Eagles State Convention to Draw 5000 to Herrin Illinois
Herrin officials expect about 5000 visitors for the Eagles state convention June 18 to 22. Some 1000 will stay in the area, with 400 delegates and about 200 ritualists and drill team members attending. Guests will lodge across Herrin Marion Carbondale and West Frankfort with 273 reservations already. A parade June 22 will feature bands and a new Miss Illinois Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Eagles
Angelo Ranchino
Herrin Eagles
Clifford Parola
Joe A. Calcaterea
Marion
Carbondale
West Frankfort
Illinois
Herrin Lodge
Lake Crab Orchard Lake
Doughboy Monument
Park Avenue
Albert W
Red) Jeffreys
William Lang
S. O. Lindsay
Lyn Franklin
Carl Bruce
Phil Gilbert
Pete Carnaghi
Ranchino
Chicago Fisherman Dies During Herrin Holiday Visit
Eugene Henry Coyne, 54, of 6803 South Crandon Street, Chicago, died of a heart attack at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at the home of Walter Moore, 720 South Twenty Street in Herrin. A World War I veteran and former general manager of a Chicago furniture company, Coyne had been visiting in Herrin for two days. His body was returned to Pizer Funeral Home in Chicago for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herrin
Walter Moore
South Twentieth Street
Eugene Henry Coyne
South Crandon Street
Moore
General Ma
The
Furniture Company
Pizer
Rites Held for Mrs. Nettie Hess of Anna
Funeral services were held Sunday for 84 year old widow Nettie Hess of Anna at the First Christian church in Anna with Rev L Francis Scheffler officiating. Burial followed in Anna. She died Friday at Anna City hospital. Survived by a son and four sisters, Tullie Hess of Carbondale and Mrs Josie Brown, Mrs Eva Peters, Mrs Margaret Goddard and Mrs Richard Davis, all of Anna. McCarty Funeral Home of Anna handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Hess
Anna
Joseph Hess
First Christian Church
L. Francis Scheffler
Anna City Hospital
Tullie Hess
Carbondale
Josie Brown
Eva Peters
Margaret Goddard
Richard Davis
McCarty
World We Saw by Carbondale Author Mary Bell Decker
Mary Bell Decker, former Carbondale resident, presented The World We Saw to the Carbondale public library via the Woman's club. The book records the 1949 World Town Hall seminar’s goodwill world tour with visits to many countries to foster better relations and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bell Decker
Carbondale Public Library
Woman’s Club of
Carbondale
World Town Hall
Richard Brown Called to Air Force Duty
Richard L. Brown husband of Genevieve Wiseman of Herrin has been recalled to active duty as a second lieutenant in the air force reserves. He will report June 9 at Lackland air force base Texas to attend a supervisory engineer school. Currently he is at Eglin air force base Florida. The couple reside at Fort Walton Florida. Mrs Wiseman's parents are Mr and Mrs Howard Wiseman 512 South Thirteenth street Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Brown
Genevieve Wiseman
Hertin
Air Force
Brown
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Ft. Walton
Fla
Howard Wiseman
South Thirteenth Street
Herrin
Percy Woman Dies Day Before 99th Birthday
Mrs. Louise Steele of Percy died May 31 in Anna State Hospital one day before what would have been her 99th birthday on Sunday June 1. She is survived by a son C. A. Steele of Kansas City. Friends may call at Walker Funeral Home Sparta until services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church in Percy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Steele
Percy
Anna State Hospital
Florida officers take custody of youths in theft case
Ray Morris, 17, of Fort Walton Beach and Frank Goddard, 16, of Santa Rosa were released from Union County jail to Florida officers who also seized the car they drove from Florida to Illinois. They had admitted stealing the vehicle and breaking into a farm tenant house near Jonesboro and several laundries and drive in cafes on the Florida to Illinois route. Edwins and Hurst, both of Fort Walton, were surrendered to Florida officers May 20. The boys were on parole from a Florida institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Morris
Fort Walton
Fla
Frank Goddard
Santa Rosa
Union County
Florida
Illinois
Morris
Goddard
David Hurst
Jesse Edwins
Jonesboro
Edwins
Hurst
Oraville Man Hurt After Car Strikes Pedestrian
