Campbell Receives Probation in Embezzlement Case
Campbell a former Jackson county deputy circuit clerk, was granted probation by Circuit Judge C Ross Reynolds in Murphysboro after pleading guilty to embezzling about 1200 dollars from the circuit clerk's office. The three year term includes restitution of 1200.32 dollars and a court supervised program with Dr William Muhlenbrock named probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Campbell
Jackson County
C. Ross Reynolds
Murphysboro
Campbell
Reynolds
William Muhlenbrock
John Gilbert
Campll
Anothr
Fletcher Lewis
Lewis
Lanee
Egyptian Boy Scout Leaders Named to Council Training Posts
Dr William Tudor of Carbondale announced the appointment of members to head branches of the Egyptian Council Training Committee. Rev William Baker of Anna will direct Cub Leader training. George Troutt of Carbondale handles Scout Leader training. Wilson Giles of Marion leads Explorer Advisers and Crew leaders training. H L Jordan of McLeansboro directs Institutional Representatives and District Committees. Sy Schwartz of Benton leads Advanced leader programs. Dr A Yaker of Pinckneyville is committee ice chair. Isadore Gold ith of Herrin works on supervisory training programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scouts
Mame Council
William Tudor
Carbondale
William Baker
Anna
Dan Mathers
Dan Chiefs
George Troutt
Explorer
Wilson Giles
Marion
H. L. Jordan
McLeansboro
Sy Schwartz
Benton
Dr. A. Yaker
Pinckneyville
Isadore Goldith
Herrin
Sparta Junior Auxiliary Treated to Party
The Sparta Junior Auxiliary enjoyed a party hosted by Edwin Alexander Unit 396 Ladies Auxiliary at their regular meeting. The group recently sold 2,000 poppies for Poppy Day, netting $233.07. Prizes for top sellers went to Donna Cox and Barbara Wright. Mrs. Paul G. Brown presides over the Ladies Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Legion Auxiliary of
Sparta
Edwin Alexander
Ladies Auxiliary
Donna Cox
Barbara Wright
Paul G. Brown
Herrin Church Meeting at Free Methodist Church
A meeting will begin at the Free Methodist Church on North Thirteenth Street Herrin and continue through June 20. Res Glen Hock of Energy will be charged a fee for participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Church
Free Methodist Church
North Thirteenth Street
Herrin
Res Glen Hock
Energy
Chagpeen
Johnston City GI Enjoys Pheasant Dinner On Front
Cpl Bill Steh wrote his parents that a pheasant spotted by a fellow soldier on the Korean front provided a Sunday repast. He fetched the bird to company HQ where it was cooked, then returned to the front to dine with four buddies. Steh has been overseas a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
G. I
Bill Steh
Frank Steh
West Ninth Street
Steh
Abie Cooper Dies in Kentucky Car Crash
Abie Cooper a 29 year old ex Herrin resident was killed in an automobile wreck Friday night near Owensboro Kentucky. He formerly lived at 110 North Eleventh street Herrin and his body rests at Hailey McGinnis funeral home Owensboro with funeral arrangements not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abie Cooper
Herrin
Owensboro
Cooper
North Eleventh Street
Hailey-McGinnes Funeral Home
Accidents at Anna Hospital Treat Three Victims
Richard Andrews 28 of Charleston Mo jumped from a moving truck in Union County injuring his right leg with a dislocation and fracture. Gary Gibbs 3 of Mill Creek opened a car door in motion, suffering multiple bruises and a head cut. Vica Brimm of Anna suffered a small fracture of the right wrist after a kitchen fall and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna City Hospital
Richard Andrews
Charleston
Union County
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Gary Gibbs
Luther Gibbs
Mill Creek
Vica Brimm
Anna
Carbondale Lions award recipients and new member
Two Carbondale Lions were presented with awards for outstanding Lionism by Lions District Governor Jim Kitchens at a regular Lions meeting. They are Lion District Deputy Governor Orville Alexander and Lion Zone Chairman Marshal Hiskey. The club also initiated new member Robert Mueller, music instructor at Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lions District
Jim Kitchens
Lion District
Orville Alexander
Lion Zone
Marshal Hiskey
Robert Mueller
Southern Ilinois University
Special election set for Wabash schools bond
The Wabash County Board of Education announced a special election on June 19 to approve a 1,700,000 bond issue for District 348 to finance a school building program. It covers 75 percent of the county and funds a junior high and two grade schools to replace old buildings and reduce crowding. Sites near Mt. Carmel are under option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Wabash County
Board of Education
Mt. Carmel
