Southern Illinois News Record Fills Page
Record of Southern Illinois happenings fills the page supplementing regular Southern Illinoisan coverage. Local briefs, notes, and feature items provide a mosaic of events across the region.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges by town
A long list records admitted and discharged patients across Illinois towns including Carbondale Marion Herrin Johnston City Benton Du Quoin Steeleville West Frankfort and many more. It shows names such as Suttie Blanche Cain Janetta, Belcher Earl, Gretchen and baby, and others, with hospital affiliations across Memorial, Franklin, Miners, St Joseph, and Union County facilities.
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Suttie
Blanche
Evergreen Park
Virginia Cain
Janetta
Marion Greer
Effie
Jonesboro
Nance
Felma
Makanda Holder
Jennifer Shroeder
Kevin
Cobden Dixon
Terrie Jung
Thomas Kageff
Keith Brewer
Hazel Discharged
Belcher
Earl
Herrin Sanders
Kimberly
Bessiére
Gretchen
Baby
Carterville
Moultrie
Detrisa Verble
Agnes
Anna Price
Sarah
Wallace
Mattie Sawyer
Tonya
Pueblo
Cole
Davis
Marcia
Dong
ST. Joseph
Murphysboro
Nash
Marion Ticer
Fred McGee
Noble
DeSoto Myers
Paul
Alto Pass
Skobel
Frankie
Benton Cano
Xavier
Baby Bijak
Thomas Campbell
Jack
Carbondale Patterson
Ardell Jr
UNION
West Frankfort
Eubanks
Sara Mabory
Terry Cook
Grace Whittel
Cheryl Discharged
Gregory
Adele Moore
Nedman Bowers
Muriel Smith
Jamesina
Herrin Bayles
Henry
Benton McCarthy
Kathy
Births Report from Multiple Illinois Towns
Birth announcements from Grantsburg Marion Johnston City Marion Perryville Christopher De Soto Sparta Marion Allin list new daughters and sons born Friday or Thursday in local hospitals including Marion Memorial Hospital Chester Memorial Hospital Franklin Hospital St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Doctors Memorial Hospital Sparta Community Hospital Carbondale and other facilities.
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Grantsburg
Elkins
Frank
Marion Memorial Hospital
Johnston City
Beers
Harlin
Marion
Bethel
Kenneth
Perryville
Moore
Larry
Chester Memorial Hospital
Christopher
Drysdale
Donald
Franklin Hospital
Benton
DE Soto
McGee
Noble
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Sparta
Booman
Bill
Sparta Community Hospital
Cain
Thomas
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Allin
Honey
Jack
Deaths and funeral notices for Davis Oglesby Shovan and others
Funeral services for John R. Davis 64 of Anna will be 1 39 p m Monday at Anna Church of the Nazarene with burial in Anna Cemetery. James Oglesby 83 of Orient dies in Union Hospital West Frankfort. John Shovan 54 of Walier dies in Marshall Browning Hospital Christopher. Grover M. Robinson 75 of Du Quoin to be buried at Jackson Grove Cemetery. James A Matthews 70 of Marion dies at Firmin Desloge Hospital St Louis. Funeral arrangements announced by local homes.
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John R. Davis
Anna
Anna Church of the Nazarene
Davis
Garnet Mitchell
Anna Cemetery
Crain Funeral Home
James Oglesby
Orient
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Hamilton County
John
Rachel Clark Oglesby
Zeigler
Plumfield
Union Funeral Home
Max Samples
Harrison Cemetery
Buckner
John Shovan
Walier
du Quoin
Franklin County
George and
Mary Ceconka Shovan
First Baptist Church
American Legion Post
Christopher
Macie Burdett
Joe
Steve
Chicago
Emma Fenwick
St. Louis
Russell Funeral Home
Harl Ray Lewis
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Grover M. Robinson
Rt. 1
Hobbs Johnson
Benton
Adolph Zwengel
Jackson Grove
Robinson
Illinois
Martha Robinson
Mine Weld Co
Ruth Upchurch
Chicago Heights
James A Matthews
James A. Matthews
Marion
Firmin Desloge Hospital
Matthews
Woodmen of the World Fraternal Order
Mary Pritchett
Catherine Jasnock
Marguerite Jenkins
Melrose Park
James A
Robert D
Oak Forest
John H
Bellevue
Neb
Paul Matthews
Mary Gay
Miami, Fla
Carlene Hardcastle
Royalton
Myrtice Schmidt
Mitchell Funeral Home
Bruce Patton
Maplewood Cemetery
Virginia E. Coleman
Dexter, Mo
Carbondale
Huffman Funeral Home
Owen Hamilton
Percy
Oakland Cemetery
Coleman
Katawa
Robert Henderson
Anna Gray Henderson
Wayside
John Franklin Coleman
Griff Coleman
Gladys Thompson
John Peter Kolas
Herrin
Greece
Kallie Kolas
Capitola Snyder
Crown Point
Indi
Concrete Finishers Union
Williamson Lodge No. 802
Carterville
Eastern Star
Royal Arch Masons of
Helen Koffas
Riggin
Earl Black
Snyder Cemetery
Body found identified as Benny Britt missing man
A body pulled from the Anna old quarry pit was identified as Benny Britt missing from Mulberry Manor shelter care home since February 25. Three teens saw the body and notified authorities. Sheriff Kelley retrieved it by boat after about two hours. The victim left no known relatives.
