Carbondale Library Faces Delays and Budget Review
Carbondale Library Board delays new building plans pending investigation after bids drop from 80 597 to 60 352 with architect revisions. Board considers Benton example, visits site, and consults architects on revised plans. Annual report shows expenses 5888 with receipts just over 5000 and a 1956 collection of 9631 adult and 3045 children books.
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Carbondale
Benton
Lee Potter Smith
Keith Underwood
Fern Brewer
Brewer
Rites Held for Father of Area Woman
Mr and Mrs Walter Wiffen stette and family of 205 Prentice Ave Carterville attended the funeral of Mrs Wiffen stette s father John Porter who died at St Frances Hospital Litchfield after a lengthy illness Funeral services were held Monday in the Christian Church at Waggoner with burial nearby
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Walter Wiffenstette
Prentice Ave
Carterville
Wiffenstette
John Porter
St. Frances Hospital
Litchfield
Christian Church
Waggoner
Marion Trucker Escapes Injury After Rt 51 Crash
Lyman Hanks of Marion drove a cattle truck off Route 51 south of Elkville around 4 p m Monday. The truck skimmed a ditch and struck a pole causing significant damage but the cattle and Hanks were uninjured according to State Patrolman Bill Maurizio of Carbondale.
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Marion
Rt. 51
Elkville
Bill Maurizio
Carbondale
Lyman Hanks
Hanks
Maurizio
Drunken driver fined in Pulaski County case
Jim Barber a 48 year old from Grand Chain was fined 100 dollars and costs for drunken driving by Pulaski County Judge Dan O Sullivan. Barber was arrested Sunday after his car side swiped a truck driven by Carl Corzine of Karnak on Route 37 near Grand Chain.
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Jim Barber
Grand Chain
Pulaski County
Dan O'Sullivan
Barber
Carl Corzine
Karnak
Rt. 37
RED
Marion Soldier On 10 Day Furlough From Ft Bragg
Private Joe Wall visits his mother Mrs Stella Wall of Route 4 Marion during a ten day furlough. He is stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina for training in a field artillery battalion.
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Pvt
Joe Wall
Stella Wall
Rt. 4
Marion
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is published in Carbondale with editions in Herrin and Murphysboro. It is a second class matter newspaper under the 1879 act and is the successor to the Carbondale Prep Press along with the Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent. The AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Ill
Southern Tllinoisan
Carbondale Prep Press
Students Honored by National Honor Society Induction
Seven Carbondale University School students earned NHS induction honors during a Monday ceremony. Seniors Joyce Ross Jim Simon and Polly Winkler along with juniors George Bricker Winkie Lewis Dorothy Lingle and Mary Ann Rushing were recognized for scholarship leadership citizenship and service. Rotary awards went to Bill Felts Miss Sharkey Terry Thalman and Miss Winkler. Danforth Foundation certificates and books were given to Jack Lane Myrna Gansmann and Simon received a science medal.
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National Honor Society of
Carbondale University
Joyce Ross
Jim Simon
Polly Winkler
George Bricker
Winkie Lewis
Dorothy Lingle
Mary Ann Rushing
Clyde Winkler
Carbondale
Rotary Club
Bill Felts
Miss Sharkey
Terry Thalman
Miss Winkler
Chalmer Gross
Bausch & Lamb
Simon
Danforth Foundation
Jack Lane
Myrna Gansmann
William H. Danforth
Ralston- Purina Co
St. Louis
Marion Girl Places Second in State Essay Contest
Carolyn Bearden of Marion earned second in the state VFW Ladies Auxiliaries essay contest for "American Beacon of Hope." She previously won first at Marion High School from over 200 entries and received $25. She will get $100 and a medal at the state Auxiliary convention in Springfield on June 15. She also won a Marion Chamber of Commerce Ozark Airlines contest, earning a Nashville trip.
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Carolyn Bearden
Lester Bearden
N. Vicksburg St
Marion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marion High School
Bearden
Springfield
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Ozark Airlines
Nashville, Tenn
Sparta Driver Sentenced to 90 Days in Randolph Jail
John Wisely of Sparta drew a 90 day sentence in Randolph County Jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. Judge Paul Nehrt also ordered court costs and noted a 1953 fine of 125 dollars and 10 days in jail for a similar offense. Everett Leftwich of Sparta received 90 days at the Illinois Penal Farm in Vandalia on a vagrancy charge.
