Murphysboro Plans Four Day Centennial With $3000 Deal
Murphysboro Centennial Committee moves ahead on a four day celebration this fall. The five member group approved Sept 26 to 29, secured stadium use from the high school board, and signed a $3,000 contract with John Rogers Producing Co of Fostoria Ohio. The nonprofit must pay in five installments and is to hire a director, provide a 250 cast, costumes, props and a pageant script based on Murphysboro history. The company also supplies plans and budget, and the right to use its wooden nickel promo ideas. The four day program will precede the homecoming game with Du Quoin and involve a full stage, bands and animals as needed. The committee will finalize plans after receiving the overall action plan in ten days. City licenses enforcement begins Friday with ticketing for violators. The license deadline is Thursday for taverns and other city licenses.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Township
John Rogers Producing Co
Fostoria
Ohio Company
John Rogers Company
Centennial Corporation
Centennial Committee
Murphysboro Township High School
du Quoin
Gilbert Ebersohl
Henry Stahler
Harry Greenberg
Charles McKree
Russell Vaughn
Begin Six Week Apprenticeship at Southern Illinois University
Two SIU home economics seniors begin a six week apprenticeship in extension work under Jackson County Home Advisor Jeanette Dean. Lavina Phelps of Robbs and Joy Fry of Grayville will train on the job and cooperate with Dean in county programs. The program, sponsored by SIU with the University of Illinois Home Economics Pension service, marks the first such training for SIU students.
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Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Jeanette Dean
Lavina Phelps
Robbs
Aid
Joy Fry
Grayville
Miss Dean
SIU
University of Illinois Home Economic Pension Service
University
Murphysboro Municipal Band Plans Summer Concerts
Band concerts begin June 22 with 28 instruments planned. Joe Williams says programs will include marches overtures classics and musical comedy hits. The week of July 4 features two concerts including a Willie Smith shell show. The shell is repainted and new finishing tones to improve depth.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Williams
Willie Smith
Shell
Ernest L. Treece Named Knights Templar Commander
Ernest Lee Treece of Carbondale elected commander of Beausant Commandry No. 86 Knights Templar succeeding George Carl Benedict of Herrin. Newly named officers include Miller generalissimo Adams captain general Toler senior warden McNeal junior warden Pardee prelate Dillinger treasurer Bruhaker recorder Betts sword bearer Bowen color bearer Elders sentinel. Hermits Lentz Heraldson Kirby. guards Johnson Beadle Smith. Benedict Pardee Dillinger Lentz Heraldson Kirby as past commanders. Benedict receives past commander jewel.
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Ernest Lee Treece
Carbondale
Beausant
Knights Templar
George Carl Benedict
Herrin
Charles E. Miller
Generalissimo
Joseph Adams
Carterville
Charles Gilbert Toler
William E. McNeal
Charles James Pardee
Royall L. Dillinger
A. D. Brubaker
Donald J. Betts
Orville K. Bowen
Paul Miller
Anna
Richard S. Elders
Sentinel
E. G. Lentz
R. E. Heraldson
Clifton Kirby
James M. Johnson
W. A. Beadle
Lionel C. Smith
Benedict
Pardee
Dillinger
Lentz
Heraldson
Kirby
Rotarians Back Murphysboro Water Company Franchise Effort
Murphysboro Rotary members voiced unofficial approval of a 20 year franchise extension for the Murphysboro Water Company during a meeting. The city council did not act, delaying the extension until water-softening equipment and mains are installed.
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Murphysboro Rotary Club
Murphysboro Water Company
Rotary Club
Water Company
Lightning Scare Hits Murphysboro Woman and Town
A 30 minute Illinois storm from 2 10 p m caused electrical damage and disruption across Murphysboro and Jackson County. Mrs Edith Beattie narrowly escaped electrocution as lightning struck her home's kitchen roof and damaged wiring. The storm toppled a 60 foot flagpole at the post office, knocked down power lines, and left large areas without electricity for hours.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Illinois
Edith Beatie
Illinois Avenue
Beattie
Wolf Lake
Fourteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Riverside Park
Bath House
Illinois Electric and Gas Company
Harriso
Creal Springs Pair Charged With Arson
Arson warrants were issued in Marion today for Steve Malroy and Odell Rainbolt of Creal Springs. Malroy is jailed. Rainbolt eludes capture. Fire at McClellan service station caused about 25 dollars in damage.
