Carbondale City Hall Redecoration Moves Ahead
City hall remodeling continues with the clerk’s office to move to the council chamber. Work includes new wiring, lowered ceiling, tiled floors, and new decor. A water tower repair delay, coal bids, and Legion VFW thanks are noted as part of the project timeline.
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Carbondale
Walnut Street
Carbondale Electric Co
Eaton
Faton
F. E. Corbit
Police Department
Police
Three Car Wreck East of Marion
A three vehicle pileup on Route 13 four miles east of Marion at 4 30 p m left only minor injuries. Vehicles driven by Ben Richey 28 Marion L W Reed 18 Creal Springs and Roxanne Harris 26 Marion were involved. The Reed car carried Fern Reed Creal Springs and Esther Carter Detroit Mich both treated for minor injuries.
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Rt. 13
Marion
du Quoin
Ben Richey
Rt. 2
L. W. Reed
Creal Springs
Roxanne Harris
Reed
Fern Reed
Esther Carter
Detroit, Mich
Road survey completed for Colp Blairsville link
Final field work for the 325000 Colp Blairsville road will finish in two weeks as William County Highway Supt Fred Thane reports good soil tests. Acquisition of right of way will start after surveys and plans. The 22 foot wide concrete road aims to remove dips and curves and raise a narrow bridge west of Colp by about five feet. Contract letting is planned for fall with cost shared 35 percent federal 15 percent state and remaining by county from motor fuel taxes.
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Colp
Blairsville
Wiliamson County
Fred Thane
Thane
Frying Pan Fire Triggers Alarm in Murphysboro
A grease flare up in a frying pan at 2218 Lindel Ave in Murphysboro caused a minor alarm at 8 15 this morning. Neighbors reported smoke but firemen found the blaze was overheated grease and the scene was extinguished with no damage.
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Murphysboro
A. V. Schmidt
Lindel Ave
Carbondale Man Fined for Stop Sign Violation
Conrad Clutts of Carbondale was fined $10 plus costs by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz for disobeying a stop sign, cited by State Trooper Earl D. Creath.
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Carbondale
Conrad Clutts
Robert Schwartz
Earl D. Creath
Marion Unit 2 Board approves pay hikes and bus driver raises
The Marion Unit 2 Board of Education approves a $200 yearly raise for non teaching staff and increases bus drivers pay from 145 to 150 a month. Raises depend on state aid increases. The board moves 3000 from working cash to bond fund to cover a 3800 deficit cited to county clerk tax amounts. A plan for a teaching program for blind students is discussed with transfer of a blind pupil from Jacksonville to Marion Public Schools in 1960 and state reimbursement of 3000 for a teacher if four blind students are taught.
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Marion Unit 2 Board of Education
Robert McKinney
Orland Stanley
Marion
Jacksonville
Marion Public Schools
Elmer C. Butts Dies at 74 in Marion
Elmer C. Butts 74 of Route 3 Marion died at 7 35 pm Tuesday in Marion Memorial Hospital He was born February 7 1885 in Chamestown married Myrtle Gersbacher July 7 1907 in Marion A retired miner he belonged to Jehovahs Witnesses and United Mine Workers Local 9292 Surviving are his wife children including Don Robert Eugene and Ernest and three grandchildren Also sister Mrs Ella McAnelly and brother John Butts Services Friday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Elmer C. Butts
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Mr. Butts
Chamnesstown
Myrtle Gersbacher
Jehovah’s Witnesses
United Mine Workers of America
Albert Dicus
Berkley
Mich
Don
Robert
Eugene
Akron
Ernest
Mundelein
Reed Tullis
Toledo
Ella McAnelly
Detroit
John Butts
Clearwater
Fla
Mitchell — Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
SIU Receives Scholarships For Special Education Students
Southern Illinois University earns 5162 for scholarships assisting students training to teach mentally handicapped persons. Funds come from Illinois Women's Club, State Parent Teacher Association, Southern Illinois Lions District, and Lions Clubs of LaGrange and Rosewood. Four 1958 1959 scholars have accepted teaching posts in Palatine DeKalb Kankakee and Decatur.
