Council To Act Again On Water Company Franchise
Murphysboro moves to revisit a 20 year water franchise bid after last week’s council delay. A revised agreement would void the old deal if water-softening facilities and mains are not installed by a set date. City Attorney White said an Illinois Commerce Commission incentive urges timely improvements. Mayor Hart says the delay protects citizens from potential failures. The current franchise has six years left. the new runs 1950 to 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Water Company
Edgar White
George H. Jirgal
Chicago
Chapman and Cutler
Water Company
White
Illinois Commerce Commission
C. A. Hart
Murphysboro
Praises Safety At Truax Traer Coal Mine
A U S Bureau of Mines re inspection report endorses good operating conditions at the Truax Traer strip mine six miles southwest of Elkville. The mine employed 143 men producing 3600 tons daily when inspected in May by Inspector W R Chick. Highwalls and spoil banks were well maintained, pits well drained, and explosives stored and fired safely. Electrical installations met codes, haulage trucks were sound, and fire fighting equipment was adequate. The single recommendation urged workers in the pits wear protective hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Truax- Traer
Elkville
W. R. Chick
Chick
Bluegill Bonanza at Horse Shoe Lake Nets 21 Catch
Grant Young Fred ane Joe Steinle and Phil Lewis shared a collective catch of 21 extra long bluegill at Horse Shoe Lake on Thursday. Young earned the day's largest catch. Report notes bass stirring shallow waters after 6 p.m. daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Young
Fred “Ane
Joe Steinle
Phil Lewis
Horse Shoe Lake
Young
Young Undertaker Begins First Day at Crawshaw Funeral Home
Gene Crawshaw, just trained in mortuary science, starts work with his father in Murphysboro. He assists in a drowning retrieval at a pond north of town, diving underwater to locate the youth's body before the operation ends with the transfer of the body to Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Crawshaw
Raymond “.Crawshaw
Crawshaw
Murphysboro
St. Louis College of Mortuary Science
Funeral Home
Young Crawshaw
Jackson Funer
Carbondale
Kokomo
Ind
Elwood Haynes
Elwood
Hanson Reed To Become Doctors At Chicago Commencement
Two Murphysboro men Homer H. Hanson and Leslie G. Reed Jr. are to graduate as doctors of medicine at the Chicago Undergraduate Division Navy Pier exercises at 2:00 p m Friday. The class includes 347 graduates with plans for intern work at City Hospital St. Louis. Relatives from Murphysboro expected to attend include Mr and Mrs Leslie Reed Sr Dr Quentin Reed and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Chicago Professional Colleges
University of Illinois
Homer H. Hanson
Homer S. Hanson
Edith Street
Leslie G. Reed, Jr
Leslie G. Reed
Division Street
Chicago
Navy Pier
City Hospital
St. Louis
Leslie Reed
Quentin Reed
Roger Spear
Homer Hansor
Rose Harvey
Union Sponsors Free Murphysboro Band Concert Series
Musicians in Local No. 697 will open a six part free band concert series on the north steps of the Jackson county courthouse Saturday at 6 30 p m. The 24 piece ensemble from Murphysboro Carbondale and nearby towns will perform under W T Davis. Funded by the Recording and Transcription Trust of the American Federation of Musicians these concerts provide free entertainment and are paid from royalties collected on records and transcriptions. Local 697 expects about 750 for 165 members in 1950. All payments go to members and travel costs are not covered.
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James C. Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
Murphysboro
Jackson County Court House
Carbondale
W. T. Davis
American Federation of Musicians
Davis
Petrillo
Local 697
Red Bud
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Mississippi
Jackson County
Mr. Davis
Explosion Damages Boat at Crab Orchard Lake in Murphysboro
Brad Hinchcliff, 33, suffered severe facial burns when an unexplained explosion ripped through his 16 foot metal hull motorboat at Crab Orchard Lake near the Carbondale boat club. The fire, burning for nearly an hour, destroyed interior and hull above the waterline while bystanders joined in the rescue and some helpers sustained minor injuries from glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Crab Orchard Lake
Brad Hinchcliff
Jackson County Motors
Hinchcliff
Carbondale Boat Club
Fred Evans
Carbondale
Hincheliff
Rex Donaldson
Holden Hospital
Bill Ellis
George Beasley
Bob McClain
Rush To Buy Vehicle Tax Stickers Swells In Murphysboro
Murphysboro drivers crowded the city office to purchase automobile license stickers with the deadline looming. City Clerk Delmar Ward reported selling over 300 licenses on Thursday and 1,257 by 11 am today, about 150 less than the prior year, as residents rushed to avoid police lineups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Delmar Ward
Ward
Break in Route 144 Bypasses Accident Near Murphysboro Plant
A blast at about 2 pm Thursday fractured the concrete surface of State Route 144 from curb to curb. Large chunks flew into the roadway while no accident occurred. The break was opposite the Murphysboro Charcoal plant beyond Lake Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Charcoal Company
Lake Murphysboro
Old Glory Fourth Nears as Murphysboro Prepares Big Day
Murphysboro plans its annual Old Glory Fourth in Riverside Park with carnival rides on the lawn and a multi act program led by Willie Smith. Vince Genovese band and Anna performer Tom Peters appear with Mrs LaDonna Martin from El Paso. Baseball doubleheader precedes an 8 pm shell show and a 9 30 pm fireworks finale.