Percy Jacoby With U S Marine Gun Crew In Korea
A recent letter to Mr and Mrs Ansal Jacoby reports their son Percy Jacoby is serving with a U S Marine gun crew about two miles behind the Korean fighting front. The family shared the update from Charles Jacoby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Charles Jacoby
Korea
Ansal Jacoby
Hearings Postponed on Ava Crossings Plan
A public hearing on eliminating four of Ava’s five Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad grade crossings has been moved from June 10 to September 9 at 10 30 a.m. in Jackson County court. Ava residents oppose concentrating traffic at the Fifth street crossing near the depot. The Illinois Commerce Commission suit is backed by the railroad for safety amid past accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Fletcher Lewis
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Illinois Commerce Commssion
Springfield
Fifth Street
Jonesboro Hosiery Factory Planned in Hoss Building
A hosiery plant to be built in the Hoss building at Jonesboro on highway 146 will operate in the basement shared with Stop'n Shop Food Store. Superintendent Ralph Runge says Prim hosiery will be produced and invites male applicants aged 19 to 28 for machine operator training with interviews 1 to 5 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoss
Jonesboro
Highway 146
Stop’n Shop
Ralph Runge
Burglars Take Fishing Lines at Berra's Confectionary
Herrin police chief Blaine Maddox said burglars gained entry through the back of Berra's Confectionary on West Monroe Street Friday night. A ventilation fan area led Maddox to suspect the act was by small boys, with fishing lines and corks reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berra’s
West Monroe Street
Herrin
Blaine Maddox
Maddox
Carbondale Boys Head to Camp Piasa Under Police Aid
Police sponsor a week long Camp Piasa outing for Carbondale youths John Dale and Ronnie Frick both 12 depart Sunday with Patrolman Delmar Crews guiding and Chief Lee Davis to return them a week later The Policemen Benevolent Association funds the trip through magazine ads and contributions with the association leasing five camps in Illinois for program reach about 400 boys this summer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dale
Center
Ronnie Frick
Carbondale
Camp
Piasa
Policemens Benevolent Association
Carbondale Police
Alton
Delmar Crews
Policemen’s Magazine
Lee Davis
Herrin Receives Safety Award for 1951 Record
Herrin earns a National Traffic Safety contest award from the Illinois Traffic Safety council for completing 1951 with no fatal motor vehicle accidents in the city. John T. Taylor of Springfield informs Mayor Fred Schoonover Jr. of the forwarding, while B. B. Burns of Decatur extends congratulations. Gov. Adlai Stevenson and other officials sit on the coordinating committee for the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Illinois Traffic Safety Council
John T. Taylor
Springfield
Fred Schoonover, Jr
B. B. Burns
Decatur
Adlai Stevenson
Named vice presidents at Illinois FFA convention
Bill Templeton of Pinckneyville and Allen Fechtig of Enfield were elected sectional vice-presidents of the Illinois association of Future Farmers of America at Champaign on June 6. They are among 25 such vice-presidents. Templeton heads section 24 covering Perry, Franklin, Jackson, Union, Alexander and Pulaski with 679 members in 17 high schools. Fechtig heads section 25 covering Hamilton, White, Saline, Gallatin, Williamson, Johnson, Pope, Hardin and Massac with 816 members in 19 high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.F.A
Bill Templeton
Pinckneyville
Allen Fechtig
Enfield
Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America
Champaign
Templeton
Perry
Franklin
Jackson
Union
Alexander and
Pulaski
FFA
Fechtig
Hamilton
White, Saline
Gallatin
Williamson
Johnson, Pope, Hardin
Massac
Johnston City man breaks elbow in fall at high school
Mitchell Smith, 37, of 305 West Eleventh Street Johnston City, suffered an epiphyseal fracture of his elbow Friday when he fell and struck it on a rock while unloading a tractor at the high school. A cast from fingers to armpit was applied at Herrin hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Mitchell Smith
West Eleventh Street
Smith
Herrin Hospital
Herrin Soldier on 30 Day Furlough
Sir Charles B. Griffin is on a 30 day leave visiting his mother Mrs Mary oe. 1 Co x A Egyptian Heights Herrin. He is also visiting his sisters Mrs Robert Oldani Herrin and Mrs Buck Heckman Hurst. After his leave he will go to Valley Forge Army Hospital Pa Ivill?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Charles B. Griffin
Mary Oe
Egyptian Heights
Robert Oldani
Buck Heckman
Hurst
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Ixville
