Public Meetings And Events In Southern Illinois
A roundup of public meetings and special events across Marion Benton Herrin Carbondale and surrounding areas. Includes city council sessions school board hearings county boards and upcoming film showings and community activities with times and locations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion City Council
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Williamson County Public Building Commission
Marion
Benton City Council
Williamson County Airport Board Authority
Frankfort
Hurst City Council
City Hall
Johnston City Council
Herrin City
Shawnee Development Council
Karnak
Vienna Public School
Vienna
Herrin Unit Board
Greater Egypt Regional and Development Commission
Franklin County
Benton
Fire Crews Battle Heavy Blaze at West Frankfort Home
Firefighters battled a heavy blaze and smoke at 226 East Main Street in West Frankfort around 10 p.m. Sunday. In Carbondale, a trash fire was reported about 10:30 p.m. Sunday on the 600 block of South Thompson Street.
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West Frankfort
E. Main St
Carbondale
S. Thompson St
Chester Rites Set for War Victim James Cowell
Funeral services for Pfc. James Edward Cowell 19 of Chester will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St Marys Catholic Church Chester with burial in the church cemetery. He was killed May 31 in Vietnam in a firefight in the Que San Valley near the DMZ. He was an expert machine gunner with C Company 1st Battalion 6th Infantry and entered service Nov 14 1967 sailing to Vietnam May 13. He was a Chester High School Class of 1967 graduate born Jan 21 1949 in Chester, son of Earl Cowell and the late Imogene Geppert Cowell. His mother died in 1959.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Chester
James Edward Cowell
Vietnam
James McCormick
Schroeder
Cowell
Que San Valley
Demilitarized Zone
C Co
1St Bn
6Th Infantry
Chester High School
Earl Cowell
Imogene Geppert Cowell
Royalton Stabbing Report Involves Couple and Injuries
A Royalton man was stabbed Sunday outside a vacant grocery store on South Main. Opie Short, 51, received cuts to his left leg and right hand and was taken to Herrin Hospital. His wife Imogene Short was jailed in Williamson County on aggravated assault charges. Nora Alcorn of Creal Springs died Sunday at the Creal Springs Nursing Home at age 74. services set for Tuesday at Cosby Funeral Home Creal Springs with burial at County Line Cemetery.
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Royalton
Opie
Roy- Lee Short
Herrin Hospital
Franklin County
South Main Street
Short
Imogene
Williamson County
Marion
Plea set June 28 in Sirhan case
Prosecution teams meet daily to close holes in Los Angeles case against Sirhan Bishara Sirhan who faces a murder charge for the Kennedy assassination. A plea date is set for June 28 as investigators seek leads on a possible conspiracy and the elusive girl in the polka dot dress.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Los Angeles County
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
New York
Sandy Serano
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Miss Serrano
Mayberry considered for state attorney write in bid
Alexander County Democrats plan a write in for state’s attorney in Tuesday’s primary to oppose incumbent Republican Peyton Berbling who is unopposed on the GOP ballot. Mayberry, a former state’s attorney now in the attorney general’s office and living in Fairfield, is the proposed write in target along with sample ballots. Albert Lester Sharp, 49, of Olmsted died after an extended illness at his home. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the American Legion Lewis Phares Post. He leaves a large family. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Stoner Funeral Home Allin with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Pulaski. Carbondale: William Lewis dr., $19 speeding.
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E.C. Sanders
Brookport
Edward Souders
Herrin
Paducah
Kennedy
Broookport
Souders
Mr. Souders
Herrin Methodist Church
Alexander County
Peyton Berbling
Berbling
Alexander Conn
Democratic Party
George D. Mayberry
Mayberry
Fairfield
Albert Lester Sharp
Olmsted
Mr. Sharp
Mt. Pleasant
Roger Dale
Ellen Marie
Audrey May Crisman
Kankakee
Lee
Grand Chain
Roy
Carrier Mills
Charles
Alberta McClellen
Pulaski
Stoner
Allin
James Daniels
Rose Hill
Lewis Phares Post
American Legion
Dr C M Barr 92 Percy dies after long medical career
Dr. C M Barr 92 a veteran of 56 years in Illinois medical service died Sunday in Community Hospital Pinckneyville one day after his 92nd birthday He was born June 8 1876 in Waynesville son of Francis M and Josephine Barr He married Ruth Stone April 9 1918 in Alton He was a Wesley Methodist Church member in Percy and had practiced in Percy 26 years prior to retirement He leaves his wife a brother Russell of Atlanta and sisters Grace Barr and Mrs Isaac Dagley of Atlanta Burial will be in Paradise Cemetery near Steeleville He was active in Randolph County and Illinois Medical Societies.
