Marion Druggist Killed in Crash Near Evansville
Marion pharmacist and ex Elks leader Raymond Rush 52 died when his car hit a parked refrigerator truck on North Court Street Marion at 3 15 am He was alone In another crash near Evansville John and Ethel Collins a 66 year old couple died on Rt 3 in Randolph County and four others were injured including Homer and Reva Collins The inquest returned a verdict of unavoidable accident.
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Marion
Evansville
Raymond Rush
S. Hill
Veterans Hospital
North Court Street
Rush
Marion Ellis Lodge No
John Davis Tyson
Woodrow Tyson
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lutesville
Randolph County
John Collins
Ethel
Homer Collins
Reva
Sutesville
Donald O. Scheicher
Old Appleton
Pomona Man Dewey Rawlings Dead at 58 in Pomona
Pomona farmer Dewey Rawlings, 58, was found dead at his home about five days after death. Coroner Edward Knowles ruled an apparent heart attack. Neighbors located him near his home five miles west of Pomona after missing church services. Funeral held at Crawshaw Funeral Home Murphysboro with burial near the farm. He leaves a half sister Julieorse of ee and half brother John Rawlings of Kennett Missouri.
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Tyson
Richard Harper
Kennett
Adolph Flack
Rush
Marion
Marion High School
University of Illinois School of Pharmacy
Medical Corps
Veterans Hospital
The
Elks
American Legion
University of Illinois Alumni Assn
American Society of Hospital Pharmaceutical Society
Kappa Psi
Clyde
Centralia
John Smothers
Gertrude Moore
Carterville
Roscoe Tippy
St. Louis
Paul Smothers
Robert McCutcheon
Virgil Cox
Irvin Clyde Rush
Cline-Vick
Carbondale
Wilson-Frick
John Farmer
Charles Adams
Isham Harrison
Fred Rex
Claude
Dewey Rawlings
Pomona
Sockate County
Edward Knowles
Rawlings
Knowles
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Murphysboro
Julie Orse
John Rawlings
Kennett, Mo
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Ava Teen
Bessie Fern Pulcher 16 of the Ava area died when a tractor overturned trapping her on her father Cecil Pulcher’s farm seven miles southwest of Ava. Sheriff Cheatham noted the machine overturned during a turn into a ditch. an inquest is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home Ava. Pulcher had just completed her junior year at Trico Community Unit School District 170 in Campbell Hill.
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Bessie Fern Pulcher
Ava
Jackson County
Cecil Pulcher
Howard Cheatham
John Bilderback
Edward Knowles
Wilson Funeral Home
Miss Pulcher
Trico Community Unit
Campbell Hill
Marion Man Files Suit for $2500
William L. Todd of Marion sues Guy Elliott of Marion for 2500 in Williamson County Circuit Court. Todd alleges severed muscles and tendons in his left hand from an accident while using an electric table saw on Elliott Farm on October 11. Todd worked as a farm hand.
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William L. Todd
Guy Elliott
Marion
Williamson County
Todd
Elliott Farm
Herrin High but adds canteen and smoking pavilion
Construction on a 40 by 155 foot steel brick concrete addition to the Herrin Township High School gym will provide a north side canteen and smoking pavilion. Finney says completion in about two months with good weather. funded from activities funds, not taxes.
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Herrin Township
M. W. Finney
Board of Education
Fred E. Dormeyer Jr
Finney
Ativities
C of C Considers Member Drive in Carbondale
The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce weighs a membership drive to fund a civic progress program. The current board will nominate five directors next Monday with new three year terms. The July meeting may set action on plans as retiring members depart.
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Inbondale
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Augusta Milligan
William Tudor
John McDermott
Charles Goss
J. C. Williams
Jay Ray
Carbondale
Carbondale Elks Club
Williamson County cases settle before trial in circuit court
Two suits on the Williamson County Circuit Court docket were settled before trial and adjournment set for Tuesday by Judge C Ross Reynolds. Betty Kaut of Pittsburg received 1500 dollars. Hubert Herren and Walter etts near Crab Orchard earned 1500 dollars for injuries in a January 11 1955 wreck east of Marion. Dorothy Norman of Marion got 1500 dollars for loss of her car in a wreck from Motors Insurance Corp. The court will resume with the suit by Mr and Mrs James Rowland of Cambria against Mrs Sandra Hoover of Cambria for 45000 dollars for injuries to Mrs Rowland and the death of an infant son in a wreck on 26 1954 between Colp and Blairsville. Rowland and son seek 20000 dollars for the infant's death and 25000 for injuries including a broken left arm and two broken ribs.
