Note Asks Forgiveness Carbondale Mother Found Hanged
A Carbondale woman Dorothy June Brown 37 was found hanged in her basement around 5 30 p m by her husband Eugene. A note near the body cited years of depression and life hatred. She was found with rope and wire around her neck, handcuffed behind the back with children's restraints. Funeral plans were set for Oakwood Cemetery with inquest postponed until after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Dorothy June Brown
N. Almond Sr
Eugene
Brown
Jackson County
Gale Williams
L. F. Grigg
First Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Carterville
Richard
Barry
Marsha
Ernest J. Eaton
Makanda
William Eaton
Carl Robinson
Ann Arbor
Mich
Eaton & Brown Alliance Co
E. Main St
Mrs. Brown
Theodore Helmers Dies at 69 Steeleville Area Farmer
Theodore Helmers 69, Steeleville area farmer, died at Chester Hospital. He lived on a farm south of Steeleville most of his life. Friends may call at Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville until services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Wine Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Helmers
Steeleville
Chester Hospital
Helmers
Schaack
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Wine Hill
Police Briefs from Murphysboro and nearby towns
Robert Miller of 1100 E Broadway Alton was fined nine dollars including costs in Murphysboro Police Court for speeding. In Herrin Ridgeway and Carterville a person named Wilkie Re. 1 was fined twenty five dollars plus costs for careless driving by Magistrate Earl May on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Robert Miller
E. Broadway
Alton
Herrin
Ridgeway
Wilkie
Carterville
Earl May
Rustlers Strike In Williamson Steal Two Hogs
Three men in a light-colored pickup robbed Alva Jackson’s farm at Dewmaine in Williamson County Sunday. They attacked two 200-pound hogs, loaded them onto a truck, and fled with five hogs as a resident warned and chased by. Sheriff Carl Miller was informed by Herrin reporter Alva Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Alva Jackson
Herrin
Carl Miller
Dewmaine
Jackson
Two Men Charged With Rape Of 15 Year Old
Perry County sheriff says Wayne McBride age 25 of Marissa and Bob Muskett age 22 of Baldwin were charged with rape after two 15 year old Randolph County girls were picked up after work at a Pinckneyville drive in. One girl was raped as they drove through Pinckneyville and later taken to a country road where one girl escaped unharmed. The girls are rural Randolph County residents near Percy. McBride was arrested by St. Clair County authorities and Muskett by Randolph deputies. Both are jailed in Pinckneyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Randolph County
Perry County
Joe Shirk
Wayne McBride
Marissa
Bob Muskett
Baldwin
Shirk
Shik
Percy
McBride
St. Clair
Muskett
Randolph
Elmo Morrison
Marion Prior Dies in Sesser Area Miner and Farmer
Marion Prior 64 of Sesser died suddenly of a heart attack on a Saturday noon street. Born March 2 1893 in Perry County he lived on his farm northwest of Sesser most of life. He leaves wife Nellie sons Clarence and Alan and Gene a daughter Catherine Woodsides six grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at Paradise Prairie Baptist Church west of Sesser with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Prior
Sesser
Bor
Perry County
Prior
Nellie
Clarence
Alan
St. Louis
Gene
du Quoin
Catherine Woodsides
Paradise Prairie Baptist Church
Church
Call for More Lake Regulation At Crab Orchard
Visitors and boaters at Crab Orchard Lake urge stricter rules and enforcement. The area sees almost 20 000 people daily on weekends and over a million annually with one summer patrol by Larry Sheffield of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. Participants cite near misses and trash as issues and support increased regulation and more patrols to curb violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Lake
Larry Sheffield
U. S. Fish, and Wildlife
Crab Orchard
Matt Robinson
West Frankfort
Frank Barnes
Johnston City
Bill Francouer
Southern Inois University
Marshall Morely
Baldwin, Mo
Williamson County tax publication questioned as nonmandatory
State's Atty. Carl Sneed said publication date of personal tax assessments is directory, not mandatory. Despite lists printed after July 10 in 1955 and 1956, he asserts the taxes remain legal. Suits filed to collect delinquent 1955 taxes involve 35 actions. 30 days to answer, default leads to sale. Sheriff's notices issued to 100 delinquent 1956 taxpayers. second notices follow. Tax collections已 surpassed one million dollars with May 6 start and June 10 deadlines, 1 percent penalties added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Carl Sneed
Sneed
Williamson Couny
Carl Miller
Carl Schroeder
Wolfe
Homer
Illinois
R B Coleman Dies Rites Set For Ex Carbondale Man
Ruppert B Coleman 84 former Carbondale resident died Saturday in Ft Lauderdale Florida His body will be transported to Carbondale for funeral services at 3 p m at Huffman Funeral Home Reverend John R Canedy of the First Christian Church will officiate Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery He is survived by a son Ray of Ft Lauderdale and a sister Mrs Ida Bird of Higginson Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Ruppert B. Coleman
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Huffman Funeral
John R. Canedy
First Christian Church
