Jackson County Road Reclassification Faces Opposition
A Jackson county hearing on House Bill 820 reclassification drew opposition over financing for maintenance and road transfers. Officials from the Jackson supervisors Carbondale district and local towns debated prioritization, with engineers outlining which roads would shift between primary and secondary status under the statewide proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Carbondale
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
State Highway Department
Jackson County
James Gilmore
Jackson
C. A. Case
Oscar Day
Day
County Highway Department
Crab Orchard Lake
Oroville Wye
Perry County
Kent Keller
Ava
New Hill
Union County
Gorham
Grand Tower
Makanda
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
C. E. Keen
Keen
R. G. Crisenberry
Daily Independent Murphysboro Ad Rates and Office Details
The Daily Independent of Murphysboro Illinois lists publication information including address 11th Street, Evening edition, established June 12 1891, Edward Lindsay publisher. Subscription rates show carrier and mail options with prepaid terms and a note on AP rights.
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Edward Lindsay
Murphysboro
Illinois
Bees Invade Dog House Invasion At Walnut Street
Mrs. John Kimball reported swarms of honeybees invading her dog house at Walnut and Twentyeth streets. Painters observed bees entering the structure and even bumblebees were mentioned. The incident drew a fire department call and a note that a swarm could fetch about 25 dollars.
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John
John Kimball
Walnut and
Twentieth Street
Kimball
Wreck Victim Rites Held For Harvey Houston
Funeral services for Harvey Harrison Houston 21 of Howardton will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the Grand Tower Methodist church with Rev William H Lively officiating Burial will be in Walker Hill cemetery Houston died Thursday from injuries after a Sunday morning auto crash south of Grand Tower He was the second victim of the accident his companion Eugene Cooper 18 killed at the scene He leaves parents six brothers one sister and three half sisters in addition to a half brother and two half sisters from St Louis Belleville and Louisville The body was moved from Crawshaw Mortuary Murphysboro to the Houston home in Howardton at noon today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Harrison Houston
Howardton
Grand Tower
Houston
Eugene Cooper
Jackson- Union County
Big Muddy River Bridge
Granda Tower
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
Donald R. Williams
Geneva Williams
South Thirteenth Street
U. S. Navy Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Williams
Navy
California
Jackson County Supervisors Delay Comment on Road Reclassification
Jackson county supervisors withheld judgment on a state highway department plan to re classify roads. At a special meeting in Murphysboro the mood was cautious with few comments while Elkville’s E D Graef and Sand Ridge’s Fred A Richards urged weighing costs and county maintenance burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
State Highway Department
Murphysboro
E. D. Graef
Elkville
Fred A. Richards
Sand Ridge Township
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions list includes Mrs Doris Raines maternity at 2236 McCord street Mrs Leona Karsten surgical Steeleville and Miss Sadie Clover medical Grand Tower Dismissals none.
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Doris Raines
McCord Street
Leona Karsten
Surgical
Steeleville
Sadie Clover
Medical
Grand Tower
Murphysboro Eyes Water Franchise Amendment Vote
Murphysboro council expected to approve an amendment to the Murphysboro Water Co franchise. The change includes a 55 percent rate increase, water softening, main extensions, and a 20 year extension from approval date. Completion targeted for next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Water Company
F. D. Bohannon
Water Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Fire Destroys $5,000 Jackson County High-Lift Truck
A Jackson County highway department high-lift truck valued at over $5,000 was destroyed by fire at the Harrison slag dump two miles north of Murphysboro at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Operator Clarence Tuttle said a backfire caused the carburetor fire. firefighters arrived as the gas tank exploded and the machine burned with all four tires and the hydraulic hose gone.
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Jackson County Highway Department
Harrison
Murphysboro
Clarence Tuttle
Tuttle
Clarence Perschbacher
Lloyd Moore
Vergennes farmer may sell more Guernsey cows after $6500 sale
Tony Van Cloostere, a Vergennes area farmer, may sell more Guernsey cows to J. T. Christian of Dunwalke Guernsey farm after Christian bought Sunnyfield Golden Marose for 6500 at the Waukesha sale. Christian plans a return visit as he studies Marose and her maternal sisters.
