New Factories To Absorb Unemployed In Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois anticipates industrial expansion to absorb laid off workers from coal mine closures. Four new factories are in negotiations. A M Andrews plans to hire up to 120 workers after a temporary pause. Marion Casket expects to resume June operations amid continued higher unemployment in Du Quoin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Illinois, Inc
Hughes
A. M. Andrews
Carterville
Marion Casket Company
Kenneth E. Cook
du Quoin
Peabody Coal Company
Majestic
Benton
Harrisburg
Cook
Illinois
Joe Shannon
District 12
United Mine Workers
Shannon
Federal Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Herrin -Murphysboro- Litchfield
Vernon
Funeral services set for Henry Hapke of Walsh
Henry B. Hapke 70 of Walsh died Friday in St. Clement's Hospital Red Bud after a short illness. Born in Roma in 1884, he lived in Walsh his whole life and worked as a farmer and at the International Shoe Co plant in Steeleville. Survived by wife Dora Knop and nine grandchildren plus one great grandchild, services Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Walsh with Rev. E W Belter officiating. burial in Zion Lutheran Cemetery Walsh. Friends may call Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Hapke
Walsh
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Roma
International Shoe Company
Steeleville
Dora Knop
Rudolph
Sparta
Eddie
Elmer
Emil Eggemeyer
Chester
Vernon Eggemeyer
Paul Cording
William Geerlach
Eddie Eggemeyer
Rose Eggemeyer
George Eggemeyer
Schaack
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
E. W. Belter
Zion Evanglical Lutheran Church
Truck Driver Fined for Expired Safety Sticker
Jesse Baxter, 18, of 402 N Washington St Carbondale, was fined $5 plus $4 costs by Carbondale Police Magistrate W G Carter on a state ticket for an expired safety sticker. The truck is owned by Smith Motors of Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Baxter
Washington St
Carbondale
W. G. Carter
Smith Motors
Sunkel resigns as News Editor at Southern Illinoisan Carbondale
Phil Sunkel, 409 W Main St Carbondale, left Saturday for a Kansas City vacation after resigning two weeks ago as news editor of the Southern Illinoisan Carbondale office. A Paris Ill native, he joined as reporter photographer in February 1952 and is a University of Illinois 1951 graduate with over two years Air Force service. His post resignation plans are undefined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Sunkel
W. Main St
Carbondale
Kansas City
Southern Illinoisan
Sunkel
Paris
Ill
University of Illinois
U.S. Air Force
United States
Europe
Restivo Named Supervisor Over Eight Illinois Stores
Angelo Restivo of Sneed Highway Herrin has been appointed supervisor for eight Greenberg Mercantile Co stores in the area. The St Louis company announced the decision on Saturday and Restivo will take effect Monday. He will oversee locations in Herrin Carbondale Marion Christopher Du Quoin Benton and two in West Frankfort. Restivo, a 42 year Herrin resident, has 29 years in merchandising and previously managed the Herrin store now led by Steve Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Restivo
Sneed Highway
Herrin
Illinois
Greenberg Mercantile Corporation
St. Louis
Restivo
Steve Hamilton
Carbondale
Marion
Christopher
DuQuoin
Benton
West Frankfort
Elderly Woman Struck By Car In Carbondale
A 79 year old Carbondale woman, Gertrude Hiller of 212 Hospital Drive, was injured Friday afternoon when struck by a car driven by Richard Lee Terry, a Southern Illinois University student. She was listed in good condition at Holden Hospital after 4 20 p.m. on Illinois Avenue near Elm Street. Terry said she walked into his northbound car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Illinois Avenue
Elm Street
Gertrude Hiller
Hospital Drive
Richard Lee Terry
Southern Illinois University
Mt. Vernon
E. Park St
Terry
Ramona Cooper
Walier
Edith Clyburn
Oak St
A and P Food
W. Monroe St
Cokeedale
Cooper
Fire inspection checks in Carbondale shown needed improvements
Deputy state Fire Marshal Norman Hilton and Paul Deeton will return to Carbondale next week for final checks on buildings failing a recent fire hazard inspection. About 30 percent required improvements after the first local inspection in years, with overloaded fuses and inferior wiring as common faults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hilton
Paul Deeton
Carbondale
Crawshaw
Not Herrin Youth Charles Owen Clarifies Identity
Mrs. Waverly Owens of Herrin says her son Charles Owen 21 of Chicago was not the Charles Owen fined for reckless driving in Marion. Sheriff Ora Kirby arrested an 18 year old Charles Owen visiting Marion over Memorial Day for passing three cars on the wrong side.
