Murphysboro Chamber Eyes Fund Drive for New Industry
The Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce votes to launch a two week fundraising drive to attract a spare automobile parts maker. The firm, burned out in northern Illinois, could start production in Murphysboro within two weeks and employ about 40 workers in six weeks if financing is secured.
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Murphysboro
Grob
Chamber
Old Harrison Steel Company
Merchants Food Supply Company
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Fund
A. B. Stoelzle
City National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Elkhart
Ind
Mt. Carbon
John Purcell
M. J. Bozarth
Ray Hagler
G. E. Ebersohl
Clifton Bowers
Daily Independent of Murphysboro Publisher Details
The entry lists the Daily Independent and Southern Illinoisan publication details with street address in Murphysboro Illinois, publisher Howard Lindsay, and notes on postal classification and establishment dates.
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the ‘Daily ‘Independent
Southern Illinoisan
12Th Street
Murphysboro
Subscription Rates and Delivery Terms
Rates for city and surrounding towns 25c a week by carrier. Mail rates: 6 weeks 1.00, 12 weeks 2.00, 24 weeks 4.00, 62 weeks 75. Mail subscriptions require advance payment and not accepted where carrier service is available. Telephones 34 and 35. Member of Associate Press. AP exclusive rights to local news and dispatches.
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Associate Press
Associated Press
4-H Electricity Class To Tour County June 13
The Jackson county 4-H farm electricity class departs Murphysboro farm bureau offices at 1 30 P M June 13 for a county farm tour. Ora Snider electrification adviser for Egyptian Electrical cooperative Steeleville will point out good and bad wiring in farm buildings to 4 H members. All 4 H members urged to participate.
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Jackson County
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
Ora Snider
Egyptian Electrical Co- Operative
Steeleville
Safe Driving Talk Planned by Jackson County Rural Youth
Jackson county Rural Youth members will hear a talk on safe driving rules at their June 15 meeting at the Murphysboro armory at 8 p m. Carl Robinson of the Illinois Articular association will address traffic safety as part of the annual program followed by a weiner roast at Riverside Park. A July written test and driving test are scheduled, with the county winner advancing to the State Fair driving contest on August 18 in Springfield.
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Jackson County
Carl Robinson
Illinois Articultural Association
Robinson
Springfield
Murphysboro
Roverside Park
Plan Fishing Rodeo Aug 26 At Riverside Park Lagoon
Better Fishing Inc sponsors a teen fishing rodeo at Riverside Park lagoon on August 26. Children under 16 may cast and angling for tagged fish stock promised by the state conservation department. Mayor C A Hart chairs with Robert Wahl and Frank Crews as committeemen. Prizes awarded to all winners and for best catch.
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Better Fishing, Inc
Riverside Park Lagoon
State Conservation Department
C. A. Hart
Robert T. Wahl
Logan Street
Frank Crews
Elm
Sheltons and mob era echoes drift through peril and politics
The piece recalls the Shelton gang era with recent shootings on highway 45 near Fairfield, noting Big Earl and Little Earl Shelton amid past conflicts with Capone and the Birger wars. A Murphysboro taxpayer pays a silver dollar tax bill while a Walnut Street exhibit mislabels Pacific island monsters and omits Asian threats.
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Bill Pigott
Sheltons
Little Earl
Highway 45
Fairfield
Dellas Wylie
Big Earl
Shelton
Shelton Brothers
Ku Klux Klan
Big Ear
Capone
Maria Jeritza Shines at 65 in Viennese Comeback
Austrian born Maria Jeritza, now an American citizen, captivates Vienna with a golden soprano and youthful stage presence as she returns to the opera, drawing adoration from audiences.
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Maria Jeritza
Vienna
Jeritza
Gooseberry Pie and Thornless Bushes Preserve a Classic Dessert
A playful piece describes gooseberries from thorny bushes and the move to thornless varieties. It notes grandmothers crafting a right blend of berries and sugar between mealy crusts, with a slit lid to let the juice ooze and set in the oven.
MacArthur orders Japan to outlaw Communism in land
General MacArthur says he has too much work in Japan and the U S defense zone to return home as president. He directs Japan to outlaw Communism, a move that could unleash real monsters beyond swamp habitats.
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MacArthur
Japan
U. S
Town police warn of bicycles and cars taking over
Police Chief Clarence Ward warned that bicycles and cars are about to take the town after a child was injured on North street by a cyclist on the sidewalk.
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North Street
Clarence Ward
Teenagers Fire Crackers Trigger Nighttime Disruptions
Citizens report teens ignite fire crackers at night sending blasts across streets and onto porches and car windows. Offenders conceal sourcing, likely to shield bootleggers and themselves from attention.