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Tony van Cloostere
Vergennes
J. T. Christian
New Jersey
van Cloostere
Marose
Christian
Far Hills
N. J
Waukesha
Wis
George Campbell
Batavia
Illinois Guernsey Breeders Association
Illinois
Dunwalke
Marse
Beauty
Dun
Emmet H. Roberts
Murphysboro
Irish Macander
Elmhurst
Irish Rose
Mary Rose
Jonacre Golden Challenger
Curtis Candy Farm
Dundee
Ill
Sunnyfield Golden
Shelton brothers face deadly feud amid town talk of land and oil
In Fairfield the Shelton family feud rumor grows with claims of ambushes and multiple gunfire wounds. Locals compare the potential killings to Hadfields and McCoys as neighbors dispute land and oil titles. Illinois park fees and fishing trade boast add a broader regional backdrop.
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Shelton Brothers
Little Earl
Dalta
Cisne
Fairfield
Roy
Big Earl
Shelton
Hadfields
McCoys
Kentucky
Midshipman Kerwath to Join Pacific Fleet Cruise
Midshipman Richard C. F. Kerwath USNR son of Mr and Mrs H C Kerwath of Carbondale a Tulane student will join 153 seniors and 824 sophomores from 24 colleges for a six week Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Pacific fleet cruise beginning June 17. The group reports to Treasure Island San Francisco for orientation aboard heavy cruiser Saint Paul escort carrier Badoeng Strait and destroyers forming Task Force 52 led by Rear Admiral Thomas H Binford. The cruise includes Pearl Harbor with tours of Honolulu and Oahu and underway gunnery exercises with simulated attacks by enemy air submarine and surface craft.
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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
Oahu
Cicadas Hit Orchard in Makanda Area
E D McGuire, owner of Oak Grove fruit farm near Makanda, reported cicadas killed several trees in a young peach orchard planted last fall by eating the leaves. Hexicide 200 was sprayed in the morning while the insects fed, and the situation is now under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. McGuire
Oak Grove
Makanda
McGuire
Carbondale Miner Tom Swan Injured At Old Ben No 15
Tom Swan of Carbondale suffered chest bruises and a broken collar bone in a Wednesday accident at Old Ben No 15 mine near West Frankfort. He was treated at West Frankfort hospital and returned home Thursday. Swan has mined since 1918 and previously sustained 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 Meet
Carbondale men led a Southern Illinois GM C truck dealers club meeting in Mount Vernon to promote better service for GM C owners. Zone representatives A A Buttow F E Witeka Floyde Wineke and William Schopf attended with new officers elected Leland Hubble president L Harshbarger vice president Jim Troutman secretary treasurer Carbondale delegates Hubble John Carmon Glynn Bendieman Sam Hunter.
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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 Carmon
Glynn Bendieman
Sam Hunter
Hunter-Owens Co
Murdale Airport Budget Hearing Set for Saturday
A public hearing on the tentative Murdale Airport Authority budget for 1950 51 will be Saturday at 7 30 p m in Parkinson Laboratory room 105 SIU Carbondale. The $50 560 budget includes 4500 interest on bond ed indebtedness and covers all known expenses for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdale Airport Authority
Parkinson Laboratory
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Airport Authority
Mardale Authority
Dorcas Melvin Dies In Sparta
Dorcas Elizabeth Melvin died this morning at the home of her daughter in Sparta. She leaves a son Howard Melvin and three daughters Ethel Meyers Roy Prunty and Parkington. Her husband Thomas Melvin died in 1950. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 p.m. Crawshaw funeral chapel Murphysboro with burial Tower Grove cemetery.
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Dorcas Elizabeth Melvin
Elizabeth Partington
Sparta
Melvin
Howard Melvin
Murphysboro
Ethel Meyers
Clinton
Roy Prunty
Parkington
Thomas Melvin
Crawshaw Funeral
Tower Grove
Crawshaw
State Grants Oil Permit To Absher and Booth
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 near Marion. Drill site near an Amerada Corp. of Tulsa well from 1949, which did not produce. no certificate of plugging filed with county recorder as required.
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Belle Gent
Corinth
Marion
Absher and Booth
Thompson Building
Tulsa
Okla
Illinois State Department of Mines and Minerals
Amerada Corp
Amerada
De Molay Degrees to Six at Murphysboro
Murphysboro's De Molay chapter conferred the De Molay degree on six youths in ceremonies at the Murphysboro Masonic temple on Thursday night. Recipients were James Huston Jr Robert Cook Rex Steele Dewayne Chetts of Royalton and Wayne Cross Benjamin Berry of Murphysboro. The chapter is sponsored by Murphysboro Lodge No. 498 A F and A M.
