ASC Accepts Office Bid for Murphysboro Building
The Jackson County ASC accepted J. Trotter of Murphysboro as the low bidder to construct a 36 by 90 feet office near De Soto blacktop and Route 15. The facility will be leased to ASC at 15 cents per square foot annually, totaling about 4092 dollars per year, with plans for central heating and air conditioning and brick veneer. Agencies occupying the site will include Soil Conservation Service and Farmers Home Administration. Lena Edwards, 72, Marion, dies in Marion Memorial Hospital after long illness. funeral at Mitchell Funeral Home with burial in Rosehill Cemetery. she was a former hospital attendant and member of Third Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
J. Trotter
Murphysboro
State
ASC
Retter
de Soto Blacktop
Rt. 15
Tretter
Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
Cecil Allen
Farm Bureau
Police Brief from Dongola Highlights Fine for No Safety Test
Harold Craig fined $15 for lacking a safety test. Publication details note daily days and locations, including Carbondale and Herrin, with standard newspaper and Associated Press affiliations and distribution notes across multiple Illinois towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dongola
Harold
Craig
West Frankfort Fire Festival crowns queen and more
West Frankfort hosts the four day Fire Festival with a Queen of the Flame crown event by Rep. Kenneth J. Gray. The program includes balloon ascensions, a water fight, parades, skydivers, bands, and a candy of prizes for beards. Two local deaths are reported: Mal Heidenreich and Iva Mae Reames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Illinois
Ll Amy
Cairo
Starmen
Southern Illinois Water Fire Departments
Illinois National Guard
West Frankfurt
Fort Campbell
Butlaws
Gets Hero's Welcome Area Man Revisits Belgium
Theux, Belgium welcomed John W. Steele, a Paratrooper and Battle of the Bulge veteran, on a 20 year anniversary pilgrimage. He recalled “hot bricks” for warming his feet during the 1944 winter, after landing on D-Day and being rescued from a church spire. He spoke in English and Walloon briefly before leaving for Nymegen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
John W. Steele
Theux
Bertholet
Steele
Normandy
D-Day
Ste. Mere Eglise
Murphysboro Unit 186 Board Hires Teacher and approves easement
Murphysboro Township High School hires Harold Roy Bush of Bloomington to fill an industrial arts vacancy, with an estimated dozen shop classes to be taught. He is a 1966 graduate of Illinois State Normal University and will earn 4400 dollars annually. The board grants Central Tim es Public Service Co an easement to install power lines near a playground fence by Rt 13, on about five feet of district land. The music department gets authorization to spend 1053 dollars for band uniforms from Mountin Bros Co of Greenville, including 14 caps 17 coats and 16 pairs of trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Unit
Harold Roy Bush
Bloomington
Murphysboro Township
James Blackwood
Bush
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Central Tines Public Service Co
Washington
Blackwood
McNair
Phelps-Dodge Aluminum Products Co
Rt. 13
de Mountin Bros. Co
Greenville
Montgomery Rites Set For Grand Tower Woman
Mrs. Lizzie Montgomery 63 of Grand Tower died at City Hospital in St Louis after a three week stay. She was born July 12 1900 in Grand Tower, member of the Penecostal Church. Survived by mother Susan Boren a daughter Marylen Shelby five brothers and one sister and one grandchild. Funeral Saturday at Van Natta Funeral Chapel Grand Tower with Rev Donard Ellis officiating burial Walker Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Mal Heidenreich
Rt. 1
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Heidenreich
Norge
Williamson County Farm Bureau
International Association of Machinist's Lodge 544
Mason City
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Audrey Moore
Marian
Herrin City
Montgomery
Grand Tower
Lizzie Montgomery
City Hospital
St. Louis
Penecostal
Franis Robertson
Susan Boren
Marylen Shelby
Loren
William
Ben
Roy
Theodore
Tulsa
Okla
Emma Reigger
van Natta
Donard Ellis
Murphysboro
Former Murphysboro Man Die s in Paducah
Funeral services were held in Barlow Kentucky for Dallas Hedger Schemwell a former Murphysboro resident. He died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital Paducah. Schemwell operated Schemwell's Barbecue at Walnut and Suh streets. He is survived by his wife Idelt daughters Elizabeth Schemwell of St Louis Missouri and Geraldine Guffy of LaGrange Kentucky and three grandchildren.
