Stratton to Dedicate SIU Home Economics Building Cornerstone
Governor William G. Stratton will dedicate the SIU home economics building cornerstone in Carbondale on June 15 at 2 30 p m He will speak at commencement and lay the cornerstone for a 2 million plus project at Grand and University Avenues The cornerstone includes 1958 fashion pictures and SIU home economics history The building begun last year should be partly ready in fall 1959 with additional sections funded by a bond issue up for November passage and potential use of bond funds to finish the project
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William G. Stratton
Terity
Southern Illinois Niversity
Stratton
Carbondale
SIU
Grand
University Avenues
McAndrew Stadium
Thompson Point
D. W. Morris
Lucy K. Woody
Emerita
Woody Hall
Vernon Nickell
William Sauer
Murphysboro
Illinois Agriculture Assn
Robert Johns
Illinois Commission On ‘Higher Education
John Page Wham
Centralia
SIU Board of Trustees
PTA Workshop At SIU Highlights Adult Education Move
Dr. Edward Stullken opened the third annual PTA workshop for student teachers in Carbondale. He stated PTA is an adult education movement and the best informed civic cross section in the state. Morning discussion groups were led by local educators including Mrs. Carty, Mrs. Petrazio, Mrs. Bach, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Greene, and Dr. Smith.
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Edward Stullken
PTA
Carbondale University
Stullken
Montefoire Special Schools
Chicago
George Carty
Marion
J. A. Petrazio
Murphysboro
Jacob Bach
Carbondale
Zollie Summers
West Frankfort
Edwin Greene
Centralia
Herbert Smith
Break-In At Herrin Mobilgas Station Seizes $300
Police report a Sunday night break in at Ford Griffiths Mobilgas Service Station 700 N. Park Ave Herrin. An estimated $300 was taken after entry through a broken south window with the thief reaching to the cash drawer nearby per Police Chief Roy Cole.
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Ford Griffiths’ Mobilgas
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Roy Cole
Frankfort Woman Dies in St Louis
Mrs Sally Summers 72 of 1402 FE St Louis St West Frankfort died Saturday at Christian Hospital St Louis She had lived with daughter Audrey Caldwell in St Louis nine months She leaves daughter Milton Weatherford of Burbank California son Jesse Weatherford of New Orleans brothers James Grimes East St Louis Ed Grimes Paducah sisters Mrs John McCutchion Anna Grimes Paducah and Ada Purdon Chicago six grandchildren two great grandchildren Husband Harvey died in 1956 Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev Floyd Lacy officiating Burial Tower Heights Cemetery
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Sally Summers
St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Christian Hospital
St. Louis
Summers
Audrey Caldwell
Milton Weatherford
Burbank
Calif
Jesse Weatherford
New Orleans
James R. Grimes
East St. Louis
Ed Grimes
Paducah
John McCutchion
Investigation Continues as Hubcaps Flood Jackson County
Jackson County authorities expand hubcap probe as 35 caps were bought by Carl Miller from teenagers. Miller expects more. a youth admits selling 56 caps. Delinquency petitions will be filed against five youths. Miller to be questioned. Nine people contacted the office about reclaiming caps. none returned yet until case cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Howard Cheatham
Carl Miller
Cheatham
Miller
Salons
Athy
William Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Carbondale House Fire Damages Home on Sycamore Street
Fire destroyed a bedroom and porch at Robert Mathews’s home 511 E Sycamore St Carbondale. Kitchen and other rooms suffered water damage. Firemen arrived at 7 10 a m and saved the rest of the house. Cause unavailable.
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Robert Mathews
E. Sycamore St
Carbondale
Mathews
Mines Update: Tuesday Work Across Multiple Sites
Report details mine listings and status for sites including Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star and Freeman 4. Several locations such as Old Ben numbers 9 14 22 Orient 2 3 Buckhorn Zeigler 3 Zeigler Washer show working or not working, with Not Working notes for Old Ben 22.
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Fidelity
New Kathleen
Pyramid
Burning Star
Truax-Tract
Orient
Freeman
Easier Water Access After Local Mainline Cut
Water pressure dropped in Carbondale as Southern Illinois University built a new home economics building. A main belt line was cut to lower a steam tunnel and a broken valve delayed repairs. The line should be back in service Tuesday with water distributed through smaller mains, especially in the south and southwest areas.
