Rend Lake project eyed as boon for tourists business and jobs
Col. James Meanor Jr of the Army Corps of Engineers told 300 at Rend Lake Days that the project will create a recreation service industry and new jobs while boosting nearby towns. Land will be zoned for an industrial park and public use areas, with two recreation sites planned and four hunter fisher access points. The initiative aims to reduce flood threat, supply water to 20 communities, and attract industry, though 40 000 acres will be acquired with careful handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake
James Meanor Jr
Army Corps of Engineers
Lesser
Meanor
St. Louis
State of
Illinois
Big Muddy River
Casey Fork
Southern Illinois
Eugene Luhr Construction Co
Columbia
Sparta Man Dies at 86 Brown Miller
Brown Miller 86 of Sparta died Sunday at his home. Born September 16 1878 near Sparta, he was son of Robert and Emma Brown Miller. He leaves a daughter Mrs Harold McDougal a brother Bernell and two sisters Mrs Elma Underwood and Mrs Flora Barrett. Funeral services set for Tuesday 2 p m at Lynn Hill Funeral Home with Rev William H Hughes and Rev James Scott officiating. Burial in Caledonia Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Miller
Sparta
Mr. Miller
Robert
Emma Brown Miller
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Harold McDougal
Bernell
Los Angeles
Calif
Elma Underwood
Flora Barrett
Santa Barbara
Lynn Hill
William H. Hughes
James Scott
Caledonia Cemetery
Cars Collide in Carterville Police cite two drivers
Two Carterville drivers were ticketed after a 7 p.m. Sunday collision on South Division Street. Cheryl Baxter 17 received a speeding for conditions ticket and Ray Norton 77 a failure to yield right of way ticket. No injuries reported.
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Carterville
Cheryl Baxter
Ray Norton
William McKenzie
South Division
Hot Ground Caused by TV Short Circuit
Central Illinois Public Service reports a TV set short circuit fed current into the antenna lead at the Jim Wilson house. The ground around the Grand Tower residence steamed as Wilson was shocked by the wet ground, forcing him to propose marriage to Rebecca Mifflin the following night. the couple planned a honeymoon trip after unplugging the set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Illinois Public Servic Co
Richard Powers
Powers
Jim Wilson
Wilson
Rebecca Mifflin
Murphysboro
Marion Kirk Dies at 77 in Johnston City
Marion Kirk 77 of Rt. 1 Johnston City died at 4 a.m. Sunday in Herrin Hospital after four years of ill health. A retired miner and United Mine Workers Local 1776 member, he was born Feb 5 1888 in Herrin. He married Stella Cox in 1912. survived by wife, two daughters, three sons, three brothers, 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Johnsons Herrin with burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
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Johnston City
Marion Kirk
Rt. 1
Herrin
United Mine Workers
William
Harriet Lawrence Kirk
Stella Cox
Almeda Sanders
Mt. Vernon
Irene Childers
Murphysboro
Ella de Satterfield
Lowell Kirk
Carterville
Paul Meredith Kirk
Columbus
Ind
Clarence
Paul
Ira
Mt. Home
Ark
Bryan
Chicago
Jewel Marie
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Ben R. Stripling
Herrin City Cemetery
SIU Pilot Ground School Starts at Southern Illinois Airport
Registration opens for a private pilot ground school at Southern Illinois Airport at 7 p.m. Tuesday in cooperation with SIU Division of Technical and Adult Education. The 12 week course runs 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday with instructor Al Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Division of
Tu’ Tay
al Goodwin
Jackson County payroll shows shift under new court system
An audit presented to the Board of Supervisors shows total county payroll for the year ending Nov 30 1964 at 315682, down from 331274 in 1963 and 327425 in 1962. Major cuts come from health department and county judge offices while circuit clerk payroll rises to 22165 due to new duties under the judicial reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Board of Supervisors
County Health Department
County Judge’s Office
Health
Health Department
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Bicycle Taken From SIU Campus Lake Area
Sidney Smith of 704 W Free man St Carbondale reports his bicycle was stolen Saturday from the Southern Illinois University Campus Lake area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
W. Freeman St
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Post Office Work Planned for Wolf Lake Building
A contract was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Wilson of Wolf Lake to remodel the city post office. The one story air conditioned building will house 843 square feet of interior space and 750 square feet of parking, leased to the Postal Service Department for five years with renewal options to ten, remaining under private ownership with local real estate taxes paid by the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Wilson
Wolf Lake
Postal Office Department
John A. Gronouski
Walter Kendrick Dies in Johnston City at 77
Walter Kendrick 77 of 713 West 8th Street Johnston City died at 5 a m in Marion Memorial Hospital after four years of ill health. Born in Montevallo Alabama Sept 18 1887 he was a retired coal miner and United Mine Workers Local 8490 member. He leaves Bertha Jones Kendrick his wife. daughters Mrs John Gates Ponchatoula Louisiana and Mrs Edward Culpepper Charlotte North Carolina. sons James and Robert Gardendale Alabama Don Chicago Weldon Fairfield. 10 grandchildren two great grandchildren a sister Mrs John Harrison Selma Alabama and brothers Harry Cody George Jess Montevallo Alabama Eugene Theodore Best Selma Alabama. Funeral arrangements.
