SIU Co-Op Group Holds Reunion
SIU alumni from Harwood Hall, the universitys first student cooperative, gathered at Carbondale home of E G Lentz for a reunion as part of weekend events. Lentz helped found Harwood Hall and lent 50 for furnishings in 1938, aiding six original sponsors amid early living arrangements and 16 per month board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Inoss University
Harwood Hall
SIU
E. G. Lentz
Carbondale
Lentz
University
Roscoe Pulliam
D. S. McIntosh
R. D. Bowden
T. W. Abbott
F. G. Warren
Health Education Department
Sam Stokes Dies Former Anna Blacksmith 86
Sam S. Stokes, 86, a longtime Anna resident and blacksmith, died Sunday at the St. Marys Catholic Home in Tecney Illinois. Funeral services were held Monday at St. Marys Catholic church in Anna with burial in Anna cemetery. He leaves a daughter Mrs. Will Daniels of Murphysboro and a son Frederick Stokes of Atlanta. He and his wife formerly lived on South Main street. Stokes worked with W. W. Stokes Implement Co and later at Anna State Hospital where he designed and built the large wrought iron sign at the star entrance reading Anna Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Anna
Sam S. Stokes
St. Mary’s Catholic Home
Techney
Illinois
Fred Renschen
Anna Cemetery
Will Daniels
Murphysboro
Frederick Stokes
Atlanta, Ga
Stokes
South Main Street
W. W. Stokes
Anna State Hospital
Anna Hospital
Mrs. Goodman Dies in Dongola Resident at 62
Rites held Tuesday for Clara J. Goodman 62 at the Christian Chapel near Dongola. She died Sunday afternoon at her home in Dongola. Burial followed in a nearby cemetery. Survived by husband Oliver a son Olen of Dongola five brothers and two sisters. Ford Funeral Home of Dongola in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Chapel
Dongola
Clara J. Goodman
Oliver
Olen
Reba Goodman
Zion
Wilma Kraechan
Belleville
Houston Burns
Theodore Burns
Ralph Burns
Otis Burns
Olive Branch
Cecil Burns
Kenosia
Wis
Martha Overfield
Vienna
Ella Snider
Cape Girardeau
Ford Funeral Home
Blakemore Leads Southern Illinois Strawberry Tests for four years
Southern Illinois University horticulturist Dr. Lowell R. Tucker reports four years of strawberry variety testing. Blakemore dominates commercial acreage, while others like Fairpeake Dunlap Robinson and Tennessee Beauty offer home use or extended harvests. Data from 1949 to 1951 progress and 1952 data collection are noted with several newer varieties under evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Illinois
Lowell R. Tucker
Agriculture Department
Southern Illinois
Tucker
Agriculture Service
SIU Agriculture Department
University of Tennessee
University of Ilinois
Aroma
Bellmar
Dorsett
Fairfax
Fairland
Gan
Barge Hand Drowns Off Joliet Canal
Ottawa man Mar-Tudy 18, employed as a deck hand for Marine Transit Co. Joliet, drowned yesterday after falling into the sanitary district canal near Chicago. Police and rescue units investigated the incident as a maritime accident on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar - Tudy
Ottawa
Sanitary District
Judy
Marine Transit Co
Joliet
Harrisburg Woman Dies After Jump in Well
A 61 year old housewife under a doctor’s care apparently killed herself by jumping into a well at her Harrisburg area home two miles west of town. Her husband Thomas Smith a power company employee found her body floating in the well after a search when she was missing from the house. her shoes were nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Thomas Smith
Power Company
Chief Apiary Inspector to Address Beekeepers
Carl E Killion the Illinois chief apiary inspector will address the Southern Illinois Beekeepers association Sunday at 1 PM at Crab Orchard A potluck lunch will be served at 1 PM All beekeepers and their families are urged to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E Killion
Paris
Illinois
Southern Illinois Beekeepers Association
Revel RCA 45 record at Williams Store price
