State racking horse event and multiple area notices
State racking horse competition slated for Friday at the Williamson County Fairgrounds Marion includes the second Illinois State Championship with multiple contact numbers. A juvenile diabetes workshop at Touch of Nature Center begins at 9 a.m. with a $5 family registration and BYOL plus swimming. Graduation ceremonies at Vienna High School Friday at 8 p.m. and St Joseph Memorial Hospital Auxiliary flea market open at 8:30 a.m. Friday. Cinema listing for Harrisburg showing Black Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois - Carbondale Touch of Nature Environmental Center
Division of Continuing Education
Williamson County Fair
East Main
Old Rt. 13
Marion
Steve Pulley
Walter Pape
Ray Turner
Curt Davis
Vienna High School
ST. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Walnut
11Th Sts
Local Theatre Listings for Harrisburg and Southern Illinois
Cinema calendars show a cluster of showings across multiple venues including The Sting at CINEMA 2 Harrisburg and Holiday Drive-in Du Quoin. Other titles span Its Alive Silver Streak The Pink Panther Strikes Again and classic roadshow favorites at Orpheum REND Lake Drive In and more listings in Carbondale Marion Herrin Murphysboro and Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
du Quoin
New Liberty
Murphysboro
Orpheum
Superbug
Rend Lake Drive In
West Frankfort
Coulterville
Southern Comforts
Carbondale
Cross of Iron
Starlite
Logan’s
Toler Cinema
Benton
Raggedy Ann and
Andy
Marion
Dick and Jane
Mar
Former Carbondale nurse burned in Wisconsin campground attack
Stephanie L. Poston a 24 year old Racine nurse and former Carbondale resident remained in critical but stable condition with second and third degree burns over 52 percent of her body after an attack at the Plymouth Rock Camping Resort The incident began when a tire blew out and campers urged setting a car on fire Two other women were burned and a 17 year old and a 15 year old face juvenile and felony charges respectively Local authorities including Sheboygan County Detective Captain and the district attorney are handling the case with more than 15 000 campers reported at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie L. Poston
Carbondale
Racine
Wis
Wisconsin
Miss Poston
Thurman
Sheboygan County
Jones
Richard W. Poston
Community Development Institute
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Memorial Notices From June 8 1977 Take Toll Across Region
Obituaries and funeral notices detail the deaths of Donald J Stirnaman 52 of Red Bud Flo Stout 82 of Ava Ruthlander Huntington 78 of Vacaville Calif Kate Schilcutt 80 of Murphysboro Lillian Willis Lewis 82 of Benton and others. Services announced included mass burial at St John Church Red Bud and graveside rites with Veterans of Foreign Wars honors with calls and Rosary details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald J. Stirnaman
Red Bud
St. Clements Hospital
St. John Catholic Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 553
Cashner Funeral Home
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
Flo Stout
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Samuel &. Stout
Sate Baptist Church
Elda Williamson
Carrie Ditzler
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Ruth Lander Huntington
Vacaville
Calif
Huntington
Longfellow School
Harold Huntington
Major Allan Huntington
Albert Carter
San Mateo
Kate Schilcutt
7Th St
Good Luck Glove Company
Selmier-Peerless Towel and Linen Service
First Apostolic Church of Carbondale
Aldridge
Thomas
Julia Spurrier Bauer
Tom Schilcutt
Virginia McKinney
Metropolis
Verba Modglin
Carterville
Fred Bauer
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Emma Bauer
Meredith Funeral Home
Carbondale
Pleasant Grove
Lillian Willis Lewis
McCann St
Benton
Franklin
Illinois
William and
Mary E. Hartley Willis
Everett Lewis
Lewis
First Baptist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Franklin Hospital
Red Cross
Harry L. Lewis
Col
Willis Lewis
Blanchard
Blanche Fisk
Grayville
Isabelle Hubble
Phoenix
Ariz
Russell Willis
Boron
Howard Willis
Chicago
Melissa Wells
Waltonville
William Everett
Ralph
Poulson Funeral Home
Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery
Charles A. Long
Helen St
Christopher
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Miners Hospital
George W
Grace Bristen Long
Jessie Clark
Pat Summers
Terre Haute
Ind
Sandra McCowen
Helen Sims
Atwood
Madalyne Miller
Cambridge
Ohio
Gilbert Funeral Home
Eunice Lorraine Barnes
Route 2
West Frankfort
al Robinson
Gregory
LaShanda
Geinger
Alice Mezo
Roscoe Robinson
Herrin
George VanNatta
