Missouri Man Fatally Hurt in Chester Accident
Leonard Gegg, 54 of New Offenburg, died at Memorial Hospital Chester after a morning crash at the Rt 4 150 junction west of Steeleville. Gegg’s car collided with a truck driven by Billy Short, 26, Sparta, who was not injured. Wet pavement was a contributing factor. A separate 12:50 p.m. crash on Rt 13 near Harrisburg involved Alvin Roberson, 28, Madisonville Ky, and James Haney, 57, Harrisburg. Haney’s wife Pearl, 54, was treated for minor injuries.
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Missouri
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Leonard Gegg
New Offenburg
Steeleville
Gegg
Billy Short
Sparta
Short
Rt. 4
Rt. 150
Alvin Robertson
Madisonville
James Haney
Harrisburg
Pearl Haney
Tilden Man Dies in Florida Veteran of World War I
William R. Cunningham 74 of Tilden died Wednesday in St. Petersburg Florida. Born March 11 1891 in Nashville he was the son of William and Sarah Cunningham. He leaves a daughter Cecelia Miller of the Philippine Islands a brother Marion of Nashville sisters Sarah Meyer Bonnie Lempke Lindie Rogers and Nettie Hamilton and two grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. in Lynn Hill Funeral Home Tilden with Rev Walker officiating. Burial in Elkton Cemetery near Oakdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilden
William Cunningham
William R. Cunningham
St. Petersburg
Fla
Nashville
William
Sarah Simons Cunningham
Cunningham
Cecelial Miller
Philippine Islands
Marion
Sarah Meyer
Bonnie Lempke
Lindie Rogers
Nettie Hamilton
Sparta
Lynn- Hill
Mr. Walker
Elkton Cemetery
Oakdale
Steck to Speak Before Franklin County Mental Health Group
Dr. Robert Steck, Southern Illinois director for the state department of Mental Health, will address the Franklin County Mental Health Association at its annual meeting on July 12. The dinner is at 6 30 p m at Two Tony Smorgasbord in West Frankfort. officers and board members will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal. Y. Meyers
Southern Illinois University
Princeton University
The
Sulfur Institute
Washington, D.C
Meyers
Union Carbide Corp
University of Bologna
Italy
SIU
Du Quoin Officer Enrolled in Illinois Police Training
Donald W. Woodsides, Du Quoin city police officer, is among 59 officers in a training school at the University of Illinois. The course runs through July 8 and marks the first session under a new Illinois Police Training Act offering financial aid with matching funds for probationary officer training.
Gray's Capital Bill Advances to Study DC Tourist Center
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray announced that the House Public Works Committee approved his bill to study constructing a tourist information center in Washington. The measure would fund 60,000 to form a 21 member study commission including the Interior Secretary, six congressmen, three presidential appointees and agency heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Gray
Washington
House Committee On Public Works
Gray
West
Retired Harrisburg Teacher Honored by SIU Foundation
Miss Bess Pemberton 83 of Harrisburg, a 36 year high school educator who retired in 1954, was honored at a luncheon as a symbol of devoted teachers. Her name appeared in a poem by Roland Keene in a new keepsake series, with tributes from officials and former students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Bess Pemberton
Harrisburg
Miss Pemberton
Roland Keene
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
The
Foundation
Keene
Galatia
Eldorado
Inland Steel mine manager to be honored at Rend Lake Days
A festival in Rend Lake city park welcomes Inland Steel Co. mine general manager Minor Pace and Rend Lake Conservancy District manager to mark Rend Lake Days. Eugene Moroni of Old Ben Coal Co. and Southern Illinois Inc. exec Geoffrey Hughes attend while John Douglass presents Richard Jones, new Rend Lake district manager, replacing Howard Mendenhall. Events include pony pulling, a parade from Shelton Sales barn, and a Grand Ole Opry style show by Charlie Louvin and Linda Manning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Steel Co
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Rend Lake
Minor Pace
Coal Properties
Inland
Dwight Dame
Eugene Moroni
Old Ben Coal Co
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Ilinois Inc
Hughes
John Douglass
Bend Lake District
Richard Jones
Johnson County Head Start Classes Begin This Monday
Johnson County launches its first Head Start program starting Monday in five county grade schools. Donald Ray Yandell of Tunnel Hill directs the 12 week project with each class led by a qualified teacher, an assistant, an aide and volunteers. Programs include snacks lunch and provided transportation under Shawnee Development Council serving Johnson Union Pulaski Massac and Alexander counties.
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Johnson County
Donald Ray Yandell
Tunnel Hill
Vienna
Shawnee Development Council
Johnson
Union
Pulaski
Massac
Alexander
Shawnee Council Youths Start Summer Work Program
Forty eight youths have begun work in five Union County high schools and a cemetery with twelve more starting Monday at the Anna State Hospital. The Shawnee Development Council oversees the program with 164676 dollars in federal funds to employ about 300 youths at 1.25 dollars per hour for 30 hours weekly through August 31.
