Southern Illinois Calendar shows regional public meetings and events
Williamson County Public Building Commission meets 7 30 p m Wednesday at Courthouse Marion Carbondale Park District Board 7 30 p m Wednesday 208 W Elm St Herrin Park Board Wednesday 7 p m City Library Carbondale Library Board 5 p m Wednesday at the library Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Executive Committee meets Wednesday 8 p m at USDA Building Marion Recreation Riverside Pool Murphysboro open daily 2 to 5 p m Monday and Thursday 7 to 9 p m Special events area conference on aging 9 a m to 4 p m Wednesday Ballroom University Center SIU registrations at door Franklin County 4H Federation 8 p m Farm Bureau Building Ben ton Satinder Kaur Cheema international farm youth exchange from India to speak Du Quoin Lions Club 26th annual carnival Keyes City Park Du Quoin free midway coronation of Miss Du Quoin of 1968 Thursday night Movies Varsity Planet of The Apes Rodgers Theater Sons Of Katie Elder and Harry Sundown Orpheum Traveling Salesman Africa Texas Style Through Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Public Building Commission
Marion
Carbondale Park District Board of Commissioners
W. Elm St. Herrin
University Center
Southern Illinois University
Franklin County
Federation
Farm Bureau
S. Main St
Benton
Satinder Kaur Cheema
International Farm Youth Exchangee
India
du Quoin Lions Club
Keyes City Park
du Quoin
Rodgers Theater
Katie Elder
Harry Sundown
Orpheum
Phyllis Diller
Africa
Lick Creek
Alto Pass
Carterville
Energy Village Board
Benton High School Board of Education
Benton High School
Murphysboro Unit
Walnut and
9Th Streets
Carbondale Community Conservation Board
W. Chautauqua
Community Advisory Council
Crab Orchard Civilian Conservation Center
Orchill
Kinkaid Lake Development Association
Ava City Park
Marion Unit Two Board of Education
Thursday Teeter and Drive-In Movie Listings in Local Notices
Community events include a VFW Post 2605 membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Carbondale post headquarters and multiple drive-in cinema showings across Herrin Marion and Carbondale with titles such as Dr Zhivago Madigan You Only Live Twice and The Nutty Professor. Public meetings cover school boards and village actions with times 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at various locations. Mulkeytown resident Harry Gibbs dies at 66 in his home with services planned at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton Johnston City burial at Lakeview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeter Watson Carter V.F.W. Post
Post
Carbondale
Herrin Senior Citizens Handicraft
N. 14Th St
Marion Drive-In
Riviera Drive-in
Campus Drive-in
Fox
Precinct Committeemen Defeats in Jackson Williamson Races
In Jackson and Williamson counties, all but two incumbent precinct committeemen were defeated on Tuesday. Non incumbents Vernon Lowe and Matthew Kelly won GOP East Marion 6 and Dem Carbondale 12 seats, respectively, while incumbents Ed Wills J.C. Penn and A P Penn won in Carbondale precincts. Sanders and Linck kept posts, with several other Republicans and Democrats re elected or defeated across precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Williamson
Vernon Lowe
Orval Leukering
GOP
East Marion
Matthew Kelly
Louis DeGasperi
Democratic
Carbondale
Ed Wills
William Manning
Wills
Manning
DeGasperi
James W. Sanders
Williamson County
Republican Party
West Marion
Sanders
Central Party
Charles Samples
Leakering
Leukering
Lowe
Harold Farner
Leroy Linck
Woodrow Webb
Webb
Linck
Omer Sanders
Carterville
Death of Nor bert Hale in Avondale Estates Georgia
Nor bert Hale 62 formerly of Anna died at his home in Avondale Estates Georgia Monday afternoon He was born in November 1905 in Anna son of Dr and Mrs E Vincent Hale He married Ruby Murphy He leaves a son James Hale of Decatur and two grandchildren Graveside rites 2 p m Thursday Anna Cemetery The Rev Richard Teaford will officiate Friends may call at Mc Carty Funeral Home Anna after 10 a m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Norbert Hale
