Multiple Crashes Injure Several across Southern Illinois Roads
Four members of a Missouri family were injured in a two car crash on Route 3 north of Ellisgrove. Elbert J. Shelton and James L. Wells were involved in a collision. Wells wife Helene their daughter Nadine and Wells’ father James W Wells sustained minor injuries. Additional accidents near Benton Marion Chester and other towns caused minor injuries to several motorists and passengers.
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Missouri
Rt. 3
Ellisgrove
District 13
du Quoin
Elbert J. Shelton
Jonesboro
James L. Wells
Berkle
Wells
Helene
Nadine
James W. Wells
Chester Memorial Hospital
Sondra Sanders
Brian True
Benton
Rt. 37
Franklin Hospital
David W. Frazer
Whittington
David Palmatory
Mt. Vernon
Ronald Parker
Chicago
Dan Malkovich
Wayne Hellburg
Marion
Louis Fulkerson
Eldorado
Barbara Hellburg
Rt. 4
Marion Memorial Hospital
Wilma Hellburg
Roberta Hellburg
Linda Hoyt
St. Louis
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Evansville
Miss Hoyt
Linda Collins
Louis Shopinski Jr
du Bois
Russell Woodside
Sparta
Pinckneyville
Douglas Linder
Cutler
Henry L. Klob
Farmington
At & P.m
Chester
Bob Harrison
Gothenburg
Nebr
Bernard Willett
Waverly
Carrier Mills
Study approved for Saline River port and channelization plan
Army Corps of Engineers approves a $340000 feasibility study by Tec Search Inc of Evanston for two potential sites Shawneetown port on the Ohio River and a Saline River port with seven miles of channelization. Potential jobs 400 in mining 100 in grain lumber plus up to 4500 in related industries. Study to be completed within a year with possible Congress funding if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Corps of Engineers
Evanston
Saline River Port and Navigation
Beaucoup Creek
Louisville
Corps
Area Redevelopment Administration
Tec-Search Inc
Shawneetown
Ohio River
Old Shawneetown
New Shawneetown
Saline
Saline River Conservancy District
Conservancy District
Congress
Harrisburg
Harris
Burg
Scherrer
Saline County
Coal Company
Murphysboro Electrion Gerard Toennies dies at 63
Gerard Henry Toennies 63 was found dead in his bed at the Central Hotel Murphysboro. Coroner says death from natural causes after heart ailment treatment. He was WWII veteran with purple heart and survived by son Henry in Falls Church VA. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Meyer Denny Murphysboro with Father Taggart officiating. Burial at St Andrew's Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 pm today.
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Gerard Henry Toennies
Central
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Floyd Crawshaw
Toennies
Mr. Toennies
Henry and
Mary McGlynn Toennies
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
American Legion
Henry
Falls Church
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
J. J. Taggart
St. Andrew's Cemetery
ODRINEX Fat Loss Drug Promises Quick Weight Drop
An advertisement for ODRINEX touts rapid fat reduction without doctor supervision. It claims appetite suppression and easy ingestion, offers a money back guarantee, and lists Rexall Drug Stores as sellers with mail order availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggist
Rewitts Rexall Drug Store
Aerrin Rexall Drug
Hagler’s OK Drug
X Ray Unit Visits Listed For Marion
Williamson County School Superintendent Leslie Stilley released a schedule for a state tuberculosis X ray mobile unit visit in Marion. The unit will visit multiple locations from Tuesday through Friday with specific times at Bracy Food Store Kroger Public Square Douglas Longfellow Bay s Market Shank s Jefferson and A and P store parking lots and nearby public square corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Leslie Stilley
Bracy Food Store
W. Main St
Kroger Store
Public Square
Douglas School
Longfellow School
Bay's Market
North Court Street
Shank’s
Scottsboro
Jefferson School
E. Union St
Two Films Shown at SIU Today in University Center
Two films from Switzerland and Sweden will screen at 8 p.m. today in the University Center at Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Sweden
University Center
Southern Illinois University
Reunions Bring 230 Former Students Together on Saturday
Two Herrin class reunions gathered 230 people as the class of 1938 marked its 25th reunion with 123 attendees at the Trave Lodge Motel Marion and the class of 1953 held a 10th reunion with 107 at Herrin Illinois Cafe. Renowned members included John Reed as master of ceremonies for 1938 and Ronnie McConnell as master for 1953.
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Trave Lodge
Marion
Herrin
Springfield
Raymond Constantine
Jacksonville
Fla
Eugene Eckert
Marvin Owen
Liston Carey
Frank Shelby
Russell Emery
Charles Jack
Aubrey Holmes
Ronnie McConnell
Terry Cline
Gene Lane
Cline
Santa Ana
Calif
Lane
North Highlands
Tom Duncan Ellison
Hammond
Ind
John Hughes
Carbondale
Services Tuesday for Madge Watkins
Funeral services for Madge Watkins 40 of Elgin formerly of Tamms will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro conducted by Rev Freedie Neibel. She died Saturday after a brief illness at Union County Hospital Anna born December 11 1922 in Mill Creek to Charles and Ruth Watkins. She leaves her mother three sisters and seven brothers and one brother stationed in Germany. Burial will be in Jonesboro cemetery.
