Last Randolph County Covered Bridge Remnant Near Marys River
The 1854 bridge near Route 150 at the Marys River south of Chester and Steeleville is the last covered bridge in Southern Illinois. It once served the Randolph County Plank Road to Chester and remained in use until 1930. Now a state rest area, its timbers bear old ads and posters, with McLean's Strengthening Cordial still readable on a main timber.
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the Marys River
Chester
Steeleville
Randolph County
Illinois
Bremen
Chester Chamber of Commerce
McLean
Mississippi
Marys River
Mary’s River
Worker Hazel Released After 25 Foot Fall Near Herrin
G. D. Hazel of Simpson, 32, injured Friday when he fell from a scaffold onto a masonry wall while working on a new bowling alley south of Herrin. He was treated at Herrin Hospital and released Friday afternoon.
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G. D. Hazel
Simpson
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Hazel
Bloodmobile Visits Due In Williamson
A Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Marion Veterans noon to 6 pm and Creal Springs 1 to 7 pm with 75 pint quotas at each site. Donor turnout and rejections noted from prior visits. Mrs. Roy L. Jackson chairs Creal Springs, Mrs. Thomas Cavitt recruitment. Johnson County lacks a blood program. volunteers from churches and women’s groups assist.
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Red Cross
Marion
Creal Springs
Veterans Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Roy L. Jackson
Thomas Cavitt
Johnson County
VFW
Robert Wallace
Gareth Barnes
Children Visit Rid-Com Rodeo in Marion
Eighteen children and two adults attended the Rid-Com Rodeo at Marion Friday night as guests of promoter Bill Ridlen. Bush hosted the event at the Southern Illinois Children's Service Center.
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Southern Illinois Children’s Service Center
Bush
Marion
Bill Ridlen
Colp principal Archie Mosley fired amid district financial strain
Rev Archie Mosley says he will not fight his dismissal by Colp School District 29 as board cites financial reasons. District faces staff cuts, state aid changes, and potential emergency aid or bond options while records show increased state money for 1959 60. Mosley, with three degrees, had taught five years. remaining faculty include Willie Duncan and Emma Carter.
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Colp
Archie Mosley
Mosley
Southern Illinoisan
Corp Board of Education
Colp School Board
Abel Williams
Mosely
Willie Duncan
Emma Carter
Hearing Set On Federal Milk Order Area in Illinois to be studied
Federal hearings begin Monday in East St Louis to decide if parts of Illinois counties should join a Suburban St Louis Milk Marketing Area and be covered by a milk pricing order. The process affects prices paid to farmers and, indirectly, consumer prices.
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East St. Louis
Broadview
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Will Rogers
Illinois
St. Louis
Dairies
Paducah
Sanitary Milk Producers
Square Deal
Highland
Prairie Farms
Randolph
Carlinville
Sanitary and
Carbondale
Olney
Midwest Dairy Co
du Quoin
St. Louis Dairy Co
Perry
Jackson
Franklin
Williamson
USDA
Fred Shipley
Shipley
Gambler Shot Found Dead in Car on Chicago’s Northwest Side
Chicago police report a 47 year old heavy gambler Leo Goldsand was found shot to death in his car on the Northwest Side. He lay face down on the rear floor with two bullet wounds and a spent 9 millimeter shell was recovered.
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Chicago
Leo Goldsand
Bi County Health Unit to Form Joint Board and Budget
A Franklin Williamson Bi county Health Dept plans an organizational meeting soon. Eight members four from each county were named in June. The board will elect officers and set a budget with a 5 cent tax levy per $100 valuation to raise roughly 80 000 yearly.
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Franklin- Williamson
Bi-county Health Dept
H. Fred Hollaway
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
Henry Wright
Williamson County
Wright
Herrin
Hollaway
Benton
Louis Helleny
Bob Hudot Marion
Norman Abt
Johnston City
Franklin County
A. F. Burnett
West Frankfort
Ernest Aufrecht
David Richerson
Christopher
State Dept. of Public Health
Holloway
Wrong Lane Fatalities Mark Southern Illinois May Traffic
A May traffic report from District 13 State Police at Du Quoin records 12 deaths and 178 injuries across 177 accidents. Pedestrian crashes and driving on the wrong side of the road dominate, with speeding, stop-sign violations, improper passing, and DUI among leading tickets. County tallies range from two to 23 incidents, with fatalities in several counties including Jefferson and Alexander.