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Murphysboro
Order of de Molay
de Molay
Murphysboro Masonic Temple
James Huston, Jr
Robert Cook
Rex Steele
Dewayne Chetts
Royalton
Wayne Cross
Benjamin Berry
A. M
Marion Man Albert Motsinger Dies at 82
Marion resident Albert Motsinger, 82, died at Herrin hospital at 1 30 a m after admission on May 9. He resided at 207 North Court street Marion.
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Albert Motsinger
North Court Street
Marion
Herrin Hospital
Mr. Motsinger
Jackson County Legion Council Election Monday
The Jackson county American Legion council will meet in Grand Tower Monday night to elect new officers. County Commander Leo Faughn says nine posts will gather at Dr. M. J. Hughes home for a 7:30 p.m. fish fry, weather permitting, with rain moving events to the basement. Officers from the past year were Commander Faughn, Johnny Ogolini, Dowell vice commander Carl Hardy, Murphysboro, finance officer James Johnson, Carbondale, sergeant at arms. The nine posts total about 1,300 members, with posts in Carbondale, Murphysboro, Grand Tower, Elkville, Dowell, Campbell Hill and Ava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Council of the American Legion
Grand Tower
Leo Faughn
Murphysbeere
M. J. Hughes
Hughes
Faughn
Johnny Ogolini
Dowell
Carl Hardy
Murphysboro
James Johnson
Carbondale
Elkville
Campbell Hill
Ava
Murphysboro Police Chief Warns Motorists in Fourth Drive
Murphysboro Police Chief Clarence Ward issued the first warning in a campaign to cut Fourth of July auto accidents as traffic fatalities rise nine percent in the first quarter. He cited nationwide efforts coordinated by the National Safety Council and urged extra caution for a four day weekend to ensure a tragedy free celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Clarence Ward
Ward
National Safety Council
Property Transfers Highlight Carbondale Area Deals
A series of land and lot transfers recorded in Carbondale and surrounding towns show exchanges between H A Foley and E W Keown. Oscar C Thompson to John L Mezo. Jeff Roberts to Lester Caraway. Paul Martin to Robert Marvin Martin. and many others. Values range from $1 to $13,500 with properties including sections, townships, blocks, and additions in Carbondale Murphysboro De Soto Grand Tower and Campbell Hill through 1890s style deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Foley
E. W. Keown
Oscar C. Thompson
John L. Mezo
Carbondale
Ted W. Stocks
T. L. Bryant
McGuire
Percy J. Smith
Lyndeau Allard
Glenn C. Pettinger
Charles B. Willard
C. H. Perces
Fred Cross
Aubrey Anderson
Francis R. Murphy
Joseph Beach
Louis T. Renfro
Charles L. Daniels
Romola Falettti
Henry Lybarger
G. B. Davis
de Soto
T. Martin Morgan
William B. Burke
Morgan Place
Murphysboro
Gilbert C. Reiman
Sam D. Martin
Clarke and
Logan’s
Addie Harper
Charles T. Kenney
Grand Tower
John L. Crowell
William H. Page
Carbondale L
Imp. Assn
Brunty
Carbondale B
Sophronia Kenner
Melvin L. van Natta
Lee and Alexander’s
Carbondale B. L
Marion Peterson
Edward McGuires
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11Th Street
Murphysboro, MI
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Bee Doghouse Invasion
William H. Lively
Walker Hill Cemetery
Withheld
C. A. Hart
State Commission
Baptist Bible School
First Baptist Church Bible School
Walnut Street
Fourteenth
Riverside Park
Odds and Ends
Sheltons
Hatfield-McCoy
Bill Pigott
Alton Ill
Stevenson
Lake Murphysboro
Mississippi
Pete Oakley
Grove, Ill
Christian County
Oakley
Illinois Central Roundhouse
Hanted
Mongul
Heinie Pabst
Heinie
I. C. Roundhouse
Midshipman
Kerwath
Carbondale Men
Murdale
Asa
Dorcas Melvin
Jackson County Legion Council
J. W. Harris
Harvey B. Hartline
Richard Gerlach
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