Carbondale Park District opens summer recreation program
In Carbondale 230 youths attended the opening day of the Park District summer program. Lincoln playground campers, swimming groups at Crab Orchard Lake, and Attucks playground led by Archie Jones featured daycamp, swimming, crafts, sewing, and sports instruction across multiple sites and leaders.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Park District
Lincoln Playground
Carbondale City Reservoir
Everett Todd
Oakland Playground
Reid Martin
Winkler
Oakland
Cecil Franklin
Crab Orchard Lake Beach
Larry Martin
Dorothy
Attacks
Wreck Victims Detail June Collision
Two hospitalized accident victims in the June 6 head on crash told Jackson Coroner Gale Williams their car met an oncoming vehicle driven by James Daniels of Kankakee. Daniels died in the wreck three miles east of Carbondale on Rt. 13. Emil Zaslawski unable to speak due to injuries. The women and Emil were en route from a trip to Carterville when the Daniels car suddenly appeared. The victims described speeds around 60 mph. An inquest date was not set pending statements from Zaslawski.
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Jackson
Gale Williams
Denise Zaslawski
Skyline Drive
Carbondale
Edith Krappe
W. Monroe St
Williams
James Daniels
Kankakee
Daniels
Rt. 13
Zaslawski
Emil Zaslawski
Doctors Hospital
Krappe
Holden Hospital
Carterville
Police Brief in Murphysboro Fines Saylor for Violations
Clarence E Saylor of Harrison was fined 5 dollars and costs for running a stop sign and 10 dollars plus costs for driving without a license by Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr.
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Murphysboro
Clarence E. Saylor
Harrison
Charles Helwig Sr
Playground Training Institute Planned at Little Grassy Lake
About 150 Southern Illinois recreation leaders are slated to attend the sixth annual Playground Leadership Training Institute starting Wednesday at Little Grassy Lake. SIU outdoor education and recreation chair William Freeberg notes 80 to 150 attendees since inception. Registration is Wednesday with a 9 fee. university credit raises costs to 25 state residents 49 out of state. the program ends Saturday noon.
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Southern Illinois Recreation
Playground
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois Recreation Directors
Southern Illinois Universit Department of Recreation and Outdoor Education
YMCA
Home Bureau
William Freeberg
SIU
Miner Hurt in Lake Creek Coal Mine Accident
John Profitt aged 49 of 109 N 7th St Herrin sustained a pelvic injury in a mining accident at the Lake Creek coal mine at 5 40 p m Monday. He was admitted to Herrin Hospital.
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John Profitt
7Th St
Herrin
Lake Creek
Herrin Hospital
Herrin to Get 16 Lane Bowling Alley This Fall
A 16 lane bowling alley near Herrin is to open by September 1 in a $300,000 concrete block building south of town. W. H. Kelley of Centralia, operator of Automatic Phonographs Inc., owns the project with Allan Bostwick and Son as general contractors. The facility will be air conditioned with a restaurant and snack bar, but no liquor license is planned.
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Herrin
W. H. Kelley
Centralia
Automatic Phonographs, Inc
Kelley
Allan Bostwick
Douglas backs prison site for Crab Orchard Lake area
Sen. Paul Douglas backed a proposed federal prison at Crab Orchard Lake after testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee. He supported Committee Chairman Lyndon Johnson’s view that the Attorney General should build where the Bureau of Prisons recommended. Douglas noted Rep. Kenneth Gray and Rep. Thomas J. O’Brien for their work for the area.
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Washington
Paul Douglas
R-Il
Crab Orchard Lake
Senate Appropriations Committee
Douglas
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Bureau of Prisons
Grab Orchard
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Thomas J. O'Brien
Dchicago
Horse Show Joins Herrin Fourth of July Fete
A Western horse show is added to Herrin’s Fourth of July celebration in the city park. Kiwanis sponsor with proceeds aiding Halloween and Christmas programs. Entry fee is 1 dollar per horse for six events, with five prizes per event.
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Herrin
Roy Cornaghie
Cochairman
Walter Pierce
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Connaghie
J. W. Griffith
August Scherer
Scherer
Griffith
Jack Creek
First Christian Church
Park Avenue
Wood Rites Wednesday for Art L. Wood
Funeral services for Art L. Wood 78 of 311 W Elm St Carbondale are set for 3 p m Wednesday at Huffman Funeral Home with Rev John R Canedy of the Carbondale First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Wood a Carbondale tailor for 55 years died at 10 a m Monday in Marion Veterans Hospital after recent hospitalization since June 4 A World War I veteran he served as mess sergeant for Company E 13th Infantry. He was born April 26 1881 in Olney and was a member of the American Legion and Elks He is survived by a foster daughter Virginia Hollis Fullerton Calif a sister Louis Shannon Orlando Fla and a brother George R Wood Harlingen Tex The family requests donations to the Elks Crippled Children's Fund in lieu of flowers.
