Six County SHRA Leads Regional Tourism Effort
A six county group formed the Shawnee Hills Recreation Area to pilot a regional tourism plan in southern Illinois. The SHRA includes Saline Gallatin Hardin Johnson Massac and Pope counties with George M Scherrer as president and Rex Karnes as SIU adviser. Meetings and officer elections proceed as plans expand toward a 31 county organization with brochures and regional guides.
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Southern Illinois
Shawnee Hills Recreation Area
Saline
Gallatin
Hardin
Johnson, Massac
Pope
Southern Ilinois University
Rex Karnes
SIU
Shawn
Karnes
SHRA
George M. Scherrer
Shawneetown
Scherrer
Ager Se
Golconda
Glen Jones
Raleigh
Saline County
Rossclare
Jones
Harrisburg City Hall
Prince
Johnson
Ocipal
Metropolis
Princier
Gordon Kerr
Broo
Basic Booker Plans Meet State Approval
R W Booker engineer for Herrin water and sewer improvements said the state board of public health will approve basic planning. A June 11 letter from Clarence W Klassen disputed lack of plans. Favreau confirmed plans follow state recommendations and Herrin water use rose over 100 percent in 15 years.
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R. W. Booker
Herrin
State Board of Public Health
Clarence W. Klassen
Department of Public Health
Charles Campbell
Klassen
Booker
R. E. Favreau
Carbondale
Southern Region
Favreau
Rites in Carterville for Martha Underwood
Mrs Martha Ann Mattie Underwood 83 a Carterville resident died at 1 am Saturday in Doctors Hospital Carbondale Burial set for Oakwood Cemetery Carterville Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm Riggin Funeral Home Carterville friends may call after 7 pm Saturday
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Carterville
Martha Ann Underwood
Carbondale
Martha Ann (Mattie) Underwood
Anderson Street
Doctors Hospital
Riggin Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Police Briefs From Carbondale To Murphysboro Describe Fines
Carbondale Cornell Wright Jr. 22 of 528 E Green St fined 14.40 by Police Magistrate Roy Hall for fighting and disturbing the peace. Marion Boyd Smithey Mississippi fined 20 and costs for passing on Hill North of Marion on state ticket by Jo Corbett Edwards. Marion Charles Berkel 1100 N Johnson Sr fined 5 and costs for loud mufflers on a state ticket by JP Corbett Ward. Murphysboro Ben Norton Mar fined 22 including costs by Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr on a charge of intoxication.
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Carbondale
Cornell Wright Jr
E. Green St
Roy Hall
Marion
Boyd Smithey
Mississippi
Jo Corbett Edwards
Charles Berkel
N. Johnson Sr
JP Corbett
Murphysboro
Ben Norton
Mar
Charles Helwig Sr
Grade Board Meet Delayed At Murphysboro School Board
A regular Murphysboro Grade School Board meeting was postponed overnight as several items of business were not ready. City Superintendent William Carruthers said no date has been set for a rescheduled meeting. The board is also working on the school budget with a public lender on July 16.
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Murphysboro
William Carruthers
Carruthers
Frankfort Man Dies Funeral Friday for Eddie Griffith
Eddie Griffith sixty nine? 59 of West Frankfort died at 2 30 p m Friday in Union Hospital. Survived by Lula Griffith widow and six grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p m at Walker Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev G L Stilwell officiating. Burial Clayton Cemetery south of West Frankfort. Also obituary of Harold G Baker former U S attorney for Eastern District of Illinois who died unexpectedly at 57. Surviving wife and sons. Baker born East St Louis 1900s education Illinois University 1921. Was U S attorney in 1926 with young assistants, noted for liquor and car theft prosecutions.
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Orient
Lillie Kee
Mable Davis
West Frankfort
Walker Funeral Home
G. L. Stilwell
Clayton Cemetery
Harold G. Baker
U. S
Eastern District of
Illinois
Baker
East St. Louis
University of Illinois
Herrin Voters Free Rides To Polls Monday
Groups backing Herrin water and sewer improvement plan arrange free transportation to polling places for voters on Monday. Call 29401 or 398 to arrange rides.
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Herrin
Herrin votes on water and sewer upgrade plan
Election coverage notes proposed improvements to Herrin's water and sewer systems. If approved, extend Rt 148 south of Rt 13 and relocate pipelines, add treatment facilities, pumps, and a new line to the water tower. The plan uses revenue bonds with no tax hike and aims to improve aging infrastructure endorsed by the Herrin Retail Merchants Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. 13
Council
Herrin Retail Merchants Assn
Herrin
Citi
Distressed Area Bill Shaped By Area Testimony
Southern Illinois witnesses testified on economic woes influencing a Senate bill to classify distressed areas. Senator Paul Douglas described a substitute proposal to tighten agency private sector cooperation and define distressed zones, aiming to prevent shifting unemployment between regions. He noted little change in employment and limited success of local efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
United States Senate
Paul Douglas
D-Nl
Senate
Douglas
Boy 7 Fatally Hit After Skidding Car Tragedy
A seven year old Mt. Vernon boy, Carl E. Cook, was killed when a speeding car skidded off Rt. 37 into a ditch as he and his father walked nearby. The driver, Darrell Beal, 15, of Mt. Vernon, lost control on wet pavement at 2 15 p m.
