Co op Phone Co Gets Loan For 2400 Farms
More than 2 400 farms in four Southern Illinois counties will receive automatic dial telephone service. The Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association in Steeleville has secured an 860 000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration. Construction will start in a few weeks with unattended exchanges at Baldwin Blair Lively Grove Rice and Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
R. S. Holt
Manag
Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association
Steeleville
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington D. C
Baldwin
Blair
Randolph County
Lively Grove
Washington County
Rice
Perry
Glenn
Gorham
Jackson County
American Telephone and Telegraph
Bell Systems
Genral
Farm Mutual
Co-Op
Gorham-Jacob
Merle Fuhthop
Holt
Th Electric Co-op
The
Telephone Co-Op
Homer Russell Dies at 49 in Ava
Homer Russell died at 2 10 p m Monday the day after his 49th birthday at his home in Ora Town He had been ill five months Funeral services will be at 2 p m Wednesday in the First Baptist Church Ava with Rev George Eddy and Rev J W Patterson officiating Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery Ava Wilson Funeral Home Ava is in charge Born August 28 1903 in Perry County he married Alice Tessier August 4 1926 in Pinckneyville He was a farmer and a member of the Denmark Baptist Church He is survived by his wife his parents Mr and Mrs Ed Russell a sister Mrs Ruby Robinson and a brother Walter Russell all of Ava
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Russell
Ora Town
First Baptist Church
Ava
George Eddy
J. W. Patterson
Evergreen Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Mr. Russell
Perry County
Alice Tessier
Pinckneyville
Russell
Denmark Baptist Church
Ed Russell
Ruby Robinson
Walter Russell
Cambria Woman Elizabeth Brookhouse Dies at 71
Elizabeth Brookhouse of Cambria died at home after a long illness dating to 1928. Born April 9 1881 near Goreville she was the widow of Adam J Brookhouse and leaves two sons Ray Carbondale and Ralph Paragould Ark plus step children Rosie Hudgens Minnie Newell and others. Services set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Cambria with Rev William Coleman and burial in Hinchcliff Cemetery. Friends may call Riggin Funeral Home Carterville after 7 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Brookhouse
Cambria
Goreville
Mary Lingle
Adam J. Brookhouse
Brookhouse
Ray
Carbondale
Ralph
Paragould
Ark
Amos
W. A
Rosie Hudgens
Minnie Newell
Herrin
Laura Brookhouse
C. O. Lingle
East Prairie
First Baptist Church of
William Coleman
Hinchcliff
Riggin
Carterville
Train Smacks Car At Locust Street Crossing
A southbound Illinois Central train struck and knocked a fender off the parked car of O. H. Dickerson at the Locust Street crossing in Murphysboro at 11 55 a m Monday. Dickerson was not in the auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
O. H. Dickerson
Gorham
Locust Street
Murphysboro
Dickerson
Herrin Knights of Columbus Set New Year's Dance
The Herrin Knights of Columbus will host a New Year's dance and buffet luncheon on Wednesday. Members are invited to enjoy music and dancing as they bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin K. OF
Herrin Knights of Columbus
South 14Th St
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Maddox
Marsha Wade
First day for filing petitions in Murphysboro primary
Wednesday opens petitions at Murphysboro city hall for the February 24 primary. Three Democrats Ralph Norman and Joe Williams seek council seats. Tubby Luke seeks Republican mayoral line with petitions for treasurer and clerk also in play. Final filing January 10. general election April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ralph Norman
Barber
Joe Williams
Paul S
Tubby) Luke
Victor Pestoria Dies At 72 In Johnston City
Funeral services for Victor Pestoria 72 of 222 East Market Street Christopher are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Union Funeral Home with Dr M E Frank officiating. Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery. Pestoria died Sunday night in Miller Nursing Home Johnston City. He was a retired miner and Eagles Lodge member. He is survived by a brother Pete Pestoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pestoric
E. Market St
Christopher
Union Funeral Home
M. E. Frank
Harrison Cemetery
Mr. Pestoria
Miller Nursing Home
Johnston City
Eagles Lodge
Pete Pestoria
Suits Filed Over Colp Accident Damages
Carterville couple Ray and Lola Richardson sue Murphysboro resident Vida Ward for 750 dollars alleging their car driven by Ronald Richardson was damaged in an April 12 1952 collision on State Aid Route 10 and a Colp public street. The suit seeks a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Murphysboro
