City Vacates Land to Aid University Expansion
The city council vacates a land strip adjacent to Southern Illinois University to help a new training school project. Ordinance 946 closes the area to the public while reserving utility access. Edward V. Miles of SIU sponsors the petition, noting university ownership of adjacent land and a need to proceed with construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
West Grand Avenue
University Avenue
Outlet 124
Grand Avenue
West Grand
Edward V. Miles
Carbondale Council Allocates 600 for Street Survey
The Carbondale council approved a 600 appropriation from the Motor Fuel Tax fund to prepare a survey report on arterial systems and long range street plans. The report, required by House Bill 820, must be submitted to the State Highway department by July 1, 1950, or funds to delinquent municipalities will be cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
66Th General Assembly
State Highway Department
Council Studies Request For Vacating Alley Behind Businesses
A petition to vacate a 16 foot alley behind Pyra mid Roofing and Lumber Co and Swindell Motor Co in the 600 block of North Illinois Avenue was read and laid over. Ralph Wallace said he plans to extend his building over the alley and proposed removable concrete floor to allow access to a water main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid Roofing and Lumber Co
Swindell Motor Co
Illinois Avenue
West Willow
Kroger
Ralph Wallace
Swindell
Wallace
Boulevard Stops for Two Sites Proposed
Ordinance 944 reads and is laid over for a week proposing two new boulevard stops at Beveridge and Elm and at Walnut and Poplar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge Street
Elm Street
Walnut Street
Poplar
Waterworks Mortgage Lifted by Company
The Chicago Title and Trust Co released its mortgage on the city waterworks system in exchange for $1. The bond issue to finance the system was floated in October 1925 and the company held mortgage rights restricting city disposal. Last month the city merged sewerage and water systems and issued bonds through Chicago National Bank, retiring previous bonds held by Chicago Title and Trust Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Title and Trust Co
Chicago National Bank
Unity Free Press subscription rates and notices
The Unity Free Press lists carrier and mail subscription rates for Carbondale Illinois with weekly and multi week options. It notes that mail subscriptions won t be sold where carrier service exists and that the paper is entered as second class matter in Carbondale under the act of 1879 with Associated Press news rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Free Press
Southern
Mlino Isan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Ill
Carpendale
Associated Press
City Council approves 9024.24 addition to sewage contract
The council approved a change order adding 9024.24 to the sewage plant improvement project requested by the State Board of Health. The original contract totaled 380684.36 and Triangle Construction Co. won the bid on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Triangle Construction Co
Relocation of Route 51 Studied With University officials
Springfield meeting includes Charles P. Casey and university leaders Delyte Morris and Edward Miles to review rerouting U S highway 51 south of Carbondale away from the Southern Illinois University campus. The project aims to ease traffic hazards and aid campus expansion while addressing two sharp turns along the current route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Division of Highways
Division of Architecture and Engineering
Springfield
Charles P. Casey
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Delyte W. Morris
Edward Miles
W. A. Howe
John F. Lonergan
Charles A. Case
E. L. Sherertz
M. P
Rotarians See Film on Pearl Harbor Attack
Rotary club luncheon featured a semi documentary film of the Pearl Harbor attack shown by Navy recruiter Chief Joe Bauer. Dr. E L Borkon noted U S forces on Oahu were surprised but prepared through dispersed medical units and supplies. Guests included Chester Pittman Johnston City B E Derry Davenport Iowa Robert Trankle Chicago Dr William Cassel St Louis and W T Koenigsmark Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Rotary Club
Joe Bauer
Navy
Marion
E. L. Borkon
United States
Oahu
U. S
Chester Pittman
Johnston City
B. E. Derry
Davenport
Iowa
Robert Trankle
Chicago
William Cassel
St. Louis
W. T. Koenigsmark
Murphysboro
Carbondale Nine Tour St Louis See Cards Edge Phillies
Twelve from Carbondale travel to St Louis for a field trip as the Cards defeat the Phillies 5 to 4. Two cars carry the group with Rev Ronald Scriven A D Brubaker Royall Dillinger Lynn Holder C W Eddleman in one car and Don Bryant Pete Glor iod Luther Potter Hewitt Curtis Ken Odum in the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Cardinals
Phillies
Charlie Parrish
Ronald Scriven
A. D. Brubaker
Royall Dillinger
Lynn Holder
C. W. Eddleman
Sam Hunter
Don Bryant
Pete Gloriod
Luther Potter
Hewitt Curtis
Ken Odum
Sewage and Water Departments in Sound Financial Shape
Council heard the annual audit of the city sewerage system and the water department. The sewage disposal plant posted a net income of 16460.64 and the water department 46188.79, with both praised for solid finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Water Department
Water Department
