Relief Clients Assigned To Work In Two Counties
About 100 relief recipients are employed on public works in Alexander and Pulaski Counties. In Pulaski, 85 men work on construction and maintenance while 36 lay in a pipeline project from Mounds. In Alexander, 15 men work on county road projects. The Illinois Public Aid Commission authorized use of relief labor for county projects.
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Cairo
Ill
Alexander
Pulaski
Curtis Taylor
Mounds
Pulaski County
Tyler
Alexander County
W. F. Porter
County Board of Supervisors
Ilinois
Henry Holmes Remains In Jail On Vagrancy Bond
Henry Holmes, 58, of Marion, is held in Williamson County jail on a $2000 vagrancy bond. He faces a manslaughter trial set for June 16 in Circuit Court and was arraigned on the vagrancy charge by Judge John Clayton Jr. Bond return date is July 6. Holmes is also indicted in the January 3 death of George Brown, 54, of Marion.
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Henry Holmes
Marion
Williamson County
Holmes
John Clayton Jr
George Brown
Jackson TB Association Officers Picked
Officers of the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association were re elected at the annual meeting held at the county Health Dept office in Murphysboro. President F A Guida. Vice President Dr Kent Ellis. Second VP Mrs J A Beasley. Secretary Mrs Gene Jones. Treasurer Carl Mec Cord. The group, funded by TB Christmas seal sales about 2000 dollars in 1958, supports health education tuition, supplies to schools, and pays chest X rays for suspect TB cases. It may fund one student for the Health Education Workshop at Southern Illinois University starting June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Tuberculosis Assn
County Health Dept
Murphysboro
F. A. Guida
Kent Ellis
J. A. Beasley
Gene Jones
Carl MecCord
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinoisan newspaper masthead description
A historical newspaper masthead describes publication details for Southern Illinoisan with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro, second class mail status, and AP exclusivity for local and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Maurphysboro
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
West Frankfort Plans for Two New Industries
West Frankfort leaders unite to lure two industries after Streamline Manufacturing announces departure. Council president Boni field notes inquiries for sites and fund use to build a plant. Chamber president Lockard expects building plans by June end. one industry could employ 200 to 300.
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West Frankfort
Hagler Rites Set for Carbondale Resident
Milo W Hagler 81 of 704 N Carico St Carbondale died Thursday at St Andrews Hospital Murphysboro after a year long illness He was a retired Carbondale street department employee and Oak Grove Methodist Church member Born Oct 5 1877 in Jackson County he was a son of Thomas Hagler and the late Mrs Hagler He survived by wife Etta Hagler sons Earl Hagler Carbondale Ralph Hagler Gary Ind sister Mrs Manual Dickerson Hialeah Fla three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Friends may call at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale after 2 pm Saturday Services will be at 2 pm Sunday at the funeral home with Rev Harold Crowell officiating Burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
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Milo W. Hagler
N. Carico St
Carbondale
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murpheysboro
Hagler
Carbondale Street Department
Oak Grove
Earl Hagler
Ralph Hagler
Gary Ind
Manual Dickerson
Hialeah
Fla
van Natta
Harold Crowell
Ancient Buttons Found Worn Over 5,000 Years Ago
Encyclopedia Britannica notes that buttons appeared on clothing more than five millennia ago, indicating early makers used functional fasteners. The finding highlights long standing use of simple fasteners in ancient attire.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Unusual Marion Service Station Runs on Flowers and Fish
Vernell Butch Williams operates at 1609 W. Main St with a 73 year old attendant who has never driven a car. The shop features 64 plants multiple fish tanks and two Chinese pheasants attracting curious customers. Williams converted the lot into a garden shop and repair garage while his father Alva, who never learned to drive, tends the pumps.
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Vernell “Butch
Williams
Marion
W. Main St
Marion High School
Alva
Language Workshop For Grade Teachers At SIU This Summer
Elementary teachers with college French German or Spanish experience may join Southern Illinois University foreign languages workshop to gain certification for teaching foreign languages. Director Prof Hellmut A Hartwig leads the program which also offers pilot language classes for kindergarten pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern — Illinois University
Hellmut A. Hartwig
SIU
Group Seeks Detachment From Randolph Hospital District
A farmers group south of Steeleville petitions Randolph County Court to detach their land from the Randolph Hospital District. Signed by 171 residents, the request argues detachment preserves contiguity and a hearing is set for 1 p m on June 12 in Randolph County Court. The district covers most of the southern county and passed by a large majority, with opposition in the Wine Hill area.
