War Mothers Install Fountain At Vet Hospital Dedication
The American War Mothers chapter of Herrin dedicated a drinking fountain at the Veterans hospital in a Sunday ceremony held in the grove. Mrs. Bessie Nealson led the service with the Herrin Township high school band, Rev. Seba Marshall officiating, and a solo by Miss Jeanette Cavalli. Ray Houbbs praised the War Mothers for their work as a bronze plaque commemorates the donation.
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Veterans’ Hospital
American War Mothers Chapter
Herrin
Bessie Nealson
Herrin Township
Seba Marshall
Jeanette Cavalli
God Bless
America
Ray Houbbs
Sam Birdzell
Veterans Staff
E. A. Welch
Ray Hubbs
Hubbs
Stops and Starts 90th Anniversary Meeting Today
The Herrin Homecoming association plans a 7 p.m. meeting at city hall with Red Jeffries urging active groups to send representatives. City spraying begins in the business district and will cover park areas and wards in rotation starting with ward 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Homecoming Association
Albert W
Red) Jeffries
Herrin Street and Alley
Fred Schoonover
Legion Auxiliary Donates to Haven Fund in Herrin
The Herrin American Legion Auxiliary contributed 52 dollars to the Veterans Rest Haven fund. Secretary-treasurer Mrs. Bessie Nealson mailed the check to Ray Hubbs, executive secretary of the Egyptian Post Commander's club. Funds came from Derby ticket sales, poppies, and public parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Rest Haven Fund
Bessie Nealson
Herrin Legion Drill Team Plans July Start
The first meeting of the American Legion Ritual and Drill team will be at the Herrin American Legion home Wednesday night at 7 30. Legionnaire James Bailie urged all interested members to attend and hoped the team would be ready on July 29 for the 25th District convention in Herrin.
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Amercan Legion
Herrin
Belt Conveyor at Franklin County Coal Mine Lifts 300 Tons Hourly
A new coal belt at the Lida B slope mine near Royalton, installed by Franklin County Coal, moves at least 300 tons of coal per hour to the surface. The 1,900 foot long rubber rayon cord belt, built by Raybestos Manhattan, has a 287 foot lift and cost about $20,000. It aided mine development by hauling rock to the surface and was installed in three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abo
Lida B
Franklin County Coal Corporation
Royalton
Raybestos- Manhattan, Inc
Passaic
N. J
Albert Vincent of Carbondale dies at 73
Albert Vincent 73 of 309 East Hester Carbondale died at home Sunday at 3 45 p m He leaves two sisters Mrs John Brandon Carbondale and Mrs Rosie Harrett Flint Michigan and a half brother Richard Vincent Tamms He was a Grace Methodist church member Services set for 2 p m Tuesday June 20 at Grace Methodist Church with Reverends Glenn Sharpe and C C Hall officiating Burial will be at Walnut Grove Cemetery near Alto Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Vincent
East Hester
Carbondale
John Brandon
Rosie Harrett
Flint
Mich
Richard Vincent
Tamms
Vincent
Grace Methodist Church
Parker Funeral
Glenn Sharpe
C. C. Hall
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Alto Pass
Hospital News From Herrin Area Admits and Discharges
Patients admitted and discharged at Herrin area hospitals over a three day period include Hardin Pulley Marion Clarence Goodman Herrin Mildred Blades Johnston City Mary Keeling Herrin admitted Sunday Ethel Dawson West Frankfort Leonard Williamson Carterville Molly Church Zeigier Virginia Long Johnston City Ida Leggins Alto Pass Bebe Tyner Cambria Ella Satterfield Emma admitted Monday morning Audrey Adams West Frankfort Lizzie Zanotti Johnston City Discharges list includes Jim Norman Energy Memotr Batteau West Frankfort Mabel Craig Carterville Gladys Rainbolt Herrin Flossie Currey Carterville Mildred McKintry West Frankfort daughter Jeanie Palmer Herrin Henry Manning Herrin Walter Grimesf Carbondale Sylvia Crowell daughter Herrin Mildred Davie daughter Colp Louise Peters Herrin Lewis Fierke Herrin.
