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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
3
Chief Lee Davis urges Carbondale motorists to cut winter crashes in January and February, the peak months for bad conditions. He cites seven driving rules from brakes to lights and warns most winter injuries come from ice and snow.
Sea Scout Ship 37 named Golden Eagle formed with 18 members, sponsored by First Baptist Church of Carbondale. They seek HQ in Crab Orchard Refuge, meet Mondays, plan floods response and Mississippi river cruises, with Captain Townes and Clarence Smith in key roles.
The Carbondale city library announces a large influx of books across fiction non fiction and juvenile literature. New titles include The Old Oaken Bucket The Way West The Egyptian The Catherine Wheel Call for Michael Shayne and Dusty Wagons. Nonfiction adds range from The Ohio to How To Avoid Work.
Ray Tackett of Murphysboro was moved to Vandalia today to start a six month term for vagrancy. The sentence, handed down by Judge C. E. Wright yesterday, places Tackett at the state penal farm.
The listing shows subscription rates for carrier 25 cents a week and mail plans ranging from 1.00 to 7.50 over 6 to 52 weeks. Mail delivery restricted to areas with carrier service. Carbondale Illinois postmark and AP association notice included.
Two Carbondale churches have been granted Egyptian Boy Scout Council charters to form Explorer units. First Methodist Church and First Baptist Church gain institutional representatives and Explorer leaders with named members receiving membership certificates.
Mrs Lovey Wilson 76 Negro died at the home of her niece Mrs Hosea Howard 217 East Green Street at 3 15 this morning Funeral arrangements pending relatives Jackson funeral home called to aid in services She leaves two other nieces Mrs Timothy Chrowder and Miss Ozella Campbell both of Carbondale a nephew Jack Campbell Carbondale and a cousin John Campbell Terre Haute Ind
A 56 year old Herrin miner Floyd Hicks Sr. killed himself with a 20 gauge shotgun at his home on West Maple Street. He was found by his wife Lora in a closet, the weapon across his chest and head. Hicks worked at the Jeffrey mine and leaves four sons Floyd Jr Lowell Wayne and Vernell and a daughter Thelma Underwood plus siblings. An inquest was set for 3 p m at the Maller funeral home in Marion.
Illinois Commerce Commission schedules January 18 hearing on Carbondale Harrisburg Coach Line proposal to discontinue one daily round trip between Decatur and Effingham. Protests filed by Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce and student nurses at Decatur Macon School of Nursing.
The Carbondale zoning commission heard arguments on rezoning a lot north of the University Drugstore on South Illinois Avenue. Petition by Martin Channey seeks commercial classification for a site eyed by Texas Oil for a possible service station. Neighbors voiced concerns over property values and hazards, while others urged future street expansion considerations. The commission will report to the city council Tuesday night.
Admitted Wednesday Edward Bloodworth surgical Carbondale Dale Denny medical Anna A McClaren surgical Marion Ray Hamlett surgical Johnston City Pamela Sue Mountain medical Mrs Jesse Soper surgical Vienna Mrs V A Beadle medical Carbondale Discharged Wednesday ion Ray Hamlett surgical Johnston City Mrs E A Price surgical Car Mrs Fannie Holder medical Mrs John Barringer and daughter Carbondale
Gov Stevenson orders a special election in Jackson County for a new circuit clerk to replace Fred H Fraser who pleaded guilty to embezzlement. The vote will run with the April 11 1950 primary and a November runoff, with filing Jan 16–23 and James McRoy serving as clerk pro tempore until filled.
Funeral services for Earl Wisely 56 of Murphysboro will be held at Crawshaw Funeral Chapel at 2 p m Sunday with the Rev William Boatman officiating Wisely died yesterday in Anna He is survived by Lena Meyer his wife of Denver Colo one son Earl R Wisely of East St Louis a daughter Ruth W Jones of Murphysboro four brothers Claude Clyde Lloyd Ralph two sisters Mrs Lloyd Smith Springfield and Mrs Robert Boyle Murphysboro and four grandchildren Burial details not complete.
Seven babies were born yesterday at Holden hospital in Carbondale setting a 24-hour birth record for 1949. Nurses noted the number was unprecedented in over a year. Five parents are Carbondale residents and the other two come from Anna and Creal Springs.
Murray Worthen 71 a retired miner died at his home after a long illness in Murphysboro He was born in Sand Ridge and worked for Blair Coal company He married Barbara Herron in 1901 and is survived by a son a stepson a sister a brother two grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services will be Sunday at 230 pm at First Methodist Church Murphysboro with burial in Boucher Cemetery The body will lie in state at Meyer Funeral Home until 1 pm and then at the church until services.
Lemon Corthen 61 Negro died at his home 308 East Ashley Street Carbondale at 10 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call at Jackson funeral home. He leaves his wife Daisy Corthen three sons two step sons two daughters and six grandchildren.
H H Seibert displays a Seabiscuit shoe at his Carbondale drug store on East Jackson Street. He recounts writing to C S Howard in 1941 to obtain the shoe, which has rested at his home since, and notes the plaque by Warren Seibert. The display lasts about a week as a film about Seabiscuit screens at the Varsity theater.
George W. Swafford transfers property to Edward C. Huppert for lot 9 in R. A. and May Crawshaw's first addition Murphysboro for $1. The notice records a deed sale and ownership change in the local property column.
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