Carterville Avon Lady Keeps Busy at 8&2 in Carterville
Susie Stone known as the Avon Lady of Carterville is 82 and has sold Avon products since 1931. She borrowed five dollars from her mother to start, later joining Avon Products, Inc. in 1937. The routine transformed into a lifelong business of meeting people and watching Carterville grow, as she continues delivering and visiting customers door to door.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Susie Stone
Avon
Carterville
Avon Products, Inc
California Perfume Co
Avon Lady Keeps Busy At Carterville Through Years
Mrs Stone, who began as a businesswoman long ago, continues to run Avon orders from home in Carterville. She favors calling customers and mailing pamphlets over walking, relies on family support, and trains younger generations while cherishing her silver tray award. Her district supervisor notes she still dominates her Carterville district.
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Walker Stone
Avon
Carterville
Joan Marquardt
Bill and Ruby Jack retire from Herrin lumber firm
Bill Jack and his wife Ruby announce the sale of Herrin Lumber Co at 301 S Park Ave to a Sikeston group planning a Sonic restaurant. Bill, who started in 1946 after World War II, reflects on Family operations since 1912 and notes the firm’s two-generation legacy.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Bill Jack
Herrin Lumber Co
Jack
S. Park Ave
Sikeston
Jack Lumber Yards
William T. Jack
Herrin
Stotlar-Herrin
Fred Stotlar
Herrin Lumber and Supply
William Jack
West Side Lumber Co
West Side
S. Park
Herrin Lumber
Ruby
Selena Grissom
Herrin Opens The Shoe Shanty And Related Businesses
Multiple new or relocated businesses appear in Herrin and surrounding towns. The Shoe Shanty moves to Harrisburg with new hours from 9 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, closes Mondays. Dr Pramote Anan TachaI opens an internal medicine practice in Herrin with weekday hours, while LEON MOORE becomes Southern Illinois distributor for Monroe Co Ice Remover. GREG BRANDSTATT ER attends Anheuser Busch college advisory board as a Beer Crew member through Venegoni Distributing. a state charter is issued to International Business Corp run by Zuhair Humadi in Carbondale. United Design and Engineering opens a Mt Vernon office for regional projects. Crown Packaging Corp becomes Bunn Co distributor in several states.
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Leon Moore
Herrin
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Monroe Co., Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
Moore
S. 8Th St
N. Main St
Harrisburg
Shirley Milligan
Barbara Whitehead
Pramote Anantachai
S. 13Th St
Pramote
American Board of Internal Medicine
Mahidol Univer
Greg Brandstatter
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Anheuser- Busch, Inc
Brandstatter
Venegoni Distributing Firm
Murphysboro
International Business Corp
Zuhair Humadi
Kent Drive
Humadi
Middle East
New Sonic restaurant coming to Herrin by mid May
Missouri based Sonic group aims to open a Herrin location by May 15 with construction starting soon. Mike Long of Sikeston says the Herrin property was purchased from Bill Jack, part of a regional expansion that includes Sonic drive ins in Murphysboro Anna Chester Marion Benton Harrisburg Du Quoin and West Frankfort. The former Carbondale East Walnut Street Sonic was not owned by this group.
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Herrin Lumber Co
Mike Long
Sikeston
Herrin
Bill Jack
Murphysboro
Anna
Chester
Marion
Benton
Harrisburg
du Quoin
West Frankfort
Missouri
Long
Sonic Retaurant
East Walnut Street
Carbondale
Mayors' Association elects Eckert in Illinois town
Carbondale Mayor Neal Eckert was elected president of the Southern Illinois Mayors Association at the group annual meeting on January 14. He succeeds Carlyle Mayor Leo Davis, who becomes first vice president of the Illinois Municipal League. Officers reelected include incade Lesser Mayor William A. Schettler as vice president and McLeansboro Mayor James P. Mick as secretary treasurer.
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Carbondale
Neal Eckert
The
Southern Illinois Mayors’ Association
Carlyle
Leo Davis
Illinois Municipal League
William A. Schettler
McLeansboro
James P. Mick
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