Public Meetings and Events in Southern Illinois
A listing of upcoming public meetings in Williamson and surrounding counties includes airport board, school boards, city councils, and conservancy offices scheduled for Monday and Tuesday at various venues in Marion, Carbondale, Herrin, Murphysboro, and surrounding towns. Special events cover exhibits at SIU Mitchell Gallery from July 8 to 29 with free admission and multiple film showings at local drive-ins and theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Airport Board Authority
Frankfort
Sparta
Herrin
Johnston City Council
Hurst City Council
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek
Perry County
Anna Drive-in
Laurel and Hardy
Marion Drive-in
Mariow’s
Murphysboro
Campus Drive-In
West
Riveria
Marion
O’farrell
Orpheum
Fox
Carbondale
Hangman’s Tree
Varsity
Green Berets
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Project
USDA
Greater Egypt
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North
Ilinois Avenue
16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Fisher Takes Dongola Postmaster Job Appointment
Don H. Fisher of Dongola is the new postmaster of the Dongola Post Office effective June 28. Other applicants were Guy Dale and Don Corzine, both of Dongola. Fisher, lifelong resident and former partner in Fruit Belt Service Station, sold his stake to Charles B. Watkins. Salary is 7515 dollars yearly. Dongola is a second class office. Wayne Osmon has been acting postmaster since Lowell Karraker’s retirement three years ago. Fisher is married to Esther Douglas. they have a son Tom married and living in Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don H. Fisher
Dongola
Fisher
Guy Dale
Don Corzine
Fruit Belt
Charles B. Watkins
Wayne Osman
Lowell Karraker
Esther Douglas
Tom
Anna
Little Mysteries exhibit opens at SIU Mitchell Gallery
SIU Mitchell Gallery presents Little Mysteries a preview show through July 29 featuring 76 miniatures including an illuminated French Bible page. Curator Evert Johnson notes the works form SIU's growing permanent collection begun in the 1930s under Burnett H. Shryock now directing the gallery program. Summer hours are 10 to 4 weekdays and 10 to 12 Saturdays admission free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Mitchell
Home Economics
Herrin
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q
Herrin High School
Evert Johnson
S. Burnett H. Shryock
Art Department
School of Fine Arts
Pedestrian Hit By Car In Murphysboro
A Murphysboro man John Boyd was injured Sunday after being struck by a car on Route 13 near the east Murphysboro limits. He received minor injuries at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. The vehicle was driven by 25 year old Willas Watson of Murphysboro. Police say Boyd stepped onto the highway as Watson approached around 3 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Rt. 13
John Boyd
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Willas Watson
Boyd
Watson
Oneida Mahnken
Steeleville
Albert Moore
Chicago
Frances Moore
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Jackson County Action Panel Meet Set for Murphysboro
The Jackson County Technical Action Panel will meet at 8 30 a m Wednesday at the Farmers Home Administration office in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Technical Action Panel
Farmers Home Administration
Murphysboro
Educational Materials Exhibit at Southern Illinois University
About 90 suppliers and manufacturers display educational materials at Southern Illinois University from today to Wednesday. The 31st annual Educational Materials Exhibit draws roughly 3,000 teachers and administrators, with hours 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday. Sponsored by University Extension Services and Illinois Professional Bookmen's Association. Police Brief notes Carterville man Gary Halstead, 23, cited for speeding with fines listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Southern Illinois Public Schools
Andrew Marcec
Universiy Extension Services
University Center
Marcec
The
University Extension Services
Illinois Professional Bookmen’s Association
Swim lessons set in Marion
Marion pool offers July to mid August courses led by Don Grisham with Red Cross instruction from 9 to 11 a.m. July 22 to August 2 and diving from 11 to noon. Jim Powless teaches senior lifesaving 9 to 11 a.m. A second senior and junior lifesaving session runs 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. August 5–14. Participants for senior lifesaving must be at least 16 and in 11th grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Don Grisham
Red Cross
Jim Powless
Grisham
Four youths placed on probation for pastry shop robbery
Stan ley Linton, 18, Larry Linton, 17, and two 15 year olds were released from Union County jail and placed on probation after robbery charges. They allegedly robbed the Davis Pastry Shop of 600 dollars in checks and cash on June 20. Police found the stolen checks wrapped in a newspaper by railroad tracks. The circuit court ordered repayment of the cash to the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna _ brothers
Stanley Linton
Larry Linton
Union County
Davis
Anna