John Heezel a 40 year old Oraville resident in Jackson County sustained a head injury when struck by a moving car on Route 13 two miles north of Murphysboro Heezel received treatment at St Andrews Hospital Murphysboro and was kept for observation Driver William Allen Veach a retired Detroit police officer said he did not see Heezel until moments before impact and swerved The collision was observed by Sherman Scott of Scott Field Air Base who saw Heezel step onto the highway from the west side into Veach’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heezel
Oraville
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Heezel
St. Andrew’s Hospital
William Allen Veach
Detroit
Simpson
Veach
Roy Carter
Sherman Scott
Scott Field Air Base
Belleville
Scott
Veath
Chicagoan pays auto fine in Anna after reckless driving
Albert Chisen of Chicago paid 34 dollars in fines and costs after a reckless driving charge stemming from a collision with Mrs. Carolyn Jorientation Jour nigan of Cypress at the intersection of highways 51 and 146 east of Anna. Four men arrested for disorderly conduct paid 75 dollars in fines and were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Chisen
Chicago
Anna City
Chisen
Carolyn Journigan
Cypress
Anna
Clyde McIntosh
Woman Hurt in Marion Wreck Near Milwaukee
Milwaukee woman Willie Mae Banks was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash three miles north of Marion at 7:50 a.m. Sunday. Banks suffers a badly fractured pelvis and dislocated left hip and is in Herrin hospital. her husband Joseph Banks is also hospitalized with lacerations. Rev. Carl Rudolph Dahlen of West Frankfort is in Union hospital with fair condition. Authorities say Dahlen was in the southbound lane and Bankss vehicle swerved as Dahlen attempted to return to his lane, causing the collision. Deputy Edwards noted both cars were demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Marion
Willie Mae Banks
Herrin Hospital
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Banks
Rev. Dahlen
Orient Couple Killed in Wreck
An Orient couple, Robert Cahoon 44 and Diane Cahoon 38, died when their car veered into a tree near Orient at about 12 50 am. Their nephew Thomas Boskovich 23 and Rudolph Jaksich 13 of Chicago were injured and listed in fair condition at Union hospital in West Frankfort. Coroner David Clayton planned to hold an inquest today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Robert Cahoon
Danisha
Diane) Cahoon
Thomas Boskovich
Rudolph Jaksich
Chicago
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Cahoon
Cahoons
David Clayton
Ketting Named General Agent of Dixie Digest
W E Ketting, a former Carbondale Harrisburg Coach Lines executive after ten years in Carbondale, has become general agent and editor of the Dixie Digest for Dixie Greyhound Lines. He and his wife reside in Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Ketting
Carbondale
Carbondale- Harrisburg Coach Lines, Inc
Dixie Digest
Dixie Greyhound Lines
Ketting
Memphis
Tenn
Carbondale Men Form C. P. A. Partnership
Carbondale CPA Harry C. Curtis and Bernard H. Ross announce a new CPA partnership. Curtis has practiced since 1926. Ross comes from Chicago with University of Illinois training. Both are American Institute of CPAs and Illinois Society members. Curtis chairs the Southern Chapter of the Illinois Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Certified Public Accountants
Harry C. Curtis
Bernard H. Ross
Curtis
Carbondale
Ross
Chicago
Murphysboro Township
University of Illinois
American Institute of Accountants
Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants
Sparta Man Dies In Auto Mishap
Charles Dandridge 64 of Sparta died in a head on crash on U S Route 40 near Casey Illinois Friday. Four Dandridge family members were in the car. three injured. Mrs Dandridge John and his wife and a granddaughter were in the other vehicle. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at First Baptist Church Sparta. Dandridge ran a scrap metal business. Injuries to other car occupants not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dandridge
Sparta
Casey
Dandridge
John
Terre Haute
Ind
John Dandridge
Walker Funeral
First Baptist Church
Spartn
Missouri
Two Chester area crashes yield drunken driving charges
