Coming Events Highlight Herrin Elks Luau Plans
The Herrin Elks host a lua u for members and guests on Saturday June 15 with a $2 per person admission to cover pig costs and a covered dish. Music by Jimmy Houston. Murphysboro BPW meeting June 13 covers business themes and Title IX equity with Charlotte West of SIUC. CHPSI annual meeting June 13 in Mount Vernon covers board seating and officer elections. New Age Sports course debuts June 19 at John A. Logan College taught by Randy Osborn. Riverside Park day camp runs June 17-28 and July 15-28 for ages 6-10 with swimming crafts and a rhythm band. Registration details through local contacts.
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Herrin Elks
Jimmy Houston
Murphysboro Business and Professional Women’s Club
VFW Hall
Murphysboro
Betty Harragan
Charlotte West
Siuc Women’s Athletic Department
BPW
Clara Blanche Diers
Southern Illinois, Inc
CHPSI
Methodist Conference
Mount Vernon
Bill Wiley
Department of Health and Human Services
Harold Zeibell
State Department of Public Health
George Everingham
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Randy Osborn
Trice
Riverside Park
Murphysboro Park
Shelley Camden
Ann Hopkins
Weaver to Hold Fourth Annual Workshop at Cedarhurst
Ardelia Williams a popular Midwest weaver from Marion Indiana will conduct her fourth annual workshop June 19 21 at Cedarhurst Art Center Mount Vernon She will teach the ancient binding before dyeing method Ikat now featured in weaving magazines and fiber exhibits nationwide For information call the center at 2446130 between 8 am and 4 pm Tuesday through Friday
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Ardelia Williams
Marion
Ind
Cedarhurst Art Center
Mount Vernon
Williams
Blood drives in Jackson County exceed goals with 265 pints
Jackson County Red Cross surpassed its targets by collecting 121 pints in Murphysboro on Tuesday and 144 pints at St. Francis Xavier Church on Friday, easing a serious local blood shortage. Spokeswoman Vivian Agent cited goals of 120 and 130 pints respectively.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Red Cross
Murphysboro
Vivian
American Red Cross
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Juvenile Fled SIU Carbonale Camp Returned by Security
One of two juveniles who fled the Touch of Nature camp at Southern Illinois University Carbondale was returned by SIU C Security Police. The incident involved campus security responding to a walkaway from the Nature camp, with authorities coordinating to locate and return the minor.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Siu-C
Sun
Lottery numbers and juvenile case details in Illinois
Illinois Lottery results for Saturday and Sunday night are listed with Daily Game, Pick Four and Lotto numbers plus an estimated grand prize pool of 6.5 million dollars. Two 16 year old youths from Carterville and Batavia are described in a separate juvenile case, with one at large. SIUC Security Police confirm they are in the Spectrum Wilderness Program at Touch of Nature and are not considered dangerous.
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Illinois
Carterville
Batavia
SIUC
Birth of son for Robert and Louise Murphy at St Joseph Memorial
Murphysboro birth announced for Robert and Louise Murphy a son named Carl Louis born Monday June 3 1985 at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro.
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Murphysboro
Alexander
Robert
Louise
Carl Louis
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Benton Deaths Highlight Local Obituaries and Services
Obituaries from Benton Carbondale Marion and nearby towns list Irlan Vaughn Smith and Ruby Reno among recently deceased. Memorials note church ties university ties and military service with funeral details, burial sites, and calling hours at Hobbs Johnson and Mitchell Hughes firms.
Hospital Notes from Union and Several Counties
A roster of admitted and discharged patients across Union Hospital West Frankfort and multiple facilities in Franklin, Benton, Pinckneyville, Murphysboro, Eldorado, Royalton, Steeleville, Nashville and surrounding towns listing individuals by hospital and county. No further details on conditions or dates are provided.
Fern E. Hunsehe of Marion obituary corrected
Correction for Saturdays death of Fern E. Hunsehe of Marion lists survivor John Harris and a brother, noting a previous obituary in Sundays paper was in error.
