From where I sit and a City litter can mystery
A Southern Illinoisan photo editorial notes Carbondale trash cans on North Illinois Ave blocked by street work. A later obituary reports Wayne Gent of Carbondale, 71, died after a heart attack at Doctors Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Huffman Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Gent was a retired Illinois Central locomotive engineer and member of local lodges. survivors include his wife Opal Norman Gent, a daughter, a granddaughter, and a sister.
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Wayne Gent
Carbondale
Huffman Funeral Home
Mr. Gent
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Ilinois Central Railroad
Shekinah Lodge
The
Masons
Broterhood
Locomotive Engineers
Charles
Addie Kelley
Opal Norman
Cairo
N. Almond Sr
Jean Rogers
Dallas
Tex
Verna Gent
William A. Longman
First Christian Church
Gent
Oakland Cemetery
Friends
Antenna Knocked Down During Accident Coverage
Reporter and photographer arrive at a curbside crash scene to document the wrecked car and bystanders. A TV antenna is knocked from a house across the alley, leaving the owner and witnesses puzzled as the crash covers continue downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willhite
Funeral services held for Herman W Mines in Sparta
Herman W Mines 82 of Sparta died Monday at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St Louis. He was born November 6, 1886 in Walsh and married Genevieve Arnold September 5, 1911. A Sparta city employee and volunteer firefighter, he leaves a wife, six children, sisters and brothers, 13 grandchildren, with services at Our Lady of Lourdes Church led by Rev James Calhoun. Burial in Caledonia Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by McDaniel Funeral Home. Automotive products have become Canada's No 1 import from Japan, surpassing electrical and textile goods for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman W. Mines
Sparta
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
James Calhoun
Burta
Caledonia
Mines
St. John’s Mercy Hospital
St. Louis
Walsh
Herman
Sophia Brase Mines
Genevieve Arnold
Sparta Volunteer Fire Department
Our Lady of
Steeleville
Ervin
Art
Henry
Bremen
McDaniel Funeral Home
Greater Egypt plans travel pay and regional programs
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission weighs travel expense allotments for members with Holland Simmons noting many travel at personal cost. A bill to empower CO G formation for local governments advances in the legislature. The panel backs multi county CAMPS for manpower planning and supports crime lab and police community relations funding. Financials show May receipts of 16 595 and expenditures 9 776 with year to date 172 904 and 131 211. Highs 92 and 63 for today’s temperatures.
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Zejah Scalf
Sindian
Greater Egypt
County Boards of Commissioners
Benton
House
Senate
Franklyn Moreno
Southern Illinois
Economic Development Administration
Inkind Services
Commission
Mrs. Essie Mathis Dies At 76 In Percy
Funeral services for Mrs. Essie S. Mathis 76 of Percy will be 1 p.m. Saturday at McDaniel Funeral Home Percy with Rev. Clyde Spangler officiating. Burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Born October 27 1892 in Union County she was a Pentecostal member. Survived by a daughter Leota Cox of High Ridge Missouri. Preceded in death by husband Peter H. Mathis a son and several siblings. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
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Essie S. Mathis
Percy
McDaniel
Clyde Spangler
Alto Pass
Mathis
Sparta Community Hospital
Tie Union County
Thomas
Martha Hoyle
Peter H. Mathis
Jonesboro
Pentecostal
Leota Cox
High Ridge
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Jim Hatten
George Willhite
Mlinois Ave
Willow Street
Wenna
Herman Mines
Auto Parts
Canada
Japan
Allen Y. Baker
Pinckneyville
Midwest
Florida
Montana
Wyom
Lershowers
Plains
States
Mississippi Valley
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Kroehler
Shannon
Chase Lounge
Rupert and Tode Borgsmiller
Locust Murphysboro
Essie Mathis
Hanley
Jim Martin
Macrony Reyes
Herrin
Jim Scarlett
West Frankfort
Shirley
E. Main
Marion Cagle
Zeigler Dens’s Ltd. Supply
Carbandale Pyramid Lumber
Murphysboro
Pete Sawyer
Anna Bishop Furn
Vienna D'S Farm & Home Supply
Bill Morrison
Morrisons
West Main
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