Marion Blood Workers Picked for June 27 Visit
Captains and volunteers named to staff the bloodmobile visit to Marion from noon to 6 p m at the Elks Club. Residential area leader Mrs Mason Parker heads a list including Mrs Dee Rodd and Dr Chalmer Davee among nine, with women s and men s groups and rural and business sections all assigning teams to recruit five or more donors.
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Marion
The
Elks Club
Mason Parker
Dee Rodd
Bill Young
Chalmer Davee
Jim Conley
Harold Nordness
Paul Griffith
James Lynch
Jesse Baker
E. S. Finnegan
J. M. McAlpin
J. S. Johnson
L. E. Keller
H. T. Merrell
Gilbert White
C.C. Cox
Charles Taylor
Karl Federer
H. H. Smith
Johnny Norris
D. D. Wright
James Upchurch
John Giles
James Sanders
Edwin Soldner
John Halliburton
James Eveland
More Deaths Than Births in Union County May Report
May births slightly favored boys with 16 born and 15 girls in Union County during the five month period 131 births total. Deaths reached 38 in May, led by heart disease with 27, bringing five month total to 195. City Clerk Mary B. Whitney summarized the figures.
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Union County
Anna City
Mary B. Whitney
Whitney
Marion Masonic Lodge Hosts St Johns Day Celebration
Marion Masonic Archive Lodge 7 will host the annual St Johns Day Celebration at Paul's Chapel Baptist Church at 2 p m Sunday. Guest will be O E Vanderburg of Chicago most worshipful grand master of Prince Hall Grand Lodge. A luncheon follows in the recreation center on South Liberty Street. John W Jones is worshipful grand master of the Marion lodge.
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Marion
O. E. Vanderburg
Chicago
Prince Hall Grand Lodge
South Liberty Street
John W. Jones
Marion Lodge
Labor Day Meeting Set by Tri-County Association
The Tri County Labor Day Association will hold a meeting on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Fagles Hall Christopher. Members will discuss event planning and community outreach for the Labor Day weekend.
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Tri-County Labor Day Assn
Fagles Hall
Christopher
AJHS Board Calls Special Session
The Anna Jonesboro Community High School Board of Education called a special meeting for next Tuesday, led by president Amos Sanford, to decide on buying a new bus or a used one. The meeting at 7 p.m. in the principal's office follows a Monday session where paint bids were opened with no acceptance. Principal Tim O'Brien reported 112 graduates, two seniors lacking requirements, and the board authorized an audit of school records.
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Anna Jonesboro Community High School Board of Education
Amos Sanford
Tim O’brien
O’brien
Herrin YMCA Committee Named
Members of the Herrin Young Men's Christian Assn committee have been appointed. They are Melvin Sparlin, the Rev. Boyd G. Cubbage, George Dohanich, Eugene C Eckert, Paul Hiilman Sr., John Craig and Bill Jack. Frank Gumm of Carbondale Southern Illinois YMCA executive secretary met with the local committee at Herrin Township High School Thursday night. The local constitution was read for the first time and will be considered at the next meeting of the Herrin YMCA at 7:30 p.m., July 17, at the High School.
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Herrin Young Men’s Christian Assn
Melvin Sparlin
Boyd G. Cubbage
George Dohanich
Eugene C. Eckert
Paul Hiilman Sr
John Craig
Bill Jack
Frank Gumm
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Ymca
Herrin Township
Herrin Ymca
Scooter in the Dark Reported on East Freemar Street
A motor scooter traveling with no lights on East Freemar Street in Carbondale was reported to Carbondale police around 9 15 p m Thursday. Police were unable to locate the scooter.
Counterfeiters Charged After Southern Illinois Tour
William Earl Smith and James Monroe Mullen admit passing three bogus bills in Mt Vernon and one each in Centralia and McLeansboro during a Memphis to Little Rock circuit. They were nabbed trying to pass a bad bill in a Little Rock liquor store. Printer John Wesley Riaden allegedly made about 40000 dollars in counterfeit tens and twenties.
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Illinois
Secret Service
Fred Backstrom
William Earl Smith
James Monroe Mullen
Little Rock
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
McLeansboro
Memphis
Tenn
John Wesley Riaden
Backstrom
Smith
Mullen
Arkansas
Riadon
Correction on Pvt. Joe L. Glover's discharge details
The Southern Illinoisan corrected Pvt. Joe L. Glover's service record stating he completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood and was medically discharged on May 19. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William H Glover Rt 3 Carbondale not William H Oliver as previously listed.
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Southern Illinoisan
Pvt
Joe L. Glover
Fort Leonard Wood
William H. Glover
Rt. 3
Carbondale
William H. Oliver
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WCIL
Marion Blood Workers
David Whitcomb
Kenneth Avis
Trevor Willhite
Charles Edwards
Dean Kates
Harold Chase
Ed Lee
Leland Soldner
Soldner
Dee Small
E. A. Fosse
Adolph Dahmer
Mason Absher
Irvin Coppi
William Lee
Labor Day Meeting
AJHS
Marlyn
Opea
Eecenty Games
Sunbeam
Herrin
Ymca Committee
Scooter
Onal
Curlee
Hyde Park
Dacron
John
Herrin, Ill
Egypt
Murphysboro
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