Official Says Attorney General Cannot Prevent Holden Closing
The Illinois Attorney General cannot stop Holden Hospital from closing. Murray Milne said only if the hospital corporation decides to close is the attorney general interested in asset disposition. A Jackson County Medical Lodge urged intervention to halt the July 1 closing. the Methodist Church, owner, plans to convert the building into a girls dormitory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
Ilinois
Holden Hospital
Murray Milne
Milne
Jackson County
J.eatherly
Murphysboro
Springfield
Holdenospital
Methodist Church Conference
Escaped Convict Reported Seen Between Carbondale and Murphysboro
An escaped convict, Eugene Bizer, 24, of East St. Louis, was reported seen twice between Carbondale and Murphysboro while on the run from Menard State Penitentiary. Authorities conducted searches, but no sighting was confirmed and the man remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Eugene Bizer
East St. Louis
Bizer
Menard State Penitentiary
Honor Farm
Menard
Ross Randolph
Hazel
Big Muddy River Bridge
New Hill
Rt. 127
Jackson County
Ellisgrove
Herrin Woman Dies Suddenly Tests Ordered
A 23 year old Herrin woman Margaret Ann Taylor died with no foul play suspected. Coroner Adolph Flack ordered tests to determine cause, results expected Saturday. She leaves a husband Robert and three year old daughter Jane Ann. Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at Herrin Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Williamson County
Adolph Flack
Margaret Ann Taylor
Grant Dr
Egyptian Heights
Fluck
Mrs. Taylor
Jane Ann
Mrs
Joliet
A M Joseph Marion Dies at 74 in Marion
Funeral services for A M Joseph 74 of 512 S Virginia Ave Marion will be at 2 pm Saturday at Wilson Frick Funeral Home Marion. Rites by Elks Lodge 800 of which he was a member 53 years. Burial Rosehill Cemetery. He died in Marion Memorial Hospital at 11:45 am. Born July 7 1882 in Washington Indiana. Married Bessie Dinkelspeer in St Louis in 1902. She died 1947. Survived by daughter Ruth Lockman, West Frankfort, sister Miss Blanch Joseph Miami Fla, and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Joseph
Virginia Ave
Marion
Wilson-Frick
Elks Lodge
Rosehill Cemetery
Hara
West Frankfort
Marion Memorial Hospital
Washington
Ind
Bessie Dinkelspeer
St. Louis
Ruth Lockman
Blanch Joseph
Miami, Fla
Carbondale Warns on Wheel Tax Delinquent Drivers
Carbondale police issued 176 warning notices to automobile owners without wheel tax stamps after the tax due date. The warning precedes a summons to police court with a possible fine. Wheel tax is 3.50 for autos and 5 for trucks. over 500 autos remained unpaid after a rush on Wednesday. Police will continue daily warnings.
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Carbondale
Roy Bain
Elizabeth Leighty
Demolition Planned for Carbondale Parking Lot Site
A house at 312 West Main Street in Carbondale is slated for demolition to clear space for a hospital parking lot. The plan, described by Doctor's Hospital comptroller Jack Edmundson, notes the project will accommodate hospital employees and that lot size and construction dates remain incomplete.
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Main St
Carbondale
Doctor’s Hospital
Jack Edmundson
Hospital
Water Main Break Strands Herrin Four Blocks
A 6 inch water main burst early today at 11th street and Illinois Central Railroad in Herrin cutting off service to residents in four blocks. Water Commissioner Eugene Bird said service would not be restored until late afternoon. Repairs began mid morning as crews dig to reach the break detected around 5 a m.
