Circuit Court June Term Set to Open in Murphysboro
The Jackson County Circuit Court will begin its regular June term Monday in Murphysboro with four divorce hearings before Judge Lena M. Bradley. A Grand Jury will be empaneled at 10 06 a m. Monday to hear cases including a shortage in office funds alleged by Fred H. Fraser and a forgery charge against Clara Bell Valentine. Indictments will be bound over to Circuit Court, with 23 county residents named for prospective grand jury duty and a supplemental list of jurors announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Circuit Court
Murphysvoore
Lena M. Bradley
County Board of Supervisors
Edgar L. McCollum
Cassie R. McCollum
Laura J. Parish
Robert H. Parish
Blanche Lo
Carbondale
Jake Clinton
Ava
August Schatte
Campbell Hill
Louis Renfro
Dan Green
C. Springer
J. W. Shackleton
Harmon Leinicke
Cora
Arthur Hicks
de Soto
R. A. Carter
Elkville
Clyde Simmons
Shirley Brickey
Jacob
S. H. Baysinger
Grand Tower
Grover Bower
James Fisher
Mary Connelly
Frank Byrd
James Deal
Murphysboro
Henry Lichliter
Somerset
Ben Hagler
Makanda
J. A. Curry
Oraville
Ella Lipe
B. F. Crain
Gorham
Karl Eisenhauer
Vergennes
Fred Carter
S. L. Fisher
Harriet Davidson
Fred Young
William Guetersloh
Ruby Bandy
Ed Leming
W. A. Spiller
Melvin Brush
Harry Perkins
Arthur Phelps
Mrs. Ethel Halstead Womble Dies In Carbondale
Mrs. Ethel Halstead Womble dies at 12:10 a.m. at home 611 South University Carbondale. Survived by daughter Mrs. Marjorie Stull sister Floy Wiley and Wilda Hemphill grandson Johnny Stull son-in-law John Walter Stull. Funeral at St Andrew Episcopal Church June 27 at 10:00 a.m. with burial in Oakland Cemetery. She was a member of St Andrew's Episcopal Church. She had five years of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Halstead Womble
South University Avenue
Carbondale
Marjorie Stull
Floy Wiley
Anna
Wilda Hemphill
Brownfield
Johnny Stull
John Walter Stull
Carbondale Funeral Home
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
Father Cowles
Oakland Cemetery
Bible School Commencement at Walnut Street Baptist
The Walnut Street Baptist church hosts Bible School commencement with the senior choir singing O Savior of the World in morning services. Evening services are devoted to the Bible school commencement program. Carbondale women attended a shower for Mrs Syd Appleton at Murphysboro. Mrs Birnbaum won a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Bible School
Leo Krause
Morris Birnbaum
Sidney Stohen
Sam Kucher
Erwin Ypeisand
Harry Goldstein
Carbondale
Syd Appleton
Louis Wides
Murphysboro
Birnbaum
Subscription Terms and Postal Details for Carbondale News
Local notice lists subscription rates and delivery terms within a 50 mile radius with weekly costs. It notes post office handling in Carbondale Illinois and identifies the Carbondale Free Press Building as office location. The paper remains a member of the Associated Press and reserves local news republication rights.
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Carbondale
Ill
Associated Press
AP News
Tour in Southern Illinois Canceled for Low Signups
The Southern Illinois University history department canceled a planned historic places tour due to only 15 signups of the 25 capacity. The tour would have covered 26 sites and may be rescheduled later in the summer by John W. Allen, history instructor and museum director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Department of History and Museum
Southern Illinois University
John W. Allen
Allen
Housing Unit Gets 31533 Grant for Jackson County
The Jackson county housing authority is to receive 31533 in state aid approved by the Illinois State Housing board. The grant funds will be used as a revolving fund likely for construction of low cost housing, per the 1947 act. John Gilbert notes per capita grants stem from the 1940 census. Walter King serves as president and Ira W. Dill as secretary treasurer with several other members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Housing Authority
Illinois State Housing Board
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois
John Gilbert
Jackson County Authority
Walter King
Murphysboro
Ira W. Dill
Carbondale
W. :. Knowles
Elkville
Fred Wills
Harold E
Briggs
Sheba Shrine Holds Ceremony and Degrees at Masonic Hall
Sheba Shrine No. 63 Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem held a regular meeting and ceremony at the Masonic hall. Candidates Janet Noel, Josephine Herndon, Beulah Berger, Bertha Rentfro, Helen Stafford, Helen Wallace, Orlen Wallace, Alys Venable, James Venable, Jessie Atwood, Eva Atwood received degrees. Out of town guests attended. last meeting until September. Vivian M. Parrish received life membership as supreme worthy shepheress. Refreshments and social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheba Shrine No
Order of the White Shrine of
Vivian M. Parrish
Sheperdess
Marriage Sermon Topic at First Methodist Church
The Sunday service at First Methodist features Rev. Clyde S. Clark continuing The Common Way series with The Sanctity of Marriage and Family as the theme. Guest soloist Mrs. Orlen Wallace will sing Cleanse Me, and Mrs. Carl Wilson directs the senior choir in the absence of the regular director. Youth groups meet at 6 30 p.m with college and high school groups together. The intermediate group ends summer meetings and will resume in September.