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Steve Malroy
Odell Rainbolt
Creal Springs
Charles Denham
Marion
Malroy
Rainbolt
Albert McClellan
Malron
Lawrence Cannon
McClellan
Ray Barney
Malvoy
Robert Holbrook
McClelland
Frank McDaniel
Young Democrats Plan Friday Meeting on State Convention
Jackson county's new Young Democrats group will meet Friday night at Murphysboro city hall to plan attendance at the state convention in Springfield. The session will handle transportation and hotel room assignments as eight delegates and eight alternates are slated to travel.
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Jackson County
Young de Ocrats
Murphysboro
Springfield
County Farmers Sell Corn on Open Market
Jackson county farmers did not deliver corn to PMA bins at Jacob on Monday and Tuesday. PMA chair Claude Terry hopes more farmers sell on the open market where prices are higher. The PMA shipment deadline is June 27, but few farmers are likely to use the support price.
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Jackson County
Production and Marketing Administration
Jacob
Claude Terry
PMA
Terry
Changes Plea Te Guilty Fined In Disorderly Case
Roy Robinette of East St Louis pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Murphysboro and paid 25 dollars plus costs to be freed. He and the Haddie Lathan couple were arrested on Route 3 west of Murphysboro for allegedly fighting on the highway. The Lathans also pleaded guilty but could not pay and remained jailed. arrangements were made in East St Louis to settle their fines.
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Roy Robinette
East St. Louis
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Robinette
Haddie Lathan
Lathans
Justice of the Peace
Manning
Murphysboro plans school reorganization receive support
Talks on reorganizing Murphysboro Town Ship High School District No 106 drew broad approval. Louis Wides of the Civic Planners reported committee activity and a plan to outline next steps while some opposition existed. Mayor Hart updated on negotiations with Murphysboro Water Company over a 13 year franchise extension and expected agreement after legal review.
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Murphysboro Township
Louis Wides
Civic Planners
Wides
C. A. Hart
Murphysboro Water Company
Flag Program Tonight at 7 15
The Illinois National Guard unit from Murphysboro will attend in full dress but not perform, appearing at the Flag Day program in front of the Elks Lodge on Walnut Street. The event starts at 7 15 p m with Walnut Street blocked between Thirteenth and Fourteenth. Elks Lodge leader Frank Eovaldi will host and Joe Daniel will deliver the main address.
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135Th Bn
Illinois National Guard
Murphysboro
Elks Lodge
Walnut Street
Norman McRory
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Street
ELKS
Frank Eovaldi
Murphysboro Elks Lodge
Joe Daniel
Utilities Workers Picnic Set for Thursday at Du Quoin
Illinois utility company employees and families from Perry Franklin Williamson Jackson and Randolph counties will gather at the Du Quoin fairgrounds Thursday evening for their annual picnic.
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Illinois Utilities Company
Perry
Franklin
Williamson
Jackson
Union
Randolph Counties
du Quoin Fairgrounds
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions on June 13 include Albert Wahlman medical in Steeleville and Owen Lunsford Jr surgical in Gorham plus Mary Tinsley maternity in Murphysboro and Jess Robinson medical from route 3 Benton. Dismissals: none.
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Albert Wahlman
Steeleville
Owen Lunsford, Jr
Gorham
Mary Tinsley
North Eleventh Street
Murphysboro
Jess Robinson
Benton
County Board Approves Partial Road Reclassification Plan
Jackson county supervisors gave qualified approval to reclassifying the county road system but rejected turning 40 miles of state maintained roads over to county maintenance. The vote followed a two day June meeting amid concerns over funding and the county's ability to handle additional road maintenance costs.
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Jackson County
Board of Supervisors
County Board of Supervisors
Jackson County Highway Department
Honor flock owners dine free at Willisville Legion Hall
Beck's Hatchery will treat about 100 flock owners and their families to a free chicken dinner at Willisville's Legion hall tonight at 8 o'clock.
