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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1952
Page
14
Storm damage reports pour in from Carbondale Marion and Johnston City as lines fall and lights go out. Firefighters remove live wires after a spectacular flash while trees crash onto roofs and storefronts. Insurance agencies log hundreds of claims as temps plunge and lines repair crews work.
Benton and Marion counties list numerous marriage licenses with pairs including Pete Furlin and Frances Vogel of Christopher, William Deskin and Lois Kirchbaum of Findlay Ohio, Alvin Summers and Irene Keelin of West Frankfort, Robert Browning and Nora Farmer of Zeigler, David Richardson and June Kauzlardh of Christopher, Charles Worley and Julia Tomlinson of West Frankfort, Randolph Rogers and Lizzie Conner of Benton, Roy Shislett of Charlottesville Virginia and Freida Holloman of West Frankfort, Willie Garavaglia and Patricia Walker of Herrin, Ray Richardson of Harlan Kentucky and Joann Smothers, John Baumler and Shirley Beckman of Herrin, Sam Capps of Champaign and R Ann N-25 of Decatur, Otis Fields Jr and Norma Lee Spiller, Otis Travelstead and Mary Lou Byrd, Lucius Shepherd and Margaret Mitchell of Herrin.
Historical note recalls whalebone carrying a value of ten thousand dollars per ton in earlier trade. The item was prized for use in finer wares and industry, reflecting the high cost of natural materials in the period.
A large oak fell in front of Dr. Floyd L. Williford at 417 West Main Street in Carbondale, grazing the house and clipping the porch but causing no major damage. Separately a toppled tree blocked a new Cadillac in West Frankfort moments after its owner John Budslick Jr. parked it at his brother Bill Budslick’s home. Hospital notes list numerous admissions and discharges across Carbondale Herrin Johnston City Du Quoin and nearby towns.
A long OCR list records numerous individuals by full names and towns across Benton Carbondale Murphysboro and surrounding areas. Several entries include spouses and babies, with several mothers noted for maternity or babies in various towns.
A list of discharge and birth notices from Carbondale, Herrin, Marion, Murphysboro, West Frankfort and nearby areas. The report records multiple families, including newborns Patsy Sue and Rebecca Jane, and arrivals such as sons and daughters born at Holden, St Andrew's, Miner's, and Herrin hospitals on various dates and times.
Quernheim died after health setbacks and a December 1951 attack. He worked in banking and dairy farming on the Ava road with Russell Wilson. He married Harriett Graeft in 1912. survived by daughter Lucille Tow nd, a grandchild, and two sisters Lydia Dryer and Sylvia Bodenbach. Services Tuesday at St Peter's Church Murphysboro. Burial Tower Grove cemetery.
Obituaries list several Herrin residents and relatives with deaths at home or hospitals. Pete Doba 67 at 615 South Seventeenth Street and Ralph M. Dubree 60 of 800 South Sixteenth Street died Monday and are honored with services and burials. Oscar Abe Hurst Whitecotton 72 dies at Herrin Hospital with services at Fossdey Bush Methodist Church and burial at Blairsville Cemetery along with other listed families and locations Georgia to California.
Allied groups of the Grand Army of the Republic chose officers at the close of their state encampments in Springfield. Zelma Nance of Rockford was named department president of the Daughters of Union Veterans, with Thelma Erlenbush of Decatur as senior vice president and Gus Sie Chatham Granite City junior vice president. Goldie Bobbitt of Aurora became chaplain and Gladys Davis of Elgin treasurer. William J. Moore of Decatur was elected senior vice commander of the Sons of Union Veterans, with Mattis Scesley III of Champaign junior vice commander and A Leroy Reynolds of Decatur secretary-treasurer.
The Mur perme Garden Club meeting scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at Logan Memorial Library has been postponed to July 1 to avoid conflicting funeral services.
Washington on June 23 AP reports price ceilings removed for package and bulk whisky and wine. Officials say prices are already well below ceilings and expect no changes. The Office of Price Stabilization also lifted ceilings on cotton dry goods hides burlap and cotton.
Jine died Sunday June 22 at home in Ora Township. Funeral at St Elizabeth's Catholic church Ava Tuesday at 9 am. Burial in Ava Evergreen cemetery. Rosary 8 pm Monday at Wilson home in Ava. Cushman Annie Laurie, 74, died Friday at 4 pm. Funeral services Sunday Whiteash church. Burial New Rose cemetery Marion.
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