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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1966
Page
18
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the George Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin with Rev Claude Childers officiating at East Lawn Memorial Gardens south of Herrin. Friends may call at the funeral home. George W Van Natta Funeral Director.
Sealed bids are invited for the repair and rehabilitation of Building T-1166 and construction of a swimming pool at Breckinridge Job Corps Center Morganfield Kentucky. Bid documents cost 25.90 with a 5 percent bid bond and 100 percent performance and payment bonds required.
The Board of Trustees invites bids for the U S Forest Service A Frame Building sewer and water lines at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Sealed proposals by 2 30 p m Tuesday June 21 1966 will be opened publicly. Lump sum contract plans from the Office of the Associate University Architect. Two plan sets cost 25 each with refunds on return. The university reserves right to reject all bids and waive informalities.
The Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings will auction three buildings on June 6 1966 at 10:00 AM at the listed parcels 7S 8S and 12-S. Item A 801 South University Avenue, Claude Phillips Estate. Item B 207 West Mill Street, Frances J Winters. Item C 804 South Illinois Avenue, Lillian B Teeter. Minimum bids 25 dollars per item. winners pay 10 percent by bank cashier’s check or equivalent. Removal deadlines 30 days to start and 60 days to complete. failure forfeits payment. State reserves right to reject bids and ensure non discrimination per Civil Rights Act. Contact John Hoagie for details.
Public notice of a real estate tax sale held October 31, 1963 for Lot 618 Carbondale Jackson County Illinois and the upcoming August 29, 1966 redemption deadline. The assignee seeks court order for a tax deed. hearing August 30, 1966 at 10:00 AM in Murphysboro Courthouse.
In the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit Jackson County the estate of Grover F Blankinship No 63-P-23 is opened with letters testamentary issued Feb 26 1963 to Tillie M Blankinship and John T Blankinship of Murphysboro Illinois. The new claim date is July 5 1966. Claims must be filed with the Clerk at the County Courthouse in Murphysboro and mailed or delivered to the representatives and their attorneys Wolff Jones Lawder 1013 Chestnut Murphysboro. May 17 1966 James R Kerley Clerk.
A hospital log lists admitted and discharged patients across Franklin and adjacent counties. Names include Carlock Bertha and Benton Walters in Franklin Benton, with many others noted under Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. The record spans multiple facilities and towns, including Holden Carbondale and Memorial sites in Chester Marion and Du Quoin.
Rain is forecast for the Great Lakes region northern Appalachians and New England with parts of the Mississippi valley and the Plains and northern Rockies. Warmer conditions are expected in the eastern half of the nation while cooler temperatures are slated for the northern Rockies and Plains.
Hospital notes list many patients and discharges in Union County with a birth notice for Anna Eatmon in Anna. It records newborns in Carbondale Murphysboro Du Quoin and surrounding towns with multiple couples named and hospital locations.
Hugh Oliver Ollie Thompson 54 died of apparent heart attack at Colp Stables. Donald Sauer 51 died at Marion Memorial Hospital. Melisa E Annear 80 died. funeral Sunday at Greenwood Methodist Church. Alex Novice 90 died. funeral Saturday at Union Funeral Home. Burials listed at Oakla nd St Louis Lithuanian Cemeteries Reed Cemetery. Friends may call at respective funeral homes.
Funeral services for Hugh Oliver Thompson aged 54 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale. He died Thursday of an apparent heart attack. Coroner Harry Flynn will conduct an inquest. Born June 25 1911 in McLean Texas he lived and worked at Colp Stables on Chau tauqua Street west of Carbondale. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery Carbondale.
By summer end new air conditioned buses seating 45 will operate on Jordan highways. Guides speaking English German French Italian and Spanish will accompany tours to Petra Jerash Aqaba Bethlehem Jericho Samaria and Mt. Nebo.
Donald J Sauer 51 of Marion Ky died of a heart attack early Thursday at Marion Memorial Hospital Funeral services will be Monday at Holy Name Church Henderson burial in St Louis Cemetery Henderson Friends may call at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion The body will go to Paullloss Funeral Home Henderson Saturday He was born in Henderson Sept 15 1914 son of John and Florence Sauer He married Eudena Green in 1938 in Henderson He worked 15 years for Olin Mathieson Co and was foreman at Ordill plant last seven years He was a World War II veteran and member of St Josephs Catholic Church Marion and Marion Heyde Piltow Veterans of Foreign Wars He is survived by his wife two sons Donald Jr of Louisville and S 4 Ronald in Frankfurt Germany his mother of Henderson brothers Norman and Jack Smith Mills Ky Andrew Evansville Ind and Robert Henderson sisters Mrs Percy Alley Detroit Sister Florence Josepfi Indiana.
