Five Area Men To Receive IC Service Awards
Fifty year service honors go to 65 Illinois Central Railroad employees in 1954 at a noon luncheon in Chicago hosted by President Wayne A. Johnston. The group includes John Allen Golliher Carbondale Charles William Wolf Carbondale Thomas Albert Gannon Carterville Andrew Jackson Daisy Jonesboro and Thomas Elmer Clergy Pinckneyville. Gold passes entitle lifetime transportation on the IC for the recipients. The 1954 cohort brings total honorees to 747 since 1936 as thirty five cities in seven states are represented including Amboy Bloomington Centralia Chicago East St. Louis Freeport Homewood and Mounds.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Wayne A. Johnston
Chicago
John Allen Golliher
Carbondale
Charles William Wolf
Thomas Albert Gannon
Carterville
Andrew Jackson Daisy
Jonesboro
Thomas Elmer Clergy
Pinckneyville
Amboy
Bloomington
Centralia
East St. Louis
Freeport
Homewood
Mounds
Shot Victim Reported Worse In Paducah Shooting
Jack Council, 36, of Metropolis, remained in worse condition at Riverside Hospital Paducah with gunshot wounds from June 5. Sheriff Devers said Larry Conley, 22, was released on 5000 dollar bond. Grand jury set for August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Council
Metropolis
Paducah
Riverside Hospital
Council
Massac County
Leonard Devers
Larry Conley
Clurie Sutton Dies at 84 in Carterville
Carterville resident Clurie Newton Sutton 84 died at 12 10 a m Sunday after long illness. A retired miner and longtime First Methodist Church member he leaves three sons Ardell Claude Floyd a daughter Edith N Sutton five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church with Rev Ellis Dugger officiating. Burial in Desoto Cemetery. Riggin Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Clarie Newton Sutton
Pickett St
Carterville
Newton
Nashville
Tenn
John
Judith Suton
Cynthia Wise Sutton
First Methodist Church
Ardell
Claude
Flint
Mich
Floyd
Herrin
Edith N. Sutton
Ellis Dugger
DeSoto Cemetery
Riggin
Lost Hawthorn bicycle of Terry Jingle reported in Carbondale
Carbondale police report a light Hawthorn bicycle with dark fenders and knee action as lost or stolen on Sunday. The owner is Terry Jingle of Carbondale.
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Terry Jingle
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details
The Southern Illinoisan is a multi-city newspaper published Sundays and weekdays except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is entered as Second Class Matter at the Carbondale Post Office under the 1879 act and is the successor to local papers including the Carbondale Daily Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 17Th Street
Murphysboro
The
Carbondale Daily Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Mary Faytak 88 Mary Faytak of Christopher dies
Mrs. Mary Faytak 88 of 705 S Church St Christopher died Saturday morning in Christopher Miners Hospital. She was a Franklin County resident 43 years and longtime member of St Andrews Catholic Church and Ladies Altar Society. Funeral set Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St Andrews with Rev Stephen Boros officiating. Burial in cemetery. Friends may call Union Funeral. She is survived by seven children, 14 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren.
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Mary Faytak
S. Church St
Christopher
Christopher Miners Hospital
Franklin County
St. Andrews
Julia Zimmers
Elizabeth Moleski
Gary
Ind
George
East Alton
St. Andrews Church
Stephen Boros
Friends Ma
Union Funeral
Family Away As Home Burns
The James Samples family lost their southwest of Christopher home to a daytime fire around 11 a.m. Sunday. The frame house owned by Larkin Sanders burned completely while Samples was fishing at Crab Orchard Lake and his wife and three children visited relatives in Zeigler. Neighbors discovered the blaze and Charley Sanders offered to accept donations for the fire stricken family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Samples
Christopher
Samples
Larkin Sanders
Charley Sanders
Crab Orchard Lake
Zeigler
Sanders
Firestricken
Bracy Ridley Dies at 48 in Herrin Hospital
Carterville resident Bracy Hilton Ridley aged 48 died at 6 a.m. in Herrin Hospital after a Sunday heart attack. Born December 3, 1905, in Ev., he was a Central Paper Co. salesman. Survived by wife Isobel Rae Ridley, three daughters, sisters Harv ey Crain and Otto Grenz, brothers Elton Milo Paul, four grandchildren. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. Riggin Funeral Home, burial Hillcrest Cemetery. Rev. Floyd tent to officiate.
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Bracy Hilton Ridley
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Herrin
Ridley
Thomas
Martha Lou Ridley
Central Paper Company
Manesha
Wis
Grand Avenue Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Isobel Rae Ridley
Steven Bernard
Sterling
Robert Day
Chillicothe
Ted Pedroza
River Grove
Harvey Crain
Carterville
Otto Grenz
Chicago
Elton
Morrison
Milo
Paul
Riggin Funeral Home
Floyd
Hillcrest Cemetery
Royalton Miner Martin Loskoski 71 Dies After Ill Health
Martin Loskoski, 71, of Royalton, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Christopher Nursing Home after several years of ill health. A coroner’s inquest ruled death due to old age. He was a retired miner, member of St. Alysius Church and UMWA Local 1395. Survived by wife Katherine, daughters Marvella Winchell, Peg Rose S, Barbara, Stella Jewell. son Mike. Funeral arrangements set for St. Aloysius Church with burial in Royalton Catholic Cemetery.
