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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1978

Page

5

Monday meetings march across Carbondale area

A series of Monday events includes an ambulance service talk by Frosty Cummings at Town Hall Campbell Hill and various university and city meetings at Southern Illinois University Carbondale venues. Other items cover a Salem council session, a memorial hospital board meeting, Alcoholics Anonymous, a pro am at the Women’s Center, an Oriental Art exhibition, and state senator Kenneth V. Buzbee’s Nashville Steeleville stop.

Ava Campbell Hill Town Hall Campbell Hill Frosty Cummings Jackson County Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Kenneth V.buzbee 58Th Legislative District Nashville Steeleville Nashville City Hall East Court St Steeleville Village Hall West Broadway

Calendar School Adult Chili Prices Listed for Event

The notice lists admission: adults 1.25, junior high and younger 0.75. It then provides a long catalog of theater venues and film titles at various towns including ROXY Coulterville WEBSTER Steeleville MacArthur SALUKI Carbondale Saturday Night Fever SALUKI 2 The Goodbye Girl VARSITY 1 Close Encounters of the Third Kind VARSITY 2 Looking for Mr Goodbar NEW LIBERTY Murphysboro First Love ORPHEUM Harrisburg The Gauntlet FOX Carbondale Turning Point Tol­er Cinema Benton Oh God CINEMA 1 Harrisburg Semi Tough Heroes UNIVERSITY 4 Carbondale The World's Greatest Lover Heroes The Spy Who Loved Me Grayeagle Town and Country Marion Grayeagle Semi Tough Heroes Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Marion Grayeagle

Deaths In Illinois Include 11 Year Old Boy Hit By Car

An 11 year old from Wenedy died after being struck by a car driven by Paula L Hineman 27 of Marissa on Illinois 151 near Illinois 153 in rural Washington County The boy a sixth grade student at Johannisburg Township Grade School was returning home from basketball practice when he stepped into the path of the vehicle Further obituaries list Herman Hubler 63 of Pinckneyville Ira Porchie 61 of Anna Myrtle DuFour 84 of Tilden Thomas Johnson 71 of Coulterville Anna DeBartoli 72 of Benton Freeman Henshaw 92 of Marion Pete Sarapin 83 of Johnston City and Jerry Burnett 66 of Pulaski with funeral details and survivors noted

Jeffrey Gerald Heintz Wenedy Washington County Hospital Nashville Illinois Paula L. Hineman Marissa Ilinois Hineman Johannisburg Township Red Bud Gerald Helen Haake Heintz Herman Bud’’ Hubler Clinton St Pinckneyville Memorial Hospital Carbondale Hubler Consolidation No St. Bruno’s Cathlic Church Knights of Columbus UMWA Perry County Katherine Zitt Hubler Mable Ruth Heberer Richard Ruth Ann Opp Rosemary Engelhart Irene Bommersheim Edna Brand St. Bruno’s Catholic Church Doerr- Schwebel Ira D. Porchie Anna Porchie Jonesboro Thomas Johnson Coulterville du Quoin Marshall Browning Mr. Johnson Tilden Willard Boone Cora Terry Johnson Ollie Foster Bessie Annette Malott Thomas Sonny Jr Tamaora James Pete Sparta Ann Denman Oetta Schwarz Elizabeth Walier Tamaroa Laura Varnum Russell, Ky Judy Keller Holt Prairie Pyatt Funeral Home Anna D. DeBartoli N. Goldheimer St Benton Poulson Masonic and Odd Fellows DeBartoli Union Hospital West Frankfort Lithuania Stanley Charlene Yasevich Thomas B. DeBartoli Thomas B., Jr Pontiac Rosalie Crisp Shirley Grammer Stanley Yasevich Afton Edward Yasevich St. Louis Mary Rucoff Gary Ind Charlene Brandibas South Bend Freeman Henshaw W. Walnut Marion Styrest Henshaw Second Baptist Church Creal Springs William Henry Mary Arnold Henshaw Nancy Howerton Mae Pulley Orla Raymond Chester Mitchell Funeral Home Maplewood Cemetery Pete Sarapin Pine St Johnston City Murman and Wilson Lakeview Mr. Sarapin Marion Memorial Hospital LDS Lodge Johanna Kowalis Julie Wagner Chicago Maggie Pratrites Canada Jerry Burnett Pulaski Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church McCrue Tamms Crain Funeral Home Burnett Alexander County William Sidney Mary Elizabeth Lawrence Powless Fred Burnett Ronald Burnett Mt. Vernon Mike Burnett Benton, Mo Brenda Brown Altamont Henry Harold Powell Vic Wargo Fountain Colo Don G. Whitecotton S. 11Th St Herrin First Baptist Church Williamson County Albert Daisy Whitecotton Madge Hardin Terry Whitecotton Lesser Waiter Colp Harry Lombard Helen Creathouse Elsie Day Thompsonville Billy Hardin Ray Dean Hardin Garvin Hardin Massachusetts Whitecotton Jerry Jewel Ray Ethel Williamson van- Natta Funeral Home Hillcrest Cemetery Carterville

Correction adds missing spouse details to Ross obituary

The obituary for Emmett L. Ross is updated to include his marriage to Dorothy Luby of Carbondale in January 1945 in Charleston South Carolina. Dorothy preceded him in death in 1965 in Elmhurst, Illinois.