Fishermen from Murphysboro Turn Down Stretch for Big Sandy Catch
Eddie Bean and five other Murphysboro men fished at Big Sandy on Kentucky Lake over the weekend and refused to exaggerate their haul. They caught a few crappie and bass as lake water ran five to six feet above normal from heavy Tennessee Valley rains. Camp owner praised the helpers while Rep. McDonald and Ted Koetkamp acted as cooks. the party returned home late Tuesday.
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Eddie Bean
Murphysboro
Big Sandy
Kentucky Lake
Bean
Illinois
Tennessee
McDonald
Ted Koetkamp
Mulberry Tree Grows Inside Elm in Murphysboro
A wild mulberry begun growing from a knot hole in an elm tree at Hugh Tippett’s Grace street home near North Fourteenth in Murphysboro. Tippett said the tree bears fruit and he does not know how the seed got there. A bird or a child may have planted it.
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Illinois
Hugh Tippett
Grace Street
North Fourteenth Street
Murphysboro
Court Term Opens June 19 in Jackson County
Hearings for the June term in Murphysboro will begin Monday June 19 with County Judge C E Wright presiding. Nine cases on the docket include four at law, one appeal, two charges of bastardy, and a business without a certificate charge. Prospective petit jurors report for the first session.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
C. E. Wright
Vera King
Oroville
Edgar Kuehn
de Soto
Clyde Lybarger
Sophia A. Evans
Daisy Benton
Carbondale
Ruth Bastien
Doris Bleitz
Jack Applegate
Cecila Baggett
Chester B. Collett
Edna Brewer
Lester L. Baysinger
Maxine Allen
Ed Brown
Edith Alber
Robert Baker
Ea Rawson
Joe Breeden
Grace Bauer
Grace Weiss
Harry Crisler
Myrtle Thetford
Vivian Florio
Fred Carlisle
Nellie Qualls
Christopher Bullar
Ernest Buchholz
Nurl F. Crain
Leonard Chapman
Gorham
Ada Rosson
Alto Pass
Mrs Ida Mae Marshall Dies at 71 in Murphysboro
Mrs Ida Mae Marshall 71 died at her daughter’s home in Murphysboro after a six month illness. She lived in the area all her life, married Allen Marshall in 1895, who died in 1948. Survived by four daughters and two sons, 20 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, one half brother and one half sister. Funeral Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Carbon Church of God with Reverends Penrod and Daniels officiating. burial in Tower Grove cemetery.
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Ida Mae Marshall
Lula Harris
Murphysboro
Marshall
Allen Marshall
Harris
Blanche Carliele
Esther Rendleman
Ada Crombar
Final Rites Thursday For Mrs. Nellie Johnson
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Crawshaw funeral home Murphysboro for Mrs Nellie Johnson route 1 Murphysboro who died Tuesday morning at St Andrew s hospital Obituary omits two names Dots Jesse Nace of Murphysboro and Herbert Lee Nance both deceased
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Crawshaw Funeral Home
Murphysboro
Nellie Johnson
St. Andrew's Hospital
Tresdy
Johnson Dot
Jesse Nace
Herbert Lee Nance
Barber Shop Romance Ends in Willisville Wedding
Martha Wolfe a 19 year old aspiring barber wed Earl Halterman son of Mr and Mrs Tom Halterman at Willisville Baptist Church on a Sunday afternoon. Martha earned her barbering certificate January 4 in Springfield and plans an apprenticeship after Earl completes his course. The couple met in Carbondale where Martha trained and Earl modeled for her shaving demonstrations.
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Martha Wolfe
Earl Halterman
Tom Halterman
Washington Avenue
Carbondale
Martha
Pinckneyville High School
Joe Wolfe
Willisville
Earl
Halterman
Springfield
Baptist Church
Ruth Halterman
Dolores Jean Wolfe
Anthony Eugene Wolfe
Ronnie E. Wolfe
Teddy Wolfe
Hartford
Ill
Evan Dale
Orval Knop
Mr. Leming
Cutler
New Orleans
South Washington
West Elmstreet
Illinois Central Railroad
County road reclassification meeting eyed for Murphysboro
A special informational session in Murphysboro will discuss reclassifying about 40 miles of Jackson County roads from state to county maintenance. Attendees include county officials, rural carriers, parts of the school system, civic groups, and a six-member State Highway Department delegation.
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Jackson County
County Court House
Murphysboro
Circuit Court Room
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Illinois
James Gilmore
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
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
County Highway Department
County Highway
Speech Awards Announced at Baptist Foundation Graduation
The Etherton Speech contest prize winners were announced at graduation in Wasson Memorial chapel. First place Miss Augusta Page of Southern Illinois University from McLeansboro received a $50 check. Second place Glen Martin of Herrin and a SIU student received $30. Third place Miss Helen Duckess of Carlinville received $20.
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Etherton
The
Baptist Foundation
Wasson Memorial Chapel
Augusta Page
Southern Illinois University
McLeansboro
Glen Martin
Bryan St. Baptist Church of
Herrin
Helen Duckess
Carlinville
Postpone Meet Of Oil Men
The annual meeting of the Jackson County Petroleum Industries committee in Murphysboro has been cancelled until further notice. Chairman Boyd Laughman said the gathering was called off on short notice and no new date has been set. The county committee covers oil dealers and distributors from across the county.