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John Harris
Marion
Fern E. Hunsehe
Ray Cohee former Social Security official dies at 72
Ray B. Cohee 72 of Route 1 Carterville formerly managed the district Social Security office in Carbondale and died Sunday June 9 1985 in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. He served 37 years with the Social Security Administration and lived in Carbondale since 1963 retiring in 1974. He held multiple community memberships including United Nations Southern Illinois Chapter and Carbondale Rotary Club with Masonic and Shrine affiliations. He was born July 10 1912 in Colfax Indiana and married Veda Bailey in Elkton Maryland. Survivors include his wife a daughter Vada Frank a son Donald and six grandchildren. Services are 11 am Wednesday at Huffman Funeral Home with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery Carterville Masonic Rites Tuesday evening at the funeral home memorials to First Christian Church Carbondale.
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Irlan Vaughn Benton
Irlan Vaughn
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Vaughn
North Benton
Carbondale
Ruby H. Reno
Meredith Funeral Home
Cobden
Miss Reno
Styrest
Carbondale Lumber Co
First Presbyterian Church
Royal Neighbors
Carbonale
Michael Anif Hazimeh
S. Lewis Lane
St. Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau
Hazimeh
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Tripoli
Libya
Yousef and
Lamis Murad Hazimeh
Deborah Wittmer
Jennifer
Hani
Springfield
Amal Offenbager
Sherman
Samar Bowen
Sawsan Hazimeh
Mueller Hill Cemetery
Pinckneyville
Pyatt Funeral Home
Charles James Smith
Sesser
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Brayfield Funeral Home
Doyce L. Hutson
Christopher
Adelaide St
Herrin Hospital
Mary Byars
Gilbert Funeral
Old du Quoin
Joseph Carl Trobaugh
Joseph Carl
Tubby
Trobaugh
N. Almond St
Huffman
Mount Pleasant
Memorial Hospital of
Earl Trobaugh
Peru
Gordon
Huffman Funeral Home
Dongola
Kenneth Dangbar
Creal Springs
Dangbar
Union County
Mike
Ethie Teller Dangbar
Betty Gibbs
Jonesboro
Etna Dangbar
Donna Waid
Anna
Kenneth Jr
Steven
Hillsboro
Mabel Aldridge
Cambria
Emma _ Smith
Charlene Craig
George
Henry
Charlie
Lutz and Rendleman
Carterville
Ray B. Cohee
Social Security
Memorial Hospital
Cohee
Social Security Administration
Southern
Arch Masons Chapter
Sphinx Shrine Club
Aiiad Shrine
Order of the Eastern Star
First Christian Church
Colfax
Ind
Harry
Grace Taylor Cohee
Veda Bailey
Elkton
Vada Frank
Plainview
Donald
West Lake Village
Calif
Huffman Funeral
Hillcrest
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SIU
Albert J. Berkel
Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Methodist
Ychester
Minn
Equality
James D
Martha Helen Lee Reno
Robert Neber
Evansville
James Easterly
Ventura
Helen Bank
Fallbrook
Anna Poslavna
Friendship Care Center
Marion Memorial Hospital
Marion City
Cemery
Goddard Chapel
Franklin
Ringer
Alma Flower
Tressa
West
Freda Gajewski
Frances
Lesser
Harrisburg Medical Center
Nipper
Derward Edwards
Judith
Creal Springs Hall
Charlene
Eldorado Henshaw
April Arger
Mary
Golconda
Marign Memorial
Chamness
Minnie
Creal Sarinag
Eee Caldwell
Dollie
Royalton Baker
Joan
Burklow
Lawrence
Goreville Stubblefield
Beulah
Johnston Pits
Vy Gray, Michael
West Frankfort
Kopp
Adolph
Steeleville
Wolters
Edgar
Muskopf
Alvina
Sparta
Washington County
Nashville
Davis
William
Okawville
Frederking
Daniel
Krause
Donna
Lehde
Susan
Son
Addieville
Johnson, Mable
Dongola Brimm
Christina
Smith
Frank Hoskins
Leonard Thurston
Melvin
Pulaski
Entral Security Systems
Central St
Benton, IL
W. Monroe Herring
Ray Cohee
Wilson
Rt. 13
East
Kraft Maid
Papa’s
West College Carbondale
Zwick’s
Liz Claiborne
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