Area Scout Council Seeks 96 246 for 1956 Drive
The Egyptian Council plans a 1956 fundraising drive beginning January 16 led by Gus Leu of Marion a former scoutmaster and auto parts dealer. Volunteers exceed 300 with chairs Ralph Bedwell Mike Berra Don McGoniga and Dan Lurie directing pledges of 100 each. Budget details allocate 26 percent to supporting existing or new Cub Boy Scout and Explorer units and a major undisclosed sum to camping. The Egyptian Council is part of the Carbondale United Fund with $9 004 earmarked for various agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Leu
Marion
Ralph Bedwell
Carbondale
Mike Berra
Herrin
Don McGoniga
Murphysboro
Dan Lurie
Margaret Martin Dies at 91 in West Frankfort
Margaret H. Martin of 702 E Summers St West Frankfort died at Union Hospital after a fall broke her hip. Survived by children Clarence Earl Jesse Harry and three great great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m at First Church of God West Frankfort with burial in Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call Walker Funeral Home West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret H. Martin
E. Summers St
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
W. E. Martin
First Church of God
Bethel Cemetery
Walker Funeral Home
Crews Work on Union Gas Lines in Anna and Jonesboro
Work crews lay 2 inch pipe in Anna on Locust and Mississippi as part of a 438 290 natural gas system project. Mayor Dale Tea said Jonesboro work on Locust and Mississippi streets is finished with main lines now down and building outlets to follow. Construction began in December and is expected to finish by next June or July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Jonesboro
Dale Tea
Locust
Mississippi
Ork
Mga
Ree
Accident Victim Condition Unchanged in Red Bud Crash
Mrs Mabe l Biggs a 25 year old St Louis housewife remains in critical condition at St Clement s Hospital Red Bud after a Tuesday collision that killed her husband Landice Biggs 26 A daughter Peggy Ann 3 was discharged while son Rodger 2 is reported in good condition today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Mabel Biggs
Landice Biggs
Rt. 3
Peggy Ann
St. Clement's
Rodger
Name Location Set For Proposed Herrin Bank
A proposed Herrin bank will be named PHore Community Bank with drive in facilities and a free parking lot. The Sun Co building pair at 120 and 116 N 14th St will house the bank after leases with options to buy Bailie’s Greyhound Bus Station and the former Budweiser Tavern. Shares are $50 with $30 capital, $10 surplus, $10 undivided profit. Signing petition for organize include Hazen E Coleman Tommy F Colombo Ed Driemeyer William K Fawcett Robert A Ferrari Dr James E Gladson James Helleny Louis Helleny Snyder E Herrin Dr Arthur L Lenzini Dr Willis J Lewis Dr Elmus E Miles Harvard Sohn and Wallace F Springer Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Bank
La-Mar
Snyder E. Herrin
Herrin
Bailie
Greyhound
James Bailie Sr
Southern Beverage Co
N. 14Th St
Phore Comunity Bank
Hazen E. Coleman
Tommy F. Colombo
Ed Driemeyer
William K. Fawcett
Robert A. Ferrari
James E. Gladson
James Helleny
Louis Helleny
Arthur L. Lenzini
Willis J. Lewis
Elmus E. Miles
Harvard Sohn
Wallace F. Springer Jr
Janet Holland Dies in Chicago Baby Girl Passes at Eight Months
Janet Lucille Holland eight months died Tuesday at St Bernard Hospital Chicago after a three day illness. She is survived by her parents Carl and Mary Holland of Chicago formerly of Hurst Bush and her grandmother Mrs Esther Maze of Carterville. Funeral Friday at Bush Pentecostal Church with Rev Herschell Loyd. burial in Blairsville Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home Herrin in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Lucille Holland
St. Bernard Hospital
Chicago
Carl and
Mary Holland
Hurst Bush
Esther Maze
Bern St
Carterville
Bush Pentecostal
Herschell Loyd
Blairsville
Johnson Funeral Home
Herrin
Police Briefs From Carbondale and Murphysboro
W F Daniels 30 of Carbondale fined 20.40 dollars by Police Magistrate Roy Hall for intoxication and disturbing the peace. William Raines Rt. 1 Murphysboro fined with costs 10 dollars by Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr for a noisy muffler on a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