Jackson
Colp
Ray Richardson
Lola Richardson
Vida Ward
Richardsons
Ronald Richardson
Richardson
Medlin and
Zimmer
Carbondale
Mack Humphrey Dies at 78 in Murphysboro Funeral Incomplete
Mack Humphrey, 78, of 1620 Poplar St Murphysboro, died Monday at Anna State Hospital. He is survived by sister Mrs Eliza Little of Cincinnati and nephew Earl Humphrey of Murphysboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Humphrey
Poplar St
Murphysboro
Anna State Hospital
Eliza Little
Cincinnati
Earl Humphrey
Jackson Funeral Home
Carbondale
Jackson County Polio Drive Opens Jan 2
The 1953 Jackson County March of Dimes campaign opens January 2 and runs through January 31. Virgil Brown announces local chairmen in multiple communities and urges citizen volunteers and donations to fund treatment and national Foundation aid for polio victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Virgil Brown
Ava
Mary Petrazio Campbell Hill
Gene Goforth
Carbondale
James Zimmer DeSoto
Sylvia Morrison Dowell
Hal Cornett
Elkville
Lucille Carruthers Gorham
Cora
R. R. Hind
Grand Tower
Wendell Keith Jacob
Elsie Arbeiter
National Foundate
National Foundation
Carbondale Crash Injuries Report No One Hurt
A collision at the corner of E Lester and State streets in Carbondale involved Virginia Haskins of 707 S State St and Ira Cox of 205 Pearl St. Both drivers were uninjured. The incident occurred Monday at 1 p.m. with Haskins northbound on State and Cox eastbound on Hester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Haskins
S. State St
Ira Cox
Pearl St
Carbondale
E.lester
State Streets
State
Cox
Hester
Herrin Post Office Handles 203226 Christmas Outgoing Mail
The Herrin post office processed 203 226 pieces of outgoing mail in the nine days before Christmas. Postmaster Lee Herrin said volumes were near last year with bigger peak days in 1951. He noted earlier Christmas mail and steady overall flow and expects higher cash sales in the quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Lee Herrin
Charles Eovaldi Named VP of Herrin Rotary
Charles Eovaldi was named vice president of the Herrin Rotary Club Monday succeeding Ed Aken who moves up to president Aken replaces Dr Don Kranov recalled to Navy service Louis Alegnani elected chairman of the club program committee and Eovaldi also heads the fellowship committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fovaldi
Herrin
Rotary Club
Ed Aken
Aken
Don Kranov
Louis Alegnani
Eovaldi
Young skipper Cox sails first leg of world yacht trip
Captain James L. Cox of Herrin completes the maiden leg aboard Maid of Alphen from Torquay to Sekondi covering 3901 nautical miles. The crew includes W A Ellis, his wife and child, Patricia Cox, and Paul Steffen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Cox
Herrin
Sekondi
Gold Coast
British West Africa
Cox
Maid of
Europe
Jorquay
Lisbon
Portugal
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Dakar
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Manrovia
Liberia
Takoradi
Christmas Day 1951 Auto Crash Sparks $500 Suit
A Cairo resident seeks $500 in a Jackson Circuit Court case filed by Medlin and Zimmer of Carbondale. On December 25, 1951, Jimmie Stockwell alleges Ivle Pickett, a non resident of Illinois, hit Stockwell’s car on Route 51 in Alexander County near Cairo. The suit requests a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Jackson
Jimmie Stockwell
Ivle Pickett
Illinois
Stockwell
Alexander County
Pickett
Medlin and
Zimmer
Carbondale
Harley F. Cane Receives Naval Aviation Storekeeper Rank
Harley F. Cane son of Mr and Mrs Hi F Cane of Steeleville rises to aviation storekeeper third class in the U S Navy in the Philippine Islands. He serves with Patrol Squadron 40 at Sangley Point Cavite after enlisting January 10 1951 and basic training in San Diego. He is a Sparta Township High School graduate and married to former Miss Erline Harmon daughter of Roy and Mrs Harmon of Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley F. Cane
Hi. F. Cane
Steeleville
U. S. Navy
Philippine Islands
Cane
U. S. Naval Station
Sangley Point
Cavite
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Sparta Township
Erline Harmon
Roy L. Harmon
Sparta
Marion Navy Veteran Dies in California
Farl G. Goddard, 45, a 27 year Navy veteran and aviation boatswain's chief from Marion, died in Oakland naval hospital. He leaves a daughter in Tacoma, a son in Philadelphia, two brothers in Marion, and his mother. Body to Mitchell funeral home. funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farl G. Goddard
Marion
Oakland, Calif., Naval Hospital
Earlene Burchett
Tacoma, Wash
Jimmie
Philadelphia
Clarence
William
I. J. Goddard
California
Mitchell Funeral Home
Jury rules Butler hit and run victim
