West Frankfort 4-H Camp Attracts 1600 Youths This Summer
About 1,600 youngsters from 26 Southern Illinois counties are set to attend the eight week 4-H camp near West Frankfort starting Monday. Younger members 10 to 13 attend the first week, while older 14 to 20 campers go the second week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
District 4-H
West Frankfort
4-H
University of Illinois Extension Service
University
Lake West Frankfort
Bill Francies
Marion County
Jersey
Rural Electrification Administration
Ray Heinzman
Roger Wholery
Mt. Vernon
Doris Beaty
Lou Runion
Perry County
Stanley de Witt
Franklin County
Franklin, Edwards, Richland
Clay
Wabash
4-H Members Camp At West Frankfort Sees June Day
Jackson and Williamson 4-H members enjoyed a special day on June 9 at the West Frankfort club camp. The camp opens June 29 and runs through August 12 with attendees from 26 counties supervised by University of Illinois Extension specialists and county counselors.
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West Frankfort
Jackson and Williamson
University of Illinois Extension Service
Wayne
Clinton
Rex Rae
Marion County
Pope-Hardin
Johnson, Gallatin
Williamson
Jackson
Randolph
White
Hubert Fulkerson
Williamson County
Alexander- Pulaski
Massac
Hamilton
Jefferson
Washington
Bond
Leslie Brown
Pulaski
Alexander
Union
Saline
Perry and Wabash
Willian Nelson
Lake West Frankfort
Jackson County
W. C. Anderson
Man Abducts Estranged Wife in Illinois Wisconsin Chase
Police set roadblocks from Waukegan to Kenosha after a man abducted his estranged wife at gunpoint from an Electrolux office. Frances Counley, 34, was forced into a gray 1946 Ford by Merle Counley, 37, as workers and officers pursued across northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Road blocks remain as authorities seek the vehicle.
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Waukegan
Kenosha
Wis
Frances C. Counley
Electrolux
William B. Blaylock
Raymond Zwicki
Zion
Blaylock
Counley
Zion Winthrop Harbor
Illinois coal output dips in May 1949
Illinois coal production declined from April to May 1949. May output reached 4,228,888 tons, down from April’s 4,437,465 tons and 1949 May total of 4,080,860 tons.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Mines and Minerals Department
Hotel Sale Noted in Mount Vernon Ill
Sale of the Illinois hotel in Mount Vernon to Bedford Hotels Inc of Bedford Indiana for about $65,000 was announced. Former owners were Mrs. Jennie Waller Lewis and Harry I. Bishop, former mayor of Marion Illinois. The Bedford firm operates hotels in Salem Illinois and Bedford Indiana.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Illinois Hotel
Bedford
Ind
Hotels, Inc
Jennie Waller Lewis
Harry I. Bishop
Marion, Ill
Salem
Grain Markets Chicago Cash Grain Update
Wheat reported as none. Corn prices ranged from 1.45 to 1.46 for No 1 yellow and 1.4544 to 1.45 for No 2. No 1 white at 2.00. Oats No 1 white at 0.90. Barley malting quoted 1.50 to 1.65, feed 1.25 to 1.25.
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Chicago
Taxpayers Federation Urges Defeat of City Aid Plans
Springfield June 17 AP The Taxpayers Federation of Illinois urged defeat of any city aid proposals at the special legislative session. Gov Adlai Stevenson called an emergency meeting on rent control and aid to hardup cities and relief recipients. The federation argues cities can fund themselves via a half cent sales tax or higher property tax limits, noting East St. Louis tried a one half cent sales tax but voters rejected it.
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Taxpayers Federation of Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
George E. Mahin
Population Drops 430 In Vermilion County
Vermilion county’s population declined by 430 from 1940 to 1950, with the 1950 total at 86,361. Danville led cities with 37,892 residents, Georgetown 3,305, Hoopeston 6,019, and Westville 3,199.
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Vermilion County
Danville
Georgetown
Hoopeston
Westville
Percy Farmer Patents A Fruit Picking Gadget In 1947
Frank M Welshans of Percy after years of ladder work invents a fruit picking device with an elongated pole and a retractable receptacle. The gadget uses jaws and a spring to grab fruit and a wire to operate the jaws. Patent filed March 2 1948 and granted May 16 1950. A Canadian patent is pending and a St Louis firm seeks to back production.
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Frank M. Welshans
Welshans
Kazel A. Welshans
St. Louis
Percy
Welshan
Percy Farmer
Hazel Welshans
Second Armes Trial Set For Camdenton Mo.
Ray Armes 26 of Herrin is to stand trial again next Tuesday in Camdenton for an alleged midnight shooting of C. B. Hardin mayor of Stoutland. The first trial ended in a hung jury after opening April 13 with Mrs Hardin as key witness. Defense witnesses placed Armes in the Colp Herrin area the same night.
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Ray
Lefty) Armes
Herrin
Camdenton
C. B. Hardin
Stoutland
Armes
Colp
Brady Apple
Paul Anderson
James Spence
White Castle
Livestock Market Report from Chicago Summary
Livestock markets show hog salable total about 2,500 with barrows and gilts 25-50 lower week over week and sows mostly 50 lower. Hog receipts centered on 220-270 lb butchers and sows. top Friday 20.60, closing 20.25. Cattle receipts about 300. steers and yearlings 110 lb down to 50 higher, over 1100 lb weaker, vealers steady to 1.00 higher. stockers scarce and feeders slow. Prices listed for varied weight groups and classes across hogs and cattle.
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Chicago
Grains Edge Up Amid Slow Trade In Chicago Market
Grain futures show small advances led by wheat with late-session selling easing gains. July soybeans rise. corn and oats move in line with bread cereal. Receipts include wheat corn oats rye barley and soybeans with mixed local livestock price shifts and lamb trends across regions.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Associated Press
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Jackson and Williamson 4-H
Dole
Jackson-Williamson
Percy Man
Second Armes
Hardin
RAY Armes
the Board of Review of
Levan
Degognia
Fountain Bluff
Sand Ridge
Grand Tower
Pomona
Kinkaid
Makanda
DeSoto
Vergennes
Bradley
Ora
Elk
Somerset
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Board of Review of
James D. Gillmore
R. A. Carter
John A. Hinchcliff
James A. Lawder
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