Census figures puzzle Murphysboro residents over 1950 drop
Preliminary census data show Murphysboro population slipping from 8976 in 1940 to 8417 in 1950. Chamber president Gilbert Ebersohl asks unsigned writers to submit names and family sizes to verify counts while locals cite births minus deaths, school enrollments, and new industries as factors countering a decline.
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Murphysboro
Chamber of Commerce
Gilbert E. Ebersohl
Ebersohl
Willaim Carruthers
Murphysboro Township
Fred Shappard
Ilinois Commercial Telephone Company
Cal-Crest Outer Wear, Inc
The
California Manufacturing Co
Lastour Corporation
Ely-Walker
County Health Officials Named to Illinois Tuberculosis Committees
Dr. R. F. Sonday Jackson county public health officer and Miss Ella Mae Chambers former supervisor of nurses were named to advisory committees of the Illinois Tuberculosis Association. The appointments were made at the executive committee meeting in Chicago. Sonday will serve on the Legislative advisory committee and Chambers on the Nursing advisory committee. Sonday will attend a state meeting in Springfield July 6 7 on non medical control of tuberculosis.
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R. F. Sonday
Jackson County
Ella Mae Chambers
Ilinois Tuberculosis Association
Chicago
Sondag
Miss Chambers
Springfield
Nylon stockings voyage ends in misrouted gift
A gift from Mrs. Laura Wilson of Boulder Colorado to her sister in law Mrs. Charles Baxmann of Murphysboro traveled far afield. The parcel went from Denver to Honolulu and back marked missent before finally reaching Murphysboro.
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Boulder
Colo
Murphysboro
Laura Wilson
Charles Baxmann
North Eleventh Street
Denver
Honolulu
Hawaian Islands
Southern Illinoisan publication and subscription details
The Daily Independent Edition in Murphysboro Illinois lists publication hours, policy on Sundays, and rates for carrier and mail subscriptions. It notes AP news republication rights and confirms address, postal status and historical act.
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Southern Illinoisan
Daily Independent
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Associated Press
Peoria Youth Injured In Mysterious Wreck Near Route 127
James Motz, 17, of Peoria, was injured in an auto accident south of Murphysboro on Route 127. Authorities cannot confirm the exact location. Motz said braking on a downgrade caused his trailer to jackknife, leading to a collision with a gas truck while returning from Alabama.
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Peoria
James Motz
Murphysboro
Motz
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Mott
Alabama
Murphysboro Municipal Band to Play at Illinois State Fair
Murphysboro's Municipal Band announced by Manager Joe Williams will perform at the Illinois State Fair on August 19 in Springfield. The fair selects six to eight bands from about 60 applicants for a day in the bandstand. Tonight the Riverside Park Band Shell hosts the second concert of the season with Fred Huppert on trombone in Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and two German Band numbers following the usual program of marches and popular tunes.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Springfield
Illinois
Riverside Park
Fred Huppert
Huppert
Druggist Noah Nunley Leaves 25 000 Estate
Probate records in Jackson County report druggist Noah Nunley of Murphysboro died in St Louis leaving an estate valued at 25 000. The plan lists 22 500 personal property and 2 500 real estate with Anna L Nunley named devisee legatee and heirs Annie Nunley Holland Sarah Smith Peters and Lillie Corey. A routine probate inventory will follow the final settlement.
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Noah Nunley
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Jackson
Nunley
Anna L. Nunley
Devisee
Annie Nunley Holland
Sarah Smith Peters
McLeansboro
Lillie Corey
Paducah
Beer Bottles Left On Grave Desecration in Tower Grove Cemetery
Police Chief Clarence Ward said the department hopes to identify those who desecrated a grave in Tower Grove Cemetery after a woman found a 40 pound ice sack, beer bottles, and a woman’s underwear scattered over the tombstone. The reporting witness removed the items.
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Clarence Ward
Tower Grove
Ward
Name Comte To Head Sportsmen
The Murphysboro Sportsmen's club reorganization elected Gene Comte president with Mayor C. A. Hart as vice president and M. C. Pie Howard as secretary treasurer. The club, inactive last year, has limited funds and aims to reactivate with renewed local interest and a possible membership drive.
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Murphysboro Sportsmen's Club
Murphysboro
Gene Comte
C. A. Hart
M. C. ‘Pie’ Howard
Moose Membership Director Returns Home
Leaton P. Nobis loyalty order of Moose membership director who opened a new lodge in Murphysboro last Sunday returns to his home in Quincy Illinois. Nobis plans to return to Murphysboro on July 6 to recruit more members. Delmar Ward secretary of the new lodge will lead the drive in his absence.
