Center for handicapped retrenches amid funding shortfall
The Jackson County Workshop and Activity Center in Murphysboro, serving the handicapped, cuts sewing and woodworking, reduces enrollment from 72 to 32 and staff from 20 to 10 as its annual budget of about 215000 faces shortfalls. The center relies on DMH and 708 board funds, while private income fills the gap. officials warn DMH support remains insufficient to meet guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Newell
Jackson County
13Th and Locust Streets
Murphysboro
United States Dept. of Labor
Dean Brandenburg
Illinois Dept. of Mental Health
DMH
Community Mental Health Board
Illinois Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation
Brandenburg
Tom Wagner
708 Board
Cal
Brentwood Man Held on Battery Charge After Johnston City Collision
Walter J. Harris, 45, of Brentwood Missouri, is jailed in Williamson County on a battery charge after striking Joseph Owens of Johnston City in a minor wreck at Grand Ave and Broadway. The incident occurred around 3 pm Friday. Harris will face a judge after Memorial Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood
Johnston City
Williamson County
Walter J. Harris
Joseph Owens
Grand Ave
Broadway
Owens
Harris
William Cadle
Four area districts receive state grants for new schools
Four Southern Illinois districts West Frankfort 168 Benton 47 Anna-Jonesboro 81 and Marion 2 will get entitlement grants from the Illinois Capital Development Board to fund up to 70 percent of new school construction costs. The districts must raise the remainder via bond referendums as state funds await legislative appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort
Benton Community Consolidated
Anna - Jonesboro
Marion Community Unit 2
Illinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Ron Norwood
Norwood
Anna Jonesboro
Second Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition Announced
The Mitchell Art Museum Mt Vernon hosts the Second Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition from Sept 7 to Sept 30 with cash prizes totaling at least 1600 dollars. Open to artists from 34 southern Illinois counties with a $5 entry fee and a max 6 by 6 foot 작품.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Art Museum
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
P.O
Carl Lincoln Schweinfurth
Mitchell Foundation
Public Services and Events in Southern Illinois This Week
Community calendars list recycling in Carbondale and Carterville, high school baccalaureate, interpretive hikes at Giant City State Park, and numerous city council and public meetings across Williamson, Jackson, and surrounding counties. Also shown are cinema listings, senior programs, and club activities for Monday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Services
Carbondale
Westown
Sukee
Lewis Park Mall
Carterville
Nazareth Church
Don Umeet
Giant City State Park
Devil’s Standtable
Stonefort
Williamson County
American Cancer Society
Bank of Herrin
Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild
Watchmaker House
Grand Tower
Parents Without Partners
Little Egypt
Clyde Arnolds
U.S. 51
Gulf Station
Carmi Art Fair and Sale Scheduled at City Park
Carmi Artist Guild hosts an Arts and Crafts Fair and Sale at Carmi City Park on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday June 28 and 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday June 29. Display space available by contacting Mrs. C Culbreth or eo semen Treece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi Artist Guild
Carmi City Park
Main Street
Hospital admissions and discharges list by facility and town
