Road Reclassification Hearing In Murphysboro Faces Opposition
A special Jackson County hearing in Murphysboro examined a statewide plan to reclassify primary and secondary roads under House Bill 820. Critics argued the proposal lacks financing details while officials outlined which county roads would shift from state to county maintenance.
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Illinois General Assembly
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Jackson County
James Gilmore
Jackson
C. A. Case
Carbondale
Oscar Day
Day
County
Crab Orchard Lake
Oroville Wye
Perry County
Kent Keller
Ava
New Hill
Union County
Gorham
Adddition
Grand Tower
Makanda
Blacktop
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Keen
R. G. Crisenberry
Keene
General Assembly
Col
Books by Local Authors Offered at Carbondale Library
The Carbondale library adds two local works with local authors. Robert Lewis Taylor, son of Roscoe A. Taylor and Mrs. Mabel Taylor, presents The Running Pianist and selected shorts. Mae Travillion Smith of Southern Illinois University writes Famous Pets of Famous People. Both authors attended the University of Illinois and live in Connecticut.
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Carbondale
Robert Lewis Taylor
Roscoe A. Taylor
Mabel Taylor
Mae Travillion Smith
Southern Illinois University
Doubleday
Saturday Evening Post
W. C. Fields
Mr. Taylor
the New York
Red Book
Life
Collier's Esquire
Reader's Digest
Cornwall
Daily Free Press Carbondale Classifieds and AP notice
The Daily Free Press informs readers of subscription rates for carrier and mail service in Carbondale, Illinois. It notes second class postal status and AP rights, with carriers delivering weekly and longer-term plans.
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Daily Free Press
Ilinoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Carpendale
Illinois
Associated Press
No Quorum Delays Carbondale High School Board Meeting
The Carbondale high school board of education postponed its monthly meeting due to an absence of the required quorum. The meeting, planned for last night, will be held on Tuesday June 13 if a quorum is available. time and place not yet set.
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Carbondale High School Board of Education
Jackson County Legion Council Election Monday
The Jackson county American Legion council will meet in Grand Tower Monday night to elect officers for the coming year. County Commander Leo Faughn of Murphysboro announced the gathering, hosted by the Grand Tower post at Dr. M J Hughes home with a 730 p m fish fry planned outdoors weather permitting. nine posts totaling about 1300 members will attend, with posts in Carbon dale Murphysboro Grand Tower Elkville Dowell Campbell Hill and Ava.
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Jackson County Council of the American Legion
Grand Tower
Leo Faughn
Murphysboro
M. J. Hughes
Hughes
Faughn
Johnny Ogolini
Dowell
Carl Hardy
James Johnson
Carbondale
Elkville
Campbel Hill
Ava
Tall Tales From Farmers On Ladino Clover And Fence Plants
W C Anderson reports Perry county farmers discuss Ladino clover beginnings and strong spring growth. Dixon Springs Project yields four tons per acre of legume silage with 75 percent moisture and synthetic wood molasses used. Multifora rose fence questions answered with notes on spread and control near Crab Orchard plus hop clover and red sorrel observations.
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Allen Roundtree
Perry County
Dixon Springs
Jackson County
Webb
Forest Products Research Lab
McCall
Ed Dietz
Brouillette
Dee Wilmouth
LCS
Charles Parrish
Vergennes
F .H. Beckman
Campbell Hill
Guardsmen Head To Ullin Range For Weekend Training
Carbondale's National Guard unit will bivouac at the Ullin rifle range starting Saturday. Twenty seven enlisted men and one officer of Headquarters Co Third Battalion will depart early with kitchen staff around 5 a.m. and the rest at 7 a.m. They return late Sunday night. The exercise supports nationwide small arms practice ahead of the Camp McCoy encampment with about 21 000 Illinois Guardsmen expected to participate.
