Chorus rehearsal and local meetings announced in Carbondale
The Little Egypt Chapter of SPEBSQSA invites men to an 8 p.m. Monday barbershop chorus rehearsal at Carbondale East High School Art Room. County and city meetings follow: Jackson County Network training 6 to 9 p.m. Mon to Fri at Wesley Community Center. Chester Toll Bridge Directors 7:30 p.m. Monday at Municipal Building. Randolph County Board of Commissioners 9 a.m. Monday at the Chester courthouse. Carbondale City Council 7 p.m. Monday at University City cafeteria. T.O.P.S. meeting 7 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church. For info call 549-3361.
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Little Egypt
S.p.e.bs.q
Carbondale East
Jackson County
Wesley Community Center
S. Illinois
Carbondale
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Chester
Carbondale City Council
University City
Carbondale T.o.ps
First Baptist Church
W. Main
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting and Local Government Notes
Alcoholics Anonymous meet at 8 p.m. Monday in Sacred Heart School library Du Quoin. Local government and school board meetings listed across Franklin and adjacent counties with times on Monday including Benton Elverado Marion and Carbondale areas. Several theaters present current film lineups and showtimes in Carbondale Harrisburg Marion and Herrin.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Sacred Heart
du Quoin
Franklin Hospital Board of Trustees
Benton
Elverado
Ville
Tops Club
West Frankfort
Second Baptist Church Fellowship
Marion T.O.P.S
Presbyterian Church
DE Soto
SHA Library System Board
Greenbriar Road
Carterville
Valier Village Board of Mane
Vilall
MRO Yalton Village Board
Christopher City Council
Zeigler
Benton Grade
Death of Howard Hines at 78 in Grand Tower
Funeral services for Howard Hines 78 of Grand Tower set for 2 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church. A plant engineer for Central Illinois Public Service Co. in Grand Tower for 37 years, he died June 18 1976 at Jackson County Nursing Home after a long illness. Survivors include wife Tille Goetz Hines a daughter Betty Richley son Charles C Hines and four grandchildren. Burial in Walker Hill Cemetery. Memorials to Grand Tower Presbyterian Church.
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Howard H. Hines
Grand Tower
First Presbyterian Church
Hines
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Jackson County
Neely’s Landing
Charles
Catherine Sides Hines
Grand Tower Park
First Presbyterian Church of
Obituaries: Maude Hawn and Pete Prpich Dies in 1976
Maude Hawn 67 of Marion dies at Herrin Hospital after a March 16 1909 birth in Huntsville Tennessee and a Nov 1922 marriage to Burl Hawn. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Johnson Funeral Home Herrin with burial Herrin City Cemetery. Pete Prpich 49 of Lesser dies in Franklin Hospital Benton a World War II veteran and St Marys Church member. Funeral 10 a.m. Monday St Marys Sesser with Maple Hill Cemetery burial.
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Mrs. Hawn
Huntsville, Tenn
Gilbert and
Dora Sexton
Burl Hawn
Johnston City
Johnson Funeral Home
Herrin
Herrin City Cemetery
Pete Prpich
Lesser
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Prpich
Deaths in Chester and Murphysboro marked by long illnesses
Edna Viola Napper 82 of 421 Bern St Chester died June 19 1976 at St Ann s Healthcare Center after more than a year of illness Born Sept 14 1893 in Murphysboro to George T and Gavinia Seguin married Henry Steinhoff in 1919 later married Henry Napper who preceded her Burial in Fairmount Cemetery Cape Girardeau MO Burial at First Baptist Church Chester and Schroeder Funeral Chapel in Chester plan services Survivors include daughter Mrs Wayne Dowell and a granddaughter Two brothers Edgar and Leonard preceded her Grover C Hickam 91 of 626 N 16th St Murphysboro died June 18 1976 at Styrest Nursing Home Carbon dale Retired farmer born Alto Pass Oct 26 1884 to Adolph and Rhoda Smith Hickam married Effie Hoover July 7 1909 member One Ridge Baptist Church for 60 years Survivors include wife Effie sons Leonard Clyde Clifford Wilbur Dean all of Murphysboro daughters Carrie Penrod Emma Franklin Lena Leslie Mildred Raynor 33 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren a four great great grandchildren
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Bern St
Chester
St. Ann’s
Murphysboro
George T
Gavinia Marshall Seguin
Henry Steinhoff
Henry Napper
Ben Hur Lodge
Wayne Dowell
Edgar
Leonard
First Baptist Church
Fairmount Cemtery
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Alto Pass
Adolph and
Rhoda Smith Hickam
Effie Hoover
Eos
One Ridge
Effie
Peoria
Clyde
Sparta
Clifford
Wilbur Dean
Carrie Penrod
Emma Franklin
Lena Leslie
Mildred Raynor
Phoenix
Ariz
Myrtle Cripps
Portland
Ore
Crete Chalfant House
Crete Chalfant House of
Benton
House
Franklin Hospital
Plesant Missionary Baptist Church
Jefferson County
Jerry
Ada Neal Chalfant
Matthew House
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
Ward Cemetery
Memorial, burial for Rus sell Riepe noted in Vienna
A memorial service for Russell Riepe, 70, Route 2 Vienna, was held at Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Simpson. He died June 17 1976 in Vienna of a heart attack. Burial followed in Vienna Fraternal Cemetery. He farmed and was born Feb 21 1906 in Massac County to Frederick and Hanna Wilke Riepe. He married Juanita Shelton. survivors include wife and son Russell Jr of San Marcos Texas. Funeral arrangements by Aly Funeral Home Vienna.