A dated hospital ledger item lists admitted and discharged patients across multiple facilities including DOCTORS MEMORIAL Carbondale HERRIN MEMORIAL MARSHALL BROWNING MEMORIAL and UNION COUNTY with numerous names from towns such as Carbondale Herrin Cobden and West Frankfort. The document shows extensive patient rosters and discharge notes without specific outcomes for individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Cobb
Sharon
West Frankfort
Harris
Debra
Carterville
Monday Public Meetings in Herrin and Area
Herrin City Council meets at 7 p.m. in the council chambers to discuss the 1975 76 Motor Fuel Tax maintenance program. West City Village Board of Trustees gathers at 7 p.m. at village hall. Murphysboro Park Board plans a 7 p.m. meeting at the recreation center to review Riverside Park pool with YMCA and city officials. Franklin County Board meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeleville
Union County Board of Commissioners
Jonesboro
Williamson County Airport Authority
Carbondale City
Herrin City
Benton commissioner seeks police and fire changes in city hall visit
Benton Finance Commissioner Frank Thomas says no police or firemen were on duty at city hall May 23. He urges eight hour fire shifts and a downstairs cot. calls for a police dispatcher and eight hour police shifts. Fire Chief Grimes says eight hour shifts impractical with current staffing. Police Chief Eu banks supports hiring a dispatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinois
Benton City
City Hall
Frank Thomas
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Thomas
Shirley McCann
Kenneth Eubanks
Frankfort Man Killed in Interstate 57 Accident
A West Frankfort man Andrew T. McKie age 24 was killed Saturday when he lost control of his southbound car on Interstate 57 five miles south of Benton. He was thrown from the vehicle after it struck a guard rail and concrete abutment and then crossed the roadway, striking a second abutment before crossing again. Funeral arrangements are pending at Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Interstate 57
Benton
Andrew T. McKie
McKie
Union Funeral Home
Ralph Wall
Lincoln St
Anna
Veterans Administration Hospital
Marion
Mr. Wall
Union County
Isley
Nora Murphy Wall
Cape Girardeau
Agnes Williams
Ray
Ralph Jr
Richard
Meadowbrook
Bertie Eastwood
Gladys Menees
McCarty Funeral Home
Jamboree Dates Change At Murphysboro High School
A country music jamboree sponsored by Murphysboro Senior Citizens moves from May 30 to June 6 at Murphysboro Township High School auditorium. Groups perform free of charge and proceeds support senior activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CDB
Norwood
Roger Tippy
Walker
Murphysboro Senior Citizens Organization
Murphysboro Township High School
Births in Carbondale and nearby communities this week
ANNA DIMMO. Mr and Mrs Walden announce a daughter Friday at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale. COBDEN DUTY. Mr and Mrs Alvin announce a son Friday at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale. PERRYVILLE MO Moonier. Mr and Mrs James announce a daughter Friday at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale. ROYALTON TINDALL. Mr and Mrs Joseph announce a son Thursday at Herrin Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Dimmo
Walden
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Cobden
Duty
Alvin
Perryville
Moonier
James
Royalton
Tindall
Joseph
Herrin Hospital
Multiple Obituaries Reported Across Chester and Nearby Towns
Death notices and funeral services are listed for Herbert Schilling 78 of Chester James Edward Butch Tucker 25 of Cobden Henry Othel Hahn 80 of Chester Frances H Reminger 87 of Du Quoin Leon Robinson 51 of Davenport Ralph Wall 61 of Anna and Mary Bennett 79 of Herrin. Services set for today or Monday with churches and cemeteries named and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Chester
Herbert Schilling
Route 1
Schilling
Memorial Hospital
Jackson County
Louis
Mary Wachsnicht Schilling
Waterloo
Carrie M. Grah
Peace Lutheran Church
