Local Company Defaults on School Contract
A Murphysboro rumor became fact as Sandy Engineered forfeits its contract with Murphysboro Township High School for home economics and band building. The bond will cover the default with no extra cost to the district. bond company decision in progress as the three phase program continues including a new gym and metal workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Sandy Engineered Company
Murphysboro Township
I. T. Pries
Carbondale
Sandy Engineered
Sandy Company
W. Ray Hagler
Hagler
Southern Illinoisan
Priesand
Jackson County Hogs Sell Upward to 20.60
George Crawford of Ava obtained 20.60 cwt for a 13 head shipment of 205 lb hogs sold through the Producers Live Stock Marketing association at National Stock Yards. Other area sales include Henry Ahlers 10 hogs at 20.00, A C Doerr 24 head at 247 lb for 19.85, Bernard Baker 18 head at 20.00, Sherman Elliott 10 head at 221 lb for 19.85, Paul Buescher 11 head at 211 lb for 19.85, and Charles O Young with 14 head hogs at 19.85 and 907 lb steers at 30.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crawford
Ava
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
National Stock Yards
Henry Ahlers
Murphysboro
A. C. Doerr
Murphysbro
Bernard Baker
Sherman Elliott
Paul Buescher
Campbell Hill
Charles O. Young
DAV Returns Keys to Disabled Veteran in Carbon Dale
The Disabled American Veterans handed back a set of lost keys to W. E. Mills of Carbon Dale. An Idento-Tag attached to the keys helps the DAV identify owners and return about 5,000 keys monthly from its national headquarters in Cincinnati. The program supports key-loss insurance and free rehabilitation services for disabled veterans and their dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled American Veterans Organization
W. E. Mills
Carbondale
DAV
Cincinnati
Bike Riders Hit Two Tiny Tots in Murphysboro Incident
Karen Heinrich 2 and her sister Janis 3 4 percent were struck by two boys riding bicycles on the Murphy street and North street sidewalks. One bike knocked Janis down and toppled onto Karen. Police warned offenders will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Heinrich
W. H. Heinrich
Murphy Street
Murphysboro
Janis
North Street
Karen
Clarence Ward
Ex Murphysboro Man Missed Street Car In Which 33 Died
Ex Murphysboro auto mechanic Arbeiter narrowly missed the Chicago street car in the fatal gas fire that killed 33 during rush hour two weeks earlier. He chased the car but failed to board and survived. Also notes Denver flood escapades of Gene and Mrs. Boucher of St. Louis who said they narrowly escaped with minutes to spare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
William Arbeiter
Chicago
Arbeiter
Gus
Citizen&s
Gene Boucher
St. Louis
Denver
Colo
Bouchers
Help Offered Vets Widows Eligibility for VA GI Loans
Unremarried widows of World War II veterans may obtain VA guaranteed GI home farm and business loans under Housing Act amendments. Eligibility mirrors death compensation rules. service between Sept 16 1940 and July 25 1947 and service connected death required. Some widows may receive direct VA home loans after July 19 1950 in areas lacking 4 percent mortgage financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Ex Murphysboro Man Recovers From Pneumonia in Arizona
War ner B. Dixon, a 1926 Murphysboro Township High School graduate, is rapidly recovering from double pneumonia at his Prescott Arizona home. He taught in Chicago schools before moving to Arizona eight years ago and now teaches there. He last visited Murphysboro two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Warner B. Dixon
Prescott, Ariz
Arizona
Dixon
Murphysboro Township
Chicago
Prescott
Hunsinger to Become Doctor of Philosophy
Paul Hunsinger of Southern Illinois University will receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Northwestern University’s Evanston campus during commencement on Monday June 12. Hunsinger is an instructor in SIU's Speech department.
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Maily Free Press Southern
Linoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Postifie
Ulin
Associated Press
AP News
Nois University
Northwestern University
Evanston
Hunsinger
Ransack Safe at Murphysboro Lumber Yard
An unknown intruder ransacked the safe at Reiman Lumber Yard in Murphysboro last night but left empty handed. Police found papers scattered, an adding machine removed and discarded, and three dollars in a cash register untouched. No clues or motive are known.
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Reiman Lumber Yard
Murphysboro
Clarence Ward
Carbondale Wins Safety Plaque For 49 Fatality Free Year
Carbondale received a National Safety Council plaque for a 49 no fatal motor vehicle accidents year ending 1949. Chief Lee Davis received the plaque, now hanging at city hall, noting the record since Sept 27 1947 and urging public cooperation to stay safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
National Safety Council
Lee Davis
City Hall
Davis
Named To Head Farm Council
Charles Hufford of Murphysboro farm planner for the Soil Conservation Service in Jackson County was elected chairman Monday of the United States Department of Agriculture council in the county. He will fill the unexpired term of the late Harry Switzer who drowned near Ware. The term expires next January. The council coordinates governmental services to farmers and includes county heads of federal and state agricultural agencies.
