Murphysboro approves 120000 school bond sale at 2.53 percent
Murphysboro High School approves a 120000 repair and remodeling bond issue at 2.53 percent. Reinwoldt and Gardner of St. Louis submit the winning bid, with rates 2 percent for 1956–1965 and 1966–1970, and 2 34 percent for 1971–1974. Bonds issued to fund roof, entrances, brick cleaning, plumbing, electrical, heat work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Reinwoldt and Gardner Company of
St. Louis
Wi. Guebert
Red Bud
Stife Nucolaus and Company
St. Lows
Newhard, Cook and Company
Harry J. Wilson and Company
Municipal Bonds
Chicago
G. H. Walker and Company
Neggley, Tens and Rowe
Peoria
Dempsey, Tegler and Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Reinholdt and Gardner
Guebert
School Board
William Wolff
Omer Jones
Shoberg
Charles Merchant
Springfield
H. W. Willis
Willard Collins
William Sauer
Gene Sims
Kenry Rahming
William
Culley’s Service Station Remodelling at Carbonale
Lynn Culley owner of Culley’s Service Station at 300 N Illinois Ave Carbonale announces a new modern building in back of the existing station finished in white glazed tile. The relocation will replace the 14 year old structure while the station remains open. Completion target is by September 1.
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Culley
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Lynn Culley
Illinois Avenue
Civil cases filed in Carbondale magistrate court May report
Thirteen civil cases were filed in Carbondale Police Magistrate Court in May totaling 1544 dollars. Judgments were issued in eight cases, two settled, one continued, and summons issued in two others. Justice fees reached 88 dollars and constable's fees 22 dollars. The largest case was 393 dollars and the smallest 6 dollars. One case for 17 dollars sought removal of a person from a house.
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Carbondale
Second Annual Illinois Orchard Day Draws 900 Attendees
More than 500 Illinois fruit growers met at the Harvey B. Hartline farm near Carbondale for Orchard Day. The event, sponsored by the Illinois State Horticultural Society and the Fruit Council, featured demonstrations of equipment and discussions on crop forecasts, irrigation needs, and market conditions. speakers from growers to department officials shared insights on peaches and apples and noted moisture and rainfall concerns across the state.
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Illinois
Harvey B. Hartline
Carbondale
Harold J. Hartley
Illinois Fruit Council
Grafton
Hartley
Illinois State Horticultural Society
The
Fruit Council
Moline
Chicago
Roy Wieneke
Calhoun County
F. G. Anderson
Anna
Anderson
Davis Foreman
Pittsfield
Foreman
Division of Markets
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Light Storm Damage Reported Across Southern Illinois
A nighttime storm in Southern Illinois caused minor damage with lightning strikes at Grand Tower and a Carbondale transformer cutting power to about 20 homes for nearly two hours. Another transformer outage affected a three block area in Carbondale. No major injuries. repairs underway and limited outages expected to end today.
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Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Carbondale
Grand Tower
North Marion
Allen Streets
Ed Galloway
Allen Street
D. W. McConign
General Telephone Company
Murphysboro
Benton
Harrisburg
Carterville
Johnston City
Mrs. May Eckhard Dies at 86 in Carbondale
Mrs. May E. Eckhard, 86, died at 11:30 a.m. today at 309 West Jackson Street Carbondale where she lived with her daughter May Jones. Surviving daughters are Gertrude Bohn Pittsburg and Dorothy Brown Bellflower. Funeral at Huffman Funeral Home 2 p.m. Friday. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Casket will be closed.
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May E. Eckhard
W. Jackson St
Carbondale
May Jones
Eckhard
Edward B. Eckhard
Jones
Gertrude Bohn
Pittsburg
Dorothy E. Brown
Bellflower
Calif
Huffman Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Theft charges dismissed against Anna Ruth Lewis
Anna Ruth Lewis 36 of 320 E Jackson Sr Carbondale had theft charges dropped in Carbondale Police Magistrate Court after all items were returned. The case brought by Alberta Perkins cited a hot plate and clothing. Lewis agreed to pay 9.30 in court costs.
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Anna Ruth Lewis
E. Jackson Sr
Carbondale
Alberta Perkins
Murphysboro Carbondale Toastmasters Plan First Meeting
A newly organized Toastmasters club for the Murphysboro Carbondale area will hold its first meeting at 6 30 p m tonight in Carbondale. East St Louis Club 845 delegation outlined aims and conducted a model meeting. General objective is to promote public speaking. temporary chairman is Car Brooks of General Telephone Company. Membership limit is 30 with at least 20 needed for a charter.
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Toastmasters’ Club
Murphysboro
Carbondale
University Drugeteria
East St. Louis Club 845
Car Brooks
General Telephone Company
New Area Club
Carbondale Reports 43 May Aid Cases
Carbondale Township Office handled 43 general assistance cases involving 122 persons in May, down from April and up from May 1953. Supervisor Hallie E. Parrish announced the totals, noting year to date 293 cases affecting 847 persons, with February the peak month at 69 cases and 210 people. The program uses township funds and recently accepted state aid to support the changes from the old relief system.