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Moose
Leaton P. Nobis
Order of Moose
Murphysboro
Quincy
Ill
Nobis
Delmar Ward
Plan Grass Legume Tour By W C Anderson
Farmers request a grass legume tour this summer in the Mississippi bottoms area. Seeds show a strong stand of ladine alfalfa alsike and brome in oats. Pasture mixtures promise multi year soil benefits and higher organic matter.
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Mississippi Bottoms
James Korando
Fletcher Chadwick
Timothy
Chas. Hufford
Willard Moore
Murphysboro Youth Builds Valuable Soap Box Racer
13 year old Bobby Nordmeyer plans to race a linoleum bodied soap box car in St. Louis on July 15 with a possible Akron final on August 13. A win could bring a $5,000 college scholarship. the car cost $19.15 to build and weighs 230 pounds with driver, meeting 250 lb limit.
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Bobby Nordmeyer
North Ninth Street
St. Louis
Akron
Ohio
Bobby
Murphysboro
University
South Twenty-third Street
Nordmeyer
Young Nordmeyer
St. Andrew’s School
Murphysboro Township High School
Property Transfers Across Carbondale and Murphysboro Area
A long list of land and lot transfers from Matilda Estes to Arthur Estes and others, with prices ranging from $1 to $18,000. Transactions cover sections and townships in Carbondale Murphysboro and surrounding additions including Renfro’s and Tower Grove areas. Notable sums include Elbert Crawshaw to New Era Dairy Inc. for $18,000 and Theresa Anderson to Clifford Smith for $1. The record also notes various lot reshuffles and additions in several subdivisions.
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Matilda D. Estes
Arthur Estes
Theresa Anderson
Clifford Smith
Dan Evans
Scott Adkins
Pleasant Grove Memorial
Elbert Waller
Charles M. Pirtle
Carbondale B. L. and
H. Association
W. P. Green
James T. Turner
J. E. Turner
Ward Sutton
Ilinois
Assemblies of God
Elmer Crawshaw
New Era Dairy, Inc
R. A
May Crawshaw
Murphysboro
Wanda Smithson
Cecil Lee
C. H. Clay
Earl Blessing
Azziel Turner
William Henson
James Cheatham
Buster Brown
Charles Laverne Glasser
Harold W. Koehn
Tower Grove
R. R. Colp
Paul Eugene Palmer
Ryburn_ Colp
Carbondale
John Y. Stotlar
Shadwick
Spriggs
Renfro Place
Bessie D. Grindle
Ralph Clutts
Harker-Keesler
Clements
Nell M. Essick
Bettie Holliday
Gartside
Charles E. Dill
George H. Reid
Donald M. Renfro
Eugene B. Commean
Mike Buyaki
Dowell
Rose Delzell
Charles Edward Ripley
Murphysbor
Charlotte ‘Theresa Wolff
Charles L. Wolff
Elbert Mann
Bella Allard
Christopher Hack
Liberty Bell Replica Tours U.S. For Independence Drive
A full scale Liberty Bell replica, copper clad and aged, will tour the United States including Murphysboro on July Fourth. Made in Annecy France from 2080 pounds of 85 percent copper, it will be rung at Riverside Park and later enshrined in Springfield’s Centennial Hall with Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
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Murphysboro
United States
Riverside Park
Junior Chamber of Commerce
France
Annecy
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Phiadelphias
Arthur L. Bigelow
Belilmaster
Princeton University
Centennial Hall
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Property Transfers for Vergennes and Murphysboro
List of deed transfers including Helen Mae Will to Henry Fra ley for lot 13 in T M Logan's railroad addition Murphysboro valued at 1300 dollars G Stuart Jenkins to Paul R Yates for lot 7 block 6 in Consolidated Coal company addition bodiesboro valued at 1 dollar.
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Lst Add
Vergennes
Helen Mae Will
Henry Fraley
T.M. Logan
Murphysboro
G. Stuart Jenkins
Paul R. Yates
Consolidated Coal Company Add
Carbondale Jersey Show Names Champions at Parish 8 Event
In Carbondale Parish No 8 Jersey Cattle Club show 103 entries from 21 counties competed. Fred Bigler's 10-year-old cow Grand Champion and Knollwood Farm Chester's 13 month bull Grand Champion were honored by Tom Easterly. BILL WEAVER judged under the Danish system awarding blue red and white ribbons.
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Standard King Beauty
Fred Bigler
Carbondale
Illinois
Jersey Cattle Club
Knollwood Standard Chief
Knollwood Farm
Chester
Jersey
Tom Easterly
Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bigler
Austin Cole
Jaycees
Bill Weaver
Indiana Jersey Cattle Club
Knollwood Design Standard
Joan
Former Murphysboro Resident Opens Store in Indiana
Bill Davis, a former Murphysboro resident, opens a new variety store in Manchester Indiana. He and his wife and eight year old son moved from Marion to Manchester. Davis managed the Woolworth store in Murphysboro for several years.