A Pulaski County coroner's jury ruled Harley Butler 38 of Mounds died from injuries caused by a hit and run driver who was drinking or had been drinking and fled the scene. Butler was struck about 6 40 p m Friday on a highway near his home and died of a broken neck with his leg severed. The driver’s identity remained unknown as Sam DeVore found the body and authorities sought clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski County
Harley Butler
Mounds
Butler
H. J. Elkins
Sam DeVore
Elder Murphysboro residents observe Christmas at Dillon Rest Home
Four residents ages totaling 327 years gathered at the Dillon Rest Home on North 9th Street Murphysboro for Christmas. The Poole couple aged 82 and 83 joins the Morgan couple aged 83 and 79 in celebrating the holiday season and their long marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Dillon
N. 9Th St
O. D. Poole
Robert Morgan
Pooles
Morgans
Conciliator Sets Up Meeting in Sangamo Strike
A federal conciliator arranged a 9:30 a.m. meeting at the Marion Elks Lodge to bridge a dispute at Sangamo Electric Co. Orcill. Union delegates from Marion and St. Louis join Sangamo reps as 1,575 members walk the picket line since Saturday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangamo
Sangamo Electric Co
Orcill
Marion Elks Lodge
A. M. Thompson
Marion
International Association of Machinists Union
Russell Lovelace
Fred Carstens
St. Louis
Grand Lodge
Walter Bradley
Sam Rich
Carterville
Seth Holleman
West Frankfort
James Schubert
Johnston City
John Combes
Dorothy Williams
Loren Blades
SIU Faculty Staffers Attend National Meetings in Chicago
Southern Illinois University faculty from the business administration and economics departments attend several professional meetings in Chicago from December 27 to 29. Viola DuFrain attends the Business Education Conference sessions while Guy W. Trump chairs the department and attends the American Economic Association meeting. Dean Kensy J. Rehn joins meetings of the American Statistical Association and other conferences. Economics faculty Lewis A. Maverick Howard Gordman and Milton Edelman attend various gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Business
Chicago
Viola DuFrain
Guy W. Trump
American Economic Association
Kensy J. Rehn
College of Vocations and Professions
American Statistical Association
Economics Department
Lewis A. Maverick
Howard Gordman
Milton Edelman
Gordon Franklin Speaks at Wilson Memorial Banquet
Gordon Franklin, a leading Southern Illinois attorney from Marion, was guest speaker at the annual banquet and memorial service in Anna honoring former President Woodrow Wilson. L. Card Sitter, chair of the Union County Democratic organization, oversaw the arrangements for the dinner and meeting at the American Legion Community Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Franklin
Illinois
Marion
Anna
Pres
Woodrow Wilson
L. Card Sitter
Union County Democratic Organization
American Legion
Hurst Man Sentenced to State Penal Farm
Norman Glisson of Hurst, 27, pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced by Judge A. R. Cagle to six months at the state penal farm in Vandalia. He was arrested December 17 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Lindsey while visiting his son with Leta Fern Glisson, carrying a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Glisson
Hurst
Vandalia
A. R. Cagle
Williamson
Glisson
Robert Cooksey
Grover Lindsey
Leta Fern Glisson
Mrs Atherton Writes Prize Winning Story
Mrs Laura E. Atherton of Carbondale has produced a prize winning yarn set to appear in the Sunday Globe Democrat Magazine on January 4. Her tale follows her uncle with a fine sense of humor, a flower loving neighbor girl and a batch of Jimson weed seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura E. Atherton
Oakland
Carbondale
Sunday Globe- Democrat
Herrin Teens Attend Yale Dance at Elks Lodge
One hundred twenty five Herrin teenagers attended the annual Christmas dance sponsored by the Herrin Elks at the Elks Lodge Monday night. Chaperones were Tom Lawson Fred Whiteside Mr and Mrs Richard Simmons and Mr and Mrs Floyd Wiggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
The
Herrin Elks
Elks Lodge
Tom Lawson
Fred Whiteside
Richard Simmons
Floyd Wiggins
Paulton Operetta Presents In Quest of Santa Claus
Students at Paulton grade school performed the operetta In Quest of Santa Claus on December 19. Mrs. Ruth McCamish, music supervisor for Unit No. 3 schools, directed the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Paulton
Ruth McCamish
Cambria Man Missing After Evening Departure
