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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1950
Page
3
Carbondale blockers delay requests to convert residential lots to business zones until the Zoning Commission sets general policies. Mayor John I. Wright pledged action soon as the council tabled spot zoning petitions after discussions tied to local business sites near the University drug store.
Five Carbondale motorists faced charges of improper parking on North Renfro Street June 10 and paid $3.40 court costs each. The City Council unanimously urged the police magistrate to refund the costs for Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Aldridge, with the mayor noting the five may all receive refunds if one is granted.
The Sun appears to stand still as Earth's axis tilts 23 degrees, giving Illinois about 15 hours 5 minutes of daylight. Today sunrise 4 29 a m, sunset 7 34 p m, per World Almanac. Tomorrow adds one minute, extending daylight.
The Daily Free Press lists subscription rates and delivery options for Carbondale Illinois. Mail subscriptions are restricted in areas with carrier service and the paper notes AP news usage rights and post office classification information.
Admitted Tuesday Mrs. Charlie Fullins surgical at Vienna hospital. Discharged Tuesday Mrs. Earl Murrie surgical at Boles hospital.
City council discussed fixing East College street between Marion and Wall with $2,000 in Motor Fuel Taxes funds held for three years. The plan involves using city equipment and labor to lay a new asphalt surface for about $2,300 after engineer review and state specification approval.
Mrs. Mary Emma Sloan 2107 Edith Street Murphysboro died at 5 30 am in St Andrews hospital after seven months illness with bronchial asthma. Born in Chester she married David H Sloan Feb 11 1896 in Chester. The couple moved to Murphysboro from Peoria in 1930. Funeral services Thursday 3 pm at Roberts Funeral Chapel with burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. She leaves daughter Betty Sloan and sister Mrs Ethel Baxter.
Four Evansville city employees will attend the quarterly meeting of the Egyptian Water Works Operators in Evansville Illinois at 7 p m Thursday. Jesse Fly superintendent F E Corbit maintenance superintendent and Jack Tripp and Orville Johnson operators will attend. The city will pay meal expenses of 1 50 each and the employees will provide their own transportation.
Murphysboro prepares for a four day Centennial celebration September 26 to 29 with a five member board and invited representatives to tonight's 7 pm session at the Famous Shoe Store. The John Rodgers company of Fostoria Oklahoma signed to help form a non profit corporation and direct the event with a five week pre opening visit. Committee members listed include Gilbert Ebersohl Russell Vaughn Harry Greenberg Charles McElree and Henry Stahler.
City officials ask owners of vacant lots to mow now. Call the city clerk at 98 to list name and address. Two men will mow at $2.50 per hour using tractors. E. V. Miller cites O. G. Holliday and J. B. Humphreys as ready to mow.
Carbon dale council approves a $40 estimate by Doss Walker for a General Electric motor and the necessary apparatus to connect it to the hand operated money counting device. The upgrade includes equipment and installation costs as proposed.
The city council waived the building permit cost for the University Baptist church project. The church is planned for South Oakland Avenue between Mill and Freeman streets, continuing a council practice of granting free permits to churches.
Carbondale officials discussed a plan by H B Lumber of Vandalia to use a dry fog insecticide treatment costing about 950 to cover streets alleys and buildings. The city lacks funds after health department changes and will seek a contributing plan with local groups to fund three applications through the summer.
Norman Cook of Murphysboro paid court costs of 3.40 on speeding within Carbondale city limits. Cook was arrested by police chief Lee Davis about 6 p.m. Tuesday and appeared before police magistrate R. M. Ragland.
A Percy customer from St Louis wished Glenn Lehr good luck on his wedding day. Lehr, leaving a business call, returned with a bad cut over his right eye and glass in his face after his car swerved on route 43 near Campbell Hill. His vehicle sustained 150 dollars in damage. He was treated by a Percy doctor and continued on.
The Hickman brothers in Jackson County improved 12 acres of steep timberland by soil testing and applying lime potash and phosphate, then planting 12 acres to brome alfalfa. After grazing 36 yearling steers, the pasture yielded 429 pounds per acre gains, $94.38 per acre revenue, and half a ton of hay per acre. They now run 73 acres of alfalfa and brome on their 155-acre farm.