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Herrin Hospital
Hardin Pulley
Marion
Clarence Goodman
Herrin
Mildred Blades
Johnston City
Mary Keeling
Jim Norman
Energy
Memotr Batteau
West Frankfort
Mabel Craig
Carterville
Gladys Rainbolt
Flossie Currey
Mildred McKintry
Fredia Wooten
Metropolis
Vivian Alecci
Harco
Jeanie Palmer
Henry Manning
Ethel Dawson
Leonard Williamson
Molly Church
Zeigier
Virginia Long
Ida Leggins
Alto Pass
Bebe Tyner
Cambria
Ella Satterfield
Emma
Ethel Dawson l
Walter Grimes F
Carbondale
Sylvia Crowell
Mildred Davie
Colp
Louise Peters
Lewis Fierke
Audrey Adams
Lizzie Zanotti
Snake bite serum drama ties Clyde Rush to Carbondale
Leonard Williamson, 27, Carterville, was bitten while netting at a Forsythe mine strip. He fainted five times before a Marion doctor treated him at Herrin hospital, which lacked serum. Rush of Cline-Vick Drug Store secured the antidote from SIU health center to help stabilize Williamson and a late delivery followed.
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Clyde Rush
Carbondale
Leonard Williamson
Route 3
Carterville
Forsythe
Williamson
Marion
Herrin Hospital
Southern Illinois University Health Center
Harrisburg
Rush
Cline- Vick
Herrin
Harry Goetz
Cecil Gibbs
Stork Fails To Show Father’s Day Prize Contest
Murphysboro merchants offered over 50 gifts for the Father of Fifty at St Andrew's hospital for Father's Day. The stork did not drop by and no baby arrived Sunday to win the prizes. Two baby girls were born Saturday, Mrs Merle Smith of Cutler and Mrs Willie Smith of 2121 Alexander Street announced early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Merle Smith
Cutler
Willie Smith
Alexander Street
Carterville Housing Delegation Misses Meeting
The Carterville housing project delegation failed to attend the Williamson County Housing Authority meeting in Marion on Friday due to a timing mix up. Council member Lee Hooker said the group will attend the next regular meeting in early July and inform authorities in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Williamson County Housing Authority
Marion
Lee Hooker
Housing Authority
County Farmers To Tour Dixon Springs Experiment Station
Williamson county farmers will tour the Dixon Springs experimental station Thursday starting at 9:30 a m. H H Fulkerson said more than 150 people are hoped for for the all day tour. The program includes soil plots grass and legume comparisons beef and mutton production and a study of cattle and sheep utilization. Attendees should bring lunch or buy at the Pope Hardin home bureau stand.
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Williamson County
Dixon Springs
H. H. Fulkerson
Fulkerson
Pope-Hardin Home Bureau
Adult Sewing Classes Tonight at Herring Township High
Evening sewing classes at Herring Township High School will meet tonight with registration from 7 15 to 7 30 and the first lesson following. Mrs Louise Barton instructor provides schedules arranged to members satisfaction. Contact 24181 for information.
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Herring Township High School
Louise Barton
City seeks funds for new low rent housing unit
The city aims to obtain funds to build a new low rent housing unit to relieve current over crowded conditions. The proposal targets improving living conditions by expanding affordable housing stock and addressing crowding in existing units.
Public Hearing on Hail Grade for Peaches in Illinois
Fruit growers in Southern Illinois will hear plans to adopt an Illinois hail grade for peaches at a 10 a.m. hearing Saturday at Southern Illinois University Little Theater. Roy E. Yung says the hearing approves a new peach grade aligned with U.S. standards, covering hail damaged fruit with intact skin or healed holes and limiting severe misshaping. If approved, the grade would apply beyond this year, expanding Illinois’ existing hail grade on apples to peaches.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Roy E. Yung
State Department of Agriculture
Little Theater
United States
U.S
Two Are Dads On Dad's Day
On Father's Day Willard Keller of Carbondale welcomed a son at Holden hospital. Keller, a real estate dealer, has three older children and spent the day traveling between Carbondale and Dongola to include all his kids. The baby is named Michael Stephen. J E Bollman of Carbondale also became a father on Father’s Day with a newborn son.