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Murphysboro Riverside Park
Urbana
Monmouth
Willie Smith
Murphysboro
Shell
Smith
Vince
Tom Peters
Anna Youngster
St Louis
LaDonna Martin
el Paso
Texas
Falls Down Steps Onto Foundation Injures Murphysboro Woman
Mrs. Tennie Crain of 631 North Fourteenth Street Murphysboro fell four feet onto a concrete foundation after catching the heel of her shoe on a step edge. Preliminary diagnosis suggested a crushed portion of the spine but no major vertebral breaks or paralysis. She said the fall happened Thursday evening and occurred while she momentarily grabbed a post at the stair edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennie Crain
North Fourteenth Street
Murphysboro
Admissions to Anna Hospital Rise From Williamson County
The state hospital has admitted 33 people in 1950, near record levels, per the state attorney general. Williamson County sent seven patients last month and six so far this month, compared with 48 total in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna State Hospital
Williamson County
Anna Hospital
Williamson
Fathers Day Notes and Classic Rail Tales From Local Times
A nostalgic montage recalls Elwood Haynes’s 1894 seven mph horseless carriage and Red Buck Kelly’s Mt Carbon engine escapade. The piece muses on Father’s Day joy, power plant investments in Illinois, and atomic era visions while recounting picaresque local lore and a pension quest.
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Red Buck) Kelly
Sunset Haven
Red Buck Kelly
Kelly
Mt. Carbon
Red
Johnny Millhouse
Carbon Lake
Modern Mariners Plot 1000 Mile River Cruise
Dr. Leo Brown of Carbondale plans a 1000 mile river junket with eight aboard his 28-foot cruiser. Dr. D W Morris will join to pilot the second stage while families and friends travel from Cape Girardeau to Knoxville and back, stopping at locks and dams with fish fries and civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Brown
Carbondale
D. W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Dr. Brown
Ole Miss
New Orleans
Cape Girardeau
Lucy
Jerry
H. J. Stoever
Susie
Billy
Ames
Iowa
Cape
Cairo
Ohio
Paducah
Cave In Rock
Tennessee
Chambers of Commerce
Harry Crisp
Marion
Ferrill
Eldorado
Knoxville
Tenn
Morris
Bob Davis
Morris-Davis
Brown
General Davis
Darkley
Morris and
Wham Receives M D From Illinois College of Medicine
George D. Wham son of Mrs Edith Wham 301 North Springer street earned the Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He will intern in Indianapolis after attending the 2 p m commencement at Navy Pier where Dr Ernest E Irons AMA president delivered the address on Medical Education The Fable of the Frog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Wham
Edith Wham
North
Springer Street
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions list include Mrs Udell Milton maternity route 2 Murphysboro Frank N Vuille medical South Thirteenth street Muysboro Mrs Olga Marquardt surgical Steeleville Mrs Anna Gale surgical Vergennes Mrs Tennie Crain accident 631 North Fourteenth Murphys Dismissals note Mrs Mary Tinsley and baby 325 North Eleventh Murphys Mrs William Koch and baby Ava
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udell Milton
Route 2
Murphysboro
Frank N. Vuille
South Thirteenth Street
Muysboro
Olga Marquardt
Surgical
Steeleville
Anna Gale
Vergennes
Tennie Crain
North Fourteenth Street
Mary Tinsley and Baby
North Eleventh Street
William Koch
Ava
Motorist Halts Roof Blaze at Richard Hunter Store
A quick action by an unidentified St. Louis motorist stopped a roof fire at the Richard Hunter store about a mile west of Murphysboro on state route 144. Firemen say a short circuit in wiring caused the blaze around 8 30 p m Thursday after the motorist used a bucket of water and broke a window to extinguish the flames.