Freeman Spur Considers Water Bond Election
Freeman Spur residents vote Monday on 15000 in general obligation bonds to fund a local water supply pipeline tapping Herrin. If approved, 115000 in water revenue bonds would back the project, with Herrin city officials awaiting bonding company sale and signed resident participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Freeman Spur
Herrin
Crab Orchard Lake
Franklin County
Williamson County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
FRC
E. N. Bowen
Legion Post Picnic For Murphysboro Graduates
American Legion Eugene Jones Post 36 sponsors a Monday picnic at Giant City Park for eighth grade graduates of Carver and Douglas Elementary Schools in Murphysboro. Transportation and meals are provided. student patrol groups are invited. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Legion home 12th and Chestnut Streets. cars will be provided and escorts will accompany the children until an expected 5 p.m. close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giant City Park
Carver and Douglas
Murphysboro
American Legion
Eugene Jones
Curtis Davis
Davis
Legion
12Th and
Chestnut Streets
Auxiliary
Joe DeSett Named Fireman at Herrin
Joe DeSett, meter reader for Herrin water department, named temporary fireman replacing Benny Cravens. Cravens quit and moved to California. reappointment voted down May 24. City Council has not officially appointed and meets next on June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe DeSett
Herrin
May Carbondale Police Log Records Fourteen Minor Accidents
Fourteen accidents were reported to Carbondale police last month. None caused serious damage or injuries. Most crashes involved crumpled fenders and no charges were filed against any drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Memorial Day Traffic Wrecks Reported Across 17 Counties
State police release shows 22 Memorial Week accidents in District 13 with 2 fatalities and 26 injuries. Mt Vernon crash on Rt 37 killed four. Cairo incident overturned a convertible trapping its driver. In Mt Vernon an inquest followed witness deposition. victims include Carla Jean Jones eight months old and Marvin W Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Police District
du Quoin
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Loren R. Miller
Canton
Aunt John Allen Noted in Congressional Record
Southern Illinois University historian Aunt John Allen is mentioned in a Congressional Record extension of remarks by Rep. C. W. Bishop. The May 28 entry recounts Memorial Day origins with Carbondale cited as the event’s birth place. Portions of the piece are attributed to SIU President D. W. Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen
Southern Illinois University
C. W
Levee Suit Trial Set For Monday
Jury trial of a condemnation petition by the Degognia and Ft. Bluff Levee and Drainage District against Homer McNeill and Mary McNeill for property south of the Grimsby School near Murphysboro will begin Monday at 9 a m in Jackson County Court. The case aims to acquire land for a levee project to protect southwestern Jackson County from the Big Muddy River floodwaters. District officials are Hardy Bradshaw Martin Sheilds Erwin Moeckel. A 30 person jury is summoned for the June term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degognia
Ft. Bluff
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Homer McNeill
Mary McNeill
Kinkaid Hill
Rt. 144
Big Muddy River
Hardy Bradshaw
Martin Sheilds
Erwin Moeckel
Peyton Kunce
Kathy Stanley Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Katherine Elizabeth Stanley who would have turned two on June 25 will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Carbondale Funeral Home. The child was killed Friday in a driveway accident when struck by a truck driven by Ralph Williams. Coroner Ed Knowles will hold an inquest that evening in Carbondale. She is survived by her parents Jimmie and Kathy Stanley and a brother Jimmie Ray, plus two grandmothers. Burial will follow in Hiller Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Elizabeth Stanley
Carbondale
Jimmie Stanley
Rt. 1
Ralph Williams
Cambria
Williams
C. W. Allen
Blairsville
Stanley House
Katherine
Bill Maurizio
Doctor’s Hospital
Jackson County
Ed Knowles
Jimmie Ray
J. T. Hart
Decatur
Fannie Kelly
Alto Pass
James Barnett
Makanda
Hiller Cemetery
Carbondale Funeral Home
Alice Crowell Dies at 81 in Herrin
Mrs. Alice Crowell of 900 S 17th St Herrin died Friday in Herrin Hospital after a three week illness. Born September 17 1872 in Wolf Creek she was survived by three sons and two daughters, seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev W A Shoopman officiating. burial in Herrin City Cemetery. Storme Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Crowell
S. 17Th St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Wolf Creek
Jack
Mary Chitty
Thomas Crowell
Crowell
Lloyd
Clifton
Roy
Paducah
Myrtle Daugherty
Mae Borys