W. F. Daniels
Roy Hall
Murphysboro
William _ Raines
Rt. 1
Charles Helwig Sr
Carbondale Kroger Branch Expands with 13 Evansville Stores
Kroger Carbondale branch adds 13 Evansville area stores, bringing total to 68. Terre Haute offices close. Terre Haute facilities become a sub-warehouse. Transfers include Carl Conrad Kenneth Owens Phil Brosche William Mullens with role swaps among merchandisers and sales staff. Consolidation aims to improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren L. Engle
Kroger
Carbondale
Evansville
Ind
Engle
Terre Haute
William Jeffries
Terre Heure
Carl Conrad
Kenneth Owens
Phil Brosche
William Mullens
Conrad
Charles Clodfelter
Clodfelter
Mullens
Bill Beaty
Beaty
Williamson County Cash Relief Expenditures Rise Sharply
Williamson County general assistance cash disbursements grew about 38 percent over two years. Treasurer Wayman L. Welborn Jr. reported $490,479 for 1952-53 and $677,559 for 1954-55, a $187,080 increase. Five-year totals show varying relief outlays. programs under the Illinois Public Aid Commission have removed beneficiaries from relief rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Treas
Wayman L. Welborn Jr
Welborn
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Camp Contest Promotes Public School Camping Site
Educational Council of 100 Inc launches a camp name contest to boost interest in its Little Grassy Lake site southeast of here. All students up to twelfth grade may enter, with the best entry earning two weeks of expense paid camping next summer and the winner’s school receiving $25. Entries due to superintendents by Jan 20. winner announced Feb 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Council of 100, Inc
Little Grassy Lake
Here
Edward H. Schaller
Waterloo
Little Grassy
Alaska Sportsman Publishes Qualls 1953 SIU Graduate Essay
Walter L. Qualls, a 1953 Southern Illinois University graduate, published in January 1956 Alaska Sportsman recounts his teaching experiences in a remote area with Indigenous pupils. He details a beaver trapping trip with a fur trapper and notes he and Mrs. Qualls now teach in Kansas City Missouri. Mrs Qualls previously taught at Lincoln Grade School in Murphysboro for a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Qualls
Southern Illinois University
Alaska Sportsman
Qualls
Kansas City, MO
Lincoln
Murphysboro
Herrin Water Main Repaired After Break Near Carterville
Water main break near the Carterville blacktop road was repaired about 3 p.m. Wednesday by workers who excavated and sleeve repaired the line. The break, reported at 7:30 a.m., involved a main six feet deep, per Water Supt Lester Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Carterville Blacktop
Lester Jordan
Water Department
Jordan
Two Get Petitions In Williamson County
Paul Litton and Adolph Flack of Marion filed petitions to run for coroner. Litton, a Democrat and taxi driver, previously lost to Sam Simmons in 1952. Simmons died after a year in office. Fluck, a Republican grocer and farmer, was appointed to fill the remaining term and served on the Marion City Council. Filing runs January 16 to 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Litton
Adolph Flack
Marion
Litton
Sam Simmons
Simmons
Fluck
Merchants Meet to Discuss Carbondale Friday Night Hours
Carbondale retailers will gather at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Chamber of Commerce office to plan ongoing Friday night openings. About 40 to 45 businesses currently stay open on Fridays, and most merchants are invited to attend. A spokesman says many are likely to continue the late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondae
Chamber of Commerce
Wilsons Vision Dinner Honors Ex President memory
Anna Wednesday night heard Michael J. Howlett of Sun Steel Co Chicago present Woodrow Wilson’s belief in a world governed by a central authority and common good. Southern Illinois Democrats from over 30 counties gathered at the Anna Community Center for the annual Wilson dinner praising his ideas and the successor United Nations concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Michael J. Howlett
Sun Steel Co
Chicago
Anna
Howlett
Anna Community Center
Southern Illinois
Wilson
League of Nations
League
St. Paul
United Nations
Marion Man Leroy Fifer 67 dies in Marion
