Carruthers To Lead Major IEA Meeting Report
Murphysboro school superintendent William H. Carruthers will present a major report on education legislation at the 99th Illinois Education Association meeting in Chicago. He chairs the legislative committee and will join other committee heads and delegates from Southern Division districts and allied associations at the Hotel Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Carruthers
Murphysboro
Illinois Education Association
Chicago
Hotel Sherman
Paul Street
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
DeKalb
Mabel Schwarz
Madison
The
Teachers Colleges
Illinois Association of County
Illinois Association of Classroom Teachers
Illinois Elementary School Principals Association
Phi Delta Kappa
Delta Kappa Gamma
Horace Mann Insurance Companies
IEA
Elaine Munal
Metropolis Community High School
Rove R. Bryan
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Legislation
Russell D. Rendleman
Union County
Jonesboro
L. Goebel Patton
West Frankfort
Alexander
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jackson
Johnson
Perry
Pulaski
Pope
Massac
Saline
Union
Williamson
Fred Armistead
Harrisburg
Taft Baker
Carterville
H. C. Bishop
Eldorado Ice Booth
Marion
Horace Brown
Shawneetown
H. W. Ellis
Herrin
Owen Evers
Mound City
B. D. Fowler
Metropolis
Elbert Fulkerson
Alice Grant
H. W. Homann
du Quoin
Ernest Hood
McLeansboro
B. W
Bell patents the telephone in eighteen seventy six
Alexander Graham Bell develops and patents the telephone in 1876, signaling a landmark advancement in communication technology and setting the stage for rapid adoption worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
No Meeting Tuesday of Herrin Lions Club
The Herrin Lions Club will not meet tomorrow at 12 10 p m at the American Legion home due to the holiday season. The next gathering is scheduled for Tuesday January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Lions Club
American Legion
Millage King
Murphysboro Youth Held for Armed Robbery Transferred for Mental Evaluation
Tommy Moore 19 of Mt. Carbon transferred from Jackson County jail to Anna State Hospital for mental evaluation after admitting to a $107 armed robbery at Dominick Grocery on Dec 10. His accomplice Mary Fields 22 of Chicago remains jailed. Jan 14 grand jury expected to consider related charges. Moore previously committed to Elgin State Hospital July 17 1952 after a suicide attempt and escaped October 21 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Anna State Hospital
Tommy Moore
Mt. Carbon
Dominick
Jackson County
Anna
Moore
Figin State Hospital
Menard Security Hospital
Mary Fields
Chicago
Elgin State Hospital
Elgin
Cambria Man Hurt When Struck by Auto
Robert Fields 24 of Cambria was struck on the old Johnston City road east of Herrin by a passing car driven by James Beasley Herrin General Delivery. Fields suffered minor abrasions to the back and scalp with no fractures or shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fields
Cambria
Johnston City
Herrin
Fields
James Beasley
Williamson Board Receives Induction Calls For Five Men
The Williamson County Selective Board 213 received an induction call for five men on January 23 plus notice for 15 to report for pre induction physicals. It is the second January induction call the board has received. Nine men are to be inducted on January 8 and two prior exam calls were issued also on January 8 for 22 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Selective Board
Metropolis Man Sentenced to Vandalia Farm
Clarence Adams of Metropolis was sentenced by Massac County Judge Carl Smith to six months at Vandalia Prison Farm for petty larceny. Adams pled guilty after allegedly stealing a shotgun and threatening a Metropolis resident as he waited outside the home. He was arrested by city police per Sheriff Leonard Devers, and neighbors filed the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Adams
Metropolis
Vandalia
Massac
Carl Smith
Adams
Leonard Devers
Devers
Chinese Magnetic Compass Believed Early Form Around 1600 B.C
A historical note suggests that Chinese civilization may have used an early magnetic compass as far back as 1600 B.C. The claim highlights ancient proficiency in magnetism and navigation, underscoring longstanding orientation technology origins.
