Weekend Weather Outlook Across the Nation
National Weather Service reports mostly sunny and cooler conditions nationwide. Snow flurries in Utah and Wyoming. showers blanket Florida and stretch from Kansas to Texas with rain and snow from California to Montana. Southern Illinois saw an overnight low of 26 and a high of 33 with no precipitation over the period.
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National Weather Service
Utah
Wyoming
Florida
Kansas
Texas
Cali
Fornia
Montana
Illinois
Area's barber shop chorus invites more participants
Local events listing shows entertainment options across multiple cities including Harrisburg Carbondale Marion and Eldorado. The listings feature films at cinemas such as Jaws the Killer Elite 3 Days of the Condor Hustle Treasure Island The Apple Dumpling Gang The Way We Were and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs along with drive ins like STARLITE and RIVIERA and theater dates through December 31. The Barber shop chorus invites more participants to join their group.
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Starlite Drive-In
Harrisburg
ROXY
Coulterville
Marion Civic Center
Saluki
Carbondale
Varisty I
Cinema I
Hustle”’ . Orpheum
Treasure Island
Syn
Sparta Theater
Sparta
Carmi Theater
Carmi
Orpheum
Eldorado
FOX
Black Bird
Gloria
Liberty
Murphysboro
GRAND
du Quoin
Rodgers
Anna
Varsity II
Community calendar notes for Herrin Carbondale and area
Monday events include Herrin SP E B SQ S A chorus rehearsal eight p m in Herrin High School choral room open to area men. Carbondale seniors Golden Goose Luncheon film day 11 30 a m 12 30 p m 310 S University. Murphysboro seniors Kitchen Band practice 10 30 a m and card games 1 30 to 4 p m 17 N 14th St. Herrin senior citizens band practice 10 a m KK's leave for Mattingly's 1 10 p m bridge 1 30 p m 100 S Park. Crainville development information meeting seven p m village hall on federal grant. Lesser Water and Sewer Commission seven thirty p m city hall. Freeman Spur Village Board seven thirty p m village hall.
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Herrin
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Carbondale
Golden Goose
S. Univer
Murphysboro
N. 14Th St
Mattingly
S. Park
Lesser Water and Sewer Commission
Freeman Spur
Hospital admission and discharge roll totals by county
A lengthy hospital ledger lists admitted and discharged patients across multiple facilities in Franklin, Williamson, and adjacent counties. Names span Herrin, West Frankfort, Murphysboro, Carbondale, and surrounding towns with multiple Memorial and community hospitals represented.
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Franklin
Benton
Arnold
Fannie
Donahue
Sharon
Decatur Curry
Farrell
Lesser Gulley
Lina
Springfield
Lelia
Christopher Mancek
Anna
Buckner Bettis
Goldie Williams
John
West Frankfort
Hawkins
Silas Johnson
Bessie
Thompsonville Taylor
Jewell
Winemiller
Nelson
Whittington Branson
George Branson
Neda Mullins
Judith
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Bolte
Minnie
Pittsburg
Owens
Elbert
Colp Henderson
Ricky Finney
Jason
Houston
Texas
Spikier
Tara
Carterville
Gabrieli
Amalia Hooker
Frank Milligan
Geraldine
West Frankford
Montgomery
Barbara
de Soto Fisher
Royalton Moses
Harold Discharged
Rzewnicki
Wladyslawa
Zeigler
Double services for Johnsons set in Cape Girardeau
Combined funeral services for John Lowell Johnson 66 and Corean Johnson 63 are planned for 1:30 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. John Lowell Johnson died December 27 1975 at his McClure home after a long life as a farmer and community member. Burial will be in Lindsay Cemetery in McClure.
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John Lowell Johnson
McClure
Ford and Sons
Cape Girardeau
Corean Johnson
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardau
Shawnee School Board
East Cape
Moose Lodge
Anna
Operating Engineers
Harrisburg
Milton
Louella Raines Johnson
Corean Waterman
Reynoldsville
Edward
Nellie Simpkins Waterman
Pittsburg Freewill Baptist Church
Kenneth McNeely
No. 8
Johnston City
Mitchell Funeral Home
Marion
Lithuania
Anthony
Victoria Kathalynas
Joe Kemont
St. John’s Catholic Church
West Frankfort
Veto Spring
George Kathalynas
Penn
Ed Kathalynas
Ann Amaral
Newark
N.J
Vera Amaral
Scranton Penn
Mary Talavich
Herrin
St. Johns Catholic Church
John Baggio
Union Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Mt. Vernon
Everett Lemay
East Hickory Hill Cemetery
Chesed-Shel-Emeth
University City
St. Louis
Johnson Funeral Home
Berger Memorial Funeral
McPherson and Walton
James F
Ronald E
Eldorado
Gordon Reeder
Lowell Reeder
Evansville
Ind
Dorothy Sutton
Wilma Cox
Robert
Roma
Wolf Creek Cemetery
Sam Glodich
Vantrease
Zeigler
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Benton
Mr. Glodich
Phoenix
Tractor overturns injures Grand Tower man near levee road
A Grand Tower man, John Vanover, 21, was listed in fair condition at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale after his farm tractor overturned on his body on a rural road near the Jackson County line. State Police say the accident occurred about 10 p.m. Friday on the Big Muddy Levee Road two miles east of Illinois. He was pinned for about two hours until a forklift and wrecker lifted the tractor off him.