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Southern Ilinois University
Illinois Women’s Club
State
Parent ‘Teachers Assn
Southern Illinois
Lions Club
Lions Clubs of
LaGrange and
Rosewood
Kolstoe
Carl Ross
Golconda
Palatine
Harold Heller
Lena
DeKalb
Lou Ann Buettner
Columbia
Kankakee
Don Hanks
Kinmundy
Decatur
Body Found Floating In Mississippi River
The Randolph Coroner reported a badly decomposed woman’s body found near the Ste Genevieve Ferry Landing in the Mississippi River. Clothing offered the only clues to identity, including a blue sweater and a white flowered dress with red buttons. The body, in the river for months, is being checked against missing person reports from the St. Louis area, with fingerprints unavailable due to decomposition. The body is at Cashner Funeral Home in Red Bud awaiting arrangements.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Randolph
Lester Walker
Walker
Ste. Genevieve
Cashner Funeral Home
Red Bud
Stilley Gets Road Contract for Williamson County Route
Leon B. Stilley Construction Co of Marion named apparent low bidder at 1 261 066 for 2.86 miles of pavement and a grade separation at Rt 57 and Rt 37 five miles southwest of Marion. Orr Construction Co of Chicago Heights bid 615 750 for a railroad subway structure and 0.6 mile of Rt 57 pavement nearby. The project includes a temporary track diversion during construction.
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Leon B. Stilley Construction Co
Marion
Williamson County
Springfield
Rt. 57
Chicago
Orr Construction Co
Chicago Heights
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Hurt in Fall Near Home
George Lamkin of Chester is hospitalized at Chester Hospital with a fractured hip after a fall near his home on Monday while on his way to work as a guard at Menard Penitentiary.
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George Lamkin
Chester
Chester Hospital
Lamkin
Menard Penitentiary
East St. Louis Man Is Fined For DUI
Cyrus Draper of East St. Louis was fined 100 dollars and costs on a driving under the influence charge. He was arrested by State Trooper George Rushing on Rt. 3 near Rockwood and pled guilty before County Judge Paul Nehrt.
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East ST. Louis
Cyrus Draper
George Rushing
Rt. 3
Rockwood
Paul Nehrt
Southern Illinois Publications imprint and post office details
Sunday and daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. Addresses listed in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro post offices. Entered as Second Class Matter under the 1879 act with additional entries. The Southern Ilinois an is successor to multiple local papers and The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights.
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Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Carbondale Ill
Southern Ilinoisan
Carbondale Prep Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murthysboro Independent
Associated Press
How To Hold Your False Teeth With FASTEETH
Do your false teeth slip wobble or embarrass when you eat laugh or talk. Sprinkle FASTEETH on your plates to hold them firmly and comfortably. Alkaline powder with no gummy taste. Controls denture odor and avoids sour sensations. Available at drug counters everywhere.
Meeting of Southern Illinois Mayors Assn Canceled
The Thursday night meeting of the Southern Illinois Mayors Association was canceled. President K Neil Thurmond of Johnston City announced the change today.
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Southern Illinois Mayors Assn
K Neil Thurmond
Johnston City
Murphysboro Woman Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Cora Knight of Murphysboro was fined five dollars plus costs by Justice W H Etherton for fighting and disturbing the peace.
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Murphysboro
Cora Knight
Justice of the Peace
W. H. Etherton
Stainless Paze Suppositories or Ointment for Piles Relief
Promises fast, surgery free relief from swollen pile tissue pain and itching. Claims immediate comfort, reduced swelling, and healing of raw tissues with a threefold action. Encourages purchase at druggists for immediate relief and money back.
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William Eaton
Tom Mooncatch
Clarence Leathers
Reeder
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Floyd Crawshaw
Woodlawn Cemetery
Unit
New Rt. 13
Southern Acres
Herring School
Business and Sessional Club
Ssi
United Fund
West Frankfort
Bellaire News
Richard Davison
Freeman Coal Company
Bellaire No. 2
Floyd P. Bracy & Sons
Board
Stanley
White Ash
SIU
Oliver P. Kolstoe
Special Education
Mississippi
Stilley
Kelvinator
RCG
BROWN
Colombo
N. 14Th St
Herrin, Ill
Carbondale Auto Sales
North
Illinois Ave
Brewster Motors
North Park Ave
Tailored
Everlow
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