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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1961
Page
7
William Meyerbecks presents a mini kitchen project for children, offering four separate units with independent material lists and instructions. Scale about two thirds life size, with sink, range, refrigerator, and cupboard dimensions. Uses wide wood or plywood and pine shelving for sturdy, spill-clean designs.
The Franklin County Soil Conservation District will hold its annual meeting on Jan 11 at the Benton High School gymnasium. Principal speaker will be Bob Webb, superintendent of the University of Illinois Dixon Springs Experiment Station, recently returning from India. Dinner reservations may be made with the Soil Conservation Office or the farm adviser’s office.
Easy to follow plan offered to readers for 50 cents. Provide name address city state and mail with 50 seats to ARCHITECT'S SKETCHBOOK care of the newspaper. Contact a contractor or lumber dealer for advice on other remodeling aspects.
Harrisburg area residents face higher Social Security taxes starting Monday as the national increase funds program changes. Employers and employees will pay 3.0 percent on the first 4800 of wages in 1962, up from 3.0, while the self employed rise to 4.7 percent. In dollars, maximum earners would pay 150 for employees and 225.50 for self employed in 1962, up from 144 and 216 in 1961.
Three Carbondale area businesses gained national notice in 1962 Duncan Hines Travel Books. Tom's Place in DeSoto is listed in Adventures in Good Eating while Bel-Aire Motel and Uptown Motel in Carbondale appear in Lodging for a Night.
A. E. Ramsey of 119 S. Forest St Carbondale a lighting engineer for Central Illinois Public Service Co has been named 1961 winner in the Southern Division competition of CIPS Community Service Awards program Ramsey will receive the Pace Letter Award an inscribed trophy Ramsey led Civil Air Patrol group chaired United Fund campaign and served on Egyptian Council Boy Scouts board of directors and Marion Eiks Club director
The 18 member commission elected Robert Cushman as chairman and John Morris as vice chairman with W Russell Arrington as secretary. After two and a half hours they planned to reconvene Jan 12 to adopt an agenda drafted by officers and Dr. Norton L. Long. Long urged immediate attention to the state’s finances, while Arrington and Rep Hurstallst urged caution and Kerner’s administration take lead.
Police say 16 year old Rose Marie Coppersmith climbed a three foot fence to feed a Himalayan bear at Audubon Park Zoo. the bear nipped off the tip of her right index finger. The incident occurred Thursday and a witness described the event as she approached the cage for popcorn.
Kenneth J. Jaeger, age 30, SIU graduate and former public information officer at Alton State Hospital, resigns to join James R. Hanson and Associates at 1015 Locust St in St Louis. He previously served two years at the hospital and stint with the Southern Illinois Press Information Service and the Southern Illinoisan.
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