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Old Anna
Benny Britt
Mulberry Manor
Union County
Lloyd Sitter
Elmer Kelley
Sitter
Britt
Jim Keller
Anna Cemetery
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Accident victim 27 dies in Pinckneyville crash
James L. Sroka 27 of Pinckneyville died on arrival at Pinckneyville Community Hospital after a one car crash on Route 154 west of town. He served in the Air Force and worked at Du Quoin Packing Co. Surviving are his parents three sisters a brother a grandmother and a great grandmother. Funeral and rosary arrangements announced.
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James L. Sroka
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Illinois
Rt. 154
Rt. 13
Sroka
Mr. Sroka
Perry County
Andrew
Rosalia Heisner Sroka
St. Bruno
U.S. Air Force
Sargeant
du Quoin Packing Company
Barbara Pabst
Linda Stearns
Sally Sroka
Steve
Catherine Heisner
Leona Heisner
St. Bruno’s Catholic Church
Glennon Sims
Doerr
Calendar Notices Open Meetings For Public
Public notices invite groups to submit open meeting details for the Southern Illinois newspaper calendar. Contact the office to list upcoming public gatherings, including times, dates, and locations as available.
Public Meetings and Weekend Recycling and Movie Listings
Public meetings include Heart of Egypt Coin Club at noon Sunday in Herrin City Hall with a 2 p.m. auction. Carbondale Zoning Commission meets Sunday at 7 30 p m at Allan Bennett home. Glass recycling events in Westown and Lewis Park Mall. cartons washed and tin cans flattened with labels removed. Carterville glass recycling Saturday and Sunday near Civic Teen Center. jars washed. cans flattened with labels and ends removed. Movie listings show regional drive ins and theaters with titles such as Shamus Dirty Little Billy Snowball Ex and more through Tuesday.
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Heart of Egypt Coin Club
Herrin City Hall
Carbondale Zoning Commission
Allan Bennett
S. Lark Lane
Carbondale Glass Recycling Collection
Westown
Lewis Park Mall
Carterville Glass Recycling Collection
Civic Teen Center
South Division Street
Tom Murphysboro
Charlotte
Saluki
Carbondale
Monday civic meetings listed across southern Illinois towns
Public service calendars show city councils, county boards, and school boards meeting Monday at various locations from Carbondale to Benton. Notable items include Webster Steeleville play "Skin Game" through Tuesday and an arts opening for Steve Batson and Linda Talbot at Mitchell Gallery Monday 7 to 9 pm with exhibits through Friday.
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Steve Batson
Linda Talbot
fAitchell
Home Economics
Southern I Illinois V-iersity
Carpendale
Correction notes new address for Ricky Russell
A Friday Letter to the Editor corrects Ricky Russell’s address. The updated address reads 1043 A South Woods VA Hospital 5000 W National Ave Milwaukee WI 53193.
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Ricky Russell
Woods VA
Bank board re elected at annual stockholders meeting
The First Community Bank of West Frankfort re elected its board of directors for the coming year. Named were L. F. Tomlinson R. A. Bonifield Lawrence Finazzo L Goebel Patton George Tomlinson Jr. Don R. Lucas Earl Woods and R. L. Brown. Assets rose to over 15 million from about 12.5 million a year earlier. Don Nolen explained to 20 stockholders at the June 12 meeting. Pumpkins originated in Mexico and Central America.
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First Community Bank of West Frankfort
L. F. Tomlinson
R. A. Bonifield
Lawrence Finazzo
L. Goebel Patton
George Tomlinson Jr
Don R. Lucas
Earl Woods
R. L. Brown
Don Nolen
MAT Signs Contract For West Frankfort Building
A $352 000 contract was signed Friday for a building of almost an acre for M A T Industries Inc in the Franklin County Industrial Park West Frankfort. RH S Steel Suppliers Inc Du Quoin will construct the steel plant and office. Signers were John Rednour of RH S Tommy Tomlinson council chairman and Bud Brown secretary. M A T will lease purchase the building from the council and invest about $570 000 overall in building land and equipment.
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M.A.T. Industries Inc
Franklin County
West Frankfort
Rh&s Steel Suppliers Inc
Council
M.A.T
Three Southern Illinois districts receive HEW grants
The Department of Health Education and Welfare approved grants totaling 88395 for three Southern Illinois school districts. Marion Community Unit District 2 receives 70439 with 63195 paid immediately Johnston City District 1 gets 15678 with 14110 immediately, and Crab Orchard District 3 Marion 2278 with 2050 immediately. Rednour says site prep starts in two weeks and materials arrive in September with completion by November 5.