Dixon
Miles Chitty
Granville Chitty
Lola Mann
First Baptist Church
W. A. Shoopman
Herrin City Cemetery
Storme Funeral Home
Judge Wright to Set June Docket in Jackson County
Judge C. E. Wright will set the June term docket for Circuit Court in Jackson County in Murphysboro on Thursday. The term begins June 28 and Wright will also hear default cases that day, per the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Wright
Jackson County
C. E. Wright
Murphysboro
Wright
Road work ends in Murphysboro conclude Dew Street resurfacing
Murphysboro mayor said current resurfacing on Dew Street will complete Monday ending temporary halt in street work. N 8th Street rebuilding finished Friday afternoon marking end of a motor fuel tax repair sequence. Gartside Street will continue later. Walnut Street work planned this summer. Dewey Street excluded. adjacent property owners cover 1132 feet of new Dewey Street surfacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Dew Street
Joe Williams
N. 8Th Street
N. 22Nd Street
Gartside Street
Williams
Walnut Street
Dewey Street
23Rd Street
Ozburn Rites Set For Murphysboro Resident
Funeral services for Nettie Wayman Ozburn 83 of Murphysboro will be held Sunday at 2 30 pm at Centenary Methodist Church with Rev Earl Dickey officiating. Burial follows at Tower Grove Cemetery. she died Friday at St Andrew's Hospital after a brief illness. She leaves three sons Claude Ross and Dr Glenn Ozburn all of Murphysboro six grandchildren four great grandchildren and a sister Ina Plater of Murphysboro. She was a Centenary Methodist Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Wayman Ozburn
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Centenary Methodist Church
Earl Dickey
Tower Grove
Roberts
Ozburn
W W. Ozburn
Claude
Ross
Glenn Ozburn
Ina Plater
Centenary Methodist Church of
John Watson Dies at 64 In Energy
John Watson aged 64 of Energy died suddenly at home at 6 am. He leaves wife Maude daughters Mildred Louise Watson of Chicago and Helen Elliott of Energy son Laverne of Chicago and deceased son Russell four grandchildren one great-grandchild. Burial in East Lawn Memorial Gardens. Storme Funeral Home Herrin in charge. Friends may call after 3 pm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Watson
Energy
Maude
Mildred Louise Watson
Chicago
Helen Elliott
Laverne
Russell
Watson
First Baptist Church of Energy
Marion Carpenters
Trst
Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
Storme Funeral Home
Herrin
Missouri Man Fined for Illegal Trucking
Howard D. Reese of Jackson pleaded guilty in Murphysboro to illegal operation of a truck on state highways. He was fined $25 and costs after state police stopped him when his load of barrel staves spilled, forcing two following cars to brake. Sheriff Roy Carter provided the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Reese
Jackson
Justice of the Peace C. M
Murphysboro
Reese
Roy Carter
May Coldest In 23 Years And June Rainfall Mix
A Southern Illinois weekly weather review notes May was the coldest in 23 years with an average 60 degrees and a high of 89 and a low of 33. Rainfall totaled 3.88 inches, about three quarters of an inch below normal, while June brought a warm-up and heavier rain totaling 1.98 inches at Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
U.S. Weather Bureau
Carbondale
Dallas Price
Southern Illinois University Geography Department
Price
Unused Stonefort Township Schools Sold at Auction
Three unused rural schools in Stonefort Township sold Saturday for 3125. Free Silver School went to Eugenia Anderson of St. Louis for 1750, Oak Grove to W. H. Holmes of Creal Springs for 800, and Pleasant Valley to Hugh McCabe of Stonefort for 575.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonefort Township
Eugenia Anderson
St. Louis
Oak Grove
W. H. Holmes
Creal Springs
Pleasant Valley
Hugh McCabe
Stonefort
Marion Unit
Odumburg
Willeford
Donelson
Howerton
Whiteoak
Moake
Kimmel
Clyde Peterson
Fish Fry Follows Lawyers Business Meeting
A Jackson County Bar Association meeting approved a new schedule of attorney fees. Guests included Circuit Judges C. E. Wright of Carbondale C. Ross Reynolds of Vienna and Harold L. Zimmerman of Marion at the annual fish fry near Carbon Lake southeast of Petesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Bar Association
Murphysboro
Jackson County
C. E. Wright
Carbondale
C. Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Harold L. Zimmerman
Marion
Carbon Lake
Petesboro
Herrin Man to Build Children's Playground
Herrin resident Joe Howell of 208 N 8th St will clear a lot at 212 N 8th St for a neighborhood playground. He plans a rear basketball court and two croquet courts on the front. The Chicago owner granted permission to use the overgrown lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin City
N. 8Th St
Joe Howell
Howell
Chicago
Stolen Car Found After Reported Theft in Carbondale