Herrin Boy Hurt Diving at Mine Pond
Billy Bonds, 15, of 116 South Eighth Street Herrin suffered a scalp laceration when he hit his head diving at a strip mine pond east of Herrin Friday afternoon. He received five stitches at Herrin Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Mead
Billy Bonds
South Eighth Street
Herrin Hospital
Trucker Faces Driving Charge After Route 3 Collision
Henry Waters 26, a Negro truck driver from the St Louis area, posted a $750 sheriff's bond in Murphysboro Friday on a reckless driving charge. He was arrested on Route 3 south of Cora for a collision that damaged a state highway mowing machine but caused no injuries. Waters remained jailed until a Jackson County court appearance Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Waters
St. Louis
Murphysboro
Waters
Clarence Vieregge
Cora
State Highway Department
Jackson County
Jackson
Two Area Publishers to Tour With Navy
Howe V. Morgan co-publisher of the Sparta News Plaindealer and W. I. Knowles publisher of the Elkville Journal will sail from Norfolk Virginia with the U S Naval Academy graduation class for a two month voyage to Europe. Morgan will serve on the Saipan and Knowles on the Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Norfolk
U. S. Naval Academy
Europe
Howe V. Morgan
Sparta News - Plaindealer
W. I. Knowles
Elkville Journal
Morgan
Saipan
Knowles
Macon
Doctor Returns From Chicago Elect Cardiography Course
Dr. W. A. Brandon of Carbondale returned Friday from Chicago where he completed an electro cardiography course at Northwestern University campus sponsored by the American Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Brandon
Carbondale
Chicago
Northwestern University
American Medical Association
Herrin Traffic Violations Showed in City Movie
Herrin officials announce a film made in Herrin depicting local drivers violating traffic ordinances. The screening follows a Herrin city council meeting at 7 30 p m with public admission. The movie was produced by Carl East, an insurance man from Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Fred Schoonover
Schoonover
Carl East
Chester Firm Loses Army Contract Over Regional Rules
George White of the Chester Chamber of Commerce says a Chester firm lost a large Army contract to rebuild C-47 planes after being ruled out of the No 4 critical work area due to its plant location across the Mississippi from Southern Illinois. The losing bidder was reportedly $75 per plane higher than the eventual winner, whose name was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Army
George White
Chester Chamber of Commerce
White
Beldex Corporation
Chester - Perryville
Illinois
Beldex
Missouri
Mt Vernon Man Indicted for Killing “Pest erer”
Raymond W. Berry, 45, of Mt. Vernon, was indicted for murder by a Jefferson County grand jury in the May 9 tavern shooting death of Gordon Richards, 42. Berry surrendered after the incident and said he fired because he was tired of being pestered. He is jailed in lieu of $25,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Berry
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Gordon Richards
Berry
Richards
Rites Held for Rev E H Purdy Pastor of Local Churches
Funeral services were held for E H Purdy 66 a well known Methodist minister and pastor of Walier and Greenwood churches. He leaves wife Minnie four sons Edgar Collinsville Loren Effingham Leslie Lebanon and Paul U S Army and two daughters Sybil Luffingwehr Sonoah and Gladys Stevens Kantoul. He died Friday May 30. Burial was at Makanda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Purdy
Walier
Greenwood
Mr. Purdy
Minnie
Edgar
Collinsville
Loren
Effingham
Leslie
Lebanon
Paul
U. S. Army
Sybil Luffingwehr
Sonoah
Gladys Stevens
Kantoul
Makanda
Night Club Tires Slashed at New Virginia
Twenty cars outside a New Virginia night club had tires punctured and slashed on Friday night. Owner Mike Preston told Sheriff Ora Kirby he suspects a man he refused to sell drinks earlier. The sheriff is seeking the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Virginia
Mike Preston
Ora Kirby
Nine Jackson towns exceed cancer drive quotas in 1952
Five Jackson county towns have surpassed their quotas in the 1952 Cancer fund drive, led by Grand Tower with 201.41 and Ava with 188.16 toward 150 marks. Murphysboro reports 754.97 toward 1,400 while Carbondale has 259.10 toward 1,700. Rural contributions total 204.05 as of now. county drive secretary Walter King invites further gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Joe Daniel
Murphysboro
Grand Tower
Ava
de Soto
Dowell
Campbell Hill
Carbondale
Vergennes
Elkville
Gorham
Walter King
Stores Plan Weekly Summer Shutdowns in Two Towns
