Herrin Doughboy Monument Must Be Moved
State and city agree traffic studies require moving the Doughboy statue at Park Avenue and Monroe street Herrin with 150 foot parallel parking extensions east and west to widen moving lanes The American Legion Post Herrin must pick a new location by July 15 for state Park Avenue improvements extending to the railroad tracks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Herrin
Monroe Street
William D. MacLeod
Carbondale
State Division of Highways
Fred Never
MacLeod
American Legion Post
Schoonover
American Legion
Frank C. Murrah
Loren C. Margrave
J. Foreman
33D
Illinois
East
Monroe Streets
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Herrin Woman Dies at 67 in Herrin Hospital
Mrs. Alice O Nielsen 67 of 1409 North Thirteenth street Herrin died Sunday at 7 30 a m in Herrin hospital She was married to Christian Nielsen and lived in Herrin 30 years She leaves a daughter Mrs Louis Savage Casey Jr Charles E Nielsen Brewerton Wash Eugene Nielsen Herrin a brother William Collard Ridgway and a sister Mrs May Leathers South Pasadena Calif Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p m in Storme funeral home Rev Harry Slattery will officiate Friends may call at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice O. Nielsen
North Thirteenth Street
Herrin
May Leathers
South Pasadena
Calif
Storme Funeral Home
Harry Slattery
Herrin Youth Injured in Motorcycle Mishap
Richard Jeralds 24 of 1612 East Stotlar Herrin sustained multiple abrasions after a motorcycle accident on the old Johnston City road at about 8 30 p m He was taken to Herrin hospital by his sister Ellen Sperry and treated then released
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jeralds
East Stotlar
Herrin
Johnston City
Ellen Sperry
Herrin Hospital
Wheat products supply about a quarter of US protein intake
It is estimated that wheat products provide about 25 percent of the protein in the average American diet, highlighting their major role in daily nutrition.
Carbondale Boys Return From Camp Piasa Trip
Week long trip to Camp Piasa near Alton sponsored by Carbondale police and Policemans Benevolent Association ended for John Dale and Ronnie Frick. The 12 year olds recounted hikes swims and activities in a day to day record and noted a rattlesnake bite incident. Funds come from Police Benevolent ads and magazine contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
John Dale
Ronnie Frick
Camp
Piasa
Alton
John
Ed Impson Dies at 79 in Carterville
Carterville man Ed Impson 79 died at 1 a.m. after a seven year illness. Born January 4, 1873, to Thomas and Sarah Impson, he was a lifelong resident and retired mercantile salesman. He married Lizzie Spiller on February 5, 1895. she died in 1949. He leaves a son Earl and four daughters, five children, seven great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Hill Funeral Home Lille with Rev. N. G. Daniels officiating. burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Impson
Carterville
Thomas
Sarah Impson
Lizzie Spiller
Earl
Pearl Bushing
Mae Hurtt
Chicago
Emma Jean McKee
Huntington Park
Calif
Hill Funeral Home
Lille
N. G. Daniels
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Vida Staples Held in Christopher
Vida Staples 55 of Chicago died Wednesday at home. Former Christopher resident she is survived by husband Arley son Thomas in Chicago a brother and two grandsons. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 pm Rev Shelby Felts officiated with burial at Maple Hill cemetery Christopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Vida Staples
Chicago
Arley
Thomas
Shelby Felts
Maple Hill
Mrs. Morgan Dies at 73 in Carterville
Carterville resident Mrs. Irene Vaughn reports Mrs. Morgan, 73, died at 1 a m in Carterville. She lived at the Walden hotel and was born June 2, 1879. She married Henry Morgan, who died May 28, 1944, and leaves a grandson Charles Vaughn. Services Tuesday at First Christian Church with Pastor J H Lawrence officiating. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Funeral home is Riggin. She belonged to the First Christian church Rebekah lodge and Carterville Woman's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Carterville
May
Irene Vaughn
South Division Street
Walden
Henry Morgan
Funeral services for ex Christopher man Danny Long
Funeral services were held Friday in Steubenville Ohio for Danny Long 32 Christopher native. He died Monday leaving his father George brothers Charles Frank Dayton Ohio and another sister in Cambridge and Mrs Madeline Miller plus his wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Man
Steubenville
Ohio
Danny Long
Christopher
Long
George
Charles
Helen Smith
Frank
Dayton
Madeline Miller
Cambridge
PFC Donald R. Yow Home on Furlough
Pfc Donald R Yow son of Mr and Mrs reported on furlough from military duty. The brief item notes his home visit and his parent’s acknowledgment of his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Yow
Youth Drowns In Mississippi River Tragedy
A 10 year old Grand Tower youth Buddy Camp son of Elmer Camp drowned while wading in the Mississippi River near Front Street this morning. He slipped into deeper water as friends watched and the body had not been recovered by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Tower
Mississippi River
Rey
Buddy Camp
Pes Mes
Elmer Camp
Buddy
Worker Fatally Shocked On Telephone Project