Avondale Estates
Hale
E. Vincent Hale
Ruby Murphy
Burroughs-Welcome Pharmaceutical Co
Georgia
James Hale
Decatur
Anna Cemetery
Richard Teaford
Anna Eo Ian
Mc.Carty
Hillcrest
Carterville
Deborah Michelle Rains
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
Merle Melton
James W
Lois Felts Rains
Bruce Felts
Marcella Rains
James
Memorial Day contributors honored by Carbondale Council
Carbondale's City Council honored 18 individuals and three groups for memorial day contributions. Meritorious service citations went to a list of residents, chaplains, and officials including Brig. Gen Oscar Koch and Col. Edward C. Murphy, with church and veteran auxiliaries also recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Harvey Fisher
Paul Biggers
Bob Bates
Edwin Miller
Monroe Meyers
Lewis Rossiter
Violet Crawshaw
Orwin Pugh
Fred Harline
Oscar Koch
John Allen
Elizabeth Leighty
F. E. Graper
Harold Hill
Nelson Leslie
Lewis Turley
Col
Edward C. Murphy
Woodrow Austin
Marion Police Move Into Remodeled Station
Chief John Kelley oversees the opening at the remodeled Marion police station outer office counter. Work included updates to facilities and security features to improve operations and service to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John Kelley
Herrin board weighs salary plans for teachers 1968-69
Herrin Unit School District faces a decision on a 1968-69 salary schedule as teachers push for a higher pay scale. Superintendent Russell Emery will study a compromise proposal and meet the teachers on Friday to prepare a recommended plan for a special board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Russell Emery
Emery
Marion Unit Two
Margaret Smith
Union County Republicans back Nixon in quiet primary
In Union County a heavy GOP turnout produced 1,327 Republican votes with a 762 write in for Richard Nixon in the governor race. Rockefeller and Reagan received scattered write ins. Democrat totals show Hu bert Humphrey leading with 305 writes in a lackluster entry and McCarthy 133 with Wallace 46. two Kennedy brothers and Johnson received small counts. Democrats ran unopposed for state’s attorney Ned Foley county commissioner Ned Foley and coroner Lloyd E Sitter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Wallace
President Johnson
Ted Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
William A. Lewis
Ned Foley
Lloyd E. Sitter
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Riverside Pool
Murphysboro
Mulkeytown
Harry Gibbs
John
Isabelle Story Gibbs
Gibbs
Dorothy Lakebrink
Lugo
Delia LaMasters
Buckner
Stella Wilkerson
J.C. Penn
Haynes
J. C. Penn
Norvell N. Haynes
Penn
A. P. Penn
Bennett
D. B. Bennett
Kelly Downs
Buzbee
Kenneth Buzbee
Roy D. Booth
Booth
Williamson County Gop
Gary Hastings
Cloid Copher
Hastings
Billy Hurst
Copher
Earl Jent
Lake Creek
Jent
Audie Gower
State Department of Revenue
Andy Viverito
Democratic Party
Viverito
Dean West
William Rolla Jenkins
Southern Township
Virgil Pritchett
Jenkins
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Pritchett
Alexander County
Loren Angel
Crab Orchard
Si’’ Orr
Angel
Homer Askew
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
John McIntosh
Askew
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North
Ilinois Avenue
16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Focal
Council
The
Rock Hill Baptist Church Choir
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Herrin Board
Ance
Bill Bracy
Trans- America Insurance Co
Joe Dell’Era Insurance Agency
Home Oil Co
Chittyville
Sue Ann Colombo
Nathan Ivey
John A. Logan
Ivey
Hurst High School
Kenneth Rushing
Dick Henley
Goldsmith’s
Corbin
London Fog
Manhattan
Goldsmith
Pirates Cove
Gant
Bermudas
Goldsmith's
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Rip van Winkle
Doan
Zwick’s Shoe Store
Swick’s Shoe Store
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