Du Quoin City Council Meeting and Local Events Calendar
The Du Quoin City Council meets at 7 p.m. Friday. Open House at Golconda Job Corps CCC dedication of the Iron Furnace near Elizabethtown at 6 30 p.m. Friday. Herrin Senior Citizens host white elephant bingo at 2 p.m. Friday at 301 N 14th St. Arts and theatre listings include Dion Boucicaults Streets of New York at SIU playhouse July 4 6 admission details. SIU Summer Music Theater Most Happy Fella 8 p.m. Fri Sat Sun at Muckelroy Auditorium with student pricing. Movie listings across local theatres and drive ins provided with titles and showtimes.
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Golconda
Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Center
Elizabethtown
Herrin Senior Citizens
14Th St
New York
Dion Boucaiult
SIU Communications Building Playhouse
the Arts
Southern Illinois University
SIU Muckelroy
Sesquicentennial Parade to run 5 PM in Sparta
Sparta hosts a Saturday Sesquicentennial Parade beginning at 5 p.m. in the business district and ending at the fair grounds. The event is sponsored by the Sparta Retailers' Association. Also Saturday Festival on the Green offers a day of recreation for SIU students and families starting at 10 a.m. in the Southern Hills area with no charge.
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Sparta
Fairgrounds
Sparta Retailers’ Association
Southern Illinois University
Southern Hills
Four Jackson County cases continued in circuit court
Several defendants appeared for hearings in Jackson County circuit court with continuances set for mid summer. Eugene Morgan 37 of Cicero faced forgery charges for a forged twenty dollar check bearing the name Dallas Collins with bond set at five thousand dollars. Larry Kenner 22 of Carbondale released on five hundred dollars bond on criminal trespass to land after entering property owned by Sarah Robinson following a legal notice to vacate. Fred Layne of Herrin released on five hundred dollars bond awaiting an August hearing on battery charges stemming from an incident at Rendezvous Tavern in Murphysboro. Ed Gwaltney of Carbondale waived a preliminary hearing on theft over one hundred fifty dollars with a September tenth hearing date. Bond set at five hundred dollars. Walter O. Lansford 83 of Cambria died at Herrin Hospital. He was born November 20 1884 and was a former coal miner and longtime Sunday School teacher. Services will be held Saturday at Riggin Funeral Home with Masonic rites tonight and burial at Blairsville Cemetery. Friends may call after six today.
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Jackson County
Eugene Morgan
Cicero
Morgan
Fof
Cahokia
Dallas Collins
Larry Kenner
Brush Street
Carbondale
Sarah Robinson
Walter O. Lansford
Cambria
Herrin Hospital
Centralia
Curtis
Martha Brasel Lansford
Jessie Harris
First Christian Church of
United Mine Workers of America
Williamson Masonic Lodge
AF & AM
Aaron
Flint
Mich
Hallie Lence
Carterville
Harry
Ernest
South Bend
Ind
Clyde
Wayne
Riggin Funeral Home
Carl Berner
Blairsville Cemetery
Emma Moss
Emma A. Moss
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Moss
Jackson County Nursing Home
Clarence Samford
S. Thompson St
Cole Camp
Jacob
Anna Brunjes von Holten
John M. Moss
Guido
St. Louis
Vernon
Kansas City
Fox Funeral
Herber
United Lutheran Church
Hartford
Ethel May Russell
Jackson County Housing Authority meeting covers minor items
The Jackson County Housing Authority held a light session in July approving extension phones only for cases of age or health emergencies. The board also agreed to a $385 low bid from Stiles Office Equipment Co. for a calculator and a $248 annual service contract for office machines. Unpaid rental debts of eight units totaling $247 will be referred to Hendrix Collection Agency. Troutman to consult Public Housing Administration on sick leave interpretations.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Reid Troutman
Stiles Office Equipment Co
Carbondale
Stiles Co
Bee
Hendrix Collection Agency
Troutman
Public Housing Administration
Chicago
Carbondale Woman Genevieve Patterson Dies at 79
Genevieve H. Patterson widow of former Carbondale dentist Dr Herbert William Patterson died at Holden Hospital after a yearlong illness. Born in 1888 in Des Moines she helped found and lead multiple local groups including the Carbondale Woman's Club and Garden Club and served in Daughters of the American Revolution. She leaves a daughter, Frances Hughes of Omaha, a son H W Patterson of Jacksonville, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Van Natta Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Genevieve H. Patterson
Carbondale
Herbert William Patterson
Holden Hospital
Carbondale Community High School
Carbondale Garden Club
Jackson County Humane Society
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
First Methodist Church
Women’s Organization
van Natta
Louie Youngs
Oakland Cemetery
Fireworks Photo Captures Moment Without Tripod
Jim Hatton of the Southern Illinoisan photographed a fireworks display in a one second burst held by hand. The usual method is a tripod time exposure, but Hatton shot without one to capture a vivid burst.
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Jim Hatton
Southern Illinoisan
Hatton
Seven candidates file for new Du Quoin district board
Seven candidates filed petitions for the first seven member board of Education for Community Unit School District 300 at Perry County Superintendent Philip Provart. Names include Jackie Bishop Harold E Rice Clarence Zoller Robert W Miller Ben Kinsman Russell Emling and Marion I Harrison. Election set for Aug 1 with one polling place at Du Quoin Township High School.
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New
du Quoin Unit
Community Unit
du Quoin
Perry County
Philip Provart
Jackie Bishop
Rt. 3
Bishop
Sunfield
Harold E. Rice
Clarence Zoller
Zoller
Robert W. Miller
Miller
Ben Kinsman
Kinsman
Russell Emling
Emling
Marion I. Harrison
Harrison
Illinois
Provart
du Quoin Township High School
du Quoin Township
Community Consolidated District
Shakerag
Old-fashioned steam engine used to aid Wheat crop work
Edwin G. Eddleman plans to use a 12-ton steam threather engine to cultivate his six acre wheat plot six miles south of Anna on Rt 51 Saturday from 2 p m onward. Future Farmers of America members from Dongela High School will handle much of the labor. Public invited.
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Edwin G. Eddleman
Eddleman
Dongela High School
Southern Illinoisan newspaper header text
Southern Illinoisan is a daily newspaper published in Carbondale with offices in Herrin and Murphysboro. The paper notes its progression from predecessor papers and states AP news is exclusively for local republications.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysbore
Ilinois
Southern Ilinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Speedway
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West
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Sgt. O’farrell
Orpheum
Fox, Carbondale
Hangman’s Tree
Green Berets
Rodgers Theatre
Anna
Shenandoah
Fred Layne
Layne
Ronald Dawson
Rendezvous Tavern
Ed Gwaltney
Gwaltney
John J. Calnan Construction Co
Kelly Garrison
Union St
Marion Memorial Hospital
Thomas H. Tasker
Barr St
Lawrenceville Hospital
South Port
England
John J. Tasker
Lawrenceville
du Quoin State Fair
Kaskaskia
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Ft. Kaskaskia State Park
Cluded
Jean- Louis Mandreau
France
Parke Rouse
Great Britain
John W. Allen
Lynn Sprague
Commission
Thelma Freeman
Logan House
F.d.1.c
Johnston City
John Imhoff
Hunter Boys
Michigan
North Wlinois Carbondale
P.M
Shoe Fit Company
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