Christopher Eyes Lot for Parking Near Post Office
City council heard about a 9,600 square foot lot offered at 4500 dollars owned by Mrs. Don Campbell for an off street parking area. Demolition of two small buildings would add to costs and financing. The council will study the plan before action and review a North State Street resurfacing project costing about 28 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Gene Smith
Don Campbell
Actus
Smith
Winyard - Givewood Associates
Benton
North State Street
Murphysboro approves new school calendar for 1968-69
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 adopted a new calendar running Aug 30 to June 6, 1969 with 182 instructional days. A teacher workshop on Aug 30 and a two day teacher institute on Oct 24-25 are planned, Christmas break runs Dec 20 to Jan 2, no spring vacation, and a school holiday on March 21 for the state basketball tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Unit
Teachers’ Institute
Teacher Institute
Perry County Fair Opens With Bathing Beauties and Greased Pigs
The 112th Perry County Fair runs July 8 to 13 at Pinckneyville fair grounds featuring exhibits in agriculture canned goods and crafts. Daily horse races six per night include a $600 Derby Friday and a greased pig contest Tuesday, with Kid's Day Friday and free carnival rides courtesy of the Lions Club.
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Perry County
Pinckneyville
Lions Club
Public Meetings and Theater Listings Across Southern Illinois
Herrin City Council landfill committee meets at 7 p m Friday at city hall to discuss landfill operation problems. Murphysboro City Council regular meeting Friday at 7 p m in city hall. Summer Music Theater presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at SIU Muckelroy Auditorium 8 p m Friday Saturday Sunday with 1 50 student 2 25 non student admission. Southern Players present Sweet Bird of Youth at SIU Communications Building Theater 8 p m Thursday to Saturday 1 50 student 2 admission non student tickets at University Center and theater box office. Movie listings include Rodgers Anna Where Angels Go Trouble Follows Friday 7 and 9 p m, Sat and Sun continuous from 2 p m. Drive-in showings Anna Drive-in A Stranger in Town and The Fearless Vampire Killers Marlow's Drive-In The Scalp Hunters ends Saturday Marion Drive-In A Minute To Pray A Second To Die and Egyptian Drive In The Shakiest Gun In The West Varsity Speedway Fox The Happiest Millionaire Orpheum Wait Until Dark ends Saturday Anna Drive-in Blue and Samson and Delilah Campus Drive-in The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin City
Murphysboro
City Hall
SIU
Muckelroy
Southern Players Summer Stock Company
Tennessee Williams
SIU Communications Building Theater
University Center
Rodgers
Anna
Marlow
Marion Drive-In
Varsity
Fox
Orpheum
SIU theater symposium on historical drama Saturday
SIU theater department hosts a symposium of historical drama from 9 30 a m to 12 noon in the Communications Building University Theater with free admission. Monthly paper drive by Herrin Baseball League begins at 9 a m Saturday. residents should bundle papers and magazines and leave on front steps. Call 942 4037 if pickup is missed. Anna Drive in shows eight on the lam for a few dollars more and Navajo Joe. Illinois Youth Commission Junior Sports Jamboree track and field meet Sunday at Carbondale Community High School Central track field with free admission. Anna Drive in also features The Party and Come Spy With Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Communications Building University Theater
Herrin Baseball League
Illinois Youth Commission
Carbondale Community High School
Buncombe Sesqui-event schedules and funeral notice
The Buncombe village observes the Illinois Sesquicentennial with a noon Saddle Club parade and 1 p.m tractor pull. Evening entertainment includes a 5 p.m magician, 5:30 p.m Crusaders Quartet, 7 p.m. prize drawing, and New Tones band. Owen Gould presides. Luncheon on the grounds. Funeral for Robert L. Bernard 61 of Carbondale at Huffman Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Monday with burial at Oakland Cemetery. he died Wednesday after illness since March. He served in WWII and Marine Corps. He leaves Loretta Bevis Bernard, a son Maj. Robert Keith, siblings, and a granddaughter.
