Williamson Trustees Approve School District Land Transfers
Williamson County Board of School Trustees grants three petitions to detach and annex districts. Detaches 240 acres from Crainville to Carterville grade school near Carterville Crossroad with 63 signatures. Transfers 1,200 acres from Herrin Township High to Hurst-Bush high and grade districts improving 12 grade unit and state aid to about 12,000 to 15,000 dollars. Also detaches area from Freeman Spur to Zeigler grade and high school districts, with Zeigler gaining state funds around 20,000 dollars while Freeman Spur loses about 50 dollars.
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Crainville
Carterville
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Carterville Crossroad
Herrin Township
Hurst-Bush
Leslie Stilley
Herrin High School
Stilley
Hurst - Bush
Franklin County
Freeman Spur
Zeigler
Zeigler High
Course Slated In Germany for SIU Students
Ten students from Southern Illinois University will take a four week summer course in Development of German Democracy at the University of Hamburg, co sponsored by SIU departments of government and foreign languages. The group includes residents from Carbondale Champaign and Lansing with professors Alexander Hartwig and Zincki joining for orientation in Reinbek Germany. Estimated total cost July 16 to August 20 is 920 dollars with 50 dollars per each additional week and 11 stopovers in Europe at no extra fare.
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Germany
Southern Illinois University
Government and Foreign Languages
Maude Tenney
Carbondale
Gladys Marie Gosnell
West Frankfort
Kathryn Schueringa
Lansing
Ill
Dorothy Kay Claudaugh
Champaign
Alfred H. Olsen
Union
Carl L. Schweinfurth
SIU
Jon Alexander
Ola , Alexander
Reinbek
Europe
SIU Departments Begin Moves In Mid June Relocation
Three SIU divisions announce mid June relocations. Information Service moves from South Thompson Street to 1013 S Forest Street. Government department shifts from Old Main second floor to 800 S University. SIU Press office moves from South Thompson to Grand and Lake streets. Old Main now houses only history and mathematics offices with remaining space slated for classrooms.
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Forger gets term in Menard Prison
John Gipson Tyler, 53, a confessed forger, will serve one to 14 years at Menard State Prison after pleading guilty in Franklin County Circuit Court. Judge Roy O. Gulley sentenced him. Tyler gave Raleigh as birthplace with no home address. James Gardner, 23, West Frankfort, received one to 10 years for burglary involvement. Gardner and William Culbertson, 36, West Frankfort, confessed to the May 12 burglary of Jo's Hair Styling Salon. police arrested them after a neighbor's tip.
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John Gipson Tyler
Menard
Franklin County
Roy O
Gulley
James Gardner
West Frank
Louis Gher Honored by Masonic Lodge at Makanda
Louis Gher of Carbondale received a 50 year service pin from Makanda Lodge 434 AF and AM for long service in the Masonic order. The ceremony occurred Friday night at Makanda with Gher noted for five decades of membership.
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Louis Gher
Masonic Lodge
Carbondale
Makanda
Gher
Makanda Lodge 434
Af&am
Runaways Apprehended From Illinois Camp
Two 16 year old youths fled Shawnee Boys Camp in Illinois and were caught in Chicago. Police radio reports list the youths as Frank Bryant of Bloomington and Cecalia Crawford of Chicago.
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Illinois Youth Commission
Chicago
Frank Bryant
Bloomington
Cecalia Crawford
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