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Walter Kendrick
8Th St
Johnston City
Marion Memorial Hospital
Monte Vallo
Ala
Samuel
Anna Moody Kendrick
Bertha Jones
Alabama
John Gates
Ponchatoula
Edward Culpepper
Charlotte
N.C
James
Robert
Gardendale
Don
Chicago
Weldon
Fairfield
John Harrison
Selma
Harry
Cody
George
Jess
Eugene
Theodore
Birmingham
United Mine Workers
Masonic Lodge
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
John Tyler Marion Fined for Speeding
Police brief notes Marion John Tyler was fined twenty one dollars for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John Tyler
Miners Elect Whitlow Guill To Lead Locals
Farrell Whitlow of Benton and Clyde Guill of Herrin were re elected heads of United Mine Workers locals 1284 and 8490 without opposition. Contested 1284 races saw Gildo Valli win hospital trustee and Fred Dotson top mine committeeman. Many officers elected without opposition across both locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrell Whitlow
Benton
Clyde Guill
Herrin
United Mine Workers of America
Whitlow
Orient 5
Guill
Zeigler
Gildo Valli
Ralph Giles
Fred Dotson
Elmer Liggon
Davis Warren
Jack Wall
Michael Donanich
George Williams
Donald Crisp
Thomas Haley
Jack Summers
James Harrell
Roy Tate
Verron McDaniel
Summers
Steve Stewart
McDaniel
Oren Eldridge
Herschel Poole
Clarence Grimes
Harvis Graham
Paul Mackey
Paul Wade
Warren Collins
Don Powell
Bob Ladd
Earl Hancock
Powell
Earl Burgess
Henry Silover
Robert Wheeler
Bill Duncan
Crab Orchard Job Corps Youths Arriving This Week
The Crab Orchard Job Corps Conservation Center expects its first group of youths from 20 states to arrive in Marion and Carbondale on Wednesday and Thursday. A second group is due June 28 and 29. The center, run under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, houses 16 to 21 year old boys who work on conservation projects and receive remedial education. The staff of 22 is led by camp director Woodrow W. Austin, previously Kansas City playgrounds director.
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Crab Orchard
Job Corps Conservation Center
Woodrow W. Austin
Marion
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Center
Woodrow Austin
Kansas City, Mo
Robert Pearson Dies Cobden Engineer and Church Member
Robert H. Pearson 49 of Cobden died Sunday at Union County Hospital Anna after two weeks illness. An engineer for Missouri Pacific Railroad he was a First Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge member. Survived by wife Vinita four daughters Linda Randolph LaVada Baggett Patsy Hartline Laura two sons Larry Louis and siblings. Funeral 3 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Cobden with burial in Cobden Cemetery. Masonic rites tonight at 8 p.m. and calling after 4 p.m.
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Robert H. Pearson
Cobden
Union County
Anna
Missouri- Pacific Railroad
Pearson
First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Jonesboro
Mr. Pearson
Cairo
Louis
Elva Blessing Pearson
Vinita
Linda Randolph
Honolulu
Hawaii
LaVada Baggett
Lincoln
Nebr
Patsy Hartline
St. Louis
Laura Pearson
Larry
Bloomington
Helen Hoeffinger
Columbia
Lewis
East St. Louis
Joe Caldwell
Clifford Heil
Broadway Funeral Home
Funeral
Chester Woman Dies at 69 in Chester Nearby Lodge
Mrs. Bessie Ruth Born 69 of Chester died after a two year illness at Three Springs Lodge near Chester. Born July 18 1895 she was married to John Born in 1916 who died in 1956. She leaves sons Richard Abilene Kansas and Paul Granada Hills California two other sons died in WWII and infancy. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Welge Funeral Home Chester with Rev Dowain McKien officiating burial Evergreen Cemetery.