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Carbondale
F E. Corbit
Southern Ilinois University
Corbit
Man Hurt In Fall At Brush School In Carbondale
A workman Billy Carson Bunton age 25 of Du Quoin was injured about 9:45 a m today when a scaffold beam slipped and toppled from a scaffold at Brush School in Carbondale He fell about 24 feet onto a metal canopy and ground Bonton was taken to Carbondale Doctors Hospital for observation His injury described as a head injury not believed serious Bunton worked for Metropolitan Restoration Co on masonry patching at the school
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Brush School
Carbondale
Billy Carson Bunton
Rt 1
du Quoin
Carbondale Doctors Hospital
Bunton
Metropolitan Restoration Co
Bond Granted After Assault Charge In Mount Carbon
Wesley Brown, 21, released from Jackson County jail after posting 1000 bond on two assault related charges stemming from an May incident involving state trooper Steve Endicott. He had faced assault and battery and aiding a prisoner to escape charges since May 4. His brother Roy Brown, 28, received a one year sentence May 7 at Vandalia Penal Farm for probation revocation.
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Wesley Brown
Carbon
Jackson County
Brown
Roy
Steve Endicott
Endicott
Mt. Carbon
Roy Brown
Vandalia
Floyd Landreth Sr. dies at 63 near Cobden
Floyd F Landreth Sr 63 of near Cobden died Saturday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale after months illness. He was born December 15 1894 in Union County and was a farmer. He belonged to Walnut Grove Methodist Church. Survived by wife Ester a daughter Mary Winn Cobden sons Floyd Jr Jonesboro Stanley Alto Pass Dorris Cobden a brother John Cobden sisters Minnie Baldwin Oak Park Josie Tiffany Grand Tower Ida Graybow Cobden and four grandchildren. Services were to be held today at Walnut Grove Church with Rev Gene Pribble officiating. Burial in Jonesboro Cemetery.
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Floyd Landreth SR
Floyd F. Landreth Sr
Cobden
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Union County
Walnut Grove Methodist Church
Jonesboro
Ester
Mary Winn
Floyd Jr
Stanley
Alto Pass
Dorris
John
Minnie Baldwin
Oak Park
Josie Tiffany
Grand Tower
Ida Graybow
Gene Pribble
Jonesboro First Methodist Church
Jonesboro Cemetery
First Herrin Dentist Dies
Dr. Oscar W. Curry 83 longtime Herrin dentist and early Williamson County practitioner died Sunday in Herrin Hospital after six weeks of illness. He began in Herrin in 1901 after Indiana State Dental College training and practiced 50 years before retirement in 1952. Burial in Maplehill Cemetery Fairfield. Funeral Tuesday at Storme Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth McKorcle officiating.
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Oscar W. Curry
Herrin
Williamson County
Herrin Hospital
Indiana State Dental College
Indianapolis
Ind
The
American Dental Society
Dr. Curry
First Presbyterian Church
A. K. Elles
Harry Stotlar
Cobden Seeks Two Doctor Center With Sears Foundation Aid
The Cobden Community Council plans a two doctor medical center for about 4 000 residents in the Cobden Makanda Ato Pass area. A public meeting drew 300 people and set steps to work with the Sears Roebuck Medical Development Foundation for a 25 000 facility with free architectural and fundraising help and physician recruitment support.
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Cobden
Cobden-Makanda-Ato Pass
Council
Sears-Roebuck Medical Development Foundation
J. R. Tweedy
John Meredith
Sears Foundation
Foundation
G.wallace Rich
Rich
Tweedy
Southern Illinois
Royalton
Rites Tuesday for William C Uhls
William Crim Uhls 64 of Mulkeytown died Saturday afternoon at home after a long illness. A retired farmer and miner, he lived in Franklin County all his life and belonged to the Christopher Church of Christ and the United Mine Workers. Survived by wife Viola Lambert, daughters Jessie Cook and Mrs Edwin Weishaar, sons Billie and Kenneth, sisters and brothers. services Tuesday at Christopher Church of Christ with Arthur Ogden officiating. Burial in Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Friends may call Gilbert Funeral Home.
