Coover Addresses Marion Rotary Club on Newspapers
Grant M. Coover, general manager of The Daily Journal Southern Illinoisan, told Marion Rotary Club that an informed public will make the right decision. He urged straight reporting, audience input, and newspapers as community leaders while noting rising costs and free enterprise as safeguards of American journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant M. Coover
Daily Journal
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Rotary Club
Coover
Rotarians
America
Germany
Russia
Johnston City Sailor En Route to Cuba
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Jenkins of Johnston City report their son I. L. Jenkins is aboard the U S S Chilton and heading to Cuba. He is in the navy electronics materials school for nine months after leaving San Francisco and Boston. He visited Johnston City briefly before joining the Chilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Jenkins
Johnston City
I. L. Jenkins
U. S. S. Chilton
Cuba
Jenkins
Navy Electronics Materials School
San Francisco
Boston
Wiring Fire Causes Small Damage At Herrin Home
A wiring fire in the home of Mrs. Nola Smith at 1112 South Park Avenue Herrin caused minor damage at 8 30 a m. The blaze burned a wiring section near the wall top but the house did not ignite. Firemen Kenneth Bailey and Charles Harris answered the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nola Smith
South Park Avenue
Herrin
Kenneth Bailey
Charles Harris
All Mail Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance
Local postal service warns readers that all subscription payments are required before delivery starts. Officials urge prompt settlement to avoid service interruption and assure continuous issues of the newspaper.
Herrin Township High School Summer Enrollment Dips
The Herrin Township high school summer session opens with 42 students, the lowest in 15 years, as programs run 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. in two hour blocks. Six out-of-town students attend, while 12 instructors including Marvin Owen teach civics, biology, English, and history during a six week term ending July 14. Credits are transferable and the session is approved by North Central Association and the state department of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Township High School
Marvin Owen
Owen
Charles Jack
Jeanette Maneese
Robert Smith
Naomi Moake
Jackie Odle
George Roberts
West Frankfort
Mary Lee Covalesky
Christopher
Marion
Bill Chaney
Charles Raglin
Joan Tidwell
Robert Vancil
Peggy Waller
Thomas Waller
North Central Association of Secondary Schools
State Department of Education
Wreck Victim Rites Saturday for Harvey Houston
Funeral services for Harvey Harrison Houston 21 of Howardton will be at 2 p m Saturday at Grand Tower Methodist Church Rev William H Lively officiating Burial will be in Walker Hill Cemetery Houston the second victim of Sunday auto wreck near Grand Tower born Oct 5 1928 in Grand Tower he worked as a carpenter helper and leaves parents six brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Harrison Houston
Howardton
Grand Tower
William H. Lively
Walker Hill Cemetery
Houston
Eugene Cooper
Jackson- Arm County
Big Muddy River Bridge
John D. Houston
Wilburn
Frankie
Henry
Johnnie
Floyd
Freddie
Mamie
Ervie Houston
Pearl Houston
St. Louis
R. J. Spring
C. O. Hughes
Bellevue
George P. Russell
Louisville
Crawshaw Mortuary
Murphysboro
Fishing Rodeo Planned for August 26 at Riverside Park
Better Fishing Inc plans a teen fishing rodeo on August 26 at Murphysboro Riverside Park lagoon. Kids under 16 can cast and angle for a large stock of tagged fish promised by the state conservation department. Mayor C A Hart chairs the event with Robert Wahl and Frank Crews as committeemen. Prizes will be awarded to all winners and for the best catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Fishing, Inc
Riverside Park Lagoon
Murphysboro
State Conservation Department
C. A. Hart
Robert T. Wahl
Logan Street
Frank Crews
Elm
Fire destroys Jackson county high lift truck at slag dump
A Jackson County highway department high lift truck, purchased for over five thousand dollars two years ago, burned at the Harrison slag dump two miles north of Murphysboro at 2 30 p m. Clarence Tuttle, the operator, said the carburetor caught fire from a backfire while hauling slag. Firemen arrived to find the machine still ablaze with all four tires burning and the hydraulic hose burned off.