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Clyde S. Clark
Orlen Wallace
Sunday School Class Pot Luck Hosted By Mrs Parrish
Mrs Hallie Parrish hosted a pot luck on her lawn Thursday evening for Miss Luella Amon's Sunday school class at First Methodist church. Attendees included Mrs J W Marberry Mrs Clarence Berger Mrs Nettie Trammell Mrs Albert Meyer Mrs Rex Burns Mrs Nina Tenhrs Mrs Mabel Caldwell Mrs Glenn Rendleman Mrs Guy Clifford Mrs Bert Dillinger Miss Luella Amon Miss Nellie Cressee Miss Mable Cressee Miss Bernice Hess Miss Bertha Whey and guests Mrs Earl Payne Mrs Dewey Payne and Mrs Marvin Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Parrish
Luella Amon
First Methodist Church
Lucy
Marvin Johnson
J. W. Marberry
Clarence Berger
Nettie Trammell
Albert Meyer
Rex Burns
Nina Tenhrs
Mabel Caldwell
Glenn Rendleman
Guy Clifford
Bert Dillinger
Nellie Cressee
Mable Cressee
Bernice Hess
Bertha Whey
Earl Payne
Dewey Payne
Returns From Three Week Visit
Mrs. I G McLaughlin of 609 South University has returned from a three week visit with her daughter Mrs Loren Spires in Chicago. The Spires and daughter Diantha will visit here. Mr and Mrs Arthur T Ross and baby Nancy Ann of 1007 South Elizabeth street were in St Louis last week for Nancy Ann surgery at St Louis Children's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. McLaughlin
South University Avenue
Loren Spires
Chicago
Spires
Diantha
Arthur T. Ross
Nancy Ann
South Elizabeth Street
St. Louis
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Charles Ross
Murphysboro
Herbert Hays
North Springer Street
John Herbert, Jr
Troy W. Sims
Jerry
Walkup Street
Municpal Opera
Sim
Delmar _ Loveall
Tommy Sins
Guy Loveall
South Forest Avenue
Faith in The Church Presbyterian Subject
On Sunday at 10 45 Rev William Janssen pastor of the First Presbyterian church will use as his sermon subject Re affirming Our Faith in the Church The children's talk will be God Was His Partner Miss Patricia Crader will sing the solo My Task by Ashford The adult choir will sing the anthem
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William Janssen
First Presbyterian Church
God
Patricia Crader
Ashford
Flying Club Picnics and Breakfast Flight to Farmington MO
The Egyptian Flying club and Carbondale airport staff host a picnic at Giant City park tonight with about 60 attendees. A Sunday breakfast flight from Carbondale to Farmington Mo is planned for 20 participants, departing 8 a.m. and returning around 10:30 a.m. Three local pilots recently earned first solo ratings: A. M. Mitchell Melvin West and Louis J. Maxberry.
