Area students to receive University of Illinois diplomas Sunday
Seventy eight area students will receive degrees at the University of Illinois Cham paign Urbana campus with President Harlan H. Hatcher delivering the main address and George Stoddard conferring degrees. Two area students are among the first veterinary college graduates, William Hendren of Harrisburg route 2 and Kenneth Campbell of Sparta.
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University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Harlan H. Hatcher
University of Michigan
George Stoddard
University of Ilinois
University
College of Veterinary Medicine
William P. Hendren
Route
Harrisburg
Kenneth D. Campbell
Sparta
Alexander
Glenn E. Bischof
Cairo
John S. Holladay Jr
Eugene Stoner
Dorothy M. Drewes
Thebes
Franklin
Delbert A. Alexander
Benton
Richard D. Bennett
Edward S. Gibala
Charles W. Cremier
West Frankfort
Denzil E. Dees
David J. Heaton
Bernard
Murphysboro
Emmett J. Moll
Vergennes
Jefferson
Marina M. Badgett
Mt. Vernon
Ernest J. DeWitt Jr
Mt. Ver
Maj Nebughr Heads Training Air Force
Maj Raymond L Nebughr of Carbondale heads the newly activated Crew Training Air Force based at Randolph Field Texas under Air Training Command He served in the Pacific from 1942 to 1944 and was commissioned in 1943 He is 34 and previously commanded Wing Headquarters Squadron 3510th Crew Training Wing He and his wife Mabel Fraley of Dayton Ohio reside on base with their daughter Sandra Lee 11 The Air Training Command also oversees Flying Training Air Force at Waco and Technical Training Air Force at Gulfport Mississippi.
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Raymond L. Nebughr
Carbondale
Crew Training Air Force
Australia
Bertha Nebught
University High School
Southern Illinois University
Maj
Nebughr
3510Th
Randolph Air Force Base
Mabel Fraley
Dayton
Ohio
Sandra Lee
Air Force
Air Training Command
Flying Training Air Force
Waco
Texas
Technical Training Air Force
Gulfport
Miss
Fire School Attendee Carl Mayers Enrolls at Illinois University
Herrin fireman Carl Mayers attends a four day firemen school at the University of Illinois. The program ends Friday.
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Carl Mayers
Herrin
University of Illinois
Playgrounds draw youth in Herrin summer program
Col Herrin's recreational program shows strong turnout says Kenneth Rushing director with about 100 youths at four city playgrounds on opening day and roughly 170 by Tuesday. North Side and West Side led attendance as plans form to add Sunnyside school and baseball games after Vacation Bible School ends.
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Herrin
Kenneth
Bud) Rushing
Rushing
West Side
North Side
South Side
Lincoln
Sunnyside
Louise Hamilton
Herrin Recreation Association
No Change in Allen Picture in Herrin Plant Dispute
No new developments reported in the Allen dispute over the Herrin plant. An Allen spokesman said there were no updates while Carpenter officials could not be reached. Construction continued and the plant is expected to be finished in two to three weeks and then turned over to Industries after insurance approval.
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Allen
Herrin
Carpenter
Herrin Trucker Wins 7500 Judgment in RPM Case
Raymond Prewitt of Herrin was awarded 7500 by a Williamson county circuit court jury for a dispute with RPM Inc about coal hauling fees and related damages at the Juliana mine in Jackson and Perry counties. The verdict followed filings outlining four counts seeking 15837.40, 5000, 4000, and 3760 dollars.
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Williamson County
Raymond Prewitt
Herrin Trucker
R.P.M., Inc
Juliana
Jackson
Perry
C. Ross Reynolds
Prewitt
C. and M., Inc
K.P.M., Inc
Herrin
Dennis K. Pickens
R.P.M
Russell Roberts
New York
Herrin Eagles to Host State Convention in Herrin
Herrin hosts the Illinois State Aerue Fraternal Order of Eagles convention Thursday through Sunday with about 400 delegates from 93 aids. Plans include membership drives, welfare programs, Civil Defense cooperation, Memorial Foundation expansion, youth guidance, and anti communist education. Ritualistic competition and statewide entries are planned.
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Illinois State Aerue
Order of Eagles
Herrin
Louis H. Gualdoni
Herrin Eagles
Gualdoni
Eagle
Eagles
The
United States
Canada
Alaska
Iawaii
Guam
Phillippines
Damon Runyon
Letter Notifies Sewer Users On Back Payments
The Herrin water department sent letters to sewer customers who owe past due amounts warning of cut off after five days of no response. The city council authorized suspending water service to arrears cases, with most customers currently paying. back bills may be paid in installments.
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Herrin Water Department
Williams
Water and Sewer Department
Scout Camporee This Weekend In Murphysboro
Murphysboro hosts a three day camporee for about 100 Boy Scouts from the Pharaoh District of Jackson at Riverside park. Units from 13 troops meet 3 pm Friday at Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad park for marching to the park, tents near the mess hall, and ribbons for camp skills. Programs include a retreat ceremony, crafts swapping, a campfire, a Saturday hike to Little Grand Canyon, pancake flying race, tent pitching, stunt show for the public, and Sunday church services followed by a picnic lunch with parents. Warren Stookey leads the event with Motimer Fults, Harold Kaplan, William Carruthers, Orville McBride, Carl McCord, and Roy McGee coordinating various activities and health and safety.
