Area Tourist Group Readies Officer Elections
The Southern Illinois Recreation Coordinating Council will elect officers at its first meeting on July 28. Don Hileman of SIU notes the council aims to improve teamwork to promote tourism and coordinate county groups from the bottom up.
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Southern Illinois Recreation Coordinating Council
Don Hileman
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Ea Iilinois Tourist Industries
Shawnee Hills Assn
Union
Jackson
Williamson
Hileman
Randolph, Alexander
Pualski
Marion Man Dies in St Louis Hospital
Gilbert J. Taylor 49 of Marion died Saturday at John Cochran Veterans Hospital St Louis after two years of ill health He was born May 19 1909 in Carbondale A welder and World War II veteran he worked most recently for General Metal Products Co St Louis He was married to Delores Phillips Hood in Mayfield KY in 1949 Burial is in Rosehill Cemetery with services at Black Chapel Church of God The Marion VFW and American Legion posts will conduct graveside rites He leaves his wife mother sisters and several stepchildren from the Hood family
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Gilbert J. Taylor
S. Mechanic St
Marion
Black Chapel Church of God
Paul Ramsey
Rosehill Cemetery
Wilson-Frick
Taylor
John Cochran
Delores Phillips Hood
Mayfield
General Metal Products Co
St. Louis
West Frankfort
Crain Rites Tuesday for Murphysboro Man
Funeral services for George Hooker Crain 46 of Murphysboro will be Tuesday at 2 pm in the Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro. The Rev Louis Mitchell will officiate burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Crain died after an extended illness in Doctors Hospital Carbondale. He is survived by his wife Opal two sons Robert and Paul a daughter Doloris brothers Burl and Oscar and sisters Mrs Oza Griffith and Mrs Jessie Lincoln.
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George “Hooker” Crain
Murphysboro
Crawshaw
Louis Mitchell
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Crain
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Opal
Robert
Paul
U. S. Army
Doloris Crain
Burl
Gorham
Oscar
Oza Griffith
Dupo
Jessie Lincoln
In Angeles
Calif
Royal Neighbors
De Soto Buys Ambulance for One Dollar
De Soto acquires a fully equipped 1951 Cadillac ambulance from a Chicago suburb for $1. The price reflects service by Rev. William West who is fire chief and Lutheran minister. Village hall work advances with roof prep this week. volunteers needed at 6 p.m. daily for Saturday roof work by Ira Parrish.
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de Soto
Chicago
William West
Ealdaiais
Ira Parrish
Carterville Man Walter McCluskey Dies at 76
Walter Earl McCluskey 76 of Carterville died Sunday at Herrin Hospital after a 14 year illness. Born February 14, 1882 in Crab Orchard, he was a retired coal miner and Grand Avenue Baptist Church member. He is survived by his wife Mamie Gentry, four sons, two sisters, two brothers, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2:30 pm Tuesday at Grand Avenue Baptist Church, burial Oakwood Cemetery. Riggin Funeral Home open for visitation after 7 pm today.
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Carterville
Walter Earl McCluskey
Carter St
Herrin Hospital
Crab Orchard
Grand Avenue
Bertha Corzine
John
Ray
Grand Avenue Baptist Church
William White
Oakwood Cemetery
Riggin Funeral Home
Evanston Junior Named Girls State Governor
Evanston Township High School junior Karolyn Jean Kaufman, 16, was installed as governor of the 18th Kni Girls State at MacMurray College. She defeated Joan Ann Weaver of Streator for the office.
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Jacksonville
Karolyn Jean Kaufman
Evanston
Kni
MacMurray College
Miss Kaufman
C. G. Kaufman
Evanston Township
Joan Ann Weaver
Old Kaskaskia Bell To Ring July Fourth
The ancient bell given by King Louis XV and first heard in Kaskaskia in 1743 will ring on July Fourth to mark the 180th anniversary of George Rogers Clark's 1778 capture. Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the church where the bell hangs, followed by a reading of the bell’s history at 10 a.m. Kaskaskia, once the state capital, was flooded after the Mississippi shifted course in 1893.
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Louis XV
France
Kaskaskia
New World
George Rogers Clark
Mississippi
Area Girls Elected at Girls State
Carole Ann Keistler daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Keistler Anna was elected state auditor of public accounts at Illinois Girls State Karen Bennett of West Frankfort was elected Hartman County states attorney She is daughter of Mr and Mrs E A Bennett Miss Bennett was sent by the American Legion Auxiliary of West Frankfort Miss Keistler represented the Anna American Legion Auxiliary
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Carole Ann Keistler
Frank Keistler
Anna
Illinois Girls State
Karen Bennett
S. Parkhill
West Frankfort
Hartman County
E. A. Bennett
Miss Keistler
Girls State
Anna American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Bennett
American Legion Auxiliary of
James Named Rodeo Champ in Rid-Com Rodeo
Lowell James of Davie Florida won the all-around championship at Marion first Rid-Com Rodeo. He also won bareback bronc riding and brahma bull riding to earn Champion Cowboy status. Other event winners included Robert Grego for saddle bronc, Cotton Sloan for steer wrestling, and C T Jones for calf roping. Stan Odom reported 13,000 admissions across four days and announced plans to hold the event next June with improved facilities. Grego suffered broken ribs and possible spleen injury after a brahma bull incident.
