Storme resigns as Marion recreation director
A. C. Storme’s resignation as Marion recreation director was accepted at a special Recreation Board meeting. His resignation takes effect July 24, with the board to interview applicants later this week. Storme will train his successor through July 24. Storme also said he will become Marion High School principal, a 12 month job, preventing him from continuing as recreation director.
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A. C. Storme
Marion
City Recreation Board
Storme
Marion High School
Unit Two Board of Education
Area Wrecks Four Escape Crash Injury
Four drivers escaped injury in a chain reaction crash near a highway barricade on Route 3 south of Rockwood. Deloma Cool, Edgar Roth, George E. Jorgon, and John W. Yarbrough, all named, were involved as vehicles bumped end to end on rain slick pavement behind the barrier. A separate collision occurred at 4:50 p.m. three miles north of Chester involving Elaine Anthony and John Stewart.
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Rt. 3
Rockwood
District 13
du Quoin
Deloma Cool
St. Louis
Edgar Roth
Chester
George E. Jorgon
Indian Town
Fla
John W. Yarbrough
Covington
Tenn
Elain Anthony
Poplar Bluff
John Stewart
Sparta Man Dies at 71 Funeral Set for LePla Lewis
Sparta resident LePla TM. 8. Here Lewis, 71, died Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks Hospital St Louis. Born November 28 1891 in La Salle he was a retired rural letter carrier. He belonged to Westminster United Presbyterian Church Sparta and several veterans and fraternal groups. Survived by wife two sisters and two half-brothers. Funeral 7 p.m. Thursday Lynn Hill Funeral Home Sparta with burial 10 a.m. Friday Evergreen Cemetery Morris Masonic services tonight at the funeral home.
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Lewis
Sparta
Jefferson Barracks Hospital
St. Louis
la Salle
LePla
Westminister United Presbyterian Church
Af&ram Hope Lodge
Edwin Alexander
American Legion
Fort Chartres Barracks
Randolph County Historical Society
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Laura
Isabelle Brooks
Woodstock
Dorothy Fosen
California
Hazel Olson
Morris
Harry
Glenn McNabb
Lynn Hill Funeral Home
Coral Robling
Evergreen Cemetery
Funeral services held for Donald Burke in Birmingham
Donald Burke, 63, of Birmingham Alabama formerly of Herrin died at 12 45 pm Tuesday at South Highlands Hospital after a month long stay He was born February 14 1900 in Alabama engineer for the Southern Railroad member of Birmingham Mason Lodge He leaves a daughter Mrs Terry Lee Nelson of Birmingham brothers Osie Bill and Cassie of Herrin sisters Mrs Louis Alexa of Waynesboro Virginia and Mrs Sarah Mendl of Portage Indiana and two grandchildren Funeral services set for 11 am Friday at Roebuck Chapel Birmingham Alabama
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Donald Burke
Birmingham
Ala
Herrin
South Highlands Hospital
Alabama
O. C. Burke
Southern Railroad
Birmingham Masonic Lodge
Burke
Terry
Funeral services set for Flora Gill in Herrin
Funeral services for Flora M. Gill, 75, of 416 S 17th St Herrin, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at George Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin. Burial is in Herrin City Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Gill died Tuesday morning in Anna State Hospital.
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Flora M. Gill
S. 17Th St
Herrin
George van Natta
Herrin City Cemetery
Randolph County Fair Dance Draws Five Thousand
About 5 000 people attended the Randolph County Fair dance in Sparta as rainstorms limited attendance elsewhere. Fair director John Brown said only light rain fell at the fair. The teen dance drew about 400 youths who danced past midnight. Tonight marks the final fair night with a schedule including dairy cattle judging, harness racing, aerial show, and a Grand Ole Opry style show featuring Billy Walker and others.
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Randolph County
Sparta
John Brown
Parachute Club
Southern Illinois University
King Kovaz Auto
Cozette Dancing School of Sparta
Grand Ole Opry
Billy Walker
Jean Shepard
Stonewall Jackson
The
Night Riders
Driving Test Set Saturday in Murphysboro
A safety driving test for teens is scheduled Saturday in Murphysboro by the Murphysboro Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Road-E-O will include a written test and driving demonstration. Jackson County residents aged 16 to 18 may enter. Entries are available at the Youth Center Weber's Clothing Store or Square Deal Clothing Store.