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Mt. Vernon
Carl E. Cook
Earl Cook
Rt. 37
Darrell Beal
SIU Files Condemnation Suit Over Lake Land Property
Southern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees filed a condemnation suit in Jackson Circuit Court for 94 acres near Little Grassy Lake southeast of Carbondale. The owner named is Otis H. Miller of O’Fallon. The university cites the land blocks planned expansion of a summer camping program for handicapped children and notes it is needed with a third beach under construction at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Board of Trustees
Jackson
Little Grassy Lake
Carbondale
John S. Rendleman
The
University
Rendleman
Stolen Goods Case Names Tavern Man Seller of Loot
John Calcaterra of Colp tavern faced charges of buying and receiving stolen property after a Kroger cigarette theft. Bond set at $5,000 before Justice George Wood. Accomplices James South of Herrin and Chelsie Booth of West Frankfort were also arrested with bonds posted. Police found cigarettes at Calcaterra's tavern and a search warrant followed. The Kroger burglaries occurred within 24 hours with Booth and South implicated.
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John Calcaterra
Colp
Justice of the Peace
George Wood
Herrin Kroger
James South
Rt. 1
Herrin
Chelsie Booth
W. Main St
West Frankfort
Roy Cole
Kroger
Calcaterra
South
Booth
Cole
Sparta Marine Rites Sunday for Sgt James Miller Stephenson
Funeral services are set for Sgt James Miller Stephenson 23 in Sparta after a motorcycle accident near Paris France. Burial will be at Caledonia Cemetery with Sparta Veterans of Foreign Wars performing military rites. He was a Marine Security Guard at the U S Embassy in Paris and died June 5 while on an extended motorcycle tour.
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James Miller Stephenson
Sparta
Paris
France
First Presbyterian Church
C. W. Armentrout
James Scott
Caledonia Cemetery
Sparta Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lynn Funeral Home
Sgt. Stephenson
Miller Stephenson
England
Germany
Stephenson
John
Thomas
United States
Marine Corps
Dover
Del
Sparta Township
Frankfort II Killed Pvt James Viano Dies Of Auto Wreck
Funeral services are set for Monday for Pvt James Viano 20 who died after an auto wreck near Ft Riley Kansas. He will be laid to rest at Tower Heights Cemetery in West Frankfort with burial at St Johns Catholic Church officiated by Rev Michael Klimas. He is survived by his father Caesar a West Frankfort business operator a step mother and a stepsister.
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West Frankfort
James Viano
Ft. Riley
Kan
Post
St. John’s Catholic Church
Michael Klimas
Tower Heights
Rt. 37
Viano
Caesar
Beers pleads not guilty to DWI in Williamson County
Charles Beers of Chicago pleaded not guilty Saturday to driving while intoxicated before Judge A R Cagle in Williamson County Court. He was arrested Thursday by state police north of Marion. Bond was set at $1000 and his next appearance was returnable July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beers
Chicago
A. R. Cagle
Williamson
Marion
Mines Working Monday Listing
A historical mine report shows status for several mines. Active sites include Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Orient 2 Orient 3 Freeman 4 Buckhorn Zeigler 3 Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No. 1 and Truax-Tracr No.2. Not Working Old Ben 9.
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Ben
Orient
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Fidelity
New Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star
Truax-Tracr
Long Arm of the Law Reaches Thebes Man on Bond
Jackson County authorities released lie detector results and a summarized criminal record for Lewis Bundy 29 of Thebes. The report details multiple burglaries thefts and a 1943 jail break with Bundy now held on 5000 bond in Murphysboro pending further action by Greenville Missouri authorities.
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Lewis Bundy
Thebes
Jackson County
Bundy
Marion
Illinois Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Springfield
Missouri
Murphysboro
Gorham
Greenville
Drownings and farming debates marked Benton weekend
A four year old boy, Larry Wade Gibbs, drowned in a well near his Benton home after playing with siblings. The coroner ruled accidental death, with funeral services set at Steel City Baptist Church. In nearby Union County, SIU officials warned area farmers risked ruin without crop diversification into fruit and vegetable processing, noting poor turnout at a Cobden meeting.
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Larry Wade Gibbs
Benton
Franklin County
Barney Browning
Lydell Gibbs
Bertha
Browning
Southern Illinois University Agriculture
Walter Wills
STU Agriculture Department
Union County
Cobden
SIU
Wills
Frank Sehnert
Modoc Digging Begins At New Illinois Site
A state museum field party will dig this week near Modoc in Randolph County at the new Bievenue Rock Shelter, half a mile south of Modoc village. Ground ownership dispute prompted a shift from the old site where artifacts show humans lived about 9 000 years ago. Dr Thorne Deuel says the rock shelter offers better conditions. relics from the old location may be recovered later. The test pit will be about 40 by 30 feet with Harold Bievenue cooperating as owner.
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Illinois State Museum
Modoc
Randolph County
State Museum
Thorne Deuel
Museem
Deuel
Bievenue
Harold Bievenue
Melvin L. Fowler
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Harold Baker
Eastern Illinois District
Belleville, Ill
Lake Murphysboro
Rt. 144
Harry Lipe Con
Boy
Lake Land
Otis H. Miller
O’fallon
Sandy Deason
James I. Miller
Old Ben
Arthur Hollman
Hollman
Lester Hargis
Everett Sickler
Chickasha
Okla
Cairo
Paducah
Cape Girardeau
Lice
Poplar Bluff
Mitchell Funeral Home
Steel City Baptist Church
D. E. Winemiller
Franklin Cemetery
Lawrence
Richard
LeRoy
Deborah
Brenda
SIU Board of Trustees
Lehnert
Sehnert
Cobden Tomato Cooperative
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