Herrin City
Weather forecast shows warm showers across west and south
The western half of the nation and Florida and New England in the east are expected to see showers today. Cool in the north with warm conditions in the south. Southern Illinois records 84 with no rain since 7 a.m. yesterday. 9 a.m. reading 62. Sunset 8:18 p.m. today, sunrise 5:21 a.m. Friday, sunset Friday 8:18 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
New England
Illinois
Woman runs Dial-A-Maven offering hard to find items
Ellen Levine, once a medical technician, founded Dial-A-Maven in Chicago to locate items deemed hard to find. She retrieved requests like a rickshaw and a windshield frame for a 1932 Ford, becoming the service’s founder and only full time employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ellen Levine
Ms. Levine
Dial-A-Maven
Open markets aim to boost US products globally
President Carter's chief foreign trade negotiator said the world should have access to American products and produce. Ambassador Robert Strauss spoke Wednesday at the Chicago Board of Trade annual news media meeting about open markets for US goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Carter
Robert Strauss
Chicago Board of Trade
Retired Sgt George Rushing Ends 24 Year ISP Career
Retired Sgt George Rushing of Chester completed a 24 year career with Illinois State Police District 13. He joined in 1953 spending two years in Union County then the rest in Randolph County. Rushing was promoted to corporal in 1961 and to sergeant in 1965 becoming zone supervisor for District 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rushing
Chester
District 13
Illinois State Police
Union County
Randolph County
Tear gas incident at Marion Junior High
A 14-year-old Marion Junior High student released to his mother after discharging a tear gas cannister from a classroom window around 8:20 a.m. About 150 people, including laundromat patrons, were affected but none seriously. The cannister, brought from Vietnam by a serviceman and given to the boy’s brother, was ignited with a firecracker, mistaken for a smoke bomb, described as a last day prank. Probation officer Elmer Farmer said the case may be referred to the State Attorney for charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Williamson County
Elmer Farmer
Robert Howerton
Tom Litton
Ronald Swafford
Farmer
Vietnam
Hospitals List Admits and Discharges Across Illinois
A compiled hospital notes list admissions and discharges from multiple facilities, including Herrin and Memorial in Carbondale, with numerous patients named across towns such as Goreville, Johnston City, Carterville, Energy, West Frankfort, and Vienna. The record spans Franklin, Union, Jefferson, and Williamson counties with varied patient details and facility mentions.
North York Mayor Pushes Repeal Of Old Borough Laws
Toronto AP reports Mel Lastman mayor of Metropolitan Toronto's North York urges removal of outdated laws including molesting squirrels and disturbing fish as part of a borough clean up. The remark about molesting a squirrel prompts criticism and calls for law reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Mel Lastman
North York
Anna Jonesboro High bids set to open June 23 in Springfield
Illinois Capital Development Board will open electrical plumbing and other subcontract bids on June 23 with the general contract bid due July 6 for the Anna Jonesboro High School project. The cost has risen about 400000 since a 1975 bond, with state funds sought to cover the increase. The Willard Hall preservation dispute delayed the project, now slated for remodeling with Union Hall remaining. Occupancy possible by January 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna - Jonesboro High School
Springfield
Illinois Capital Development Board
Hewey Tweedy
CDB
Tweedy
Willard Hall
Union County Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Union Hall
School board to adjourned meeting discuss sports program
Anna Jonesboro Community High School faces questions on having too many sports programs. Board secretary Don Tripp wants input from faculty parents and students before deciding if levels such as freshman junior varsity and varsity should be merged to save money while meeting Title IX requirements. The open June 21 meeting at 7 p.m. in the high school library invites public comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
Don Tripp
Tripp
Correction Notices For Area Churches And Local Institutions