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Lowell James
Davie
Fla
Marion
James
Robert Grego
Mobridge
S. D
Cotton Sloan
Odom
Tex Ritter
Grego
Marion Memorial Hospital
Senate House Conference Works On River Bill Compromise
Washington June 23 The Senate House Conference Committee meets to draft a final version of a 1% billion dollar water projects compromise. Eisenhower has vetoed similar bills before but administration leaders accept this version. Differences include five projects with Saline River Illinois funding: Senate 5.272 million, House 5.917 million with 286 thousand local contribution.
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Washington
Senate House Conference
Eisenhower
Senate
House
White House
Saline
Illinois
Russell McBride Dies Former Murphysboro Resident at 49
Russell McBride 49 a former Murphysboro area resident died suddenly today en route to work in St. Louis from a heart attack. He lived at 7474 St Charles Rock Road St. Louis born in Murphysboro 1908 married to Alice Summers survived by sons Harold Dean Bruce Melvin and a daughter Mrs La Donna Roberts Funeral arrangements are pending at Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro with calling after 7 pm Tuesday.
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Russell McBride
Murphysboro
St. Louis
McBride
St. Charles Rock Road
Alice Summers
Harold Dean
Bruce
Hamden
Ohio
Melvin
la Donna Roberts
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Carneghi Installed as Herrin American Legion Commander
William Carneghi was installed as commander of the Herrin American Legion post Saturday night, succeeding Hugo Hutzler. Officers named include John Dohanich, Ronald McVey, Robert Calcaterra, Ronald Alois, L. V. Steckenrider, and George Jones with plans to reappoint Bob Nethercott and Joe Dell Era. Membership pins and gifts for the Auxiliary were presented at the Legion Home.
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William Hi
Herrin American Legion
Hugo Hutzler
John Dohanich
Ronald McVey
Robert Calcaterra
Ronald Alois
L. V. Steckenrider
George Jones
Carneghi
Bob Nethercott
Joe Dell
Auxiliary
Legion
Mrs Ross Dies at 80 in Herrin Hospital
Mrs Mattie Jane Ross 80 of 1301 North 12th Street Herrin died at midnight Sunday in Herrin Hospital after a three week illness. She was a Free Will Methodist Church member born July 12 1877 in Stewart County Tennessee daughter of James and Josephine Lewis wife of the late Adothel Ross. She leaves daughter Mrs Homer Padgett of Herrin son Noel J Ross of Herrin and brother James Lewis of Dover Tennessee Funeral services will be at 130 p m Wednesday at the Freewill Methodist Church with Rev Myra Connell and Rev Guy Taylor officiating Burial will be in Herrin City Storme Funeral Home after 10 a m Tuesday.
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Mattie Jane Ross
12Th St
Herrin
Freewill Methodist Church
Stewart County
Tenn
James
Josephine Lewis
Adothel Ross
Hommer Padgett
Noel J. Ross
James Lewis
Dover
Myra Connell
Guy Taylor
Herrin City Cemetery
Storme Funeral Home
Five Day Forecast for Illinois Shows Cooler Than Normal
Illinois weather stays cool through the week with average temperatures about 8 degrees below normal. Normal highs run 81 degrees in the north and 90 in the south, with lows of 61 north and 77 south. Precipitation expected near one inch nightly or less, with modest rain likely Thursday and Friday.
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Illinois
Freight collision capsized George Washington in Ohio
Engineer H. W. Honaker, 66, and four crewmen plus six passengers were hospitalized after a rear-end crash on the Chesapeake and Ohio line. The 144 car freight rammed the halted George Washington from Newport News to Cincinnati. Seven freight and three passenger cars drained. Honaker trapped two hours, treated for a broken leg.
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H. W. Honaker
Chesapeake and Ohio
Honaker
George Washington
Newport News
Cincinnati
State to Purchase Land Near Memorial
The state allocates 3000 to buy land north of the Pierre Menard Home State Memorial. The Division of Parks and Memorials will acquire land containing foundations of outbuildings near the house. Mrs. John Gilster of Randolph County Historical Society says a museum might be built on a foundation later.
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Pierre Menard Home State Memorial
William G. Stratton
Division of Parks and Memorials
John Gilster
Randolph County Historical Society
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