Vienna area man killed in car wreck near Reevesville
A Vienna area man, Billy W. Gunther aged 25, died when the car he rode in left a rural road southeast of Vienna and struck a telephone pole before hitting trees. The driver, Edwin A. Moake, 18, Cypress, escaped with minor injuries and was hospitalized in Metropolis. Gunther’s body was taken to Mount Funeral Home in Vienna.
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Vienna
Billy W. Gunther
Rt. 3
Reevesville
Gunntown
Edwin A. Moake
Cypress
Gunther
Mount Funeral Home
Moake
Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis
Carbondale Women Fined for Disorderly Conduct Disturbance
Magistrate Robert W. Schwartz presided in Jackson County Circuit Court Carbondale. Olivia Davis of 304 N Marion St was fined 10 plus costs for assault and Indiana Thompson of 417 E Green St was fined 10 plus costs for disorderly conduct after a disturbance June 15 at Gumn and Marion streets. Gervas Blakely of 703 W Walnut St was found not guilty of speeding too fast for conditions.
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Robert W. Schwartz
Jackson County
Carbondale
Olivia Davis
N. Marion St
Indiana Thompson
E. Green St
Gumn
Marion Streets
Gervas Blakely
Walnut St
Gorham Man Jesse Hoppe Dies at 54
Jesse Hoppe 54 of Gorham died after a month long illness at St Joseph Memorial Hospital. He was born July 9 1911 in Canalou Missouri and married Laura Fitch in 1931. A mechanic and member of Modern Woodmen and Pentecostal Church, he leaves wife four sons Loyd Carl Dean Herbert two daughters and 21 grandchildren. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crawford Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro with Rev Buford Gibson. burial in Goodbread Cemetery Gand Tower. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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Jesse Hoppe
Gorham
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Canalou
Christopher
Amelia Teasley Hoppe
Laura M. Fitch
Hoppe
Modern Woodmen
Pentecostal Church
Loyd
Carl Dean
Herbert
Wilma Phillips
Jewell Burke
Helen Klein
Ft. Greely
Alaska
Anna Ozburn
Beile Ellis
Murphysboro
Myrtle Harlan
Ruth Johnson
Elkville
Bessie Johnson
du Quoin
Faral
Crawshaw Mortuary
Bufford Gibson
Goodbread
Gand Tower
Former Herrin employee dies after illness
Mack Henshaw 76 of 1503 N Park Ave Herrin died Saturday night in Anna State Hospital after a months long illness. He served as city employee for 20 years mainly as cemetery caretaker retiring in 1962. Survived by wife Catherine died 1962 a son Webb and daughters Geneva Felici Jeanette Brayfield Janell Henshaw six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at George Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin with burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
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Mack Henshaw
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Anna State Hospital
Herrin City
Teamster Union
Herrin Eagles Lodge
Stonefort
Charles
Sarah Jane Camden
Catherine
Webb
West Frankfort
Geneva Felici
Jeanette Brayfield
Carbondale
Janell Henshaw
Scottsdale
Ariz
Arthur
Leona Turner
Carrier Mills
George van Natta
Police Briefs From Dupo Vergennes and Freeman Spur
Dupo reports Michael Massie fined $15 for failure to stop. Vergennes records Harold Wright fined $15 for overweight. Freeman Spur lists William Rees Jr. fined $15 for no valid registration.
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Dupo
Michael Massie
Vergennes
Harold Wright
Freeman Spur
William Rees Jr
Deputy Named For Summer Replacement In Jackson County
Roger Boswell of Ava has been hired as a summer replacement deputy sheriff for Jackson County. Sheriff Arch Edwards says Boswell will fill in during summer vacations as Deputy Dewey Higgins undergoes surgery in St. Louis. Boswell also signs a contract to teach at Trico Unit School District 176 for the coming year after graduating from Southern Illinois University.