Man Injured Helping Firemen In Murphysboro
Firemen fought two blazes Sunday in Murphysboro. A man was injured while helping at a residence on Dewey Street where a radiant heating unit sparked a bedroom fire causing major smoke and heat damage to the home. The Martell family was visiting a hospital at the time. A separate rooftop fall at another home caused a broken heel to Clifford Christensen as he attempted to extinguish a small fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
R. P. Martell
Dewey St
Martell
St. Andrews Hospital
Urba Hanson
New Lockard
West Murphysboro
Union Service At Herrin
Herrin churches hold a New Year’s Eve union prayer service at 7 30 p m in the First Methodist Church with host pastor Rev Heber E Burge, denno W Brown reading, W A Shoopman and Vernon Parsons giving talks, H G Parks as song leader, church choir music and benediction by Rev E C Lee. The Herrin Ministerial Alliance invites public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
First Methodist Church
Heber E. Burge
H. G. Parks
Denno W. Brown
The
Christian Church
W. A. Shoopman
First Baptist Church
Vernon Parsons
Methodist Church
E. C. Lee
Herrin Ministerial Alliance
Paducah Worker Freed on Bond in Massac
Roger Meeks 25 of Bowling Green Ky released on bond from Massac County jail Saturday on a charge of driving while intoxicated. A hearing will be held later in the week. He was arrested Friday night on Highway 45 between Brookport and Metropolis by State Highway Policemen George Sletter and Loren Sandusky. Devers said Meeks was a concrete worker at Paducah and had been arrested once before in Massac County on a similar charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Meeks
Bowling Green
Massac County
Leonard Devers
Meeks
Brookport
Metropolis
George Sletter
Loren Sandusky
Devers
Paducah
Herrin Elks Host Teen Christmas Dance Tonight
The Herrin Elks Lodge presents its annual Christmas dance for Herrin teenagers tonight at 8 o clock in the Elks Hall. It is an informal event with no admission charge. Music will be provided by the Lommy Lawson band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Elks Lodge
Herrin
Fks
Lommy Lawson
Bookmobile Schedule for Union Johnson County
The Union Johnson County bookmobile will stop at Ozark New Burnside on January 5 Forman Belknap on January 6 Benton Reevesville Ganntown on January 7 Vienna Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on January 8 Mt Glen Alto Pass on January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union-Johnson County
Ozark
New Burnside
Forman
Belknap
Benton
Reevesville
Ganntown
Vienna
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Mt. Glen
Alto Pass
Behnken Brothers Return From Furlough For Percy Family
Three Behnken brothers from Percy enjoy a Christmas furlough with Mr. and Mrs. August Behnken. Ensign Clifford Behnken to report to Norfolk Jan 5 after training at Pensacola Corpus Christi and Hutchinson. A-2C Lester Behnken to return Dec 30 from Savannah unit after Lackland training. First Lt. Kenneth Behnken to report Jan 3 to Enid Vance base after two and a half years in service with Hawaii duty and discharge planned for March 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
August Behnken
Clifford Behnken
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Ens. Behnke
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Hutchinson
Kans
Lester Behnken
Savannah
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Kenneth Behnken
Enid
Okla
Behnken
Vance Air Force Base
Hawaii
Herrin Soldiers Highlighted On Korean Christmas TV Show
Two Illinois servicemen appeared on CBS This is Korea Christmas special 1952. William Fox of Herrin and Bernard Balk of Hillsdale were interviewed with GIs Koreans and UN forces. Balk thanked the radio for music Fox described driving a bulldozer on the Topeka Trail toward the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Korea
Columbia Broadcasting System
United Nations Forces
William Fox
Herrin
Bernard Balk