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Charles Hufford
Murphysboro
Soil Conservation Service
Jackson County
United States Department of Agriculture Council
Hufford
Harry Switzer
Ware
Wreck on Colp Road Ends with Minor Injuries
Two Mt. Vernon men, Holland Irvin and Virgil Ogle, escaped serious injury when their car overturned on the east end curve of the unfinished Herrin Colp highway Monday night. Police report no injuries beyond shock, and the 1948 sedan was towed by Robb's wrecker. The curve has seen several accidents since December, including a 16-year-old Colp boy killed nearby last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Herrin-Colp
Herrin
Holland Irvin
West Broadway
Virgil Ogle
Twenty-first Street
Irvin
Ogle
Robb’s
Colp
Road Officials Hold Marion Hearing on Route 148 Extension
Four engineers from the Carbon dale district office of the State Highway department met in Marion to hear reclassification and planning on roads. The meeting discussed extending Route 148 from the Illinois Ordnance plant area to Dongola with a Herrin delegation contesting the proposal. The report will go to Springfield with similar hearings for a General Assembly review. A Murphysboro session is planned Thursday night under House Bill 820. E L Sherertz led the Marion hearing with C E Keen Oscar Day and James Newton also in attendance.
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Carbondale
State Highway Department
Marion
Herrin
Illinois Ordnance Plant
Dongola
Springfield
General Assembly
66Th General Assembly
Murphysboro
E. L. Sherertz
C. E. Keen
Oscar Day
James Newton
State Highway Department Bureau of Research
Nellie Johnson Dies at 43 in Murphysboro
Mrs Nellie Johnson 43 of route 1 Murphysboro died at St Andrews hospital at 5 30 am after a four month illness with a heart ailment. She leaves Austin Johnson husband a son Austin Floyd Johnson of Murphysboro a daughter Mrs Jacob Whitecotton Herrin her parents Mr and Mrs Levi Nance Murphysboro two brothers Willard Nance Peoria Roy Nance Gorham three sisters Mrs Lawrence Williams Carterville Mrs Elmer Clover Murphysboro and Mrs Mack Allison Pomona and four grandchildren. Funeral services at Crawshaw Funeral Home Murphysboro Thursday at 2 pm with Rev A J Collins officiating burial at Fairview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Floyd Johnson
Murphysboro
Jacob Whitecotton
Herrin
Levi Nance
Willard Nance
Peoria
Roy Nance
Gorham
Lawrence Williams
Carterville
Elmer Clover
Mack Allison
Pomona
Crawshaw Funeral Home
A. J. Collins
First Christian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Breaks Bones In Highway Wreck
Dick Wooldridge of Murphysboro suffered seven fractured ribs a broken collar bone and a broken arm in a Monday night auto accident on route 13 between Murphysboro and Pinckneyville. His car was struck from behind as he swerved to avoid a coilson with a car ahead lacking a tail light. Wooldridge, a staff claims adjuster for the Illinois Agricultural Association, was taken to St An drew's hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Wooldridge
North Ninth Street
Murphysboro
Pinckneyville
Wooldridge
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Peterson Taken To Marion Veterans Hospital
Harold Peterson, chief of Carbondale City police night squad, was admitted to Marion Veterans Hospital yesterday with a spine injury. He will be out indefinitely. Henry Hale will assist on the night squad until Peterson returns, Chief Lee Davis stated today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Peterson
Carbondale City
Marion Veterans Hospital
Peterson
Henry Hale
Lee Davis
Throgmorton elected SIU Homecoming chairman 1950
James Throgmorton, sophomore from Vienna, won SIU Homecoming chairman role by five votes over Harry Dell. Bud Loftus announced results for other campus issues including student council winners and a $1 per quarter activity fee increase to expand Health Service benefits to about 50 hospitalization and doctor costs plus 80 to 100 dollars for emergencies, with eligibility rules noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
James Throgmorton
Vienna
Bud Loftus
SI. U. Health Service
Bob Smith
Jan Mayer
Mona Williams
Tom Sloan
Bill Waters
Doris Schwinn
Mary Ellen Donahue
Health Service
Crash Victims Involved In Fatal Route 3 Crash Near Grand Tower