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Roger Boswell
Ava
Jackson County
Arch Edwards
Boswell
Wth
Dewey Higgins
Elkville
St. Louis
Trico Unit
Southern Illinois University
Percy Man Ernest Deppe Dies at 67 in Percy
Ernest M. Deppe, 67, of Percy, a retired railroad maintenance worker and Brotherhood of Maintenance employees member, died Saturday at home. Born November 8, 1892 in Willisville, he married Ruth Steele in 1916 and later Anna Young. Survived by wife, four daughters, two sons, stepchildren, 28 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Percy Methodist Church, Rev. B. R. Cummins officiating. burial in Steeleville Cemetery. Friends may call Schack Funeral Home in Steeleville.
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Ernest M. Deppe
Percy
Brotherhood of Maintenance Employees
Methodist Church
Mr. Deppe
Willisville
Isaac
Nellie Slusher Deppe
Ruth Steele
Anna Young
Ruby Bierman
Marion Lindner
Blanche Ries
Jewel Middendorf
Dale
Wayne
Sally Rednour
Sparta
H. Harold Young
Wood River
Lee
Paul
Coulterville
Emma McKee
Dorothy Meyerhoff
Eveline Snider
Inez Bollman
Steeleville
Margie Preston
Cutler
Roy Deppe
B.R. Cummins
Schaack Funeral Home
Coin box blown at Murphysboro car wash by firecracker
Police report a coin box at a self service car wash on North Seventh Street in Murphysboro was blown off by a firecracker. Neighbors say two boys set it off at about 5 30 a m. The emptied box likely held less than a dollar.
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North Seventh Street
Murphysboro
Williamson Courthouse Space Needs to Be Reviewed
Williamson County officials seek to verify the size and cost of a new courthouse on the old Washington School grounds in Marion. Public Building Commission Chairman K Neil Thurmond announced a preliminary program analysis by Architect S M Allay and proposed regular meetings to finalize financing and construction, with the next meeting set for July 13.
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Public Building Commission
K. Neil Thurmond
Washington
Marion
Commission
S.M. Allay
Thurmond
Gourd Man Grows Dipper Gourds for Wren Houses in Du Quoin
Julian Biot known as the gourd man tends hundreds of dipper gourds in his Old Du Quoin garden. He trims, seeds, and fashions the gourds into wren houses each fall, after a spray to kill insects reduced several half grown gourds this year. Biot, a 48 year coal miner retiree, harvests up to 300 gourds from eight plants in some years and trains vines along a backyard wire canopy.
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Grover Brinkman
Southern Illinoisan
Julian Biot
Old du Quoin
Biot
Santa Fe
Oregon
Carbondale
Mrs Lillian Johnson of Johnston City Dies at 64
Mrs Lillian Johnson 64 of 300 W Third St Johnston City died at 7 30 am Monday in Marion Memorial Hospital after a illness lasting years. She was a member of the Johnston City First Christian Church and lived in Johnston City 63 years. Born July 19 1901 in Robards Ky she was daughter of Sam and Ida Hay McMullin. Survived by husband Pete a daughter Mrs Gene Wells a brother Orville McMullin and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City.
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Lillian Johnson
Third St
Johnston City
Marion Memorial Hospital
Orville McMullin
Herrin
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Pete Reiser Stole Home Seven Times in 1946 Dodgers
Pete Reiser stole home seven times for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1946 baseball season.
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Pete Reiser
Brooklyn Dodgers
Vining Named Head of Illinois Prison Industries
Joseph E. Vining, 53, superintendent at Menard Prison, is named head of correctional industries for Illinois by Ross Randolph of the Department of Public Safety. He will oversee prison product manufacture in four men's prisons and the Dwight reform school, with last year’s sales at about 5 million dollars. Vining, a Georgia native with 14 years in Illinois prison industries, is active in the American Correctional Industries Association and will reside in Springfield with his wife Leoma.
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Joseph E. Vining
Menard
Ross V. Randolph
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Vining
Dwight
Pontiac
Stateville
Joliet
Georgia
Illinois
American Correctional Industries Association
Leoma
Springfield
Former Herrin Woman Dies in Kankakee
Mrs. Mary Jane Sanders aged 51 of Kankakee formerly Herrin died Sunday at Riverside Hospital Kankakee. Born December 9 1914 in Herrin to Charles and Angela Garavaglia Venegoni. She married Leroy Sanders in 1940 in Elgin. Survived by husband brothers Charles and Domenick Herrin Louis Chicago Joseph Comp ton Calif. Services 9 am Wednesday Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Herrin with Rev Lester Himstedt. Burial St Carlos Cemetery Herrin. Visitation after 7 pm Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home Herrin Rosary 7:30 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.