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Murphysboro
Jackson
Riverside Park
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Walnut
Eighteenth Streets
Estion
Mess Hall
WII
Little Grand Canyon
Shell
Warren Stookey
Motimer Fults
Harold Kaplan
William Carruthers
Orville McBride
Carl McCord
Roy McGee
Jackson County Public Health Department
Louis Wides
George Borchelt
Ray Zink
Fulbright For SIU Instructor Ervin To Study In Italy
Kenneth Ervin of the Southern Illinois University art staff has been awarded a Fulbright grant for one year of study in Italy starting in September. He will spend most time at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, researching sculpture and industrial design with a focus on furniture. Ervin, LSU graduate, joined SIU in 1947 after working as a designer in New York City, and will be accompanied by his wife and daughter Susan. The grant follows international acclaim in 1950 for a chair design predominantly made of paper.
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Italy
Kenneth Ervin
Southern Illinois University
Ervin
Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Milan
Susan
Louisiana State University
Southern
Art Department
SIU
New York City
Ex-Jackson County man dies in Washington
Word reached Murphysboro that Irvin Young of Yakima Washington has died He is the older brother of the late Grant Young who formerly lived in Jackson county Funeral services will be held in Yakima on Friday.
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Jackson County
Washington
Murphysboro
Irvin Young
Yakima
Wash
Young
Grant Young
Herrin Woman Sally Reed Dies at 80
Sally Reed of 1113 South Park avenue Herrin died Tuesday at Anna hospital after a three and a half month stay. Born June 4 1872 she was 80. Survived by three children Fletcher Glenn Inez Backes and Howard Glenn plus six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Storme funeral home with Delno Brown pastor Herrin First Christian officiating burial in Herrin city cemetery. Friends may call until service time.
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Sally Reed
South Park Avenue
Herrin
Anna Hospital
Mrs. Reed
Fletcher Glenn
Inez Backes
Peoria
Howard Glenn
Ghildren
Storme
Delno Brown
Herrin First Christian Church
Jackson County Air Defense Leaders Picked
Lt. Thomas E. Shields announced the selection of ground observer posts for Jackson county to augment radar coverage. Training for 20 to 30 observers per post will start likely the last week in July in Murphysboro, with eight to ten hours of instruction.
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Corps
Air Defense System
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Thomas E. Shields
Springfield
Illinois
Shields
Paul E. Lamendola
Carbondale
Rudolph Waldrop
Grand Tower
Russell Keith Campbell Hill
Edward Knop Oraville
Claim King Etherton
Millard Lindsay Makanda
Leon Smith
Land Ridge
W. L. Edwards
Jones Ridge
John Suchman
Cal Crest Stock Drive Oversubscribed by Hall
Hall W Ray Hagler Murphysboro drug store proprietor elected vice president of Murphysboro Industry Inc to finance a new Cal Crest Outerwear plant. S J Bronstein St Louis president of Cal Crest and Lester Handelman St Louis treasurer named key officers. stock drive exceeded $30,000 goal by 50 percent selling $45,000. Plant to cost $250,000 with 300 jobs. site option on Grace Street financed by Morphy bankers.
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W. Ray Hagler
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Industry, Inc
Cal-Crest Outerwear, Inc
Harold W Grob
John T. Purcell
S. J. Bronstein
St. Louis
Cal-Crest
Lester Handelman
Cal- Crest
Bronstein
Handelman
Grace Street
Fourteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Purcell
California Mfg. Co
Fourteenth Street
Walnut Street
Industries Committee
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Grob
Atty
Omer W. Jones, Jr
Urphysboro
Miss Cochran to Receive Master’s Degree Friday
Alice L. Cochran of Murphysboro will join 12 other downstate residents to receive a master’s degree at the University of Chicago Friday in Rockefeller Memorial chapel. Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton will deliver the convocation address and confer degrees on 510 students.
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Alice L. Cochran
Jooe Cochran
Mulberry St
Murphysboro
Downstate
University of Chicago
Miss Cochran
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Lawrnce A. Kimpton
Mrs. Anna Evanoski Dies in Herrin
Mrs. Anna Evanoski died at 1 30 a m today at her home 921 South Fourteenth street Herrin after a period of illness Funeral arrangements have not been made pending arrival of relatives
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Anna Evanoski
South Fourteenth Street
Herrin
Carbondale Man Faces Wording Warrant For Crash
Randolphia authorities prepared a warrant today for the arrest of Buel Lewis, 51, of 311 West Elm Street Carbondale, charging him with leaving the scene of an accident on Route 43 near Sparta Wednesday night. Lewis allegedly drove away after rear ending Roland Papenburger of Red Bud. Papenburger’s car was damaged but no injuries occurred.
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Carbondale
Randolphia
Buel Lewis
West Elm Street
Sparta
Buel
Roland Papenburger
Red Bud
Papenburger
Lewis
Randolph County
Ban on Wading and Swimming at Herrin City Lake
Herrin city lake is closed to wading and swimming with enforcement by the water department. Persons caught swimming will be prosecuted as stated by Dan Williams, water superintendent, and local authorities.
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Herrin City Lake
Dan Williams
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John T. Purcell, Jr
William Reese
H. H. Rodewald
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