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Union County
State Hospital
Shawnee Development Council
Union
Johnson
Pulaski
Massac
Alexander
U.S. Dept. of Labor
War On Poverty
Lucille Turkington
Anna
Anna - Jonesboro High School
Cobden
Alto Pass
Shawnee
Dongola
Anna State Hospital
Shawnee High School
McClure
Jonesboro School Offers Summer Classes With Federal Aid
Jonesboro Grade School offers three 8:30 to noon summer sessions funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Band with Ronald Nahl from Southeast Missouri State College, remedial reading led by Carole Ann Meyer, and remedial mathematics by Patricia Buckner. Library open 8 to noon with about 7000 dollars in new federal books catalogued by Cecelia Muckleroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ronald Nahl
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Carole Ann Meyer
Anna
Patricia Buckner
Supt
George Rice
Cecelia Muckleroy
SIU Officials Attend National Foreign Policy Conference
Southern Illinois University President Delyte W. Morris travels to Washington D C to join two SIU College of Education professors Kenneth A Brunner and Arthur E Lean at a National Foreign Policy Conference for Educators chaired by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Other speakers include William P Bindy Charles Frankel Francis Keppel Walter Rostow and Douglas Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
SIU College of Education
Secretary of
Rusk
Washington, D.C
Morris
Kenneth A. Brunner
Department of Higher Education
Arthur E. Lean
Department of Educational Administration and Supervision
William P. Bindy
Charles Frankel
Francis Keppel
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Lyndon B. Johnson
Walter M. Rostow
Douglas Carter
Missouri Group To Tour Housing In Murphysboro
Mayor C E West and Festus city council will tour public housing in Jackson County on Saturday. Mayor Joe Williams and Reid Troutman will join in Murphysboro where plans are developed by Simon Rettberg and Garrison architects for the program. John Anderson will lead the tour starting about 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. West
Festus
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Reid Troutman
Jackson County Housing Authority
Simon Rettberg
Garrison
Carbondale
Jackson County Authority
John Anderson
Simon-Rettberg and
State Law Cited Technical Services Act Outlined At SIU Meeting
At Southern Illinois University a luncheon session on the State Technical Services Act of 1965 outlined four steps to link laboratory work with Illinois industry. Gene Graves said Illinois must boost federal research contracts and consider a data bank for socio economic information. Other speakers included SIU officials and industry researchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Gene Graves
Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Graves
Southern Illinois University
Franklyn Moreno
Greater Egypt
Johnston City woman Maggie D Harris dies at 89
Maggie Duncan Harris 89 of Styrest Nursing Home Carbondale died at 6 p m in the home where she had resided two months She lived in Johnston City 60 years born Feb 10 1877 moved to Marion 25 years ago She married Charlie Duncan who died 1929 and Will Harris who died 1955 She leaves sons Ruel Duncan Nashville Tenn Burton Duncan Macon Mo and Lowell Duncan Lockport a step son Billy Harris Battle Creek Mich five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral services 2 p m Saturday Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City Rev Thomas Adams officiating Burial Lakeview Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m today at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Duncan Harris
Styrest
Carbondale
Johnston City
Marion
Charlie Duncan
Will Harris
Marion First
Burton Duncan
Macon, Mo
Lowell Duncan
Lockport
Billy Harris
Battle Creek, Mich
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Thomas Adams
Lakeview Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan Publication Notice and Addresses
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by 710 North Illinois Corporation with offices at Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro. It notes post office postage and its succession from regional papers. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Carbondae
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Obituary: Ben Heltsley 89 of Marion
Ben Heltsley age 89 died at 4 15 a m today at his home 1611 West Walnut Street Marion He was born December 14 1876 in Greenville Kentucky son of the late James and Lyd ia Welborn Heltsley He was married to Clara Morgan Bradley in 1904 in Marion She died He was a retired farmer and railroad fireman for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway He belonged to Liberty Methodist Church He is survived by daughters Mrs E C Gray of St Louis Missouri and Mrs Walter Ennis of Webster Groves Missouri sons Lendy of Cahokia and Hard of Marion a step son Oral Bradley of Texas six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday at Wilson Memorial Chapel Marion Burial will follow at Fountain Church Cemetery south of Marion Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 pm Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Heltsley
Walnut St
Marion
Mr. Heltsley
Greenville
James
Lydia Welborn Heltsley
Clara Morgan Bradley
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Liberty Methodist Church
Heltsley
E. C. Gray
St. Louis
Walter Ennis
Webster Groves
Lendy
Cahokia
Hard
Oral Bradley
Texas
Wilson Memorial Chapel
Fountain Church
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DU Quoin
U OF I
House Group
Cal Meyers
Princeton
Germany
Frank Konishi
Southern Illinois University Food and Nutrition Department
Hamburg
Konishi
Robinson
Donald W. Robinson
Bureau of Higher Education
U.S. Office of Education
Mississippi
Frank J. Bell
National Science Foundation
Mississippi Sound
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Ocean Springs
Miss
Millsaps College
Mississippi Delta
New Orleans
Hamburg University
Southern
Olga Berggruen
Chicago
Guy Morrill
Barbara Bernhardt
Rainer Hagemann
Shawnee Council
Nery Man
Kedzy
Yuill
Baldwin
Baldwin Spinet
Yuill Music CO
West Cherry
Robert McVicar
J. J. Desmond
University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station
Lee Baker
Chrysler Research Institute
Detroit
Mich
Sam Carter
Central Tech Inc
C. Berger Graves
Alton Box Board Co
Arthur Weimer
Indiana University
Aerospace Research, Application Center
Ralph McCoy
Paul Grogan
Department of Commerce
Office of State and Technical Services
West Frankfort
Kroehler
John Gerdes
Wedgewood Lane
Hardware Mutuals Organization
Justin McCarty
Lily
Gertrudesa Fashions
North
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