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Williamson County
C. Ross Reynolds
Betty Kaut
Pittsburg
Hubert Herren
Walter Etts
Crab Orchard
Marion
Dorothy Norman
The
Motors Insurance Corp
James Rowland
Caimbria
Sandra Hoover
Cambria
Rowland
Drivers named in incident involving two youths
James E. Menley aged 35 of 2944 Laclede Ave St Louis and Dorothy Smith age 17 of 411 E Larch St Carbondale were drivers in the incident.
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James E. Menley
Laclede Ave
St. Louis
Dorothy Smith
E. Larch St
Carbondale
Carbondale Crash at 423 E Willow St No Injuries
An auto accident occurred in Carbondale on Sunday at 3 45 p m on 423 East Willow Street. There were no injuries reported.
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Carbondale
Willow St
Stolen Car Found Before Loss Noted at Porter Bros
A used car stolen Sunday night from Porter Bros Motor Co in Murphysboro was found today by a farm resident northwest of Murphysboro. The car had been on trial use and was extensively damaged after driving through a wooded area and a corn field before abandonment. The loss had not yet been reported to the sheriff's office.
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Porter Bros Motor Co
Murphysboro
The
Motor Company
Jackson Jt
Ray Dillinger
Sheriff's Office
Hospital Unit To Set Charter In Murphysboro
An open meeting to start a charter membership drive for the St. Andrew's Hospital Auxiliary is set for June 14 in Murphysboro. Sister Mary Dennis of St. Vincent's Memorial Hospital will discuss an operational plan as the group seeks volunteers, fundraising help, and possible future hospital expansion.
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St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s
Mary Dennis
St. Vincent’s Memorial Hospital
Taylorville
The
Auxiliary
Two Fined In Garbage Case In Jackson County
Two Murphysboro residents pled guilty in Circuit Court to violating the state garbage act. Sam Parker paid a 35 dollar fine plus costs, and Jesse McIntyre received 30 days probation with costs. The Illinois Department of Agriculture charged them with feeding untreated garbage to hogs from city cans.
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Murphysboro
Chienunty
Jackson County
Sam Parker
Jesse McIntyre
Parker
Mc¢clIntyre
Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
Peyton Kunce
Will Tate
Hassie Parr
Willie Sages
Carbondale
Dept. of Agriculture
Auto License Sales Jump in Murphysboro
Murphysboro sees a surge in auto license sticker sales with over 1,900 issued and a forecast of about 2,000. About 500 licenses were bought Friday and Saturday. Stickers cost 3 dollars for passenger cars. unlicensed cars face tickets plus a 2 dollar magistrate fee.
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Murphysboro
Delmar Ward
Arson Suspected in Orient Tavern Fire
West Frankfort Fire Chief Fred Harkins declares a vacant Orient tavern fire an arson case. Damage estimated at 1500 dollars with 600 to 700 for the building and 750 for equipment. Owner Maxine Limbeck, now in Festus Missouri, carried 1700 dollars building insurance.
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West Frankfort
Fred Harkins
Orient
Harkins
Maxine Limbeck
Festus
O’conor
Driver Fined for Drunk Driving and Meter Damage in Murphysboro
An East St. Louis driver Harley Zimmerman was fined $107 in Murphysboro Police Court for drunk driving and damage to a parking meter. Patrolman James Hiller arrested him and Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr ordered payment of about $7 for the meter damage in the 1100 block on Locust street after his car struck the meter on Saturday night.
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East St. Louis
Murphysboro
Adelp
Harley Zimmerman
James Hiller
Charles Helwig Sr
Locust Street
Zimmerman
Blacktop Work Begins on Walnut Street in Murphysboro
New crews moved in on Walnut Street to lay a primary coat starting at Walnut and 6th with spreading and rolling equipment to operate around noon. The project will run west to 22nd Street with traffic managed by half street openings and phased back shifts. Preparatory tasks included an automatic sweeper cleaning the work route and a scraper removing a section at Routes 13 127 crossing Walnut at 11th Street.
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Rt. 13
Rt. 13-127
Walnut Street
11Th Street
Murphysboro
Walnut
6Th Streets
22Nd Street
Rts. 13
Meeting Tonight On Holden Plan
Hospital authorities and a Jackson County Medical Society committee discuss keeping Holden Hospital in Carbondale open. Plans call for closing as a hospital July 1 and converting to a dormitory for Southern Illinois University girl students. 62 beds are needed in the county. The 7:30 p.m. meeting at the hospital will include the hospital board and doctors.
