Name Successor To Take Harry Switzer's Post
John Hosner aged 25 from Gillespie Illinois assumed duties 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 visiting foresters near Ware. Hosner earned a master's in forestry from Duke University and a bachelor's from Michigan State College. He worked as district forester at Sparta in 1948 and 1949 and served 2 1/2 years in the Army Air Force in World War II with the Twelfth Air Force in Italy as bombardier and navigator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hosner
Gillespie, al
State Department of Conservation
Jackson
Union
Alexander
Pulaski
Hosner
Harry D. Switzer
Murphysboro
Ware
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Michigan State College
Southern Illinois University
Sparta
Army Air Force
Twelfth Air Force
Italy
Floyd Hart Wins Jaycee Contest
Floyd Hart owner of Hart's Pharmacy won an all expense trip to the St. Louis Cardinal Chicago Cubs double header on July 4 in St. Louis. The Jaycees gave Hart two box seats and a $15 check after raising funds to buy a scoreboard for Murphysboro Township High School gym. The drive raised $394.20 of a $1,000 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hart
Hart’s Pharmacy
St. Louis Cardinal
Jdycees
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Edgar Sims
Burnell Howard
John Wayne Harvey
Vinson Erickson
Jaycees
Kids Parade Decorated Bikes in Murphysboro
More than 65 youngsters registered early for a bicycle parade at 2 30 p m Thursday in downtown Murphysboro. Sponsored by Montgomery Ward's store the parade starts in front of the store moves to the courthouse square east side seven prizes will be awarded by three judges based on originality and decorations no entry fee and the manager E L Tomlinson hopes it becomes an annual event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Montgomery Ward
Courthouse Square
E. L. Tomlinson
Subscription rates by carrier and mail guidelines
The notice lists weekly and long term rates for carrier and mail subscriptions including 6 weeks for $1.00, 12 weeks $2.00, 24 weeks $4.00 and 52 weeks $7.50. Mail subscriptions require advance payment and are not accepted where carrier service is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associatedress
Associated Press
Prospective Groom Receives Sharp Welcome on Highway
A Percy customer from St. Louis wished Glenn Lehr well on his upcoming wedding. Lehr left a business call Monday, then returned with a deep cut from glass in his face after his car swerved on route 43 near Campbell Hill. The car had $150 damage and Lehr was treated by a Percy doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Glenn Lehr
St. Louis
Lehr
Campbell Hill
Murphysboro Plans Centennial Meet Tonight
Murphysboro's Centennial program committee meets at 7 in the Famous Shoe Store to discuss action plans for a four day celebration Sept 26 29. The five member board invites representatives to help outline the program and finalize nonprofit incorporation and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
John Rodgers Company
Fostoria
Oklo
Gilbert Ebersohl
Russell Vaughn
Harry Greenberg
Charlies McElree
Henry Stahler
Rural Youth Cruise Sees 250 Participants From Eight Southern Illinois Counties
About 250 Rural Youth members from Jackson Bond Randolph Clay Effingham Saline Perry and Franklin counties will cruise the Mississippi aboard the Admiral on Sunday. The boat departs St. Louis at 9 a.m. and returns by 4 p.m. Jackson County hosts provide hospitality and transportation to Murphysboro early Sunday for those needing a ride.
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Illinois
Mississippi
Jackson County
Jackson
Bond
Randolph
Clay
Effingham
Saline
Perry
Franklin
St. Louis
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
Holden to Maintain Blue Cross Coverage in Southern Illinois
Holden Will Continue Blue Cross Hospital Plan for St Louis subscribers in Southern Illinois despite a dispute with hospitals in Centralia Salem and Breese suing the St Louis plan to recover money after switching from the Chicago plan. Miss Mattie Pangburn of Carbondale says new contracts are expected by Oct 1 ensuring uninterrupted service. The St Louis plan, approved in Springfield, serves Holden Hospital with about 30 percent Blue Cross patients among roughly 6 000 last year. family plans start at 24 a year, individuals at 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Holden
St. Louis Blue Cross
Chicago Blue Cross
Illinois
Springfield
Services Thursday At Ava For Mrs. Brickey
Funeral services for Angie Brickey 78 of Ava will be Thursday at 2 p m at the Presbyterian church in Ava. Rev Kyle Shawn will officiate under the Ava Rebekah Lodge No 258 auspices with burial in Ava Evergreen cemetery. Mrs Brickey a life long Ava resident leaves son F L Brickey and five sisters and two brothers. Friends may call at Wilson Funeral home Ava until 12 30 p m Thursday body to lie in state at the church until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie Brickey
Ava
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Presbyterian Church
Kyle Shawn
Ava Rebekah Lodge No
Brickey
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
County Buys Over Third Of Savings Bond Quota
Jackson county residents have purchased 51840 dollars in series E U S Savings bonds, reaching 34 1 percent of the county quota of 208000 dollars as of June 10 Arnold J Raven state director U S Treasury Savings Bonds Division Illinois announced the drive started May 15 and ends July 4 All bonds sold through July 17 will be counted in this drive extra reporting time granted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
U.S
Arnold J. Raven
U. S. Treasury Savings Bonds Division
Illinois
Timberland Pasture Beats Odds In Southern Illinois
The Hickman brothers of Jackson county pastured 12 acres of brome alfalfa with 36 yearling steers, yielding 429 pounds per acre and $94.98 per acre after selling cattle at $22 per hundredweight. They expanded to 73 acres in alfalfa and brome on a 155 acre farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Hickman Brothers
Jackson County
Hickmans
Weeding Across Town and Other Local Notes
A collage of civic appeals warns residents to remove weeds from unimproved lots and report neglect, while local leaders praise Mt. Vernon broadcast leader Dad Crouch for his large family. Slum clearance funds for Salem and Venice total 165000 dollars. Federal budget woes hit Chicago offices with reduced pay. A leading magazine touts sensational Shelton killings connected to a Southern Illinois hit parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States’ Attorney's Office
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Chicago
Shelton
Carl Shelton
Southern Illinois
Bernie
Big Carl
Roy
Big Earl
Little Earl
Little Carl
Carl
Brother Bernie
Merriam
Sheltons
Dalta
Death of Bride Ruled Accident in Car Crash
A coroner’s jury ruled the death of Mrs Hershel Cannon, wife of Murphysboro, an accident after a March head-on collision on route 13 near Carbondale. The ceremony held in Carbondale city hall. The crash involved four Royalton residents hospitalised.