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Flying Club
Farmington
Carbondale
Giant City Park
A. M. Mitchell
Melvin West
Louis J. Maxberry
Dwayne Linton
Herrin
Southern Illinois
Jack Smith
Civil Aeronautics Association
Hernando Gomez Finds Love and Study at S I U
The housing shortage led Hernando Gomez from Bogota Colombia to Carbondale where he married Marian Brown of Cambria. Gomez, a pre engineering student, enrolled at Southern Illinois University in March and plans to pursue civil engineering, hoping to return to Colombia to run the family machinery import business or stay in the United States to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hernando Gomez
Southern Illinois
Bogota
Colombia
South America
Gomez
Marion Brown
Cambria
Goochy
Marian
Hernando
University of Illinois
Marian Brown
Christopher
Ignacio Charles Hernando
Goody
Miami
Carbondale
South
Marion Street
Southern Illinois University
National University of Colombia
United States
England
States
Gospel Theme at Grace Methodist Church
Worshipers at Grace Methodist Church hear a sermon on The Gospel of Christ by the minister. Dr Sharp preaches Heaven's Great Magnet in the evening. Youth Fellowship choir leads song with Alone With God. Offertory duet by Betty Brooks and Betty Humphrey. Social hour at 5 30 followed by a 6 30 lesson. Large crowd expected.
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Grace Methodist Church
Two Carbondale Men Join Fifth Armored Training Unit
Two Carbondale servicemen Clyde M. Vaughn and William E. Anderson are assigned to the Fifth Armored Division for eight weeks of basic training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. Vaughn, a dairy truck driver, and Anderson, a bakery employee, come from 508 South Logan Street. They join Company D 10th Medium Tank Battalion.
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Fifth Armored “‘Victory
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Clyde M. Vaughn
Logan Street
William E .Anderson
Nettie Ander
Carbondale Tightens Meter Offense Fines
Police under Chief Lee Davis announce a shift to traffic tickets for second meter violations. Deliberate dodgers face fines from three to one hundred dollars as about 800 tickets were written in the last eight or nine days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lee Davis
Aibcet
Davis
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Across Southern Illinois
A list details multiple patients admitted for surgical and medical cases across Carbondale Creal Springs Vienna Mount Vernon Benton and Carterville with several accidents and discharges including Mrs Zella Hoover George Willis and families from Carbondale and Carbondale area facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Ury
Carbondale
Mabel Moore
Creal Springs
Mertie Ford
Sam Russell
Thomas A. Ross, Sr
de Soto
Harrison Stricklin
Carterville
Zadie Halstead
L. L. Williams
Homer Hurley
Vienna
Audra Pendar
Zella Oover
George Willis
Mount Vernon
Minnie Sharp
Ben
Children’s Aid Problems Outlined On Radio Discussion
Col William M. Spencer president of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid society and Carl K Schmidt Jr executive secretary of the Illinois Public Aid commission discussed the dependent child program on WCIL Carbondale. Assistance assists children deprived of parental support but living with relatives and is based on actual need with partial help where families have some income.
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Col
Spencer
Carl K. Schmdt, Jr
Illinois Public Aid Commission
WCIL
Carbondale
Schmidt
Youth on Bike Hart in Crash
Ten year old Lewis Peland son of Leon Penland was slightly injured when his bicycle collided with a car at the North University and West Sycamore corner. Dr Hellmut Hartwig of Linden street drove the northbound car. a witness said the bike struck the car’s back left wheel. The youth was taken to Holden hospital by a Huffman funeral home ambulance. police said injuries were not serious.
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Lewis Peland
Leon Penland
East Freeman Street
Carbondale
University Avenue
West
Sycamore Street
Hellmut Hartwig
Linden Street
Southern Illinois University
Harold Peterson
Holden Hospital
Huffman Funeral Home
Mrs. Russell Breaks Leg in Fall at Home
Mrs. Sam Russell of 611 South Illinois Avenue was taken to Holden Hospital after a fall at home that fractured her leg in two places. She is the mother of Bonita Russell, a teacher at Community High School.