Men of the University Baptist church of Carbondale plan a midweek prayer service tonight at 8 15 on the building site at Oakland and Mill streets. The gathering supports the new church build while workers continue site work past dark.
About 250 Rural Youth members from eight Southern Illinois counties will sail a Mississippi cruise on the excursion liner Admiral. Jackson county hosts will organize the event with departure from St. Louis at 9 a.m. and return by 4 p.m. Members may bring friends and Jackson hosts will arrange transport from the Murphysboro Farm Bureau at 6 a.m.
Miss Phoebe Wilkins, SIU graduate and former Southern Illinois University guidance teacher, will join MacMurray College Jacksonville as psychology instructor in the graduate school. She directs testing and oversees student records and chairs Pi Lambda Theta activities after earning a masters in education.
A coroner's jury ruled that the death of Mrs Hershel Cannon, who died after a head on collision on Route 13 near Carbondale, was an accident with no one held responsible. The Murphysboro bride had been married six weeks to Hershel Cannon. four Royalton occupants were hospitalized. The inquest on March 14 at Carbondale city hall heard details but could not establish exact crash circumstances.
Dixie Greyhound Lines seeks ICC approval to run Route 51 between Fulton Kentucky and Wickliffe Kentucky with a direct Carbondale Illinois stop. The plan allows Memphis to St Louis travelers to pass through Carbondale without a Paducah change, restocking in Carbondale as a mid course stop.
Jackson County residents have invested $51,840 in series E U S Savings bonds in the current drive, reaching 34.1 percent of the county quota of $208,000 as of June 10. Arnold J. Raven, state director, Treasury Savings Bonds Division for Illinois, announced the total. The drive began May 15 and ends July 4, with bonds sold through July 17 counted in the drive.
Carbondale's new recreation director Alan Domer told Rotary Club members that a well planned recreation program attracts industry, reduces crime, and builds stable families. He emphasized publicizing five playgrounds at Lincoln School Attucks Field East Sycamore and Barnes Lake Street and North Oakland area to keep children engaged during idle time.
Allan Domer announces the Lake Street playground between Mill and Grand is open the fifth since June 5. Nancy Aamodt, 407 West Grand, appointed supervisor overseeing the playground and city-wide swimming program for children. She holds Red Cross water safety certificates and has camp and waterfront director experience.
The city will host 16 Southern Illinois University students this summer for a municipal government course. Under Dr. R A McGrath six teams will study city organization, finance, elections, population stats, intergovernment relations, and more. The project aims to map Carbondale’s commission government with city cooperation.
Gilbert Waller of 201 North Marion remains in critical condition at Holden hospital after a heart attack suffered during Sunday school at First Baptist Church last Sunday. He operates a greenhouse from his Marion street residence.
Hospitals at Centralia Salem and Breese sued the St Louis Blue Cross over joining the Chicago plan while Holden hospital vows continued service for subscribers. Miss Mattie Pangburn says new contracts ready by Oct 1 and 30 percent of Holden patients are Blue Cross members with about 6 000 annual admissions. The St Louis plan offers family 24 year and individual 12 dollar rates with daily room costs and standard services covered, excluding anesthesia X rays blood transfusions and special nursing.
John Hosner, 25, of Gillespie Illinois, assumed duties Tuesday as district forester for the State Department of Conservation forestry division covering Jackson Union Alexander and Pulaski counties. He succeeds the late Harry D Switzer of Murphysboro who drowned while hosting foreign foresters near Ware. Hosner earned a master’s degree in forestry from Duke University and a bachelor’s from Michigan State College. He studied at Southern Illinois University and gained early district forester experience at Sparta in 1948 and 1949. He served 2144 years with the Army Air Force in World War II attached to the Twelfth Air Force in Italy as bombardier and navigator.
Paul Ryan of Illinois Central railroad told Carbondale Kiwanis members that Communists Fascists and other groups threaten capitalism in a talk on This Is Our Problem He claimed 54000 active Communists with ten supporters each and urged civic action to preserve the capitalist system as individuals. Harold Mann and C S Scott attended as guests. Pamphlets on the Hoover Commission were distributed by the Committee for the Hoover Commission of Carbondale.
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