Funeral services for Leroy Fifer 67 of Marion will be Friday at 2 p m in the Wilson Frick Memorial Chapel with Rev. Claude Childers officiating. Burial is in New Rosehill Cemetery. He died Tuesday at home after work as a dragline operator for Illinois Central. He was born October 27 1888 in Greenville and survived by stepchildren and brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Fifer
N. Johnson St
Marion
Wilson-Frick Memorial
Claude Childers
New Rosehill Cemetery
Fifer
Illinois Central Railroad
Johnston City
Free Will Baptist Church
Herrin Eagles Aerie
Greenville
Marie Schultz
Chicago
Virginia Martin
Nancy Stovall
Poplar Bluff
James Patterson
Bernaire Patterson
North Vassalboro
Ed Fifer
Clyde Fifer
Chester
Wilson- Frick Funeral Home
Ellis Heads Jackson County Medical Society
Dr. E. K. Ellis of Murphysboro was installed as head of the Jackson County Medical Society at a dinner meeting at the Jackson County Club. Dr. John Lewis of Carbondale was named president elect to take office in December 1956 and Dr. R. F. Sondag, the county public health officer, was re elected secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ellis
Murphysboro
Jackson County Medical Society
Jackson County Club
John Lewis
Carbondale
R. F. Sondag
Jackson County
Carbondale man held on peace disturbance charge
Charles Overton 31 of 413 Gay St Carbondale held in Carbondale city jail on $100 bond for disturbing the peace after a Tuesday brawl with W F Daniels 30 of 413 Gay St Daniels was fined and released. Police Magistrate Roy Hall set Overton's trial for January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Overton
Gay St
Carbondale
W. F. Daniels
Daniels
Roy Hall
Overtor
Sink or Swim meeting to hear federal aid plea in West Frankfort
U S Rep Kenneth Gray announced President Eisenhower has send a Commerce Department representative to the West Frankfort rally. The Area Development Service will report on distressed area aid, with many officials expected to attend. The event, set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in the West Frankfort High School gym, coincides with Dec 31 as Sink or Swim Day proclaimed by area mayors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
U. S. Dept. of Commerce
West Frankfort
U. S
Kenneth Gray
Gray
Sherman Adams
Area Development Service
Dept. of Commerce
Southern Illinois
Stratton
Gaiy
Sink or Swim meeting draws Illinois towns to West Frankfort
Herrin Mayor Miller urges residents to attend the New Year’s Eve event in West Frankfort aimed at pressing the federal government for Southern Illinois aid. Carbondale groups plan a caravan led by emergency truck with local unions and carpenters weighing involvement.
Christopher Man Dies in Christopher
Reuben Teffertillar 89 of 402 N Maple Christopher died Wednesday at home after three years ill health. A retired coal miner and contractor, he was a United Mine Workers member. His wife Emma preceded him in death. Survived by son Elmer of Christopher, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral at 1 p.m. Friday Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher. Burial Harrison Cemetery. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Teffertillar
N. Maple
Christopher
The
United Mine Workers
Emma
Elmer
Gilbert
Harrison Cemetery
2 Year Old Herrin Girl Loses Yule Present
Leah Marie Harlow of Herrin lost her 6 month old blonde cocker spaniel Sandy bought as a combined Christmas and birthday present. The 2 year old girl asks daily where Sandy is, while the pet wandered away from home this week. The Harlows live at 1516 North 14th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Marie Harlow
Herrin
Willis Harlow
N. 14Th St
Sandy
Leah
Laura Colp Announces Candidacy in 59th District Race
Mrs Laura Colp of near Carterville a former 25th District president of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs announces her Republican primary bid for state representative from the new 59th District. She lives west of Carterville and has held multiple offices in club organizations. The 59th District covers Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Pope Johnson Massac Saline Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura C. Colp
Carterville
Illinois Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Colp