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C. M. Barr
Percy
Illinois
Pinckneyville
Dr. Barr
Waynesville
Francis M
Josephine Dale Barr
Alton
Ruth Stone
Wesley Methodist Church
Barr
Randolph County Medical Society
Illinois Medical Society
Russell
Atlanta
Grace Barr
Isaac Dagley
B. R. Cummins
Paradise Cemetery
Steeleville
McDaniel Funeral Home
Sunset Haven to Sunset: Jackson County Nursing Home Opens
The 1958 plan for a modern 100 bed nursing home in Jackson County culminated in a 1960 opening. Voters approved a 975000 bond in 1958 amid county infighting. Construction began February 12 1959 with a cornerstone ceremony September 20 1959. The facility reached 158 capacity by 1967 with a 200000 addition adding air conditioning.
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Jackson County
Sunset Haven
County Board of Supervisors
Carbondale
Murphysboro
North
Southern Illinois University
Hill Burton Foundation
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Garbondale
Jackson County Votes Tuesday On Nursing Home Bond
Jackson County voters decide Tuesday on a 1.35 million dollar general obligation bond to finance a 100 bed nursing home wing and expand service facilities. Voting runs 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with ballots separate from party primaries and open to all registered county voters.
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Jackson County Nursing Home
Bond Proposal Seeks 1.35 Million for Nursing Home Expansion
Jackson County voters head to the polls Tuesday on a 1.35 million bond issue to add 100 beds to the county nursing home and expand the kitchen and laundry facilities to handle more patients. The 1958 project built a 130 bed home with enhanced facilities on 900000 county funds and a federal grant.
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Jackson County
Also Mentioned on This Page
SIU Home Economics Building
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Marion Drive-In
Orpheum
Family Way
Rodgers Theater
Anna Drive-In
San Sebastian
Rt. 148
Eldorado
Riveria Drive-In
Katie Elder
Harry Sundown
Tady
Phyllis Diller
Africa
Texas
Campus
Redline
Fox
Federation
Farm Bureau
Satinder Kaur Cheen
International Foreign Youth Exchangee
India
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
Lesser City Council
Giant City School District
SIU Communications
du Quoin
Harl G. Hartley
Christopher
Hari
G Hartley
Sylvester Ave
St. Louis
Miners Hospital
Jefferson County
William and
Anna Taylor Hartley
Terminal Railroad Association of
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Mr. Hartley
Vona Hicks
Gerald
Prospect Park
Stella Moore
Inlaw
Elmer Statler
Gilbert Funeral
Leo T. Dodd
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Marjorie Fraembs
St. John Lutheran Church
Bremen
Roger Treadway
Church
Schaack Funeral Home
Hearin
William Grace
Mr. Cowell
Earl Cowell Sr
Alberta Cowell
Earl W. Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
David Cowell
Jeanine Decker
Bloomington
Ind
Virginia Cowell
Cathy
Sheila Cowell
Agatha Geppert
James E. Cowell
Nora Alcorn
Creal Springs
Lemuel
Amanda Kimmel Ford
Thomas Dugger
Bert Alcorn
Fannie Dugger
Mike Dugger
Frank Dugger
Roy Ford
Mike Ford
Libby Ford
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Pasadena
Chicago
Ace Hardware
Ted Lorek
Alexander
Albert Sharp
William Lewis
George Barger
Cambria
Nonita Jeralds
Carterville
Cecil Lee
Jackson County Nursing
Illinois Department of Public Health
C. R. White
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