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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1960
Page
18
The House of the Week presents a compact ranch with 1123 square feet on the ground floor, a 17 by 17 living room, efficient kitchen, dining area with sliding doors, attached garage, and 1½ baths. Designer Herman H. York specifies brick and vertical boards with cost-saving外 options, plus a basement-ready plan.
Ronald Hanson son of Mr and Mrs Urba Hanson of 2024 Wall St Murphysboro has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal while serving with the Air Force in Germany He will complete his three year overseas tour this month and is expected to arrive home on leave about July 4.
The Southern Illinois 4 H camp for youths from 28 counties opens Monday at Lake West Frankfort. Two hundred boys and girls begin a seven week season with four weeks for ages 10 to 13 and three weeks for 14 and up. The camp represents a $116000 investment and will later host forestry and family camping groups. The lake lies east of the city.
A farm pond management demonstration is set for Wednesday at the Amos Strobel farm, three miles southeast of Marion on the old Creal Springs road. It starts at 10 a.m. Speakers include Leon Colburn state conservation fish biologist, Silas Brown Williamson County soil district manager, and Wayne Hoelscher Williamson County Farm Adviser.
The quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin states that the best option is the cheapest. It frames cost efficiency as a measure of quality and warns against overpaying for inferior value.
The U S Treasury faces a heavy deadline of maturing debt and aims to ease refinancing by offering 3% to 5% notes to holders of 2% bonds due 1961. Canada’s lengthened maturities inspire the plan as savings bonds see rising sales and slower redemptions.
William Brown of 1016 N 12th St Herrin has become owner operator of the Herrin Pastry Shop. He bought the bakery last month from Powell Winstead of Marion. The shop at 114 E Cherry St Herrin is in the Jefferson Hotel building and has been remodeled.
Charles Robertson of Creal Springs won Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp safety slogan contest. H B Maroney stated the slogan Half Safe is Only Half Good Enough reflects safety goals at the Ordill plant where Robertson, chief dynamite area shipping house operator, is married with three children. He noted 200000 hours without a lost time injury, down from last year's 500000 hours.
A Texaco Oil Co service station near Carbondale is under construction by J. C. Williams and Sons east of the Mardale Shopping Center. It began May 2 and is about percent complete with concrete work by Bragg and Rich Construction Co. Driveways are not yet poured. The station has not been leased and is expected to finish in about a month.
Raymond A. Crawshaw of Crawshaw Mortuary Murphysboro will attend the 80th annual Illinois Funeral Directors Association convention in Chicago this week. A past president and board member, he joins about 1 500 funeral professionals at the three day gathering.
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