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William Crim Uhls
Mulkeytown
Franklin County
Christopher Church of Christ
The
United Mine Workers
Viola Lambert
Jessie Cook
Edwin Weishaar
Albert City
Iowa
Billie
Granite City
Kenneth
East St. Louis
Lizzie Paynes
Janie Hill
Adeth Lewis
Lesser
Maggie Pharis
Mulkertown
Belva Stoffel
Ralph Carter
Christopher
Marshall
Benton
Harley
West Frankfort
Arthur Ogden
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Gilbert Funeral Home
Memorial Day Weekend Sees No Fatalities On Area Roads
Memorial Day weekend in Southern Illinois closed with no traffic fatalities and few injuries. State Police logged five accidents Saturday night and Sunday with only one major injury. Notable incidents included a Royalton rollover on Rt 149 injuring Zeke Coleman and a Goreville crash on Rt 37 injuring Joseph and Jennie Price.
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State Police District 13
Zeke Coleman
Hurst
Rt. 149
Royalton
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Joseph Price
Jennie
Price
Goreville
Abow
Marion Memorial Hospital
Three Generations Teacher Retires After 48 Years
Mrs. Winifred Larson, a first grade teacher at Grand Tower Grade School since 1914 with a break for family and wartime service, retires to Maryland. Her career began in 1910 at a rural Jackson County school and included 16 years of regular teaching from 1942, with late colleagues now among her former pupils' grandchildren. She trained at Southern Illinois University Wisconsin University and Southeastern Missouri State College and leaves four daughters: Ruth Hyatt Annapolis Maryland, Phillada Presto Columbus Ohio, Alice Lynn Williams Kansas City Missouri, and Billie Hosig Sauk City Wisconsin.
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Grand Tower
Winifred Larson
Maryland
Larson
Jackson County
Edward Larson
Southern Ilinois University
Wisconsin University
Madison
Wisc
Southeastern Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Ruth Hyatt
Annapolis
Phillada Presto
Columbus
Ohio
Alice Lynn Williams
Kansas City
Billie Hosig
Sauk City
William Hubbard dies at 73 in Royalton
William A. Hubbard 73 of Royalton died Sunday at his home after a three month illness. He lived in Franklin County all his life and was a member of Miners Christian Church. Survived by wife Grace Carpenter, daughters Thelma Derikeson Julia Issler Wanetta Berdesch four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. brothers Arthur George Thomas. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Miners Christian Church with burial in Benton Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Gilbert Funeral Home of Christopher in charge.
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William A. Hubbard
Rt. 1
Royalton
Franklin County
Miners Christian Church
Grace Carpenter
Thelma Derikeson
Rt. 2
Mulkeytown
Julia Issler
Christopher
Wanetta Berdesch
Alton
Arthur
George
West Frankfort
Thomas
Stery
Benton
Adah Brown
Zeigler
Missley Hubbard
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Gilbert Funeral Home
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Home Economics Cornerstone
Southern Illinois University
William C. Stratton
SIU Cie Economics
Frankfort
St.louis
Carbondale House
Old Ben
Buckhorn
S. 13Th St
He Was
Fairfield
John and
Mary Richard Curry
Elks Lodge
Rotary Club
Ella Shaeffer
Walter Grubb
Dahlgren
Harve
Veterans Hospital
Danville
Joe M. Walker
Curry
First National Bank
Bank of Herrin
Doctor
W. R. Tweedy
Royaiton
Wilma Nebughr
William C. Uhls
Michael Martin
Ferne Clyffe Park Road
Eva M. Wilson
Rt. 3
Hazel Clutes
Raymond Wright
Collinsville
Clutts
Eva Fite
Anna
Union County Hospital
Wanda West
Eugene Underwood
Odie Hutchinson
Rollie Johnson
Rt. 45
Brookport
Hutchinson
Johnson
Kathryn Maze
Millarion
Coulterville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Loretta Elbricht
Carl Todd
Mrs. Winifred Larson
William Hubbard
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