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Illinois
District 13
du Quoin
Hardin County
Jefferson County
Alexander County
Hardin
Jackson
Perry
Pulaski
Randolph
Union
Washington
Williamson
Tragic Death in Ice Box Incident
Five year old Russell Nightengale died after being found in a discarded ice box during a Friday hide and seek game. Police said the door closed and the lock snapped shut causing suffocation.
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Chicago
Russell Nightengale
Russell
John Marlow to join Williamson County Housing Authority
John Marlow of Herrin will join the Williamson County Housing Authority replacing Dee Robbs. His term runs to May 9, 1964, with the next meeting set for July 2 at the Herrin administration building. Marlow, 44, a painting contractor, is married with a daughter.
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John Marlow
16Th St
Herrin
Williamson County Housing Authority
Lonne Prest
County Board of Commissioners
Marlow
Dee Robbs
Robbs
Authority
Priest
State Public Housing Administration
Five Injured When Car Hits Stagecoach Parade Crash
In Waukegan Illinois on June 20 an automobile struck a parade stagecoach pulling a centennial float injuring five stagecoach passengers. The auto driver William Whitlow 20 said he did not see the stage.
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Waukegan
William Whitlowm
Mines Working Monday Return to Labor Shifts
Daily mine report lists active sites Fidelity Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Truax Tract Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 washer Orient 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 Buckhorn. Nonworking sites include Old Ben 22 Old Ben Briquet Plant Orient 2. Provisions indicate regular Monday operations at active mines with several closures.
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Orient 2
Illinois Senate approves 11 million plan for regional school
The Illinois Senate approved a bill to spend 11 723 000 for a new state school for mentally retarded children in Southern Illinois with sites to be chosen by the Department of Public Welfare. The measure also funds university building projects and other state needs with site proposals from Murphysboro Carbondale Herrin Marion West Frankfort Benton Harrisburg Centralia.
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Illinois Senate
House of Representatives
Illinois
Department of Public Welfare
William G. Stratton
Commission On
Senate
Teachers’ College Board
Illinois Normal
Northern
Eastern
Western Illinois
Tinley Park State Hospital
Johnson County
Vienna
Fox River
Egyptian Assn
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
West Frankfort
Benton
Harrisburg
Centralia
Otto L. Bettag
State Department
Jail Held Man From Herrin On Suspended License Charge
A Herrin man, Jack Cover, 38, was held in Williamson County jail on a driving while license suspended charge. He was arrested Friday night by Assistant Police Chief Calvin Hazel and Officer Herbert Long after a chase to Sunnyside. Cover was indicted May by a Williamson County grand jury for armed robbery near the Big Nine Tavern on March 21. His license had earlier been suspended in February 1958 after an Herrin accident. He had been arrested again in April on the way to a hearing in Marion.
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Herrin
Williamson County
Jack Cover
Calvin Hazel
Herbert ‘‘Cotton
Long
Roy Cole
Cover
Eugene Sparks
Wood River
Big Nine
Raymond Smith
Sunnyside
Cole
Hazel
N. L. Starnes
State’s Attorney’s
Marion
Goat Man gets donated home on Route 13 for Zeigler project
A house bought with donations will serve as a home for the goat keeper known as Goat Man. Noble Starnes, a Christopher state trooper, has raised over 100 dollars. largest gift 46 dollars from Neon Sign Co of Herrin. Volunteers urged Monday to move the one room frame building across from Southern Acres campus. Surplus funds go to Surdel whose ramshackle home burned June 4. Community from Herrin Marion and Franklin County contributed.
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Zeigler
Rt. 13
Southern Acres
Ada Casey
Noble Starnes
Christopher State
Starnes
Christopher
Surdel
Big Muddy
Lurdel
Neon Sign Co
Herrin
Coulterville
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Marion
Franklin County
Governors to Meet Eisenhower Before Soviet Trip
Nine governors from states including Florida Utah North Dakota North Carolina Colorado New Jersey Idaho and West Virginia travel to the Soviet Union later this month under the International Institute of Education with NYU sponsorship. The White House meeting is set for Monday with officials John E. Ivey Jr. and Kenneth Holland accompanying them.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower
International Institute of Education
New York University
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
White House
Leroy Collins
George D. Clyde
Utah
John E. Davis
Luther Hodges
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Joseph A. Melvin
Seph K. Melvin
Masonic Temple
Chestnut St
Melvin
AUTO
Stagecoach
Lincoln
Dixon
Stratton
Soviet Union
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