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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
3
Jackson County Treasurer D L McGregor reports 500 060 collected of an estimated 1 731 838 39 tax total. Over 30 percent of the first week payments received with July 10 as the deadline for first payments and September 1 for the last. Real estate installments deadline moved to July 10 due to Illinois Supreme Court reassessment. Penalty: one percent per month for late payment.
Dr R F Sondag reports Jackson county schools achieved high immunization rates against diphtheria whooping cough tetanus typhoid and smallpox during 1950 51. Among 76 grade schools visited 43 percent immunized for diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus 67 percent for typhoid and 35 percent for smallpox. High schools showed 39 percent typhoid and 20 percent smallpox with over 2 000 additional smallpox vaccinations boosting county immunity.
Murphysboro officers report Brown Shoe Company’s factory was shut Thursday afternoon by Plant Superintendent J W Hanrahan and Union President Robert Massey over a lasting department dispute. The stoppage started about 11 40 am and ended the day with both sides calling the issue ironed out and praising cooperative relations.
Mrs Silas Simmons aged 87 died at 4 p m Wednesday at her home 816 South Illinois Avenue Carbondale. She leaves two daughters Maude Jones and Ida McIntire three granddaughters Ruth Kilmer Alma Johnson and Margaret Baker and two great granddaughters. Friends may call at Huffman funeral home after 10 a m Friday. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at the funeral home with burial in Oakland cemetery.
The dog days bring heat and risk for postmen as dogs bite and threaten mail delivery. Southern Illinois carriers report bites spike in past summers, with measures like quarantines and dog-behavior tweaks by postmasters. One plan suggests candy corn incentives to calm pets during rounds.
Jackson county health officials Roy McGee and Fred W. Kuhn praised the annual county clean-up for wide civic support. Carbondale, Murphysboro, Dowell and other towns organized drives with free trucks and labor, removing hundreds of loads of trash and debris. The effort, though not perfect, was deemed a success with continued anti rat and fly campaigns and year round cleanliness urged.
Henry Zappa, 41, Herrin, was sentenced to six months at Vandalia state penal farm today by Williamson County judge A. R. Cagle on a vagrancy charge.
Students across the area await selective service college qualification results as 470 S. L. students took two tests at the university. Officials cite authorization delays from state headquarters and draft boards for release, with mixed scores reported in Macon county and better results from four area students. The next test date is June 30.
Harvey W. Schultz of Murphysboro sues Ron dell Stearns for $600 plus costs in Jackson circuit court alleging Stearns speeding and forced Schultz’s father’s pickup over the center line on Route 144 last month, with Schultz as owner of the truck. Attorneys L. R. Stewart and John L. Stewart of Murphysboro represent the plaintiff.
Walter Eadie director of the State Department of Mines and Minerals issued two oil and gas well drilling permits for locations in Franklin county. The permits went to George & Wrather Orig. Co. and Marshall-Clark Comm. No. 1 with detailed section and township descriptions in Mt. Carmel Illinois.
The Southern Illinois Historical Society will host a spring fish-fry meeting at Cave-in-Rock park on Friday at 6 30 p m. A paper titled Early Life on The Ohio will be read by historians.
Maj. Benjamin P. Vickerey of Southern Illinois University will describe the SIU Air Force ROTC program at a Carbondale Lions meeting Friday in the Roberts Hotel.
I C May revenue shows growth in passenger and freight for the St. Louis division at Carbondale. Harry Goetz, freight and passenger agent, cites passenger receipts of 14 103.62 in May up from 12 599.83 in April and 13 018.44 in May 1950. Freight receipts rise to 120 288.51 in May from 101 740.03 in April, with 98 253.29 for May 1950. Carload and less-than-carload figures are listed for May and April.
Jackson county draft board announced its first induction call since May 16. Five men will receive uniforms in St. Louis on July 3, and two others report for physical examinations the same day. The July 3 inductions raise Jackson county's total drafted since the Korea conflict began to 138. Earlier calls this year were smaller than last year's bulk drafts.
An aged man was found dead in an abandoned field near South Street in Anna by a truck driver unloading brush after a noon storm. The body was identified as William Ira Colbath 69 of Anna. A coroner's inquest ruled death occurred shortly before being found from a heart attack. Funeral services were held June 21 at Norris Funeral Home Anna with Rev. O C Cooper officiating. Burial was in Knapp cemetery. He leaves a son George of Wadsworth and three daughters Edith Corzine Carbondale Lucile Carson Chicago and Mabel Lynn Anna two brothers Arthur Roy of Anna and two sisters Vina Hogue South Bend and Lula Cromeens Festus Mo.
Miss Merlene Kreuter of Metropolis won the city mayor title in the girls state elections at the 11th Illinois girls state convention in Jacksonville. The event drew 432 delegates as county elections and legislative talks highlighted the third day. Tonight five state legislators including Harry W. McClintock and Clyde L. Choate plan to discuss campaigns and candidacy.
Twenty three fines totaling 171 dollars and 30 cents were paid in Carbondale police court in May. Police Magistrate W G Carter filed the monthly report with the city council. Fines: twelve for drunkenness, four for fighting, two for disturbing the peace, two for improper driving, one for trespassing, one for lounging in the streets, and one for assault.
Local newspaper masthead lists the Southern Illinois Daily Free Press published in Carbondale Illinois. Details include address 7 West Main Street subscription rates by carrier and mail and AP republication rights.
Victor E. Slack son of Mrs Clara Slack 821 Oak Street Chester is recuperating in a Camp Atterbury Indiana hospital from a serious hip wound suffered in Korea his mother said Thursday.
Area draft boards await orders on a new law that shifts 18-year-olds into the draft eligible class. Clerks report no changes yet while questionnaires will be sent on 19th birthdays until procedures are updated.
Faul D. Nance of De Soto is promoted to Private First Class and will train as an Air Force aircraft mechanic at Sheppard AFB Texas after completing indoctrination at Sampson AFB New York. His career field was chosen by guidance experts based on service needs and his aptitude from tests. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ishman H Nance of De Soto.
Harold Lloyd Baker, 20, of Murphysboro, faces draft delinquency charges after allegedly refusing to report for induction. His father says the case is misrepresented and that Baker filed a conscientious objector appeal in 1948 through attorney William M. Wolff. Baker, a Jehovah's Witness, was once classified 1-A, later 4-F, then reclassified to 1-A, and claims notice failures and misrecorded appeals.
Cadet William H. Fraley of Carbondale Illinois has entered an extensive aerial navigation course at Ellington Air Force Base Texas. The program covers celestial pilotage dead reckoning and electronic navigation with flight hours in a Convair T 29 trainer aircraft and instruction in military tactics. Fraley attended Carbondale Commercial High School and Southern Illinois University before entering service.
Union County leads as the heaviest apple producer in the region with a near record crop expected in Illinois for 1951. Secretary Hartline of the Illinois Fruit Council cites a statewide projection of 3.645 million bushels, notes last year’s 4.1 million bushel peak, and details zone by zone harvest timings for varieties including transparents Duchess Summers Williams Reds and Wealthy with plans to thin blooms to improve quality.
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