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Murphysboro
The
Merce
Jackson County
Weber's Clothing Store
Square Deal Clothing Store
Fred Hilly Brewer of Herrin Dies
Fred Hillery Brewer, 72, of Herrin, died of cancer at his son Ryburn’s home near Marion at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday after illness since February. He was a car inspector for Illinois Central Railroad and member of Eagles Lodge 670 Murphysboro. Born Nov 9, 1890 in Jackson County, he married Cora Lou Dewey who died in 1960. Survived by two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren, a twin brother, and several brothers and a sister. Funeral 4 p.m. Friday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale. burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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Fred Hillery Brewer
Herrin
Ryburn
Marion
Brewer
S. 18Th St
Ilinois Central Railroad
Eagles Lodge
Murphysboro
Carman’s Union
Jackson County
Hillery
Julia Winchester Brewer
Cora Lou Dewey
Carl
Carbondale
Mary Lukenbill
Dixon
Jeff
Harry
Herman
Rollie
Grover
Ray
Louie
Hallie
Cora Ragsdale
Huffman Funeral Home
Hugh Stearns
Pleasant Grove
Ceme
John Parotti Dies in Herrin Hospital
John B. Parotti 80 of 509 N 13th St Herrin died at 4 45 am today in Herrin Hospital He was born March 24 1883 in Arconate Italy son of Erubio and Marianna Garavaglia Parotti Married May 11 1907 in Herrin Retired coal miner He belonged to United Mine Workers Local 1776 Lom bard Society Rome Club and Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church Survived by wife Katy daughters Mrs Sylvia Pedak and Mrs Theresa VanKleef both of Chicago a son Willy of Chicago and two grandchildren Funeral services 9 am Saturday at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church Rev B P Mongan will officiate Burial in St Carlo s Cemetery Rosary 7 15 pm Friday at Johnson s Funeral Home Friends may call after 6 pm Thursday
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John B. Parotti
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Arconate
Italy
Erubio
Marianna Garavaglia Parotti
United Mine Workers
The
Lombard Society
Rome Club
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Katy
Sylvia Pedak
Theresa VanKleef
Chicago
Willy
B. P. Mongan
St. Carlo’s Cemetery
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Death of Aaron A. Lyerla in Johnston City
Aaron A. Lyerla aged 61 of Rt 1 Johnston City died Tuesday night at his home. discovered by his daughter Karen Lyerla this morning. State county coroner Paul Litton is conducting an inquiry. His wife Opal died May 25. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion.
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Aaron A. Lyerla
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Karen Lyerla
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Opal
Mitchell Funeral
Marion
Carterville Council Tightens Sewer Connection Rules
Carterville City Council tightened sewage rules on Tuesday night. An ordinance bans connecting septic tanks or drains to open ditches and authorizes a committee to write letters urging residents to link residential disposal lines to the sewer system where sewers are not yet connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville City
Sherman Spiller
Carterville Dogs Face Daily Fine Under New Control Law
The Carterville City Council approved a dog control ordinance imposing a $1 per day fine on owners who let dogs run at large, with fines up to $50 for a second offense. Impounded dogs unclaimed after seven days will be disposed of humanely. The meeting also postponed sewer service decisions for an out of town 120 unit development pending plant capacity data from the city.
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Carterville
Roy Glenn
Glenn
State Dept. of Public Health
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Marion Post
Mr. LePla
Randolph Fair
Diane Deppe
Tery
John Parotti
Aaron Lyerla
Lim
Anna
North Park Ave
Walnut St
Jarion - West
Frankfort
Ankeescu
Hs&m
DALE
Walcrest
C’dale
Dacron & Wool
C‘dale
Dacron
Aerlux
Dacron & Wool Cloud
C'Dale
Olive Glen
Ladies
Panama
Manilla
Hs&m Dacron
Long Hs&m
Gray
Med
Long
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Olive
Med. Long
Dacron & Woo
Eave C'Dale
White Mountain
Walcrest Dacron
Hs&m Neat
W. Jackson Cabondale
West Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
N. Park Ave
Herrin du Quair
Loree Choate
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois Publications ‘Inc
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
Yth Street
Ilinois
Southern
Linoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Daily Journal
Murphys
Associated Press
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