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Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Jackson Union
John Vanover
Illinois
Vanover
Birth announcements from southern Illinois towns
In Ellis Grove Mr and Mrs Lovie welcome a daughter at Memorial Hospital Chester. In West Frankfort Mr and Mrs William Williams have a son at Union Hospital. Johnston City Mr and Mrs Eugene Leber announce a son at Herrin Hospital. Ava Mr and Mrs Thomas Edwards greet a son at Memorial Hospital Chester. Carbondale Mr and Mrs Robert Feld a daughter at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. Carbondale Mr and Mrs Alfred Brown a daughter at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. Johnston City Mr and Mrs Eugene Leber announce a son. Percy Mr and Mrs Glenn Gerlach report a baby boy at Pinckneyville Community Hospital. Carbondale Mr and Mrs Eugene Charleton welcome a son at St Joseph Memorial Hospital.
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Ellis Grove
Chester
Carbondale
Feld
Robert
Doctors Hospital
Brown
Alfred
Johnston City
Leber
Eugene
Percy
Gerlach
Glenn
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Charleton
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro tavern pair held on police interference charge
Two Pinckneyville residents were jailed in Murphysboro after being accused of interfering with police during a tavern disturbance. Charlotte Reese 22 and Bruce Stell 20 face battery and disorderly conduct charges for actions outside Kilos Tavern on Old Clinoin is Road.
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Pinckneyville
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Charlotte E. Reese
D-2
Victory Addition
Bruce L. Stell
K-2
Miss Reese
Glenn Pranno
Old Clinois 13
Stell
Vandals Ransack Lewis School in Carbondale
Gaylin Fliger the principal reports vandals again entered the Lewis School at 801 S Lewis Lane in Carbondale and ransacked most rooms late Christmas Day or early Friday. The second break in caused damage to kitchen utensils and a clock. no suspects or damage estimates given.
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Lewis School
Carbondale
Gaylin Fliger
S. Lewis Lane
Fliger
Harrisburg Attorney Charged in Hit-and-Run Injury Case
Harrisburg police charged 27 year old Normal attorney Jerry Raymer after fragments of chrome and glass tied to his car were found at the scene of a hit and run. Victim Paul E. Roberts 27 of Harrisburg remained in critical condition with head and leg injuries at an Evansville Indiana hospital. The incident occurred on U.S. 45 north of Harrisburg Friday with no witnesses. Raymer posted a 50 dollar bond.
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Harrisburg
Jerry Raymer
Paul E. Roberts
Evansville
Ind
Roberts
U.S. 45
Raymer
Autopsy confirms Sloan died of smoke in Carterville fire
Gary Sloan 30 of Herrin died December 18 in a Carterville mobile home blaze. The coroner says smoke inhalation caused his death with no foul play suspected, and an inquest is planned for early 1976. Sloan reportedly stumbled over a gas heater and reentered to fight the fire. his girlfriend and sister escaped uninjured.
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Gary Sloan
Herrin
Williamson County
James Wilson
Wilson
Sloan
Carterville
Betty Murphy
Sioan
Officer wakes family in burning Anna home
Anna officer James Ray spotted a fire at 308 Morgan Drive around 1:25 a.m. Saturday and woke Mr. and Mrs. Fred Toler. Fire Chief Lawrence Boyer said the blaze, likely from faulty wiring, was confined to the attic but caused heavy water damage to the house.
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Anna
James Ray
Fred Toler
Morgan Drive
Lawrence Boyer
Ray
Boyer
Deaths surface in four counties in Christmas week
A sequence of obituaries fronts four counties with deaths from Dec 26 and 27 1975. Notables include Jake Frye 92 of Pittsburg retired coal miner born 1883 and Rose Kemont 87 of West Frankfort, plus Edward Waligorski 71 of Du Bois and Ernest Ballard 67 of West Frankfort. Funeral details and survivors listed.
