Grand Tower pageant auditions set for July show
Final auditions for the summer historical pageant Between the Tower and the Town will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the Laboratory Theater SIU Communications building Carbondale. Open to actors singers and dancers of all ages with a special need for male performers. No audition material needed for actors, two minutes prepared piece for singers and dancers. Pageant runs July 6 to 8 covering local history from Marquette and Joliet's visit to present.
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Grand Tower
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Laboratory
SIU Communications
SIU
Marquette
Jolliet
Foundation meeting to discuss future role and fundraising
Southern Illinois University Foundation directors meet in Carbondale to plan The Future Role of the Foundation and review a feasibility study for a multi million dollar fundraising project. Faye Wham will chair a luncheon before the 9 30 a m business session and the foundation will award Academic Excellence honors to the two top 1973 SIUC graduates.
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Southern Illinois University Foundation Board of Directors
Carbondale
Faye Wham
Centralia
Foundation
SIUC
Edwardsville
River festival to reimburse SIU $40,000
Edwardsville AP reports Southern Illinois University will be reimbursed $40,000 by the Mississippi River Festival for use of campus facilities during the 1973 summer concert season. The contract covers grounds use and staff costs including a concert manager and security personnel with a July 14 opening date.
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Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
John Rendleman
SIU
Nellie Ables keeps busy aging 80 as maker of quilts and furniture
Nellie Ables of Carterville near 80 remains active as an upholsterer and quilter. She runs a home workshop filled with century-old rocking chairs and crafts, cushions, rugs, and embroidered pieces while tending a garden and selling flowers. Her life story covers work as a housemaid, limited schooling, and a strong will to stay active.
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Jim Dillard
Southern Illinoisan
Nellie Ables
Miss Ables
Carterville
Kennedy
Floyd Chamness
Williamson County
West Marion Township
Pigeon Creek
Herrin
Marion
Samson
Southern Illinoisan publication and mailing details
The Southern Illinoisan is published Sundays and daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southernlindsan Inc. with offices at Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is the successor to several local papers and AP local news remains exclusive to republication.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southernlindsan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 4Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Carbondale Officials Map All-Day City Workshop
Carbondale city administrators plan an all-day Friday workshop at Giant City Lodge. City Manager Carroll Fry will lead departmental briefings on plans for the coming year, including financial administration capital improvements economic development labor relations social delivery programs planning for 1973 74 and civil defense followed by panel responses. The seminar is not open to the public.
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Carbondale
Giant City Lodge
Carroll Fry
Fry
Financial Administration
Paul Sorgen
Tom Wells
Phil Baewer
George Paluch
Robert Stalls
Eldon Gosnell
Joe O’rourke
John Yow
Marion Fite
James Rayfield
Baewer
Joe Dakin
Fire Service
C.J. McCaughan
Civil Defense
Bob Alexander
John Womick
Probation Workshop Topics Highlight Illinois Program
Three employees of the First Judicial Circuit Probation Program attended a three day workshop sponsored by the Probation Services Council of Illinois in Mt. Vernon. Courses covered include the Unified Code of Corrections Juvenile Court Act counseling techniques public relations and interpersonal communications. Attendees were Richard Carter director Milton Maxwell and Elmer Farmer. The program serves Jackson Williamson Union Alexander Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski and Saline counties.
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First Judicial Circuit
Probation Services Council of Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Code of Corrections of Illinois
Richard Carter
Milton Maxwell
Elmer Farmer
Jackson
Williamson
Union
Alexander
Johnson
Massac
Pope
Pulaski
Saline
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Future On Agenda
River Festival
Southern I Ilinois
Murphysbore
T2ford
FORD
Bob Morgan
Bob Skidmore
Bobby Morgan
Jerry Duke
Bill Cardwell
Richtex
Bre
Wales
Sullivan's
Howard Sullivan
Revia
Sullivan’s the Mobile Home Sales
Benton
Kotyilke’ Food Mart
North Park
Brewster Motors
Lewell
Van
Ron Walker
Food Mart
Carbondale Officials Planning Workshop
American Express Executive
FDIC
Bob Stotlar
Carload Lumber
Stotlar
N. Park
W. Main
Dad
Tom’s Place
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