Monday correction confirms Rev. William Braswell transfers from Belleville to West Frankfort and residency in Murphysboro. It corrects Dr Parviz Sanjabi’s name at Herlin Hospital Coal Miners Respiratory Disease Clinic.Ron Johnson and Fred Heflin roles clarified at West Frankfort clinic. A Carbondale railroad relocation piece misnamed Robert Brunner. King Tut tour reservations now due Monday June 20 with 997-4030 contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Braswell
Belleville
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Parviz Sanjabi
Herlin Hospital
Ron Johnson
West Frankfort Clinic
Fred Heflin
Marion Civic Center
King Tut
Chicago
Turkish envoy wounded in Rome shooting
An unidentified gunman wounded Turkey's ambassador to the Vatican, Taha Carim, as he entered his Rome residence in the Parioli district. Officials said Carim was hospitalized with chest and neck injuries after the assailant rushed him from his car. Turkish diplomats in Vienna and Paris have been killed in recent years, with some believing Armenian militants seek revenge for alleged genocide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Vatican
Rome
Taha Carim
Carim
Vienna
Paris
Local births reported in Makanda Du Bois and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs Gary Orlandini welcome a daughter at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Mare physbore. Mr and Mrs Eugene Pedtre announce a daughter at Pinckneyville Community Hospital. Mr and Mrs Paul Stern greet a son at Marshall Browning Hospital. Mr and Mrs Mark Anderton have a son at Marshall Browning Hospital. Mr and Mrs Roger Odle welcome a son at Union Hospital. Mr and Mrs Bardall Roberts announce a son at Franklin Hospital Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makanda
Orlandini
Gary
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Marephysbore
DU Bois
Pedtre
Eugene
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
DU Quoin- Stern
Paul
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quein
Christopher
Anderton
Mark
West Frankfort
ODLE
Roger
Union Hospital
Benton Roberts
Bardall
Franklin Hospital
Benton
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Cinema
Ion
Sting
University 4
Wizards
Varsity 1
Varsity 2
Webster
Steeleville
Raggedy Ann
Ane
Cherry Hill High
FOX
Baby Face
Marion Drive-In
Campus Drive-In
Young Frankenstein
Skyriders
Riviera Drive-In
Robert Thurman
Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department
Plymouth Rock
Mr. Stirnaman
Columbia Quarry
Columbia
St. John Catholic Church of
Holy Name Society
Prairie du Rocher
Clement and
Emma Bessen Stirnaman
Doris Doiron
David
Havana
Steve
Paulette Deterding
Cyril
Peoria
Boniface
Evansville
Dorothy Naeger
Ellis Grove
Evelyn Castellia
Ruth L. Huntington
Eunice L. Barnes
Schroeder
Goldie Grah Middendorf
Memorial Hospital
National
Noaa
Dept of Commerc
Herrin Hospital
Piott
Betty
Anna Hoff
Oscar
Baker
Marie Vaughn
Geraldine
Energy
Grady
James
Macedonia Ferando
Betty Stalorites
Gloria
Buckner Picantine
Lago O’daniel
David Marshaldon
Klement
West Frankfort Atwood
Tommy Welch
Josephine
Manning
Kathrine Pierce
Janice Thurmond
William Smothers
Lillie
Thompsonville Cluck
Wanda Collins
Michelle
Columbia Upchurch
Harry Heitgeist
Marie West
Jerald
Lincoln Thomas
Timmy
Logan
Ana
Sims
Shelby
Tamms Ferrell
Residare Henderson
Jeff Kelso
Brenda
Vienna Welch
Scott
Kirkpatrick
Merle Johnson
Litha
Tamms Brothers
Wolf Lake Hicks
Alice Lucas
Marilyn Wade
Leslie
Mounds Gordon
Harold
Jonesbere
Sparta
Collins
Martha Gleghorn
Helen Niemeyer
Jimmy
Baldwin Steele
Roy
Appleton
Harrell
Dorothy
Spinnie
Shain
Hall
Kelly Biermann
Willard
Frieman
Sylvia
ST. Joseph Memorial
UNION
Doris Tonott
Murdell Smith
Pearl
Johnston City Carr
Lela Marvel
Wanda
Thompsonville
Swofford
Gerald
Herrin James
Carl McReaken
Susan
Leadingham
Cherry
Baby
Benton Harmon
Ewing Holman
Mary
Ewing DeLonais
William
Marion Heins
Gertorce Mason
Thur Flora
Merrill
Gremmels
Sigmund Dover
Deborah Joost
Alvera
Vogel
Uwe Arnold Kirkland
Michael
Testerman
Mia
Richelman
Campbell
Hill Schenk
Edward
Lockhead
James McConkey
William Lemmerman
Roger Barker
Lillian
Keeton
Pamela Penford
Ellen
Ellis
DuBall
Tillie
Washington County
Nashville
Tomaszewski
Frances Chawscinski
Bernadine
Ashley Michael
Gus
Hoyleton Paskiewicz
Marshall Browning
Bu Quoin
Huddleston
Trecile
Hurst Stern
Jane Ann Reid
Robert
Christopher Purdy
Ruth Downs
Pauline Schue
Bernard Harriss
Lawrence Thomas
Vivian Presswood
Jean
Pinckneyville
Maguire
Stacy Eubanks
Elsa Ticer
Charles
Gorham Meyers
Billie
Kear Brown
Marie Lively
Helen Moore
Brown
Clara Manning
Herrin Fiener
Kimberly
Percy
Anna-Jonesboro
Anna-Jonesboro Sports
Robert Brunner
Brunner Office Supply Co
Richard Brunner
Rowland & Co
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