Merchants Report Strong Yule Business Across Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois merchants report a thriving Christmas season with sales gains in Murphysboro Carbondale Marion and Herrin. Storeowners cite year over year increases of 20 to 22 percent in December and an overall peak in several years as holiday demand remained robust.
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Illinois
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Marion
Herring
Herrin Merchants
Weratar
Herrin
Chester Men Win Contest in Nationwide Drawing
Two Chester men B W Koeneman and his son Bill won prizes in a Central Standard Life Insurance Co contest. B W Koeneman of 417 Riverview received a wrist watch and King Korn stamps. Bill Koeneman of Ridge Drive won first place with a solid gold watch 500 000 King Korn stamps valued about 1250 in merchandise and an all expense paid trip for two to Acapulco Mexico.
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Chester
Central Standard, Life Insurance Co
B. W. Koeneman
Riverview
Bill
Ridge Drive
Bow
Koeneman
Bill Koeneman
Jyith Central Standard
Acapulco
Mexico
Quality Control Class Planned at Southern Acres Campus
An adult education course titled Quality Control 11 begins at 6 p m January 9 at the Southern Acres campus of the Vocational Technical Institute. Registration is at the first class in Room 6 of the classroom Building. The course is sponsored by Southern Illinois University Division of Technical and Adult Education and the American Society for Quality Control. Topics include Sampling by attributes sampling by variables and continuous sampling.
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Southern Acres
Vocational Technical Institute
Southern Ilinois University Division of Technical and Adult Education
American Society For Quality Control
Bank of Herrin names two vice presidents
The Bank of Herrin announced the appointment of Jonny H. Hutchison and Edward L. Goodwin as vice presidents. Hutchison, long time trust officer and cashier, will oversee personnel and technical operations, while Goodwin, formerly executive VP of Carterville State and Savings Bank, brings leadership from banking associations and audit groups.
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Bank of Herrin
Jonny H. Hutchison
Edward L. Goodwin
Catterville State and Savings Bank
Hutchison
Group 10
Illinois Bankers Assn
Oak St
Herrin
New Shelter Care Home Planned for Herrin
Mrs. Rachel L. Dodson of Anna plans a licensed shelter care home in Herrin, with final plans approved by the state Department of Public Health. The brick veneer facility on South Park Avenue will house 80 patients with three living and recreation areas, serving patients of any age not requiring nursing or isolation.
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Herrin
Rachel L. Dodson
Anna
State’ Department of Public Health
Dodson
South Park Avenue
William L. Grindle
Power Plant Men Promoted at Central Minors Public Service Co
John A. Dickson of Grand Tower has been named assistant superintendent at the Central Minors Public Service Co power station. He replaces T. C. Wheeler, newly appointed assistant superintendent at the Hutsonville plant. The changes take effect Monday. Dickson has 35 years with CIFS as a results engineer since 1950. Wheeler, a McLeansboro native, has headed Grand Tower since 1956.
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John A. Dickson
Central Minors Public Service Co
Grand Tower
Dickson
T. C. Wheeler
CIPS
Hutsonville
CIFS
Wheeler
McLeansboro
Harris Joins Farm Bureau
Don Harris of Marion has joined Williamson County Farm Bureau Insurance Agency, serving Herrin Carterville Grassy and Southern townships and the northwest East Marion Township. A Williamson County native, he spent a decade with N.O. Nelson Supply Co., seven years as ware houseman and three as salesman, and is a former Marion Junior Chamber of Commerce president and former state vice president of the Jaycees.
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Don Harris
N. Logan St
Marion
Williamson County Farm Bureau
Herrin
Carterville
Grassy
East Marion
Harris
N.O. Nelson Supply Co
Williamson County
Marion Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Book Mart closes in Carbondale after partners’ exit
The Book Mart at 117 North Washington Avenue Carbondale has shut its doors. Operator Ron Ramsey says there are no plans to reopen elsewhere. The other partner was Gerald Grace and both men are from Marton.
