Public meetings and notices from Southern Illinois towns
Calendar items list school boards and committees meeting Thursday presidents of districts Alto Pass Carterville Benton Murphysboro Marion Kinkaid Lake and Crab Orchard with times. Recreation pools VFW post and Lions Club events. Multiple drive in movies and city council sessions noted. Obituary and fines entries conclude with local official notices and street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lick Creek
Alto Pass
Carterville
Energy Village Board
Benton High School Board of Education
Benton High School
Murphysboro Unit
Walnut and
9Th Streets
Community Advisory Council
Crab Orchard Civilian Conservation Center
Orchill
Kinkaid Lake Development Association
Ava City Park
Marion Unit Two Board of Education
Teeter Watson Carter
V.F.W. Post
Post
Carbondale
Hearing set on zoning change bid in Herrin
The Herrin Plan Commission schedules a 7:30 p.m. public hearing at city hall on amending the zoning ordinance to permit beauty parlors in B-2 areas. The request by Mr. and Mrs. William Valerius seeks to operate at 404 S Park Ave after purchasing from Car Sneed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Plan Commission
City Hall
William Valerius
Elkville
S. Park Ave
Plan Commission
Japanese lad seeks $200 to fund SIU study dream
Katsumaru Oku, 24, from Tokyo, aims to attend Southern Illinois University with help to cover a $200 six week English language course and fees. He saved money for three years, arrived in West Frankfort after correspondent Mary Harper sought aid from congressmen, but Harper cannot assist financially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katsumaru Oku
Japan
United States
Mary Harper
N. Douglas
West Frankfort
Katsumaru
America
Tokyo
U.S
Harper
Los Angeles
Calif
Katsu
Southern Illinois University
Area SIU Students Receive Stipends
Five area residents among SIU students have earned grants to study special education. Recipients include Donna Dugger Randy Lynn Jan Murphy Joseph Holt and Bessie Hastings. A Mt Vernon bank funds the Mary Harper Education Fund to cover language course tuition for Katsu whose visa may be changed to student status if $200 is raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Donna Dugger
West Frankfort
Randy Lynn
Herrin
Jan Murphy
Carbondale
Joseph Holt
Murphysboro
Bessie Hastings
Mary Harper
Mt. Vernon
Dodgers Rally for Burn Victim Youth in Murphysboro
Murphysboro Dodgers and City League members raise funds for portable color TV to aid Paul D. Callandro Jr. undergoing intensive burn treatment at Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital. Bake sale and canister collections planned for Saturday to help cover hospital costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Dodgers
Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital
St. Louis
Paul D. Calandro Jr
Paul
Paul Sr
Walnut St
Gib Baker
Mona Schnautz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverside Pool
Marion Drive-In
Anna Drive-In
Fitzwilly
Orpheum
Phyllis Diller
Africa
Varsity
Josie
N. 14Th St
Fred Womick
Anna
Fred H. Womick
N. Green St
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Womick
Anna State Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Anna Ellis
Anna Moose Lodge
Operating Engineers Union
Harrisburg
Mary Lesper
Lake Worth
Fla
Bonnie Ellis
Bob
Ted Womick
McCarty
Frank Pierce
First United Methodist Church of
Anna Cemetery
Marion
Thomas Mooney
Dongola
Perry Montgomery
Bill Moore
Charles Smith
Lucius Cooper
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North
Ilinois Avenue
16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illnois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Molotlala
W. Frankfort
Siu
David Calandro
Riverside
Pr F
LMT
Power-Grip Heavy Service
F.E.T
North 13Th Street
of Riverside
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