Poverty agency helps deprived youths join summer programs
Mary Helen Gasser of the Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency coordinates two county centers that place deprived youths in camps and summer jobs. Seven youths from Herrin to De Soto spent two weeks at an Illinois Police Association camp, with more to follow, while others attend Methodist camp at Little Grassy Lake. Programs include SIU computer courses, a two county recreation plan, and 4 H sewing clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Marion
Johnston City
Carbondale
de Soto
Illinois Police Association
Illinois
Methodist Church
Little Grassy Lake
Methodist
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University
Williamson County
Mary Helen Gasser
Office
University Services
SIU
University Park
Thompson Point
Os Murphysboro
P. Bruce Allen
Poverty Agency
Dorothy Hughes
School of Technology
JWCAA
Mary Moore
Odell Robison
Rose Laster
Gasser
City Recreation
Hughes
Two Union County natives die in Kentucky auto crash
Joint funeral services for Elvada Penland Patterson and Raymond C. Patterson of Obion Tennessee will be held Tuesday at Broadway McCarty Funeral Home Cobden. They died Friday near Clinton Kentucky in a car wreck. Burial is in Cobden Cemetery.
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Union County
Broadway - McCarty
Cobden
Raymond C. Patterson
Obion
Tenn
Clinton, Ky
Rochelle
Sheila Culver
Wayne Pribble
Joliet
Cardwell Patterson
U.S. Navy
Steve Patterson
Carbondale
Dixie Lee Patterson
Evelyn Launis
Kokomo
Ind
Roberta Castellano
Peru
Ill
Norma Moon
Makanda
Jeanette Page
Ruby Hilton
Henderson
Arbara Patterson
Roswell
N.M
Paul Penland
Lawrence Penland
Kenneth Penland
Phoenix
Arizona
Patterson
Desark
Ark
Illinois Central Section
Eugene Baggett
First Baptist Church of Energy
Cobden Cemetery
Albert Braden
Lesser
Ariz
Jack
Elmira Hunt Braden
Braden
Pearl Toca
Frank
Walier
Brayfield Chapel
Carl Whittington
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Benton
Brayfield Funeral Home
Robert “Jack” Trout
Chicago
Herrin
Mr. Trout
Ernest
Elizabeth Mason Trout
Elizabeth West
Johnston City
Hazel Grant
Betty Bird
Helen Moore
Winifred Avripas
Marion
Thomas
Frank G. Jones
Pinckneyville
W. Parker St
Perry County
Jess
Margaret Glenn Jones
Hazel Wilkerson
Murphysboro
First Baptist Church
American Legion Post
United Mine Workers of America
East St. Louis
Mitchel Masonic Lodge
Oisie Rose Smith
East Chicago
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Smith
Creal Springs
Assembly of God Church
Oscar, Ky
Joan
Ethel Rose
Elzie Smith
James Johnson
Hammond
John A. Smith
Robert Rose
Vivian Grisham
Kenneth Born
Kenneth D
Meyer - Denny Funeral Home
H. D. Fleshman
Fred H. Renschen
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Born
Gorgas Hospital
Panama Canal Zone
Edward
Jennie House
Meta Beck
Germany
Wolfgang
Keith
Craig
Doris Lindsey
Willard House
Arwood Plasters
Rt. 3
Thompsonville
Veterans Administration Hospital
Franklin County
William and
Mahalia Jones Plasters
Amerian Legion Post
Plasters Grove Baptist Church
Plasters
May Summers
Jackie Lee
Washington
Mary Osteen
Noble
Receda
Calif
Orvade
West Frankfort
Anna Milious
Fontana
Abbie Matlock
Graham
Tex
Lloyd Lasley
Church
Hobbs - Johnson Funeral Home
Gun wound proves fatal to Laverne Drew on farm near Crab Orchard
Laverne Drew 45 of Carbondale appears to have shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun on his farm south of the Crab Orchard Lake spillway around 7 p m Sunday. A note in his car and a letter to his brother were found. Coroner James R Wilson said Drew had been mentally low. Rex Drew and Floyd Phemister were nearby. Wilson said a jury will be impaneled for an inquest. Funeral arrangements set for 2 p m Wednesday at Huffman Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Drew
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Lake
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Drew
Wilson
Rex Drew
Floyd Phemister
Laverne
Audie Gower
Robert
Ada Aman Drew
Triangle Construction Co
Teamsters Union
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Jeff
Huffman Funeral
Louis Blaise
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Competency exam approved for Marion murder suspect
