Carbondale Plans Change For University Avenue Street Work
Carbondale city council votes to raise University Avenue 15 to 18 inches from Mill Street to Graund Avenue and then resurface, lowering the Mill Street intersection to match. New plan aims to improve street condition versus original resurfacing only. Work slated to begin later this year with the drainage and driveway changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
University Avenue
Mill Street
Graund Avenue
Inbiich
Eine Rt
Carbondale Fire House Estimate Presented to Council
An estimate of 26500 dollars for a new Carbondale fire station was presented to the city council by John C Williams and Sons. If approved the building would be erected on city owned land beside the Carbondale bus depot. No action was taken at the meeting.
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New
Carbondale
John C. Williams and Sons
Carbondale Grants Permit For Drive In Construction
Carbondale authority approved a permit to build a Dairy Queen drive in at 504 South Tri mois Avenue. The decision enables construction and business operation pending standard compliance checks.
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Carbondale
South
Trimois Avenue
Grace Donahue Dies Ex Herrin Resident
Grace Donahue a lifelong Williamson county resident died Tuesday. Born April 5 1876 she left three children nine grandchildren a brother and four sisters. Funeral 2 30 p m at Storme funeral home with burial in Carterville cemetery officiated by Delno Brown First Christian Church Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Donahue
Herrin
Mer Herrin
Williamson County
Frank
Detroit
Paul
Johnston City
Mabel
Marion
William Bulliner
Herman Sherer
Bernice McCowan
Creal Springs
Ed Willis
East St. Louis
Carl Steiner
Alton
Storme Funeral Home
Carterville Cemetery
Delno Brown
First Christian Church
Chester Woman Dies at Home After Heart Condition
Mrs. Naomi Williamson, 61, of Chester, was found dead Monday evening in her home by her husband Ro bert E Williamson. He said she suffered a heart ailment for years and may have died of a heart attack after he last checked at 2 p m. She leaves two sons Lester and Warren, a brother Sigmund Hauer, and two grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m at Welge Funeral Home with Rev Earl Stadge officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Naomi Williamson
Chester
Robert E. Williamson
Lester
Memphis
Tenn
Warren
Chicago
Sigmund Hauer
Methodist Church of
Royal Neighbors
Woodmen of Friends
Welge Funeral Home
Earl Stadge
Evergreen Cemetery
Carbondale Woman Fined For Disturbing The Peace
Elizabeth Winfree of 209 East Willow Street Carbondale was fined 13.40 dollars Tuesday in Carbondale Aes court on a disturbing the peace charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Winfree
East
Willow Street
Carbondale
Aes
Students Plan Mexican Tour From SIU Language Group
Southern Illinois University foreign language department sponsors a two week campus prelim for an 11 student Mexican study tour guided by Manuel de Ezcar dia and J. Cary Davis. The group travels to Mexico City for four weeks with stops at Texarkana Laredo Monterrey Tamazunchale and Teotihuacan. They view Isthmus of Tehuantepec Oaxaca ruins Mitla Monte Alban and attend the Fiesta of the Dance of the Plumes. Cost is 170 including transport and lodging. Vacancies remain before June 23.
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Mexico
Foreign Language Department
Southern Illinois University
Manuel de Ezcardia
J. Cary Davis
Forest Languages
Mexico City
Cam
Texarkana
Laredo
Monterrey
Tamazunchale
San Juan Teoti
Taxco
Cuernavaca
Toluca
Oaxaca
Mitla
Monte
Alban
Tetepec
Saline Cruz
Brownsville
Texas
Kampus
Carbonale Doctor Heads State Chiropractic Program
Dr. F L Williford from Carbon Dale state president of the Illinois Society shares program honors with Dr H C Harring of Missouri Chillicothe College of St Louis in Belleville on June 22 for the southern Illinois chiropractors annual summer assembly. Williford speaks on progress in chiropractic legislation and Harring discusses Chiropractic at the Cross Roads with noonday dinner at Tony Ronnells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Williford
Carbondale
Illinois ——— Society
H. C. Harring
Missouri Chilic College
St. Louis
Sunoy
Belleville
Southern Illinois
Willford
Harring
Cross Roads
Tony Ronnells
Missing Boy Elmer Camp Searched For In Mississippi River
No new clues in the disappearance of 10 year old Elmer Buddy Camp of Grand Tower. Sheriff Roy Carter said the water search ended after a day of surveys around a sand bar where he slipped into deep water while wading with friends. Divers and four boats with drag hooks failed to locate him.
