Illinois peach hail grade discussed at Carbondale hearing
Growers urged establishment of an Illinois hail grade for peaches at a public hearing by the State Department of Agriculture in Carbondale. The proposed grade mirrors U S No 1 with hail mark allowances, aiming to improve marketing returns for hail damaged fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Department of Agriculture
Carbondale
Harold A. Kaeser
Division of Markets
U. S
Kaeser
Roy E. Yung
Yung
U.S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Harry Day
Carbondale, Growers Sales Service Inc
Southern Illinois
Day
Frank Rosson
Makanda
Rosson
E. W. Blair
Anna
Jackson
Union
Johnson
H. B. Hartline
R. S. McBride
Harvey Hartline
Carbon- Gale
Lester Lipe
Boskydell
Randall Carter
State Inspection Service
Joseph Nasser
Cairo
Lowell R. Tucker
Department of Agriculture
Southern Illinois University
Young Democrats Begin Springfield Trip From Murphysboro
About 16 Jackson county Young Democrats left Murphysboro at 6 30 a m today to attend the state Democratic convention in Springfield. The delegates traveled by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Springfield
The Daily Free Press Billing Rates and Postal Notice
The notice lists subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery at 25c a week and various multi week terms, with address at 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois. It also states mail subscriptions are not sold where carrier service exists and notes AP rights and post office filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Southern I Linoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
Irate Trucker Faces Charge in Carbondale
West Frankfort truck driver Robert Jackson of Chestys Foods parked illegal on North Washington in Carbondale. Police Chief Lee Davis and Patrolman P. P. Cooper cited him, he refused to pay $3.40 costs, a warrant for obstructing traffic followed, and he stayed jailed until a June 30 hearing before Justice Ragland.
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West Frankfort
North Washington Street
Carbondale
Robert Jackson
Chestys Foods Company
Terre Haute
Lee Davis
P. P. Cooper
Davis
Jackson
Police Magistrate Court
R. M. Ragland
Ragland
Rites Set For Dr. C. E. Riseling Of Murphysboro
Funeral services for Dr. Charles E. Riseling 83 prominent Murphysboro physician who died at his home will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m at Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel with Rev Ernest Harbaugh officiating Burial will be in Tower Grove cemetery Masonic rites will be held at the grave He taught medicine over 50 years and helped found inoculation efforts He was born in 1867 in Du Quoin and educated at SIU Carbondale and Missouri Medical College He married Ida Alene Jennison in 1895 and survives with sons C R and W E Riseling a brother Robert F Riseling and a grandson Robert Eugene Riseling who died in World War II He was active in St Andrews hospital board of health and local medical groups and was a member of A F and A M Knights of Pythias First Presbyterian church and other organizations.
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Charles E. Riseling
Murphysboro
Crawshaw Mortuary
Ernest Harbaugh
Tower Grove Cemetery
Riseling
North Fifteenth Street
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Missouri Medical College
St. Louis
Dr. Riseling
Ida Alene Jennison
C. R. Riseling
W. E .Riseling
Robert F. Riseling
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Eugene Riseling
Europe
St. Andrew’s Hospital
City Board of Health
Knights of Pythias Lodge
First Presbyterian Church of
GEA Plans Recreation Aids for Southern Illinois
The Greater Egypt Association meeting at the Logan Hotel in Murphysboro aims to attract more tourists by cleaning forests and streams, improving fields and woodlands, and boosting hunting and fishing appeal. President Walter Whitehead and Secretary Eugene Comte were named to develop a practical remedial plan for the next gathering.
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Greater Egypt Association
Logan Hotel
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois
Walter Whitehead
Whitehead
Eugene Comte
Association
Roy Leeper of Herrin Brought Low by Overwork in 1922
Roy Leeper a 57 year old Herrin mechanic and general manager of the Stubblefield auto shop fell near blind in 1922 after long shifts and under manned conditions in Minnesota. He attributes his eye trouble to overwork and nerves. He later opened his own shop on Twenty-ninth street and West Harrison and trains others in welding though he can no longer perform it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Leeper
Stubblefield
Herrin
Leeper
West
Madison
Jackson County
Carbondale
Illinois
Gertrude Kelley
Arthur L
University of Illinois Sunday
Roy
Minnesota
Twenty-ninth Street
West Harrison
Hospital Notes Admits Surgical and Medical Patients
Admitted Friday are Lee Avery surgical Pittsburg Jacob Perkins surgical Carbon dale Mrs Sylvester Pease medical Vienna Mrs Autie Hightower surgical Marion Mrs Elnora Meisenheimer surgical Dongola Mrs Rebecca Howard medical Mrs Everett Hood medical Carbondale Owen Whiteside medical Metropolis Emery Ernest Messer medical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Pease
Vienna
Autie Hightower
Marion
Elnora Meisenheimer
Dongola
Rebecca Howard
Everett Hood
Carbondale
Owen Whiteside
Metropolis
Emery Ernest Messer
Organize Moose Unit Forming in Murphysboro Sunday
Prospective members can still join the new Murphysboro Loyal Order of Moose lodge to be instituted Sunday at 1 45 p m at Logan Junior High School. More than 260 men have signed as charter members. late applicants may apply at Murphysboro city hall until noon Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Logan Junior High
Vsboro
Demo Leaders Attend State Kick Off Meeting in Springfield
Jackson county Democratic Chairman Lloyd Austin and Mrs. Clifford Williams of Murphysboro attended the state 1950 kick off meeting for county chairmen and state central committeeman in Springfield. Austin planned to stay for the Young Democrats state convention. Sixteen Jackson county Young Democrats left early to join the meeting after a Murphysboro city hall gathering to finalize plans yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Lloyd Austin
Clifford Williams
Murphysboro
Springfield
Austin
Young Democrats
Division of Markets Opens Office in Anna
The Illinois Division of Markets opened an office in the Anna hotel building for a three month period. Officers in charge of inspection of fruits and vegetables will be based there with Kenneth Blair as chief inspector and Frank Hartline as field investigator stationed in Anna.
