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Area Cities Record Civic Improvements in 1956 Herrin
Herrin residents pare down a year of tragedy and growth with a fatal blast on Oct. 18 killing 10 and injuring others. The city approved two bond issues for water sewer improvements and debt retirement while creating a separate park board and starting a new pool. Park Avenue widening traffic signals and white way lighting are noted along with new off street parking and road extensions. Civic changes include police chief and magistrate shifts and a ward4 alderman election after a death. Tragedies include Carterville children burned and a Crab Orchard Lake boating disaster claiming several from Herrin. Business news highlights Chamber membership records and firm sales including Snider's motor sale and plant relocations.
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Jim Kilpatrick
Illnoisan
Herrin
Oscar Williams
Violet
Freddie
Carl Keller
Imogene Keller
Robert Lee Keller
Charlotte
Susan Jarvis
Randy Williams
Gladys McGee
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Louis Sche
Park Avenue
Doughboy
American Legion
Herrin-Johnston
Roy Cole
Bi Og Henderson
Earl May
Jack Belcher
Tommy Shoemake
Dick Woodson
M. W. Finney
Ed Driemeyer
Southern Illinoisan
Dan Halloran
Southern Illnoisan
Carterville
Bobbie Davis
LaDonna Sue
Crab Orchard Lake
Prince McSpadden
Rex
Lex
Roy
Butch” Wood
McSpadden
Gilbert Snider
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Snider Bros
Herrin Apparel Co
Smoler
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Woody
Thompson Lake
Illinois Central Railroad
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