Hillsdale
Balk
Arthur Godfrey
Fox
Topeka Trail
Burma Road
State Ruling Voids Charges Against Tavern Owner
The State Liquor Commission interpretation voids charges against Joe's Tavern in Herrin for operating without a city license. Mayor Fred Schoonover’s revocation of the license is under review with a Springfield hearing set for early next month. Joe Mack reopened December 20 and faces warrants for license violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Liquor Commission
Illinois
Herrin
Fred Schoonover
Springfield
Joe Mack
Schoonover
Williamson
Macri
Snyder F. Herrin
Otto Werner
Ilinois
Chappell Funeral Services Planned for Henry C Chappell
Funeral services for Henry Clay Chappell 59 of Carbondale will be held Tuesday at Bethel AME Church at 1 30 p m with Rev L Carter officiating. Burial at Oakland Cemetery Carbondale. An inquest is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at Jackson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay Chappell
F. Green St
Carbondale
Bethel Ame
L. Carter
Oakland Cemetery
Mary Mary Smith
Chappell
Tuscon Lodge
A.M. Carbondale
Masonic Temple
Jackson Funeral Home
Jackson County
Edward Knowles
Mrs Ashley Dies in Sparta Funeral Service
Irene Ashley 77 died at home on East Main Street Sparta Saturday morning. Survived by son James of Sparta. Funeral held Monday at First Methodist Church Sparta under Walker Funeral Home. Burial in IOOF Cemetery Percy. George Savka and Roy Alton brothers serve in U.S. armed forces with listed addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Ashley
E. Main Street
Sparta
James
First Methodist Church
Walker Funeral Home
IOOF
Percy
Hospital Administrator Miss Pangborn Retires After 16 Years
Miss Mattie Pangborn Holden Hospital administrator retires Jan 1 after 16 years of service. She receives a $1000 bond and a walnut table at a Sunday reception. She will vacation in Florida then return to Cincinnati to work with Grey Ladies in a veterans hospital. A Marion dinner honors her Tuesday night and Rev. Clarence Marrill of Brooklyn succeeds her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pangborn
Mattie Pangborn
Holden Hospital
Hospital Board of Directors
Tal
Florida
Cincinnati
Grey Ladies
Veteran's Hospital
Marion
Clarence Marrill
Brooklyn
No Clues in Hit-Run Death Victim Identified
Funeral services were held for Harley Butler 58 of Mounds in a hit and run on a highway near his home. Authorities had no leads on the driver as coroner Dr H J Elkins planned an inquest. Elkins was buried at National Cemetery in Mound City with Ryan funeral home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Butler
H. J. Elkins
Elkins
National Cemetery
Mound City
Ryan
J F Burnley Dies At 80 In Anna Missouri
Anna resident J F Burnley 80 died at Alexian Brothers Hospital St Louis after a brief illness. Survived by three daughters Dossie Stewart Lemay Mo Lada Riley Lemay Mo Mabel Pullen St Louis two sons Fred Anna Ben Kankakee Ill one brother William Calvert Calif two sisters Fount Noble Jonesboro Minnie Hall Morehouse Mo seven grandchildren. Funeral 1 pm Tuesday at McCarty Funeral Home Anna with Rev Charles Evetts officiating burial Anna Cemetery. Friends may call until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Burnley
Anna
Alexian Brothers
St. Louis
Union County
Dossie Stewart
Lemay
Lada Lee Riley
Mabel Pullen
Fred
Ben
Kankakee
William
Calvert
Calif
New Year's Eve Watch at First Baptist Church Cypress
The First Baptist Church of Cypress hosts its annual New Year's Eve Watch Service on Wednesday from 7 30 p m to midnight. Quartets and trios perform and several sermons are planned. Pastor Seba E Marshall invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of Cypress
Seba E. Marshall
Herrin G I Private Completes Ammo Specialist School
Pvt Harold L. Stacy son of Mrs Laura Poff 409 S 19th St Herrin completed an Army ammunition specialist school course in Korea He entered the Army last January The program covered handling ammunition in Korean weather and terrain
