Miss Perry County Fair Contestants List
Twelve contestants are named for the Miss Perry County Fair title with participants from Du Quoin Stealeville Percy Ava Pinckneyville and Du Bois. The lineup includes Sherry Young Mary Cobb Kim Hellman Kathy Myers Sandy Meacham Susan Carter Renee Bullock Robbie Pabst Charlotte Setzkorn and Tammy Joyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Youngman
du Quoin
Mary Cobb
Stealeville
Kim Hellman
Kathy Myers
Percy
Sandy Meacham
Frnakfort mayor amid power dispute with councilman
West Frankfort Public Health and Safety Commissioner Bernard Melvin questions whether he runs the department or the mayor does. He seeks clarified duties as police and fire chiefs report to the mayor by law, while Melvin oversees the departments. The council backed Melvin’s claim for consultation on police and fire matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Melvin
Jack Woolard
Woolard
Strand Theater sold to Darien Electronics in Hinsdale
West Frankfort sells the Strand Theater and two burned-building lots on East Main Street to Darien Electronics Inc. for 15000. City had a 5000 loss after purchasing the properties in 1974 and 1975 renovations cost about 7000. DePriest plans to convert the Strand into a restaurant and the burned blocks into offices. Local opposition criticized the deal as a giveaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand
West Frankfort
East Main Street
City Hall
Darien Electronics, Inc
Hinsdale
West Frankforts
Darien
Oscar DePriest
Darien Electronics
DePriest
Lavern Sanders
Sanders
Orville Nolen
Sparta Council Approves 1.49 Million Budget for FY 1975-76
Sparta city council OKs a 1.487 million dollar appropriations ordinance for the 1975 76 fiscal year starting June 1. The total is down from last year as wastewater funds and street improvements see big cuts. The meeting also approved ten liquor licenses including clubs and packaged licenses for Kloth’s North Town Wine and Liquors and Holmes Colonial Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Ronald Cavalier
Cavalier
Dean Street
Maple Street
Eagles Lodge
Melvin Kloth
Kloth
North Town Wine and Liquors
Marvin Fraley
Bird’s Nest Tavern
Jung’s Lounge
American Legion
Star Lanes
Lions Club
Spartan House
Negotiations Continue On Regional Utility and Trade Contracts
Contracts loom over more than 500 Southern Illinois employees of Central Illinois Public Service Co and Rural Electrification Administration cooperatives in several counties. Local 148 and Local 702 foresee possible strike but aim for settlement by Monday. About 900 workers statewide face ongoing talks across three CIPS divisions, Egyptian Cooperative, Southern Illinois Power, and others, plus 200 meat cutters and 1256 to 140 painters in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Sosniecki
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Co
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 148
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 148
Hudsonville
Coffeen
Grand Tower
CIPS
Wayne Duckworth
J. Harvey Fryer
Local 702
Fryer
Rural Electrification Administration
Egyptian Electrical Cooperative
Steeleville
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative of
Marion
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative of
Eldorado
Southern
Ili
Nois Electric Cooperative
Dongola
District 99
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America
America
Jackson
Perry
Randolph
Frankfort Man Dies After I 57 Crash Near Benton
West Frankfort resident Charles R. McElwee 71 died in a 1 30 a.m. collision when his pickup was rear ended by a tractor trailer on Interstate 57 near Benton. His vehicle then left the road and overturned after hitting a guard rail. the other driver Ronnie Sellars 27 of Mayfield Ky. was uninjured. McElwee owned a dental lab in West Frankfort for 40 years and the nearby I 57 Drag Strip for three years. He was born November 5 1904 in Cambridge Ohio. Survivors include his wife Nona Nantz son Rosce Alan two sisters Vera Thompson Ural Parson both of Cambridge and Charlotte Secrest of Canton. Funeral arrangements are pending at Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. McElwee
West Frankfort
Benton
McElwee
Ronnie Sellars
Mayfield
Mr. McElwee
Cambridge
Ohio
C. W
Blanche Heskett McElwee
Ural Parson
Charlotte Secrest
Canton
Union Funeral Home
Benton Water Main Break Triggers Boil Water Advisory
A main on Grand Street ruptured earlier this morning causing Benton residents to lose water for hours. Fire officials and water crews worked from 12:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. to seal the break and refill the 100,000 gallon tank. Residents are told to boil water until EPA tests confirm safety within 48 hours. Some West Frankfort residents faced low pressure from subsidence on a 12 inch feeder line, repaired by 9 p.m., with no boil order issued there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Water Department
Rogers
Environmental Protection Agency
West Frankfort
Adams and Lindell Streets
J.D. Bellamy
Bellamy
No action on fence viewers in Union County meeting
Union County Commissioners took no action on James Charles request to appoint fence viewers over a boundary dispute with State's Atty. James Leaton. Chair Herman Stokes said Charles threatened to sue if action was not taken soon. The board also named Dr. Harold D. James of Jonesboro to head animal control and tabled a cancer insurance sales request by Richard Diesen for county employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County Board of Commissioners
James Charles
Fred Blaylock
Herman Stokes
Charles
Boar
Atty
James Leaton
Harold D. James
Jonesboro
Richard Diesen
Illinois Seeks Coal-Gas Plant Site Amid Secrecy
Southern Illinois faces a likely September decision on hosting a $250 million experimental coal conversion plant by Coalcon a unit of Union Carbide and Chemico. Illinois officials pitched the site in New York City while the exact location remains secret with state bonding help and a federal grant expected to cover half the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Coalcon
Union Carbide
Chemico
Ross Rubin
Illinois Dept. of Business and Economic Development
Illinois
New York City
Rubin
State Economic Development Department
Energy Resources Commission
Benton pay proposals cause union agrees second year contract
The Benton water sewer and street workers accepted a 14 month contract May 1976 to July 1977 with a $50 monthly raise and increased percentages for sewer classified staff after a council revision. They rejected a $75 monthly raise for year one. Union Local 533 members remain at work as their contract expired May 1. The council also revised a separate $62.50 monthly raise request and approved leasing Old Ben Coal Co. offices as a new city hall with a two year term and option to buy. A mobil home caretaker at Lake Benton was approved at $300 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Union City
City Council
Operating Engineers Local
Centralia
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois
Military
Old Ben Coal Co
Mobil
Lake Benton
Carl G. Payne
Lesser
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Perry County
Diana Harsy
Beth Waller
Pinckneyville
Frankfort
Tom Aaron
Aaron
Frankfort Council
Sparta Council
Oks
John Downs & Son Furniture
Thomasville
Stanley
John Downs
U.S. 51
Elkville
Benton Water
Paul Rogers
Grand Street
Moco, Inc
Washington
Ill
Paul Michaels
By Karen Rothe
The
City
West Main Street
Frank Thomas
Thomas
Murphysbere
Williamson County
Jackson County
Monthru
Sun
Isshinyru Karate School
Bos Totlar
Allen Cobb
Herrin Security Bank
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