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11Th Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Herrin
Ith Street
Eugene Bird
Bird
Mrs Ellett Resigns Post at Telephone Firm
Mrs Jerry Ellett assistant cashier at the Telephone Co office in Carbondale will resign effective Sunday to move to Grand Tower with her husband Charles R Ellett. Replacing her is Mrs Carolyn Turner from the traffic department where she served as long distance operator. The changes occur at the Carbondale office and reflect internal transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Ellett
the Telephone Co
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Charles R. Ellett
Ellett
Carolyn Turner
S. Graham St
Turner
The
Traffic Department
Pound Of Flesh Loot In Barbecue Stand Burglaries
Burglars took a pound of barbecue meat and 35 pennies during a Wednesday robbery at Southern Barbecue at 217 Illinois Ave Carbondale. Entry was gained by kicking in a glass door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Kiwanis Plan Dedication of Park Avenue Event
Kiwanis members set a city wide celebration to dedicate the Park Avenue improvement. Rodney Jacob named planning chairman. The club seeks ideas from all city organizations and will schedule after project completion between September and October with support from Mayor Dave Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Kiwanis
Park Avenue
Rodney Jacob
Ion
Jacobs
Jacob
W. D. MacLeod
Carbondale
Dave H. Miller
Funeral set for Clarence Schumacher Murphysboro native 92
Clarence Schumacher 92 of Murphysboro died at St. Andrew's Hospital after a months long illness. Born in Golconda in 1864 he lived in the Murphysboro area for about 50 years and was a retired farmer. He is survived by his wife Lula Hendley died 1919, three daughters Mrs Don Hagler Mrs Ray House and Mrs Ashton Doody a son Edgar nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren a sister Mrs Willis Hanna of Englewood Calif. Two children predeceased him. He attended the Methodist Church. Friends may call Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Saturday after 10 a m services Sunday at 2 p m at the Chapel Rev Oscar Meaker officiating. Burial in Worthen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Schumacher
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Golconda
Lula Hendley
Schumacher
Don Hagler
Ray Thouse
Ashton Doody
Edgar
Murphysboro Chief Heads to NEA Meeting in Portland
Murphysboro City Supt. William Carruthers leaves for the National Education Association annual session in Portland Oregon July 16 As Illinois Education Association president he helps open the convention by presenting a gavel to National President J Lester Buford He will lead a group evaluating NEA service preside at an Illinois delegates breakfast and hand duties to W H Gorham newly elected Illinois president about 5500 delegates expected from 48 states Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico and NEA’s vast membership
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Murphysboro
William Carruthers
National Education Assn
Portland
Ore
Illinois Education Assn
Carruthers
J. Lester Buford
Mt. Ver
NEA
Illinois
W. H. Gorham
Sidell
States
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
State's Attorney Seeks Dismissal of Petitions in Local Cases
Williamson County State's Attorney Carl Sneed filed motions to dismiss petitions by Joe Harry Milani of Herrin and Clinton Smith of Marion from Menard Prison. Milani and Smith allegedly failed to file under the Post Conviction Act instead of habeas corpus. Milani receives four to seven years for auto larceny and Smith five to 15 years for morals age. Judge C Ross Reynolds will set a hearing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Sneed
Williamson County
Joe Harry Milani
Herrin
Clinton Smith
Marion
Relaeve
Menard
Sneed
Milani
Smith
C. Ross Reynolds
Signals Near Ready for Operation in Herrin
W D MacLeod district highway engineer at Carbondale said traffic signal lights in Herrin could enter operation as soon as construction is complete. He noted signals at Madison Monroe and nearby streets are virtually finished except for cabling and contractor material delays.
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Herrin
Park Avenue
W. D. MacLeod
Carbondale
Madison
Monroe
Railroad Engineer Guy H. Brown Dies at 78 in Herrin
Guy H. Brown of 900 North 13th Street Herrin 78 retired railroad engineer died at his home of a stroke at 10 30 a m today He received a 50 year service pin as an engineer with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Stormes Funeral Home Herrin is in charge of funeral arrangements incomplete
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Guy H. Brown
N. 13Th St
Herrin
Brown
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Storme
Herrin Council Adjourns On Water Bond Canvass
Herrin City Council members will meet at 7 p m today in an adjourned session to canvass votes on a water and sewer bond election and to vote on a white way lighting system contract.
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Herrin
White Way
Oven Fire At Carbondale Home Causes No Damage
Firemen responded to Richard Vogler at 105 S Maple St Thursday at 6 pm to a fire in an oven. The fire was extinguished without damage to the house and no injuries were reported.
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Carbondale
Richard Vogler
S. Maple St
Rabies Clinics Planned in Jackson County
Grand Tower hosts a rabies vaccination clinic as part of the Jackson County program. Roy McGee says more clinics will follow in Dowell and Oroville to aid local dog owners. Over 30 dogs were picked up this week by Carbondale dog warden Lewis Mills, with about 25 taken in Carbondale and Murphysboro. Some animals were destroyed while others were vaccinated and impounded.
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Grand Tower
Jackson County
Roy McGee
Dowell
Oroville
Lewis Mills
Carbondale
McGee
Murphysboro
Sanitarian
Three truck crash kills Sparta man on Rt 66 near Litchfield
John Edgar McIntosh, 28, a Morrison Transfer Co. driver from Sparta, was killed instantly in a three-truck pileup on Route 66 three miles north of Litchfield. An inquest was scheduled, and funeral arrangements are pending with Walker-Paul Funeral Home. McIntosh was born near Sparta in 1928, survived by his mother and sisters.