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John Wisely
Randolph County
Paul Nehrt
Governor Candidate Paschen Tours Sparta Area
Democratic candidate Herbert C. Paschen toured industrial sites in Sparta on Saturday before a Water- 00 appearance. He joined Randolph County contenders J. M. Burns for state senator and W. Clell Hill for sheriff at the Midwest Packaging Plant and other business locations and attended a dinner at the Bates Hotel.
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Herbert C. Paschen
Illinois
Sparta
Paschen
Randolph County
J. M. Burns
W. Clell Hill
Midwest Packaging
Custodians Meet in Marion Illinois Conference Open
A two day school custodians conference will be held at Marion Junior High School on June 14 and 15. Sponsored by the Vienna bloc of the Illinois Association of County Superintendents of Schools. Speakers include Robert Ring W A Howe Ralph Sitter Norman Hilton and Paul Mueller with an open discussion on custodial problems and a panel to award certificates to attendees from 13 counties.
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Marion Junior High School
W. A. Howe
Southern Illinois University
Ralph Sitter
SIU
Howe
Norman Hilton
Cobden
Paul Mueller
Belleville
Horace Brown
Gallatine
Everett Joiner
Carbondale
Raymond Owen
Marion Community Unit
Herbert Weineke
West Frankfort
Bracy Newsette Memorial Day Service Quiet at Doughboy
Memorial Day observance at the Doughboy honoring war dead drew low attendance in its new location. The event commemorates those who died in service with a somber, restrained gathering.
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Doughboy
Mrs Louise Hamilton Details Herrin Apparel Plant Growth
Mrs Louise Hamilton general manager of the Herrin Apparel Company spoke to Lions Club about the Smoler plant now under Herrin Apparel. The plant has operated in Herrin for about 10 years and is cited as progressive in popular price dresses with leading department stores nationwide selling their dresses. Herrin praises the management for its forward look.
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Louise Hamilton
Lions’ Clu
Herrin Apparel Company
Hamilton
Herrin
Ogur Receives 16000 Grant From NSF for Yeast Research
Maurice Ogur associate professor of microbiology at Southern Illinois University received a National Science Foundation grant of 16000 dollars for a three year project titled Synthesis and Degradation of Polyphosphates in Yeast. The work aims to determine functions of large phosphorus compounds in yeast and Ogur has published extensively on phosphates and nucleic acids since joining Southern Illinois University in February 1953.
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Maurice Ogur
Southern Illinois University
National Science Foundation
St. Ogur
Southern
Bond Set for Carbondale Man in Mortgaged Car Case
Bond of 750 dollars set for Robert Morgrum of Carbondale held in Jackson County jail in Murphysboro on a charge of selling mortgaged property. The 23 year old man was arrested after allegedly selling a 1947 model car to Elroy Grob Motor Co. without a clear title.
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Robert Morgrum
Carbondale
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Roy Bain
Jackson
Ray Dillinger
Morgrum
Elroy Grob Motor Co
Appointment and election data from Lesser city notice
Clifford Robinson was appointed Lesser City Clerk by Mayor Harold Stephenson, succeeding George Taylor who resigned. Four candidates filed for three Alderman posts in Wards 1 and 2: Donald F. Chastain and Donald Zimmerman in Ward 1. Carl Baltzell and Bruno Perjenski in Ward 2. Ward 2 will elect one, with the election on July 17.
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Ooo Namesesser
Clifford Robinson
Harold Stephenson
George Taylor
Donald F. Chastain
Donald Zimmerman
Carl Baltzell
Bruno Perjenski
Sparta Township High School names interim leader amid leave
Principal John Warren will take a two year leave for a Kellogg Foundation Fellowship at the University of Chicago. Sparta native Frank Adams będzie lead the school in Warren's absence, becoming the first Sparta graduate to head the high school. James A. Birchler becomes assistant principal and Charles E. Crouch moves to guidance counselor.
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John Warren
Kellogg Foundation
University of Chicago
Frank Adams
Sparta
Warren
Adams
Sparta High School
STHS
James A. Birchler
Charles E. Crouch
AAUP Elects Local Chapter Officers
The local AAUP chapter at Giant City State Park elected Chalmer Gross as president, Ward Morten as vice president, Jack Graham as treasurer, Dorothy Heicke as secretary, with Russell Sullivan speaking on academic freedom and tenure. About 80 attendees were present.
