lodge
First Baptist Church
West Jackson Street
Teen Town
Southern Illinois Hospital Association
Carbondale Community High School
American Legion
Cooksey
Centralia
Hospital Association
Jaycettes
Heatre
Murphysboro, Il
Edmund Gwenn
Donald Crisp
Ona
Lassie
Penny
Lon
St. Xavier's
Gabardine — Taffeta — Jersey and Tissue Faille
Coats
Robel
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