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Elmer
Grand Tower
Mississippi
Jackson County
Roy Carter
Eea
Front
Outh
Texas-Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Company
Grace B. Smith Funeral Rites Planned in Herrin
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace B. Smith who died Sunday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist church of Herrin with Rev. W. A. Shoopman officiating. Burial follows in Herrin city cemetery.
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Grace B. Smith
First Baptist Church of
Herrin
W. A. Shoopman
Herrin City Cemetery
Local Hero Cpl James Pender Honored for Korea Service
Cpl Jimmy Dale Pender of Alto Pass and son of Mr and Mrs George Pender enjoys a 30 day furlough with his parents He is a Purple Heart and Silver Star recipient for eight months of action on the central front in Korea He also spent six months in Hawaii A brother Charles enlisted with Jimny and is now in Japan
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Cpl
Jimmy Dale Pender
George Pender
Alto Pass
Pender
Central Front
Korea
Hawaii
Charles
Jimny
Japan
Paul R. Jones 50 Carbondale dies of heart attack
Paul R. Jones age 50 of Carbondale died of a sudden heart attack at Holden hospital at 1 am. He served 34 years with Illinois Central railroad as chief clerk for the St. Louis division. He married Bessie Fultz in 1922 and was a member of the Odd Fellows and Eagles. He leaves his wife, a son Lt. Carl in the Marine Corps, a daughter, two brothers, two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. calling hours set at Huffman funeral home after 10 am Thursday.
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Paul R. Jones
South Forest Street
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Illinois Central Railroad
Jones
St. Louis
Bessie Fultz
Odd Fellows and Eagles
Galatia
Bessie
Dorothy McCormack
Murphysboro
Carl
Marine Corps
Campe Pendleton
Calif
Charles
Salem
Guilford
Cape Girardeau
Madge Conrad
Pinckneyville
Bernice Blum
Belleville
Huffman
Rites Today for Pittsburg Pastor Rev McAllister
Funeral services were held in Pittsburg for Rev. Wavy Osler McAllister 48 newly appointed pastor of the Pittsburg Mist church and former Creal Springs Methodist pastor who died suddenly from a heart attack Tuesday morning. He leaves a wife Bertha and son Doyle and two sisters and a brother. He taught school 24 years and served on the Creal Springs faculty last year. Services were at the Methodist parsonage with Rev O F Whitlock officiating and his body to be taken to Indiana for burial Thursday. He was born December 5 1905 in Indiana.
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Pittsburg
Wavy Osler McAllister
Creal Springs
Methodist
O. F. Whitlock
Harrisburg
Indiana
McAllister
John Henby
Carrie Ferry McAllister
Bertha McIntire
Doyle
Brookport
Creal Spring
Ferges Home Bureau Inducts Two Members
The Ferges Home Bureau unit met at Mrs. Rose Jones Crenshaw home Friday. Two new members were added, Ruth Grant led an adults lesson on personality development noting traits are learned. Next meeting will be July 10 at Mrs. R. B. Penn’s home with an outdoors program starting 5 45 pm.
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Ferges
Home Bureau
Rose Jones
Crenshaw
Ruth Grant
Leen
R. B. Penn
Meeiing
Roa
PMW Vacations Set Springfield June 18
Members of the Progressive Mine Workers union plan annual vacations from June 27 to July 6 in Springfield. Miners will receive a $100 vacation payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Progressive Mine Workers Union
88 War Casualties Washington June 18 AP
The AP reports the Korean War casualty toll and related totals as of June 18 in Washington. Officials provide updated figures reflecting American and allied losses in the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D . Sinegnidss
Carbondale Great Books Club Plans Year End Dinner
The Carbondale Great Books Discussion club meets for a final dinner discussion at 6 30 p m Thursday in the University cafeteria. Paul Hansi and Bill Hollander will lead the discussion of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Books Club
Carbondale Great Books Discussion Club
Paul Hansi
Bill Hollander
No Verdict In Tripp Inquest In Murphysboro
An inquest into the death of Edward Tripp, killed in a Route 127 collision near Murphysboro, ends without a verdict. Witnesses summoned include Cleo McCain and H O Inman, who declined to answer certain questions. Ernest Lawson did not appear. The coroner postponed the hearing to Friday night at 7 30 in the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Tripp
Pomona
Murphysboro
Cleo McCain
Tripp
Ato. Medlin
Zimmer
Carbondale
Jackson County
Roy Carter
H. O. Inman
Also Pass
Inman
Norbert Garrison
Mallon
McCain
Ernest Lawson
Anna
Lawson
Edward Heston
Povereee Knowles
Sua Ubedale
Nab Two Youths For Break-Ins
Two teenage boys from Sikeston Missouri are held in Randolph County jail on multiple break in charges. Jim mie Dykes aged 13 and Jimmie Raines 15 admitted stealing a car in Sikeston and abandoning it in Jackson Missouri. They also confessed to breaking into the home of William Keynd Under questioning they led officers to a home near Coul terville into a pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Randolph County
Jimmie Dykes
Jimmie Raines
Carl Adams
Coulterville
William Keynd
Jackson
Chester
Brelje, Jr
Marion Man Sues For Wreck Damages in Circuit Court
Dale Walker of Marion filed a $485 lawsuit in Williamson circuit court Tuesday against William F. Hartwell. The suit claims Hartwell’s vehicle crashed into Walker’s parked truck on West White Street in Marion on February 10, causing $135 in damages and one week of lost services.