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Hershel Cannon
Route 13
Murphysboro
Cannon
Pauline Musgrave
Harrisburg
Carbondale
Hinchcliff
Carbondale City Hall
Frank Wilson
Carl Shoaff
George Devereaux
Joe van Natta
Lacy Turner
Margaret Davis
Curling Casein Fiber Replaces Dobbins Tail Hair
An old fear over horsehair stuffing sofas fades as curled casein fiber arrives replacing scarce horse-tail hair. The piece notes how rapid dobbins dwindling left horses at risk of tail-robbing, but the new fiber offers a bounce once found only in naturally curled horse-tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbin
Bus Change Would Give City Memphis Service
The Dixie Greyhound Lines seek Interstate Commerce Commission approval to operate route 51 between Fulton Kentucky and Wickliffe Kentucky, allowing Carbondale residents direct bus service to Memphis Tennessee via St Louis without a Paducah stop. The city council approved the resolution backing the change as an improvement to current service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Greyhound Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carbondale
Memphis
Tenn
Fulton
Wickliffe
I.C.C
Thomas R. Stephens
St. Louis
Paducah
Stephens
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Norman Cook Pays Court Costs In Carbondale Speeding Case
Norman Cook of Murphysboro paid court costs of 3.40 after speeding within Carbondale city limits. He was arrested by police chief Lee Davis around 6 p.m. Tuesday and appeared before police magistrate R. M. Ragland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Cook
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Cook
Lee Davis
R. M. Ragland
Reorganization Proposed for Murphysboro District 100 Schools
Article 2 in a series outlines how consolidating grade and high school systems would create a 12 year continuous education. It highlights transportation fixes, integrated programs, shared libraries, music and art instruction, hot lunch availability, and standardized teacher salaries to promote equity and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Edward Harn
Mrs. Mary Emma Sloan Dies in Murphysboro
Mary Emma Sloan 2107 Edith St Murphysboro died at 5 30 am in St Andrews Hospital after seven months illness from bronchial asthma. Born in Chester she married David H Sloan Feb 11 1906 in Chester. They moved to Murphysboro from Peoria in 1930. Christian Science services Thursday 3 pm Roberts Funeral Chapel burial Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. She is survived by daughter Betty Sloan and sister Ethel Baxter LaJolla California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emma Sloan
Edith Street
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Chester
David H. Sloan
Peoria
Roberts Funeral
Alex Kent
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Sloan
Betty Sloan
Ethel Baxter
LaJolla
Calif
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals
Admissions include Lloyd Byrd medical at 211 North Eighteenth Street June 20 Mrs Frieda Mezo surgical at Grand Tower and Mrs Bessie Kelly surgical at Marion Dismissal of Baby Carl Gale Fulmer route 4 Murphysboro
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Lloyd Byrd
North Eighteenth Street
Frieda Mezo
Grand Tower
Bessie Kelly
Marion
Baby Carl Gale Fulmer
Route 4
Murphysboro
S I U Grad Phoebe Wilkins Leaves Fast Rise to Faculty
Miss Phoebe Wilkins, SIU graduate, becomes faculty assistant in Guidance and Special Education at Southern Illinois University. She earned an MS in education and will teach psychology at MacMurray College this fall, directing testing and student records. She led Pi Lambda at SIU and helped form a new Pi Lambda Theta chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Wilkins
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Roy Wilkins
Alto Pass
Farmers State Bank
Wilkins
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Ill
Miss Wilkins
MacMurray
Pi Lambda, An Associa
Pi Lambda Theta
Health Officers Plan Polio Precautions In County
Health department and medical society outline Polio prevention and care measures for Jackson County. Dr. R F Sondag warns early diagnosis is vital and isolates suspected cases. Emphasizes hygiene, fly control with insecticides, proper waste handling, and minimizing contact to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Health Department
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Medical Society
Jackson County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
R. F. Sondag
Sondag
Kiwanis Speaker Warns Of Reds Infiltration
Paul Ryan of Illinois Central railroad warned Carbondale Kiwanis members that Communists and other groups threaten capitalism. He cited alleged infiltration tactics and claimed 54 000 Communist party members in the United States with many supporters. He urged civic involvement and letters to Congress to preserve the capitalist system. Guests Harold Mann and C S Scott attended, pamphlets on the Hoover Commission distributed by Carbondale committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ryan
Illinois Central Railroad
Carbondale Kiwanis Club
United States
Harold Mann
Hollywood
C. S. Scott
Carbondale
S. C. Trainmaster
Hoover Commission
Hoover Commission of Carbondale
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Harry Switzer
New Forester
Jaycee
Daily Independent
South Illinoisan
12Th Street
Edward Lindsay
Blue Cross
B. W. Lewis
Murphysboro Eagles’ Lodge
Bill Pigott
Dad” Crouch
Mt. Vernon
Crouch
Salem
Venice
U. S. Housing and Home Financing Agency
Sam
Pyle
Fairley
iCox
Cox
City
Murphysboro Township
S. I. U. Grad
Rare
Sonday
Kiwanis
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