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Art L. Wood
W. Elm St
Carbondale
Huffman
John R. Canedy
Carbondale First
Co. E
13Th Infantry
Olney
American Legion and Elks
Virginia Hollis Fullerton
Calif
Louis Shannon
Orlando
Fla
George R. Wood
Harlingen
Tex
Elks Crippled Children’s Fund
Ford earns Master of Science at California Institute of Technology
James Ford son of Mr and Mrs James L C Ford of Murphysboro earned a master of science degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology He previously earned a bachelor’s degree at Montana State University His father is an SIU journalism professor.
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James Ford
James L. C. Ford
Murphysboro
California Institute of Technology
Ford
Montana State University
SIU
Feeder Pig Sale Set For Benton Wednesday
About 4 000 pigs are expected to be sold at the Benton Livestock Assn second feeder pig sale. The event starts at 1 p m at the 4 Her Barn on the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Benton. Area growers bring pigs starting at 1 a m Wednesday.
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Benton Livestock Assn
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Benton
Nashville Truck Crash Sparks Flames at Gas Station
Two drivers escaped injury after a dump truck rear ended another on Rt 127. Cash’s truck then struck a gas pump at South End Standard Service Station and burned, totaling the vehicle with under 4 000 miles. Junker's truck was involved. Sheriff Kaser’s car was splattered but undamaged.
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Nashville
District 13
Paul B. Junker
Carlyle
James W. Cash
Mt. Vernon
Junker
Rt. 127
Cash
Rt. 15
Nashville Fire Department
Washington County
Freeman Kaser
Murphysboro Summer Concert Opens Thursday
The opening concert of the Music Under the Stars series sponsored by Murphysboro Municipal Bank will be held Thursday at 8 p m in Riverside Park. Guest conductor is William Wetherington former high school music director and assistant principal.
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Murphysboro Municipal Bank
Riverside Park
William Wetherington
Murphysboro Township
Buffalo carving on sand rock cliff highlights scenic tour
The Carbondale Park District will sponsor a second scenic tour featuring a buffalo carving by ancient Indians near Simpson. Norman Moore notes the artwork. Tour departs from Carbondale Community Center at 7:45 AM, 8 AM bus, $2.50 all day. Lunch advised. Stops include Belle Smith Springs, Natural Bridge, Burden Falls, Lusk Creek, Lake Glendale, Ozark Village, Eddyville, Dixon Springs and experimental farm. Return expected by 5:30 PM.
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Simpson
Carbondale Park District
Norman Moore
Carbondale
Pope
Johnson Counties
John Moake
Park District
Belle Smith Springs
Dixon Springs
Burden Falls
Lusk Creek
Lake Glendale
Ozark Village
Eddyville
Dixon Springs State Park
Radio Service To Scout Camp Protects Girl Scout Camp
Williamson County Civil Defense workers install a 24 hour radio link to the Cedar Point Camp. The system, lacking telephone service, will call ambulances and fire trucks and warn of storms. Roscoe Felts will be chief radio operator at Sangamo with area CD workers mounting tower antenna and cables at the Sangamo plant in Ordill.
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Little Grassy Lake
Williamson County Civil Defense
Williamson County CD Group
Dean West
Sangamo Electric Co
Roscoe Felts
Carterville
Sangamo
Cedar Point Camp
Area CD
Ordill
Murphysboro Students Attend State FFA Convention
Two Murphysboro Township High School students Richard Graff and Merle Evans from Route 4 attend the annual Future Farmers of America state convention in Springfield. They travel with Homer Heape, the MTHS vocational agriculture teacher.
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Murphysboro Township High School
Future Farmers of America
Springfield
Richard Graff
Merle Evans
Rt. 4
Murphysboro
Homer Heape
MTHS
Lost Billfold Report From Carbondale Theater
Robert Stoudt of 203 East Pearl Street Carbondale reported to police on Monday that he lost his billfold in the Varsity Theater.
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Robert Stoudt
E. Pearl St
Carbondale
Varsity Theater
New Healing Substance Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
Science reports a new healing substance Bio-Dyne discovered by a world famous research group that shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves itching, and eases pain without surgery. Results include case after case of actual shrinkage and statements from sufferers that piles are no longer a problem. Available as suppository or ointment under Preparation H with a money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
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Jackson County Motors
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