Randolph seeks state aid to fix island road in flood relief drive
Randolph County asks for 33000 flood relief funds to raise the main road to Kaskaskia Island and repair a damaged rail bridge after Mississippi River high water isolated about 50 families for 10 days in April. Officials say costs may exceed aid and eligibility under the emergency program is uncertain. Other claims come from Lima Lake Drainage District and Hunt Drainage District.
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Randolph County
Kaskaskia Island
Nois Division of Waterways
Ilinois
Randolph Board
William Dierks Jr
Sparta
Arnold Moehrs
Red Bud
Melvin Gross
Chester
Missouri
Mississippi River
Arthur J. Hessman
Randolph
Hessman
Waterways Division
Lima Lake
Quincy
Hunt
Warsaw
Marion Woman Sent To Prison
A Marion mother of three was sentenced to one year at the Dwight women’s reformatory for neglecting her children. Dorene Luce, 25, was ordered by County Judge John Clayton. Her husband Donald received 60 days in jail for non-support. The three children, from nine months to three years, placed in foster homes.
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Marion
Women’s Reformatory
Dwight
Dorene Luce
John Clayton
SIU Student Injured In Wheel Chair Crash At Thompson Point
Kent Kloepping a Juda Wisconsin freshman was knocked unconscious when his wheel chair overturned on a small bridge in Thompson Point woods at 1 35 am. He was admitted to Doctors Hospital Carbondale in good condition awaiting release. He had been using the chair for exercise and rode down a wood trail near Browne Hall.
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Southern Illinois University
Thompson Point Woods
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Kent Kloepping
Juda
Wis
SIU
Tom Leffler
Kloepping
Elmer Rodgers
Bill Sulheimer
Leffler
Kleepping
Browne Hall
Thompson Point
Merger Effort Waived in Carbondale Coordinating Plan
A 17 member Citizens Council to coordinate activities between the Carbondale Community Council and the Greater Carbondale Community Development Association is under study. A 17 person committee will draft details while a full merger is unlikely due to by laws and incorporated status concerns. A meeting with Jack Feirich is planned within 10 days and a session August 11 will refine the proposal. Stephen Foster obituary note appears in the issue as well.
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Carbondale Community Council
Greater Carbondale Community Development Assa
Bill George
Jack Feirich
George
GCCDA
Citizens Council
Rites Set Monday for Royalton Man
John Barno Sr. 49 of Royalton died 11 a.m. Friday at Herrin Hospital after a five day stay. A former miner and Illinois Central Railroad employee, he lived in Royalton 37 years. Survived by wife Ruth, children Mary Lee Dunning Martha and John Jr. mother Paraska Senior sister Ann Pressley Helen Durkota Rose Harder and brother Mike Akulow. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at Royalton Methodist Church with Rev. Thomas Pickens officiating burial in Royalton Miners Cemetery. Friends may call Moeller Funeral Home Royalton.
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Mr. Barno
Desloge
Illinois Central Railroad
Royalton
Barne
Ruth
Mary Lee Dunning
Martha
John Jr
Paraska Senior
Ann Pressley
Helen Durkota
Zeigler
Rose Harder
Abandoned Stolen Car Leads to Arrest in Jonesboro Area
Arlie Hoffman, 20, Granite City, was captured near Jonesboro after abandoning a stolen 1959 car on Rt. 127 Friday night. Deputy Hewitt Lamer arrested him at 9 40 am Saturday. a complaint for auto theft was signed. Hoffman was held in Union County jail.
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Granite City
Jonesboro
Union County
Hewitt Lamer
Arlie Hoffman
W. J. Wiser
Edwardsville
Hoffman
Rt. 127
Lamer
Woman Found Dead at Home in Carbondale
Carbondale woman Jessie N. Veath, 78, was found dead at her 300 W Oak St home, likely from a heart attack. Coroner Gale Williams said she probably died Wednesday evening. no inquest planned. She leaves sons Irose and Lester Veath, sister Cora Irose, and one granddaughter. Burial at Oakland Cemetery. services set with Rev. Charles Howe.
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Jackson County
Gale Williams
Jessie N. Veath
Oak St
Carbondale
Williams
Irese Veath
Veath
Eastern Star and White Shrine
First Presbyterian Church
Chester
Paul Irose
Irose Veath
Lester Veath
Cora Irose
St. Petersburg
Fla
van Natta
Charles E. F. Howe
Oakland Cemetery
Groundbreaking Planned for Chester Memorial Hospital
Chester Memorial Hospital project advances as plans submitted to Illinois Hospital Advisory Board and Hill Burton federal aid filing may shape size. Randolph Hospital District reports on administrator search and building machinery contracts while Auxiliary officers, led by President Alice White, oversee a $7390.82 hospital fund and past bond financing. Hospital site spans 7 acres on N State Street donated by Mrs. Austin Cole Sr.
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Memorial Hospital
Chester
Chester Community Hospital
Claree Darling
Randolph Hospital District
Illinois Hospital Advisory Board
Springfield
Alice White
Alice Cowgar
Kathryn Tindall
Gertrude Welge
Claudia Schulte
Auxiliary
Randolph Hospital
N. State Street
Austin Cole Sr
Carbondale Man Faces Rabies Shots After Dog Bite
Jere Borders of ABC Liquor Store reports a small black and white terrier or Boston bulldog bit him Saturday while placing a package in a customer’s car. The dog is at large. if not found, Borders will receive anti rabies shots after the dog is kept under observation 10 days. He can be reached at ABC from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Saturday, or at home at GL 7 4513.
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Carbondale
Jere Borders
ABC Liquor Store
Borders
ABC
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