Judge Lan Haney in Marion circuit court approved a petition for a mental competency examination for James Floyd Dodd Jr. 22. Dodd, charged with the May 15 1966 murder of Dallas Lee 48, is held without bail and faces trial. Attorneys Garrison and Morgan were appointed to represent him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lan Haney
Marion
James Floyd Dodd Jr
Dodd
West Frankfort
Dallas Edward Lee
George Morgan
Supreme Court
Atty
William Clark
Circuit Court
Hubler
Haney
John Clayton
Menard Penitentiary
Public Meetings and Civic Events Calendar Highlight
Local government sessions and board meetings scheduled for Monday across multiple towns including Carbondale Zeigler and Marion. Special events feature a S P E B S Q S A chorus rehearsal and a lineup of cinema showtimes at Fox Carbondale Egyptian Drive-In Varsity Anna Drive-In Marion and Orpheum in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S
Herrin High School
Fox
Carbondale
Dagger
Marion
Riveria Drive-in
Orpheum
Local government and agency meetings listed for Tuesday
Tuesday meetings include Herrin Public Building Commission at noon at the Herrin Elks Club. Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency executive board at 8 p.m. in Carbondale City Hall. Benton Airport Authority Board at 8 p.m. at the Airport administration building. Grand Tower Plan Commission at 7 30 p.m. in city hall. Carbondale City Council at 7 30 p.m. in city hall. Jonesboro school district 43 at 8 p.m. at the school. Carterville City Council at 7 30 p.m. in the community building. Anna City Council at 7 30 p.m. at city hall. Cobden Board of Trustees at 7 30 p.m. in village hall. John A Logan College Board at 7 30 p.m. at 111 E Cherry St Herrin. Herrin Senior Citizens pinochle and bridge at 1 30 p.m. at the center 301 N 14th St Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher City
Zeigler
West Frankfort
Herrin Public Building Commission
Herrin Elks Club
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
Carbondale
Benton Airport Authority Board
Grand Tower Plan Commission
Carbondale City Council
Jonesboro Community Consolidated School District 43
Carterville
Mine trucks crash injures two on duty road
Two men were slightly injured Saturday in a head on collision of pickup trucks on the Will Scarlet mine property three miles south of Carrier Mills. Russell M. Nicholls 54 Marion and Hubert S. Bowers 42 Morganfield Ky were treated and released from Doctors Hospital Harrisburg. The crash occurred at 4 50 p m on a duty road and both vehicles were owned by the mine company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Scarlet
Carrier Mills
Russell M. Nicholls
Marion
Hubert S. Bowers
Morganfield
Doctors Hospital
Harrisburg
Marion plan cites out-migration of high school grads
A Marion planning study notes loss of high school graduates to better jobs as a major long-range concern. The 1960 census shows 5,306 males with a median age of 34.7 and 5,968 females at 36.7, with 3,420 under 18 and 1,708 over 65, indicating out-migration and aging trends. The report predicts growth in 20 to 39 year olds and in elementary school children as economic opportunities rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Walley
Marion
City Planning Commission
Greater Egypt
Illinois
Carbondale
Williamson County
Fire calls and death notice from Southern Illinoisan brief
Fire units respond to grass fire in a vacant lot at 1802 E Charles St Carbondale and a chair fire at 316 S Wall St Murphysboro. Du Quoin reports major damage at 321 East North St. Mrs Clara E Callahan 76 of Du Quoin dies in Phoenix after 60 years away. Funeral services set for Kenneth Born in Murphysboro with Army ties and other obituaries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
E. Charles St. Carbondale
S. Wall St
du Quoin
East North St
Clara E. Callahan
E. Mitchell St
Phoenix
Ariz
Olney
E. Walk Callahan
Zeigler
Ernst and
Caroline
Kunkel) Lederer
Callahan
Royal Neighbor
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Anti-poverty Agency
Pattersons
Rt. 37
Jerry L. Conner
Licklitter St
Franklin Hosital
St. John’s Mercy Hospital
St. Louis
Robert Ice
Conner
Willie T L. Halliburton
Halliburton
Williamson
John Gross
du Bois
David Kristen
Scheller
Radom
Gross
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
Kristen
City Hall
Alto Pass
N. 14Th St
Tool and Die Makers
American Machine & Foundry Co
Jackson County
Real Springs
Willard E. Hughes
Harley D. Baltzell
Clara Callahan
Kahlil A. As- Saadi
Ane
East Gate
Murphysburg
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