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Steeleville
Randolph County Court
Randolph Hospital District
Hospital
Wine Hill
Two Men Charged With Vagrancy in Grand Tower
Woodrow Cole and Lem ro Laxton were jailed in Jackson County on vagrancy charges after arrest in Grand Tower at 8 p.m. Thursday by deputies Arch Edwards and Ray Warner. Cole previously served four months at Vandalia State Penal Farm in 1957 for probation violation.
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Grand Tower
Jackson County
Woodrow Cole
Lemro Laxton
Jackson
Arch Edwards
Ray Warner
Cole
Vandalia State
Pheasants Pay Penalty as Williams Takes Lost Mates
A silver pheasant with black head and a two tone body and a blonde pheasant with a red breast and multicolored tail are described as paying penance for their sins. They killed their hens recently and Williams will not provide new mates. The golden pheasant hen laid nine eggs which Williams let the bantam hatch.
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Williams
Banty
Charles Vidor Dies in Vienna at 59
Hollywood director Charles Vidor age 59 died of a heart attack in Vienna while preparing a film about Franz Liszt. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he had been a leading director in cinema for about 30 years.
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Vienna
Austria
Charles Vidor
Hollywood
Vidor
Franz Liszt
Budapest
Hungary
Youth Held On Wisconsin Rape Charge
An Elkville youth, Joseph Aaron Claybrook, 19, is jailed in Jackson County on a statutory rape charge with possible extradition to Racine Wisconsin. He was arrested at his mother's Elkville home by Sheriff Ray Diling and Deputy Arch Edwards after a Racine police warrant.
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Elkville
Jackson County
Racine
Wis
Joseph Aaron Claybrook
Jackson
Ray Dillinger
Arch Edwards
Leroy C. Jenkins
Claybrook
Rites Sunday for Mrs Eunice Booker in Murphysboro
Mrs Eunice Frances Booker 93 of Murphysboro died at St Andrew's Hospital after a two week illness. Born Aug 15 1865 in Vergennes she lived in Murphysboro all her life. Funeral at Centenary Methodist Church Murphysboro 2 PM Sunday with Rev Oscar Mearker officiating burial Tower Grove Cemetery.
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Eunice Frances Booker
S. 19Th St. Murphysboro
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphysboro
Vergennes
William W. Booker
Centenary Methodist Church
Booker
Nena Heape
Motto of Chicago Urbs in Horto City in a Garden
The motto of Chicago is Urbs in Horto meaning city in a garden. It reflects the city's historic branding and civic vision conveyed in Latin.
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Chicago
Carbondale Junior High Trio Attends Egyptian Music Camp
Three members of the Carbondale Lincoln Junior High School band attend the Egyptian Music Camp this week. Brenda Hall, Marilyn Williams, and Cynthia Handler, each with parent sponsors listed, participate as clarinetists and flutist in a Band Parents Assn supported program.
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Carbondale Lincoln Junior High School
Brenda Hall
Matt Hall
Marilyn Williams
Wayne Williams
Cynthia Handler
Herbert Seiferth
Brenda
Cynthia
Marilyn
Marion Man Earl King Dies at 67 in Marion
Earl King 67 of 923 W Union St Marion died Thursday at his home after a two year illness. Born August 4 1891 in Williamson County he was a retired miner and a United Mine Workers member. Survived by wife Ruth Ann and several children. services set for Sunday 2 p m at Wilson Frick Funeral Home Marion with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m today.
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Earl King
Union St
Marion
Williamson County
Ruth Ann Fowler
Jeffrey
United Mine Workers of America
King
Capt
Earl Jr
Germany
Lester
Everett Cooper
St. Louis
Walter Kassak
Hazel Park
Mich
Tuck Butler
Greenville
S. C
Donald Law
Herrin
Lillian King
Claude
Jim Roberts
Cloud Pritchett
Rt. 5
Wilson-Frick
John Corbitt
Maplewood Cemetery
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Jackson TB Association
Phil Fredman
Marlyn Furniture
No. Park Ave
Herrin Ill
Alva Williams
Eaton & Brown
Gale Williams
Old 13
Wisconsin
Mrs. Eunice Booker
Langley
Shorts
Iere
Dacron
Shades
Varsity Town
Kingsridge
Zwick & Goldsmith
Egypt
W. Main
REX Loan Bondale Ph
Band Parents Assn. of
The
Carbondale Public Schools
Marion Man
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