Junior Crusader Driving Tests For 6 12 Year Olds
Youngsters ages 6 to 12 begin driver training in miniature cars at the Egyptian Drive-In Theater south of Herrin on Route 148. The program is led by Wayne L. Smith with Jaycee Clubs and local merchants, featuring an all day opening with auto show and stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Wayne L. Smith
Egyptian Theater Corp
Jaycee Clubs
Marion
Southern Illinois
Junior Crusaders National Assn., Inc
ABC
Smith
Ft. Campbell
Southern Illinois University
Cole Shelton
Lesser
Williamson County
Mill Workers Benefit From Regional Strike Aid
Financial aid for 48 production workers at Cole Milling Co. in Chester comes from area labor groups. Workers began a strike April 14 over union recognition and pay scales. Donations include cash from International Shoe Co. and Prim Hosiery Mill, Local 156, Randolph Trade Council, Cobwell Chevrolet, Chester carpenters, and St. Louis grain millers. Funds buy canned foods for families of striking workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Milling Co
Chester
International Shoe Co
Prim Hosiery
du Quoin Packing Co
Randolph Trades Council
Cowell Chevrolet
Chester Area
Carpenters
American Federation of Grain Millers Union
St. Louis
Former Carbondale Resident Lois Land Dies in Memphis
Lois Land 68 longtime Carbondale resident died at 3 20 p m Thursday in Memphis Tennessee after moving to the city in 1952 with husband W A Land a retired railroad worker She was born May 6 1890 and married May 25 1909 Survived by husband daughter Catherine Allen Belleville daughter Mildred Jenkins Owasso Mich daughter Willie Ruth Luscher Greenville son Aubrey a Kent England history professor brothers Roy Christian Batesville Miss Robert Christian Barbarton Ohio sisters Nannie Smith Lockhart Tex Ashton Davis Buford NC and nine grandchildren She was active in Eastern Star White Shrine and Rebekah Lodge past president District 28 Funeral services and burial from Cosmopolitan Funeral Home Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Land
Memphis
Illinois Central Railroad
Catherine Allen
Belleville
Mildred Jenkins
Owasso
Mich
Willie Ruth Luscher
Greenville
Aubrey
Kent
England
Roy Christian
Batesville
Miss
Robert Christian
Barbarton
Ohio
Nannie Smith
Lockhart
Tex
Ashton Davis
Buford
N. C
Eastern Star
White Shrine
Rebekah Lodge
Cosmopolitan Funeral Home
Skadden to Explain Nurse Scholarships in Marion
William E. Skadden of the Illinois Department of Public Welfare will visit Marion Monday to outline state nursing scholarships. He will meet 1 to 4 p m at the Russell Emery office with no appointment required. Scholarships worth 2000 to 3500 dollars over three years cover tuition, fees, books and uniforms with monthly stipends and require service as a staff nurse post training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Skadden
Illinois Department of Public Welfare
Marion
Russell Emery
Williamson County
Emery
Skadden
Hgh
Benton Man Free On Bond
Morris Barger 48 was released on a $5 000 bond by Police Magistrate Oscar Eherton after being charged with assault with intent to kill for wounding Emerson Stacks in a shooting fray in Benton. Stacks is in critical condition at Franklin Hospital. State’s Atty Joseph Hickman said Barger will be bound over to the grand jury. The incident followed an argument in the front yard of Dora Winn’s home at 411 Huderson Street. the only witness was Barger's estranged wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Morris Barger
Oscar Eherton
Barger
Emerson Stacks
Franklin County
Stacks
Franklin Hospital
Joseph Hickman
Dora Winn
Huderson St
Hickman
Illinois Central Plea Under Study by State
Springfield June 4 AP The Illinois Commerce Commission took under advisement Illinois Central Railroad petition to consolidate three passenger trains between Chicago and St Louis The railroad seeks to eliminate the daylight and the night Diamond and keep the Green Diamond under a revised schedule
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Omni Range System Planned for Williamson County Airport
Airport officials say a federal Omni Range navigational system will be installed at Williamson County Airport this year. The system will provide radio guidance for instrument approaches to the landing field, aiding pilots in determining compass headings to or from the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Page Eleven
Charles Stoker
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Robert Pansing
Airport Management
Williamson County
Instrument landings in Tuesday’s Southern Ilinotsan report
Readable text notes instrument landings described in a Tuesday Southern Ilinotsan dispatch. Details on locations and parties remain sparse but indicate a formal reporting of the event.
Grain Firms Merge to Form General Grain Inc
Four grain companies announce a merger to form General Grain Inc. based in Indianapolis. Ace Goodrich, Cleveland Grain, Associated Terminal Elevators of Indiana, and General Grain converge to operate 42 grain elevators across Indiana and Illinois and handle substantial grain traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis, Ind
General Grain, Inc
Ace-Goodrich, Inc
Cleveland Grain Co
Associated Terminal Elevators of Indiana, Inc
General Grain Inc
Indiana
Illinois
Grain Trade Draws Million-Dollar Western Market Interest
A report notes about a million dollars yearly value in Midwestern grain trade, highlighting substantial economic activity and regional market impact for farmers and merchants. The piece references scale and potential policy implications shaping future shipments and pricing dynamics.
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Ilinois
Page
Squire
Knight
Crusader
Crusaders
Goodyear Service
Modern Laundry
Martin Oil Co
Rodd Realty Co
Boren’s Iga
Harry Crisp
Tabie Pride Bakery
West Frankfort
South Side Lumber Co
Carbondale
Lois Land
Tenn
Sunton
Family Weekly
Benton Man
Illinois Central Plea
Grob
Pate Construction & Improvement CO
FHA
Ptian
IFG. CO
South Illinois
Holden Hospital
Aton
Bell & Zoller Coal Company
ZeigLer
Zeigler and
Buckhorn Mines
Johnston City
Western Grain
BUICK
Coleman - Holliday Murphysboro
North 19Th
Vaanise
Ana
Glidden’s
Glidden
Hy-Way Lumber CO
South Park Ave
Goodyear
Crombar and Connelly’s Shell
Murphysboro
North Market Street
Bill Colp
West Side Shell
West Main
Brewster Motors, Inc
North Park Avenue
America
Old Crow
OLD Crow Distillery CO
Frankfort
National Distillers Products CO
Kentucky
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