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Richard Hunter
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Elizabeth Eisenhauer, 75, Dies in Murphysboro
Mrs Elizabeth Eisenhauer 75 died at her North Sixteenth street home in Murphysboro after a three week illness Born August 18 1875 in Ava she married George Eisenhauer in Du Quoin May 23 1893 The couple moved to Murphysboro 42 years ago Survivors include her husband daughter Mrs John Soper three grandchildren two great grandchildren two sisters and three brothers Funeral services set for Monday at St Andrews Church with Rosary Sunday night and burial in Du Quoin Catholic Cemetery
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Elizabeth Eisenhauer
North Sixteenth Street
Murphysboro
Ava
Elizabeth Schneider
George Eisenhauer
du Quoin
Eisenhauer
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
St. Ann’s Altar Society
John Soper
Theresa Eisenhauer
John Woll
Emery Schneider
Elkville
Edward Schneider
Joe Schneider
Pinckneyville
Property transfers in Carbondale and Murphysboro area record deeds
A series of property transfers reported include Charles A. McComb to Ernest O. Wehrheim for part lot 8 in Ava original town worth 75 dollars, R. R. Colp to Phillip Humphrey Olsson for lot 11 Calhoun SD Carbondale for 1 dollar, and William A. Youngman to Walter Meininger for lot 7 Anchor Ice and Packing Co. addition in Murphysboro for 3000 dollars. Additional transfers involve Helen P. Rodgers to Donald G. Hunsaker for lot 10 Rodgers Park add Carbondale for 1 dollar, Donald G. Hunsaker to Robert L. Pancoast for same lot 10, and Joseph Beach as recipient in multiple Borgsmiller Parkview add deeds in Murphysboro and Carbondale, with amounts from 1 to 750 dollars. Further entries include Carbondale L and I Assn. to Tillman Hill for lot 57 Bayliss Field add Carbondale for 800 dollars and John L. Worthen to Harrison Edwart Reiman for land in section 29 township 8 range 2 for 1 dollar. Harold W. Koehn to Jesse W. Nance for part lot 9 in Murphysboro for 1 dollar.
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Charles A. McComb
Ernest O. Wehrheim
Ava
R. R. Colp
Phillip Humphrey Olsson
Calhoun SD
Carbondale
William A. Youngman
Walter Meininger
Anchor Ice and Packing Company
Murphysboro
Helen
P. Rodgers
Donald Gene Hunsaker
Rodgers Park
Robert L. Pancoast
Henry Borgsmiller, Jr
Joseph Beach
Borgsmiller
Parkview
H. H. McElwain
Block
C. H. Clay Add
Mrs Lane Earns Education Doctorate at Washington University
Mrs Mabel Sickman Lane earned a Doctor of Education degree at Washington University in St Louis during June 6 commencement exercises. She has taught in Alexander County and Tampa before joining Southern Illinois University faculty in 1943 and plans to return to Carbondale with her two sons in September.
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Mabel Sickman Lane
University
Washington University
St. Louis
Lane
Southern
Southern Illinois University
Alexander County
Tampa
Fla
Illinois Education Association
National Education Association
American Association of University Women
American Association ,of University Professors
Illinois Agriculture Association
Illinois Association of Supervisors
American Association of Student Teachers
Illinois Committee of Curriculum For
P. E. Q. Sisterhood
Kappa Delta Pi
Charles A. Lee
Missouri
Jackie
Amos
Carbondale
Murphysboro Boys Win State Farmer Degrees
Two Murphysboro Township high school seniors Robert Moore and Ivan Lively were named State Farmer Degree recipients at the Illinois FFA state convention in Champaign. Instructor Homer Heape accepted the honors on their behalf as 334 such awards were given statewide from 17,500 FFA members. Lively will study at Southern Illinois University while Moore plans to farm. the Murphysboro chapter sent delegates Edward Ebersohl Delbert Penrod Robert Adams and Bill Winters to the convention.
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Reed
Murphysboro Township
Southern Illinois University
University of Minnesota
Chicago
Murphysboro
Future Farmer of America Chapter
Robert Moore
Ivan Lively
University of Illinois
Champaign
Homer Heape
Edward Ebersohl
Delbert Penrod
Robert Adams
Bill Winters
Replica Bell to Visit Murphysboro Fourth of July
The Liberty Bell replica, 2080 pounds, will appear at Murphysboro Riverside park on July 4 as part of the Savings Bond drive. Sponsored by the Murphysboro Junior Chamber of Commerce, the bell will ring once at the park before being retired in Springfield on July 5.
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Philadelphia
London
America
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Independence Hall
John Marshall
Supreme Court
Adlai Stevens Som
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Truax-Traer
HOOK
Bluegill
Daily Independent
Southern Illinoisan
South 12Th
Edward Lindsay
Illinois
Associated Press
Allews
Young Undertaker
Hanson
University of Illinois Medical Branch
Union
Buins
Crab Orchard
Genovese
Bunny Curtis
Odds and Ends
Grand Tower
Meredosia
Ill
McGraw-Hill
O. Fred Rost
Rost
Dad
Clinton Hart
Zeigler
Carl Riley
Donald Robinson
Herrin
Mrs. Lane
Murphysboro Boys
Farmer Degrees
Lively
Moore
Liberty Bell
Isaac Norris
Colony of
Pennsylvania
State House
Col
John Nixon
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