Five Carbondale Men Rescued After Boat Capsizes
Five men from Carbondale were rescued from Crab Orchard Lake when 18 inch to 2 foot waves capsized their 16 foot boat near the Haven. Rescuers Charles Evans and Gerald Lybarger used their boats to pull Casey Mowery Eaton Sev ers Laftoon and Mowery to safety. Casey briefly passed out but suffered no lasting injuries and all five were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Lake
Clifford Eaton
S. Marion St
Lowell Casey
John Severs
S. Graham St
Harold Mowery
Raymond Laftoon
Charles “Bud” Evans
N. Bridge St
Gerald Lybarger
de Soto
Larry Sheffield
Fish and Wildlife Service
Carbondale Boat Dock
Evans
Lybarber
Casey
Mowery
Lybarger
Wayne Perry Named New Murphysboro High Principal
Wayne Perry 54 formerly Vergennes High School principal was appointed principal of Murphysboro High School by Unit District 186 Board. Perry will fill the vacancy created by James Blackwood who resigned to become district superintendent. The board also filled teaching staff and custodial positions and left one vacancy for a social science history teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Perry
Vergennes High School
Ecskettees Thermal High School
Perry
James Blackwood
MTHS
John Wathen
Jackson County Health Council
Illinois and National Education Assas
Schoolmasters Club
The
Masons
Scottish Rite
Shrine
Modern Woodmen
Methodist Church
Phi Delta Kappa
Kappa Phi Kappa
Illinois Education Assa
Murphysboro
Rudolph Stahlheber
Elm
Wilma Weaver
Southern Illinois University
Blackwood
Stahlheber
Miss Weaver
James Tilashalski
Ed Johnson
Thomas Baggett
Ruth Etherton
Wanda Barnett
Robert Graeff
Falling Pipe Kills Worker Near Anna Texas
An Anna area construction worker, Cletus Aden of Crowell Heights, was killed when a pipe slipped while being lifted onto a truck on the Texas Eastern Pipe line Co. project near Anna. The accident happened about 9:15 a.m. four miles from Anna on Lick Creek road as Aden, in his late 30s, was crushed. Aden worked for Potashnick Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau building the new gas lines for Texas Eastern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Union County
Roy Dillon
Cletus Aden
Crowell Heights
Lick Creek
Aden
Potashnick Construction Co
Cape Girardeau
Texas-Eastern
How Do We Measure Up Carbondale Plans Curriculum Evaluation
Carbondale's District 165 board approves a self evaluation to begin next fall with a North Central Association committee visit. The study aims to assess the high school's curriculum and overall program and comes after a proposal by board member E T Simonds. Superintendent Rosan will prepare forms and a budget for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Board of Education
North Central Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools
E. T. Simonds
Supt
N. A. Rosan
The
North Central Assn
Rosan
Robert Brewster Dies In Herrin
Robert Henry Brewster aged 60 of Herrin died 8 50 pm in Herrin Hospital after four years illness. A former Lake Creek coal mine mechanic and partner with brother Clyde in Brewster Motors, he lived in Herrin about 40 years. Born Sept 5 1897 in Carterville he was son of Charles and Nora D Brewster. He leaves wife Lucille of Peoria and brother Clyde. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Storme Funeral Home with Rev Heber Burge officiating. burial Herrin City Cemetery. Friends may call at Storme Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Henry Brewster
S.tith St
Herrin
Lake Creek
Clyde Brewster
Brewster Motors
Carterville
Charles
Nora D. Brewster
Eagles Lodge
United Mine Workers Union
Lucille
Peoria
Clyde
Storme Funeral Home
Heber Burge
Herring City Cemetery
West City Man Dies From One Car Wreck
A 38-year-old West City man Olen Overturf died at Franklin Hospital Benton from head injuries after a Thursday afternoon one car crash on Route 37 one mile west of Benton. State trooper McClatchey said Overturf was alone and driving at high speed before his car left the road. An inquest is set for 7 p.m. today at Benton City Hall. funeral arrangements are pending at Mitchell Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West City
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Olen Overturf
Rt. 37
McClatchey
McClatchel
Franklin County
Barney Browning
Mitchell Funeral
IC Crossing Case Continued in Du Quoin Court
A Wilinois Central Railroad crossing case was continued to 10 a m June 20 by Police Magistrate John Ritter in Du Quoin. The IC was ticketed May 28 for blocking street crossings for 35 minutes, violating local ordinance prohibiting delays over five minutes unless unavoidable. Conductor C A Adkins of Benton pleaded innocent. delay blamed on two broken couplings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilinois Central Railroad
du Quoin
John Ritter
C. A. Adkins
Benton
Innocet
Ambulance Carrying Patient Crashes on Rainy Rt 37
An ambulance from Harvey carrying patient William Lowery 61 was struck on Rt 37 north of Benton by a panel truck driven by Clyde Hargraves Benton amid a rain storm at 2 p m. Lowery and both drivers were uninjured and Lowery reached Union Hospital at West Frankfort in the Benton ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. 37
Benton
William Lowery
Harvey Hospital
John Bailey
Harvey
Clyde Hargraves
Rt 37
Lowery
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Carterville Calls Special Session On New Officers
Carterville City Council has a special 7 p.m. meeting Monday after Mayor Hastie and City Attorney Morgan resigned. A mayor pro tempore will be chosen, an election ordinance prepared, and a fire chief appointed as Ward 1 Alderman Felts resigns. The August 12 election date and polling places at City Hall Rice Insurance and Teen Town are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Lina McCabe
Leonard Hastie
A. D. Morgan
Herrin
Rodney G. Choate Sr
Board of Water Commissioners
McCabe
Choate