Vernon Green, 61, of Cambria has been missing since 6 30 p m Saturday after leaving for a Masonic Lodge meeting in Carterville with Ernest L Wolf who did not attend the meeting. Green is caretaker at the Ordill administration building and was last seen near strip mine pits around Cambria. Deputy Lyn Franklin and investigators search Ordill area buildings and mines for Green who is described as 5 9 tall, 160 to 165 pounds, gray hair and eyes, wearing a blue suit brown hat and shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Cambria
Vernon Green
Carterville
Maude
Green
Ernest L. Wolf
Wolf
Ordill
Lyn Franklin
Mrs. Fannie Dick Eaton of Sunfield Dies
Mrs. Fannie Dick Eaton 49 of Sunfield died at home after a several years illness. Born March 20 1903 in Sunfield she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Dick. Survived by husband Lars Eaton four children Jack Robert Kathryn and Mrs Kenneth Shaffer a brother Fred Dick and two deceased siblings. Funeral set for 2 pm Wednesday at Sunfield Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Dick Eaton
Sunfield
Robert Dick
Lars Eaton
Carbondale
Jack
Robert Eaton
Kathryn Eaton
Kenneth L. Shaffer, Jr
St. Louis
Fred Dick
Herrin
Schroeder
du Quoin
Sunfield Methodist Church
John Soper 60 Dies in Murphysboro Funeral Wednesday
John Wesley Soper of Murphysboro died Monday at St. Andrews Hospital after a two week illness. A maintenance man at Southern Illinois Mill, he was born in Galatia Tennessee and lived in Murphysboro since 1910. He is survived by a son James, two daughters Pauline Borgsmiller and Kathryn Ann Bellm, two grandsons, a sister Bess Soper, a brother Edward, and two deceased brothers Hermon and Sam. Funeral is Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Du Quoin. Rosary Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Meyer Denny Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Soper
Murphysboro
St. Andrew's Hospital
Galatia
Tenn
Southern Illinois Mill Company
Ile
Clara Eisenhauer
James
Pauline Borgsmiller
Kathrynn Ann Bellm
Bess Soper
Edward Soper
Hermon
Sam Soper
St. Andrew Catholic Church
Meyer- Denny
St. Andrew's Church
J. J.laggart
Sacred Heart Cemetery
du Quoin
Furral
Four men fined for peace disturbance at Wagon Wheel
Four men were fined for disturbing the peace at the Wagon Wheel in Chester on Christmas Day by Justice of the Peace W I Rebbe. Punishments were $100 and costs for Paul Picon of Kaskaskia and Yardbird Chestnut of Chester and $2500 total fines plus costs for Emmett Brenning and Eddie Diercks of Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Justice of the Peace
W. I. Rebbe
Paul Picon
Kaskaskia
Yardbird Chestnut
Emmett Brenningl
Eddie Diercks
Sparta
Herrin Forms Traffic Safety Committee With New Leaders
Herrin creates a traffic safety committee with Carl East as chair and Carl Fast as chairman and Paul Frick as secretary. At the first meeting last night in city hall the panel discussed hazards, set a January 5 next meeting, and planned to present recommendations to the city council on January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fast
Paul Frick
Herrin
Charles R. Cook
John R. Creek
Fred Whiteshie
Eugene C. Eckert
Bill Bracy
Carl East
Blaine Maddox
Sam Garnall
Sam Hancock
Fred Schoonover
Wayne Hindman
Springfield
East
Cadillac Preview In Kansas City Attracts Car Firm
Jim Boyd of Tlanter-Owen Motor Co. Carbondale attends the pre view showing of the new Cadillac in Kansas City Missouri. All models are on display and the public preview begins January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Boyd
Tlanter-Owen Motor Co
Carbondale
Cadillac
Kansas City
Mines Working Wednesday Freeborn Old Ben and Peabody Shift List
The report lists mine operation status by shift and date across several mines. It includes working and not working entries for Old Ben Peabody Orient Burning Star and Fidelity Pyramid with shift notes and plant identifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeborn
Old Ben
Peabody
Fidelity Pyramid
Burning Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Brookhouse II
Mne
Walter Wright
Jas Spring
Robert Clipner
Lester E. File
W. Bryden Craine
W. M. Kil
Fred Beatie
Luke
Delmar Ward
John Kimball
Victor Pestoria
Christopher Man
Herrin Yule
Charles Eovaldi
W. A. Ellis
Africa
Phillida
Patricia
Paul Steffen
Lugano
Switzerland
Gran Canaria Islands
Alain Louis) Bombard
Atlantic
Capt
Bombard
Barbados
British West Indies
Rit
Smll
Capt. Cox
Groupere
Bill Ellis
Sekondimetime
Georgetown
British Guiana
Johnston City High School
Ralph Cox
Death Curve
Poole
Kate Millhouse
H. L. Kunz
SIU
Wilson Memorial
Mrs. Atherton
Yale Dance
Charles R. Poe
Paducah
Hutchinson Barge Line, Inc
Board of ‘Trade
Gene C. Hutchinson
Cleveland
Ohio
Line
John Soper
Way
Frick, Cook and
Hancock
Madcox
Creek
Frick, Bracy and
Eckert
Cook
Whiteside
Budknorn Bell & Zoller
Orient
Kathleen
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