Carbondale Considers Annual Appropriation Ordinance No 945
The Carbondale city council read an annual appropriation ordinance calling for an estimated expenditure of 428880, with figures noted as ceilings rather than exacts. The measure, No 945, will be open for public inspection at city hall and laid over for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
City Hall
Department of Public Affairs
Department of Public Health and Safety
Police Department
Fire Department
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Stevenson calls Illinois special session on rent control
Governor Adlai Stevenson called a special session of the Illinois Legislature for Monday June 19 to consider possible state rent control action. In Murphysboro Senator R G Crisenberry and Representative W J McDonald said they have not received official notice but will attend with notification. Crisenberry urged community based control while McDonald said he will attend with an open mind as to the proposal. Rent controls in most of the 44th district have been removed though portions of Williamson and Jackson counties still have limits. Carbondale remains under Crab Orchard area control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Murphysboro
R. G. Crisenberry
W. J. McDonald
Ilinois
Crisenberry
Jackson County
Carbondale
Crab Orchard
Williamson
State Highway Department
Highway Department
James Gilmore
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
City Hall to Get Paint Job
City Hall will receive a new interior paint job after the council approved a 327 bid from Temple Decorative Service. The plan covers two coats for the council room, mayor and police offices, entrance, and stairways up to the third floor with a light green motif. occupants may choose their own colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Decorative Service
North Carico
Harry Grater
James Boulden Heads To ROTC Summer Camp
James Boulden of Carbondale will join advanced corps cadets from the Army ROTC at the University of Illinois attending summer camps at nine Army installations. Col. Melton A. Hatch announced the program. Boulden reports June 17 to the Corps of Engineers camp at Fort Belvoir Virginia as part of ROTC requirements for a second lieutenant commission in the Organized Reserve corps. Outstanding cadets may receive commissions in the regular Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Boulden
North Poplar
Carbondale
Army Reserve Officers’ Training
University of Illinois
Col
Melton A. Hatch
Boulden
Corps of Engineers
Fort Belvoir
Organized Reserve Corps
Regular Army
Miss Carbondale Crowned Champ in July Pageant
Miss Carbondale wins the July 15 crown and advances toward Miss America in September at Atlantic City. Fred Madonin directed the show. Miss Beardon is the contestant sponsor by New Era Dairy. The caption lists contestants and sponsors including Judy Spradling Marian Irvin and Ada Griffith among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Miss Beardon
Atlantic City
N. J
Fred Madonin
Miss Reardon
New Era
E M Robinson of Boskydell Dies at 55
Everett M. Robinson 55 of Boskydell died at his home in Carbondale on Wednesday at 5 15 a m Friends may call at the Boskydell home after 10 a m Thursday Funeral will be Friday at 2 p m at the Boskydell Baptist Church Rev Audie Burkelow to officiate Burial will be at Boskydell Cemetery He is survived by his wife Katherine a son Warren R a daughter Sue Ellen Forby his mother Mrs Alice Stearns four sisters Mrs Cora Brewer two brothers John and Albert and other relatives
State Meet in Chicago Draws Illinois Unemployment Office Leaders
Office Manager Edward L Adams and Deputies Thomas Hardy and Leon Grant of the Murphysboro Illinois Division of Unemployment Compensation will travel to Chicago Thursday for a two day state wide conference of office managers and deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dams
Thomas Hardy
Leon Grant
Illinois Division of Unemployment Compensation
Murphysboro
Chicago
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges In Local Units
Admitted Tuesday Mrs. Gertrude Wiggs medical Carbondale. William Burnett Hale medical Carterville. Discharged Tuesday Roy Ridenhauer surgical Vienna. Mrs. J. B. Venable accident. Mrs. Oliver Irwin and daughter Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Wiggs
Carbondale
William Burnett Hale
Carterville
Roy Ridenhauer
Vien
J. B. Venable
Oliver Irwin
Marion
Etherton Speech winners announced at graduation services
The Etherton Speech contest awards were announced at the Baptist Foundation graduation in Wasson Memorial chapel. Miss Augusta Page of Southern Illinois University McLeansboro won first prize of $50, with Glen Martin of Herrin receiving second prize and Miss Helen Duckess of Carlinville third prize of $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etherton
The
Baptist Foundation
Wasson Memorial Chapel
Augusta Page
Southern Illinois University
McLeansboro
Glen Martin
Bryan St. Baptist Church of
Herrin
Helen Duckess
Carlinville
Barber Shop Romance Climaxed In Willisville Nuptials
Pretty Martha Wolfe 19, a Pinckneyville high school alumna and aspiring barber, wed Earl Halterman of Carbondale in Willisville Baptist church. The couple met in Springfield on January 4 during Martha’s barber training and plan to open a joint shop after their New Orleans honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Wolfe
Earl Halterman