Two minor weekend crashes near Chester produced arrests for drunkenness and disturbance. Tom Douglas, driving a car owned by Paul Merciles, struck Geneva Niehouse’s vehicle. Niehouse and her husband were treated for injuries. Bill Douglas faced disturbance charges. A second collision on Route 150 involved Her bert Collens Louis Sauerhage and Omer Crocker with Crocker treated for a head injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Coulterville
Tom
Bill Douglas
Tom Dougla
Paul Merciles
Gary
Ind
Tom Douglas
Randolph County
Elmo Morrison
Douglas
Geneva Niehouse
Long Beach
Calif
Ava
Herbert Collens
Louis Sauerhage
Omer Crocker
Crocker
Chester Stal
Purdue grads from Carbondale at 100th Purdue commencement
Two Carbondale youths earned bachelor of science degrees at Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana during the 100th commencement. James E. Marberry of 103 South Maple Street received a chemical engineering degree and Robert T. Turner of 307 North Springer Street earned a pharmacy degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
James E. Marberry
South Maple Street
Robert T. Turner
North Springer Street
Carbondale Graduate Sally Schwartz Nears Diploma Milestone
Sally Schwartz daughter of Mr and Mrs Walker Schwartz Carbon dale is a candidate for a high school diploma from Stephens College for Women in Columbia MO Nearly 100 graduates will receive diplomas Tuesday in a milestone event coordinated by the academic division of Stephens College for Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Schwartz
Walker Schwartz
Carbondale
Stephens College For Women
Columbia
Memorial Day Rifle Salute by Murphysboro Legion Posts
A rifle salute honoring departed comrades was fired by Paul Stout Post 127 drill team in Memorial Day services at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery between Murphysboro and Carbondale. Seba Marshall, hospital chaplain at Marion, delivered the Memorial Address. Representatives of the gallery were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stout
American Legion
Murphysboro
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Carbondale
Seba Marshall
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Picnic Plan For U School Eighth Grade At Midland Hills
Eighth grade students from University School plus supervisor Dr Mabel Lane will enjoy an all day picnic at Midland Hills on Thursday. Parents coordinating include Dr and Mrs Felts Mr and Mrs John Feirich Mr and Mrs J P Reid Mr and Mrs John Cook Mr and Mrs W G Wallace Mr and Mrs Robert Kuntz Mr and Mrs John Palmer and Dr Lane. Class officers are Bill Felts president Billy Wallace vice president Gretchen Feirich secretary treasurer. The list also names members of the class such as David Brown Jacqueline Carter John Don Cook Don Davis Gretchen Feirich and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University School
Mabel Lane
Midland Hills
Felts
John Feirich
J. P. Reid
John Cook
W. G. Wallace
Robert Kuntz
John Palmer
Lane
Bill Felts
Billy Wallace
Gretchen Feirich
David Brown
Jacqueline Carter
John Don Cook
Don Davis
Boots Fliger
Lela Ruth Hammonds
Eddie Harris
Alan Kelley
Dick Kuntz
Jack Lane
Bill McLafferty
Russ Martin
Melba Page
Kenneth Palmer
Coroner's Jury Rules Accidental Death in Du Quoin Pedestrian
A Du Quoin coroner's jury ruled the death of 26 year old Charles Ensminger accidental after he was struck on Route 14 Saturday morning by a car driven by 18 year old Gerald Piper of Elkville. A witness said Ensminger jumped in front of the car waving and shouting, and another motorist reported a similar prior incident. Jurors named were Danny Dunavan, William Gully, Charles Hesker, William Camden, John Burton, and Stanley West of Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Charles Ensminger
Route 14
Gerald D. Piper
Elkville
Ensminger
Danny Dunavan
William Gully
Charles Hesker
William Camden
John Burton
Stanley West
Corporal Travelstead Aide To Gen Ridgway Paris Arrival
Corporal John Travelstead of Carbondale route one joined the Army in February 1951 and has been overseas since last August. He is a member of the Honor Guard that greeted Gen Matthew Ridgway on his arrival in Paris. Travelstead graduated from University High School and spent two years at Southern Illinois University. He serves in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps stationed at Orleans France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
John Travelstead
Route One
Carbondale
Matthew Ridgway
Paris
Corporal Travelstead
Army
University High School
