Reporter Honored by Egyptian Association for Mentally Retarded Children
Southern Illinois journalist Angela Mildenberger of Murphysboro received a plaque from the Egyptian Association for Mentally Retarded Children at a Carbondale Elks Club dinner. Jackson County Judge Peyton Kunce presented the award for a series of articles published last March in the Southern Illinoisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Mildenberger
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Egyptian Assn
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
The
Assn
Carbondale Elks Club
Lynn Weatherly
Gerry
Howe
Pamela Gilbert
Carbondale
Miss Weatherly
State School of
Lincoln
Miss Gilbert
Illinois
Frankfort Program Set for Summer Band Shell
The West Frankfort summer bandshell program opens at 8 p m on June 19 with a style show and variety acts. Miss Alice Hoye, Frankfort Community High School speech instructor and park recreation director, says scheduling is underway. Mike Askins will assist. A comedy program is set for June 20. Weekly concerts begin July 9 under Alan Crawford. Miss Irene will lead a 9 30 a m story hour starting June 24.
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West Frankfort
Alice Hoye
Frankfort
Mike Askins
Howe
Alan Crawford
Clyde Boughers
Irene
Miss Howe
Bascom Foster Dies Rites Saturday
Bascom Foster 84 of Herrin died 8:20 p m Thursday at Herrin Hospital after a month long illness. Born April 25 1875 in Indiana he was a retired miner and a United Mine Workers Local 1265 member. He leaves two daughters in Royal Oak Mich one daughter in Georgetown one son in Herrin six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home.
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Bascom Foster
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Indiana
J. E
Elisa Foster
Mary Elizabeth Bowe
Carbondale
Foster
United Mine Workers of America
Bonnie Coloni
Carl Foster
Royal Oak
Mich
Eva Brock-Jones
Georgetown
James “Skeeter” Foster
H@ rin
Johnson Funeral Home
Carbondale Teen To Enter Air Force Academy
Gerry Howe, 17, a Carbon dale Community High School graduate, awaits orders to join the U S Air Force Academy. Appointed by Rep Kenneth Gray, Howe plans to leave Carbondale June 24 and enter the academy June 26. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W A Howe of 1314 S Thompson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerry Howe
Carbondale Community High School
U. S. Air Force Academy
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Howe
W. A. Howe
S. Thompson St
Dowell Man Sentenced to 90 Days in Vandalia on Probation Revocation
Roy Taft, 53, was sentenced by Jackson County Court Judge Peyton Kunce to 90 days at Vandalia after probation was revoked from a prior vagrancy conviction. Deputies Arch Edwards and Calvin Filis arrested him at his home Tuesday. He previously served four months for vagrancy beginning in June 1957. The Rev Frank E. Davis will officiate at burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
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Dowell
Vandalia
Jackson
Roy Taft
Peyton Kunce
Arch Edwards
Calvin Filis
Amendment Offered To Scooter Bill Redefines Station Wagon
Rep Clyde Choate proposes an amendment to a motor vehicle bill to classify three seated station wagons as automob iles not trucks unless they carry more than ten passengers. The change aims to end required name and address painting on the vehicle and curb what supporters call a misapplied 1957 rule.
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Clyde Choate
Danna
Choate
$25 000 Auto Damage Suit From Rt 13 Crash
Mrs Cassie Fox of Carbondale sues Lester Darmstatter for 25000 alleging injuries from a May 22 1959 two car collision on Rt 13 west of Carbondale. She was a passenger in the Fox car driven by Harry T Fox. Darmstatter allegedly drove too fast in the wrong lane causing a broadside impact.
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Jackson
Carbondale
Cassie Fox
Lester G. Darmstatter
Darmstatter
Fox
Darmstarter
Funeral services for Henry Etherton held in Pomona church
Funeral services for Henry Anderson Etherton 76 of Pomona will be at 2 p m Saturday at Pomona Baptist Church. The Rev Kirby will officiate with burial in Hagler Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home. Walker Funeral Home of Carbondale is in charge. Etherton died at 1 a m Thursday.
