Benefit Musical at Johnston City Delights Local Audience
A Story in American Music was staged Monday night in Johnston City by the Johnston City Choral Club as a benefit for the city library book fund. Herbert Johnson directed the choral group with Miss Shirley Pearce as accompanist and Mrs. Gladys Sullivan as narrator.
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Johnston City
City Library Book Fund
Herbert Johnson
Shirley Pearce
Gladys Sullivan
Hazel Kemper
Ruth Fleming
Samuel A. Ward
Cc. C. Pittman
Harry R. Wilson
Porter Bonett
Wanda Oliver
Pauline Houston
Ora Lear Baiar
Sigmund Romberg
Joe Green
Margery Parker
Bears
Death
Samuel Barber
Harry B. Wilson
Largo
Anton Dvorak
Marimbo
America—Choral
Low Bid Tops Budget For New Cairo Hospital
Combined low bids for construction of a new St. Marys hospital in Cairo totalled 1,254,982 dollars. Hospital authorities will act on the bids within two weeks and noted the amount is about 200,000 dollars above the budget.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Negro Pastor's Widow Dies in Elkville Funeral
Mrs. Jean nettie Harkins 68 widow of Rev. Anthony Harkins died at her Elkville home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Mt Olive Baptist church in Du Quoin. She leaves five children Roscoe and Ben of Elkville Milton Du Quoin Anthony and Sparta. Friends may call at the family home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannettie Harkins
Anthony Harkins
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
du Quoin
Mrs Axline Hosts Family From St Louis and Oak Ridge
Mrs E C Axline of 212 South Thirteenth Street Herrin welcomes guests this week. Her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs R H Axline of St Louis Missouri join her, along with her daughter Mrs L Z Dolan and grandson Dan of Oak Ridge Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Cc. Axline
South Thirteenth Street
Herrin
R. H. Axline
St. Louis
L. Z. Dolan
Dan
Oakridge
Tenn
Harris visiting Herrin region for business this week
James R. Harris of Springfield formerly of Herrin is transacting business in Herrin Marion and Carterville this week. He stays at his parents home route 1 Herrin Mr and Mrs James C Harris.
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James R. Harris
Springfield
Herrin
Marion
Carterville
Harris
James C. Harris
Route 1
Mother Rescues 2 From Fiery Chicken Coop
A young mother, Lorraine Clark, 27, saved her two sons James 5 and Wayne 3 from a burning eight foot square chicken coop in Pekin Illinois. She crawled inside through a locked door but flames forced her back. Hoover Clark, her brother in law, finally broke the door and all three escaped. Mrs Clark sustained second degree burns shielding her sons. The incident likely started when the boys tried to light a kerosene lamp with matches.
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Lorraine Clark
James
Wayne
Hoover Clark
Belgium cabinet resigns after election upset
Belgium's coalition government led by Premier Gaston Eyskens resigns after the Social Christian party's victory in last Sunday's elections. Regent Prince Charles to appoint a premier designate, with Jean Duvieusart as a leading candidate. Kings and potential recalls loom as Socialist leaders warn of strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
pro-Leopold
Social Christian Party
Jean Duvieusart
Leopold
Shadow Burglar Suspect Indicted in Swanwick Case
Herbert C. Brown, linked to the Shadow Burglar string, was indicted by a Perry County grand jury for burglarizing a Swanwick residence and scratching The Shadow Knows on a bedroom bureau last April 1. A newspaper clipping tied the burglary to Brown and aided his Colorado arrest.
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Brown
Swanwick
Colorado
Eureka College Publicity Chief To Lead Du Quoin Fair
Bill Leemon, director of publicity at Eureka college, will serve as publicity chief for the Du Quoin State fair this summer. The fair opens August 28 and closes Labor Day September 4. Leemon previously ran publicity for the Egyptian Music camp last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Leemon
Eureka College
du Quoin
Leemon
Mrs Irma Igoe Named Democratic Committeewoman
Mrs. Irma Igoe of Mount Vernon, longtime Democratic county chairwoman for Jefferson County, has been appointed Democratic State Central Committeewoman for the 24th Congressional district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Igoe
Mount Vernon
Jefferson County
Democratic States Central
24Th
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Cairo Hospital
Beverly Brown
Britton, Mich
Washington Monument
Charles Herman
Beverly
Marguerite Anderson
River Rouge
Mich
Mrs. Axline
Pekin, Ill
George Ferrill
Charles Reynolds
Herbert Randolph
New Orleans
Pete’s Shoe Shop
N. 14Th St. Herrin, OL
Agai
Dodge
Davis Motor & Investment Co
Ralph Gray Motor Co
North Park
Herring Nl
Illinois
Carbondale, Ill
Cardwell Motors
Walnut St
George Sisson
Council Bluffs Hospital
Gaylin
Harlan
Iowa
Harlan High School
Brussels
Gaston Eyskens
Cial Christian
Prince Charles
Herbert C. Brown
Perry
Nunley Drug Store
MR. and
Mrs. Nunley
General Electric
W. Monroe
Carbondale
Welnut St
Murphysboro
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