Chester Vfw
Chester American Legion
Paul
Phoenix
Ariz
Erna Bergfield
Edna Pfingsten
Millstadt
O. M. Meyer
Evergreen Cemetery
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Henry Othel Hahn
Swanwick St
Hahn
Red Bud
Henry
Margaret Hahn
Elizabeth Herschbach
American Legion
Knights of Columbus
Chester Country Club
Charles Kirbs
Welge Funeral Home
Funeral
Frances H. Reminger
Keyes St
du Quoin
Marshall Browning
Perry County
Ernest J
Ellen Klinkhardt Waldman
du Bois
John A. Reminger
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Ann
Maxton
Leon Robinson
Wilson
Marion
Davenport
Iowa
Robinson
Missouri
Gus
Annie Johnston Robinson
Carolyn Haire
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Charles
Eula Lancaster
Paulton
Mary Stocks
White River Junction
W. R. Reed
Makanda
Sarah Dell Hock Hampton
James F. Bennett
Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
Weather Forecast And Temperatures Across Regions
Showers are forecast along the Atlantic coast from New England to northern Florida with additional showers in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. Much of the nation will have fair weather. Southern Illinois reports a Friday high of 82 and low of 61, Saturday high 67, 9 am Saturday temperature 64, with precipitation totals 14 inches from Friday 7 am to Saturday 7 am and 0.45 inches from Friday 7 am to Saturday 4 pm. Sunset today 8 23 pm. Sunrise Monday 5 33, sunset Monday 8 23 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast
New England
Florida
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Center For Handicapped
Southern
FOX
Mandingo
Waldo Pepper
Saluki
Cinema I
Harrisburg
Toler
Webster
Roxy
Coulterville
Rend Lake Drive-In
Riviera Drive-In
Magnum Force
Campus Drive-In
Marion Drive-in
Second Avenue
University Four
Alice
Ecerrin
Orpheum
Witch Mountain
Liberty
Swanwick
Pinckneyville
S. Walnut St
Irene Pavlsin
Frances E. Parton Herrin
Carmi
Doctors Memorial
Arnold
Sheryl
Marion Duty
Tonya
Cobden Johns
Lonnie
Anna Kapusta
Daniel Melvin
David
de Soto Truitt
Minnie Thompson
William
Korando
Shari
Campbell Hill Nimmo
Dianne
Gloria
Son Shane
Ruby Vaughn
Maylee Rehlmeyer
Carolyn
Metropolis Feagins
Leela
Hardin
Dorothy Bevel Sr
Orville Palmer
Rebecca
Hamilton
Louise
Herrin Futrell
Bruce Lampkins
Dorothy Melvin
Watson, Shirley
Waugh, Helen
Zeigler
Myers
Prozener Bush
Wanda
Royalton Heumann
Howard Long
Earline
Royalton Alongi
Rosalee
Young
Charline
Royalton Bowlin
Janet Pierce
Geneva Taylor
Allie
Tamaron Dillon
Hattie
Cristopher
Velasco
Tony
Sparta
Vogel
Swanwick Elledge
Karol Downs
Karen
Dintelman
Larren
Lenzburg
McGill
Erma
Metropolis McCarty
Nola Tilden Manzullo
Nancy Discharged
Benjamin Loretta Schlimme
Ford Smith
Cleo
Christopher Kelmer
Emma Todaro
Ethel
du Quoin Newberry
Bobbie
Lesser Knapp
Ira
ST. Joseph Memorial
Murphyshere
Steele
Ruby Taylor
Melissa Boucher
Harlin Lawrence
Maurizio
Robert
Carbondale Reynoldman
Troy K
Anna Stevenson
Carrie Reynolds
Brian
Barker
Archie Mayberry
Cagle
Jeren
Cobden Ballance
Jean
Cobden Bennett
Donald
Allin Carter
Tressie Fritz
Othel! Jones
Mark
Washington County
Nashville
Glass
Billy Michalski
Rosie
Radom Jahnke
Charlotte Schaltenbrand
Judith Yweig
Patricia
Hoyleton Grudge
Oliver
Wenedy Westbrook
Linda
Edwardsville Hernandez
Frankfort
Alvena B. Hoops
McDaniel
Percy
Gene Scheele
IOOF
Hoops
Fred
Sophia Bease
John W. Hoops
Campbell Hill
Louis H. Hoops
O’fallon
Lorene Cheatham
Muncie
Ind
James Edward Tucker
James Edward
Butch’ Tucker
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Tucker
Francis and
Adell Tucker
Smith Dodge
Cindy Ledbetter
Metropolis
Rodney
Francis Tucker
Adell Miller King
Wolf Lake
Billy and
Roger
McClure
Sandra Nance
Ruth Ann Struder
Evansville
Francis Cook
Florence Miller
Edith St. Ledger
Golden Gate
Mary Bennett
Mary Elizabeth Bennett
S. 13Th St
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