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Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Jackson County Medical Society
James A. Weatherly
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Methodist
Weatherly
W. A. Robinson
Methodist Church
Southern Illinois
Sead
Mounds Man Faces Hit Run Charge
A Mounds farm laborer Talley Hawkins about 50 was held in Cairo jail on a charge of leaving the scene of an automobile accident. Sheriff Robert Aldrich of Pulaski County arrested Hawkins at his home Saturday night and he was turned over to Cairo authorities. Hawkins is accused of striking an auto driven by Robert L. Baker of Madisonville Kentucky Saturday morning. No one was injured.
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Mounds Farm
Cairo
Robert Aldrich
Pulaski County
Talley Hawkins
Hawkins
Robert L. Baker
Madisonville
Fire Destroys Cafe and Station Near Goreville
A fire destroyed the Week's Cafe and Don's Service Station one mile north of Goreville Sunday night with estimated damage of 12 000 to 13 000. It was discovered about 11 30 p m by B W Pryor who operates the station. Pryor, who lives nearby, had taken over the station recently from Don Pierce Goreville. The blaze started in a tire storage room and wiring defects were considered possible causes. No water was available to fight the fire. Goreville lacks a fire department and Marion fire units were dispatched but arrived too late. The building was owned by Bob Russell of Kankankee. Vernon Weeks operated the restaurant. Pryor had moved to Goreville from Colorado days earlier after prospecting for uranium.
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Goreville
Brad Durham
B. W. Pryor
Pryor
Don Pierce
Marion
Bob Russell
Kankankee
Vernon Weeks
Colorado
John J. Surman dies Chester farmer at 81
Chester resident John James Surman 81 died Sunday night at Chester Hospital after a two month illness. He was born in Chester in 1874 and lived there all his life as a retired farmer. Surman leaves multiple sons and daughters, 17 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Funeral services are Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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John James Surman
Chester
Surman
Mary Novak
Mark
Wilmington
John
St. Louis
Joe
Richland
Ted
Alton
Bernard
Catherine ‘Veath
Evansville
Victoria Grah
Marie Heckter
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mines Report Summary of Tuesday Work
Mines working Tuesday include Fidelity New Kathleen Star No 1 Truax Tract No 2 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Orient 2 Orient 3 Buckhorn 2 Zeigler 3 Freeman 4 with Old Ben 9 not working. Names appear as shorthand notes from a labor or production brief.
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Fidelity
Kathleen of Star No
Ben
Orient
Buckhorn
Zeigler
Freeman
Tourism workshop eyes Southern Illinois growth at SIU kickoff luncheon
Officials from 31 Southern Illinois communities gather at SIU for a noon kickoff luncheon to launch a permanent regional tourism organization. R J Shaindagle will outline industry development plans while Bedwell and Barnes discuss coordinating local groups, workshops, and transportation, events, and attractions.
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Missouri Lake of the Ozarks Assn
Lunceon
Southern Illinois University
John Barnes
Southern Illinois
STU
Barnes
R. J. Shaidnagle
Ozark Organization
University School
Shaidnagle
SIU
Illinois
Bedwell
Chamber of Commerce
Tools Stolen From Bicycle Near Walnut Street Church
A theft report to Carbondale police notes Emery Hall’s bag of tools stolen from a bicycle parked near Walnut Street Baptist Church. Hall identified the owner and location, with the incident reported Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Hall
Carbondale
Hall
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Police Briefs from Carbondale and Murphysboro Fines
Carbondale John Hoehn aged 56 of Belleville was fined nine dollars including costs for intoxication by Justice Will Travislion. state police arrest by Officer William Maurizio. Murphysboro Charles McNeil Ava was fined forty nine dollars including costs for disturbing the peace and intoxication by Justice M Held. Murphysboro Robert G. Sellers of Route 2 Murphysboro was fined fourteen dollars including costs for speeding by Justice C M Held.
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Carbondale
John Hoehn
Betty Drive
Belleville
Justice of the Peace
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St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Reva Collins
Scheicher
Robert Kezely
Ketely
Collins
Lester Walker
Ava Area
Marion Man
Herrin High
Williamson
Bible Parade
Mounds Man
John Surman
Welge Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas Corcoran
St. Mary’s Cemetery
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