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Jackson County Highway Department
Harrison
Murphysboro
Clarence Tuttle
Tuttle
Clarence Perschbacher
Lloyd Moore
Hospital Admissions And Discharges Listed
Admitted to the Herrin hospital Thursday were Kate Odum of Energy, Elbert Anderson of West Frankfort, George Janstro of Johnston City, E N Marshall of Carterville, Ed Kerrigan of Herrin, Walter Grimes of Carbondale, Ora Scott of Harrisburg and Ransom Allen of Carrier Mills. Dismissed Thursday were Ida Wilson of Herrin, Eddie Phillips of Springerton, Matthew Baxter of Zeigler, Genevieve Springs of Herrin, Thomas Loyd of Cambria and Irene Roach of Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Hospital
Kate Odum
Energy
Elbert Anderson
West Frankfort
George Jansto
Johnston City
E. N. Marshall
Carterville
Ed Kerrigan
Herrin
Walter Grimes
Carbondale
Ora Scott
Harrisburg
Ransom Allen
Carrier Mills
Funeral Sunday For Former Herrin Woman Alice Goddard Richardson
Funeral services for Alice Goddard Richardson of Grand Prairie Texas, formerly of Herrin, will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in the First Baptist church Johnston City. Richardson died at her Texas home June 7 at age 44. She was born in Herrin September 22 1905, daughter of W H Goddard and Dell Eddard. She leaves husband Everett L Richardson, four children Jacqueline Joan Janedell and Jimmy, two sisters Helen Mallaburn and Mabel Meltzer, two brothers Frank Goddard and Joe Goddard. Burial will be in Johnston City cemetery. Friends may call at Storme funeral home Herain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Goddard Richardson
Grand Prairie
Texas
Herrin
First Baptist Church
Johnston City
Richardson
Everett L. Richardson
Mrs. Richardson
W. H
Dell Eddard
Jacqueline
Joan
Janedell
Jimmy
Helen Mallaburn
Mabel Meltzer
Chicago
Frank Goddard
Joe Goddard
East St. Louis
Jack DeVore
Storme
Herain
Mann Services Set For Sunday
Mrs. Sarah Ann Mann of Carterville died at her home after a two year illness. She leaves Bert Mann and four sons Robert Milo Leo Cloyd, plus two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Christian church Grand Chain. burial in Grand Chain cemetery.
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Sarah Ann Mann
Ridge Avenue
Carterville
John Ervin
Ullin
Gilbert Ervin
Alaska
Christian Church
Grand Chain
Grand Chain Cemetery
Meter Receipts Steady In Herrin For Three Weeks
City Clerk Charles Campbell reports Herrin parking meters collected between 360 and 370 dollars weekly. This week receipts were 367.93, last week 365.55, and two weeks prior 362.06.
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Herrin
Charles Campbell
Midshipman Kerwath to Join Pacific Cadet Cruise
Midshipman Richard C. F. Kerwath of Carbondale son of Mr and Mrs H C Kerwath and a Tulane student will participate in the six week Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps senior sophomore Pacific fleet cruise. One hundred fifty three seniors and eight hundred twenty four sophomores from 24 colleges report to Treasure Island June 17 and 18. The ships include USS Saint Paul USS Badoeng Strait and destroyers forming Task Force 52 commanded by Rear Admiral Thomas H Binford. The cruise will visit Pearl Harbor and Honolulu with underway gunnery and simulated enemy attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. F. Kerwath
USNR
H. C. Kerwath
Carbondale
Tulane University
New Orleans
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
Treasure Island
San Francisco
USS
Saint Paul
Badoeng Strait
Rupertus
Leonard F. Mason
Arnold J. Isbell
Fechteler
Thomas H. Binford
USN
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Island
Oahu
Tony Pisoni Family Of Herrin Is Vacationing
The Tony Pisoni family from Herrin drove to Champaign to pick up their son Donald a University of Illinois student. They plan vacations in Chicago and Joliet and will visit Pisoni relatives including Louis Bill Joe and James Kinsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Pisoni
Richard
North Twelfth Street
Herrin
Champaign
Donald
University of Illinois
Pisoni
Chicago
Joliet
Louis Pisoni
Bill Pisoni
Joe Pisoni
James Kinsley
Murphysboro Visitor Stays With Venell Hills in Herrin
Roger Green of Murphysboro travels with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Venell Hill to Herrin to visit at 221 South Ninth Street during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Green
Murphysboro
Mrs
Venell Hill
South Ninth Street
Herrin
Mel-O-Dears Fourth in Mrs America Contest Bid
Former Herrin resident Lucille Boyer leads the Mel-O-Dears in a St Louis radio TV bid for Mrs America. The quartet competes on KSD TV at 6 pm CST with 11 weekly winners advancing to a national contest in Asbury Park New Jersey. Votes accepted until August 10 via Hyde Park Beer contest mail.
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Herrin
Ksdtv Tonight
Lucille Boyer
Lucille McGee
St. Louis
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
First Baptist Plans School Vacation Bible School
First Baptist church of Herrin begins a five day Vacation Bible School with pre registration and a mass parade Saturday afternoon. Regular sessions start Monday at 8 30 am for children ages four through twelve with graded worship programs and age group superintendents. The school ends Friday June 23 with a park picnic and parent program.
