Boy Dies in Farm Pond Accident Near Energy
A coroner's jury ruled the death of 7 year old Michael Johnson accidental drowning in a farm pond west of Energy. The boy slipped into the water while playing on a leased farm. neighbor Bob Hernbeck recovered the body as firemen and a rescuer failed to revive him. Michael Ray Johnson, born Sept 9 1949 in Herrin, is survived by his parents, four brothers, a sister, and grandmother. Funeral will be Thursday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Johnson
Energy
Williamson County
J. S. Dungey
Johnson Funeral Home
Herrin
Johnson Boy
Arthur Johnson
Sam Woods
Bob Hernbeck
Johnson
Hernbeck
Herrin Hospital
Michael Ray Johnson
David
Tony
Jessie
Robin
Diane
Doanie Russel
Johnston City
Lester Caraway
Maplewood Cemetery
Marion
Raymond Hudson
Water reports set for Herrin Monday council session
Herrin city officials will hear two reports on the water and sewer departments at a 7 p.m. Monday City Council meeting. W. T. Kitchen, hired by Booker and Associates, will present a financial study, while Virgil Clanahan will detail a special audit. Delinquent bills totaling 1420.54 from Freeman Spur, Corp and Energy stem from a rate increase to 24 cents per 1000 gallons on Oct. 9, 1956, which the three communities have not paid. Water department records show 6300 in overall arrears, mostly sewage charges. Mayor Fred Henderson said representatives of the three communities and Herrin organizations will be invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Fred Henderson
W. T. Kitchen
Kitchen
Booker & Associates
St. Louis
Virgil Clanahan
Henderson
Freeman Spur, Corp and Energy
Herrin Water Department
Water Dept
Lester Jordan
Water Department
Carbondale
Curtis & Ross
Harry Grater
E. V. Miller
Wright
Blaney Miller
John C. Williams
Williams First Addition
West Main Street
Williams Street
Williams
Triangle Construction Co
Oakland Avenue
South Oakland
Freeman Street
West Sycamore Street
Springer and
Bridge Streets
Bragg & Rich Concrete Construction Co
William McCoy Jr
F. E. Corbit
McCoy
Springfield
N. A. Rosan
Carbondale High School
N. Springer St
Virgil Barringer
End of trial in alienation suit in Williamson County
In Marion, J F Travelstead sues Vilas Buckner for alienation of affection seeking 50000. Attorney Robert Butler closed Travelstead’s case at 1045 AM. Travelstead testified Buckner used a drug and post hypnotic suggestion to win his wife’s affections. Buckner denied intimacy. Buckner’s witnesses corroborated. Mrs Buckner testified from a hospital bed regarding peep-hole observations. Defamation suits by Mrs Travelstead and Mrs Raglin and a Travelstead assault indictment are pending. Travelsteads married 32 years with five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Travelstead
Vilas Buckner
Marion
Williamson County
Buckner
Mrs. Travelstead
Travelstead
Irene Raglin
Travelsteads
Whittington Gets 25 Years
Donald Eugene Whittington of Murphysboro was sentenced in Perry Circuit Court to two concurrent terms of two to five years after pleading guilty to auto larceny and check forgery. Four counts of operating confidence game were dismissed. Whittington had been charged with 1954 theft of a Pinckneyville car and forging checks there. He and two companions escaped from Perry County jail in Pinckneyville last month and were pursued. companions Isadore Ossowski and Jack Branum were later captured near Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Eugene Whittington
Murphysboro
Perry
Whittington
Harold Farmer
Donald Williams
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Mrs Susie Stuckey Rites Set Friday
Funeral services for Mrs Susie Stuckey 422 E Main St Carbondale will be at 2 pm Friday at New Zion Baptist Church The body arrives Thursday from Chicago and visitation is at Jackson Funeral Home 1 pm to 8 30 pm and at the church after 8 30 pm Burial in Oakland Cemetery Survivors include sons Percy Detroit and Willie Carbondale and daughters Ester Currie Haddie Baltimore Adela Kevil and Doretha Hegin all of various cities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Stuckey
E. Main St
Carbondale
Chicago
New Zion Baptist Church
Jackson Funeral Home
W. H. Clark
Oakland Cemetery
Stucker
Percy
Detroit
Mich
Willie
Ester Currie
Haddie Baltimore
Adela Kevil
Doretha Hegin
Visiting professor for Illinois education program named
Maude A. Stewart associate professor of guidance at Southern Illinois University will serve as a visiting professor this summer in the Educational Psychology Division of the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Stewart directs a two year graduate program for training college personnel workers at Southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude A. Stewart