A listing for a famous RCA 45 record offered at Williams Store, 212 South Illinois, Carbondale, priced at 16.50 dollars. The ad presents a compact sale notice from a local retailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famous
R.C.A
Williams
South Ilinois
E. N. Fox Dies at 65 in Anna Baptists Church Rites
E N Fox 65 of Anna died after months illness. Funeral rites held today at First Baptist Church Anna with Rev L H Moore officiating. Burial in Anna cemetery. Survived by wife Verda a son W H Fox of Kankakee a daughter Mrs Victor Bergholtz of Oak Park Illinois a grandson three sisters Mrs Dave Harrington of Metropolis Mrs Tom Murray and Mrs C L McDonald of West Frankfort. Norris Funeral Home of Anna in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Fox
Anna
du Quoin Packing Company
First Baptist Church
SIU Student Art Exhibition Opens at Allyn Gallery
SIU presents a campus show featuring jewelry, design, weaving, and other disciplines. Works by students from on campus and extension courses span the past academic year. Burnett H. Shryock calls it one of Southern's outstanding exhibits. The exhibit runs in Allyn Art Gallery through July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Burnett H. Shryock
Allyn Art Gallery
Wonder Salve and Soap advertised for skin troubles
The ad promotes Wonder Salve and Wonder Medicated Soap as greaseless antiseptics for eczema psoriasis infections and other skin conditions from head to toe. It claims safety for children and money back guarantees with list of local distributors in Carbendale Murphysboro and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anon Jer
Carbendale
For
Cline-Vick, Hewitt
Walgreen
Herrin
Waggener
Gilbert
Wale Steen
Murphysboro
Hagler, Doeer, and
Nanley Urag
Boom Easing In Farm Land Boom Easing In Farm Land
The Agriculture Department reports the farm land boom is slowing as buyers struggle to raise funds for land and equipment. Average U.S. farm value is 17000 to 18000 dollars not including machinery livestock or other assets, with price increases easing from 8 percent to 2 percent over the four months to March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Deartment
Korea
Sesser Vacation Bible School Ends June 20
The Methodist Vacation Bible School in Lesser opened Tuesday and will run through June 20 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Teachers include Wanda Piper as superintendent Norma Lee Dame and Ralph Gordon in primary, with Jan Page Donna Boswell Mary Lois Johnson Ida Webb and Elbert Durham among the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesser
Norma Lee Dame
Ralph Gordon
Jan Page
Donna Boswell
Mary Lois Johnson
Ida Webb
Elbert Durham
Farmland Prices Seen Steady After July 1950 War Outbreak
The agriculture department reports land prices near record levels a year earlier and 23 percent higher than July 1, 1950, the outbreak of the Korea conflict. Two-thirds of field reporters expect prices to hold steady in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Department
Hiroshima Girls Undergo Plastic Surgery For Scars
Ten atom-scarred girls from Hiroshima arrive in Tokyo for beauty treatments to erase disfigurements from the 1945 nuclear blast. Japanese novelist Shizue Masugi arranged the procedures to remove scar tissue and tumors caused by the Aug 6 explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Shizue Masugi
Also Mentioned on This Page
SIU Co-Op
Sam Stokes
Blakemore
Blakeaore
Southern Illinois University Agriculture de
Anna Baptist Church
Norris Funeral Home
Yan Wraten
Ras Yee
ALUMA
Anima
Elo
Sesser Vacation Bible School
The
Methodist Vacation Bible
Wanda Piper
St. Joseph Aspirin
R. E. Thompson
R. B. Mills
Walter G. Amerman
Ames Yuelecr Addie 5-Star Platen
R. J. Brunner CO
Illinois Avenue
Ilinois
Crosley
Aaa
O’keefe
Carrier Mills, Ill
Frost Furniture Co
Carterville, Ill
Carbondale, Ill
Illinois Ave
Treece
Anna, Ill
East
People’s Skelgas Service
Elkville, Ill
B. and
K. Furniture Go
Murphysboro, Ill
11Th St
Petty Oil
O. Cobden
Ill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!