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Russell Riepe
Route 2
Vienna
Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Simpson
Mr. Riepe
Massac County
Frederick
Hanna Wilke Riepe
Juanita Shelon
Russell Jr
San Marcos
Tex
Aly Funeral Home
Nationwide Showers Narrowly Soak Atlantic States
Most of the nation sees showers along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine with rain in neighboring Allegheny states. Clear skies are forecast elsewhere. In Southern Illinois, the Friday to Saturday low was 61 and a 56 inch precipitation was recorded. Saturday high reached 77. Sunset today 8:32 p.m. Sunrise Monday at 5:32 a.m. longest day arrives with sunset at 8:33 p.m.
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Florida
Maine
Allegheny
National Weather Service
Illinois
Eight-year-old Amy Temple improves in St. Louis hospital
Amy Temple of Carbondale, eight, is slightly better after a leptospirosis infection. She spoke with her family by phone from her hospital bed in St. Louis where Ruth and Jim Temple and the family are staying. Her parents own Jim and Ruths Market. She spent five weeks in hospitals and was returned to St. Louis after a fever. No cure exists, but symptoms are controlled until the illness subsides. The disease is carried by animals, especially rodents.
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Amy Temple
Carbondale
St. Louis
Gene Temple
Ruth
Jim Temple
Amy
Jim
W. Sycamore St
Embargo Hits Mail To Lebanon From United States
Postal authorities in Washington DC banned all mail to Lebanon. Hubert Goforth announced the measure, noting that mail already en route would be returned to senders as the embargo was put in place Saturday.
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United States
Lebanon
Hubert Goforth
Postal Service
Carbondale
Jeoe Gofforth
Wartorn
Washington, D.C
Double Derby at 383 0126 62137 event noted
Local page item references a double derby coded as 383 0126 62137 with an additional 203034 red marker. Details are fragmentary but indicate a scheduled or recorded derby sequence. No further context available.
Murphysboro Man Charged with Arson
A Murphysboro man is jailed in Jackson County after police charged him with arson on Saturday morning. He was held in the county jail over the weekend pending further proceedings.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Young man fined and placed on probation in Murphysboro
Christopher Gates 17 of Route 2 Carbondale pleaded guilty to two theft charges. He was fined 250 dollars and given one year probation on the theft over 150 dollars charge and fined 100 dollars with one year probation on the theft under 150 dollars charge. A separate fire report mentions Gertrude Ellis 22 of Murphysboro tied to a vacant 2035 Alexander St fire, with Ellis due in court Monday.
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Christopher Gates
Route 2
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Gates
Robert Schwartz
Ger Ellis
Alexander St
Ellis
Car hits ditch injuring three on old Herrin road
A car carrying three persons skidded into a ditch on the old Herrin Johnston City Road east of Herrin around 3:50 a.m. The driver Terry Wagoner 21 of Carterville was treated and released at Herrin Hospital. Passengers Jack Elders 20 and Joseph Oliver 22, both of Herrin, were uninjured.
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Herrin-Johnston
Herrin
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Terry Wagoner
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
Wagoner
Jack Elders
Joseph Oliver
Carbondale District hires Barbre as business manager
John Barbre Jr., a Carmi teacher, was named business manager for Carbondale Elementary School District 95, effective July. The 46 year old brings 19 years as an elementary district superintendent and three years as a district business manager, at a $20 000 yearly salary on a 12 month contract. He succeeds Artie L. Smith who retires after 814 years in the post. Barbre holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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John Barbre Jr
Carmi
Carbondale
Donald Tindall
Barbre
Artie L. Smith
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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Perry County
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