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Herrin
Kankakee
Mary Jane Sanders
Riverside Hospital
Charles
Angela Venegoni Garavaglia
Elgin
Leroy Sanders
Sanders
Domenick
Louis
Chicago
Joseph
Compton
Calif
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Lester Himstedt
St. Carlos Catholic Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
De Soto School Board Raises Teachers Pay
The De Soto Grade School Board bumped two teachers salaries at a recent meeting. Helen Dietz a first grade teacher received a 300 raise bringing her yearly pay to 4700 Kenneth Brewer seventh grade teacher and coach saw a 400 raise to 5400 annually.
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DE Soto School Board
de Soto
Helen Dietz
Kenneth Brewer
SIU Placement Chief Assumes National Post
Roye R. Bryant, director of Placement Services at Southern Illinois University, will become president of the College Placement Council at the 1966 Denver convention. The council includes three reps from eight regional groups and 1,500 colleges and 1,800 to 2,000 employers. Bryant will take a fall quarter leave from SIU to attend regional association meetings and lead council activities.
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Roye R. Bryant
Southern Illinois University
College Placement Council
United States
Canada
Bryant
Denver
Colo
National Association For School, College
Midwest College Placement Association
SIU
City Could Use New Spreader, Mayor Says
Mayor Joe Williams told the city council a hot mix spreader like Carbondale uses could aid Murphysboro street work. Officials tested the unit last week in Carbondale, noting it is inexpensive and truck backed. A new hot mix plant there may shorten supply, and any purchase would include renting or leasing a seven to eight ton roller. The public improvement committee will review and recommend.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Williams
Public Improvement Committee
Johnston City Seven Seek Queen Title
A four day Homecoming starts July 1 in Johnston City Park with seven contestants for Miss Johnston City. Patty Watson Sandra McPheron Texanna Smith Kathy Canaday Sheila Evans Barbara Van Vorst Jackie Daugherty compete for the crown to be awarded July 4. Lions Club sponsors the event and a carnival midway runs through the festival along with a July 4 fireworks display.
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Johnston City
Patty Watson
Sandra McPheron
Texanna Smith
Kathy Canaday
Sheila Evans
Barbara van Vorst
Jackie Daugherty
The
Lions Club
Jackson Housing Board Tyner Named To New Term
Tyner of Elkville was named to a new five year term on the Jackson County Housing Authority board by James Gillmore. The appointment takes effect Aug. 20 when Tyner’s current term expires. Holdover members include Walter King Fred Wills Harold Briggs and Joseph R. Ragsdale Jr. plus three new appointees to the Welfare Services Board and a member to the Shawnee Resource Conservation project.
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Campbell Tyner
Elkville
Jackson County Housing Authority Board
James Gillmore
County Board of Supervisors
Tyner
Walter King
Fred Wills
Murphysboro
Harold E. Briggs
Joseph R. Ragsdale Jr
Carbondale
Jackson County Welfare Services Board
Illinois Public Aid Commission
William Phelps
R. F. Bastien
Vergennes
Fred Renschen
Phelps
Bastien
Renschen
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Charles Hopkins
Pomona
Carbondale Social Security Office Saturday Schedule
The Carbondale Social Security office will be closed next Saturday. It has offered Saturday mornings to enroll people in Medicare, but no decision has been made about continuing Saturday hours after July 2, district manager Ray Cohee said.
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Carbondale
Union County Hospital Buys Ice Machines
Union County Hospital in Anna purchased three ice making machines for 2200 dollars. The board seeks bids to convert two oil burners to gas in the furnace room. Supt. Eugene Powell said bids will be opened at the August meeting and the hospital was accepted as a participant in the Medicare health insurance benefit program for the aged.
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Union County Hospital
Anna
Eugene Powell
Powell
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