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American Assn
Giant City State Park
Chalmer Gross
University School
Southern Illinois University
Ward Morten
SIU
Jack Graham
Dorothy Heicke
Russell Sullivan
University of Illinois Law School
National Association
Marion Board Approves Parking Plan for Five Lots
The Marion Parking Commission tentatively approves a five lot off street parking program to add 296 spaces at a total cost of 109 026. Space distribution includes 91 at City Hall hitchback lot 52 at the A P Store lot 41 at the fire department lot and 56 each at the Cochran Madison and College Streets lot with an option for a fifth lot. Banks of Marion and Egypt to finance via revenue bonds. Thursday meeting with bank representatives.
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Marion
The
Parking Commission
Bank of Marion
Bank of Egypt
A&p
Madiison
College Streets
Education Meet SIU Host To Governor's Commission
Southern Illinois University will host a bi monthly meeting of the Governor s Commission on Higher Education on Friday. The 16 member panel includes SIU President Delyte W Morris and Mrs Melvin Lockard Cobden president of the Illinois Parent Teachers Assn. Maj Lenox R Lohr chairman and director of Chicago s Museum of Science and Industry will preside.
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Southern _ Illinois University
Governor’s Commission On Higher Education
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Melvin Lockard
Cobden
Illinois Parent- Teachers Assn
Maj
Lenox R. Lohr
Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Back yard fence vote splits 50 50 in town meeting
Community members debate building a filling station and a children play area as reasons for the fence project. Judge Payton Kunce spoke in Herrin on welfare for mentally retarded children and funding for a summer camp at Grassy Lake. He urged notifying him of local children who might attend.
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Payton Kunce
Murphysboro
Herrin
Illinois
Organization For Welfare
Grassy Lake
Kance
Highway Dept Plans Work on Route 148 South This Summer
Two carloads of highway engineers surveyed Route 148 South and officials say work may begin this summer. Governor Stratton has shown personal interest in the project.
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Highway Department
Joe Verga Dies at 76 in Herrin
Joe Verga 76 of 1301 W Madison St Herrin died Monday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale A retired miner he was born in San Justo Canavese Italy and belonged to St Marys Catholic Church He is survived by his wife Mary daughter Jennie Pisoni of Herrin sons Jimmy and Tony of St Louis three grandchildren Funeral services will be Thursday at 9 am in St Marys Catholic Church with Msgr Robert DeGasperi officiating Burial in St Carlos Cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm today A rosary will be recited at the funeral home Wednesday at 7 pm
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Joe Verga
W. Madison St
Herrin
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Verga
San Justo
Canavese
Italy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mary
Jennie Pisoni
Jimmy
Tony
St. Louis
Robert DeGasperi
St. Carlos Cemetery
Ransdell Rites Held for Murphysboro Resident
Graveside services were held Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis for John Allen Ransdell 60 a construction superintendent with Bates and Rodgers Construction Co He died suddenly in Murphysboro on Friday A prior service was held Sunday at 7 p m at First Methodist Church in Murphysboro Rev Wayne Wieman and Rev Gail Hines officiated.
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Memphis Memoria Park
Memphis
Tenn
John Allen Ransdell
Murphysboro
Wayne Wieman
First Methodist
Gail Hines
Ransdell
Bates and Rodgers Construction Co
End Recruit Training for Holden and Queen
Albert D. Holden and Karl M. Queen, both from Du Quoin, completed recruit training on June 2 at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes Illinois.
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Albert D. Holden
Leo D. Holden
du Quoin
Karl M. Queen
Andrew L. Queen
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Two Teens Held Over St Louis Car Theft
Two St Louis teenagers Leonard Halli Roth 16 and Ronald Moon 14 were jailed in Pinckneyville after a St Louis auto theft Monday. State Patrolman Gerald Miller of Du Quoin arrested them. The pair allegedly stole a 1953 car and took license plates from another vehicle. They are held for St Louis County Police.
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St. Louis
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Gerald Miller
Dun Quoin
Leonard Halli Roth
Ronald Moon
Miller
du Quoin
District 13
SIU Professors To Hear R N Sullivan At Dinner
R N Sullivan professor of law at Illinois will speak at 6 30 p m dinner of the SIU chapter AAUP at Giant City Lodge He chairs the national AAUP committee on academic freedom and tenure Election of officers includes president E C Coleman associate professor of English at Southern Nearly 150 SIU faculty are members of the local chapter.
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R. N. Sullivan
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University
American Assn
Giant City State Park Lodge
Sullivan
AAUP
E. C. Coleman
Southern
SIU
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