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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1960
Page
19
Cape Cod design by Rudolph Matern targets young families on moderate budgets. First floor 981 sq ft, second floor 538, total four bedrooms two baths, expandable up to four children. Large rear dormer creates flat ceilings and extra storage, with compact 41 ft 5 in by 24 ft 5 in footprint.
Giles Electric Armature and Electric Works in Marion held an open house from 1 to 5 p m to tour the plant at 703 Stockton St. The company completed a 150000 expansion in December adding a new building across from the main office. Fifty people are employed. the firm began in 1934 with four workers and repairs electric motors rewinds armatures and performs other electrical equipment work.
A certificate of incorporation for the W. E. Snyder Construction Co., Inc. of Herrin was filed today in the Williamson County circuit clerk's office.
Construction on the Coles Asphalt Co. plant starts Monday under President Don Huckaba. The facility will sit one mile north of Marion along the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, with up to 40 seasonal workers. An office opens at 1204 Public Square in Marion. the Tuscola plant in Douglas County will relocate service to all of Southern Illinois.
Employees of Herrin and Carbondale brokerage stores continue Fathers Day charity visits to men in institutions. The program began in 1954 with gifts and visits to those forgotten.
Southern Illinois, Inc. is in the running for a $1,000 Lane Bryant Award for volunteer service to the community. SII has received a plaque as a semi finalist in the competition. Lane Bryant established the awards in New York in 1948. SII was nominated by W. J. Tudor, Southern Illinois University area services director.
The RK Manufacturing Co. of Carterville merges with H. and P. Developers to form the American Magnetics Co. RK survives with officers in charge. plant employs about 50 with plans to hire 125 to 150 in 1½ to 2 years. No product or location changes expected.
Allen Industries near Herrin recorded a half million man hours without a lost-time accident Friday. The record started after the last injury on Jan 28. Christmas comes early with safe work. $300 in cash prizes were awarded via a plant-wide drawing. Vie Reback will receive an NSC certificate for the record.
States from Pembrokeshire in South Wales were used on the original roof of the British House of Commons, later destroyed in World War II.
The District nine and the Egyptian Board of Realtors meet Wednesday at Engels Restaurant Carbondale. Registration at 11 a.m. followed by a noon luncheon. Wal ter Rhein president of the Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards speaks at noon with Ralph Bedwell chair of the Small Business Institute Southern Illinois University delivering after lunch remarks. Robert E. Cook executive vice president of the Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards will also speak.
Robert Merz of the Carbondale Forest Research Center will attend the fifth World Forestry Congress in Seattle from August 29 to September 10. Delegations from at least 80 nations are expected as the meeting aims to exchange information and foster international cooperation.
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