Fort de Chartres Rendezvous Recalls Mountainmen Traditions
About 350 members of the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association gathered for the Fifth Annual Fort de Chartres Traders Rendezvous. Buckskinners traded pelts and crafts, watched muzzleloader events, and participated in demonstrations while highlighting heritage and early French Indian War history at the Illinois fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de Chartres
Zleloading Rifle Association
Illinois Division of Parks and Memorials
Fort de
Mary Spears
Williamsport
Ind
Alan Satterly
Lafayette
Wayne Ford
Danville
Ulysses
Tom Porter
Murphysboro high school bids praised as within estimates
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 expects construction on the new high school to begin late June or early July after bids totaling 3.864 million dollars. The total project cost stands at 4.613 million with 3.1 million from the Illinois Capital Development Board and 1.5 million local funds. Construction should finish in 18 months for a 1977 78 school year opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Unit
James Blackwood
Springfield
Blackwood
Unit 186
State Board
Carruthers
H & H Plumbing and Electric Co
Mt. Vernon
Family Injured in Carbon Dale Crash on Giant City Road
Three members of a Carbon dale family were injured Friday when a car driven by Gary Hefler 27 collided with a truck driven by John Brunkhorst two and a half miles south of Old Illinois 13. Hefler daughters Carrie 5 and Sheri 6 suffered major injuries at Doctors Hospital in Carbondale. Brunkhorst uninjured. Carolyn Evrard 27 of Mc Leansboro later treated for major injuries after a one car crash on Illinois 37 near Johnston City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Giant City Blacktop
Gary Hefler
Carrie
Sheri
Doctors Hospital
Hefler
John Brunkhorst
Illinois 13
Carolyn J. Evrard
McLeansboro
Marion Memorial Hospital
Illinois
Johnston City
Benton commission rejects Grimes reinstatement as fire chief
The Benton Police and Fire Commission voted 2 to 1 to deny Fire Chief Claude Grimes's bid to return to active duty after a June 1973 injury. Grimes, on disability leave for nine months, had threatened a writ of mandamus if the panel did not decide. Paul Rogers remains acting fire chief while a permanent head is sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Police and Fire Commission
Claude Grimes
Grimes
Commission
Paul Rogers
Carbondale offers rehab grants and loans for homeowners
Carbondale residents may qualify for up to 15500 in grants and federal loans to finance housing rehabilitation. An informational meeting for eligibility is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Central Illinois Public Service office community room. Northwest Homeowners Association sponsors the meeting. funding comes from a block grant and federal programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
City of
Central Illinois Public Service Office
Illinois Ave
The
Northwest Homeowners Association of
Jack Cooper
Association
Said
Jonah Whale Dramatics At Herrin Church Delights Children
Children at First United Methodist Church Herrin join a story hour titled creative dramatics. Sponsor Grechen A. Jack helps several youngsters enter a large white plastic inflatable whale as about 20 children read Jonah and the Whale and acted it out on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grechen A. Jack
First United Methodist Church
Herrin
Carbondale burglars tied to store thefts
Two Carbondale men Jeffery M. Kennerly and Edward N. Baggett, both teens, were arrested on two burglary counts each for the Mack's Big Star Food Center in Carbondale. The pair allegedly burglarized the store on January 12 and February 9. A separate note mentions two travelers starting a 9500 mile canoe trip from Point Pleasant West Virginia, stopping at Fort Massac State Park near Metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Mack’s
Big Star Food Center
Fort Massac State Park
Metropolis
Paul Fellows
Canoeists Paddle Westward Promoted by Bicentennial Sponsors
Hendershot, 29, and Bonecutter, 21, two licensed ocean going tugboat captains from Norfolk, rest after a capsize in heavy rains east of here. They plan to meet National Bicentennial Committee representatives in Cairo on Sunday or Monday with sponsors National Historical Society and Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. They will travel via St. Louis and river towns Omaha Sioux City Mandan Great Falls to portage the Divide and descend the Columbia to Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Bonecutter
Norfolk, Va
David Hendershot
Hendershot
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River
Cairo
National Bicentennial Committee
National Historical Society
Fellows
St. Louis
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Mandan
N. Dak
Great Falls
Mont. Hendershot
Bonecutter
Missouri River
Continental Divide
Snake River
Columbia River
Portland
Ore
Summer college registrations open at SIU-C and area colleges
SIU Carbondale and three nearby community colleges still accept summer registrations. Regular credit course registration at SIU-C begins June 16 with eight week classes available. Logan College in Carthage and Shawnee College in Ullin offer dozens of courses, including adult education and children’s workshops, with various registration options and contact numbers provided.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Area
Community Colleges
Siu-C
B. Kirby Browning
Admissions and Records
SIUC
Division of Continuing Education
Brenda McKinney
Woody Hall
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Logan
College Office of Continuing Education
Shawnee College
Allin
Vienna Correctional Center
Vienna
Hartzel L. Black
Ullin
Rend Lake College
Inn
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Jim Sackett
Southern Illinoisan
Jim Bryant
National
Muz
Chartres
William Fillman
Monmouth
Punch
Fillman
Marilyn Davis
Pawnee
Buckskinners
Marv Hilligoss
E. Alton
Hilligoss
Lewis and Clark College
Daryl Meir
Meir
Ralph Frese
Chicago
Murphysboro High School
Illinois Capital Development Board
Denny and Sons of
Anna
Jackson County
Kiefner Bros., Inc
Perryville
Plumbing—Weller, Inc
Car
Bondale
Shawnee Construction Co
Marion
Eater Sheet Metal Co
McNeill-Dugger
Precisionaire, Inc
Pheenix
Ariz
Brunkhorst
Benton Commission
Charles Webster
Harry Williamson Jr
Ronnie Collins
Department of
Eldon Gosnell
Jonah the
Whale
Jeffery M. Kennerly
Edward N. Baggett
E. Elm Sr
Norfolk
Shawnee
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