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Washington Ave
Carbondale
Ron Ramsey
Gerald Grace
Marton
Production Record Set for Oak Slopes Crescent Beauty Cow
Oak Slopes Crescent Beauty, a Holstein from Oak Slopes Farm in Metropolis, produced 129 pounds of milk and 626 pounds of butterfat in 265 days on twice daily milkings as a 4-year-old, per the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
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Oak Slopes Crescent Beauty
Oak Slopes Farm
Metropolis
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Sign-Up Opens for 1962 Conservation Programs
Jackson County ASC office in Murphysboro begins accepting applications Tuesday for 1962 conservation practices with cost-share aid. County committee chair Robert A. Moore says farmers must file at 1000 Hanson St before starting work. sign-up runs through Jan. 31, with year-round acceptances while funds last. In 1963, 450 county farmers already enrolled.
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Jackson County
Conservation Service
Murphysboro
Robert A. Moore
ASC
Hanson St
Moore
Thrift Industrial Plan Opens Carbondale Office
A new industrial loan office opened by the Thrift Industrial Plan at 213 S Illinois Ave Carbondale. R L McCormack will manage, bringing 12 years in consumer finance. The Evansville firm operates 140 branches and has 42 years in business. Industrial loans up to 2500 or more will be offered along with retail financing for cars appliances and home furnishings.
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Thrift Industrial Plan
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale
R. L. McCormack
Limerick Finance Co
Murphysboro
McCormack
Thrift
Evansville
Saluki Hall Dormitory to Open at Southern Illinois University
Saluki Hall residents will begin moving this week into the new dormitory on South University Avenue in Carbondale. Hans Fischer of Fischer Hermeling estimates many rooms will be ready as the new term starts, with interior work to finish in two to three weeks and some exterior tasks delaying until spring. Midland Construction Co. received the contract in July for about $132,000 to build, plus $50,000 to $60,000 for furnishings.
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Saluki Hall
South’ University
Carbondale
Hans Fischer
Fischer- Hermeling
Southern Illinois University
The
Midland Construction Co
Dorm To Open With 96-Bed Capacity Three-Story Building
A three story dorm will open housing 96 men. Fischer said last week workers were finishing a floor from the front to the back before proceeding to the next phase, marking progress on the project.
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Fischer
Menard Herd Sevent h in State Dairy Production
The Menard Penitentiary dairy herd ranked seventh among state institutions during October. The herd averaged over 400 pounds of butterfat and about 11,000 pounds of milk, with a return of 309 dollars from a 537 dollar product value and 228 dollars in feed costs. The Menard herd comprises about 180 cows calves and heifers with 60 to 90 cows in the test.
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Menard Penitentiary
College’ of Agriculture
University
Ilinois
Fi Ures
Tips Offered On Vegetables
A Union County school on vegetable growing runs from 9 30 a m to 3 p m Wednesday at the Farm Bureau building in Jonesboro. Subjects include use of plastic greenhouses variety trials for vegetables factors influencing early produce and insect and disease control. Lunch will be provided by suppliers.
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Union County
Farm Bureau
Jonesboro
Engineers Refresher Course Starts January 10
Registration is set for January 10 in Room 41 at University High School Carbondale for an Engineers Refresher Course offered by Southern Minors University Division and the School of Technology in cooperation with the Egyptian Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers.
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University High School
Carbondale
Southern Minors University
Division of Technical and Adult Education
School of ‘Tech‘Inalogy
Ilinois Society of Professional Engineers
Club Smitty's Place Becomes Club Underhill
Smitty's Place near De Soto is incorporated as Club Underhill with Leonard Smith as president and treasurer Lou Emma Smith as secretary and daughter Maxine Mann as vice president. The building is owned by Lou Emma Smith, located just south of the Rt. 51 overpass. The club offers a dining room and tap room and operated since July 1938, sold in 1960 to A. J. and Sue Shukis, then resumed November 1, with social and educational purposes and a club license planned.
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Smitty's Place
de Soto
Leonard Smith
Lou Emma Smith
Maxine Mann
Carbondale
Louw Emma’ Smith
Club Underhill
Rt. 51
Sue Shukis
Smiths
Waldron Named Rawleigh Dealer in Carbondale
A De Sotoman is the new Rawleigh products dealer in part of Carbondale. He is a Leonard Waldron. Products retailed by Waldron include household extracts spices foods remedies and insecticides.
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A de Sotoman
New Rawleigh
Carbondale
Leonard Waldron
Waldron
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