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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
3
Thoms Throgmorton a 32 year old Marion farm equipment and supportore operator is filing petitions for nomination as state representative from the 59th District in the Republican April primary. It is his first political run. He belongs to the Williams County Young Republican Club and is a World War II Air Force veteran. He is married with one 17 month old son. Laura C. Colp of near Carterville also began petitioning for the same seat and is a Republican.
Fire damaged the home of Lloyd Rains at 502 East Jackson Street in Marion. The blaze started in a rear utility room coal furnace and spread to the attic. Firefighters fought the flames until 11 15 a.m. No damage estimate was released.
A 34 year old former Polish Army veteran and naturalized U.S. citizen is jailed in Jackson County after being found beside Route 144 six miles west of Murphysboro. Deputy Arch Edwards transferred him to Murphysboro for exam. Doctors report starvation after he says he survived nine days without food during a World War II trek toward Minneapolis.
Jackson County authorities prepared forgery charges against Frank Moutria 20 of Murphysboro. He surrendered Thursday after word he was wanted. He is suspected of forging a check accepted by H J Gillenberg, Murphysboro merchant, according to State's Attorney John Gilbert.
Kent Valient of Marion was fined $15.20 for disturbing the peace by Justice of the Peace Charles Gilley today. He was arrested at 9 15 p.m. Thursday by City Policeman John Kelly and Herman Burnett at the South Liberty Street Tavern.
Two Marion men escaped injury when their cars collided at 9 15 this morning at East Reeves Street and North Logan Street. Landen D Henderson 1010 F Reeves Street drove west on Reeves and Gerald Hos man Route 2 drove south on Logan. Both vehicles were towed by a wrecker.
In Carbondale Jacquline Turner of Hattiesburg was fined 30.40 for intoxication and disturbing the peace by Police Magistrate Roy Hall. Marion resident William Lanter was fined 10 plus costs for speeding by Police Magistrate L B Lo Long. In Murphysboro Clara Diers of Herrin paid 10 plus costs for failing to signal turns by Justice George Wood. Carl Lilly of Grand Tower faced 2.30 in costs for peace disturbance filed by Arch Douglas of the White Rose Tavern.
A St Louis housewife Mrs Mabel Biggs 25 died at St Clement s Hospital Red Bud after a Tuesday crash on Rt 3 her husband Landice Biggs 26 was killed instantly two children Peggy Ann 3 and Roger 2 were lightly injured The Biggs were thrown from the car when it struck a tractor trailer driven by John E Groom of Nashville Tenn An inquest was postponed for more information and funeral arrangements are pending
Koppers Co. will invest about 25 million dollars in 1956 to continue a five year expansion program started in 1955. Investments will be through acquisitions and expansion of existing facilities. In 1955 Koppers aired six companies and ended with a backlog exceeding 100 million dollars. The wood preserving plant in Carbondale will not be affected.
Enlistments for Hq Co 130th Inf Reg Ill. National Guard in Carbondale were paused this month to convert ranks from corporal to master sergeant. A Jan 1, 1956 deadline was set for completion with noncommissioned officers receiving specialist ratings. The unit added a drum and bugle corps already at 20 members and expected 32.
Burl Turner of Marion seeks re election as Williamson County circuit Clerk after 15 years in office. A Republican, he was first elected in 1940 and re elected in 1944 1948 and 1952 after a decade as deputy clerk. Filing runs January 16 to 23 for four county offices including circuit clerk state s attorney coroner and county commissioner.
Thieves stole two autos from Herrin used car lots Thursday night per Chief Fred Henderson. One car from Hays Chevrolet Co. was recovered after a wreck in City Park. The second car from Brewster Motor Co. was still missing today.
A Herrin dream comes true as Charles L. Pisoni and plant officials plan to install a mine whistle above the boiler room at the Herrin Allen Industries plant. After searching for the Old Squirrel whistle, the group secured a whistle from Taylor No. 5 mine Freeman Spur and hope to blow it at 7 am noon and 5 pm on Saturdays to recall days when 30 or more whistles rang in Herrin.
Maude Pentecost 90 a former Murphysboro resident died in East St. Louis after a four year illness. She was the last of 13 siblings and had lived in Murphysboro before moving to East St. Louis 41 years ago. Survived by daughters Pearl Crain Sparta Perry Pickrey Chicago Grace Palmer East St. Louis and Jessie Farrarr East St. Louis a son Thomas H East St. Louis 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 1 p.m. Kassly Funeral Home East St. Louis with burial at 3 15 p.m. Tower Grove Cemetery Murphysboro.
The Egypt News Co starts distribution of books magazines and other periodicals from its new Herrin office under manager William Harris. The agency moved from West Frankfort to Herrin, and seven workers are employed there while book stocks arrive from the former office. Egypt News, part of Publishers News Co of Illinois, serves about 23 area towns.
Miss Addie Harper, 63, of Grand Tower died today at Doctor Hospital in Carbondale after suffering pneumonia. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Grand Tower Methodist Church. Friends may call at the Van Natta Chapel after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Thursday obituary for Mrs. Maude Saul of Ava lists survivors but excludes her husband Parker Saul in error.
Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce members will begin monthly waste pickups around the city. Basil Russell leads the drive with door to door collection and curbside bundles of papers and magazines. An Egyptian Freight trailer will receive the paper at Karr Used Car Lot near the Christian Church. large loads may be picked up by truck if called in. President Robert Brewer notes about $800 spent on the Christmas program and that funds will stay in the treasury to improve next year.
A five room frame house occupied by the Clarence Drew family burned to the ground at Pershing near West Frankfort about 8 30 am. A second structure about 15 feet away was also destroyed. Mrs Drew narrowly escaped after a kerosene stove exploded in the kitchen. None of the contents were saved. Firemen arrived to find the house fully engulfed.
Russell L. Childers and Robert Hensley were injured at about 3:45 AM when Childers’ car struck the Big Muddy River Bridge over Route 13 at the east city limits and plunged down an embankment. Both listed not critical at St Andrew’s Hospital.
Volunteer church groups and women's organizations provided 12 116 free cancer dressings distributed in Williamson County during 1955. The operation is available at no cost to home cancer patients with doctor consent, under Mrs. H. O. Channon and Mrs. N. A. Lukens who oversee Williamson County activities.
Sparta Printing and Publishing Co. in Sparta expects its first billionth comic book to roll off the presses early next month. President Roswell Messing Jr. cites a 78 month span for the first billion and notes the plant now prints over a million comics daily while averaging about 600 000 since 1949.
Mrs Delores Mockerman of Scottsboro files a $68 000 suit in Williamson County Circuit Court against four tavern operators in Marion and Herrin alleging they contributed to her husband Louis Mockerman becoming a habitual drinker in 1953 1954. She seeks 17000 for herself and each of her three children under the Dram Shop Act for loss of support.
Funeral services for Joe Mills 69 a retired Royalton coal miner who died Thursday at Tyler Nursing Home Murphysboro will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Rodenburg Funeral Home Royalton. The Rev Louis Fellner will officiate and burial is in Royalton Catholic Cemetery. He was born in Poland March 4 1886 and leaves a sister in St Louis.
A police court hearing on an assault with intent to murder charge against John L. Anheuser, 33, of Du Quoin, was postponed for the third time as Pinckneyville court sessions prevented state’s attorney Loyd Middleton from attending. Anheuser is held on $20,000 bond for the December 4 stabbing of Joe Patton, a retired Pinckneyville coal miner, on a Du Quoin street.
Cars driven by A. W. Sutton and Dwight Henderson both of Carbondale collided Thursday at Willow street and N. Illinois Avenue. Police reported no injuries and only slight damage.
Elmer Gant, 75, a former Chester resident, died suddenly in Greenville Kentucky on Thursday. Born in Chester in 1870, he retired from the oil and mineral business. He leaves a son MacKenzie Gant of Greenville and a daughter Jessie Huffstutler of Chester. Burial is planned in Chester Evergreen Cemetery after services in Greenville and Chester.
Southern Illinois University's Vo cational-Technical Institute announces 14 evening courses for adults across January to March. Registration is January 11 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the VTI campus. Tuition and books range from 7.20 to 14 dollars, with Illinois veterans able to use the Military Scholarship.
Howard H. Hutchinson 53 of Carbondale died at his home on Rt 51 three miles south of Carbondale. Born Mt Vernon April 14 1903 he operated Howard's Beatty Shop and belonged to Shekinah lodge AF&AM Eastern Star White Shrine and Carbondale Presbyterian Church. Funeral set for 2 p m Sunday Huffman Funeral Home with Rev Hall officiating burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m Saturday.
Murphysboro chamber lists needs including a sewage disposal plant and new City Hall to be presented by Sink or Swim caravan leaders. The plan includes extending sewer lines, a junior high school, street improvements, and regional tourism development with lakes and resort sites. About 600 public aid recipients and 500 unemployed are noted, with 400 men and 100 women among the jobless.
Gov. Stratton announced that 40 million dollars has been spent on state projects in Southern Illinois during his three years in office. He cited highway work south of U S Route 50 totaling over 32 million and noted spending on parks sewers armories welfare institutions and Southern Illinois University. He said a prior event will keep him from attending a mass meeting in West Frankfort organized by Rep. Kenneth H. Gray to address regional economic needs.
Cars and trucks caravan from Anna to West Franko for Rep. Kenneth Gray's Sink or Swim conference this Saturday. Citizens urged to join the cavalcade in Gray's home town. Group forms at noon Saturday at Anna City Hall.
Mrs. Joann Boydston executive secretary of the Educational Council of 100 said she will seek federal aid for the Little Grassy Lake camping development at the West Frankfort Sink or Swim conference. She called the 1400 camp important to Southern Illinois economy long term and noted it would provide work during development.
A mining report notes that operations at Fidelity Old Ben mine continue on Saturday with no new report issued for Orient 2.
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