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Carbondale
Hallie E. Parrish
Women's Federation to Elect Today at 63rd Convention
In Denver on June 3 AP reports the General Federation of Women's Clubs begins its busiest session with machine voting for officers. Mrs. Theodore S. Chapman of Jerseyville Illinois is unopposed for president as resolutions on Guatemala and world trade barriers are considered.
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Denver
Guatemala
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Theodore S. Chapman
Jerseyville
Ill
Shrimp Nets Seized Off Mexican Waters
Mexican federal authorities seized nets and catches of three U S shrimp boats on June 3 for fishing in Mexican waters, prompting legal action by officials in Vera Cruz Mexico.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
U. S
Accident verdict in man’s death at Colp inquest
A coroner’s inquest Wednesday found Joseph Conn 70 accidental death from second and third degree burns after he was pulled from a burning bed at Edgar Dixon’s Colp home. Conn died at Herrin Hospital Tuesday night. Burial is at Oakwood Cemetery Carterville beside his wife Drucilla.
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Joseph Conn
Colp
Conn
Edgar Dixon
Frank Caliper
Dixon
Herrin
Sam Simmons
Johnson Funeral Home
Denno Brown
Christian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Carterville
Drucilla
Ridgeway
DuQuoin
Lightning Strikes Twice At Carbondale Homes
Ed Galloway reports a second lightning strike at his home at 511 N Allyn St Carbondale during an electrical storm. The bolt hit a television antenna at Dr. A P Woolard’s home nearby and routed into the Galloway residence, burning wires and filling the house with smoke but causing no serious damage. Firefighters were summoned but no blaze developed.
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Ed Galloway
N. Allyn St
Carbondale
A. P. Woolard
Galloway
Woolard
Lulu Hughes 87 longtime Freeman Spur postmaster dies
Lulu Miller Hughes 87 longtime Freeman Spur postmaster from 1925 to 1936 died Wednesday at Schoenig Nursing Home Herrin. A Gentville Ind. native she lived in Herrin since 1936 at 321 S 18th St. She was a First Methodist Church member. husband Charles W. Hughes died 1939. Survived by son Harley Hughes, stepdaughter Lizzie Murray, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church. Burial in Herrin City Cemetery. Storme Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Lulu Miller Hughes
Freeman Spur
Schoenig
Herrin
S. 18
First Methodist Church of
Hughes
Gentryville
Ind
Sam
Ann Miller
Charles W. Hughes
Harley Hughes
Lizzie Murray
Aurora
First Methodist Church
Heber E. Burge
Herrin City
Storme Funeral Home
Marion Woman Susie Nicholson Dies at 76 in Marion
Mrs Susie Nicholson 76 of Rt 4 Marion died at Marion Memorial Hospital at 4 15 am Born Feb 8 1878 in Williamson County daughter of Amos and Rebecca Burns Married Frank Nicholson July 14 1894 he died May 18 1952 Survived by three sons Clarence West Frankfort Omer Hal Creal Springs three daughters Marie Robertson Marion Reba Lyerla Little Rock Ivy Brush Stonefort brothers Frank Burns Johnston City Ed Burns Alton sister Ida Radford Creal Springs nine grandchildren two great grandchildren Baptist church member Funeral Saturday at Creal Springs First Baptist Church with Rev Freeman Wharry officiating Burial Simmons Cemetery near Creal Springs Friends may call at the home of Mrs Robertson Marion Mitchell Funeral Home in charge
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Susie Nicholson
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson County
Amos
Rebecca Alexander Burns
Frank Nicholson
Nicholson
Clarence
West Frankfort
Omer
Hal
Creal Springs
Marie Robertson
Reba Lyerla
Little Rock
Ark
Ivy Brush
Stonefort
Frank Burns
Johnston City
Ed Burns
Alton
Ida Radford
Fairview Baptist Church
Creal Springs First Baptist Church
Freeman Wharry
Simmons Cemetery
Belief in Moon Wintering Birds in the 18th Century
In the 18th century some observers doubted migration and proposed that birds spent winter on the moon. The idea reflects early limits in ornithology and celestial speculation influencing natural history debates of the era.
Fund Drive Final Figures Still Unavailable In Jackson County
Final reports are not ready for three Jackson County campaigns with quotas unmet. The Carbondale Community Chest nine months in, the 1954 Red Cross drive begun March 1, and the Cancer Crusade opened April 19 all lack final tallies. County Red Cross chairman Mrs. Tom Cromeenes warned curtailment of services could come after a July board meeting.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Red Cross
Tom Cromeenes
County Red Cross
County Red Cross Board
Cromeenes
Elkville
Oroville
Murphysboro
S. Haynes Reese
Southern Illinois University
Charles Renfro
Carbondale Community Council
SIU
Robert Hutsch
Rabies Outbreak Spurs Shots for 19 Children in City
Nineteen Murphysboro children exposed to rabies after contact with six pups from a rabid dog owned at Poplar and 16th Streets. All in contact urged to begin anti rabies treatment as pups were culled and a house cat is watched for potential rabies. A Rabies Warden was named to enforce universal dog inoculation laws in East St Louis.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
R. F. Sondag
Will Boston
Poplar
16Th Streets
Sondag
Albers Hospital
John Reichrath
County Health Department
East St. Louis
Mrs. C. S. Gill Resigns Blood Drive Role
Mrs. C. S. Gill, longtime Jackson County Red Cross blood drive chairman since 1942, has resigned due to termination of bloodmobile visits. She cited the national Red Cross decision to stop collections for defense and limit them to hospital and charitable needs.