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Henry Anderson Etherton
Pomona
Pomona Baptist Church
Mr. Kirby
Hagler Cemetery
Walker
Carbondale
Mr. Etherton
Priest Begins Census Work in Franklin County
The Rev. Michael Middeke of St. Rose started follow up Catholic census work in Franklin and Williamson Counties. He will stay at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel rectory and assist with weekend services while contacting unaffiliated families from last winter's census. He was ordained in Belleville May 23 and hails from Aviston. He is assigned by Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste and will be in the area for an indefinite period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Middeke
St. Rose
Franklin County
Middeke
Herrin
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Albert R. Zuroweste
Belleville
Franklin and
Williamson County
Donald Lenzini
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Aviston
St. Rose School
St. Henry’s Preparatory Seminary
St. Mary of the Lake
Mundelein
Abandoned Light at Cape Florida’s Bloody Legacy
The Old Light at Cape Florida, at the tip of the Biscayne, traces to pirate era days. Indians burned it during the Seminole War and federal gunboats shelled it in the Civil War.
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Cape Florida
Florida
Rey Biscayne
Group Attends Rotary Meeting in New York City
Carbondale Rotary Club uses a pay-the-expenses resolution for convention travel. President-elect Phil Stiles and Mrs. Stiles attend the Rotary International convention at the Hotel Astor in New York, with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Kimmel and their son Mike accompanying. They return this weekend.
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Carbondale Rotary Club
Phil Stiles
Stiles
Rotary International
Hotel Astor
New York City
N. Y
Phil Kimmel
Mike
Jailbreaker Is Discharged From Navy in Vandalia Case
Jimmy Whitehead 24 Henderson Texas, one of four Jackson County jail escapees, receives an undesirable Navy discharge on May 25. He serves a six month term at Vandalia state penal farm as part of a five year Jackson Circuit Court probation begun January 17 1959. He is slated for release July 17 following a forgery conviction.
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Jackson County
Vandalia
U. S. Navy
Jimmy Whitehead
Henderson
Texas
Ray Dillinger
Whitehead
Jackson
Fle
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Masthead
The Southern Illinoisan is published Sunday and daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. with office locations in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and carries Associated Press news for republication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ulinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Southern Clindsan
Carbondale Free Press
Herr
Herrin Legion Post to Install Officers Saturday
Officers of the Herrin American Legion Post will be installed Saturday night with Fifth Division Commander Charles Schumacher of Muthysboro as installing officer. A 7 p.m. dinner will be served at the Legion Home on East Madison street and a dance at the Club Legion on Monroe street will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Mountain Sheep Huddle to Endure Mountain Snow
The matted coat of the mountain sheep traps body heat and lets them endure freezing Rocky Mountain snowdrifts for hours without melting the snow around them.
Bradley Motsinger Wins National Photo Contest Award
Bradley Motsinger of Creal Springs won a national photography contest sponsored by Popular Photography. As KFUO program director in St. Louis, he selected the seven wonders of the world for photography and is professionally known as Brad Holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Motsinger
H. L. Motsinger
Creal Springs
Motsinger
KFUO
St. Louis
Brad Holiday
Marion Grill Fire Damages Slightly at 6 40 P M
W A Smith of 1014 Castellano Ave Marion had a stove fire while cooking well done steaks Thursday. Firemen were called and damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
W. A. Smith
Castellano Ave
Dhauli Gorge Route Elevates 10000 Feet Over 35 Miles
Steep rise in India's Dhauli Gorge climbs to 10000 feet along a 35 mile stretch. Winding through the central Himalayas, the river valley links a long-used trade corridor to Tibet, highlighting strategic terrain and historic routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Hmalayas
Tibet
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Herrin First, Christian Church
Herrin Cty Cemetery
C. H. Koeneman
First National Bank
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Gorham, Illinois
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Rotary Meeting
Yuill Music CO
West Cherry
Mercury
Trip IF
Tae Bo Taka Ld
America
Carbondale Auto Sales
North Illinois Ave
Brewster Motors, Inc
North Park Ave
Legion
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Sturd
Marlyn Furniture
Egypt
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