Emmett L. Ross Mr. Ross Dorothy Luby Carbondale Charleston South Carolina Elmhurst

Illinois license deadline extended for weather delays

Illinois Secretary of State Alan J. Dixon announced a new cutoff for displaying 1978 automobile license plates, moving the deadline from midnight Tuesday to midnight February 15 due to severe weather. He emphasized the extension is fair to citizens unable to reach plate locations, noting about 900,000 car owners have yet to purchase their plates.

Illinois Alan J. Dixon Dixon

Judge voids Alto Pass run off election ruling

Union County Circuit Court Judge Michael O Shea declares the May run off between Phyllis Kerby and James Sweitzer invalid and keeps Sweitzer in office by incumbency. Kerby plans to file suit to compel a lot drawing, while the board had already set a run off.

Phyllis Kerby James Sweitzer Alto Pass Union County Circuit Court Michael O’shea O’shea Sweitzer Kerby

Marion store robbed twice during lunch

Marion police report a Picture Express store in the Marion Town and Country Center was burglarized at about 12 30 p m on two Fridays while clerk Scott Winn was at lunch. Cash losses were 45 dollars on January 27 and 67 dollars on January 20, plus a calculator valued at about 15 dollars. No arrests have been made.

Scott Winn Marion Picture Express Marion Town and Country Winn

School District Plans Public Hearing On Federal Grant

Carbondale Elementary School District 95 will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Brush Administrative Center at 400 W. Monroe St to review a grant application. A District 95 citizens advisory committee meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the center to discuss the grant.

Carbondale Brush W. Monroe St District 95 Citizens Advisory

School Lunch Menus For Carbondale and Murphysboro Units

Carbondale Elementary lists weekly meals including chicken fried steak and lasagne with assorted fruits. Murphysboro Unit 186 offers meals such as lasagne with oranges and chili mac with cobbler. Carbondale Community High presents variable options like hamburgers or hot dogs and pizza or bologna and cheese with fruit or cake.

Carbondale Murphysboro Carbondale Community High Schools

Disaster averted by quick-thinking driver

Ray Foulkerts of Pontiac drove a burning propane trailer away from a loading dock at Nussbaum Trucking in Normal Illinois. He attached a tractor to the trailer, pulled it into a parking lot, isolating it as flames spread. Firefighters arrived and doused the fire in about 45 minutes, preventing a massive explosion and potential warehouse fire.

Ray Foulkerts Pontiac Foulkerts Nussbaum Trucking Company U.S. 51 Interstate 55 Foulberts

Winter Weather Watch and Local Temperature Records

The National Weather Service forecasts snow across the northern mountain states and the Northeast. In Southern Illinois, Saturday’s high reached 27 degrees while the low from Friday 7 a.m. to Saturday 7 a.m. was 6 degrees with no precipitation in that window. Today's sunset is 5 06 p.m. and Monday sunrise is 7 02 a.m. with sunset at 5 07 p.m.

National Weather Service Mountain States Illinois

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ohio Room Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois Room City Hall Ananda Marga Solar Project Carbondale Savings and Loan Community Room Peace Corps Vista Sparta City Council W. Broadway Carbondale Memorial Hospital Board Alcoholics Anonymous St. Francis Xavier Hall Rm. C. Carbondale Carbondale City Coun Women’s Center W. Freeman Little Egypt Spebsqsa Carbondale East High School Lincoln School Lincoln Junior High Roxy Webster, Steeleville, “MacArthur Varsity Mr. Goodbar New Liberty Orpheum Harrisburg FOX Toler Cinema Cinema Heroes University 4 Spy Autodief Bud” Hubler Myrtle J. DuFour St. Clements Hospital the Hill Funeral Home Jerod Jennifer Susanne Charles Heintz St. Libory Lawrence Haake Germantown St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church Lively Grove Moll Funeral Home Edna Bergman Cairo Villa Ridge Crain-Barkett Funeral Home Walter Bowlby Christopher Franklin Hospital Bowlby Menard Correctional Center Isaac Louise Bantel Bowlby Henrietta Finney Ronald David Mary Gulley Scheller Betty Wilcox Marie Bain Centralia Edna Burnam Alton Sarah Jones Sesser Brayfield Funeral Home Maple Hill Eula Mae Bruce Mounds Salem Ark Bruce First Methodist Church Gold Star Mothers The American Legion VFW Frances Byers Linda Miller Wood River John Leslie Freeport Larry Leon Murray Meredith Funeral Home St. Joseph’s Hospital Humane Society of Southern Illinois Society Illinois 13 Alto Normal, Ill
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