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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1954
Page
2
Washington reports the Air Force postponed announcing the air academy site just before Secretary Talbott was to reveal the commission's findings. The five member panel reportedly failed to reach unanimous agreement among three top choices from more than 400 proposed locations.
James Presley Pike 79 of 1211 $. Mechanic St Marion died at 5 30 am in Marion Memorial Hospital after three months as patient. Survived by wife Minnie Bak er. sons Roy Glenn of Marion Lloyd of Grand Tower. daughter Gladys Ridlen. multiple sisters and two grandchildren. Services 2 pm Friday at Frick Funeral Sea with burial in New Rosehill Cemetery.
Adam J Cauble 81 lifelong Alto Pass resident died Tuesday after a lengthy illness at his daughter Mrs Robert Hafler Anna. He received a 50 year Masonic jewel in 1946 and belonged to multiple Masonic and Eastern Star bodies. Survived by daughter three sisters and widow Lula Mae Rendleman Breen, funeral Thursday 2 30 pm Alto Pass Congregational Church with graveside rites by Alto Pass Masonic lodge. Burial Alto Pass Cemetery. Friends may call until noon Thursday at McCarty Funeral Home Anna.
Dr. J Charles Kelley of Southern Illinois University Museum reports that about sixty to eighty percent of the Cache River drainage area’s eighty archaeological sites are archaic or mixed archaic. The study notes a Faulkner Focus pattern and cites dating help from river terrace geology.
Zeigler Community High School honored pupils on Honors Day listing valedictorian Joan Bagwell salutatorian Carolyn Jones and other top students. Recipients included Benita Brothers Byron Corcoran Tonny Zivaly Paula Marco editors Joan Bagwell Bob Jarvis athletics Don Ondo and Benita Brothers, citizenship Jack Webb, perfect attendance Wilma Gray Helen Poggas Helen Zekovich Patty Kerns, and cheerleaders.
Travis Kidd of Chester, a freshman at Southern Illinois University, received honorable mention and a certificate in the National College Essay contest by Atlantic Monthly. His 3,000 word critique Readin Ruin and Rithmetic was among 22 top essays chosen from 242 entries submitted by 86 colleges.
Pvt Everett O. Birkner age 20 wife at 712 South University Street Carbondale recently graduated from the Seventh Army Non Commissioned Officer emry in Munich Germany. He is son of Mr and Mrs Clarence W Birkner 908 South 22nd Street Mount Vernon. He arrived overseas this February after finishing basic training at Fort Riley Kansas.
Henry Durst 84 of 903 Carter Ave Carbondale died at Doctor's Hospital at 1 15 am He is survived by daughters Ruth Blanton Carbondale Rose Flentie Merchantville NJ Winno Denny Laurel Mont Edna Durst Greensburg Pa and one grandchild He was born December 17 1869 in Iowa City and was a retired farmer Funeral services 2 00 pm Sunday June 4 at Iowa City Lutheran Church with Rev A C Proehl officiating Burial Sharon Methodist Cemetery Iowa City Friends may call 2 00 to 3 30 pm today at Carbondale Funeral Home.
Administrator C Lindley Jackson announced Holden Hospital reduced the work week from 48 to 44 hours with no salary decrease. The cut equals a pay raise ranging from seven to 11 cents per hour for most employees. He also said the employees dining room has been closed.
Chairman Julia Bruce of Herrin said the Little Grassy Girl Scout Camp near completion for the June 28 camping session. About 30 workers cleared brush and stumps from the waterfront while Carl Bruce and John Baudino wired the unit lodge.
The fifth annual faculty student chamber music recital at Southern Illinois University will begin at 8 15 p m in Shryock Auditorium. Featured works include Poulenc sextet for piano and woodwind quintet performed by Dr Fred Denker piano Robert Resnick clarinet and Philip Olsson French horn with students Philip Eigenmann Benton Phyllis Foster and Robert Thomas. Selections include the Hayden Octet and Beethoven Serenade Opus 25.
1st Lt. Walter E Russell, son of Mrs. James Watson of Carbondale, is attending a 44 week Turkish language course at the Army Language School in the Presidio of Monterey. Russell is a veteran with more than 10 years of Army service.
Tornadoes hit western Texas and western Pennsylvania, killing one and injuring 11. A Kentucky twister damaged counties while New York storms killed two and disrupted utilities. Strong winds, heavy snow in Montana, and tornadoes near Bakersfield and Paducah added to a stormy, widespread weather system.
The Springs Lions Club elected officers for 1954 55 led by James H Sneed as president and William Beltz as first vice president George Lloyd C Boyd Carroll Chamness Dolphus Holmes Earl Moore Everett Rich Jesse Robertson Rev Murrell McGowen Bill Holmes Lester Lawrence were named as directors or officers.
The June Record magazine of the Illinois Agricultural Association features 17 year old Robert A Anderson of Pinckneyville. The story discusses his choice of a teaching career as he begins as a freshman at Southern Illinois University preparing to teach physics and electronics.
The Southern Illinoisan is listed as a newspaper published in Carbondale with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is noted as the successor to several local papers and entered as Second Class Matter at multiple post offices.
Nervousness sleeplessness and constipation blamed on iron-poor blood and mineral deficiency. The ad claims Drag-NOT Tablets restore energy improve sleep and appearance, with iron and a blend of minerals vitamins and liver extract, promising a refund if no improvement. price listed at 1.98 for a month.
The Southern Illinois Shrine Circus begins June 14 in Cairo and June 15 in Carbondale at Mc Andrews Stadium, Southern Illinois University. Proceeds fund local service projects. Tickets available locally or from Shriner. The show features an elephant act, Captain Frank Dynamite Frakes with dynamite in a coffin, and acts by the Rhodins, A nturos, Zacchini, LaVal, Pacheco Bolanos, Zeppe family, Cuccolo, Olympic Bear group, and camels. The tour ends June 25 in Carmi.
Pfc William H Stewart son of Mr and Mrs Paul Stewart Rt 2 Vienna returns to the United States after service in Japan at the Tokyo Quartermaster Depot.
Egbert A. Smith quits as Cairo mayor after Senate approves his appointment to the Mississippi River Commission by President Eisenhower. City Council names Henry L. Yates mayor for 11 months. Yates is a longtime city commissioner. Smith will resign as chairman of the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Assn. in Memphis. new post pays 7500 dollars annually.
Colonel Lawrence H. Commuso 22 son of Mr and Mrs James H Commuso Sparta serves in Korea with the 194th Engineer Combat Battalion which recently received the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
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