Meg Tripp, 17, Elkville, touched a grounded hot wire on a General Telephone Co crew between Christopher and Zeigler. Raymond Wagner, Herrin, revived him before an ambulance rushed him to Benton hospital. Tripp died later. Crew included Russell Kelly foreman Frank Reynolds Murphysboro and Harley Throgmorton Goreville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg Tripp
Elkville
General Telephone Co
Christopher
Zeigler
Raymond Wagner
Herrin
Hecate
Tripp
Moore Hospital
Benton
Benton Hospital
Wagner
Il Am
Russell Kelly
Foreman
Frank Reynolds
Murphysboro
Harley Throgmorton
Goreville
Williamson Men Held for Rape in Marion
Two Williamson county men aged 23 and 24 were arraigned in Marion on statutory rape charges. Bond was set at 5000 dollars each by Justice W B Roberts. They are jailed in Williamson county on warrants from the mothers of two 15 year old girls. The men allegedly picked up the girls Friday night along route 37 between Johnston City and Marion. One man has three children and the other one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion
W. B. Roberts
Johnston City
Blowtorch Ignites Gas Leak in Herrin Home
Herrin firemen answered a 3 30 p m call to 820 North Thirteenth Street where a blowtorch used in under house repairs ignited leaking gas fumes. Fire crews extinguished the blaze with minimal damage, estimated at 5 dollars by the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
H. L. Neilden
North Thirteenth Street
Aunt of Murphysboro Man Killed in Mishap
Mrs. Pearle Ashcraft, 75, aunt of Charles Cornwall of Murphysboro, was killed Sunday in De Soto Missouri after being struck by a car while crossing a highway to reach her home. No other details were released. Body held at Mothershead Funeral Home in De Soto pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearle Ashcraft
Charles Cornwall
Murphysboro
de Soto
Carbondale Woman Susie Ann Linsay Dies at 80
Susie Ann Linsay, 80, of Renfro Street Carbondale died at 9 30 p m Sunday at her home. Friends may call at Jackson Funeral Home from 10 a m Tuesday until the funeral. Services will be 1 p m Tuesday at the funeral home with Rev L W Mingo officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Ann Linsay
Renfro Street
Carbondale
Jackson Funeral Home
L. W.mingo
Oakland Cemetery
Unclear OCR fragment on leave and address
Fragment mentions Mr and Mrs Adam Yow at 311 Hester Street. Reference to Ft. eral core and end of leave on July 4 suggests military timing, but text is garbled and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Yow
Hester Street
Noa Vate
Ft. Eral
Two-Truck Collision South of Carbondale
Carbondale firefighters extinguished a truck motor fire at 9 a.m. after a collision about five miles south of Carbon dale on Highway 51 involving a truck owned by Guy Fuller Du Quoin and another driven by Ira Allen Route 4 Carbondale. Both drivers escaped injury though both trucks suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Guy Fullerton
du Quoin
Ira Allen
Fullerton
Allen
Herrin Girl Hit By Car on Park Avenue
Carolyn Houston a 15 year old Herrin girl was struck while crossing Park avenue Saturday night about 8 pm. She suffered minor neck and hand cuts and was taken home after revival. Witnesses said the other car failed to stop and license number was taken. Janice Bulliner who was with her was uninjured. The driver Jim Propes was not at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Park Avenue
Carolyn Houston
South Sixteenth Street
Janice Bulliner
Maple Street
Carolyn
Janice
Jim Propes
South Park
A W O L Murphysboro Soldier Jailed in City Custody
Pvt Robert Morgan 21 Murphysboro Negro was held in Murphysboro city jail on a charge of being absent without official leave from a U S military post. He was to be transferred to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Morgan was picked up by police on a disturbance charge last week after a pass check showed he was absent past his return date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morgan
Murphysboro
United States
Morgan
Gee ‘Fon Rain
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Funeral Rites Held for Day Old Infant Stephen Meyers
Funeral services were held in Festus Mo for Stephen Francis Meyers day old son of Mr and Mrs Francis Meyers of Crystal City Missouri. Burial followed at St Marys Missouri. The infant died Friday in St Services were under Cady Funeral Home of Festus. Mrs Meyers is Kath leen Berry formerly of Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Francis Meyers
Francis Meyers
Crystal City
Festus
St. Mary’s
Cady Funeral Home
Clyde Mosley Dies at 74 in Carbondale
Clyde Mosley aged 74 of 308 East Oak Street Carbondale died at 11 a m Sunday at Anna State Hospital He is survived by his daughter Mrs Eleanor Blythe Carbondale and two brothers S C Mosley of Carbondale and Owen Mosley of Albany New York Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending relatives arrival
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Mosley
East Oak Street
Carbondale
Anna State Hospital
Eleanor Blythe
S. C
Owen
Albany
N. Y
Marion Man Dies in Herrin Hospital
Herman Gulledge aged 84 of Marion died Saturday at 9 5 a m in Herrin Hospital. He resided at 702 Hast Main. No further details were available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Man
Herman Gulledge
Marion
Herrin Hospital
Marion Man Files Suit For 102000