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Marion
Williamson
Dale Walker
William F. Hartwell
Marion Walker
Howell
West White Street
Walker
Williamson County creates new precinct in Poncties West Marion
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution dividing Poncties of West Marion Township to form a new precinct, bringing total precincts to 52. Precinct 3 had near 1 400 registered voters and almost 900 votes cast in the last election. a split may occur as areas like Bellaire subdivision grow. Committeemen for the new precinct will be appointed by county party chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Williamson County Board
West Marion
Slide 3
Elmwood
Bainbin
West Main
Carbon Streets
Alon
Carbon Street
Veterans Hospital
Albert Jones
Robert Holbrook
Kenneth Absher
Marion
Frank Lockwood
Herrin
George Williams
Williams
Bellaire
Bangs Disease Threat Outlined For Williamson Cattle
H H Fulkerson told Herrin Lions Club members about Bangs disease or brucellosis costing Williamson County raisers about 10000 dollars yearly. He showed a film The Triple Threat of Brucellosis and outlined four control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Herrin Lions Club
H. H. Fulkerson
Fulkerson
U.S
Murphysboro Western Band Kicks Off Weekly Summer Concerts
The Murphysboro Municipal Band opens the 1952 series with Music Under the Stars at the i Park band shell in Mar sboro Thursday at 8 p m. The 26 member group directed by W T Davis will perform a varied program including Sound Off The Thunderer Kiss Me Kate and Ringling Brothers Grand Entry with Joe Williams as business manager. The series is funded by a 1 mill tax levy passed in 1939 and supplemented by merchant donations.
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I Park
Marsboro
Murphysboro
W. T. Davis
Joe Williams
American Federation of Musicians
Bagdad
Prosser and Moore Re-Elected in Carbondale Primary
Light turnout in Carbondale city judicial primary with 141 ballots cast at city hall. Incumbents Ever ett Prosser and Harryee in cumbent clerk faced no opposition, one write-in for city judge went to Robert W. Schwartz, and the primary will stand as the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Everett Prosser
Harryee
Heather
Caenach
Robert W. Schwartz
Prosser
Moore
Funeral Rites Held for Brother of Percy Man in Chicago
Funeral services were held in Chicago for Mace Cameron, 53, brother of George Cameron of Percy. He had spent about three years at Hines Veterans Hospital and died there on June 12. He lived in Jacksonville, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Mace’ Cameron
George Cameron
Chicago
Cameron
Hines’ Veterans Hospital
Jacksonville
Fla
Herrin Bible Class Plans Saturday Picnic
A Daily Vacation Bible School picnic for Second Baptist Church students will be held Saturday afternoon at Herrin Park. Evening services were announced for Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Attendance at classes has been good, with sessions from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Herrin
The
Second Baptist Church of
Herrin . Park
A. N. Sanders
Sheen
Evansville Youth Is Delinquent in Randolph Court
Roger Braun a 15 year old of Evansville was named a delinquent child in Randolph County Court and placed on probation for one year. The court ordered probation to Rev F Tacklenburg after Braun was charged with taking cars in Evansville for joy rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Braun
Evansville
Randolph County
Braun
F. Tacklenburg
Paul Nehrt
Daub suit seeks 5000 over farm fire blamed on Illinois Power
French and Mollie Daub sue Illinois Power Co in Williamson County circuit court Tuesday alleging workers started a fire on their Johnston City area land and failed to contain it, burning timber hay grass and fertilizer. They name West Frankfort to Johnson county line line construction and power sharing with Central Illinois Public Service and Union Electric Co. through Joppa and Paducah plants until completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Mollie Daub
Illinois Power Co
Williamson County
Johnston City
Power Company
West Frankfort
Johnson County
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Joppa
Union Electric Co
St. Clair County
Paducah
Banked Fires Trigger False Alarm at Chester Bakery
Night patrolman Wayne Smith roused owner Wayne Baughman after a passerby reported smoke filling the Bakery building in Chester. Baughman said no fire was found and blamed improperly functioning stoves for the smoke.