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Carbondale
National Guard
Ullin
Camp McCoy
Wis
Illinois
Vergennes farmer may sell more of his high bred Guernseys
May buy more cows as Tony Van Cloostere's Sunnyfield Golden Marose sold for 6500 to J T Christian of Dunwalke Guernsey farm Far Hills New Jersey He examined Marose's maternal sisters and daughters during a one day visit and indicated plans to return Christian praised Marose as one of the best cows sold this year and may breed her to the high priced bull Noble King or its full brother Marose's milk production peaked at 68.7 lb after the trip and the cow traces to Irish Rose of Elmhurst through a line of breeding local notes show 37 Van Cloostere cows are descendants of Irish Rose
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Tony van Cloostere
Vergennes
J. T. Christian
New Jersey
van Cloostere
Christian
Far Hills
N. J
Waukesha
Wis
George Campbell
Batavia
Illinois
Dunwalke
Marse
Beauty
Dun
Marose
Emmet H. Roberts
Murphysboro
Irish Macander
Elmhurst
Irish Rose
Mary Rose
Jonacre
Golden Challenger
Curtis Candy Farm
Dundee
Ill
Sunnyfield Golden
Lawyers Fish Fry Saturday in Jackson County
The Jackson County Bar Association will hold its annual fish fry Saturday afternoon at Carbon Lake grounds south of Murphysboro. The date was set after tentative June 10 or 17 and permission was obtained to use private grounds. Invited guests include three circuit judges Loyd Bradley Carbondale Ross Reynolds Vienna and Harold Zimmerman Marion along with county government officers.
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Jackson County Bar Association
Carbon Lake Grands
Carbon Lake
Murphysboro
Loyd Bradley
Carbondale
Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Harold Zimmerman
Marion
Plan Fishing Rodeo At Riverside Park Murphysboro
Better Fishing Inc plans a August 26 youth fishing rodeo at Riverside Park lagoon Murphysboro. Open to children under 16 with casting and angling for tagged fish stock promised by the state conservation department. Mayor C A Hart chairs with state cooperation. committee members Robert Wahl and Frank Crews. Prizes will be awarded to all winners and for the best catch.
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Better Fishing, Inc
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
State Conservation Department
Carbondale Urges Support For Recreation Development
Rex Cook of the Carbondale Park board calls on citizens to back maintenance and expansion of the citys recreation program. Alan Domer will arrive June 15 to administer and coordinate the program as Cook outlines long range playground and sports area plans requiring the help of about 50 civic religious and fraternal organizations.
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Rex Cook
Carbondale
Carbondale Council Discontinues July August Meetings
The Carbondale Community Council met at the American Legion home and voted to skip monthly meetings for July and August. President Nathan Nagle announced plans to resume in September.
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Carbondale Community Council
American Legion
Nathan Nagle
Mel-O-Dears sing on KSD TV for Mrs. America contest
The Mel-O-Dears a Herrin area former Lucille Boyer quartet appears on KSD TV tonight at 6 pm CST to compete in a Mrs. America contest sponsored by a St Louis brewery. The group among three other contestants aims to be named Mrs St Louis and advance to the national event at Asbury Park New Jersey. Votes can be mailed to The Hyde Park Beer Mrs America contest KSD TV St Louis Missouri by August 10.
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St. Louis
Herrin
Ksdtv Tonight
Lucille Boyer
Lucille McGee
St. Louis, Mo
Asbury Park
N. J
Sweet Adelines, Inc
Spebsqsa
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Mel-O-Dears
Milwaukee
Wis
Topeka
Kan
Chicago
Belleville
Hyde Park
Ksd-Tv
12Th and
Olive Sts
Carbondale Kids Register for Vacation Reading Club
One hundred seventy four Carbondale children have joined the Vacation Reading Club sponsored by the public library. They must read 10 books by August 12 and submit brief records. reading diplomas will be awarded on August 12 to those who complete the course.
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Carbondale
The
Public Library
Murdale Budget Hearing Set for Saturday Evening
A public hearing on the tentative Murdale Airport Authority budget for 1950 51 will be held Saturday at 7 30 p m in Parkinson Laboratory room 105 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The 50560 budget includes 4500 for interest and details plans for matching funds and future construction stages.
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Murdale Airport Authority
Parkinson Laboratory
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Airport Authority
Mardale Authority
Wreck Victim Rites Saturday for Harvey Houston
Funeral services for Harvey Harrison Houston 21 of Howardton will be held 2 p m Saturday at Grand Tower Methodist Church Rev William Lively officiating Burial will be in Walker Hill cemetery He died Thursday from injuries after a Sunday morning auto crash near Grand Tower He leaves parents six brothers a sister a half brother and three half sisters The body was moved from Crawshaw Mortuary Murphysboro to the Houston home in Howardton today
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Harvey Harrison Houston
Howardton
Grand Tower
William Lively
Walker Hill Cemetery
Houston
Eugene Cooper
Jackson Union County
Big Muddy River
John D. Houston
Wilburn
Frankie
Henry
Johnnie
Floyd
Freddie
Mamie
Ervie Houston
Pearl Houston
St. Louis
R. J. Spring
C. O. Hughes
Belleville
George P. Russell
Louisville
Crawshaw Mortuary
Murphysboro
Jackson county stalls on state highway re classification plan
Jackson county supervisors withheld judgment on a state highway department road re classification proposal after a special meeting at the Murphysboro courthouse. Several members spoke against the plan noting added miles would strain maintenance. others declined comment.