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Willard Keller
East Park
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Keller
Becky
Dukie
Eddie
Dongola
Willards
Michael Stephen
J. E. Bollman
West Monroe
Driemeyer Named to State Legion Convention Committee
Louis Rosset of Chicago announced Ed Driemeyer of Herrin as a member of the state convention registration committee for the 1950 Illinois Legion gathering in Chicago September 8 to 11. About 2,500 delegates and as many alternates will attend at the Chicago Opera house.
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Louis Rosset
Chicago
Ed Driemeyer
Herrin
Chicago Opera House
North Wacker Drive
Martin H. Kennelly
Adlair Stevenson
Illinois
Pastor McCasland Leaves for Southwestern Seminary
Rev. Paul A. McCasland pastor of Herrin First Baptist Church travels to Fort Worth Texas to enroll for a Doctor of Religious Education degree. He is Howard Payne College A B graduate with theology and religious education masters from Southwestern Seminary. Rev Harrel Hall of Carbondale will lead the church during his absence.
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McCasland
Baptist Seminary
Paul A. McCasland
Herrin First Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Texas
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Mr. McCasland
Howard Payne College
Southwestern Seminary
Shirley Ann Crouch Poised for 2000 Dollar TV Scholarship
Herrin seven year old Shirley Ann Crouch competes on Original Amateur Hour in New York for a 2000 dollar scholarship and a gold loving cup. She qualified by winning first place three times in previous preliminaries and will perform at Madison Square Garden before final voting by TV listeners.
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Shirley Ann Crouch
Herrin
International Theater
New York City
New York
Shirley Ann
Lucille Crouch
North Eighteenth Street
Madison Square Garden
Harley Owen
Shirley
Police and Fire
United Fraternal Orders
Indiana
P. O. Box
Radio City
N. Y
Bateman Robert 39 Carterville Miner Dies in Hospital
Robert Rostell Bateman aged 39 a Carterville coal miner died Sunday at 5 a.m. after a three month illness. He worked at Zeigler No. 2 mine and was born in Carterville on June 5 1911. Survived by wife Edith Watkins and three children with siblings and relatives listed. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 p.m. Riggin funeral home Carterville with Rev. E C Lee officiating burial Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Robert Rostell Bateman
Carterville
Christopher
Zeigler
J. . Truedger
Fort Myers
Fla
Elmer McGowan
Chicago
Earl McGowan
Riggin
E. C. Lee
Hillcrest Cemetery
Bert Madden in Hurst Improves After Heart Attack
Hurst fire chief Bert Madden was reported progressing after suffering a heart attack while fighting a fire early Saturday. He was ordered to rest in bed this week by his doctor.
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Bert Madden
Hurst
Madden
Herrin Sailors Return on 30 Day Leave
C T Hutchison and Kenny Longman of the United States Navy arrived in Herrin for a 30 day leave. Hutchison came from San Diego via Hawaii aboard the USS Boxer and was greeted by his parents at the St Louis airport. Longman arrived by train from overseas on the USS Craig and traveled from Guam to San Diego before heading home. Both served as electricians aboard carriers and have seen action in Japan Korea China and Manila. They crossed the equator together and earned shell back status after the initiation. Longman is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Longman of 620 South Nineteenth Street.
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C. T. Hutchison
Kenny Longman
United States Navy
Herrin
Hutchison
San Diego
Hawaii
St. Louis
John Hutchison
West Oak Street
Longman
Craig
Ed Chinn
China
Valley Forge
Guam
Japan
Korea
Manila
Equator
Navy
Walter Longman
South Nineteenth Street
Johnston City Scouts Return From Camp
Fourteen Johnston City Girl Scouts and adult workers returned Saturday from Camp Quatoga Pere Marquette state park after two weeks with Scouts from the King Kole area. Gov Adlai E Stevenson and others visited. All Johnston City girls joined a water carnival.
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Johnston City
Camp Quatoga
Pere Marquette State Park
King Kole
Araminta Bigelow
Cecil Leonard
Leroy Metcalf
McKinley Crabtree
Adlai E. Stevenson
Father Link
Homer Young
Gillespie
Clanahan to Begin CPA Practice in Herrin
James V Clanahan of Zeigler announced he will begin practicing as a certified public accountant in Herrin soon. A Herrin native, he graduated from Herrin schools and the University of Illinois with a BS in accounting. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clanahan of Herrin and previously worked for Consoli dated Coal Mine No 7 before Navy service and later for a Marion CPA firm.
