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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1965
Page
5
The Carbondale City Council awarded Franklin Asphalt Co. of Benton a 19 735 dollar contract to resurface 21.89 miles of non arterial streets. The city will prep the roads and use a colder bleeding reducing asphalt material for second year running.
Edward Lewis, 54, formerly of Murphysboro, died Sunday in Memorial Hospital Waukegan after several weeks illnesses. Born April 24, 1911 in Brookville Mississippi, he leaves wife Hazel and three children, plus parents, sisters, and a brother. Funeral set for 1:30 p m Sunday at Liberty Street Baptist Church Murphysboro with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery.
Frank Harrison Burress 76 of 309 Huddleston Benton died at 2 p m Tuesday in Marion Veterans Administration Hospital after ill health. A World War I veteran and member of American Legion Barracks 308 he was a retired railroad section hand. Survived by daughters Ella Lohman Helen Harris four grandchildren one great grandchild sisters Minnie Shansultz er and Eliza Hughes and brother Walter. Funeral 2 p m Saturday Poulson Free man Funeral Home Benton burial in Masonic and Odd Fellow Cemetery Friends may call after 10 a m Friday at the funeral home.
George Doetch 84 of Rt 4 Carbondale died 12 45 am Wednesday at Holden Hospital after two year illness He was a farmer Crab Orchard Church member born Oroville March 4 1881 married Ida Cheatham in 1911 Survived by wife two sons Wollie Floyd two daughters Eula Ripley Beulah Applegate a brother John 23 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren Paul preceded him in death 1962 Funeral 2 pm Friday Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale Rev Harold L Crowell burial Hiller Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm Thursday
Chester will suspend city business Thursday morning for the funeral services of City Clerk James Andrew Petrowske. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. at St. Marys Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Petrowske died Monday. the city seeks legal guidance on filling his vacant clerk seat through 1969 or until the 1967 election.
Geraldine Spears reports two youths about 17 years old snatched her purse containing $10 while she was picking up groceries spilled from a broken sack on South Marion street in Carbondale. The thieves fled north on Marion. Spears described them as wearing sweatshirts and khaki trousers.
The Postmaster General John A Gronouski proposed to Congress that government owned or leased autos be authorized for rural letter carriers. Reimbursement would continue when carriers use their own autos. the plan would not eliminate the present reimbursements.
The Murphysboro Water and Sewerage Commission will seek bids on a three quarter ton truck for field crews. Harold Hudson reports the 1958-model truck needs extensive repairs and replacement is cheaper. The panel also allows Hiram Walker Stave Mill to use a hydrant for $8.87 monthly to wet sawdust piles, with hydrant installed earlier by the company.
A motorcycle reported stolen in Carbondale was returned after a state trooper checked a youth’s driver license and frightened him. The youth and their brother brought the bike to the Carbondale police station and it was returned to Dale Blessing. the owner declined to sign a complaint.
Mrs Elizabeth Hedley 71 of Woods Nursing Home West Frankfort died at Union Hospital West Frankfort after months of illness She was born May 14 1894 in Crook England daughter of John and Mary Ritson Tarn Her husband John Hedley died in 1963 She leaves daughter Doris Trotter son Robert two grandchildren three great grandchildren and brother Josh Tarn Funeral services will be at 10 am Friday at St Marks Episcopal Church burial in Denning Cemetery Friends may call after 2 pm Thursday at Stone Funeral Home
Jim Hess was fined twenty dollars for speeding in Marion. Christine McKinney was fined fifteen dollars for following too closely in Marion.
Gen. Mark Clark, in a Chicago interview, says the United States must keep bombing North Vietnam to deter a manpower war. He warns against fighting the Communists man to man and cites Korea’s losses to justify sustained air and naval power.
Illinois House approved a plan for a state system of public junior colleges aiming to cut costs for families. Tuition under the House bill would be about 170 dollars per year for liberal arts, with no charges for vocational courses, while the Senate proposal allows about 220 dollars.
John W. Hamblen resigns as director of Southern Illinois University Data Processing and Computer Center to join the Southern Regional Educational Board in Atlanta as a computer development official. He has led the SIU center since 1961 and previously ran similar operations at Kentucky and Oklahoma State. He begins July 1.
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