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Stacy
Laura Poff
S. 19Th St
Herrin
Korea
Stacy
Veteran Rail Worker Retires After 40 Years of Service
Alva W. Steele a Pincknerville native and former Herrin resident retired from railroad work in Houston Texas as electrical engineer for Missouri Pacific. He started as a machinist apprentice and studied electrical engineering at night while employed. He served as general foreman at Marion 1912 to 1926 then supervised motor cars in St Louis before transferring to Houston on January 1 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva W. Steele
Pincknerville
Herrin
Houston
Texas
Missouri-Pacific
Steele
Coal Belt Electric Railway Co
Southern Ilinois
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Missouri-Pacific Lines
Marion
St. Louis
Mo-Pac
Minnie Robinson Dies in Carbondale at 70
Minnie B. Robinson 70 of 323 W Oak St Carbondale died at 345 am in Doctors Hospital after a two month illness. Born in Centralia April 22 1882 she moved to Carbondale in 1908 and lived there since. She is survived by a daughter Mrs W B Leverin Tucson Ariz a son George D Robinson East St. Louis two grandchildren and three great grandchildren a sister Mrs Helen Birge Chicago and a brother Dwight D Morgan Chicago. Funeral services will be 1 pm Wednesday at Huttman Funeral Home with burial in City Cemetery Centralia. The Rev H Hilton Longberry will officiate. Friends may call after 1 pm Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie B. Robinson
W. Oak St
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Centralia
George Robinson
Eastern Star and White Shrine
American le- Auxiliary
First Methodist Church
W. B. Leverin
Tucson
Ariz
George D. Robinson
E. St. Louis
Helen Birge
Chicago
Dwight D. Morgan
Huttman
City Cemetery
H. Hilton Longberry
Martha Martin Rites Planned for Tuesday
Funeral services for Martha Ellen Martin of Johnston City will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home. Mrs. Martin, 72, of 1304 Davis Street, died at 3 a.m. Saturday at her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Martin
Martha Ellen Martin
Johnston City
Murman and Wilson Funeral
Two Men Hurt At Death Curve East Of Herrin
Two Harrisburg men were treated at Herrin Hospital after their car overturned on Death Curve east of Herrin. Lowell Hise, 20, the driver, had a temple laceration requiring two stitches and abrasions, while John W. Wilson, 35, suffered back and facial abrasions. The wreck badly damaged the front and rear, with a wheel knocked off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Lowell Hise
John W. Wilson
Hise
Area Writers Sell Stories in Weekend Post wager
Carterville neighbors Frank Russell Samuel and Anne West clash over a steak dinner bet as The Girl No Man Could Resist by Samuel appears in the Saturday Evening Post. West had a factual piece published earlier and plans another feature, sparking a playful dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Frank Russell Samuel
Anne West
Carterville
Samuel
the Post
13Th Air Force
Wes
Post
Miss West
Frank
James Glass Dies at 46 in St Louis
James H. Pete Glass 46 of St Louis and former Chester resident died Saturday at St Anthony's Hospital. Funeral 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at C Hoffmeister Chapel 7814 S Broadway with high requiem mass at St Hedwig Church at 9 a.m. Burial Resurrection Cemetery. He leaves wife Mathilda Rulevesh of Chester, daughter Patricia Gray, son Gerald J. Glass, mother Lottie Glass, sister Emma Glass of St Louis, sister Mrs John Flemming of Chester, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H
Pete) Glass
St. Louis
Chester
St. Anthony's Hospital
C. Hoffmeister
S. Broadway
St. Hedwig Church
Resurrection Cemetery
Glass
Mathilda Rulevesh
Patricia Gray
Gerald J. Glass
Lottie Glass
Emma Glass
John Flemming
Arthur Jenkins Dies. Ex-Ava Resident Served Gulf Mobile 41 Years