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James V. Clanahan
Zeigler
Herrin
Clanahan
University of Illinois
Consolidated Coal Co
Navy
Illinois
Marion Cpa
Finneys Hold Fourteenth Reunion at Herrin Memorial Park
The Finney family held its fourteenth reunion in Herrin Memorial Park on June 11 with about 85 attendees. A noon basket dinner followed. George Raines of Marion, 78, was the oldest, and eight month old Douglas Bush of Decatur the youngest. Henry Finney of Herrin was re-elected president and Dave Finney of Herrin secretary-treasurer for the next year. The event will meet again on the second Sunday in June. The Harmonaire quartet and the Melody Boys of Herrin provided afternoon entertainment.
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Finney
Herrin Memorial Park
George Raines
Marion
Douglas Bush
Decatur
Henry Finney
Herrin
Dave Finney
Harmonaires Quartet
Melody Boys
Shrine Clowns Plan Week of Area Town Visits
Avnad's Shrine clowns led by David F. Mallett will tour towns in the Carbondale area June 2 to 24 visiting Sparta Steeleville Ava Murphysboro Carbondale Cobden Anna West Vienna Goreville Marion Carterville Herrin Royalton Mulkeytown Du Quoin. The visits promote Aviad Bemple's Shrine circus in Carbondale June 27 28 and 29.
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Avnad’s Shrine Circus
Shrine Circus
David F. Mallett
Carbondale
Aviad Shriners
Sparta
Steeleville
Une
Ava
Murphysboro
Cobden
Anna
West Vienna
Goreville
Marion
Carterville
Herrin
Royalton
Mulkeytown
Herrin Woman Receives Two Surprises About War News
Mrs. Mary Lou Camarato of Herrin learned she and her two children Rhea Jo and Keith Laverne would join her husband, Sergeant First Class Joe Camarato, in Japan in about six weeks. The family had already received two long distance calls confirming the plan.
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Mary Lou .Camarato
Herrin
War Department
Rhea Jo
Keith Laverne
Joe Camarato
Japan
Mays Posts $2000 Bond After Larceny Arrest
Howard Mays posted a $2000 bond Sunday after being arrested early Saturday on larceny charges. James Gregg, arrested with Mays, is jailed in Marion County. The pair claimed a truck stolen from Buckhorn mine where two men had been driven off by a night watchman as copper wire and scrap iron were being loaded.
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Howard Mays
Joe Ing
Herrin
James Gregg
Broad
Mays
Marion
Gregg
Buckhorn Mine
Revival Underway at Hurst Baptist Church
The Hurst Baptist church reports a revival in progress led by Rev. Raymond Walker of Herrin with evangelist Rev. Burdell O'Neal, a Southern Baptist Seminary student. The public is invited to attend.
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Hurst Baptist Church
Raymond Walker
Herrin
Burdell O’neal
Southern Baptist Seminary
Zeigler Man Dies at Home Harrison Hiller 74
Zeigler resident Harrison Hiller 74 died at his Orchard Street home Sunday afternoon. The death occurred at the residence with no details of the cause released. He is survived by family in Zeigler.
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Zeigler
Harrison Hiller
Orchard Street
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Legion Auxiliary
Haven
Fly
Herrin Legion
Southern Illinoisan
the Daily Journal
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
Edward Lindsay
Grant M. Coover
Marie Franklin
North 16Th Street
Dial
Associated Press
AP News
Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc
Frank Malinowski
Passaic, N
J. A. L. Hawk
G. S. Himebaugh
J. P. Chilcote
Hospital News
Dixon
Pick Driemeyer
Robert Bateman
James Clanahan
CPA
Finney's
Shrine
Ainad Temple
Ainad’s Shrine Circus
Tom Packs
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Toronto
Montreal
Aida
Star Is the Moon
Torrence
Tom
Clauson
William Heyer
Camerato
Camp McGill
Sumatra
Camarato
Camaratic
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