Prime Minister Sean Lemass rejected opposition demands to resign amid Fianna Fail’s inquest into the tally. Eamon de Valera, aged 83, secured re election to a seven year term by 10 568 votes from over a million cast, defeating Thomas O Higgins 548 240 to 558 808. Fine Gael called it a censure on the government as Lemass planned a policy speech Saturday.
Funeral services were held Wednesday in California for Margaret Shadron Archer 56 a former Murphysboro resident who died last week Burial was in Whittier California She worked for the Daily Independent in Murphysboro later at the Southern Illinoisan and since 1944 with the Los Angeles Examiner She was born in Murphysboro December 18 1909 the daughter of Thomas Edward and Jeannie Shadron She is survived by husband Don of Paramount California sister Helen Carter of Los Angeles and brothers Ralph Alhambra Edward Washington David Chicago and Robert Murphysboro A sister and a brother preceded her in death.
The Carbondale Elks Club tore down a house on Oak Street behind the club to create a 60 by 150 foot parking lot. Exalted ruler James Walker said the club has owned the building and property for about 15 years and hired Russell Stephens Construction Co. to demolish the home. The club plans a metered lot in cooperation with the city, with space for 30 to 40 cars once finished.
Buford Lewis a 17 year old of Carbondale pleaded innocent in Jackson County Circuit Court to theft reckless driving and curfew violation. State's Atty Richard Richman said Lewis was released on bond. Police chased the car through Northeast Carbondale after leaving Wallace Chevrolet lot on Main Street where hub caps were missing.
Mrs. Melisa E Annear 80 of Rt 1 Mulkeytown died at 8 15 am Thursday at her home after a long illness Born August 25 1885 in Mulkeytown she was a life long resident Her husband Oscare preceded her in death in April 1961 She was a member of Greenwood Methodist Church She leaves step children Ethel Brown Elnora Thomas and Glenn Shackleton and a sister Sara Shackleton Funeral services will be at 2 pm Sunday at Greenwood Methodist Church Burial will follow in Reed Cemetery Friends may call Saturday afternoon at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher
Southern Illinois forecasts show temperatures 2 to 8 degrees above normal Saturday to Wednesday with highs 80 to 87 and lows 58 to 64, and precipitation 0.25 to 0.75 inches from scattered showers. Northern Illinois stays near normal with highs 75 to 79 and lows 55 to 59, minor changes until cooler early week and warmer by Wednesday.
Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with scattered showers possible tonight and more on Saturday. Highs in the 80s, lows around 60. Precipitation chances 20 to 60 percent depending on period. Winds southerly, diminishing tonight. Outlook Sunday shows a continued warm trend with a chance of showers.
Joaquin Balaguer captured the Dominican presidency in a vote seen as peaceful by foreign observers. U S officials anticipate a strong crackdown on violent ex rebels and discuss continuing aid and a staged withdrawal of the 8000-man Inter-American peace force before Balaguer’s July 1 inauguration.
Three separate farm tractor related crashes injure four people in the Du Quoin area. Oren Griffith 44 Tamaroa and John H Heape 13 Tamaroa suffer minor injuries. Virginia L Stewart 22 Dowell and Thomas M Castleton 54 Elkville injure others.
Jerry Snider a 29 year old SIU junior in botany will tour Mexico this summer on a research expedition funded by an NSF grant via UNC. He will be joined by a UNC graduate student, and the trip runs through the summer with a June 11 departure. Snider will collect plants and return samples for comparison with U.S. specimens hoping to uncover previously unstudied strains.
A car driven by William Bud Slick, 54, of Carbondale, collided with a motorcycle driven by Jeffrey G. Berngard, an SIU student from Chicago, in the First National Bank parking lot Thursday afternoon. Berngard was treated for abrasions at the SIU Health Center. no tickets were issued.
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station invites graduates to return for a three day festival June 17 to 19 marking the base founding. Proceeds benefit the Navy Relief Society, established in 1904 to aid widows and orphans of sailors and Marines lost at sea.
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