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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
3
Doctors in Carbondale report several cases of intestinal upsets and illness from sun exposure and salt loss over two weeks. No sunstroke or heat exhaustion found. Advice includes extra salt, avoid iced drinks, light clothing, avoid drafts, limit sun, wear head covering, and gradual sun exposure for children.
A Murphysboro county grower reports paying 68 cents express and handling per 20 bushels of select transparent apples, leaving the sale short of costs by about a dollar per bushel for picking grading and packing. Other southern Illinois growers report similar losses with early produce and cucumbers selling for 1 to 1.50 a bushel as the general market trend continues downward.
Lee Nebughr, Jackson county superintendent of schools, has returned to part time duties in Murphysboro after eye surgery for a detached retina in June. With partial healing, he expects to be on the job most of the time now.
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds with buyers and sellers including Fred W. Trobaugh to Frank E. Trobaugh Lot 213 Block 4 Tower Grove Cemetery Ava area. Frank T Plater to Edwin Sauerbaum Lot 12 Block 1 Herbert's Addition Murphysboro. Matthew and Charles Valerius Jr to James Ferrell Lot 2 Block 26 Avig Plot Elkville. John L. Stewart master to Joe Lynch Post 353 American Legion Ava Lot 1 Block 10 Smith Addition Ava. Eva Harrel to A A Ritchie Lot 6 Block 4 Dunn's First Addition Fordyce. Helen Veath to Marie Davis Lot 3 Block 20 Community Addition Carbondale.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republish in this newspaper and to all AP news dispatches. The notice reiterates AP entitlement within the mile radius and other publication constraints.
Jackson county supervisors plan a Sunday meeting in the supervisors room to decide on replacing the court house plumbing. Chairman Clyde Perschbacher estimates copper piping would cost 7000 to 10000 dollars, replacing an aging steel system damaged by a recent flood. Pete Brumley and Edward Sherman will attend. Plumbers warn most pipes must be replaced to prevent further water damage in the mid 1920s built building.
Wilson P. Coker announces a pending study of economic conditions in Little Egypt. Labor experts will meet at the West Frankfort office at the end of July to prepare a labor market trend covering employment unemployment construction and related matters.
Murphysboro faces a critical sewage crisis as the state sanitation department may prohibit further sewer extensions and require a disposal plan beyond dumping into the Big Muddy River. City officials await a formal instruction letter within 10 days to two weeks, while engineers note pollution concerns and river conservation.
Joe Moll of Vergennes, a Democratic executive committee member, announced that Raymond Dillinger of Carbondale has been appointed game and fish conservation agent for Jackson county. Dillinger, a 1946 Jackson county sheriff candidate and former Carbondale township highway commissioner, will succeed Connie Sullivan of Murphysboro, a Republican. The position is at the governor’s will and ends with the governor’s term. Warden Sullivan will stay on until official notice.
Admitted Wednesday include Lester Lipe in Carbondale for medical care and Richard Mitchell in Marion for surgery. Additional admissions cover Mrs H J Ginsler in Carbondale medical, Herman L Roberts medical, Mrs Vertis R Elmore surgery, Tommy Vaughn surgery, Mrs Walter Hendrickson and daughter in Marion, Mrs Bernard Swain surgery in Elkville, William Vatovac surgery in Johnston City, Charles Fredrick medical in Cobden, and Robert Daniel Bredley surgical in Marion.
A staff of certified public accountants from Mersinger and Allyson East St. Louis has been engaged during the past two weeks in a routine audit of institution accounts at the Anna State hospital. Carroll Wallace chief clerk said the work will probably be completed within a few days.
Carbondale police chief Lee Davis urged locking doors after several burglary cases, two on Tuesday. At 303 West Elm Street Mrs. Frank Lingle lost 35 dollars, and neighbor Mrs. Clyde Morris noted two youths near the back door. Additionally Mrs. Lingle’s purse and Mrs. Morris’ six dollars were taken. Police suspect the same culprits and stress reporting prowlers and securing unattended homes.
Fred Bigler, living near Carbondale, captured seven firsts, six seconds, 10 thirds, a fourth and a grand championship in a dairy show at Salem's Marion County Fair. His entries dominated multiple classes from aged cows to produce of cow and breeder's herd, highlighted by champion cow Standard King Beauty and top placements across bulls, cows, heifers, and graded herds.
The Jaycettes have been accepted into the Carbondale Interservice council. President Mrs. S. E. Smith says the group now has about 60 members. Regular meetings were canceled for summer. a board meeting is planned to arrange a picnic next month. Representatives to the council are Mrs. Smith and Miss Elma Densch.
Howard Ronald Ellis aged 22 of 705 South Marion Street Carbondale scored a perfect mark on a mental test while enlisting in the Navy at the recruit sub station in Marion Recruiter Joseph L Bauer said Ellis was the second man to achieve a perfect score since he took charge of the substation Ellis a World War II Navy veteran enlisted as an aviation electrician He formerly taught at Allin Unit School No 1 and studied two years at Southern Illinois University
Richard W. Carlsten age 68 of 2104 Wall Street Murphysboro died in St Andrew’s Hospital after a short illness from a heart attack. He had managed the Montgomery Ward store in Murphysboro since 1936, coming from Chicago. He was born in Chicago in 1881 and married in 1908 to Sybilla G. Hoffman. Survived by wife two sisters and three brothers, and he was a Luth eran Church member. Services planned at Roberts Residence Funeral Home with Christian Science services Friday at 2 p.m. Burial in Park Hill Bloomington after funeral cortege leaves. Montgomery Ward store to close at noon Friday for remainder of day.
Unemployment in southern Illinois surged 153 percent over the April 1948 benchmark, with Murphysboro reports showing 1494 continued claimants in June and 340 new claims, including 250 former Ely-Walker workers. The coal mine sector worsened the outlook while factory and agricultural placements show limited year round work.
Former Carbondale resident Mrs William Montgomery died in Charleston Tuesday night. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Friday at Pyatt funeral home in Pinckneyville.
C C speaker Billed C. Howard Smith national affairs adviser of the United States Chamber of Commerce will speak at the Southern Illinois University cafeteria July 21. He will discuss ways for local businessmen to gain a factual understanding of national issues and their impact on local conditions. Reservations for the dinner by July 19 with A. D. Brubaker. Smith attended Boston University and has held roles in market analysis and distribution after World War I.
City attorney J Edward Helton told the Business Men's association that revenue bonds offer the best path to extend Carbondale waterworks and sewage facilities. He reviewed past WPA funding, bonds issued since 1940, and a current retirement fund surplus. A council survey by city engineer Paul Hall will guide next steps, with work funded by bonds likely not start before 1953.
Hogan Center women's softball team of Carbondale defeated Christopher 19 to 6. Carbondale rapped Christopher pitcher Hamada for 12 hits with White, Greer, Nesbitt and Cooper collecting eight. Christopher had eight safeties off Lewis as Vogle homered in the first.
Mathematics teachers from Southern Illinois and prospective educators gather in Carbondale for a one day conference hosted by the mathematics department and University High School of Southern Illinois University. Registration in Main building 313. sessions in Main 311 with Dr. Walter B. Carver of Cornell speaking on The Mathematical Puzzle as a Stimulus to Mathematical Work.
James W. Biggs, June graduate of Southern Illinois University, will teach speech and English at Zion High School. He was active in Southern’s Little Theatre and Pi Kappa Delta, and served on the Egyptian newspaper staff. Son of John C. Biggs of Carbondale, his wife is Louise Elkins.
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