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Rose Kemont
S. Emma St
West Frankfort
West Frankort
Ernest Ballard
S. Ida St
Union
Edward Waligorski
Dubois
Friendship Manor
Nashville
Obituary Notes for Prominent Herrin Area Residents
Obituaries report the deaths of Jack Bailin 65 of Herrin and Etta M. Quinn 79 of Mt. Vernon on Dec 27 1975. Also listed are Arthur L Burns 62 of Mt. Vernon Mildred E Smith 60 of Mt. Vernon and Sam Glodich Sr. 85 of Zeigler with funeral arrangements and survivors.
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Etta M. Quinn
Jones St
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan
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Barber Shop Chorus
Hustle
Town and Country II
Toler, Benton
Webster, Steeleville
Riviera Drive-In
Marion Drive-In
University Four
Seven Dwarfs
Fantasy
Crainville
Marshall Browning
Yer
Mabel Furlow
Martha
Mulkeytown Crews
Stanley
Vergennes Ray
Kathryn Shaw
Elkville
Sandra
Ava Hagene
Francis Liszewski
McHael
Dubois Bigham
Gilbert
Christopher
Menke
Rose
New Athens
Virgo
Mason
Walsh Thompson Jo
Oakdale
McCormick
Mary
Grant
Carlene
Baby
Welch
Charles
Tilden Wlech
William
Tilden
Lawrence
Conrad
Strouvis
ST. Joseph Memorial
Ster
Margaret
Jacob Austin
Ardén Clements
Roy Fozzard
Peggy Grob
Henry Mileur
George Connelly
Mary Williams
Messina
Leonardo
Hurst Herrin
Union County
Montgomery, Barbara
de Sal Seabaugh
Ladonna
Goreville Taylor
Calvin
Jonesboro
Washington County
Liska
Miles
Cicero
Maxeiner
Harold
Okawville
Hasseblock
Irvin
Okanville
Grattendick
Esther
Eddyville
Nikrant
Stanley Klingenberg
Fred Maschhoff
Janie
Kell Krus
Mary Ann
Baby Hawke
Carlyle
Juhl
New Holland
Hall
Margaret Dempsey
Rita
Christopher Terry
Harvey Halstead
Pavia
Melvin
Twane Marshall
Mabel Terry
Darren van Horn
Martin
Mulkeytown Krone
Jessie Page
Sebern
Christopher Discharged
Britton
Stephanie Deerstein
Grace Happold
Aibera
Bessie Hart
Dena
Walter Caraker
Michael
Biggs
Clara Melvin
Twana Krone
Jessie
Mancha
Illinois 13
Carbondale School
Jake Frye
Marion Memorial Hospital
Mr. Frye
George
Mary Stumpf Frye
Ann Smith
Rheuble
Ruby G. Glass
Washington County Hospital
Jess H
Mary Elizabeth Lively Ward
Samuel E. Glass
Th First Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors
Jesse
Homewood
Nadine Gorman
Lillian Millar
Longmont
Col
First Baptist Church
Bill Carter
Masonic
John F. Ritter
N. Howard St
The
Faith Assembly of God Church of
John and
Elizabeth Schwinn Ritter
Nina Murphy
Donald
Colona
Fred
St. Anne
Jerry
Bob
Winthrop Harbor
Helen Booker
Joe
Detroit
Bernard
Neal
Perry County
Stanley and
Agnes Adamski Waligorski
Cecilia Radake
Schiller
Anna Kuberski
Tamaroa
Clara Luczak
Enoch Waligorski
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of
Joseph Hannsman
Kringer-Searby
Stanley Crews
Vergennes
Crawshaw Mortuary
Mr. Crews
Hardy
Lucinda Reese Crews
Callie Porter
Crews
New Bethel Methodist Church
American Legion
Paul Stout Post
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Billy
Walter Seibel
Garret
Taylorville
Thomas Hart
Parrish Cemetery
Jack Bailin
Jay B. Sales Promotion
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
E. Poplar St
She
Bluford
Louis R
Sommerremus Newby Lane
Harrison Boykin
Virgil Quinn
Logan Lane
Laura McHenry
Wisconsin
Arthur L. Burns
Arthur L
Jake’’ Burns
Douglas
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Burns
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Belknap
Walter L
Alberta McDowell Burns
Charleston
Cora Clifford
U.S. Navy
Veterans’ of Foreign Wars
Central Church of Christ
Barney
Harrison, Ark
Robert A
Centralia
Emelie Clement
Dorothy McChristian
Cairo
National Cemetery
Mound City
Funeral
Herrin Kiwanis Club
Ring 56
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Elks Lodge
Quincy
Herrin Eagles Lodge
Mr. Bailin Was
Samuel and
Eva Sandalovich Bailin
Zelma
Sarah Kalmes
Albert
Fort Worth
Tex
Mildred E. Smith
Route 4
R. Francis
Maude May Rice Reeder
Arthur E. Smith
Mr. Smith
Full Gospel Tabernacle Church
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