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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1964
Page
2
County superintendents must enforce the new state school building safety code and are liable for accidents caused by failures. They must oversee safety surveys by engineers, require immediate corrections, and conduct annual inspections before April 1 with reports to the state superintendent.
The district requests a Carbondale architectural firm to estimate the cost of a safety survey for its 1 schools to comply with the new state school building safety code. Secretary William Armstrong said a survey date is pending the estimate. He expects many corrections, including automatic fire detection, fire screens or doors, and automatic alarms. The high school already conforms in all ways. New fire escapes may be needed at one school. Armstrong calls the code good though costly.
Mrs. Plog of VG Hueney Street Chester died at 12:15 p m Saturday in Memorial Hospital Chester Funeral arrangements are being handled by Schroeder Funeral Chapel Chester with details incomplete.
In Murphysboro Philip H. Young Jr. was fined 30 dollars for speeding. The item appears in a local police brief column of the Southern Illinois Publishing Sun, edited with standard legal notice conventions and credits to the Associated Press.
Elbert Carl Gordon 29 January 1915 to 4 died Saturday at Barnes Hospital St Louis Missouri He was custodian at Hurst High School and a city alderman He belonged to Hurst Masonic Lodge He married Louise Taranting on April 1 1943 in Hurst He leaves wife a son Bert a brother and a sister Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Walker Funeral Home Hurst
The Warren G Murray Childrens Center in Centralia will open Monday admitting two patients to begin a total of 30 by month end. The 13.4 million facility will grow to 750 residents aged six to 11 with IQs 50 or less, housed in 14 brick buildings including seven cottages and a central dietary facility. Construction began in 1962 on a 12 acre site donated by residents, the center employs about 260 staff now and plans for 1,000.
The old Dog N Suds building was moved from Oscar Gurley’s lot after neighbors petitioned the Carbondale City Council in May 1961. sanitarian Babn said the structure was sold and removed from the county, satisfying health department sanitation concerns. Gurley, a welding contractor, uses the lot for materials while the council had warned of legal action if cleanup failed.
Red Cross swimming classes at the Marion pool for the June 29 to July 10 session have openings in the 9 a.m. advanced beginners and beginner adults classes as well as the 10 15 a.m. sessions for advanced beginners beginners and beginner adults. Manager Noel Smith notes adults are often reluctant but have a whale of a time once enrolled. If missing the first session, new enrollments can join the three following sessions July 13 24 July 27 Aug 7 and Aug 10 21 by calling the pool office WY 2757.
Sen Paul Douglas and Rep Kenneth Gray will speak at dedication ceremonies for four men area post offices in July. The first event is at 7:30 p.m. July 1 in Galatia, followed by Colp at 1:30 p.m. July 5, Cambria at 3:30 p.m. July 5, and Simpson at 7:30 p.m. July 6.
Funeral services for Squire Jess Everly 80 of 319 N Fork St West Frankfort will be at 2 p.m. today at Independent Missionary Baptist Church Benton Resthaven Nursing Home where he died at 3 30 a.m Friday He was a retired miner last at Old Bend He was born February 7 in Owensboro Ky He leaves wife Melissa a son Roy a daughter Maud Mitchell a sister Myrtle Gallaway Burial in Denning Cemetery Friends may call Union Funeral Home West Frankfort Herrin Nickolas Ridgway cited for speeding
Two area firms share a $1.56 million contract to pave 9.12 miles of Rt. 13 on the relocated highway east of Marion. E. T. Simmons Co. Carbondale and J. D. Barter Construction Co. Harrisburg win the award from the state Division of Highways.
Mrs Shirley Mae Hunter 24 of 709 N Allyn St Carbondale died at 420 am Saturday at Holden Hospital She had been hospitalized 18 hours Employed by Crab Orchard Construction Company member Church of Christ Reed s Station born in De Soto November 1940 daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Vaughn married Fred E Hunter in Corinth Miss April 19 1958 Jackson County Coroner Floyd Crawshaw said an inquest will be held Survived by husband son Fred two daughters Susan and Lori two sisters Ellen King Denver Colo and Lida Stevens Cape Girardeau Mo brother Bruce Carbondale grandfathers Andrew Snyder Carbondale Roy Vaughn SpringfieldServices will be 10 am Tuesday Huffman Funeral Home Evangelist Ray Mofield Church of Christ Carbondale officiating Burial Oakland Cemetery Friends may call after 3 pm Monday
Raymond Carr aged 47 formerly of Carbondale died in Daytona Beach Florida on June 11 after an extended illness. He moved to Florida about three years ago and was born in Markanda the son of Mr and Mrs John Carr. He is survived by a sister Mrs Jack Ryder of Miami Florida. Services were held in Daytona Beach.
Ken of Herrin Rexall explains trade names stem from doctor confidence in the drug maker and past experience with effective safe brands. The pharmacy staff at Herrin Rexall Drugs fills prescriptions with care, trusting the doctor’s choice to protect patient health.
Mr and Mrs Ronald Stockton of Carterville plan a two year assignment in East Africa teaching in a U S government aid program. They will attend a six week orientation at Columbia University before traveling for further African placement. Stockton, a history graduate student, and Mrs Stockton, a home economics graduate, wed in 1962 and both earned SIU degrees in 1963.
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