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C. S. Gill
Jackson County
Red Cross
Gill
National Red Cross Organization
Shepherds' pipes taught as easy route to music by SIU professor
Southern Illinois University instructor David S. McIntosh promotes shepherds' pipes as an accessible entry to music. He notes they can be tuned to any key, imitate fingering of saxophones, and teach tone discrimination with simple tools, including bamboo and sunflower stalks.
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Southern Illinois University
David S. McIntosh
Southern
McIntosh
McLeansboro
Troy
St. Louis
Aes
Good Turns Can Hurt Carbondale Trucker Discovers
Carbondale man Thomas Warren 34 hauled gravel for Snider Cemetery free but was fined $5 plus $4 costs for driving a truck 1850 pounds overweight on a class G license. Warren volunteered the work but exceeded weight limits in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Thomas Warren
Rt. 1
W. G. Carter
Snider
Warren
Carter
Recount Action Awaits Decision in 44th District Suit
A delay in a bid recount for the 44th District Republican State Representative race ends as Randolph Circuit Court Judge Edward Bareis weighs motions from defendants W. J. McDonald and Dr. T. J. Thornton. Beckmeyer seeks a recount after alleging precinct counting errors. votes and supplies remain impounded in Chester.
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Randolph
Chester
Edward Bareis
East St. Louis
G. R. Beckmeyer
Nashville
GOP
State Canvass Board
Beckmeyer
W. J. McDonald
Murphysboro
Bareis
Quentin Spivey
McDonald
Thornton
Bee
Car crashes railing on Rt 13 near Murphysboro
Thomas V. O’Connell of Webster Groves Me. escaped unharmed when his car slid through a railing and down a steep embankment at the east end of the Big Muddy River bridge on Rt. 13 east of Murphysboro. Police said he swerved to avoid a left turning unidentified car from a side road just ahead.
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Big Muddy River
Rt. 13
Murphysboro
Thomas V. O'Connell
Webster Groves
O’connell
Murphysboro Issues Only One Building Permit in May
City Clerk Desmar Ward reports Murphysboro issued a single building permit in May for a new frame home at 22nd and Gartside streets valued at 10 000 dollars. Activity had been higher in April and March with several permits approved.
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Murphysboro
Desmar Ward
22Nd and
Gartside Streets
Tax Bills Delayed In Jackson County For 1954 Payments
Jackson County tax bills totaling about 20 000 were mailed this week for 1954 payments on 1953 assessments. Treasurer D L McGregor cited delays due to the April primary and a six week late arrival to taxpayers. The first real estate and personal property taxes will be due about July, with hearings on assessments to follow in June through September.
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Jackson County
D L. McGregor
County Board of Review
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Review
Board of Supervisors
Robert Maloney
Murphysboro
A. R. Carter
Elkville
Hallie Parrish
James Lawder
State calls for port work bids at Murdale Airport
Joseph K. McLaughlin director of the Department of Aeronautics issued a bid call for proposed work at Murdale Airport. Bids due June 15 with work including grading drainage and paving to widen the main runway by about 1000 feet and extend lighting and approach clearance shared by the airport authority and the department.
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Murdale Nene
Joseph K. McLaughlin
Department of Aeronautics
Murdale
McLaughlin
Mardale Air‘ee
Port
Airport Authority
Inquest for Four Deaths Likely This Weekend
Jefferson County Coroner Ben Roeder said a four death inquest from the Memorial Day Rt. 37 crash near Mt. Vernon could be set Saturday or early next week. The surviving adult, Mrs. Loren R. Miller, is said to be much improved at Good Samaritan Hospital as the witness is interviewed. Carla Jean Miller, 8 months, and Mrs. Miller’s daughters Sandra Kay and Barbara remain hospitalized in better condition. Marvin W. Jones and James A. Boyd, both of Mt. Vernon, were killed.
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Ilinois
Rt. 37
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Ben Roeder
Roeder
Good Samaritan
Carla Jean
Marvin W. Jones
James A. Boyd
Miller
Sandra Kay
Barbara
Mines Report From Friday Work Crew Notes
Fragmentary mining report lists locations Freeburn Buckhorn Zeigler Old Ben New Kathleen Burning Star Pyjama Truax-fraer Orient with unclear status. No detailed results or dates are provided in readable text.
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Freeburn
Washer
Shait Buckhorn Zeigler
Ben
Kathleen En
Burning Star
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Orchard Day
Makanda
Right
Curt Eckert
Illinois Horticultural Society
Harold Hartley
Southern Illinoisan
M. Eckhard
Women’s Federation
Lulu Hughes
Earl Albers
Blood Post
Shepherds’ Pipes
MclIntosh
Jackson
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