Southern Illinois University
Army Counter Intelligence Corps
Orleans
France
Former Murphysboro Resident William Fay Dies at 76
William Fay, 76, longtime Murphysboro native and Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroader, died May 29 at Missouri-Pacific Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral services were held at St. Elizabeth's Church East St. Louis. Burial followed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Survived by wife Emma Winkleman, daughter Mrs. Henry Wechtel, one grandson, two sisters, Esther Fay and Mrs. A. P. Wolff, and brothers Nealy Fay and John E. Fay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fay
Murphysboro
Missouri-Pacific Hospital
St. Louis
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
East St. Louis
Mt. Carmel
Fay
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Elmore
Emma Winkleman
Henry Wechtel
Esther Fay
A. P. Wolff
Nealy Fay
John E. Fay
Pontiac, Mich
Makanda Man Willard D. Davis Dies at 41
Makanda resident Willard D. Davis 41 died Sunday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale after months of poor health. Survived by wife Genevieve. daughters Dorothy Alma Jean Ellen Carroll. sons Billy Gene Tommy Lee. parents Mr. and Mrs. James Davis. siblings Mrs. Ben Gibbs Mrs. Carl Burkey Carl Dale Eugene. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dutch Ridge Baptist Church Pomona with Rev. John Knight officiating. Burial Dutch Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at Carbondale Funeral Home after 2:30 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard D. Davis
Makanda
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Jackson County
Genevive
Dorothy
Alma Jean
Ellen
Carroll
Billy Gene
Tommy Lee
James Davis
Ben Gibbs
Carl Burkey
Carl
Dale
Eugene
Ft. Leonard Wood
Dutch Ridge Baptist Church
Pomona
Ill
John Knight
DeSoto
Dutch Ridge Cemetery
Carbondale Union Services Mark Centennial Weekend
More than a thousand worshippers from Carbondale and nearby areas attended the centennial union services at McAndrew’s Stadium on the SIU campus Sunday night. Dr James E Clark of St Louis preached the sermon with massed church and SIU choirs directed by Eugene Quinn. The event, sponsored by the Carbondale Ministerial Association, closed Carbondale’s first weekend centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Centennial Union
McAndrew
Southern Illinois University
James E. Clark
Second Presbyterian Church of
J A Duck Rites Held Sunday in Anna
Funeral services for J A Duck 72 were held Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Anna with Rev L H Moore officiating. Burial followed in Anna Cemetery. Duck died Wednesday in Rolla Missouri after a 45 year career with the United States Geological Survey. He leaves four daughters Constance Duck Washington D C Anna Jane Cummins Aberdeen Md Mary Markle Bottleneck Okla and Martha Duck Lakeland Fla. Norris Funeral Home of Anna handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Anna
J. A. Duck
L. H. Moore
Anna Cemetery
Duck
Rolla
Constance Duck
Washington, D. C
Anna Jane Cummins
Aberdeen
Mary Markle
Bottleneck
Okla
Martha Duck
Lakeland
Florida
United States Geological Survey
West Monroe Street
Norris Funeral Home
Murphysboro Alderman Walter Wright Dies After Fall
Walter Freeman Wright 66 the Murphysboro Ward 2 alderman for 11 years died at St. Andrew s Hospital from a fractured skull and concussion after a fall down the steep city hall steps following the May 24 city council session. He was a merchant policeman and had earlier broken a leg in a work accident. He leaves wife Mary Elizabeth and three daughters, five grandchildren, two brothers, a sister and a brother in law. Services are set for 2 p m at First Methodist Church with burial in Tower Grove cemetery. he was elected in 1941 with his term due to end in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Freeman Wright
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
City Hall
Wright
Mary Elizabeth Wright
Claude Hart
Seymour
Ind
Bernell Howard
Landess Mills
J. T. Wright
Oberon E. Wright
Mobile
Ala
Lee Perry
Amarillo
Texas
Marie K. Smuckler
Meridian
Miss
Glenn Alexander
First Methodist Church
Roberts
Clyde Funkhouser
Tower Grove
Murphysboro Woman Dies in Texas Sunday
