Calendar of public meetings and events in Southern Illinois
Public notices list meetings in Carbondale and surrounding counties including adult teen town board, NAACP, housing authorities in Williamson and Union counties, Murphysboro school district 186, park board, Jackson County stamp society, zoning lecture at Lawson Hall, SIU recitals and concerts, cinema showings, city council, soil and water district, Ella Fitzgerald concert at SIU Arena, Alberghetti and Hayes at SIU, retirement railroaders club, and Brush PTA chili supper with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU Recreation Department
Carbondale Naacp
Williamson County Housing Authority
Meadowdale Project
Herrin Murphysboro Unit
Carruthers Junior High
Murphysboro Park Board
Richard Powers
Union County Housing Authority
Cobden Housing Development Office
Murphysboro
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District
de Soto
Ella Fitzgerald
Southern Illinois University
University Center Information Desk
Carla Alberghetti
Bill Hayes
SIU Shryock
Southern Illinois Retired Railroaders Club
Herrin Senior Citizens Center
14Th St
Brush
Parent-Teachers Association
Brush Elementary School
Carbondale
Walker names Herrin senior citizen head
Jo M. Walker elected president of Herrin Senior Citizens, Inc., succeeding Dr. H. E. Reeder. Leon Zwick becomes treasurer. E. C. Eckert and Mrs. Floyd Morris reappointed as vice president and secretary. New board members Dee Rode and Mrs. Lois Lowry. Center site may relocate in two to three months. current North 14th Street location to be demolished for a 100 car parking lot. John Reed chairs site committee. Ernest J. Red McCarey, 73, of Sparta, dies. veteran of World War I and former miner. Burial in Caledonia Cemetery. service Saturday. Carbondale: Stephen M. Thompson fined $15 for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Zwick
Walker
E. C. Eckert
Floyd Morris
Dee Rode
Lois Lowry
Dr. Reeder
Senior Citizens Center
Austin Jones
North 14Th Street
Madison and
Monroe Avenues
John Reed
Ernest J. “Red” McCarey
Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Ava
Allan
Sara Boyd McCarey
Laura Hunter
McDaniel
Robert W. Stewart
Caledonia Cemetery
SII Dinner Highlights Win Stracke as Sesquicentennial Voice
The 28th annual Southern Illinois Inc. dinner at the Herrin Elks Club features folk singer Win Stracke aka Voice of the Sesquicentennial. Kenneth Cook will host. Robert Reel awards and Geoffrey Hughes will present the annual report. Stracke recounts Illinois history with guitar and stories. he co-authored a Freedom Country cantata for the Sesquicentennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win Stracke
Southern Illinois Inc
Herrin
Kenneth Cook
du Quoin Sii
Southern Illinois
SII
Robert A. Reel
Goffrey Hughes
Illinois
Chicago
21St Ward
Paddy Bauler
Stracke
Norman Luboff
Flood control plan discussed for Upper Crab Orchard Creek
In Marion a 1960s flood control restart is proposed for the Upper Crab Orchard Creek watershed. Edward Cook reports a 7,300 acre flood plain with 45 thousand dollars annual damages and that three retaining structures could protect 11,300 acres, lowering losses by 63 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cook
Marion
Big Muddy River
Carbondale Chamber Dinner Serves Local Humor and Farewell Remarks
Southern Illinois University official notes a last minute speaker change at the Carbondale chamber dinner. Bernard Ross is honored as he passes leadership to Harry Weeks amid praise from guests. Murphysboro police investigate a tire warehouse burglary near Porter Bros. Motors, noting a sawed off hasp but unclear tire theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
John Rendleman
Dick Gregory
Rendleman
Chamber
Bernard Ross
Michael Howlett
Harry Weeks
Bernie Ross
Ross
Murphysboro
Porter Bros. Motor Sales
N. 14Th St
Sparta to close city dump by February nineteenth
Sparta City Council sets February 19 as the date to close the city dump to meet a state law requiring garbage be covered. A new landfill will be operated by E. S. Anderson on his land one mile east of Sparta at the old Moffat Mine property. A Franklin County coroner's jury ruled that 45-year-old Paul Eldridge of Manteno died from shock exposure and circulatory collapse after a December 31 accident near Benton. Eldridge's car went out of control on ice on Rt. 14 and plunged into backwaters of the Big Muddy River. witnesses testified Eldridge was intoxicated. Eldridge's daughter and son-in-law, Pamela and Harold Fisher of Benton, were passengers and survived. Eldridge died en route to Franklin Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
E. S. Anderson
Moffat
Benton
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Paul Edward Eldridge
Rt. 14
Big Muddy River
Dorris
Herrin Chamber Chief Pushes Annexation Plan
The new Herrin Chamber of Commerce president Tommy F. Colombo told the board on Wednesday his key goal for 1968 is annexation of areas surrounding the city. He announced 1968 committees and set the annual banquet for February 27 with Bob Brewer as banquet chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Chamber Commerce
Tommy F. Colombo
Harvard Sohn
Colombo
Bill Bracy
J. C. Garavalla
Clay Tudor
Fred A. Henderson
Doug Bryant
Clyde Brewster
Woodrow Boren
L. R. Ardis
Bob Brewer
Prophets face doubt on Dirksen reelection bid
Michael J. Howlett warned that the prophets who claimed Paul Douglas could not be beaten may err again about Sen. Everett Dirksen. He urged that a strong Democratic candidate could defeat Dirksen, noting past incorrect forecasts and expressing cautious optimism for Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Douglas
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Michael J. Howlett
Dirksen
Sen. Douglas
State Auditor of Public Accounts
West Frankfort Names Committee Members
West Frankfort City Council appoints five men to a Citizens Advisory Committee Eldon E Griffin Clifford Givenrod Bill Palmer the Rev R E George and Ron Clem named for civic input in local affairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Eldon E. Griffin
Clifford Givenrod
Bill Palmer
R. E. George
Ron Clem
Marion City Cuts Gas Costs With Bid System
Commissioner Everett Jeter reports Marion saved about 15 152 dollars over four and a half years using a citywide bid for gasoline and supplies. Since July 1963 the city bought fuel and allied products from the lowest bidder, totaling thousands of gallons and hundreds of pounds of oil grease kerosene and antifreeze with rising annual usage and savings. Police Brief Carterville: Carol M. Smith fined 21 dollars for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Everett Jeter
Jeter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jackson County Stamp Society
Pearl St
Salvatore Natoli
Lawson Hall
Marion Recreation Dept
Youth Center
E. Boulevard St
Illinois Society of Professional Engineers
Tony’s
Lincoln Jr. High
Carbondale Park District
W. Elm St
the Arts
Southern [Illinois University
William Heald
Bach
Liszt
Beethoven
Debussy
Toch
Home Economics Auditorium
Rodgers Theater
Anna
Varsity
Fitzwilly
Cool Hand
Luke
Fox
Valley of the Dolls
Marlow’s
Doctor Zhivago
Herrin Senior Citizen
Jo M. Walker
Herrin Senior Citizens, Inc
H. E. Reeder
Ernest McCarey
Stephen M. Thompson
Near North Side
Old Town
Rupert & Tode Borgsmiller
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Creek
Edward Cook
County Soil Conservation District
Howard Bush
State
Soil Conservation Service
Army Corps of Engineers and Soil Conservation Service
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illlinois
Southern Ilinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Herrin Chamber
West Frankfort Names
Carterville
Carol M. Smith
Zwick’s Ladies’ Store
New York
Egypt
Arnel & Nylon
Missy
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