Red Cross to Offer Water Safety Classes in Jackson County
The American Red Cross will sponsor swimming and lifesaving courses at Crab Orchard Lake this summer for Jackson County youths. Beginner, intermediate, and senior lifesaving classes run from June into July with multiple weekly session times. Instructors Miss Martha Spear Imogene Huffman and Linn Stair lead training. eligibility requires age and certification. Stair also offers a water safety instructor course July 10.
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Red Cross
Jackson County
Crab Orchard Lake
American Red Cross
Heinie Storman
Martha Spear
Imogene Huffman
National Red Cross
Linn Stair
Mr. Stair
Stair
Southwest Missouri State College
Springfield
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
33Rd Infantry Division
Junior College
Joplin
Miller's Ice Cream Sold to Mid-West Dairy Chief’s Sons
John Grimes of Mid-West Dairy Murphysboro verified purchase of Miller's Ice Cream at 1619 Walnut Murphysboro and Miller's Chester operation via Cheek's confectionary. Grimes plans to run the business for his sons Pat and Johnnie while Mr. Miller travels.
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John Grimes
Mid-West Dairy Corporation
Murphysboro
Miller
Walnut Street
Victor Miller
Grimes
Chester
Cheek
Pat
Johnnie
Mid-West Corporation
Murphysboro Lions Club
Not Guilty Plea in Jackson County Larceny Case
John Falkenberry pleaded not guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to larceny of an automobile belonging to Gilbert Reiman of Murphysboro. The arraignment was held before Judge Loyd Baasey. case set for September term after June docket. Falkenberry previously swallowed faucet handles in jail and was treated for mental illness before return to custody.
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John “Jack
Falkenberry
Jackson County
Loyd Baasey
Murphysboro
Jackson
Bradley
Gilbert Reiman
Pine Hills
St. Louis
St. Andrew's Hospital
C. E. Wright
Anna State Hospital
Anna Hospital
Outline of Controlling Communicable Disease
Dr. R F Sondag presents a detailed analysis of what causes communicable disease and how health departments must respond. He defines communicable disease, lists causative organisms like bacteria and protozoa, and explains three essential factors for outbreaks: a focus, a susceptible individual, and an transmission avenue. The article outlines bodily exit routes for pathogens and emphasizes that diseases arise only from pre existing organisms, guiding control measures.
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Jackson County Public Health Department
R. F. Sondag
Health Department
Young Demos Plan 16 Attendees to State Convention
About 16 Young Democrats from Jackson County will depart for the state Democratic convention in Springfield on June 24. The group finalized plans at a Murphysboro city hall meeting held Friday night. Delegates meet at 6 30 a m on the 24th on the south side of the courthouse in Murphysboro for the drive to the state capitol.
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Jackson County
Springfield
Murphysboro
State Capitol
Two Murphysboro Men Named to State Legion Committees
Louis Rosset of Chicago executive chairman of the 1950 state American Legion convention announces Eugene A. Comte to the distinguished guests committee and Russell Grantham to the publicity committee. The four day Chicago Opera House event expects about 2,500 delegates and as many alternates.
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Louis Rosset
Chicago
American Legion
Murphysboro
Eugene A. Comte
Russell
Grantham
Chicago Opera House
S. I. U. Graduates Largest Class in History
The June 11 ceremony drew the campus crowd for SIU to award degrees to its biggest class ever. Principal speaker was Dr. W. W. Vandeveer of the SIU Alumni Association. Music by the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Maurits Kesnar. Front line in dress whites shows junior marshals chosen for the event.
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Phony
Maurits Kesnar
Dr. Vandeveer
Southern
Locust Diet Suspected in Squirrel Deaths In Woodlands
Squirrels dying after locusts in their diet reported by hunter Tom Ellis Sr and Walter Meininger. A sow squirrel found with locust leg bones and three youngs, fat mother may have failed to deliver. Wayward grasshoppers blamed for other animal deaths. lawmakers to receive mileage and postage during Springfield session.
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Tom Ellis
Ellis
Walter Meininger
Meninger
Harry Bradley
Hickory Ridge Hills
Leo Bush
George Hagler
Bad fishing year cited by many with rustic tips
The column lauds poor fishing returns across lakes and streams and offers frugal tips like a worm filled can and liver scraps. It contrasts a well dressed angler with a freckled boy and ends noting Alderman Joe Dill criticizing Mt Vernon meters deal and a footnote about city finances.
