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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
8
Carbondale Police Commissioner D Blaney Miller said the 1955 police car has been put out to pasture just days before a new Plymouth squad car is due for service It will not be ready until painted and radio installed delaying its use until next week Police operate in a borrowed car until then
L. D. Workman of Murray Kentucky was fined 150 dollars and costs and sentenced to two days in Randolph County Jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. He was picked up by a constable in Ruma June 22 and pleaded guilty before County Judge Paul Nehrt.
About ten years after Harvey Jensen donated a topcoat to a church clothing drive for European war victims, a letter arrived from Warsaw, Poland. The writer explains political limits on correspondence with America, notes changes after October 1956, and asks Jensen to write back, apologizing for language as he learns English.
Frank Carter 90 of Anna died at Union County Hospital at noon June 25 after months of illness. A retired farmer who lived in Anna since 1912 he was born April 26 1867 in Union County. He leaves daughters Lena Keller and Tressie Carter sons Ernest and Earl two grandsons and four great grandchildren. Services at New Hope Baptist Church at 2 pm Thursday with Rev Gerald Fox and S S Borum. burial Ebenezer Hall Cemetery. Friends may call at Nortps Funeral Home in Anna until services.
The Illinois Senate passed a bill to appropriate 27000 for a Museum of the Great Mississippi River in the Rendleman House Cairo. The Illinois Historical Society will use funds for services equipment displays as Gov Stratton backs the measure. Sponsors were Clyde Choate John E Miller and W J MacDonald.
Silas Vaughn, 90, of Creal Springs died at 6 30 pm Tuesday in Creal Springs Nursing Home. He was born near Tunnel Hill and lived in the Creal Springs area most of his life, a retired farmer. Survived by sons Wendell of Flora Claude of Marion and Frank of Mt Pleasant Iowa, 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services at 2 pm Thursday in Creal Springs First Baptist Church with Rev John Corbett officiating. Burial in Salem Cemetery. Cosby Funeral Home, Creal Springs, an executive obituary.
Ernest Leftwich of Sparta was sentenced to 60 days at the Vandalia State Penal Farm by Randolph County Court after pleading guilty to vagrancy before County Judge Paul Nehrt. He was picked up June 13 by the Randolph sheriff's office.
Alexander County authorities charged James Arthur Smith 16 and Robert Dale Greenrod 18 with three burglary and larceny counts. They were jailed in Williamson County on 3000 bond each for auto larceny after a high speed chase and wreck. The pair admitted stealing a Marion Police Commissioner's car and burglarizing several sites including Frost Service Station and Penrod Grocery, with further possible charges in Jackson Union and Pulaski Counties.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Church of God in Christ in Carbondale announce postponement of the women's home dedication. The event was to start at 12:30 p m Saturday and will be rescheduled for a future date.
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