Southern Illinois University
College of Education
University of Illinois
Southern
Stewart
Street sign thefts reported Tuesday night
Murphysboro police report several residential house number markers were stolen Tuesday night from lawns around 21st and Dewey streets and 22nd and Clark streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
George Rodman
Rodman
21St and
Dewey Streets
22Nd and
Clark Streets
Unit Hearing Leaders Picked
Edwin McDowell was named chairman of a committee to present a Murphysboro unit school district proposal at a Saturday hearing. Marion Nash, Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, was named publicity chairman. Attending were representatives from Grade School Dist. 101 and 106 and High School Dist. 100. The 10 a.m. hearing at the Jackson County Courthouse will decide if the proposal goes to a vote, with an Aug. 3 election tentatively planned if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin McDowell
Rt. 3
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Unit
Marion Nash
Chamber of Commerce
Murphysboro Township
Jackson County
Jackson Indian Digging Starts
A summer archaeological study began at two Jackson County sites near Grand Tower with students from several universities, led by Melvin L. Fowler. The project, on Hudson Farm land, aims to explore an Archaic camp about 7 000 to 9 000 years old and later Hopewellian mound sites, expanding on prior Modoc Rockshelter work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Ft. Bluff
Grand Tower
Tragedy Was Second For Mrs Johnson Headline
The drowning of 7 year old Michael Johnson was the second major family tragedy for his mother Mrs Arthur Johnson. Eight months earlier four members of her immediate family perished in a propane gas explosion at Herrin on October 18. Victims included her parents Fred and Mrs Kerley a brother Carl Kerley and a sister Mrs Violet Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Johnson
Arthur Johnson
Herrin
Fred Kerley
Carl Kerley
Violet Williams
Escapee Palmer Captured After Pulaski County Hold-Up
Bobby Joe Palmer an 18 year old known as Houdini was recaptured after holding a Pulaski County family at bay with a pocket knife for several hours. Sheriff Robert Aldrich said Palmer escaped Monday after being sentenced to 1 to 5 years in Menard for burglary and larceny and had stolen a 1950 brown Chevrolet before burgling the James Curry General Store in Mounds City. He was returned to the Pulaski County jail pending state attorney action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Joe Palmer
Aldrich
Palmer
Menard State Penitentiary
Clarence E. Wright
Carbondale
Mounds City
Pulaski
James Curry
Pulaski County
Funeral Rites Today for Joseph Ragland
Funeral services for Joseph Joe Ragland 64 of West Frankfort were held at 10 a m in Stone Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev Glenn Wheeler of First Christian Church officiating Burial followed at Odd Fellows Cemetery DuQuoin He died Sunday night at Dimmick Hotel West Frankfort where he resided He leaves son Joseph Ragland Jr of Dearborn Michigan and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Joe”’ Ragland
West Frankfort
Stone Funeral Home
Glenn Wheeler
First Christian Church
Odd Fellows
Dowell Man Begins Term at Vandalia Penal Farm
Roy Taft, 50, of Dowell, was moved from Jackson County jail in Murphysboro to Vandalia State Penal Farm Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received a four month sentence from Judge Peyton Kunce, transferred by Deputy Arch Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Taft
Dowell
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Vandalia State
Taft
Peyton Kunce
Arch Edwards
Correction Corrected E K Limpus Real Estate Address
Correction notes that the E K Limpus real estate office is at 1000 W Main St Carbondale. Limpus was previously linked to Cherry Realty Co and the earlier addresses were listed incorrectly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Limpus Real Estate
Main St
Carbondale
Limpus
Cherry Realty. Co
Joker Steals Elkville Centennial Razor Centerpiece
A prankster stole the Elkville Centennial centerpiece, a 12 inch hand whittled razor buried at the Elkville Community Building to signal the mascot whisker event. An anonymous caller claimed ransom and even notified a newspaper, with police treating it as a jokester theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Aken
Elkville
Former Area Resident Drowns in Garden Michigan