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Illinois Division of Markets
Anna Hotel
Kenneth Blair
Anna
Frank Hartline
Carbondale officials study early school entry issues
Clyde Winkler reports a survey of Carbondale children showing 27.7 percent were exceptional. He suggests delaying kindergarten slightly to improve readiness and notes no current changes in city requirements though boards may consider updates. Lions club heard discussion with SIU faculty and local officials.
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Carbondale
Clyde Winkler
Lions Club
Winkler
Southern Ilinois University
Lions
Marshall S. Hiskey
Department of Guidance and Special Education
Raymond H. Dey
S&s I. U
Alan Domer
Dey
Odd Fellows Lodge Reopens In Murphysboro Installation Planned
Amity Lodge No 132 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows re organized at the Knights of Columbus hall in Murphysboro. Den ver Gregory was elected Noble Grand with Charles Sullivan as Vice Noble Grand Herman Hines as Secretary and Jasper Stearns as Treasurer. The lodge resumes activity after a decade long hiatus with a July 5 installation ceremony and plans for the future. Money remains in the treasury from selling their old home to the American Legion and a decision on a new home is pending. Virgil Brown announced district officials will officiate at the July 5 ceremonies.
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Amity Lodge No
Order of Odd Fellows
Knights of Columbus
Murphysboro
Denver Gregory
Noble Grand
Charles L. Sullivan
Herman Hines
Jasper Stearns
Odd Fellows
K. of C. Hall
Ninth and Locust Streets
American Legion
Carbondale I. O. O. F. Lodge
Virgil Brown
Carbondale
Nancy Lamkin Brings Dancing Fame to Anna and St Louis Roots
Nancy Lamkin daughter of Roy and Mrs. Lamkin of St Louis, long praised by East Chestnut Street grandmother Bessie Lamkin in Anna. A Clayton High School graduate now at Washington University Liberal Arts, she studies French Spanish and modern dance and trains since age six. Her public work includes municipal opera Brigadoon with daily rehearsals and seven nightly shows, plus Veiled Prophet Ball pages 1948 1949 and Symphony of Fashion 1947 1950 with minor roles in Roberta 1949.
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Bessie Lamkin
East Chestnut Street
Anna
Nancy
Roy Lamkin
St. Louis
Miss Lamkin
Clayton High School
Washington University
Clark
Madame Cassan
Lalla Baumann
Carmen Thomas
Municipal Opera
Mrs Walker Dies At Home In De Soto
Emma Walker 75 of De Soto dies at home at 10 a m. She leaves a daughter Mrs R H Worthen two sons Stanley and Frank a sister Mrs Annie Loyd and three more sisters and two brothers. Services set for June 26 at Lutheran church De Soto with burial in De Soto cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Walker
de Soto
R. H. Worthen
Stanley Walker
Frank Walker
Annie Loyd
Josie Walker
Cambria
Ida Shilter
Che‘halis
Wash
Edna Briscoe Johnston
Cit
Rollie Vaughn
Ed Vaughn
Denver
Colo
Carbondale
Lutheran Church
James Sowder
du Quoin
de Soto Cemetery
Menard Homestead Tourist Attraction in Southern Illinois
The Pierre Menard homestead near Fort Kaskaskia State Park offers original furnishings and a slave cabin, with Fort Kaskaskia and Garrison Hill Cemetery nearby. Clark’s 1778 expedition and the town of Kaskaskia’s history are described, including changes after Mississippi floods altered the river course.
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Pierre Menard
Illinois
Fort Kaskaskia State Park
Chester
George Rogers Clark
Kentucky
Garrison Hill
Kaskaskia
Menard
Kaskaskia River
Property Transfers Across Murphysboro Carbondale and De Soto
A series of real estate transfers recorded in the area includes Joe Gillenberg selling lot 7 and more in Gartside’s 3 add Murphysboro for 1 dollar to Leo Brothers and Clifford Tippey selling lot 11 Rev. Plat Comm add Carbondale for 1 dollar. Other deeds list transfers in De Soto Dowell Carbondale Elkville Gorham Murphysboro and Lake Heights with prices ranging from 1 to 4100 dollars.