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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Southern Illinois
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Crab Orchard Community
Marion
Woman held on theft charge in Williamson County
Betty Mae Smith, 25, of south of West Frankfort, held in Williamson County jail after arrest on burglary and theft charges. Theodore Peterson, sheriff's radio operator, arrested her in Creal Springs. Thelma Barra, 29, and Sandra Tripp, of Johnston City, named in counts tied to a trailer home break-in at Kenneth Blades's residence in Thompsonville on May 20. Barra posted $5,000 bond and was released. Tripp has not been arrested.
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Betty Mae Smith
West Frankfort
Williamson County
Miss Smith
Theodore Peterson
Creal Springs
Thelma Barra
Sandra Tripp
S. Seventh St
Johnston City
Kenneth Blades
Rt. 4
Thompsonville
Barra
Miss Tripp
Keene in Florida drug raids and Naples houseboat life
A Colier County deputy sheriff named David Keene becomes a frequent newspaper figure in drug raid reports. Separate from him is David Keene, the former Carbondale mayor, who resides on a house boat near Naples, Florida, and works a dragline at night for Warren Brothers of Ashland Oil with his wife Marge.
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Collier County
Fla
David Keene
Keene
Carbondale
Gulf of Mexico
Naples
Warren Brothers
Ashland Oil
Marge
Weather Brief Area Temperatures and Sunrise Times
Friday high 87 and overnight low 68. Saturday 9 am 81. Precipitation 7 am Friday to 7 am Saturday 0.18 inches. Sunset today 8:03. Sunrise Monday 5:59, sunset Monday 8:03.
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Sunet
Godspell cast and crew plan Carbondale meeting
An organization meeting for the Godspell production at Carbondale First Christian Church takes place Monday at 7 p.m. at 1308 University Ave. The cast includes singers dancers a drummer and a narrator. Director Sherry Walters youth director Carolyn Nickles assistant director Susan Shiplett pianist and auditions are open to area juniors and older.
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Carbondale First Christian Church
University Ave
Stephen Schwartz
Sherry Walters
Carolyn Nickles
Susan Shiplett
Randall Named Herrin Kiwanis President for 1 Year
William D. Randall was elected to a one year term as president of the Herrin Kiwanis beginning in October, succeeding Tom Roberts. Other officers include Pete Gentry as vice president Jack Bailin as second vice president Ed Perrin as secretary and Jim Pursell as treasurer. Committee chairs cover citizenship services youth services membership sponsored youth publicity public relations Pancake Day interclub Easter egg hunt cake sales and fireworks. The club’s membership rose from 7 to 16 since October.
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William D. Randall
The
Herrin Kiwanis
Randall
Tom Roberts
Pete Gentry
Jack Bailin
Ed Perrin
Jim Pursell
Art Reveal
Dave Cox
Jack Roberts
Bailin
Jim Brown
L. D. Starrick
Herrin Club
Pet of the Week Shortz the dachshund terrier mix
Shortz, an eight month old dachshund terrier mix, is house trained and gentle with children. She awaits adoption at the Jackson County Humane Society Shelter west of Carbondale on Route 13 where dogs are offered for twelve dollars.
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Shortz
Jackson County Humane Society
Carbondale
Rt. 13
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Marie
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Union County Hospital
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Ind
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Anita Brown
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Germany
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G.H. Parmenter
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Lockart and Sons Funeral Home
Cowden
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Wayne
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Bedford
Mass
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Missouri
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Princeton
Ralph Lawrence
Rt. 3
Reedy
Alvah Crim
Denning
Ida Ramsey Lawrence
Mae Hewlett
Orient No. 2
First Church of God
United Mine Workers of America
Phil
Dorothy Scheid
Long Island
N.Y
Evelyn Burns
Tempe
Ariz
William Rubach
William F. Rubach
Steeleville
Styrest
Jackson County
Henry and
Wilhelmina Fedderke Rubach
Bertha Hornbostle
Campbell Hill
Rubach
Egyptian Electric Co-op
St. Marks Lutheran Church
Wilbert
Strnad
Toler, Benton
Salzburg
Public Services
S. Walnut Street
Sparta City Council
W. Broadway Street
Duquoin
Elkville
T.O.P
First Baptist
W. Main St
DE Soto Village Board
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Union County Board of Commissioners
Dongola Unit 66
Board of Education
Christopher City Council
Zeigler City Council
Franklin County Board
Johnston City Unit School Board
E. Broadway Bl
Shawnee Library System Board
Ramada Inn
Webster
Herrin Little Escypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin Hich School
Bank Board
Mexico
Central America
LFS
United States
Mat
Rednour
Burton Melvin
SIU News Service
Paul Mealiff
Mendon
Southern Illinois University At
Reynolds, Inc
Moorman Mfg. Co
Paul Cory
Quincy, Ill
Mealiff
Ernest Mealiff
Moorman
County Agriculture Extension
Kiwanis
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