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Madge Watkins
Elgin
Tamms
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Miss Watkins
Union County Hospital
Anna
Elgin State Hospital
Mill Creek
Charles
Ruth Watkins
Avis Jordan
Faye Adams
Jewell Hafford
Cairo
James
Woodrow
Moline
Burton
Dongola
Wilbert
Ullin
Vernon
Loren
Ernest
U.S. Army
Germany
Jonesboro Cemetery
Produce Truck Collapses in Cobden
A 30-foot truck trailer loaded with apples cucumbers and beets collapsed in Cobden at 1 30 a m Sunday en route from Anna to St Louis. Elsye Womick of W E Womick General Transfer Co Anna suspects possible tampering as the cause and says they are checking on it. The produce was sold to distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobden
Anna
St. Louis
Elsye Womick
W. E. Womick General Transfer Co
Frank Balder Dies at 61 in Herrin Illinois
Frank D Balder 61 of 6 B Lane Egyptian Heights Herrin died at 7 40 am in Herrin Hospital after seven months illness He was born Feb 19 1902 in Marion son of John and Sallie Ann Woodruff Balder He married Elinore Smith Nov 10 1935 in Chatsworth He was a lineman for several area companies He leaves wife daughter Sara Ann Smothers sisters Clara Balder and Jetta Ohl brother Ernest and two granddaughters Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Johnsons Funeral Home Herrin Rev Bill Winning officiating Burial East Lawn Memorial Gardens Friends may call after 6 pm today at the funeral home.
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Frank D. Balder
Egyptian Heights
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Marion
John
Sallie Ann Woodruff Balder
Elinore Smith
Chatsworth
Balder
Elinore
Sara Ann Smothers
Clara Balder
Jetta Ohl
Ernest
Johnson's
Bill Winning
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Want To Get That Hum Out Of The Hi Fi
An eight week non technical course in high fidelity and stereophonic sound systems begins Thursday at SIU Vocational Technical Institute. Registration at SIU division of Technical and Adult Education, 403 W. Mill St., Monday through Friday 7 30 am to 4 30 pm. Class runs 7 pm to 10 pm with instructor Raymond Schultz guiding choice of systems, kit construction, and home placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute
SIU Division of Technical and Adult Education
W. Mill St
Raymond Schultz
VTI
Chester man fined for improper passing plea guilty
Roy O. McConkey of Rockwood paid a $15 fine after pleading guilty to improper passing in a case filed by State Trooper Bradley. Judge Louis Blechle presided in Chester.
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Chester
Roy O. McConkey
Rockwood
Justice of the Peace
Louis Blechle
Bradley
Bettmann Named Fifth Division Commander At Du Quoin Legion Meet
Bettmann of Edwardsville is chosen Fifth Division commander of the American Legion at a Du Quoin convention on Sunday succeeding Roy Koeneman of Steeleville. Delegates with Fred Meredith of Salem as vice commander, while weather dampened attendance for outdoor events including a parade and drum and bugle corps contest.
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Drum
Main Street
Legion
du Quoin
Erwin H. Bettmann
Edwardsville
American Legion
Bettmann
Roy B. Koeneman
Steeleville
Fred Meredith
Salem Vice Command
Man Fined After Disturbance In Wife Operated Tavern
Royalton man Ray Hutson, 31, pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct in his wife Lou Hutson's Loop Tap Tavern in Franklin County. He was fined 55 dollars, costs, and sentenced to 30 days or until payment, with George Ballard as finance officer.
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Royalton
Franklin County
Ray Hutson
Christopher
Lou
Hutson
Loop Tap Tavern
Fred Ballard
George Ballard
Belleville
Southern Illinoisan Publisher Details
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily except Saturdays and holidays published by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. at multiple Illinois addresses. It is the successor to several local papers and uses Associated Press news for republication.
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Southern
Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Aerlin
South Th Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Southern Illinoisan
Royalton Homecoming Weekend Planned by Lions Club
The Royalton Homecoming celebration sponsored by the Royalton Lions Club will take place August 2 and 3 at the Lions Club park. Fire Chief C. T. Mason, the Lions Club president-elect, said events include a dance parade and crowning of a Homecoming Queen, with a midway and concessions planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royalton
Royalton Lions Club
Lions Club
C. T. Mason
Carbondale School Board Awards Multiple Contracts and Considers Shared Services
The Carbondale High School Board approved buying 90 chair desks from Blackwell Wieland Co at 12.60 each, rejected Al lied bid of 12.50 as inferior value, and kept Ward Baking Co for bread and buns. It awarded coal hauling to Carl O Hagler at 1.30 per ton and cleaning of band uniforms to Horstmanns Cleaners at 0.08 per uniform, while exploring joint paper-supplies purchases with District 95 and Murphysboro Unit 186 for shared psychologist services pending cross-district approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale High School Board of Education
Blackwell Wieland Co
Allied School Equipment
Carl O. Hagler
Hagler
Bell and Zoller
Zeigler 3
Horstmann’s Cleaners
Todd’s Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Horstmann
Supt. O. K. Bowen
Carbondale
District 95
Murphysboro
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Galine River
Rion
Lemuel Mathis
Jay Carey van Pickerell
Louise Barton
Ruth Sullivan
Stanley Weaver
Bill Satterfield Carr
Freedie Neibel
Frank Balder
Philco
Thrift Industrial Pisan
South Illinois
R. L. McCormack
Mgr
Montgomery Ward
SIU
Richard Stegeman
Edwards
Ville
Madison-Bond County
22Nd District
du Quoin Jaycees
Gremmells Hardward
du Quoin Lions Club
The
Catholic Daughters
Hope Rebecca
Lodge
Bellettes of
American Woodmen Cadets
Gabrielettes
Millstadt Crusaders
Woodmen
Johnston City
Ronald Brown
Carmi
Ray Keller
O'Fallon
R. Bergrath
Madison
Carbondale Board
Price
Ward Baking Co
Ward
Ilinoisan
Illinois
Richard L. Stegeman
Southern Ilinoisan
Stegeman
University of Illinois
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