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Joe Gillenberg
Leo Brothers
Gartside’s
Murphysboro
Clifford Tippey
Robert J. Casteel
Carbondale
Guy E. Bandy
Charles M. Valerius
R. R. Add
de Soto
Virgil E. Flint
Eugene B. Commeans
Dowell
Isaac Lee Daniels
Raleigh Deweese
Lake Heights
Thomas J. Hurst
Kenneth G. Hardway
E. E. Kimmel
Elkville
George W. Swafford
Mary Ellen Hill
Emmie Roach
O. E. Schimpf
Dunn’s Ist
Gorham
Carbondale L. and
I Assn
Tillman Hill
Bayliss Field
John L. Worthen
Harrison Edward Reiman
Township
Harold W. Koehn
Jesse W Nance
Block
Fairfield Memorial Hospital Dedication Set With Governor Address
Fairfield Illinois June 24 The Fairfield Memorial hospital a 1 236 174 84 bed institution will be dedicated tomorrow Governor Stevenson will deliver the principal address The hospital is the fourth to be finished in Illinois under the current hospital expansion program.
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Fairfield
Ill
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Stevenson
Illinois
Jersey Show of Parish 8 Set in Carbondale
Jersey cattle breeders from 21 Southern Illinois counties enter top animals in Parish No 8 show at Illinois Central park Carbondale on Wednesday June 28. Francis Craunch secretary treasurer expects 100 entries. Bill Weaver Indiana Jersey Cattle club president to judge. TOM EASTERLY Carbondale chamber president to present trophies. Notable entrants include Fred Bigler Raymond Bigler Ed Dietz Francis Claunch Fred Kelley Allen Cole Lester Stinson Oscar Stinson Robert Colemeyer Olin Robinson Gilbert Bigham Ralph Wammack.
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Jersey
Illinois
Illinois Central Park
Carbondale
Francis Craunch
Bill Weaver
Indiana Jersey Cattle Club
Tom Easterly
Nine Cases On June Docket In Jackson Court
Nine cases are listed for hearing in Jackson circuit court before Judge Loyd M. Bradley in Murphysboro. The docket includes suits by G C Heberling Corp for $200 against Glenn McCane Smith George Lorentz and C M Rednor and against Lester Wilson Blake W T Blake and J E Williams. Also on Monday the Illinois Department of Labor seeks review of a hearing on Swofford Coal Co and J C Swofford and Pyramid Roofing seeks a lien on lot 143 in The Plant Place re survey for non payment of 971 30 by Everett Boykin and Evelyn Boykin. A Tuesday chancery suit leads the docket along with actions by the State of Illinois for inheritance and transfer taxes against Equitable Life Insurance Co and Evaline Gordon of Iva Dillon Thomason in another case to regain title to a deed to Robert and Luetta Litsey. Four injuries from an automobile crash June 11 1949 on route 21 east of De Soto have suits for 5 000 each against John Claud Shelby with Ralph Hayes Walter Bullar Clara Bullar and Jeanne Block as plaintiffs. Jeff Brewer seeks 125 owed by Homer Milligan in the final case. The regular naturalization session will be held Tuesday at 10 00 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Department of Labor
Division of Placement and
Swofford Coal Company
J. C. Swofford
Pyramid Roofing Company
Jackson County
Everett Boykin
Evelyn Boykin
Truman Voices Faith For Permanent Peace
President Truman voiced faith in prospects for permanent peace despite global conflict. He expressed confidence the American economy will continue to grow and expand to help maintain peace.
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Baltimore
Truman
Irene Dunne Breaks Diet While Touring England
Hollywood star Irene Dunne, in London to film The Mudlark as Queen Victoria, abandoned her U S diet due to plentiful meals abroad. At a luncheon in her honor she enjoyed lobster, rice, chicken, strawberries, cream and ices, joking the more she eats the easier it will be to resemble the aged monarch.
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London
Irene Dunne
United States
England
Queen Victoria
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. C. E. Riseling
GEA
Lee Avery
Surgical
Pittsburg
Jacob Perkins
Carbondale L. 0. C. F
Nancy Lamkin
Wofian
Menard Homestead
Fort Kaskaskia
Charles Casey Et al
Charles Vernon Casey
Clifford C. Draper
Mildred J. Huff
Edgewood
Christine Baum
Mathilda Baum
A. E. Clark
C. R. Bewley
James A. Duncan
Ann Duncan
Willis R. Hagler
Willard Leo Vaughn
Elk
J. A
T. M. Logan
Jackson Court
Loyd M. Bradley
G. C. Heberling Corporation
Bloomington, Ill
Glenn McCane Smith
George Lorentz
C. M. Rednour
Lester Wilson Blake
W. Tf. Blake
J. E. Williams
Hollywood
Irene Dunn
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