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First Baptist Church of
Herrin
Marie Capps
Olive Kirsch
Lucille Crowe
Doris Miller
Marie Baudino
Paul McCasland
State Grants Oil Permit Near Marion on Belle Gent Farm
Illinois state department of mines and minerals grants Absher and Booth a permit to drill for oil on the Belle Gent farm in Corinth township northeast of Marion. Drillers have staked the site near an Amerada Corp. Tulsa well drilled in 1949, which failed to produce and for which no plugging certificate has been filed with the county recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Gent
Corinth
Marion
Absher and Booth
Thompson Building
Tulsa
Okla
Illinois State Department of Mines and Minerals
Amerada Corp
Amerada
Cavalry Private Cecil Guill Fires 190 of 200
Pvt. Cecil Q. Guill of Herrin Illinois fired 190 of 200 with a 30M2 carbine at the Camp Weir firing range Maebashi Japan. He serves in service battery 77th field artillery battalion First Cavalry division stationed at Camp Drew Koizumi Honshu Japan. He enlisted January 1949 and trained at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky. He sailed overseas April 1949 from Fort Lawton Washington.
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Cecil Q. Guill
Omer G. Guill
Route 1
Herrin
Camp Weir
Maebashi
Japan
Guill
77Th Field Artillery Battalion
First Cavalry Division
Camp Drew
Koizumi
Honshu
Army
Camp Breckinridge
Ffrom
Eldoradean Driver Bumps Police Chief's Car At Carterville
Eldorado man driving his brother's car collides with Carterville Chief John Hicks near Carterville City Park about 6 30 p m. He is charged with reckless driving and to be arraigned soon. Hicks reports bumper and trunk damage to his car and greater damage to the other vehicle including radiator and fenders.
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Eldoradean Cwas
Carterville
Eldoradean
John Hicks
Hicks
Orlin
Hick’s
Eldorado
Tom Swan Hurt In Mine Mishap
Tom Swan of Carbondale sustained chest bruises and a broken collar bone in a Wednesday accident at Old Ben No 15 mine near West Frankfort while operating a loading machine. He was hospitalized in West Frankfort and returned home Thursday. Swan, a miner since 1918, previously suffered similar injuries at the same mine in 1946.
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Tom Swan
South
Washington Avenue
Carbondale
Old Ben No. 15
West Frankfort
Swan
Carbondale Men Head G M C Truck Dealers Club
Carbondale men lead the new General Motors Truck dealers arts and services managers club in Southern Illinois to improve service for G M C truck owners. Representatives from the St. Louis zone attended the meeting, naming officers Leland Hubble President and L Harshbarger Vice President.
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eMeting
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
Parade Lines Up Church Groups For Herrin Bible School Event
Pastor Rev Paul A McCasland outlined the march order for seven area churches in Herrin. Children report at 2 p m to their church, then proceed to listed Park avenue locations to form lines led by local civic groups. Parade starts 3 p m along a designated route with prizes for best decorated bicycles and cars.
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Paul A. McCasland
Herrin First Baptist Church
Park Avenue
First Christian
East Stotlar
Hurricane Memorial Baptist
West Stotlar
Herrin Saddle and
Stotlar
South Park
Park
Monroe
Doughboy
McCasland
First Remodeling Since 1909 for Rome Club in Herrin
The Rome club at 200 North Fourteenth Street Herrin begins remodeling the first since 1909. A new brick front 42 inches high a 59 inch plate glass panel and 4 feet of glass bricks will be installed. The project should take about 10 days and after completion the interior will be redecorated per President Charles Colombo.
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Rome Club
North
Fourteenth Street
Herrin
Charles Colombo
Colombo
State official urges care in license mail to save funds
Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett warns Illinois taxpayers waste state funds through careless license applications. Go back mail rose to 17 035 in May, up 3 900 from a year earlier, costing about seven cents per item and totaling roughly 14 400 annually in stationery and postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Edward J. Barrett
Barrett
Adventists Organize Second Visit-Your-Neighbor Day
Herrin pastor O W Bachellor announced a three day drive to visit 10 million homes this year. Over three million leaflets were distributed on the first day March 4 with the second day set for Saturday. Adventist churches worldwide participate in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh - Day Adventists
O. W. Bachellor
Herrin
Marion Man Albert Motsinger Dies at 82
Albert Motsinger of 207 North Court Street Marion died at Herrin hospital at 1:30 a.m. He was admitted earlier in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Motsinger
North Court Street
Marion
Herrin Hospital
Mr. Motsinger
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