Rice Insurance Agency
Ray Carney
Mines Working Saturday Old Ben and Others
A brief mining roundup lists mines operating on Saturday including Old Ben Nos 9 14 22 and Old Ben Briquet Plant Orient Freeman Zeigler and Buckhorn along with Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Truax Traer No 2 and a washer reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Buckhorn Fidelity
New Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star
Truax-Traer
School Board approves raises for district staff in May session
Carbondale District 95 teachers and staff received pay raises after a May 9 special session. The district approved a revised salary schedule boosting base pay for teachers with bachelor's and master's degrees and adding special yearly amounts for music art speech and coach roles. Administrative increases were approved for Supt. Winkler and Asst. Supt. Moore, while nurse, secretaries, and custodians also saw raises. The action was disclosed in the May 9 minutes read Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale District 95
Board of Education
Clyde Winkler
Winkler
Sal
Norman Moore
Carbondale Board Accepts Bids for Uniforms and Repairs
Carbondale High School District 165 board approved purchase of 79 band uniforms from DeMoulin Bros. for 64.04 each plus a white director's uniform at 65.08. Deliveries in six to eight weeks with measurements next Wednesday. Total cost slightly over 5,000. Also approved 30 Royal typewriters for 4,605 and related office equipment bids. Additional bids approved for coal, carpentry, and fencing painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Board of Education
DeMoulin Bros. Uniform Co
Greenville
al Lockwood
Lockwood
Royal
CCHS
Former resident Edwin F. Fiene dies at 82 in Marion
Edwin F. Fiene, 82, formerly of Steeleville, died after a long illness at Veterans Hospital in Marion. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shaack and Son Funeral Chapel in Steeleville with burial in St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Fiene
Steeleville
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Shaack and Son Funeral Chapel
St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery
Log Cabin School to Become Carbondale Museum
Carbondale Grade School District 95 voted to move an early 1800s log cabin school east of Carbondale to the district grounds. Illinois historian Clyde V. Winkler proposed a educational monument and museum with donated building, moving and restoration costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Lincoln School
Carbondale
Clyde V. Winkler
Illinois
Winkler
Nursing Home Talks Reset In Murphysboro
A planned discussion on interior details of the Jackson County Nursing Home project in Murphysboro has been moved to late June. County Supervisors’ nursing home committee held talks with Pearce and Pearce architects and outlined changes such as a prayer and consultation room and moving a TV room to the solarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Nursing Home
Pearce and Pearce, Inc
St. Louis
County Board of Supervisors’ Nursing Home Committee
Clyde Perschbacher
Urbana
Perschbacher
Picketing at Murphysboro Cal-Crest Outerwear Denies Lockout
Picket lines continue at Cal-Crest Outerwear in Murphysboro with the firm denying a lockout and accusing workers of unfair terms. Union changes, halted pay for Memorial Day, and ACW taking over negotiations follow workers voting to switch from UGW to ACW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal-Crest Outerwear, Inc
Murphysboro
Cal-Crest
Cal - Crest
Cal Crest Outerwear Denies Plant Lockout In Murphysboro
A Cal Crest spokesman stated there is no plant lockout at Cal Crest Outerwear Inc in Murphysboro Illinois. He said the Murphysboro plant did not open on Tuesday June 10 1958 due to an unlawful sit down strike by employees. Employees are invited to return to work Monday June 16 1958 at 7 am and if they do so the company will take no action on the unlawful conduct and any unresolved matters will be processed through peaceful normal legal channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
United Garment Workers of America
Afl-Cio
James Murphy
St. Louis
Amalgamated
ACW
Delta Lindsey
Employes’ Group
Fry
Frank Spasser
Spasser
CalCrest
Cal-Crest Outerwear Inc
Murphysboro
Ill
Plant Doors Lock Prevent Work, Company Denies
Tuesday at 7 a m plant doors were locked officials said workers were not locked out on Thursday afternoon Sylvan Fry of St Louis serves as secretary and treasurer and is cited in the text
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Fry
St. Louis
Trea
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Vergennes
New Murphysboro High
Lucy Steard
Mildred Pedd
Anna Ramsey
Thelma Ellis
Doris Noble
Clytus Damron
Myrtle McKinnie
Katherine Fox
Cliff Williams
Harold McBride
Charles Caraway
Joe Steavens
Otto Rose
Conrad Piltz
George Crain
Crain
Chester Gavel
Bert Reeves
Ellis Nicholson
Owen Lunsford
Robert Pittman
Kenneth Taylor
Monte Imhoff
Simonds
Attucks High School
Carbondale National Bank
Robert Brewster
Clarence McClatchey
James Rowatt
Arthur Spiller
Hastie
Morgan
Judge Morgan
Sam Corbitt
Carney
Corbitt
George Holmes
Felts
Sherman Spiller
H. B. Lewis
Floyd Samuels
Tom Holden
Fred Hindman
Rothschild
Georgia
Rocky
Illinois Central Railroad Roundhouse
Southern Illinois
Charles P
Rocky” Rothschild
Cairo
Heid
South Carolina
James Fulton Foster
Greer
S.C
Foster
Charlie Drake
Jeffeson, Ga
Drake
Alexander County
Buck Self
Self
el Patio
Jake Rubin
Herman Jones
Georgia State Crime Laboratory
Jett Allen Smith
Athens
Smith
Jefferson
Lonnie Neal
Arkansas
Neal
Kentucky
Spartanburg
State Supreme Court
High Board Boys
Truax-Tract Coal
Clarence Leathers
Reeder Track Service
Bell & Zoller
J. E. Brooks
Temple Decorating Service
Floyd Crawshaw
Stearns Decorators
Crawshaw
Stearns
Temple
Is Orer
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