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Indiana
Murphysboro
Bill Davis
Manchester
Ind
Davis
Marion
Woolworth
Class E to J cattle show results headline style
The record lists champions and placements across classes E through J for junior to four-year-old cows and produce of dam at the fair. Winners include Miller Brothers unnamed entry, Philidora Design Lacurette, Pompous Little Daisy, Standard Valiant Amy, and Standard King Beauty with multiple second and third place finishers from Knollwood Farm, Leslie Stinson, Fred Bigler, O N Stinson, and others across Carbondale and Pinckneyville.
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Heifer
Miller Brothers
Fred Keller
Carbondale
Gilbert Bigham
Raymond Bigler
John Wilson
Philidora Design Lacurette
Knollwood Farm
Virginia Blonde
Leslie Stinson
Dora Blonde
Little Daisy
Iris Blonde
Phil’s
O. N. Stinson
Dora May
Harold Bigham
Pegis Elaine Betsy
Tommy Dietz
de Soto
Oxford Jewel Fern
Olen Roberson
Jackie Neal
Philadora Draconos Susie
Fred Bigler
Patsy Rosabel
Francis Claunch
Standard Valiant Amy
Pompous
Dandy Sultana
Scarlett Standard
Philadora
King Beauty
Carrie Sultana
Philadora Sybil Fay
Fred Biler
Phils Fauvie Smarty
Ed Dietz
Lowell Hammack
C. E. Dietz
Commie Comie Gore and Shawneetown Bridge Hearings
Uproar over a Shawneetown Ohio River bridge looms as pilots question barges clearance of 700 feet amid alleged vote buying. Supporters from Southern Illinois and Kentucky call the project a gateway to the south with witnesses including Joe Bartley and Tom Richards. Also recounted is Ole Olson’s lion cage tale and his $10 wager episode tied to Beefing tavern lore in Wolf Lake region.
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Korea
Joe
Commie Comie
Gore
Shawneetown
Ohio
Gallatin County Court House
Illinois
Kentucky
Joe Bartley
Tom Richards
Union County
John D. Upchurch
Eldorado
George Scherrer
R. F. Austin
Elizabethtown
Sweede
Ole Olson
Wolf Lake
Olsen
Murphysboro
Michigan
Bruno
Oson
Tavern Row
Seek Meeting To Break Deadlock On Hydrant Rate
Murphysboro city council and Water Company President L R Howson may meet next week in Murphysboro for a face to face conference on the hydrant rate dispute blocking a water franchise extension. City Attorney C Edgar White discussed the plan with Water Company Attorney George H Jirgal who said he would confer with Howson about extending hydrant contracts to 1969 or adjusting rates through the Illinois Commerce Commission. The hydrant issue remains the only point of difference as the city seeks current rate extensions until 1969 and the company seeks rate changes through regulatory review.
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Frank
Fat” Wilson
Laclede
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Wilson
Round House
Ed Moore
Fat
Moore
Murphysboro
The
Murphysboro Water Company
L. R. Howson
Water Company
George H. Jirgal
Jirgal
White
Howson
Illinois Commerce Commission
Park Lights To Be Installed At 4 H Softball Park
Jackson county 4 H club softball park will gain lighting Friday. Ora Snider and Richard Robinson of Egyptian Electric cooperative in Steeleville will lead a crew of more than a dozen to complete the job in one day. The ballpark, across from Murphysboro airport on the Ava blacktop, has waited for lights before league games between 4 H and Rural Youth teams were to start June 1.
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Jackson County
Ora Snider
Richard Robinson
Egyptian Electrical Cooperative
Steeleville
Murphysboro
Ava Blacktop
Kathleen Bellamy Joins Health Department Staff
Kathleen Bellamy, a three year veteran school nurse in Carbondale, joins Jackson county public health department as chief supervisor of nurses, succeeding Elia Mae Chambers.
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Kathleen Bellamy
Carbondale
Jackson County Public Health Department
Miss Bellamy
Elia Mae Chambers
Herrin Miner Injured in Zeigler Rock Fall
Roy Myers, 39, of Herrin, was injured Monday by a rock fall at Bell and Zoller No 2 mine in Zeigler. He suffered a dislocated vertebra and remains in Herrin Hospital in a cast. Myers is a face boss at the Zeigler mine and the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Myers of Herrin.
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Herrin Miner
Rock Fall
Herrin
Bell
Zeigler
Roy Myers
South
Eighteenth Street
Herrin Hospital
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Comte
W. C. Anderson
Filmore Bitner
Istana
Bitner
Susie Mitchell
Melvin L. van Natta
Lee and Alexander's
J. M. Casey
Herbert Edward Marshall
O. A. Sullivan
Oaklawn
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