Civil Defense corps trains at Menard Prison in firearms course
Seventeen Williamson County Civil Defense members received small arms and gas weapon training at Menard State Prison led by the Menard Rifle and Pistol Club. The five hour session covered pistols rifles and a gas gun as part of an eight hour police work course for auxiliary officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard State Prison
Williamson County Civil Defense Corps
Menard Rifle and Pistol Club
Williamson County
Ross Randolph
Rockwell
Carbondale
Marion
Charles Edwards
Dean West
Grisham
Williamson County CD
Southern Illinois University
Vocational-Technical Institute
Red Cross
West Frankfort Seeks New District Superintendent
West Frankfort school board plans to decide Monday night on a new district superintendent after narrowing candidates to three. The candidates hail from Central Illinois Indiana and Southern Illinois. After hiring, the board will seek a high school principal. long serving superintendent L Goebel Patton is retiring after 28 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Board of Education
R. A. Bonifield
Bonifield
Central Illinois
Indiana
Southern Illinois
L. Goebel Patton
Illinois Education Assn
Patton
Carbondale Ticket for Illegal Passing Fined
Richard A. Harper of Rt. 1 West Frankfort was fined ten dollars including costs by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz for an illegal passing ticket issued by State Trooper Charles T. Towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Richard A. Harper
Rt. 1
West Frankfort
Robert Schwartz
Charles T. Towers
Chuck Berry Acquitted On Morals Charge in Federal Case
In St Louis a federal jury acquitted Chuck Berry on two counts of transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. The 30 year old singer testified his relationship with the 18 year old involved love and no intent to violate the law. He faced two alleged trips from St Louis to Toledo and from St Louis to Omaha in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Berry
Randolph H. Weber
Berry
St. Louis
Toledo
Omaha
George H. Moore
el Paso
Tex
Freighters Serve Hawaiian Islands Carrying Passengers
Some freighters operating between the Hawaiian Islands can carry 12 passengers each, offering limited passenger service on interisland routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Randolph County to form three JP districts under 1959 statute
Randolph County will be divided into three districts to elect one justice of the peace and one constable per district. Districts cover Kaskaskia Island through Ellisgrove, Percy through Tilden, and Prairie du Rocher through Walsh. Salaries are 3900 yearly with office expenses, fines to county, primary in April 1961, general in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
Illinois
Justice of the Peace
Randolph Board of Commissioners
Prairie du Rocher
Evansville
Walsh
J. Clyde Hamilton
Jp’s
JP Courts
Judge Election Jackson County Polls Same As Primary
Jackson County voters cast ballots Monday in a judicial race at the same 43 precinct polls as the April primary from 6 am to 6 pm. The First District Supreme Court seat features incumbent Byron O. House and Sen. James W. Gray. Voters receive two ballots one for the court race and one for a tuberculosis tax rate continuation approved in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Police Briefs from Carbondale and Marion Fines
Carbondale fines total for Gary F Moon Ma Kand a ten dollars for loud muffler issued by State Trooper Donahue. Charles T Goss 1212 W College St Carbondale fined fifteen dollars for speeding by Trooper Endicott. Alden Stevens 1705 N Washington Ave Marion fined nineteen dollars for speeding by Trooper Miller. All fines imposed by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz per JP court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Gary F. Moon
Makanda
Robert Schwartz
John M. Donahue
Charles T. Goss
W. College St
Stephen L. Endicott
Alden Stevens
N. Washington Ave
Marion
Gerald Miller
Building Showed Increase in Murphysboro Permits May
Murphysboro recorded a high total in building permits for May with fourteen permits totaling 96 650 dollars for new construction and remodeling. Elm Street Baptist Church led with 63 000 dollars for a new educational building, plus other permits for Illinois Electric and Gas Company and various remodeling projects citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Elm Street
Illinois Electric and Gas Company
Walnut St
Dewey Marks
Rt. 2
James Martin
Gartside
Paul Bateman
Keough Drive
Earl Thompson
Commercial Ave
Charles R. Stevens
Roblee Ave
Robert Knight Jr
Cato: McKinney
8Th St
Orval Carlock
9Th St
Sandy Body Shop
15Th
Poplar Streets
Ceasar Oldani
Mulberry St
Boy Scout Camp Camporee Opens At Marion Farm
The annual central district camporee of the Egyptian Council begins at 5 p m today on Kenneth Avis farm south of Marion. About 100 to 150 scouts compete in camp craft tent pitching cooking woodsmanship and first aid with ribbons awarded. Campfires are planned tonight and Saturday. the public may attend. Howard McMurray of Marion is camporee chief. The event ends at 9 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of the
Central District of
Te Egyptian Council
Kenneth Avis
Marion
Avis
South Market Road
Creal Springs
Howard McMurray
Peoria Couple Injured in Three Car Route 127 Crash
A Peoria man George Smit age 40 and his wife suffered minor injuries at St. Andrews Hospital Murphysboro after a three car collision on Route 127 near New Hill. Police said Smit's car struck two other vehicles. The other drivers were not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Rt. 127
New Hill
George Smit
Remodeling bid by Sam Balsano for 14th and Illinois Ave
Sam Balsano submits an $800 bid for garage construction at the address 14th and Illinois Ave. The notice outlines a remodeling project with specified cost and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Balsano
14Th
Illinois Ave
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David Saunders
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Mary M. Phillips
Rt. 3
First Baptist Church
Makanda Town- Phillips
Phillips
Seybirt Phillips
Talladega
Ala
Thelma Phillips
Centralia
Alice Rector
Cora Fraser
San Clemente
Calif
Becky Thetford
Cambria
Rosco Vaughn
Energy
Lester Vaughn
Alhambra
Lee Vaughn
Collinsville
Huffman Funeral Home
Carbondale First Baptist Church
Willard G. Foote
Pleasant Grove Memor Cemetery
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Mindsan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
B. F. Goodrich
P. F. Flyers
Willhite
Mardale Shopping Center
Home Owned
John B. McCvey
the Handy Cash Man
Home Owned—Home Operated
Pentron
Brown & Colombo
Herrin Duranl
Marion & Carbondale
Bill’s
U. S
St.Louis, Ill
Randolph
Kaskaskia Island
Chester
Rockwood
Wine Hill
Bremen
Palestine
Ellisgrove
Percy
Steeleville
Blair
Central
Baldwin
Sparta
Coulterville
Tilden
Randolph Board
William Dierks Jr
Jackson
Fastee
Williamson County Taxpayers League
Herrin City Park
Homer Butler
Lawrence Wohlwend
Herrin & Carbondale
Zwick & Goldsmith Stores
Dad
Grandpa
Handsome Z & G
Dacron
Zwick & Goldsmith
America
Zwick
Goldsmith
Kingsridge
Bill O-Wisp
Dacron & Wool
Batiste
Zwice & Goldsmith Stores
Illinois Avenue
Esquire
Enro
Manhattan
Beau Brummel
Grand Dad
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