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Logan Colp
Republican Party
GOP
Illinois
Republican Club
25Th Congressional District
59Th
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Pope
Johnson
Massac
Saline
Williamson
Jackson Deputy In Coroner Race
Jackson County deputy sheriff Raymond Dillinger was named a Democratic candidate for coroner by County Chairman Lloyd Austin. The Carbondale resident has served since December 1954 under Sheriff Howard Cheatham and has a background as a farmer and insurance agent. He joins L. McCoy in a two man Democratic race as three Republicans also seek the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Dillinger
Jackson County
Covoner
Lloyd Austin
Dillinger
Howard Cheatham
Carbondale
L. McCoy
Murphysboro
Brown workers vote against CIO at Murphysboro plant
Brown Shoe Co. Murphysboro plant workers rejected CIO representation by 337 to 186 with two challenged ballots. NLRB officials Walter Werner and J. B. Hicks oversaw the election after CIO filed December 10. District 50 UMWA remains the bargaining agent. a contract expired December 21 and was extended 30 days while talks begin in St Louis next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Shoe Co
Murphysboro
Walter Werner
St. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
Werner
J. B. Hicks
NLRB
CIO
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Brown Company
Maude Saul Dies Rockwood Resident at 60
Maude Saul 60 died at her Rockwood home after a three week illness. Survived by daughters Mary McComb Pauline Gibbs Frieda Smith Evelyn Holley of Murphysboro. Annabelle Leonard East St Louis. Reba Horn Elkville. Petetsen of Peoria. Sons John McCaleb Murphysboro and Lawrence McCaleb Gary Ind. Twenty three grandchildren and several stepchildren. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p.m. Assembly of God Church Ava with ministers Spangler and Roloff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Saul
Rockwood
Saul
Mary McComb
Pauline Gibbs
Frieda Smith
Evelyn Holley
Murphysboro
Annabelle Leonard
East St. Louis
Reba Horn
Elkville
Petetsen
Peoria
John MccCaleb
Lawrence McCaleb
Gary
Ind
Ava
Clyde Spangler
Richard Roloff
Mines Operating Friday Report Missing
A brief notice lists mines working Friday including Fidelity Orient 2 Orient 3 and Kathleen but provides no additional details or figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity
Fire Warnings Posted Over Southern Illinois Forests
State Forester E E Nuuttila warned of fires across the south third of Illinois as drought and dry brush spurred multiple blazes. Areas around Sparta and McLeansboro faced large fires while Pope Perry Hamilton and Franklin Counties were listed as worst. crews mobilized statewide. Jackson County noted less dryness but still sought moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
E. E. Nuuttila
Sparta
Robert Anderson
Southern Illinois Forestry
Benton
Anderson
Franklin
Williamson
Water Valley
Giant City Park
Jackson
Union
McLeansboro
Nuuttila
Pope
Perry
Hamilton
Forestry Division
Jackson County
Eldon Starkweather
Harris Endorsed for Rep. Gray Post Declines Run
At Williamson County Courthouse county chairmen endorsed Ralph W Harris for representative but he declined to run. Three rivals Roy Gulley Ben Verhimes and Jack Scott announced candidacies for the 25th District. Delegates to the GOP national convention were named with alternates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Roy O. Gulley
Benton
Franklin County
W. O. Verhimes
Vienna
Jack Scott
Metropolis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ralph W. Harris
Marion
Harris
Dele
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clyde Choate
Area Scout Council
Gus Lew
Margaret Martin
Frankfort
Janet Holland
Carbondale Kroger Co
Ellis
Commerce Dept
Miller Asks
Dave H. Miller
Kenneth City
West Frankfort High School
Miller
Southern
John S. Wright
D. Blaney Miller
Carbondale Hod Carriers
Common Laborers Union Local 227
Carbondale Carpenters Local 841
Christopher Man
Yule
Laura Colp
Brown
Orient
New Kathleen
Ralph Harris
Gates
San Francisco
Oldham Paisley
James G. Gullett
Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Peyton Kunce
Judson Harris
du Quoin
Perry County
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