Southern Illinois calendar offers school board and city meeting notes
Public meetings list Glendale School Board at 7 30 p m Friday and Murphysboro City Council at 7 p m in city hall. Arts notes include Three Penny Opera at Southern Illinois University Experimental Theater 8 p m Wednesday to Sunday with tickets at University Center and theater.
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Glendale School Board
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University
University Center Information Desk
Saturday Specials Highlight Free Movies and Local Events
At Herrin Eagles Club a free matinee Saturday at 1 p.m. screens Jesse James and Jungle Jim. In Zeigler the Junior Woman's Club hosts a bake sale on the circle. In Marion Rainbow Girls meet at the Masonic Temple at 2 p.m. At Egyptian Drive-In Rt. 148 south of Herrin showings Tony Rame and Devil's Own begin 7:30 p.m. and run through Tuesday.
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Herrin
Tony Rame
Devil’s Own
Sunday SPECIAL EVENT: SIU Choir in Shryock Auditorium
The Southern Illinois University Choir performs Sunday at 4 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium Carbondale with free admission and public invitation. The Metropolitan Opera House in New York opened in 1883 at a cost near two million dollars.
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Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
Carbondale
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Carterville agrees land swap for school expansion
Carterville City Council and Unit School District Board reach agreement on a land trade to allow expansion. Board approves boundary lines. city would sell the 70 by 100 foot park strip if a trade fails. Architects present final building plans for March 21. bid opening set for April 18. construction to begin about ten days after award.
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Carterville
Unit School District Board
Taft Baker
Simon, Rettberg and Garrison
Carbondale
Cobden to hire city hall clerk and remodel office
Cobden Village Board approves hiring a city hall clerk and plans to remodel the hall to add an office and a conference room. Sensmeier Construction Co. of Cobden wins the $2620 remodeling contract. Hold erfield and Holderfield Co. was the other bidder.
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Cobden Village
Sensmeier Construction Co
Cobden
Holderfield and Holderfield Co
Cobden Lions Club
Carl Wilkins
Wilkins
Roger Gray
John Tripp
D. W. Joram
H. E. Casper
Richard Spiller
Paul DuBois
Bill Neace
Ander sons Food Mart Fire Damages Store in Carbondale
Heavy smoke and water damaged Ander sons Food Mart at 507 N Marion St Carbondale after a fire reported around 1 a m. Arson attempts in November and last week collide with this morning’s blaze but Chief Monk Crawshaw says arson determination is uncertain. Firefighters responded despite a Wednesday walkout and declined to discuss the scene.
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Anderson’s Food Mart
Marion St
Carbondale
Monk Crawshaw
Fire incidents report across West Frankfort Chester and Marion
Fire calls report through West Frankfort at 9 05 p m on Wednesday a car owned by Jim Peak at 600 E Main St damaged by a trunk fire from shorted wiring estimated 300 or 400 dollars Chester at 10 45 p m Wednesday trailer at Chester Trailer Court Rt 150 East of Chester owned by Dallas Carter destroyed Marion at 3 p m Thursday a grass fire near William Cockburn one mile north on Rt 37
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Frankfort
Jim Peak
E. Main St
Chester
Dallas Carter
Marion
William Cockburn
Rt. 37
Omittance noted in Graffa Du Quoin obituary
The name of a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Polito of Du Quoin, was omitted from the obituary of Mrs. Catarani M. Graffa of Du Quoin. The Southern Illinoisan confirms the correction and notes its publication details and affiliations.
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Josephine Polito
du Quoin
Southern Illinoisan
Catarani M. Graffa
Jury Praises Sheriff and Jail as Grand Jury Recommends Repairs
Williamson County Sheriff and Mrs Harold Farner are commended by a circuit court grand jury for the jail's cleanliness equipment and operation. The report urges temporary sewage and electrical repairs and stronger security measures including heavy exterior window screens. Mrs Ronlevia Farley of Murphysboro died at 84. She leaves four sons and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are at Meyer Denny Funeral Home with burial in Camp Creek Cemetery.
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Greene County
Ind
Alfred
Elizabeth Long Wagner
William W. Matthews
Glenallen
Christian Church
William
Poplar Bluff
Frank
Marble Hill
Mary Evans
Florissant
Marjorie Bland
Chester
Edna Helm
Fulton, Mo
Pearl Burford
Lutesville
Michael Heston
Bollinger Cemetery
Welge Funeral Home
Ward Funeral Home
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Ronlevia Farley
Alexander St
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Hospital
Svas
Benjamin Butcher
John E. Farley
First Methodist Church
John W
Robert
DeSoto
Fred
Oroville
Meyer-Denny Funeral
Lewis Frick
Camp Creek
Madelyn A. Thompson
Emma St
Christopher
Linwood
Benton
Thompson
Lafayette
Benjamin and
Anna McClatchey Walton
Arthur
Robert Scott
Edith Zerfas
Gilbert
Ward Cemetery
Mulkeytown
Herrin landfill invites all Williamson towns to join
Herrin Alderman Shoemake says the proposed Herrin sanitary landfill should be open to every town in Williamson County. After site contracts are signed, area representatives will meet and use the facility paying a fair share. The committee aims for a county wide landfill and to close open dumps.
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Williamson County
Herrin
Tom Shoemake
Shoemake
Marion
Brothers of Barttie Maddox omitted from obituary
Two brothers Crawford Maddox of Carbondale and Tom Maddox of Commerce Missouri were omitted in Wednesday obituary notice. Services for Barttie Maddox were held today at Van Natta Funeral Home with burial at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
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Barttie Maddox
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Crawford
Tom
Commerce
Maddox
van Natta Funeral Home
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
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