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John Edgar McIintosh
Sparta
Litchfield
Montgomery County
McIntosh
Morrison Transfer Co
Chicago
McIintosh
Montgomery
Walker - Paul Funeral Home
Sparta Area
Bertha McIntosh
Edith Lindsay
Doris Wittenborn
Vera McIntyre
Velma de Witt
Columbia
New Mounted Mail Routes Set In Carbondale
Carbondale adopts two new mounted city mail routes starting June 30 replacing parts of rural Routes 2 and 4. Postmaster Virgil Brown says it is the first mechanized city route in Carbondale with 168 west side and 100 east side patrons added. Mail will be delivered from curbed rural boxes in mornings. large parcels to the door. house numbers required. West Carbondale covers streets north of West Willow. East Carbondale north of East Sycamore except Marion Street remains on a foot route.
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Carbondale
Virgil Brown
Brown
West
East
Hillcrest
Orchard Drive
Rt. 4
City
Willow Street
Sycamore Street
Marion Street
Public nuisance charged against oil drillers in Williamson County
Oil drillers faced public nuisance charges after leaving unplugged wells and unleveled grounds. Charles Rogers of the State Mines and Minerals Inspector cited B A Huffman of Centralia and M W Howard of Eldorado in one count, with Howard named in another. The incidents involve wells on the Mike Fortune farm southeast of Marion on May 3 and the Charles Weisbrodt property northeast of Marion on Nov 3. Arraignment had not occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rogers
Herrin
State Mines and Minerals Inspector
Williamson County
B. A. Huffman
Centralia
M. W. Howard
Eldorado
Howard
Mike Fortune
Marion
Charles Weisbrodt
Cost Of Wrecking Jail Cell Is $60
Carbondale woman Ann Baird, of East Rigdon street, was fined 13.40 including costs and ordered to pay 47.12 damages after a Wednesday spree that ended in jail. Arrested at 8 p.m. on neighbor complaints, she broke windows, burned newspapers, damaged a toilet and flooded the cell.
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Ann Baird
East Rigdon Street
Roy Hall
Hospital Unit Plans Canvass in Murphysboro
The St An drew s Hospital Auxiliary in Mur physboro will canvass for memberships on Monday and Tuesday. The auxiliary board set final plans this week. It has enrolled 225 members to date to promote public relations and assist in hospital activities. Members are assigned sections of residential areas for house to house checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Auxiliary
Child Hit By Car Has No Spine Injury
Barbara Merry, aged 3, was pinned by a driverless car near a store front and later found to have no serious spine injury. She was examined at St. Joseph's Hospital Highland. Her right leg, initially thought fractured, is not, though it remains in a cast. she has a broken left leg.
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Barbara Merry
St. Louis
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Highland
Labor Vote Set At Mallory Plant In Du Quoin
The National Labor Relations Board schedules an election for Tuesday to choose a bargaining representative for workers at the P. R. Mallory Co. plant in Du Quoin. Ballot options include the IAM, IUEW, IBEW, and a no union designation. Sixty nine workers are eligible to vote, an IAM spokesman said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
P. R. Mallory Co
du Quoin
International Association of Machinists
International Union of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IAM
Nurse Suffers Bruises In Wreck Near Freeman Spur
Mrs Marie Carrington of Rt 2 West Frankfort was injured with bruises Thursday when her car collided near Freeman Spur as she headed to Herrin Hospital for work. The other driver was reported as Johnny Hall 16 of Freeman Spur. The crash occurred about 4 p m near the wooden overhead edge north of Freeman Spur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Carrington
Rt. 2
West Frankfort
Freeman Spur
Johnny Hall
Carrington
Herrin Hospital
Paper On Peaches Varieties 1956 by Mowry
James B. Mowry of Southern Illinois University examines Recommended Peach Varieties in the 1956 Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. The work highlights selections, growth patterns and suitability for Illinois orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Mowry
Illinois Horticultural Experiment Station
Southern Illinois University
The
Illinois State Historical Society
Mines Working Saturday at Pomel and Related Sites
Reports show mines operating on Saturday at Pomel and nearby No 1 workings, with references to the Bering Se and Kathleen Truax Treer No 3. The brief notes indicate continued production activity and scheduled shifts across multiple mine sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomel Bering Se
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Gov) Cheatham
Jack Hazel
E. H. Klein
Mt. Vernon
Klein
Southern Illinois Conference of Women’s Society For Christian Service
Taylor
Calif
Herrin Christian Church
Herrin City Cemetery
Carbondale Hospital
Kiwanis
Oregon
Jackson
Odd
Murrysboro
Carl Todd
Jackson County Bankers Assn
Todd
City National Bank
Mounted Mail
Elsie Wheeler
Karen
Ge Wall Play
Riverside Park
Labor
Mallory
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