Oakland
Ray
Mes
Ida Bird
Higginson
Ark
Mines Working Tuesday Fidelity and Related Sites
The report lists active mines including Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No 1 and several Old Ben sites numbers 9 14 22 along with Truax Tract No 2 Orient 2 Orient 3 Zeigler 3 Freeman 4 and Briquet Plant details. Multiple sites such as Buckhorn are noted as Not Working Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity
New Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star No
Ben
Orient
Zeigler
Freeman
Buckhorn
Carbondale Hosts Southern Illinois Civil Defense Directors Meet
Civil defense directors from Southern Illinois elected A Frank Bridges of Southern Illinois University as president of the Southern Illinois Civil Defense Directors Association at a Sunday meeting in University School Auditorium Carbondale. The gathering drew county directors from over 20 of Illinois 38 southern counties and endorsed quarterly meetings, with Bridges to visit Mt Vernon to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Frank Bridges Carbondale
Southern Illinois Civil Defense Directors Assn
University School
Illinois
J. L. Homer
Illinois Civil Defense Agency
Ernest Wolfe
Merle G. Moore
Office of Public Instruction
Omer
Bridges
Southern Illinois University
Ilinois
Warren Brown
West Francrt
W. L
Pat
Randle
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Virgil T. Bailey
Onp
Mt Vernon
William Tudor
SIU
Area Services Department
Tudor
Civil Defense
Moore
Springfield
Weather Bureau
Sheriff's Office
Woman Killed in Auto Crash Inquest Set
An inquest into the death of Mrs. Cora Wood 67 of Rt. 2 Woodlawn following a Saturday auto crash is planned for 7 p m Tuesday in Mt. Vernon. Her husband John D Wood driver of the car suffered severe injuries and a second passenger George R Phelps 63 of Mt. Vernon was hospitalised at Good Samaritan. The coroner said Mrs Wood died instantly and the wreck occurred at 2 30 p m on Rt 460 two miles west of Mt. Vernon with no other vehicle involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Wood
Rt. 2
Woodlawn
Mt. Vernon
Wood
Rt. 460
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mrs Powell Dies at 76 in Herrin Hospital
Naoma Flora Powell 76 of 804 S 12th St Herrin died at 6 a m in Herrin Hospital after a three week illness born May 1 1881 in Johnston City lived in Herrin 48 years survived by husband Harvey son Eddie Herrin sister Mrs James Dawson West Frankfort four grandchildren and three great grandchildren funeral at 2 p m Wednesday in Nazarene Church Herrin with Rev Carl Mitchell and Rev Lester officiating burial in Boner Cemetery calling hours after 6 p m today at Storme Funeral Home Herrin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naoma
Flora” Powell
S. 12Th St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Johnston City
Harvey
Eddie
James Dawson
West Frankfort
Nazarene
Carl Mitchell
Lester
Boner Cemetery
Storme Funeral Home
Storm Sewer Cleared and Street Holes Repaired in Murphysboro
Murphysboro street department workers finished clearing a storm sewer at Mulberry and 7th Streets that caused a 40 by 30 foot cavern in May. A large hole in front of St Andrew's School will be filled this week and covered with rock. Crews dug into the pipe behind the school and cleared debris. another cavern on N 22nd Street was filled last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Claude Hiser
Mulberry
7Th
St. Andrew's School
Hiser
N. 22Nd Street
Mulberry Street
Herrin High Board approves compromise pay raises for teachers
Herrin Township High School teachers will receive $7 000 in total pay increases next year under a compromise raise plan presented by Principal Eugene Eckert. It raises starting salaries to 3 600 for bachelors and 3 900 for masters, with top scales of 4 800 and 5 200 respectively, and keeps $100 then $50 yearly steps for four and twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Township
Eugene Eckert
Anna Man Dies in Anna After Heart Attack
Lowell E. Chapman 48 of 213 E Lewis St Anna died at home after a heart attack He was born March 2 1909 in Alto Pass An employee of the City of Anna He is survived by his wife Mamie son Billy a sister Mrs Wayne Martin Carbondale and Mrs C W Leggins Springfield Ohio a brother Charles E Chapman and half brother Frank Chapman both of Carbondale A funeral was held Wednesday at Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro with the Rev Archie Grigg officiating Burial is in Anna Cemetery Friends may call after 4 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Alto Pass
Mamie
Billy
Wayne Martin
Carbondale
C. W. Leggins
Springfield
Ohio
Charles E. Chapman
Frank Chapman
Norris and Son Funeral
Jonesboro
Archie Grigg
Anna Heights Baptist Church
Anna Cemetery
Chamber Survey Shows Water Co Purchase Favored
Murphysboro residents favor municipal ownership of the water company by an eight or nine to one margin in a chamber survey. The poll reached over 60 homes and aimed to guide a more detailed mailed questionnaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Water Company
Chamber of Commerce
Murphysboro
Marion Nash
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson
Sesser Man
Orchard Lake
Con
Chard Lake
Gene Cryer
Tom Brock
Paul Mathis
Larry
Williamson Sheriff
R. B. Coleman
Civil Defense Group
Gen
A. Frank Bridges
Herrin High School
Anna Man
Lowell Chapman
Lowell E. Chapman
E. Lewis
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