Myrtle Bantel 57 of Murphysboro died Sunday morning at her daughter’s home in Lockhart Texas after a long illness. She lived in Murphysboro all her life and spent the last year with her daughter in Texas. Survived by husband Fred Bantel. daughter Betty Robinson of Lockhart. father Thomas Roseberry of Murphysboro. sister Beatrice Robinson of Route 2 Murphysboro. two half sisters Winnie Thompson Lena Homan both of Murphysboro. two half brothers Tiffany and William Roseberry of Murphysboro. One sister and one brother and two sons preceded her in death. Member Centenary Methodist Church. Body to arrive Murphysboro Tuesday noon, burial Wednesday 2 p.m. at Centenary Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Bantel
Murphysboro
Lockhart
Texas
Fred Bantel
Betty Robinson
Thomas Roseberry
Beatrice Robinson
Route 2
Earl W. Dickey
W. T. Mathis
Tower Grove Cemetery
Franklin County Bar Association Names Officers
Loren E. Lewis of Benton becomes president of the Franklin County Bar Association with Stephen E. Brondos of West Frankfort named vice president and Robert S. Hill of Benton re-elected secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren E. Lewis
Franklin
Benton
Franklin Coun Bar Association
Capuila
Secunia
Stephen E. Brondos
West Frankfort
Robert S. Hill
Herrin Students Take Over City
Herrin Township high school students ran Herrin for a day with city officials sidelined. Student mayor and police chief directed traffic while Aldermen supervised. Fire chiefs and crew inspected the station though no alarms sounded. The Elks backed the experiment to educate youths about government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Schoonover
Herrin
Bob “Shine
Aps
James Whiteside
Pearce
Joe Mack
Herrinan
Jack Burke
Jerry Karr
Ronald Mitchell
Mack
Clark Absher
Frank Bonham
Jerry Russell
Ronald Allois
Herrin Township High School
Herrin Elks
Ray K. Jones
The
Elks
Dent
Albert Jeffreys
16 Graduate at St. Andrew's Murphysboro Parish School
Graduation exercises for sixteen eighth grade students of St. Andrew's Parochial School Murphysboro were held Sunday morning at Murphysboro Catholic Church. Graduates include Joe Adams Ben Balsano Thomas Bastien James Boucher Harry Eastman Neil Estes James Palmer Willis Stein Joyce Gale Ramona Gale Betty Jomes Betty Ann Merkley Mary Kay Sharkey Susan Sondag Janet Van Cloostere Julia Ann Wolff. Mary Kay Sharkey won high honors with Susan Sondag second and Betty Ann Merkley and James Palmer tied for third. Memorial Day picnic at Riverside Park closed the school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew’s Parochial School of
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Catholic Church
Joe Adams
Ben Balsano
Thomas Bastien
James Boucher
Harry Eastman
Neil Estes
James Palmer
Willis Stein
Joyce Gale
Ramona Gale
Betty Jomes
Betty Ann Merkley
Mary Kay Sharkey
Susan Sondag
Janet van Cloostere
Julia Ann Wolff
Mary
Herrin Soldier Witnesses Atomic Explosion
Pfc. Paul W. Hampton of Herrin watched the atomic blast at Camp Dessert Rock Nevada. He was among 1 000 soldiers from the 701st armored infantry battalion who saw the detonation from a foxhole less than four miles away. The flash lit hundreds of square miles of the Nevada desert as he and his unit moved afterward to assess equipment and material impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Paul W. Hampton
Harvey Hampton
South Twenty-fourth Street
Herrin
Camp Desset Rock
Nev
701St Armored Infantry Battalion
Nevada Desert
Hampton
Carbondale Airman Promoted to Staff Sergeant
Gerald Ray Turner son of Mr and Mrs Lacy Turner 104 North Springer Carbondale has been promoted to staff sergeant at the Air Base in Bryant Texas He is a 1949 graduate of Carbondale Community High School and has served in the Air Force for three years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Ray Turner
Lacy Turner
North Springer Street
Carbondale
Bryant, Tex
Turner
Air Force
John Gibbs Dies In Carbondale
John Gibbs of 513 East Birch Street Carbondale died at 8 today funeral arrangements incomplete. Friends may call at Parker Funeral Home Carbondale after 7 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gibbs
East
Birch Street
Carbondale
Parker Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard Brown
John I. Wright
s _centennia
Percy Woman
Chicagoan
Charles Edwards
Dixie Editor
Purdue
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
W. D. Davis
Mardale
Cmdr
F. B. McMillan
John McMillan
Hills
Anacostia Naval Air Base
St. Andrew's
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