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Sam Russell
South
Illinois Avenue
Holden Hospital
Hundreds of Orphaned Children Need Homes in Illinois
Col. Spencer notes hundreds of new-born and older children lack homes due to unmarried mothers, unfit parents, or family disruption from divorce illness or death. Most depend on privately funded agencies like the Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society or church bodies to place them in institutions or foster homes, seeking a home life close to a real family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Spencer
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Col. Spencer
Louis Foley Receives 50 Year Illinois Central Pass
Louis Foley of 606 West Walnut Street Carbondale has earned a 50 year gold pass from Illinois Central President Wayne A Johnston. Foley began as a clerk in 1899 and served at Centralia Champaign and Carbondale, now assistant chief clerk in Carbondale with ties to the Foley family longstanding in rail work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Foley
Walnut Street
Carbondale
Wayne A. Johnston
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
Foley
Johnston
Illinois Central
Mike Foley
Louis
Helen
Winton Walkup
S. C
Centralia
Champaign
St Louis Cardinals
Louis Foley
Lions Club Names Friday Committees in Carbondale
New Carbondale Lions officers were installed at a noon meeting in the Roberts hotel. Raymond H. Dey becomes president with Nyle Huffman and Glen A. Martin in key roles as district leaders. Committees cover program finance publicity education civic improvements and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Roberts Hotel
Nyle Huffman
Glen A. Martin
Paul Barrett
Raymond H. Dey
Southern Illinois University
M. S. Hiskey
Pete Gloriod
J. W. Neckers
Everett Prosser
Hugh Watson
Fred Brown
Tommy Easterly
Bill Etherton
Delbert Wiggs
Frank Crispin
Charles Lerner
Charles Homberg
Sam Hunter
Marion Harriss
H. H. Wallace
M. C. Cornwell
Hubert Hill
Irving Priesand
Lion
E. L. Sheretz
Charles Tenney
Jackson 60th In Bond Sales
Jackson county ranks 60th in Illinois savings bonds Series E quotas reached as of June 18 with 80.1 percent of its $248000 goal. County co-chairs are Dr. Orville Alexander and A B Stoelzle. statewide goal is $89 million and six southern counties have surpassed their quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Illinois
Orville Alexander
Carbondale
A. B. Stoelzle
Murphysboro
U. S. Savings Bonds Committee
Downstate
Gallatin
Franklin
Pike
Johnson
White
Hamilton
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Frank Graff
Frank McCord
Myrtle Thetford
John Webster
C. F. King
E. D. Rosson
Pomona
E. C. Kenon
Gordan
Fred S. Saupe
Clyde Doerr
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Free Press
Southern Illinois Public E
Sheba Shrine
First Methodist
Lucy Parrish
Breezy Point
Minn
John W. Miller
West Oak Street
Fred Snyder
Coulton
Calif
Marion Motel
Joseph Holman of
Benton
E. M. Holman
South Springer Street
George Wham
John Wham
George R. Taylor
Marie Taylor
H. O. Hall
West Main Street
East St. Louis
Midwestern Aero Service, Inc
Bill Layer
Wilmette
Charles Murden
Personal Flying Magazine
Personal Flying Division
CAA
Springfield
O. B. Young
J. Edward Helton
University
Grace Methodist
Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
5Th Armored
Ton
Leo Warner
Surgical
M. E. Morgan
Clayton Miller
William M. Spencer
Hart
Wayne Johnston
Jim Feirich
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
M.&. Hiskey
Martin Oil Co
A. D. Brubaker
Businessmen’s Association
Good Luck Glove Co
Rolla Wiggins
Builder's and Supply Lumber Co
Kenneth Parrish
New Era Dairy
Alexander
F. P. Gloriodo
John de Laurenti
Highland, Ill
de Laurenti
Francis Boulden
Main and
Springer Streets
G. A. Martin
Don Bryant
E. J. Helton
C. W. Eddleman
John Wright
R. C. Wiggins
Les Barnes
K. C. Parrish
C. F. Flashkamp
M. P Boulden
Kenneth Odum
J. F. Jore
C. S. Scott
Leon Minkler
Glen Murray
E. W. Sullivan
Gilbert Stearns
D. W. Lawson
John Mees
Alex Reed
Vic Randolph
H. W. Day
K. C. Parish
Hewitt Curtis
J. J. Wilkinson
Luther Potter
Bob Gallegly
Nathan Nagel
Eddie Vogler
John Stotlar
J. W. Barrow
W. A. Beadle
John Lewis
Jack Stoelzle
W. J. Ottesen
Wilbert Fries
Win Parker
George Lurie
Orvil Bevel
Elmer Hicks
C. L. Carter
Veterans Affairs
Lynn Holder
Tom Easterly
Joe Morris
R. C. Kohler
Jackson
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