Willis Phillips of Marion filed a 102000 circuit court suit in Williamson County seeking 100000 for injuries from a June 2 1951 accident on Route 13 near Marion. He alleges Don Grey caused the rear impact while Grey’s car was owned by L A Welty of Carterville. Phillips claims fractures plus neck back ribs and eye injuries and 2000 for damages to his 1949 auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Willis Phillips
Marion
Don Grey
Herrin
L. A. Welty
Carterville
Phillips
Grey
Welty
Earl Sanders
Four Murphysboro Homes Hit by Midnight Break-Ins
Murphysboro police report four connected break-ins in midtown residential area after midnight Sunday. Entrances via unlocked rear screen doors. no items reported missing. One homeowner chased intruders, slipping on a linoleum kitchen floor. Chief Ed Hagler noted all four incidents linked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Eai
Toor
Ed Hagler
Hagler
Fifteenth Street
Walnut
Burglars Steal Cash and Jewelry in Chester Home
Robbers entered without breaking in using skeleton keys to bypass locks at the William Brelje Jr residence in Chester. They took about $30 in cash and an unspecified amount of jewelry including a 17 jewel wrist watch after the family returned from an all day outing. Police were notified Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brelje, Jr
Chester
Owen Brelje
Crab Orchard group sponsors camp trip for two youths
Two area youths will attend the Junior Conservation school at Lake Villa Illinois from July 21 to 26. Stanley Burr Hubbs of Carterville and Greg Miller of Herrin were chosen by Crab Orchard Sportsmen's Association to represent the region. The Illinois State Conservation Department sponsors the program directed by Ed Cooney, state conservation agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Villa
Ill
Crab Orchard Sportsmen’s Association
Stanley Burr Hubbs
Carterville
Greg Miller
Herrin
Illinois State Conservation Department
Ed Cooney
Baby Russell Norman Treated After Head Cut at Home
A 13 month old boy named Russell Norman suffered a scalp laceration when he fell at his home at 206 North Lear street in Marion on Sunday. Benny Norman, the father, drove him to Herrin hospital where doctors treated the injury and released him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lear Street
Marion
Benny Norman
Herrin Hospital
Russell i Norman
Mrs Claire Topping Named to State Job
Urbana resident Mrs Claire Topping daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Patterson has been appointed to the staff of the regional office of the state department of public welfare in Urbana She will supervise the orientation of child welfare case aids during the summer months A Southern Illinois University graduate she studied at Northwestern and holds a master's from Washington University in St Louis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Topping
Urbana
J. A. Patterson
West
Jackson Street
Carbondale
State Department of Public Welfare
Southern
Illinois University
Topping
Northwestern
Washington University
St. Louis
Visiting Sailor Snags Tag Fish in Lake Murphysboro Rodeo
North Carolina sailor Bill Norris visiting Murphysboro with shipmate Bruce Williams won a prize for his 14 month old daughter after pulling a bluegill with a tag in the Lake Murphysboro fishing rodeo. The three veterans served on the Philippine Sea during the Korean War and arrived back in the United States on June 9, 1951. Norris presented the tag at The Southern Illinoisan office and received a certificate for a pair of child shoes from The Famous Shoe Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Murphysboro
Lake Murphysboro
Bill Norris
Durham
N. C
Bruce Williams
Bloominton
Ill
Robert “Red” Smith
Philippine Sea
United States
Norris
Southern Illinoisan
MRS NELLIE WALKER DIES IN GORA TOWNSHIP
Nellie Walker 73 died at her daughter’s home in Ora township after a five month illness. Born Ava 1879 she lived in Jackson County all her life. Survived by two sons James Ava Earl Vergennes. four daughters Rosenberger Skidmore Munson Lawrence. 22 grandchildren. nine great grandchildren. one sister Mrs George Ebersohl. Funeral plans incomplete with body to be moved to Rosenberger home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Walker
Gora Township
Carl Rosenberger
Ora Township
Ava
Jackson County
James Walker
James
Earl of
Louis Munson
Harvey
Otto Lawrence
Bensonville
Ill
George Ebersohl
Oroville
United Brethren Church
Wilson Funeral
Rosenberger
Rites For Mrs Howell Carbondale Today
Ruth Howell 48 of 505 West Oak Street Carbondale died Saturday at 1 25 p m in her home A member of the Order of Eastern Star American Legion auxiliary and the Enfield Presbyterian church she is survived by husband Royal sisters Rhea Dysart Harlowton Montana Virginia Newlin Clarksville Tennessee and Mable Martin Detroit brothers Hal Martin Harlowton Montana and Charles Martin Garden City Michigan Services were held today at Huffman funeral home at 2 p m burial followed at Oakland Cemetery with Rev Paul Hunsinger presiding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Carbondale
Ruth Howell
West Oak Street
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion Auxilia
Enfield Presbyterian Churc
Royal
Rhea Dysart
Harlowton
Mont
Virginia Newlin
Clarksville
Tenn
Mable Martin
Detroit
Hal Martin
Charles Martin
Garden City
Mich
Huffman
Oakland Cemetery
Rev
Paul Hunsinger
Outdoor meal served to who looked after 78 hams and 90 pounds
The prompt asks about who cared for a large quantity of meat in an outdoor meal context. It notes 78 hams and 90 pounds of spare ribs were part of the serving and seeks the identity of those tending the food.