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Martin Loskoski
Royalton
Christopher Nursing Home
Barney Browning
Franklin County
Loskoski
St. Alysius Catholic Church
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers of America He Last Worked At the No. 7
Katherine
Marvella Winchell
Los
Crag
Peg Rose S
Chicago
Barbarate
Stella Jewell
Monsanto
Mike
Fairmont
Rodenberg
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Louis Fellner
Royalton Catholic Cemetery
Fourth Joppa unit on the line Tuesday tested power plant
The fourth generating unit at the Joppa steam power plant on the Ohio River will begin a 10 day test run Tuesday. Bechtel Corp said unit 4 will join units 1 3 and 4 in producing power for the nearby atomic energy facility near Paducah after tests and inspections. Each unit is rated 156000 kilowatts for a total 937000 kilowatts. Progress on boilers coal bunkers for units 5 and 6 moves fast and the smoke stack for the final two units is one third complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joppa
Ohio River
Bechtel Corp
Kesman
Atomic Energy Plant
Paducah
Mrs. John A. Short Dies in St. Louis
Mrs. John A. Short former Murphysboro resident and widow of William Etherton died in St. Louis Sunday. Friends may call at Schroeder Funeral Home in Chester until services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
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John A. Short
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Short
William Etherton
Schroeder
Chester
Man Fined For No License In Carbondale Traffic Citation
Peg Jesse Dirden of Anna was fined $5 plus $4 costs by Carbondale Police Magistrate W. G. Carter after pleading guilty to driving a passenger car without a license. The incident occurred near the south city limits of Carbondale on a state ticket. Dirden planned to pay by money order.
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Jesse Dirden
Anna
Carbondale
W. G. Carter
Dirden
Herrin Youths Attend Boys State Event
Thirteen Herrin youths joined the Boys State citizenship program over the weekend with four serving as counselors. Delegation of nine youths traveled from Bailie’s Bus Station in cars led by Gene Graut, Paul Jones, and Paul Hindman, with sponsors from seven local organizations including the Legion VFW Elks Rotary Lions Knights of Columbus and Eagles.
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Herrin
Boys State
Ryan
Ny Kane
Jim Ranchino
Ronnie Lawwill
Paul Varacialli
Bailie
Gene Graut
Herrin Legion
Paul Jones
Legion
Paul Hindman
Jerry Law
Raymond Serati
Teddy Green
VFW
Paul Davis
Terry Hughes
Elks Club
Herman Marlow
Rotary Club
Don Tate
Lions Club
Lou Bertane
Knights of Columbus
Richard Conrath
Eagles
Tilden Man Admits Railroad Thefts
Tony Mistoler, 46, of Tilden, pleaded guilty to a larceny charge in Belleville and sought probation. A Friday hearing will determine probation. Mistoler’s son, 19, Norbert, pleaded not guilty to a similar charge. The pair were charged with stealing eight brass journals valued at about $45 from the Illinois Central Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Mistoler
Tilden
St. Clair
C. C. Drennan
Belleville
Mistoler
Norbert
Illinois Central Railroad
Protection Advised Report Warns Fruit Growers of Infections
Southern Illinois farmers are urged to keep protective spraying of fruit trees per a University of Illinois College of Agriculture June 2026 report. Codling moth emergence is largely finished with some strays. boll mites and scale crawlers rise with scattered heavy infestations on peach and apple. Curculio adults are scarce and many first brood larvae have exited peaches. shallow cultivation may damage puparia. Oriental fruit moths are being attracted to bait in Vincennes Indiana since June 8. Brown rot and peach scab infections rise in unsprayed trees.
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Southern Illinois
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Vincennes
Ind
Drownings in Illinois during weekend heat wave rise
At least ten people drowned across Illinois as thousands sought relief from extreme heat in lakes and rivers. Victims include Wayne Warrington of La Fox, Robert Paxton from Hudson, and several Chicago area drownings in Lake Michigan and the Calumet River. Hillsboro and Eureka incidents noted. George Leslie Wiley, 48, Chester man, shot by wife in La Salle. funeral set for Tuesday.
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Illinois
Midwest
Wayne Warrington
la Fox
Kane County
Fox Lake
Lake County
Robert Paxton
Bloomington
Hudson
Kay Mosher
Illinois River
Peoria
Hillsboro
Dick Chapman
Chapman
Greenville
Ill
Terry Kennedy
Eureka
David
Chicago
Dorothy S. Morris
Lake Michigan
Elbridge Blakemore
Calvin Wise
Calumet River
Warren Walsh
Cedar Lake
Edward Waldman
Herrin Youth Graduates From Illinois College
Larry Miller son of Mr and Mrs Fred A Miller 509 N 11th Herrin received a bachelor of arts degree at commencement exercises marking the 125th anniversary of Illinois College in Jacksonville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Miller
Fred A. Miller
11Th S
Herrin
Illinois College
Jacksonville
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Clurie Sutton
Bracy Ridley
Herrin Jaycees
Boys Gente
Springfield
Ing
Legion’s Boys State Committee
Peg
Josep
Kays Lino
Associated Press
North Carolina
Wiley
George Leslie Wiley
Glenn Bunfill
Chester Evergreen Cemetery
Gladys
LaSalle
Gladys Baker
Cleo Cliff
S. Clinois
Floyd P. Bracy
T. Bracy
James R. Bracy
Grindle Mason
Herrin Post Office
South Park Avenue
National Heating & Stoker Co
Pac
W. Main
Southern Illinoisan Office
Johnston City
Division Street
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