Five Car Rt 13 Crash Damages Vehicles Near Carbondale
A five car collision on Route 13 one mile east of Carbondale at 7 15 this morning injured no one. Witnesses include F M Samples Donald Black Harry Bennett Philip Benard Wendell Winters and Eardle Morgan all SIU students. Tickets issued for following too closely as police investigated.
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Rt. 13
Carbondale
F. M. Samples
Box 74
Creal Springs
Samples
Donald Black
Mulbe St
Carterville
Harry Bennett
Route 1
Royalton
Bennett
Philip Benard
Route 2
Simpson
Wendell D. Winters
S. Calumet
Marion
Benard
Winters
Eardle Morgan
Rt. 3
Morgan
Robert Schwartz
Southern Illinois University
Detachment Election Set for Randolph Hospital District Area
A July 18 election will decide detaching a rural portion from the Randolph Hospital District. Judge Paul Nehert granted the petition after a hearing in Randolph County Court where 171 signatures and 186 residents were identified. Louis Roettger testified on petition signatures. polling places will be designated later.
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Randolph Hospital District
Randolph County Court
Paul Nehert
Township 6-5
Hospital District
W Nehrt
Louis Roettger
Nehrt
Turner Rites Set Services Wednesday For Accident Victim
Funeral services for Roy Lavern Turner 31 of Chester will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Schroeder Funeral Home Chester. The Rev Floyd Tent will officiate burial will be in McClure Cemetery. Turner an employee of Cornbelt Laboratory East St Louis was fatally injured in a traffic accident in East St Louis Friday.
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Roy Laverne Turner
Chester
East St. Louis
Schroeder Funeral Home
Rev. Floyd
McClure
Turner
Cornbelt Laboratory
Mt. Carbon Man Faces Probation Revocation
A petition to revoke probation was filed against Jimmy Dean Clover 22 of Mt. Carbon after his probation was reinstated May 16 in Jackson Circuit Court. He was arrested Sunday at 7:15 p.m. driving a stolen pickup reported taken from Warren Seal’s house at 6:55 p.m. Clover, who allegedly had been drinking and lacked a license, was detained near the Jackson courthouse by deputies. Clover’s initial probation stemmed from an armed robbery conviction of Dr. John Hrabik in Murphysboro, with a three year term including a six month farm confinement.
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Mt. Carbon
Jackson
Jimmy Dean Clover
Murphysboro
Warren Seal
Jim Clover
Ray Warner
Clover
Cift Lindsey
Bob Harris
C. E. Wright
John Hrabik
Murphys
Boro
Vandalia
Club Plans Demonstration of Military Weapons
The Egyptian Rifle and Pistol Club will hold a 3 p.m. demonstration on Sunday July 5 featuring a firing of an 1883 Gatling Gun along with a Civil War musket modern army weapons and a 20 mm cannon. The event at the new club range one mile east of Rt 148 follows regular matches and plans a monthly summer firing series.
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Richard Vogler
Vogler
New Club Range
Rt. 148
Carterville
Radio Stolen From Car Bondale Police Report
Lee brothers report radio amplifier stolen from a car on Saturday night along Route 3 Murphysboro to Carbondale Police. Officers are investigating and request any information leading to the recovery of the missing device.
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Lee Brothers
Route 3
Murphysboro
Carbondale
First Herrin Dentist Leaves 96000 Estate
The estate of Dr. Oscar W. Curry of Herrin totals 96148 in Williamson County. He left 22976 to niece Dorothy Walker, 20286 to niece Mary Frances Shaeffer, 20286 to nephew William Shaeffer, 500 to the Presbyterian Church, with the remainder to 20 other relatives. Curry, the town’s first full time dentist, died June 1 1958 at age 83, retiring in 1952 after 50 years of practice.
Mrs. Emily Walker Rites Planned in West Frankfort Burial Benton
Emily Walker 89 died Sunday in a Charleston hospital after living in Charleston since 1952 with her daughter Mrs. Raymond Gregg. Born December 20 1869 in England she was widow of Sam Walker. A son Fred died six weeks ago. Survived by daughter William of West Frankfort Albert of Benton eight grandchildren five great grandchildren and siblings in England. Funeral 10 am Wednesday at Stone Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev. William Coleman officiating. Burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton.
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Emily Walker
Charleston
West Frankfort
Raymond Gregg
England
Sam Walker
Fred
Zeigler
William
Albert
Benton
Stone Funeral Home
William Coleman
Carterville
West Frankfort Northern
Funeral Services Held for Stillborn Infant Rhonda Hoops
Graveside services were conducted Sunday at Paradise Cemetery for Rhonda Sue Hoops stillborn infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ervin Hoops Rt 1 Chester The Rev Eric Cash officiated Burial under auspices of Schroeder Funeral Home of Chester Hospital reported the stillbirth occurred Saturday
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Paradise Cemetery
Rhonda Sue Hoops
Ervin Hoops
Rt. 1
Chester
Chester Hospital
Eric Cash
Schroeder Funeral Home of
Miss Jan Kessel Named Second 1959 Murphysboro Apple Queen
Miss Jan Kessel 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Kessel Murphysboro is the second entrant for 1959 Murphysboro Apple Festival Queen Coal She attends Murphysboro Township High School and is sponsored by the Business and Professional Woman's Club She was junior class president will be a senior cheerleader and active in the honors club Math Club athletic drill team and the First Baptist Church
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Jan Kessel
Chester Kessel
Elm St
Murphysboro
Pinckneyville Man Clint Hiser Dies at 68
Clint Hiser 68 of 203 E Osborn St Pinckneyville died Sunday at Pinckneyville Community Hospital after a long illness. Born in Ora Township Jackson County in 1891 he married Augusta Bishop in 1910 who survives along with son Homer W of Coral Gables Fla sister Mrs Harmond Davis of Verennes Rt 1 Vermilion and brothers Crain Emmett both of Ava Rt 1 and Earl of Jamestown Tenn One son Clifton preceded him in death Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Missionary Baptist Church Ava with Rev A R Fraiser officiating burial will follow at Ava Evergreen Cemetery Friends may call Wilson Funeral Home Ava after 730 pm today until services.