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Beck’s Hatchery
Willisville
Legion Hall
Lake projects shelved as Illinois goals halted
The St Louis paper condemns Governor Green's lake program as ill advised and costly. It notes $711,895 in engineering costs, four lakes planned with only Murphysboro finished well, and local efforts helped push the last lake before cancellation. It highlights land sales, jobs, and future conservation benefits while warning of rising media and entertainment shifts. Separately, March storms flood roads near Red Bud and Du Quoin as Big Muddy rises and winds up to high levels affect River side Park and Crab Orchard lake closures.
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St. Louis
Governor Green
Illinois
Leonard Schwartz
Schwartz
Green
Lake Murphysboro
Bud
Iil
du Quoin
Big Kinkaids
State
Riverside Park
Crab Orchard Lake
Illinois Electric & Gas Picnic Set For June 22
Illinois Electric and Gas employees from Williamson Jackson Peru and Franklin counties will hold their annual picnic at the Du Quoin fair grounds on the evening of June 22.
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Illinois Electric & Gas
Illinois Electric and Gas Company
Williamson
Jackson
Peru
Franklin Counties
du Quoin Fair Grounds
List Of Murphysboro Honors Omitted Names Revealed
An error caused the omission of late class honor winners from Murphysboro Township High School. The printed list includes Donald Melvin Jim Merkley Charles Mifflin Barbara Mil eur Bernard Mileur George Mil eur James Minard Robert Moore Charess Marber Mary Nausley Norma Norman Rosalie Norman Jerry Owens Barbara Ozburn William Ozburn Dorothy Palmer Hubert Parrish Daniel Penrod Rosemary Pierson Freddie Pierson Patricia Pierson Myrtle Pinkerton Wallace Prost Roger Quigley June Quinn Peggy Raines Velma Raines Earl Reese Bobby Roberts Jane Roberts Reba Jo Roberts Franklin Robinson John Rogers Maxine Roseme Teddy Ross Joanne Rowden Kenneth Runck John Sauer Mary Sauer Nicholas Schiro Frances Seibel Rozell Seymore James Sherman Billy Smith Mary K Smith Vernon Smith Bryan Snider Clifton Snyder Donald Stamp Teresa Stevens Patsy Jo Stevens Frank Stewart Paula Strohm Melvin Strothman Richard Strothmann Donald Stevens Maxine Sullivan Martha Thompson Erle Tomilson Wilma Tooms Jo Ann Trigg Marian Tweedy Henry Warner Mildred Walton George Wanstreet Rowena Wanstreet Martha Ward Mary Webb Wallace Weber Wayne Wenching Pat White Teresa White Charles Williams Jo Ann Williams Mary Jeane Williams Bill Winters Pat Wooldridge Loren Worthen James Wright Betty Wuest Gilbert Zimbleman Jack Zimmerman.
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Murphysboro Township High School
Donald Melvin
Jim Merkley
Charles Mifflin
Barbara Ann Mileur
Bernard Mileur
George Mileur
James Minard
Robert Moore
Charess Marber
Mary Elizabeth Nausley
Norma Lee Norman
Rosalie Norman
Jerry Owens
Barbara Ozburn
Wiliam Ozburn
Dorothy Palmer
Hubert Parrish
Daniel Penrod
Rosemary
Voters Cost 78 Cents Each in Jackson County Primary
Jackson county taxpayers spent 78.7 cents per vote in the April 11 primary. County Clerk Boyd Thorp presented a final accounting showing total election costs of 6446.59 with 8188 votes cast, 3932 Democratic and 4256 Republican, and detailing major costs for salaries, printing, and polling place rents.
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Jackson County
Boyd Thorp
County Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Thorp
Passes Test For Lake Murphysboro Caretaker
Howard Cheatham of Ava has passed an interview for the Lake Murphysboro caretaker post. The interview and application occurred Tuesday in Springfield, placing him in the eligible pool alongside other applicants. A final decision is expected next week with Lloyd Austin present.
