Carterville Board Approves Teacher Pay Raises and Budget
Carterville Unit 5 schools vote a new salary schedule boosting teachers' pay by at least 200 dollars annually, raising total payroll to about 441 thousand dollars. A 1968-69 budget of over 1.22 million dollars with 400 thousand in a building fund is approved for public hearing on July 25.
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Carterville
Taft Baker
Baker
Annette O'Neal
Wilma J
Irene Hannon
Gray-Hunter-Stern and Company
Carterville High School
Jonesboro Woman Retires After 43 Teaching Years
Jonesboro resident Mrs. Mabel Manees of 402 Cooke Ave retires after 43 years in teaching including 24 at Jonesboro Grade School and 19 at McClure School. She led first grade for 32 years and earned degrees from McClure High and Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She and her husband Marshall Manees hold multiple education association memberships.
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Mabel Winchester Manees
Cooke Ave
Jonesboro
Manees
McClure School
McClure High School
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Marshall Manees
Parent Teacher Association
Union County Education Association
Illinois Education Association
National Education Association
Carbondale Sets $20,009 Goal for Head Start Plan
Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission seeks local funds to launch a year round Head Start program in two classrooms for 30 children. A June 20 meeting at city hall will invite civic clubs and groups to support the effort as federal funds are not yet available. VISTA volunteers will arrive to aid the effort with housing and a year’s free use of a car arranged by the government.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission
John Francisco
Economic Opportunity Commission
Francisco
Commission
VISTA
America
Peace Corps
United States
Sparta Board Hires Four Teachers for District 140
Sparta Community Unit District 140 board approved teaching contracts for four new hires Vicki Reese of Pinckneyville at Sparta Elementary, Valierie Etherton of Massachusetts at Tilden Attendance Center, Mildred Dial of Chester at Central Attendance Center, and Willard Murry in the high school guidance department. The board accepted the resignation of Gail Fritz, the district speech correction teacher. A summer school program operates at the high school, Sparta Elementary, and the Tilden and Ellis Grove attendance centers, with Head Start starting next week at Tilden Evansville and Sparta Elementary centers.
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Sparta Community Unit District
Vicki Reese
Pinckneyville
Sparta
Valierie Etherton
Massachusetts
Tilden
Mildred Dial
Chester
Central
Willard Murry
Gail Fritz
Ellis Grove
Evansville
Jonesboro School Board reshuffles teaching staff
The Jonesboro Grade School board accepts four resignations and hires five teachers. Retiring after 43 years, Mrs. Mabel Manees leaves first grade, while Joan Kelley resigns to teach in Collinsville. New hires include Barbara Chenoweth and Retha Berry replacing retiring staff and adding music, second grade, and band chorus positions.
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Jonesboro
Mabel Manees
Manees
Joan Kelley
Collinsville
Janet Seibert
Jerseyville
Patricia Rehm
Barbara Chenoweth
Murphysboro
Retha Berry
Helen Mowry
Carbondale
Margaret Wiles
Ark
Oklahoma State University
John H. Pyatt
Okanville
Rebecca Lutz Brimm
First Negro elected to public post in Grundy County
Elmo Ray Younger, 46, of Morris, won the Republican precinct committeeman race in Morris 7th Precinct, defeating Roy Shannon 86 to 40. Younger, a boys camp counselor and lifelong Morris resident, is among about 10 Black residents in Morris out of 8,500 total.
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Grundy County
Elmo Ray Younger
Morris’ 7Th Precinct
Younger
Morris
Roy Shannon
Services Set for Mrs. Mary Raines
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church near Elizabethtown for Mrs. Mary Raines 72 who died Wednesday at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel rectory in Herrin. She was a housekeeper at the rectory. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Rosary was recited at 8 p.m. today at Rottman Funeral Home Golconda.
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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Elizabethtown
Mary Raines
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin
Murphysboro Driver Fined on Three Counts
Richard G. Rawson, 20, of Murphysboro, was fined in Murphysboro circuit court on three charges. He paid 100 dollars plus 5 dollars costs for underage acceptance of intoxicants, 100 dollars plus 5 dollars costs for illegal transportation of intoxicants, and 10 dollars plus 5 dollars costs for failure to transfer vehicle registration. He was ticketed May 31 by city police. Carbondale: Barbara A. Parrish fined 15 dollars for following too closely.
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Richard G. Rawson
Wall St
Murphysboro
Rawson
Chamber fills board vacancy in West Frankfort
William A. Frerking was elected to the West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce board to fill a vacancy created by Lowell Dutton’s resignation. He works for Glenn G. Frazier and Associates in Benton. The board also authorized the property committee to prepare and maintain a house on newly purchased property in the 600 block of West Main Street for a future chamber office.
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William A. Frerking
West Frankfort
Carpentry Training Program For Job Corpsmen Announced
A national labor union with Forest Service and OEO will train about 540 Job Corpsmen in carpentry. The contract with United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America covers centers in Southern Illinois and eight other locations. After August 1, up to 60 trainees at Golconda Civilian Conservation Center will start a 52 week course with union paid instructors.
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Forest Service
Office of Economic Opportunity
Agriculture Department
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Illinois
Golconda Civilian ‘Conservation Center
Police Briefs From De Soto And Marion
De Soto Teresa S. Piper cited for speeding $15. Marion Jimmie Wilson cited for driving too fast for conditions $15.
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de Soto
Teresa S. Piper
Marion
Jimmie Wilson
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Carterville Board
Arkansas
Florida
Sparta Board
Morris, Ill
Barbara A. Parrish
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DE Soto, Ill
Westinghouse Washers - Dryers Sales & Service
Weller
Dad
Chocolate House
Ghle Florists
North 22Nd and
Logan
M and H
Big Star
Union
Shawnee National Forest
Lawrence Drugs
Goldsmith
Goldsmith’s
Gant
Manhattan
London Fog
Corbin
Pirates Cove
Bermudas
London Fog Jackets
Goldsmith's
Chrysler
Newport
Ford Ltd
Chrysler Newport
Ford
Mene
Re Pai
Karr Motor Company
North Park
Herrin, HI
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Porter Bros. Motor Sales, Inc
Liberty St
Murphysboro, Il
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