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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1973
Page
5
This page surveys notable happenings around Southern Illinois, supplementing the ongoing Southern Illinoisan coverage with concise items on local events, updates, and developments across the region. It aggregates brief reports and notices shaping area news.
A compiled hospital note displays admitted and discharged patients across many towns including Carbondale Du Quoin Herrin West Frankfort and Murphysboro with numerous names and family details. The list groups patients by hospital and area such as MINERS MEMORIAL and HOSPITAL with patient and baby designations where provided.
The weekly lunch offerings list meals for Carbondale Grade and High Schools, Herrin High, Marion Grade and High, Marion Junior High, and Murphysboro Unit 186. Dishes include pasta, chicken, beans, fish, turkey, ham, and assorted desserts with fruit and pudding options.
The Newman Faculty Staff sponsors a speaking event at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Newman Center located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Washington Street in Carbondale. The calendar notice notes the speaker will address the audience from this campus venue.
Community notices list drive-in theaters in Carbondale and nearby towns with films through Sunday and Monday including The Train Robbers Omega Man and Is There Sex After Death plus Alice Adventures in Wonderland. Also public services announce recycling at Carterville and a panel on extra-sensory perception with James Crowner.
Local governments and schools schedule Monday sessions across multiple towns including Unity Point Grade School District Carbondale Hurst Sparta and Williamson County offices. Notable events include the Books Between Bites review at First United Methodist Church parlor Carbondale and Herrin High School chorus rehearsal open to area men.
The Du Quoin Unit District 300 board pursued state AG guidance on Perry County collection fees, accepted resignations of assistant coach Larry Laur and teacher aide Frances Lindner, hired Carolyn Smith as aide at $2.67 per hour, allowed private music lessons with approval, reemployed all teachers, opened bus bids with verification by Joe Green and Jacob Whitecotton, Alto Pass approved lighting contract with Central Illinois Public Service Co, Anna Grade School reemployed staff including Gerald Miller and Loel Verbie, retired R Lee Williams, hired Josephine Stoner as cook, rescheduled April board date, and named Ruth Howerton Gerald Miller and Marge Coffman election judges with pay.
Police report states 23 year old Jerry Decoursey of Herrin received minor injuries after a noon crash at 713 Park Ave. Decoursey rear ended Delmar Cruce 27 of Carbondale driving a southbound car. Decoursey was treated and released at Herrin Hospital with no charges filed.
CARBONDALE JEFRO a daughter Friday to Mr and Mrs Charles E at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale CARTERVILLE MCCAMISH a daughter Friday to Mr and Mrs Stephen at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale DU QUOIN EISENHAUER a daughter Friday to Mr and Mrs Daniel at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale WILLISVILLE PARKER a son Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Charles at Chester Memorial Hospital
Fire dispatches report several Friday incidents. A telephone repairman hit a wrong wire at Shelter Care Home but no fire. Tank truck overflow at Robbs Service Station caused gas washout with no fire. A furnace steam at Container Stapling Corp showed no fire. A car fire in a residence at 803 E DeYoung St caused minor damage. Water heater and a coating machine caught fire at other Carbondale sites with no serious damage. A false alarm occurred at Wall Street Quads at midnight.
An 86 year old rural Vienna man Otis C Hertter was killed Friday night when struck by a car on Rt 146 four miles east of Vienna. Dane M Clark 19 of Karnak drove the eastbound car. Hertter was in the eastbound lane. Coroner Ron Rogers said an inquest is pending. Funeral Monday at Aly Funeral Home Vienna. Burial Mount Zion Cemetery Pope County. Hertter was a carpenter and church member. Surviving daughters Laura Robbs Helen Pittarani Dorothy Secor sons Roy and William a half sister Ora White three grandchildren two great grandchildren.
In Jackson and Franklin Counties several defendants faced charges from cruelty to animals to deceptive practices and underage drinking. Byron Treece, Phillip Mynzulla, Jenny Marie Johnson and others pleaded guilty or were bound over or sentenced with fines and costs. Additional cases involve robbery, forgery, battery and marijuana possession with probation, restitution, or jail terms as noted by Judge Hanagan and in different towns.
Vernon Siebert, 24, of Sikeston Missouri, was arrested at 9 45 a m Friday on a Pizza King complaint for allegedly taking a roll of quarters from a cash register box. He is released on 25 dollar bond to appear in court March 15.
Benton High School board awards the general insurance contract to Country Mutual Insurance of Benton after evaluating bids. the low bid totals 6,269 dollars for the policy period.
A city committee survey shows about 20 percent of 2,200 Cable TV subscribers watch Channel 7, correcting Friday's figure. Mary Ann Page died Saturday in Barnes Hospital St Louis formerly of Alto Pass funeral arrangements by McCarty Funeral Home Alto Pass.
Deaths of Geraldine Keller and many others across Marion Sparta and Du Quoin are noted with funeral arrangements, burial sites, and survivor details. Names include Thelma Johns, Mathilda Downen, Wilma Heine, Lawrence St James, Joe Trogolo, Alice Neal, and Eva Holman among others with service times and locations.
Area forecast shows highs near 62 Friday with 51 overnight. Saturday morning hits 63 with 3.3 inches of precipitation from Friday to Saturday morning. Sunset 6 02 today sunrise 6 18 Monday sunset 6 04 Monday. Wilma R Telkemeyer 65 of Pinckneyville died Saturday in St Luke’s Hospital St Louis born July 8 1907 Perry County married William Telkemeyer in Nashville July 16 1927. Burial in Mueller Hill Cemetery. Funeral home calls today after 1 30 p m. Friends may call until noon Monday. Funeral services for Lillie Dunn Brown 81 Cypress were Saturday First Baptist Cypress burial Sain Cemetery between Cypress and Vienna. Born December 27 1891 in Johnson County first husband Otis Dunn died May 28 1942 married Henry Gidon Brown February 22 1972 in Metropolis. Surviving daughters and sons listed. ten brothers and two sisters preceded her. Nellie Fears 85 of Cobden died 8 55 p m Friday at Union County Hospital. Born August 4 1887 in Union County married Alonzo Fears who preceded her in death. Burial Walnut Grove Methodist Church Cobden. Survivors include daughters Isabel Batson Mildred Heartline, two sons Jack and Stanley Fears, seven grandchildren six great grandchildren. Rev Ralph Phillipe to officiate 2 p m Monday Walnut Grove Methodist Church Cobden burial church cemetery. McCarty Funeral Home Cobden arranging. Call after 4 p m today.
A wide rain area is forecast across the western Lakes into the Atlantic Seaboard and central Florida. Showers are likely along the Pacific Northwest coast, with showers and snow flurries extending into the Rocky Mountain region.
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