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Howard Cheatham
Ava
Lake Murphysboro
Cheatham
Springfield
Lloyd Austin
Jackson County
Democratic
Wreck Near Chester Leaves Baby Absent From Car
Two St. Louis area residents A. E. Stallion and Mrs. Mildred Gray were injured in a Sunday morning crash on Route 3 north of Chester. Gray suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries while Stallion had only bruises. The car rolled five or six times and was a total loss. A frantic search for a baby prompted by Gray’s semi conscious pleas proved unnecessary when the child was found at home.
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St. Louis
Chester
Chester Hospital
A. E. Stallion
Park Ave
Mildred Gray
South Jefferson Street
Stallion
Home Bureau Leaders Learn Clothing Repair in Jackson County
Twenty one of the 23 Jackson county Home Bureau units sent their leaders to a clothing repair training Tuesday at the Farm Bureau Annex in Murphysboro. Edna Gray of the University of Illinois taught cat-stitching, patchwork, yarn mending, baseball stitching, invisible mending with hair on wool, and related techniques. Clothing repair will be the July major lesson in all units, a repeat of a seven year old program at members' request.
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Jackson County Home Bureau
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
Edna Gray
University of Illinois
John T Purcell Jr Elected Lions President
Murphysboro Lions Club elected John T Purcell Jr as president for the coming year at the regular meeting in First Presbyterian church. Installation will be June 27 with officers including Walter King and C T Hufford joining as vice presidents and other roles. The club approved donations of 25 to Riverside Park Fourth of July and 10 to the cerebral palsy drive, and welcomed new members Kenneth Black and Charles Daniel.
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Murphysboro
Lions Club
John T. Purcell, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Purcell
Chester Eriksen
Walter King
C. T. Hufford
G. J. Nordmeyer
William Boatman
Delmar Ward
John A. Cross
Eli Doerr
John Blankinship
Theodore Borgsmiller
Orville Denny
C. A. White
Wilson Coker
C. O. Naumer
Bruce Richmond
L. H. Keller
Victor Miller
Lions
Riverside Park
Kenneth Black
Charles Daniel
Rotary District Scholarship Awarded to Colombian Student
Orlando Correa, 28, of Bogota, Colombia, was chosen to attend Southern Illinois University for 1950 51 at Rotary District 216’s expense. The selection was announced at Carbondale Rotary Club by Dr. W G Swartz. The scholarship covers costs to and from the U S and tuition through spring terms, possibly extended to summer.
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South America
Southern Illinois University
Rotary International
Orlando Correa
Bogota
Colombia
Carbondale Rotary Club
W. G. Swartz
U.S
Stewart Chandler
S.I.U
Chandler
Man elected head of Southern Illinois Farm Bureau group
Joseph Vasquez of Jacob was chosen president of the Southern Illinois Farm Bureau farm management service covering 20 counties. The program starts in 1951 to help farmers with farm records, with a University of Illinois Extension service field man advising cooperating farmers. University summaries farm records for management research. Jackson County farmers should contact W. C. Anderson at the Murphysboro Farm Bureau office.
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Joseph Vasquez
Jacob
Southern Illinois Farm Bureau
Farm Management Service
Management Service
Southern Illinois
University of Illinois Extension Service
University
Jackson County
W. C. Anderson
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
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Clarence Ward
Daily Independent
Southern Illinoisan
Edward Lindsay
Lilinoi
Associated Press
Ews
E. L. Treece
Knights’ Head
Rotarians Back Water Company
Robert L. Morgan
Claude Wisely
L. R. Stewart
Degognia and
Fountain Bluff Levee
Sand Ridge Township
State Highway Department
Road and Bridge Committee
County Highway Department
Sunset Haven
O‘connell
Perschbacher
Plant
Richards
Tuttle
Jarrett
Charles F. Bush
Pete Brumley
Clyde Brewer
E. D. Graeff
James Gilmore
Park G. Jarrett
Jessie L. Klein
Albert McBride
W.E. Oconnell
Hallie Parrish
Clyde E. Perschbacher
Sam R. Plant
Fred A. Richards
John Schneider
Archie Stroup
Kenneth Saul
Ed Sherrmann
Leonard Turner
Robert Tuttle
Carl Worthen
Honor Flock Owners
Odds and Ends
Lake
Aero Lake Murphysboro
West Coast
Home Bureau
New Lions
Rotary District
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