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Chester
Wayne Smith
Wayne Baughman
Baughman
Ben Perrigan Dies in Murphysboro at 68
Ben Perrigan, 68, died of complications at his Murphysboro home Tuesday after years of illness. Born in Jonesboro, he moved to Murphysboro 22 years ago and married Ophia Eile there. Survived by son Bud of St. Louis and five daughters Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Ethel Snyder of Murphysboro, Mrs. Leona, and Mrs. Irene Holliday of East St. Louis, with funeral at Crowns Chapel at 2 p.m. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Ben Perrigan
Osboro
Jonesboro
Perrigan
Murphysboro
Ophia Eile
Bud
St. Louis
Warner
Ethel Snyder
Leona
Irene Holliday
East St. Is
Crown Chapel
Fairview Cemetery
Herrin Soldier in England Third Time
S Sgt Clarence L Mezo son of Mrs Edna Hodge Herrin Illinois has at his new address 715 Bomb on Art 179 New York N Y and serves in England for the third time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Mezo
Edna Hodge
North Seventeenth Street
Herrin
Art
New York
Eagles Meet Planned With Dance and Initiation
A dance at 8 30 p m will mark the event with Tommy Lawson's band providing music. Initiation for a convention class of 40 will occur at 9 30 p m in the Eagles ballroom. Police Chief Blaine Maddox said extra officers will be on duty Friday through Sunday to manage expected traffic from convention visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Eagles
Tommy Lawson
Blaine Maddox
Discussion Club Initiation Tonight At Crab Orchard Lake
Sixteen new members will be initiated into the Herrin Discussion club tonight at Crab Orchard Lake. The Catholic high school youth group will depart from the Catholic school at 7 p.m. in trucks for the annual initiation ceremony and a weiner roast will follow. An initiation committee of five, including Richard Pisoni Ronald Morani Catherine Berra Phyllis Carnage and Delen Marlow, prepared the event. The club also runs a nursery school during the last two Masses each Sunday to allow families to attend church together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Crab Orchard Lake
Richard Pisoni
Ronald Morani
Catherine Berra
Phyllis Carnage
Delen Marlow
Percy Home Destroyed By Fire North Of Percy
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Steele two miles north of Percy was destroyed by fire Monday evening. Mrs Seotle was away at Spa when the blaze started and Steele could save only a washing machine from the back porch. A truck and a tractor were exposed to flames and one vehicle was moved to safety. No cause was determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Alvin Steele
Seotle Wees
Spain
Steele
Marion Woman Crowned Shrine Queen at Williamson County Fair
Judy Cruse, 22, of Marion, was named Shrine Queen of Williamson County Tuesday night before the Shrine Circus at the county fair. She will compete with other area county entrants in the district queen contest at East St. Louis on July 30. The district queen earns an expense-paid trip to Mexico. runners-up receive trips to Tennessee. Also competing from Marion and Herrin were Mergedas Siehart and Judy Reichert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Cruse
Marion
Wiliamson County
Shrine Circus
Williamson County
Miss Cruse
East St. Louis
Mexico
Tennessee
Herrin
Orcas
Mergedas Siehart
Judy Reichert
Stag Dance to Be Held in Herrin Teens Town
Plans outline a June 30 stag dance in Herrin Teen Town from 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Local youths Richard Plooal and Tushar Fons organize the event with expects attendance by peers and chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Richard Plooal
Ae Tushar
Oclane Agaee
Ics
Tcieeiae Ee Ieee Ioni
Tor
High Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Jones
Ferges Home Bureau
PMW
D.C
Bob. Suler
Eagle
Alma Saddler
South Tenth Street
Herrin Eagle
Saddler
Babee
Ringling Brothers
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