A 1949 Ford stolen from Ralph Gray in Carbondale was recovered in East St. Louis damaged. State police said the vehicle was found Friday night and Carbondale police believe Gray planned to take it to a St. Louis car auction. Details remain unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gray
Carbondale
East St. Louis
Gray
St. Louis
Carbondale driver fined after 60 mph police chase crash
Ed ward Lee Hardin, 26, of Carbondale, ran a stop sign and fled from a police chase at midnight on Rt. 13. Patrolmen Stearns and Hale collided with his car when Hardin sped up as officers tried to cut in. Hardin agreed to pay for police car repairs. no warrants were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Edward Lee Hardin
Baird St
James Stearns
Henry Hale
Rt. 13
Hardin
Stearns
University Avenue
Main Street
Marion woman 73 dies. services set Monday
Mrs. Bertie Burns 73 of Route 2 Marion died at 6 am Saturday at her home. Born January 9 1881 in Williamson County she was the daughter of George W and Mary Furlong Peebles. She married Dr J E Burns in 1903. he died in 1942. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Marguerite Wizranda and brothers Louie Roberts Elmer Roberts and sister Mrs Lee Baker. a son Waldo died earlier. Funeral Monday at Mitchell Funeral Home with Rev James O Jarrell officiating. burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery. She was a member of Marion Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Burns
Marion
Williamson County
George W
Mary Furlong Peebles
J. E. Burns
New Denison
Burns
Marguerite Wizranda
Pensacola
Fla
Louie P
James O. Jarrell
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Marion Presbyterian Church
Train collision victim improves after Du Quoin crash
Everett Bowlin 20 of Du Quoin survived an Illinois Central Passenger train strike at 1 50 am Friday. He sustained scalp lacerations abrasions and a badly wrenched left knee. Bowlin driver of the eastbound car was not believed to have broken bones. The impact shoved his car about 40 feet along the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Bowlin
du Quoin
Illinois Central
Marshall Browning
Bowlin
Main Street
Two Drivers Pay Fines in Murphysboro Court
In Murphysboro a Police Magistrate heard two cases Saturday morning. George Ruble pleaded guilty to reckless driving while intoxicated on N 9th Street and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Ben Wright of Du Quoin pleaded guilty to passing in a no passing zone and paid 10 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Charles E. Ebersohl
George Ruble
Rt. 2
N. 9Th St
James A. Hiller
Wright
Herrin Drainage Project Bids Open Next Monday
Bids for a drainage project from South 9th Street to No. 7 mine pond in Herrin will be opened Monday Mayor Dave Miller said. The ditch from 9th to 7th Streets will be deepened and sloped to prevent yard and home flooding during heavy rains. The plan covers about 1500 feet with two bids already received and two more expected. The Illinois Central Railroad lot on 7th Street will be connected to the system to improve drainage citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Illinois Central Railroad
7Th Street
Rites in Herrin for Martinaga Held Tuesday
Funeral services for T Sgt Martin Martinaga 39 will be held at 9 a m Tuesday in St Marys Church Herrin with burial in St Carlo Cemetery He died May 28 of a heart attack at Pepperrell Air Force Base Newfoundland He was born August 6 1914 in Ivanec Yugoslavia and married Lena Rose Coloni in Herrin May 20 1953 He leaves his wife mother and siblings and full military rites will be observed at graveside by Scott AFB troops Herrin American Legion and VFW posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Martinaga
St. Mary’s Church
Herrin
Robert de Gasperi
St. Carlo
Martinaga
Pepperrell Air Force Base
St. Johns’s
Newfoundland
Ivanec
Yugoslavia
Lena Rose Coloni
Ser- Herrin
Maple St. Zeigler
Mary Martinaga
Zeigler
Steve
Chicago
John
Katie Gregorech
Helen Trifonoff
Scott Afb
Belleville
Herrin American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Johnson Funeral Home
Uncle of former Herrin pastor dies
Patrick Mongan of East St. Louis died Thursday. He was the uncle of the Rev. Bernard P. Mongan former pastor in Herrin and now pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Marion. Services were to have been held Saturday in East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Patrick Mongan
East St. Louis
Bernard P. Mongan
Hertin
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Marion
Mines Activity Report Unclear Opened and Closed Shafts Listed
A brief note lists mines and statuses including Freeborn Old Ben Orient Kathleen Burning Star Buckhorn Zeigler Fidelity Pyramid Truax Traer and Orient shafts with numbers indicating working or not working. Readable items show Monday checks with shaft states and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeborn
Ben
Orient
Kathleen
Burning Star
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