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Jackson County Petroleum Industries Committee
Murphysboro
Boyd Laughman
Zeigler School Entitles Resignation of Third Grade Teacher
Superintendent H Jennings of Zeigler grade schools reports Mrs Martha Curtner resigns from third grade at Zeigler building to return to Southern Illinois University to complete her degree.
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Co. H. Jennings
Zeigler
Martha Curtner
Curtner
S.I.U
Plan Meeting To Consider Centennial Program Here
Local groups plan a Monday night session in the Jackson county courthouse to decide if Murphysboro should sponsor a 1950 centennial celebration. The meeting will consider a multi day program with a historical outdoor spectacle, parades, beard contest and wooden nickels to attract about 14 000 attendees and roughly 7000 in net income.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Sallie Logan
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
G. E
Lemmon
Encyclopedia Britannica
Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce
G. E. Ebersohl
Jaycees Push Drive For Funds In Murphysboro
Murphysboro Junior Chamber of Commerce discussed ways to reach the halfway mark in a drive for funds to furnish the new Murphysboro High School gym with a $1,000 scoreboard. Louis Wides, chairman of the Civic Planners committee on school reorganization, spoke on the reorganization problem.
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Murphysboro
Local Air Cadet To Attend Summer Camp
Elmus M. Norris of Murphysboro will attend an Army summer camp at Fort Meade Maryland starting June 17. Lt Col Melton A. Hatch announced the ROTC cadets from the University of Illinois group will receive antiaircraft artillery training as part of the 81 cadets statewide.
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Elmus M. Norris
South Third Street
Murphysboro
Ft. George G. Meade
Maryland
Melton A. Hatch
Norris
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University of Illinois
Organized Reserve Corps
Officials to Attend State Meet in Chicago This Week
Office manager Edward L Adams and deputies Thomas Hardy and Leon Grant from theMurphysboro Illinois Division of Unemployment Compensation will travel to Chicago Thursday for a two day state wide conference.
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Edward L. Adams
Thomas Hardy
Leon Grant
Illinois Division of Unemployment Compensation
Murphysboro
Chicago
Stevenson calls special session on rent control in Illinois
Governor Adlai Stevenson announces a special session of the Illinois Legislature for Monday June 19 to consider rent control. In Murphysboro Senator R G Crisenberry and Representative W J McDonald say they have not received notice but will attend if notified. Crisenberry favors local community control and McDonald attends with an open mind. Rent controls have been lifted in much of the 44th district though remains in Williamson and Jackson counties including Carbondale Crab Orchard area.
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Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Murphysboro
R. G. Crisenberry
W. J. McDonald
Crisenberry
Williamson
Jackson County
Carbondale
Crab Orchard
Health Officials Warn On Public Garbage Dumping
Jackson County Health Department and county law enforcement announce a drive against garbage and refuse dumpers. Dr. R F Sondag cites health risks from rats and disease carriers and urges citizens to report offenders. violators face fines under state, county, and municipal laws.
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Jackson County Health Department
R. F. Sondag
Sondag
County Health Department
Lawyer's Fish Fry Saturday at Carbon Lake grounds
The Jackson County Bar Association will hold its annual fish fry Saturday afternoon at Carbon Lake grounds south of Murphysboro. The June 10 date was chosen from tentative options, with permission secured for private grounds. Invited guests include three circuit judges of the First Judicial District and county officers.
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Jackson County Bar Association
Carbon Lake
Murphysboro
Loyd Bradley
Carbondale
Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Harold Zimmerman
Marion
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals June 6
Admissions list includes Mrs. Della Baker with fracture at 1109 Monroe St St. Louis Mrs. Clara Beckman surgical at Campbell Hill Master Glenn Tucker fracture Route 2 Murphysboro Miss Billie Sandra Calavena surgical 804 Hickory St. Dismissals include Carolyn Blumenstock Charles Thompson Verna Cochran Ralph Heilman Violet Giodo Flossie Barringer Irene Wedemeyer Jennie Holt and baby.
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Della Baker
Monroe Street
St. Louis
Clara Beckman
Surgical
Campbell Hill
Glenn Tucker
Murphysboro
Billie Sandra Calavena
Hickory Street
Carolyn Blumenstock
Mallass
Charles Thompson
Verna Cochran
Ralph Heilman
Violet Giodo
Flossie Barringer
Irene Wedemeyer
Jennie Holt
Baby
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Marahocharoa
W. Ward
Ward Transfer Company
Northern Illinois
Howard Lindsay
Tour County
4-H
Odds and Ends
Walnut Street
South Pacific Islands
Mrs. Austin Johnson
E. Halterman
Jaycees
Health Office
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