Knife Attack During Arrest Injures Cobden Deputy
Cobden deputy Everett Shadowens was stabbed about 5 p.m. Sunday and hospitalized as James Sacy, 37, was jailed on assault with intent to kill. Delmar Berry paid a $17.20 fine for disorderly conduct after allegedly inciting the fracas. Mayor S L Spears helped detain Sacy while deputy sheriff Carl Hatley transported him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Cobden
Anna City Hospital
Cobden
Everett Shadowens
Slnee
James Sacy
Union County
John Steagle
Delmar Berry
Ben Biggs
Berry
Biggs
Saey
S. L. Spears
Jonesboro
Carl Hatley
Steagle
Sacy
Lattuada Rites Tuesday in Herrin Parish
Mrs. Louisa Lattuada 68 of 401 North Eighteenth street Herrin died Saturday at her home after a six year illness Born December 17 1883 in Rubichetto Italy she had lived in Herrin 37 years She married Hi Lattuada March 12 1908 Three children Emil Cattaneo Louis Lattuada and Mrs Josephine Wade eight grandchildren and one great grandchild survive along with two brothers Baldesar De and two sisters Rosa Spezia and Carolina Pina Funeral services will be at 9 am Tuesday at St Marys church with Rt Rev Msgr Robert a officiating Burial will be in St Carlo cemetery Friends may call at Moroni and Johnson funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Lattuada
North Eighteenth Street
Herrin
Rubichetto
Italy
Murphysboro
Holy Family Sodality
St. Mary’s Church
Emil Cattaneo
Louis Lattuada
Josephine Wade
Ferrin
Chil
Baldesarde
St. Louis
Rosa Spezia
Detroit
Mich
Carolina Pina
Robert A
St. Carlo Cemetery
Moroni and Johnson Funeral Home
Grace B Smith Dies at 64 In Herrin Illinois
Grace B Smith 64 of Taylor Crossing died Sunday evening in Herrin after a week in hospital. She was born July 27 1888 in Williamson County and is survived by husband Daniel T Smith and son Lt Orville Smith in Germany plus three sisters Ettie Stone Nellie Stocks and Kate Wilcox and brother Jam Odom of Herrin. Funeral arrangements are pending at Storme Funeral Home with services at First Baptist Church Herrin conducted by Rev W A Shoopman and burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace B. Smith
Taylor Crossing
Herrinital
Smith
Williamson County
Daniel T. Smith
Orville Smith
Germany
Ettie Stone
Nellie Stocks
Kate Wilcox
Herrin
Jam Odom
Storme
First Baptist Church
W. A. Shoopman
Herrin City’ Cemetery
Frank Medlock Dies at Home in Carbondale
Frank Medlock 67 of 611 North Washington Street Carbondale died at home Saturday at 3 30 p m after a long illness He would have been 68 Sunday He lived in Carbondale 36 years worked 25 years for the Illinois Central railroad and 15 years as a decorator He is survived by his wife Josie Blythe and a cousin Amos McAtee of Saukee Kentucky Funeral services will be held Tuesday at noon at his home with Rev Lewis Carter pastor Bethel AME church officiating Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Medlock
North
Washington Street
Carbondale
Illinois Central Railroad
Josie Blythe
Amos McAtee
Saukee Ky
Lewis Carter
Bethel A.M.E
Oakland Cemetery
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Fred Schoonover
State
Policeman’s Magazine
Cam
Delmar
Lee Davis
Mississppi
Williamson
A.W.O.L. Murphysboro
Mrs. Meyers
Kathleen Berry
C.0.s.a
ELKS
Jackson Country Club
Taylor
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