The Anna Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee announces weekly Wednesday noon closings for all stores in Anna and Jonesboro during June July and August. Drug stores will close at noon in June July August and September with one store remaining open rotating weekly. A door notice will indicate which drug store is open each day. The chamber will suspend meetings through July August and September per C F Campbell president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna and
Jonesboro
Retail Merchants Committee
Anna- Jonesboro
Anna Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce
C. F. Campbell
Steeleville Brothers Home On Navy Leave
Bill and Gerald Jeffers of Steeleville returned home Thursday from a Navy cruise to take a 17 day leave with their parents, Mr and Mrs Jack Jeffers. The brothers serve aboard the destroyer Bordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Gerald Jeffers
Steeleville
Jack Jeffers
Three Murphysboro Girls Vie for Ainad Shrine Queen
Three Murphysboro girls compete to be Ainad Temple Shrine Circus Queen in Carbondale on June 19. Patricia Wealdride leads District 3, which includes Jackson Union Williamson counties. Bizzell, class of 1952, active in music and solo ensembles, previously won a 1951 Murphysboro Township beauty event. Wooldridge, class of 1952, drum major and twirling contest state winner, served in senior play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Aersaiaben
Ainad Temple
Carbondale
Tell
Patricia Wealdride
Jackson
Union
Williamson
Miss Bizzell
Sam Bizzell
Murphownship High School
Miss Wooldridge
Dick Wooldridge
Murphysboro Township
Sesser Hall Crowd Debates Parking Meters at City Council
Sesser residents packed the city hall Friday to oppose new parking meters. Seven spoke against the meters. a referendum motion died. A committee was named to study the issue for July, with talks of hiring a lawyer and possible liens. Revenue short of needs, farmers shifting to Christopher, and a two hour limit suggested to ease crowding. Meters collected $137 between May 26 and June 6, plus $17 before May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesser
Claude Robbins
Luther Stevison
Robbins
Orville Piper
Knox Scott
Carl Long
Long
Lesser
Christopher
Hanford Unable to Attend SIU Graduation
Harvard professor A Ches ter Hanford unable to attend Southern Illinois University commencement due to illness. Makanda native and former SIU student was to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws. Dr Percival Bailey of Illinois Medical School to receive honorary Doctor of Science. 340 graduates to receive bachelor and master degrees. Former Austrian chancellor Dr Kurting to deliver address at Mc Andrew stadium at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Hanford
Harvard University
Southern Illinois University
Makanda
Southern
Hanford
Percival Bailey
University of Illinois Medical School
Kurting
Austria
McAndrew Stadium
Three Area Explorers Join Philmont Ranch Staff
Three Explorers from Eguan Boy Scouts of America join Philmont Scout Ranch staff for the summer. Richard Coleman of Ship 37 Carbondale will be a base camp assistant, Gene Hall of Carterville a commissary assistant, and David Davidson of Post 14 Eldorado a trail guide. The 125000 acre New Mexico ranch hosts over 6000 scouts from across the United States this season. An 18th group from Meperien Council will take part in a two week Southbound Expedition across much of the ranch with scouting skills instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eguan Boy Scouts of America
Philmont
Richard Coleman
Ship 37
Carbondale
Gene Hall
Carterville
David Davidson
Eldorado
Cimmaron
N. Mex
United States
Meperien Council
Anna Church Announces Children's Day Observance
Anna church will observe Children's Day at First Presba Anna on Sunday June 8. Sunday school children and girls from the department participate in the morning worship service. The program theme is We Would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Church
Anna
Cief
Ashley Woman Dies At 66 In Adley Funeral Services Planned
Mrs. Grover Wheeles 66 mother of Jackson County Superintendent Virgilles Wheeles died in a sail at the Kring Funeral Home in Adley. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday at 3 PM at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Grover Wheeles
Jackson Cou
Virgilles
Kring
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Sparta Junior Auxiliary
Carbondale Lions
Camp Piasa
Jonesboro Hosiery Factory
Harmony Boys
Art Murrie
Grand Avenue Baptist Church
N. G. Daniels
Tate
NAVY
Doctor
Pesterer
Robert D. Dugan
Joe Dugan
South Sixteenth Street
Amarillo Air Force Base
Amarillo
Texas
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Herrin Township
Amarillo Afb
Steeleville Brothers
Queens
SIU
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