Disease transmission and public health measures in brief
The text explains direct and indirect disease transmission through contact, droplets, contaminated items, water, food, soil, and vectors like mosquitoes. It outlines health department measures including isolation, disinfection, vaccination, water filtration, pasteurization, hygiene education, and quarantine, plus roles of physicians and health officers and key factors for diagnosis and control.
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Health Department
Plan Children's Benefit June 30 at Murphysboro High
A benefit show for spastic and crippled children is set for Friday June 30 in the Murphysboro Township high school auditorium. Admission is 50 cents, with tickets at Lastour Printing plant and 411 North Eighth Street. Proceeds fund a hydro therapy tank and ongoing physio-therapy visits from St Louis to Murphysboro.
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Murphysboro Township
Murphysboro
Lastour Printing Company
North Nineteenth Street
North Eighth Street
Hollywood
On P. Schmulbach
St. Louis
Lastour Company
North Eighth
Meter Take Indicates Rush To Buy Flashy Ties For Fathers
Murphysboro parking meters collected 345 this week, up $4 from last week and the year’s second highest total. The gain comes from 188.30 in nickels and 156.70 in pennies as residents rush to buy gifts for Father’s Day or escape the heat.
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Murphysboro
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Mrs Minnie Smith maternity 2121 Alexander Murphysboro Earl W Baskin medical 2032 Pine Murphysboro Baby Earl Fulmer medical route 4 Murphysboro Mrs Wilma Barnes maternity Elkville Dismissals include Mrs Pearl Snider and baby Steeleville Dick Wooldridge 615 North Ninth Murphysboro
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Minnie Smith
Alexander Street
Murphysboro
Earl W. Baskin
Pine Street
Earl Fulmer
Route 4
Wilma Barnes
Elkville
Pearl Snider
Steeleville
Dick Wooldridge
North Ninth Street
Alden Best Leases Blockley Tavern West of Murphysboro
Alden Best has leased the Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blockley tavern located a mile west of Murphysboro and has taken possession this week. The lease terms were not disclosed. Mrs. Blockley was the licensee at the time of the deal.
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Alden Best
Everett Blockley
Murphysboro
Father's Day Race Opens at Midnight in Murphysboro
A Father for Fifty contest in Murphysboro starts at 12:01 a.m. with gifts from local merchants for the first baby born in St. Andrew's hospital after that time. Likely winner named Smith amid two maternity cases Mrs. Merle Smith and Mrs. Willie Smith. Committee members include Edward Althoff and others.
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Murphysboro
Smith
Merle Smith
Cutler
Willie Smith
Alexander Street
Edward Althoff
Barney Williams
Charles McKree
David Maloney
Clifton Bowers
E. R. Tomlinson
Russell Marshall
Recount Dismissal Motion Continued In Belleville Court
Elbert Waller of Carbondale seeks a vote recount in the primary for state representative. Judge Edward F. Bareis delayed ruling after hearing arguments and ordered briefs within 20 days. Thornton and McDonald respond to the petition with McDonald seeking dismissal.
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Elbert Waller
Carbondale
Circuit Court
Belleville
Edward F. Bareis
Bareis
Waller
Wallers
Thomas J. Thornton
Chester
W. J. McDonald
Murphysboro
Kenneth Hiller
Pinckneyville
Thornton
McDonald
Randolph
Washington
Thoonton
Car Overturns At Chester In Riverside Street Crash
A 16 year old Ellis Grove youth and three Chester girls escaped serious injury when a 1948 sedan driven by Donald Ray Grah overturned near Swanwick street. Grah and passengers Ione Bevins Dorothy Mizer and Mary Lea Mizer were treated and released from Chester hospital.
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Ellis Grove
Chester
Donald Ray Grah
Harland Grah
State Street
Swanwick Street
Grah
Bill Willhite
Charles Koehler
Ione Bevins
Dorothy Mizer
Mary Lea Mizer
Chester Hospital
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Daily Independent
Southern Illinoisan
Sonut
12Th Street
Howard Lindsay
Ilinoise
Edie
Associated Press
AP News
Outline
Jackson County Health Department
Young Demos
Russell Grantham
Southern Illinois University
Naga
McAn
Southern Ilinois University
D. W. Morris
W. W. Vandeveer
McAndrew Stadium
Bill Pigott
Gineer
Consolidated Coal Mine
Hagler
Illinois
Vater
Joe Dill
Mt. Vernon
Dual Parking Meters Company
Oklahoma City
Plan Children's Benefit
Gordon Franklin
Norbert Garrison
Marion
Wailer
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