Tom Halterman
Washington Avenue
Carbondale
Martha
Pinckneyville High School
Joe Wolfe
Willisville
Earl
Halterman
Mr. Leming
Cutler
South Washington
Evan Dale
West Elm Street
Illinois Central Railroad
University School to Graduate 41 in Carbondale
Forty one seniors will graduate from University School in Carbondale Thursday at 8 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium. A concert by the University School band precedes the commencement with Dr. Douglas E. Lawson delivering the address. Carolyn Reed is valedictorian. Friday they sail down the Mississippi from St Louis on the Admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University School
Carbondale
Shryock
Charles Paterson
Pat Burks
Southern Illinois University
William Janssen
Presbyterian Church of Carbondale
Douglas E. Lawson
College of Education
Lawrence Clark
John Paul Mees
David Price
Terry Thalman
John D. Mees
Rotary
Clyde V.mentary
John D. Winkler
Charles D. Neal
Betty J. Allen
Robert Biggs
Arlena
Ellis Blaise
Harriet Briggs
Earline Payneannon
Shirley Coleman
Mary Crawshaw
Mary Jane Dodge
Jo Ann Dwyer
Melvin Ebbs
Nellie Ebbs
Alma Hagler
Richard Hall
Jack W. Harris
Ramona Harris
Bennie Hill
Be‘tr Hill
Donald Holder
Betty Lacy
Raymond Lacy
Arlene Lascelles
Joyce Lence
James Lindsey
Loretta Mondoni
Ellen Nance
Sylvia O’dell
Mary Polston
Edward Pryor
Carolyn Reed
Gene Rehn
Archie Reinhardt
Herbert Rieke
Bill Stevens
Robert Stevens
James Sturm
Joy Teller
Joan Thetford
Charles O. Tucker
Bill Turner
Catherine Vancil
James Williams
Jenny Cecil
Marjorie Manus
Maurine Ebbs
Wilda Harris
Joan Lawson
Ann Lowery
Roberta Phillips
Verdonna Yow
St. Louis
Mississippi
Gladys Smith
Charles Willard
Mulberry Tree Grows in Elm Knot Hole in Murphysboro
In Murphysboro Illinois a mulberry tree grows from a knot hole in an elm at Hugh Tippett’s Grace street home. The strange tree began from a berry likely carried by a bird and has begun fruiting, Tippett reports. The oddity draws local notice as possibly the state’s only such tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Hugh Tippett
Grace Street
North Fourteenth Street
Murphysboro
Commencement Program at Southern Illinois University
Foundation held commencement exercises at Wasson Memorial chapel on the SIU campus. Diplomas in theology went to Gerald Spencer, English Bible to several graduates including LaRue Blackwell and Tril By Butler, with several in absentia. Service citations to Maude Hathaway and J Paul Carleton. Awards to Joyce Knight Baldwin Rev Kenneth Hardway Augusta Page. Rev George L Johnson delivered the address. An invocation by Rev W J Purdue and benediction by Rev Robert Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Foundation
Wasson Memorial Chapel
Southern Illinois University
George L. Johnson
Foundation
Gerald Spencer
Bernice Miller
LaRue Blackwell
Trilby Butler
Bill Garrison
Glen Martin
Ralph L. Williams
Lawrence L. Burks
Maude Hathaway
J. Paul Carleton
Miller
Joyce Knight
Baldwin
Kenneth Hardway
Augusta Page
Mr. Johnson
W. J. Purdue
Robert Hastings
Murphysboro Chamber seeks funds to lure new industry
The Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce unanimously agreed to raise money to bring a spare auto parts manufacturer to Murphysboro after its northern Illinois plant burned. The company could start production in two weeks and ship parts in 30 days if financed, with an expected 40 employees within six weeks. Funds are to be collected at City National Bank to support the Industrial Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Grob
Chamber
Harrison Steel Company
Merchants Food Supply Company
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Fund
A. B. Stoelzle
City National Bank
Northern Illinois
Northern
Illinois
County meeting studies reclassification of Jackson roads
A special informational meeting in Murphysboro will discuss re classifying about 40 miles of Jackson county roads from state to county maintenance. The session opens at 1 30 p m in the circuit court room with invitations to county agencies rural carriers school officials and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
County Court House
Murphysboro
Circuit Court Room
State Highway Department
Carbondale
Oscar Day
C. E. Keen
James Newton
Bureau of Research Engineering
Robert L. Kahl
District Bureau of County Roads
E. L. Sherertz
Charles L. Smith
Hogan Center Opens Beach for Negroes at Crab Orchard
The Hogan Center in Carbondale announced a summer plan to operate the Crab Orchard bathing beach for Negroes. Cecil Davis will supply utilities for 15 percent of receipts, with 85 percent to Hogan Center. Beach hours start Saturdays and Sundays 2 to 7 pm. Girl Scouts use Mondays. groups may book other days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Cecil Davis
Davis
Hogan Center
John @. Clark
Lucille Walker
Clark
Miss Walker
Blacktop Road
Route 13
Crab Orchard Boat Docks
Ilinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Waterworks
Twelve Apostles of the National
James Boulden
Miss Carbondale
Joanne Gee
Zwick’s Ladies Store
Jane Casteel
University Drugs
Audrey Mayer
Cherry Insurance and Realty Co
Patricia Beardon
Beardon
Carbondale Armory
E. M. Robinson
Boskeydell
Everett M. Robinson
Edward L. A
Baptist Church
Ruth Halterman
Dolores Jean Wolfe
Anthony Eugene Wolfe
Ronnie E. Wolpe
Teddy Wolfe
Hartford, Il
Orval Knop
E. Halterman
County Highway Department
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!