Harvey Houston 21 of Grand Tower remained in poor condition at St. Andrews hospital Murphysboro after an early morning crash on Route 3 near the Big Muddy river bridge. Eugene Cooper 18, also of Howardton, was killed when the car overturned trapping him. an inquest into his death was not set. Funeral services for Cooper were to be held at the Grand Tower Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Houston
Grand Tower
St. Andrews Hospital
Murphysboro
Eugene Cooper
Houston
Howardton
Big Muddy River
Jackson County
Cooper
D. L. McGregor
Methodist Church
Property Transfers Include Swaps in Murphysboro and Carbondale
A series of property transfers lists T Martin Morgan to Joseph E Browne for lot 5 in Morgan Place and prices ranging from 1 to 4996.50 dollars. Other transfers include Ardell M O Danie l to Ross Carver, Joseph Harral to Elmer Hill, George O Davis to Hubert Cox, and multiple deeds in Carbondale and Murphysboro with prices as low as 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Martin Morgan
Joseph E. Browne
Morgan Place
Ardell M. O’daniel
Ross Carver
Ava
Joseph A. Harral
Elmer A. Hill
Gartside
Murphysboro
George O. Davis
Hubert G. Cox
Edgewood
Ethel Brown
Michael Calandro
J. M. Herbert
National Guard to shift medical unit to Murphysboro
Norman McRoy announced verbal orders to move a 17 man medical detachment from Benton to Murphysboro to serve the 135th battalion. The unit will include two officers and 15 enlisted men with Dr A R Esposito as commander and John Batson as first sergeant, both from Murphysboro.
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135Th Battalion
Illinois National Guard
Murphysboro
Norman McRoy
Benton
Company A
McRoy
A. R. Esposito
John Batson
Fourteenth End
Rover Streets
Renton
Metropolis
Anna
Johnston City
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Retired Farmer John Sweet Dies at 80
John Henry Sweet 80 a retired farmer died at Holden hospital Carbondale Monday at 9 15 p m He lived at 103 South Oakland Avenue Friends may call at Carbon dale funeral home Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p m at the Carbondale funeral home with Rev Herman McGill of Marion officiating Burial in Casper cemetery Anna He leaves wife Sarah Jane a daughter Ruth Aaron Champaign two sons Carl and Richard Anna a brother M D Sweet Freeman Spur 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild Member Bethel Baptist church of Anna
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John Henry Sweet
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
South
Oakland Ave
Nue
Carbondale Funeral Home
Herman McGill
Marion
Casper Cemetery
Anna
Sarah Jane
Ruth Aaron
Champaign
Carl
Richard
M. D Sweet
Freeman Spur
Sweet
Bethel Baptist Church of
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Show Local Activity
Admitted Monday are Mrs. Thomas Koonce surgical Marion Jerry Dale King surgical Marion Mrs. Joe Johnson medical Dongola B O Anderson medical Buncombe Mrs L L Jones medical Effingham Mrs Goble Wilson surgical Herrin Mrs Orris Mosley surgical Jonesboro Eulie Kelly surgical Pittsburg Discharged Monday are Mrs Lowell Bush medical Carbondale Ira B Robertson accident Makanda Mrs Ida Thompson medical Carbondale Mrs Samuel Doerr and daughter Carbondale Mrs Robert R Hinchcliff and daughter Carbondale Mrs Lennie McCluskie surgical Marion
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Thomas Koonce
Marion
Jerry Dale King
Joe Johnson
Dongola
B. O. Anderson
Buncombe
L. L. Jones
Effingham
Rin
Orris Mosley
Jonesboro
Eulie Kelly
Pittsburg
Lowell Bush
Carbondale
Ira B. Robertson
Makanda
Ida Thompson
Samuel Doerr
Robert R. Hinchcliff
Lennie McCluskie
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TEA
Carbondale Community High School
Libby Ide
Wilma Foster
Selma Sumner
Joe Kilpatrick
Marlene Lewis
Bill Young
Lynn Smith
Patsy White
Betty Sutton
Philosophy
Paul Hunsinger
Southern
Illi
Head Farm Council
Williamson
J. E. Etherton
Carbondale National Bank
Carbondale Community Council
Donald Forsythe Post
American Legion
Etherton
Community Council
Nathan Nagle
Nellie Johnson
Route 1
Johnson
Vandalia
Austin Johnson
Legion Post
American Legion Memorial
Josephine Stagno
Lester R. Snyder
Robert W. Givens
Claude Faulkner
Mary P. Campbell
North
Luther Meininger
Selmier Peerless Towel and Linen Co
Roy Hayden
Selmier Towel and Linen Co
Robert Harold Leonard
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Rolla
Leonard
W. Q. Leonard
West
Walnut Street
National Guard
135Th
John Sweet
Goble Wilson
Surgical
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