Meteorologist to lecture here on air pollution and weather
Louis J. Battan associate director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Arizona will lecture on Air Pollution Causes and Sources at 8 30 p m today in Lawson Hall Room 121 and on Weather Modification and the Physics of Precipitation in Room 101 Lawson Hall on Tuesday at 1 30 p m He a past president of the American Meteorological Society and author on radar meteorology air pollution cloud seeding and weather modification The lectures are free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Battan
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
University of Arizona
Lawson Hall
SIU
Southern Illinois University
Battan
American Meteorological Society
Vienna Hosts Five Day Illinois Sesquicentennial Celebration
The five day event in Vienna features a 4 H Club chicken barbecue a baby show a youth talent show and a Miss Vienna Sesquicentennial Queen beauty contest with entrants from 11 Johnson County communities. Other activities include a teen band street dance a Share The Fun program a costume and pet parade a museum open house dedication speaker Paul Powell and a main parade with a county square dance closing the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Vienna Square
Vienna
Courthouse
Johnson County Historical Museum
Paul Powell
Courthouse Square
Buncombe
National
Muzzle Loaders Rifle Association
Fort Massac
Metropolis
Fort Kaskaskia
Chester
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
West Vienna
Goreville
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Gilead
Simpson
NYC youth expansion creates more summer jobs in Illinois
The Neighborhood Youth Corps project run with the Illinois Farmers Union expands in Southern Illinois boosting job slots. Jackson County increased from 38 to 56 slots with Carbondale and county school districts among employers. Williamson County grew from 36 to 44 slots. Cities villages hospitals and districts hire youths this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neighborhood Youth Corps
The
Illinois Farmers Union
Illinois
Jackson County
Carbondale
Williamson County
Nyc
Springfield site picked for new state university
A site southeast of Springfield was chosen from six studies for a new state university planned to open in 1970. The Board of Regents approved the site for a university serving juniors seniors and first year graduate students with 1000 full time students by 1972 and a 12.3 million dollar budget for site and construction. Lincolnland Junior College will also be built on Springfield’s southeastern edge as part of the regents plan. The 1969 71 capital improvements budget for regents schools totals 111.7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
State University
Board of Regents
Northern Illinois University
Illinois State
Regents
Lincolnland Junior College
Board of Higher Education
Illinois General Assembly
Fires Spreading Across Illinois Towns Include Vacant Home Blaze
Fire crews battled multiple blazes Friday through Sunday in Marion West Frankfort and Herrin area. Structures 505 N Madison St Marion destroyed. 505 W 7th St shed fire minor damage. 100 East Main St West Frankfort drugstore minor damage. Grass and field fires reported near Meadowdale and Carl Taylor farm. No serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
N. Madison St
Charles Jennings
West Frankfort
East Main St
Barker’s
Morgan Drive
S. Olde St
Carl Taylor
W. 7Th St
S. Lunnyslope St
Herrin
Meadowdale
N. Park Ave
City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Williamson County Community Action Agency
Federal Housing Authority
Morgan Sr
Thebes
Lyman E. Halbin
Farnsworth Funeral Home
Tamms
Ray Hall
Olive Branch
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Halbin
Union County Hospital
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
St. Clair County
Frank
Anna Steidel Halbin
Ruth Eveland
Ester Wilson
Roy
Detroit
Mich
Elmer Maurer
Cora
Delores Miller
E. Stotlar St
James Wilson
Johnson Funeral Home
Charles Leggans
Charles W. “Bill” Leggans
Rt. 1
Alto Pass
Margaret Chapman
Harry E. Leggans
Greenland
Maggie Harris
Edith Pender
Fred
Canton
Neuburn
du Quoin
Louis
Edwardsville
McCarty Funeral
Jean Bennett
Congregational Church
Cobden American Legion Post
Royalton
JET Lite
Ralph J. Ellis
W. Sycamore St
Abram Harper
George Banks
Lincoln Recreation Park
Zwick’s Shoe Store
Carterville
Gary Halstead
Springfield University
de Kalb
Lincoln
Lena Garvaglia
John and
Carolina Mario Garavaglia
Mary Battioli
Bella Venegoni
Katie Majeski
Benton
Zeigler
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Bernard P. Mongan
St. Carlos Cemetery
Funeral
Farmers Union
Franklin
Perry, Monroe
Randolph
U.S. Dept. of Labor
James Leonard Cardwell
Oak St
Herrin Hospital
Saline County
Gahlia McFarland
Murphy Smith
Cardwell
Nona Boston
Earl
Thompsonville
Terrell
Portland
Ore
Sarah Gregory
Galatia
Vantrease
Charles Vickers
Zeigler Cemetery
du Quoin State Fair
Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation
Carbondale, Illinois
PRIGE
B. C. Ziegler and Company
Robert C. Meyer
Ambassador Bida
N. 7Th Street
St. Louis
West Bend
Wisconsin
Coats
East Gate
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