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Jackson County
State Highway Department
Murphysboro
E. D. Graef
Elkville
Fred A. Richards
Sand Ridge Township
Property Transfers From Crowell to Selmier Tower and Linen Co.
Ethel Crowell and others transfer part of lot 53 in Carbondale to Selmier Peerless Tower and Linen Co for $1. Also Ralph Blackwood and others transfer lot 18 in block 4 of the Buster Brown addition in Murphysboro to Helen K. Slackwood for $1.
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Ethel Crowell
Selmier Peerless Tower and Linen Co
Carbondale
Ralph Blackwood
Helen K. Slackwood
Buster Brown
Murphysboro
Churches Offer Free Bus Rides To Services
Carbondale Ministerial Alliance announces free bus service for all Carbondale area churches starting Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon for Sunday school and church services. Fares are paid by the alliance. no special ID is required to board. Churches include First Presbyterian First Methodist First Christian First Apostolic Walnut Street Baptist Grace Methodist First Baptist and University Baptist.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Ministerial Alliance
Ministerial Alliance
Alliance
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
First Christian
First Apostolic
Walnut Street Baptist
Grace Methodist
First Baptist
University Baptist
Mine accident injures Carbondale miner Tom Swan
Tom Swan of Carbondale sustained chest bruises and a broken collar bone in a Wednesday accident at Old Ben No. 15 mine in West Frankfort while operating a loading machine. He was taken to West Frankfort hospital and returned home Thursday. Swan has mined since 1918 and previously suffered similar injuries at the same mine in 1946.
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Tom Swan
Washington Avenue
Carbondale
Old Ben No. 15
West Frankfort
Swan
Fire destroys high lift truck at Harrison slag dump
A Jackson County highway department high lift truck, bought two years earlier for over five thousand dollars, burned at the Harrison slag dump two miles north of Murphysboro at 2 30 pm Thursday. Clar ence Tutt le reported the carburetor backfired igniting the fire. firemen arrived as the gas tank exploded and the vehicle burned with four tires and hydraulic hose destroyed.
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Jackson County Highway Department
Harrison
Murphysboro
Clarence Tuttle
Tuttle
Clarence Perschbacher
Lloyd Moore
Carbondale Men Lead G M C Truck Dealer Club
Carbondale men headed the General Motors Truck dealers in Southern Illinois who formed a parts and service managers club to boost service for G M C truck owners. The Mount Vernon meeting elected Leland Hubble president and other officers. delegates included Hubble and John Cannon.
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Mount Vernon
General Motors Corporation
Southern Illinois
G.M.C
St. Louis
A. A. Buttow
F. E. Witeka
Floyde Wineke
William Schopf
Leland Hubble
Hunter-Owens Motor Co
Carbondale
L. Harshbarger
Hoffee Motor Sales
Fairfield
Jim Troutman
Jefferson Motors
Hubble
John Cannon
Glynn Rendleman
Sam Hunter
Hunter-Owens Co
Cicadas Strike Orchard Near Makanda
E. D. McGuire, owner of Oak Grove fruit farm near Makanda, reports cicadas killed several young peach trees by feeding on leaves. Hexicide 200 was sprayed in the morning and the situation is now under control, McGuire said.
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E. D. McGuire
Oak Grove
Makanda
McGuire
Hospital Notes Admission and Discharge List
Admitted Thursday includes Mrs. Paul Rushing surgical Marion L L Holbrook medical Goresville Robert Lee Deaton surgical Mrs Ruby Davis medical Marion Discharged Thursday Herman Wallace medical Carbondale Jerry Dale King medical Marion Engo Bianchini accident Roy Jalton
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Paul Rushing
Marion
L. L. Holbrook
Goreville
Robert Lee Deaton
Ruby Davis
Herman Wallace
Carbondale
Jerry Dale King
Engo Bianchini
Roy Jalton
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Elmer Boucher
Jackson County Legion Council
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Cairo
C. H. Mottier
Illinois Central Railroad
Slim Edwards
Ameri
Can Bridge Company
U. S. Steel
American Bridge Company
W. C. Anderson
Ullin Range
C. A. Hart
Robert T. Wahl
Logan Street
Frank Crews
Elm
Cook
Southern
Bers
Mary Belle Slattery
Agnes Vogler
Gladys Butler
Mrs. Boyer
Carbondale Vacation Reading Club
Murdale
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Carbondale Men
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