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Murphysboro
Paducah
Barlow
Dallas
Hedger” Schemwell
Carterville unit district proposal gains support in town meeting
Sixty to seventy residents backed forming a Carterville unit district at a Grade School meeting to discuss effects on operations and finances. Superintendent Taft Baker said Grade and High School officials attended. a referendum is set for July 11.
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Carterville
Taft Baker
Mrs. Davault Dies at 95 in Anna Funeral Saturday
Mrs. Alice Davault of Anna died at home Thursday at 10 a.m. She leaves a daughter, 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Born July 27, 1871 in Dongola, she was married to John R. Davault who died in 1935. Funeral Saturday at Ford Funeral Home in Dongola with Rev. H. G. Peterson officiating. Burial in Dongola American Legion Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Anna Sympson
Anna Mae Sympson
Chester
Three Spring Lodge
Bor
Steeleville
James H. Sympson
Sympson
Rockwood
Christian Church
Virgil
Joy
Paul
Schroeder
Trew Lockhart
Ebenezer Cemetery
Ford Funneral
Dongola
H. G. Peterson
Mrs Landis Dies Former Cobden Resident Rites Set
Mrs Pearl Sisk Landis born June 13 1920 Nebo Kentucky died Thursday after a brief illness at her Benton Missouri home. She belonged to Union Chapter of Lick Creek Eastern Star Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Survived by husband Delmer two sons Delmer Jr Wayne two daughters Sue Nancy her mother Bertha Sisk four brothers Audrey Dulin Paul Morgan two sisters Sue Byrer Margaret Sisk and half sister Olene Tapp. Funeral at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev Ray Epps officiating.
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Wayne
Benton
Sue
Nancy
Bertha Sisk
Nebo
Audrey
Providence
Dulin
Melrose Park
Paul
Dawson Springs
Morgan
Madisonville
Sue Byrer
Margaret Sisk
Olene Tapp
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Ray Epps
Cairo
Buriel to be buried in Ebenezer Hall cemetery near Cobden
Friends may call at Broadway Funeral Home in Cobden today before services. Buriel will be interred at Ebenezer Hall cemetery near Cobden with area families and church members expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buriel
Ebenezer Hall
Cobden
Broadway Funeral Home
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Marion
N. Garfield St
Marion Memorial Hospital
Saline County
Robert
Martha Deering Woolard
Dillie Anderson
Leonard Edwards
Jewish Hospital
Third Baptist Church of
Carroll Robison
Hurst
Willbolland Williams
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Charles Rhoda Enis
Birmingham
Ala
Victor Woolard
Scottsdale, Ariz
Garfield Woolard
Dewey Woolard
Columbus
Ohio
Vern Woolard
Belleville
Dale Reader
Rt. 3
Elnora Jones
Benton and I
Ella Deering
Raleigh
Mitchell Funeral Home
Robert Fuson
Rosehill Cemetery
Jthern Ollinossan
Southern Qlind
Lar
West Main Street
Carbondale
Baz Nor 16Th Street
Herrias
South 12Th Street
Murphyshore
Micceseor
Carbondale Free Prom
Herrin Pally Journal
Murphystors Todepandent
Mal Heidenrich
Iva Reames
Iva Mae Reames
Rt. 2
Carbon Lake
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Peoria
Southern Illlinois University
Jan Migalich
Paigade
Pam
Ony
Rosa Elliott
Valier
Rosa Lee Elliott
Loretta Hardell
Elliott
Taylorville
George Wilson
Valier Second Baptist Church
Hardell
Waller Second Baptist Church
Ted Arview
Lesser
Baker
Gerhart Man
Rome
Prian Durl
Dell
Compaux
Floda Mats
Ab Bizem
Wynil
Sremrart
Merrin
North Park Avenue
Kent Rinky
Atrest DU Oval
W. Frankfort
Anna
Loews Street
Eddie
Parker Company
Ray Raza Center
Waring
Gordon D. Miller
Poppy
Black & Decker J
Lloyd's
Mardale
Phosphamidon
J. W. Reeves
California Chemical Company
Cima Devese
Boa
Des Holom
Fom
Sheridan Road
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