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Clint Hiser
E. Osborn St
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Ora Township
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Augusta Bishop
Homer W
Coral Gables
Fla
Harmond Davis
Rt. 1
Vergennes
Crain
Emmett
Ava
Earl
Jamestown
Car Explodes Killing Dupo Druggist Mervin Fehringer
A Dupo druggist named Mervin Fehringer, 50, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital five hours after his car exploded on River Road near Monroe County while he lit a cigarette. His wife, 50, and stepson William Steppig, 14, escaped with minor burns.
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Belleville
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Mervin Fehringer
River Road
Monroe County
Jefferson Barracks Bridge
Marion Pastor Chosen as Delegate to General Synod
The Rev. Everett Lynch of Marion Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church was selected as one of six ministers in the Southern Illinois Synod to attend the General Synod at Oberlin College Ohio. The event spans July 1 to July 5 for the E and R Church and July 5 to July 9 for the United Church of Christ Congregational Christian group.
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Everett Lynch
Marion Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Southern Illinois Synod
General Synod
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Genera Synod
E & R Church
United Church of Christ
E&r
Congregational Christian Churches
Police Briefs: Chicago Man Fined for Assault in Murphysboro
Murphysboro Justice of the Peace W H Etherton fined Earl Nunn of Chicago $35 plus costs for assault.
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Murphysboro
Earl Nunn
Chicago
Justice of the Peace
W. H. Etherton
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is a successor newspaper to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent. It is published in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with second class mailing rights and AP news republication privileges.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Ill
Marboro
Southern Miiheisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journe
Maur Vhysboro Independent
E Associated Press
Funeral services pending for Menard inmate Willie Calmese
Willie Calmese, 37, inmate at Menard Penitentiary, died Friday in the prison hospital after a week of observation for headaches. Randolph Coroner Lester Walker ordered an autopsy. Admitted from St. Clair Circuit Court in 1953 for burglary and larceny, he had prior Menard terms. Body to Walker Funeral Home in Sparta. leaves a wife and parents in East St. Louis.
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Willie Calmese
Menard Penitentiary
Calmese
Randolph
Lester Walker
Menard
St. Clair
Walker Funeral
Sparta
East St. Louis
Child Injured Falling From Window in Murphysboro
Four year old Janet Hagerman daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Hagerman of 2125 Hortense Street Murphysboro sustained abrasions after falling about six feet from a home window onto a concrete drive. She was treated at St Andrew's Hospital and released the day after the incident.
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Janet Hagerman
Thomas Hagerman
Hortense St
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Democratic Women Meet in Marion
The Williamson County Socratic women's organization holds a potluck supper at 6 30 p m today in Marion City Park. Speakers Harley Grisham and George Dobbs, both of Marion, discuss the county Civil Defense organization equipment. Members are asked to bring table service.
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Williamson County Socratic Women’s Organization
Marion
Harley Grisham
George Dobbs
Drownings Reported In Illinois Couple Saved by Rescue Attempt
Mrs. Marion Lezansky, 33, drowned Saturday in the Ohio River while her husband Edwin a former state trooper tried to rescue her. They lived in Rossclare and were swimming with friends off Sand Point when the tragedy occurred.
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Marion Lezansky
Ohio River
Edwin
Rossclare
Sand Point
Drowning Report In Centralia Nearby Reservoir
Gerald Rodgers 19 year old bridegroom of a week drowned at Community Beach Reservoir near Centralia while swimming alone about 50 yards from shore. Eyewitnesses heard his cries for help as wife Ellen watched on the beach. Firemen recovered the body. Rodgers formerly resided in Odin and lived in Central City.
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Centralia
Ill
Gerald Rodgers
Community Beach
Rodgers
Ellen
Odin
Central City
Local arrests for intoxication in Herrin and Carbondale
Herman Baker of Herrin was arrested Saturday night for intoxication and paid a $10 fine plus $9.90 costs to Police Magistrate Earl May. In Carbondale Donald Feats of East Saint Louis paid a $15 fine including costs to Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz on a ticket for intoxicating others by State Trooper N. Starns.
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Herrin
Herman Baker
Earl May
Carbondale
Donald Feats
East St. Louis
Robert Schwartz
N. Starns
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
Don’t neglect slipping false teeth. FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on plates keeps teeth firmly set, avoids gummy taste, and provides comfort. Sold at drug counters nationwide.
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Ro 8Er Draves
Hollywood Bed
Hollywood
Rhodes
Burford
Illinois
Turner Rites
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Nour
Hewitt
Rexall Store
South
Illnois Carbondale
Oscar W. Curry
Williamson County
Dupo
Phoenix
Tom Sawyer
Burlington
Excello
Dacron
Dorirtor
Everlow
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