Arthur Jenkins 62 of East St. Louis died at home after a two week illness. A former Ava resident, he lived in East St. Louis 15 years and worked as a fireman for Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad for 41 years. He leaves sisters Maude Rineholt Frieda Hammerschmidt and Violet Jones. Funeral 8 p.m. Monday Sedlack Funeral Home East St. Louis with burial services in Tower Grove Cemetery Murphysboro Tuesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Jenkins
Ava
East St. Louis
Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Maude Rineholt
Frieda Hammerschmidt
Violet Jones
Paducah
Strike Begins at Sangamo Plant No Talks Planned
The Sangamo Electric Ordill plant remains on strike with 1,575 workers represented by the Machinists union and 250 company employees at work. Picket lines are 24 hours. No contract talks have occurred since December 24. Wage gaps cited include 10 to 35 cents hourly for comparable classifications. A. M. Doc Thompson will arrange future meetings. The plant makes capacitors used in radio equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangamo Electric Company
Ordill
International Association of Machinists Union
Russell Lovelace
S.A.M
Walter Bradley
Lodge 1406
Sangamo
H. L. Kunz
Kunz
Lovelace
Springfield
A. M
Thompson
Marion
Mrs Knoke Dies At 85 In Chester Hospital
Mrs Wilhelmina Christina Knoke 85 of Chester died at 9 25 p m Saturday in Chester Hospital after a yearlong illness. She lived with her daughter Mrs Op Pie Mizer and was a former resident of Jones Ridge. Funeral services will be 2 p m Tuesday at St John Lutheran Bremen with the Rev Hans Wagner officiating. burial in the church cemetery. Born in Bremen March 12 1867 she married John Kam Knoke May 8 1899 in Bremen who preceded her in death. She leaves a son C A Knoke of Cora a brother Louis Lindner a sister Mrs D H Feilets, both of Chester two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Three daughters and a son preceded her in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Christina Knoke
Chester
Oppie Mizer
Knoke
Jones Ridge
Oscar Schroeder
St. John Lutheran Church
Bremen
Hans Wagner
Rev. O. T. Rodgers Dies at 91 Former Murphysboro Pastor
The Rev. O. T. Rodgers, 91, former pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Murphysboro, died in Louisville Texas on Friday. He served the Murphysboro church in 1900 when it stood at Walnut and 7th Streets and leaves seven children including son John Rodgers of Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Rodgers
Centenary Methodist Church
Murphysboro
Louisville
Tex
Mr. Rodgers
Walnut and
7Th Streets
John Rogers
23Rd Street
Mines Working Tuesday Freeborn Buckhorn Bell Zoller
Old time mining shifts list yields several mine names and numbered units. The entry records first and second shifts at Peabody and mentions Burning Star no 1 and no 2 plus Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeborn
Buckhorn Bell
Zoller
Ben
Orien
Orient
Peabody
Fidelity
New Kathleen
Pyramid
Burning Star
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Carruthers
Jown Wayne Perry
Vergennes
Essye Racer
Victor Randolph
Mildred Rendleman
Anna Ivelyn Ross
Pinckneyville
Jack Simmons
Rosiclare
L. Tripp
Marion Webb
Tamaron
J. P. Willis
Golconda
Stobert Aben
William G. Bayley
New Haven
Caroline Bowie
Zona Bridges
Hilen Burkhart
Benton Cleta Connell
Grand Chain
Mildred Corzine
W. S. B. Dean
Mary Entsminger
Heather Forbes
Raymond L. Foster
Raymond W. Foster
Elizabethtown
Lodge Grant
Harley Hammack
Ruth Esther Hill
Anna C. R. Isherwood
Hugh Kane
Broughton
Betty Jo Kelly
Lillian Kline
Mounds
Harold Mescher
Cairo
Ethel Burl Miller
Lovia Penn
Williamson Board
Herrin Elks
Chappell Funeral Services
Ashley
Sparts
George
Frank Savka
Royalton Brothers
U.S
George Savka
S.A
Discipline Office
Ship’s Co
U.S.N.R. Sta
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Pvt
Co. C
Cane Atterbury
Ind
Mattie Panghorn
J. F. Burnley
Anna Man
Cypress
Herrin G. I
Minnie Robinson
James Glass
Ava Man
Rev. Rodgers
Murphysboro Services
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