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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1958
Page
8
Carbondale plans to host the 1959 state Letter Carriers Union convention. The City Council agreed to send a letter inviting the meeting to Carbondale next June. Local 1197 president Jim Montgomery requested the invitation and will present it at the 1958 convention.
Funeral services for 83 year old Flora A. Pierson of Pittsburg are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion with Rev. W A Travelstead officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. The Pittsburg Rebekah Lodge will conduct rituals at 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. She was born August 3, 1874 in Williamson County and married Harry Pierson in 1899. She belonged to the Pittsburg Missionary Baptist Church Marion Shrine Lodge Pittsburg Rebekah Lodge and was a charter member of the Pittsburg Eastern Star Lodge. She is survived by her husband two daughters in law and two sons eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp announced streamlined operations, merging seven former divisions into four. The Squibb, Winchester-Western and International divisions retain their structures. New division vice presidents named: chemicals Edward Black, metals Jess E Williams, packaging Robert H Evans, and energy Carroll Copps.
Martha E McKinney 88 of De Soto died Tuesday night at home after long illness. Born March 29 1870 in Williamson County she married Silas H McKinney who preceded her in death. She leaves sons Lee Carbondale Roscoe Silas and Cleth De Soto a sister Gertrude Whiteaker Herrin 34 grandchildren 59 great grandchildren and three great greats. Services Friday 2 pm Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale with Herman Cartleton Vienna Church of Christ officiating. Burial McKinney Cemetery east of Carbondale. Visitation after 10 am Thursday.
MGM bought film rights to Robert Lewis Taylor’s The Travels of Jamie MecPheeters published by Doubleday. The novel follows a 13 year old boy’s adventures in Southern Illinois and California. Taylor grew up in Carbondale and is J B Taylor’s brother.
Mrs Deloris Guy of Carterville sues Gertrude Lipe operator of the Ideal Tavern in Marion for 80000 in circuit court claiming her husband Wilford was intoxicated there December 14 before his fatal crash on Rt 37 near Marion City Cemetery. She seeks 20000 for herself and each of three children Wivan Wilford and Deborah.
Cars driven by Susan Sparks aged 18 from Robinson and Harry R Rainbolt aged 24 from Collinsville collided on West Hospital Drive in Carbondale around 4 45 p m Tuesday. Sparks was travelling east and Rainbolt was pulling out of a parking place when the crash occurred.
Radioman Arlie Simmons of the Marion Police Department was admitted to Marion Memorial Hospital with an intestinal flu. Chief Charles Edwards said another officer is on vacation, leaving the force to work without days off.
Summer school at Carbondale University High School opens Tuesday with registration Monday. The school reports most classes full and many applicants turned away. Elementary session beginning June 23 also filled with applicants rejected.
Illinois temperatures will average 2 to 4 degrees below normal with normal highs ranging from 78 to 88 and lows from 57 to 68. Expect a cool Thursday, warmer Friday and Saturday, then cooler Sunday and Monday with 1 to 2 inches of rainfall from Friday through Sunday as showers or thundershowers occur.
Peter J. Nigra Jr. of Herrin will receive an associate in applied science in radio and television technology at Milwaukee School of Engineering spring quarter commencement exercises June 19. A 1950 Herrin Township High School graduate, he is a four year Air Force veteran who served in Alaska.
In Chassell Michigan AP reports Frank Mueller 69 of Joliet Illinois was aboard a fishing boat that capsized in rough Portage Lake waters Tuesday night and he is feared drowned. The accident occurred during difficult conditions as rescuers searched for Mueller.
An advertisement touts Itch Me Not as a fast remedy for itch and burning, claiming germ and fungi killing action. It spotlights eczema and ringworm relief and lists Hewitt Drug Carbondale Karr Drug Herrin Hagler's Murphysboro as retailers.
Ken Baldwin, 32, of Covington, says he is open to ideas on what to do with a $5,000 concrete swimming pool won in a radio contest. He lives in an apartment and is weighing options.
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