Leslie Plucker, a former Murphysboro resident, drowned Monday in Garden Michigan. He worked at Artcraft Sign Co. in Murphysboro in late 1956 and was married to Gwendolyn Meadors of Murphysboro. He leaves his wife two daughters Connie Lee and Cynthia Darlene and his parents Mr and Mrs Clifton Spalding of Michigan. Funeral services are to be held Friday in Garden Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Plucker
Murphysboro
Garden
Mich
Plucker
Artcraft Sign Co
Gwendolyn Meadors
Connie Lee
Cynthia Darlene
Clifton Spalding
Michigan
Rates Never Increased Carbondale Council Orders Water Rate Survey
A 77-year-old Herrin man with three names is in Williamson County Jail on disturbance and fighting charges. Local officials report the man as Joe Panale, Joe Mappecca, or Joe Marspre, with no clear identity or handwriting. He resided at 513 N 13th St Herrin and fought with his landlady on two days, spending a night in jail before release. Authorities plan to proceed in court under the Panale name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Wiliamson County
Joe
Roy Cox
Joe Panale
Joe Mappecca
Joe Marspre
13Th St
Cole
Mjoe
Panale
Rifling Clothes Of Swimmers In Herrin Youth Confessed
Herrin youth Mike Eimery, 15, admitted stealing about $1.35 from four boys at Carterville Beach after they swam Monday night. Police said he rifled their clothing, fled, and was later arrested Wednesday and jailed in Williamson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Roy Cole
Mike Eimery
Carterville Beach
Larry Duncan
Jerry Odum
Sam Gray
Emery
Williamson County
Lightning Strikes Oil Tanks Narrowly Fails Big Blaze
Near Eldorado an oilfield fire damaged partially empty tanks owned by King Oil Co after a lightning strike. Six tanks were drained, three burned Monday afternoon. Explosive force shattered windows up to a half mile away as rain plummeted 1.80 inches flooding streets and cutting power for hours. Firefighters held the fire five hours as crews monitored the scene and the blaze burned out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Eldorado High School
King Oil Co
Store Rebuilding Plans Indefinite After Marion Fire
Indefinite rebuilding plans emerged after a $200,000 Marion fire that destroyed two buildings housing the American Brokerage SaIly Shoppe and six apartments. Fire officials reopened North Market and Union Streets as investigators, led by State Fire Marshal Paul Deaton, probed the ruins for a cause. The structures, owned by Mack Ashman of Murphysboro and Emanuel Fuhrer of St. Louis, were awaiting insurance adjustment with the fire cause still undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Saily Shoppe
Paul Deaton
Mack Ashman
Murphysboro
Emanuel Fuhrer
St. Louis
Fuhrer
Carbondale man Roy Freeman reported missing
Roy Freeman of Carbondale, age 59, who had been listed as 49 in Monday's Southern Illinoisan, has reportedly returned home. The paper notes the correction and Freeman's safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Freeman
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
SIU Board Chairman Replies to Fleming Criticism
John Page Wham of Centralia contests Helen Fleming's charges about Southern Illinois University. He says the reporter failed to note campus ethics courses and relevant programs and suggests her conclusions were preset after previsit discussions with upstate sources. SIU President Morris had no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Chicago Daily News
SIU
John Page Wham
Centralia
Miss Fleming
Southern Illinois University
Southrn Illinois
Helen Fleming
D. W. Morris
Murphysboro Doctor Stricken on Vacation Trip
Dr. E K Ellis Murphysboro physician suffered internal hemorrhage while vacationing with his wife en route home after WWI unit reunion. Rushed to Renger Hospital Hallettsville Texas and to be returned home early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ellis
Murphysboro
Texas
Mines and shifts report from several named mines
A compact listing shows working and idle mines with numbers indicating daily shifts. Mines include Orient 2 and Orient 3, Freeman 4, Buckhorn, Zeigler 3, Old Ben 9 and 22, Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Truax Tracr No 2 Not Working, Old Ben 14, Briquet Plane Old Ben 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Ben
Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star
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Carl Mayers
Walter Lowe
Lowe
Sushe Stuckey
Jackson Indian
Grimsby School
Rt. 144
Hudson Farm
Red Town
Melvin L
Mike’’ Fowler
The
Illinois State Museum
Fowler
Gorham
State Museum
Modoc
Mrs. Johnson
Joseph Ragland
Penal Farm
Joker
Carbondale Council
Boy
North Market
Union Streets
of Siu
Wham
Murphysboro City Hall
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