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Bessie Ruth Born
Chester
Three Springs Lodge
John Waters
John Born
Born
Methodist Church
Alva Courier Post
American Legion Auxiliary Unit
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kaskaskia
Richard
Abilene
Kan
Paul
Granada Hills
Calif
John
Welge Funeral Home
Dowain McKien
Evergreen Cemetery
Equipment Stolen From Murphysboro Furniture Firm
Chap man Rollo Furniture Co of Murphysboro reports weekend theft from a new east Murphysboro building. Missing items include a radio three fans and an adding machine used by staff. A rear door padlock was broken and investigators led by Deputy Sheriff Joe Mifflin. Inventory may be taken and item values not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman-Rollo Furniture Co
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Joe Mifflin
Johnson Fined for Open Container on Carbondale Street
William Dale Johnson 22 of Murphysboro was fined 25 dollars and 5 dollars costs after pleading guilty to carrying an open beer container in Carbondale. He was arrested June 4 by Carbondale police and appeared before Magistrate Robert Schwartz of Jackson County Circuit Court.
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William Dale Johnson
S. 18Th St
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Johnson
Robert Schwartz
Jackson County
Red Bud Man Fined $15 For Illegal Passing
Arlan K. Dixon of Red Bud was fined 15 dollars after a traffic court ruling for illegal passing. The incident details show a minor violation leading to the small monetary penalty.
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Red Bud
Arlan K. Dixon
Quint's Hearing Aid Center Ad Promises Low Factory Discounts
Nationally advertised better quality hearing aids sold at wholesale prices. Behind the ear glass or card types, guaranteed to help. Written offer invites readers to contact Quint's Hearing Aid Center at 1170 Flicker Drive Florissant Missouri or call UN 4 6700 to learn more and be shown Tonemaster models.
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Fo Quint
Florissant
Couple Injured In Murphysboro Traffic Crash
A Vergennes couple, C Wayne Johnson 21 and Audrey Lee 20, were treated at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital after a three car collision at Fifth and North streets in Murphysboro. Morber 17 of Gorham faced an immoderate driving charge. Roosevelt Ward 31 of Chicago was not injured.
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Vergennes
Fifth
North Streets
Murphysboro
C. Wayne Johnson
Audrey Lee
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Johnson
Joseph E. Morber
Gorham
Roosevelt Ward
Chicago
Morber
Robert E. Hall
Spruce St
Ray B. Will
Poplar St
19Th
Wall Streets
Hall
Mitchell Korando
Ava
Lonnie Nelson
Texas
10Th
Walnut Streets
Korando
Five Marion Residents Arrested on Weekend Charges
Marion police arrested five people over the weekend. Two Anna men, Phil Rosson and William Cato, faced disorderly conduct charges Sunday morning. Rosson posted bond for a July 2 court appearance. Cato pleaded guilty to a May 6 charge of possessing a dangerous drug and was fined with sentencing deferred to July 1. Two 17 year olds, Larry King and Kent Howerton, faced curfew violations and also were to appear July 2. Jim Moake was jailed briefly on a disorderly conduct charge after a 5:39 a.m. arrest and posted $25 bond.
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Marior
Anna
Phil Rosson
Rt. 2
William Cato
Rt. 1
Rosson
Cato
Williamson County
William Shannon
Marion
Herrin
Larry E. King
Dongola
Kent Howeton
Buncombe
Carbondale Cars Collide at Chestnut and Barnes
Autos driven by Dave W. Hunter 36 of 320 E Ashley St and Charles Greer 23 of 426 E Oak St collided at 6 10 p m Saturday at the corner of Chestnut and Barnes streets in Carbondale No injuries were reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave W. Hunter
E. Ashley St
Charles Greer
E. Oak St
Carbondale
Chestnut and
Barnes Streets
Johnston City Man Fined for Speeding
Thomas Mc Wherter of Johnston City was fined $30 for speeding. The item appears in the Southern Illinoisan, a regional newspaper published in Carbondale and other Illinois towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Thomas McWherter
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Speaker
By Gary Lacey
The
Southern Illinoisan
Whitlow, Guill
Robert Pearson
Bessie Born
E. Main
Jim Moake
Concord St. Marion
Southern Illinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
South Street
Ilinois
Southern Minneisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Nathan Cohen
South Illinois Ave
Ill
York
Endsley Bros
Harrisburg
Mardale Shopping Center
North Park
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