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Buncombe
Crusaders
New Tones
Owen Gould
Robert L. Bernard
S. Ilinois Ave
Carbondale
Huffman Funeral Home
Louis A. Young
United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Bernard
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Ainad Temple
East St. Louis
Beauseant Commandery
Orinda
Calif
Masonic Lodge
U.S. Marine Corps
Idaho
Clarence Ray
Ada Bennett Bernard
Cairo
Loretta Bevis
Maj
Robert Keith
el Paso
Tex
John and
Lynn
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lyle
Arlington, Va
Ada M. Rydaich
Tooele
West Frankfort Woman Betty Sailliez Dies at 43
Betty Jane Sailliez 43 of 1303 East St Louis Street West Frankfort died at Union Hospital after reportedly falling ill while visiting a friend at the Dimmick Hotel. Coroner Eugene Dorris said alcohol and drug intoxication caused death with no foul play. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Sunday at Reedy Funeral Home West Frankfort. Burial Tower Heights Cemetery. She was born July 10 1924 in West Frankfort and was a member of Northern Baptist Church. She leaves her father Frank Dorris of West Frankfort, two children Larry and Gayla, and sisters Mrs Charles Avery and Mrs Ed Seth.
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Betty Jane Sailliez
St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Dimmick Hotel
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Sailliez
Frank
Mae Sanders Dorris
Northern Baptist Church of
Frank Dorris
Larry
Gayla
Charles Avery
Ed Seth
Richman
Calif
Reedy Funeral Home
Curtis Kintner
Tower Heights Cemetery
Millard S. Lessar
Tamms
Missouri Pacific Hospital
St. Louis
Lessar
Harold
Belleville
Donald
Rosalie Martin
Clinton
Iowa
Elizabeth Penninger
Murphysboro
Frank Helton
East St. Louis
Tamms Baptist Church
Maintenance of Way Union of the
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co
Paul Freek
Clifford Heil
Cobden
Cobden City Cemetery
Crain Funeral Chapel
Unit 186 hires five teachers Murphysboro
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 added five new teachers Thursday night. Elsie Martin, Mary Sherman, Linda Klingensmith, Nancy Davis Brown, and Larry Wood were hired with SIU or university degrees and varying experience. They join the salary schedule at the $5,600 minimum, plus 3 percent per year for experience or degree advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Elsie Martin
Mary Sherman
Linda Klingensmith
Nancy Davis Brown
Larry Wood
Martin
Southern Illinois University
Sherman
Millikin University
Decatur
Klingensmith
University of Michigan
Brown
SIU
Carruthers
Wood
Murphysboro approves $18,000 in school furniture and equipment
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 approved purchases totaling about $18,000 for new Carruthers Junior High and a cafeteria vocational wing. Bids covered folding chairs, tables, desks, and new equipment for an electronics classroom, with several items bid by Beckley-Cardy, Allied Equipment, and Illini Supply among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carruthers
Allied Equipment Co
Springfield
Blackwell - Wielandy Supply Co
St. Louis
Beckley - Cardy Supply Co
Chicago
Beckley-Cardy
Virco Supply Co
Conway, Ark
Tuini Supply Co
Decatur
Blackwell - Wielandy
Allied
Illini Supply
Beckley - Cardy
Beckley Cardy
Illini Supply Co
Noname Corp., Electronic Laboratory
Galesburg
Industrial Arts
Stiles Equipment Co
Carbendale
Unit 186 invites bids for three Murphysboro schools repair
Bids due July 18 for major fire safety code upgrades at Murphysboro Unit 186. Work at Logan and Washington elementarys includes electrical, lighting, roof, ceilings, and exits. high school changes add exits and minor repairs. Bid opening 7:30 p.m. July 18 at Walnut and 9th streets office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Unit District 186
Charles Garrison
Walnut
9Th Streets
Washington
Logan
Garrison
Washington and
Unit 186
Unit
District approves pay increases for district workers
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 votes raises for custodians and clerical staff. Custodians gain a start of 2.15 per hour rising to 2.60 with 10 years' experience and an eight and a half hour day. Clerical staff start at 1.75 rising to 2.65 over seven years. Weekend custodian duties may be added for building checks and minor repairs. Pay periods set on the 3rd and 18th each month with 24 installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Unit
James Blackwood
Blackwood
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Anna Drive-in
Robert Bernard Rites
Millard Lessar
Prowler Reported
Raymond Coleman
W. White St
Marion
Murphysboro Unit Board
Royal Typewriter Co
Brunner Office Supply Co
International Business Machine Corp
Asst
Hal Cornett
Jackson County Health Department
Health Department
H. H. Rohrer
Mary Philomene Ihle
St. Ann’s
Chester
Angelita Muscough
Mary Philomene
Mary Dorothy
John A. Logan Junior College
Central
N. Springer
Go-Go Raceway
Hobby Center
Mardale Center
Tool and Die Makers
American Machine & Foundry Co. Wheel Goods
P. O. Box
Tower Road
Olney, Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Illnois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphyshoro Independent
Associated Press
du Quoin State Fair
Litton
Boreas Iga Parking Lot
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