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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1960
Page
22
Real estate ads offer 6 room Belaire ranches in Herrin Marion Carterville and Carbondale. 3 bedroom brick ranches with garages and built ins. 20 acre farm on Route 148. many apartments and houses for rent in Carbondale Herrin Marion Murphysboro Zeigler Dongola and more. FHA financing and small down payments advertised. numerous discharges and marriages listed in local notices.
A series of small ads describe multiple homes for sale or rent. Listings include 2 bedroom with basement and storm sash at 309 S 21st, 3 bedroom with full basement and garage at 2130 Herbert, a newly built carpeted home with built in shower and oven, 2 bath brick home with recent improvements, redecorated modern home at 2117 Hortense, edge of town price point, a large family home at 1802 Edith St with 3 bedrooms and 1½ baths near St Andrews school at 636 Murphy.
Property listing from Murphysboro advertises a six room modern house at 1003 Chestnut with carpeting drapes and air conditioning. Contact phone number 1518 R for more details and price around 24 dollars per month or other terms.
Steve Buyaki 78 of 707 S Pine St Zeigler died 6 30 pm Friday after months long illness. Born in Austria Hungary he came to the US in 1912 and lived in Zeigler 39 years. Former mine watchman retired 1948. Survived by wife Anna son Bill Muncie Ind daughters Zoelton Perry Zeigler Ray Snagar Chicago Walter Engel Chicago brother Mike Dowell two grandchildren five great grandchildren. Funeral 10 am Monday Sacred Heart Church burial Royalton Cemetery. Rev Louis Fellner officiating. Rosary 2 30 pm today at Vantrease Funeral Home.
Mrs. Helen Hannebique 78 of 905 Gent St Johnston City died Friday at 3 30 p m at home. Coroner ruled heart attack. Born in France August 25 1882 she lived 55 years here. Survived by son Gaston two grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers and one sister in France. Funeral Monday 2 p m at Murman and Wilson with burial in Lakeview Cemetery.
Mrs. Myrtle Parks age 60 of 125 Prairie St Zeigler died at 1 p m Friday after a heart attack at home and on arrival at Miners Hospital She had lived in Zeigler 21 years born Thompsonville belonged to County Line Baptist Church She leaves sons Ray Carlsbad N M Gene Litchfield daughters Mrs William Guill Franklin Park Mrs John Alek sick Zeigler brother Henry and Charles Armes Thompsonville sister Mrs Carl Williams Pittsburg and grandchildren Rites 2 p m Monday at Zeigler First Baptist Church with Rev Albert Moore officiating Burial in County Line Cemetery Friends may call at Vantrease Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Gruber 79 of 108 W Poplar St West Frankfort were conducted Saturday at Walker Funeral Home The Rev T H King of West Frankfort First Baptist Church officiated Burial followed at Tower Heights Cemetery She died Thursday night in Union Hospital after years of ill health Born in Germany she came to the United States in 1917 She is survived by her husband Edward a daughter Sophia Lopstatis of West Frankfort two sons Walter of Tulsa Oklahoma and Eric of West Frankfort two grandchildren and one great grandchild
Miss Flora Vieregge 65 of Chester died Friday after a year long illness. Born in Chester in 1895 she formerly worked at the International Shoe Co plant there. She leaves brother William Vieregge of Chester. She belonged to St. John’s Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Women’s League. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church conducted by Rev. Eric Cash. Burial in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery.
Walter Homer Thomas 62 of Coulterville died in Sparta Community Hospital. He was born in 1897 in Pinckneyville and was a retired coal miner. Survived by daughter Elvera Merrit of Chicago, sister Bertha Kraft of Cut ler, and brothers Guy of Denver and George of Coulterville. Funeral services today at 2 p m at Lentz Funeral Home. Burial in Galum Cemetery Perry County.
A Carbondale man Paul Horn of East Chestnut Street was fined $10 Friday for using profane language over the telephone while talking to policeman Yael Springs. Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz cited a state statute as the basis of the penalty and Patrolman James Daniels arrested Horn after Springs filed a complaint.
Market action showed mixed results with a 1.6 point drop in the AP 60 stock average after five days of heavy volume. Dow Jones fell 3.99 while defense news and tech stocks led gains in other areas.
Demand for butcher hogs was slow all week and prices averaged about 50 cents lower while supply fell sharply from a week ago. Wholesale pork prices declined as much as 3 dollars per hundredweight with offerings of butcher grades down about 15 percent. Slaughter steers sold up to 75 cents higher, vealers in light supply and other classes steady as receipts fluctuated across major markets.
Public Health Service notes polio cases are increasing yet far below 1959 figures. In the 10 weeks since April 1 there were 135 cases, 100 paralytic, versus 354 cases and 245 paralytic in the same period last year. For 23 weeks of 1960 through June 11 states reported 356 polio cases, 255 paralytic, compared with 647 cases and 453 paralytic in 1959.
Mrs May Smith 74 of 306 E Vienna Anna died Friday at Barnes Hospital St Louis. Widow of William A Smith she belonged to Anna First Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Women's Assn. Born April 6 1886 Pierre S D she leaves several sisters and brothers. Funeral Tuesday at McCarty Funeral Home Anna with Rev Kermit Prince officiating burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 am Monday.
Jim Parker, Marion junior high school coach, named recreation director overseeing programs for all ages. He will administer activities under the guidance of the Department of Recreation and the Sunday School Board.
A historical note describes Abraham Lincoln writing an informal bank check in 1860. The document shows it signed A Lincoln and payable for three dollars to Mr Johns, described as a sick man. The item highlights Lincoln’s practical, plain handwriting and the era's banking practices.
The document lists the hearing order by township beginning with Levan and De gognia and including Fountain Bluff Sand Ridge Grand Tower Pomona Kinkaid Makanda DeSoto Vergennes Bradley Ora Elk Somerset Murphysboro and Carbondale.
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