Community events and movie listings in Southern Illinois
Du Quoin City Council holds regular meeting at 7 p.m. Friday in city hall. Herrin hosts a senior citizens birthday party at 2 p.m. Friday at the center. Valley of the Dolls and Fathom play at Rodgers Theater in Anna at 7:30 p.m. The Jungle Book runs at Marlow's Murphysboro with Thursday through Tuesday showings and weekend matinees. Hour of the Gun and The Projected Man screen Wednesday through Saturday. Heart of Egypt Coin Club meets Sunday at noon in Herrin City Hall with a 2 p.m. auction. Marlow's Murphysboro shows Deadlier than the Male and Valley of Mystery Sunday through Tuesday with 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 7:15 p.m. on weekdays. West Frankfort City Council meets 10 a.m. Monday at City Hall.
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Herrin
Rodgers Theater
Anna
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
PULIC
Heart of Egypt Coin Club
Herrin City Hall
Carbondale Park District extends programs through April 30
Five recreational programs at Carbondale Park District run through April 30 with open joining. Slimnastics for women meets Thursdays 7:30 to 9 p.m. for $1 per session and a weight loss trophy is offered. Men’s volleyball moves to Lincoln Junior High gym Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. no fee. Adult crafts Fridays 1 to 3 p.m. at 208 W. Elm St. Free play for elementary boys basketball Wednesdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lewis School. Girls baton lessons Wednesdays at Springmore School 6:30 to 7:30 beginner and 7:30 to 8:30 advanced. $1 per session.
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Carbondale Park District
Lincoln Junior High School
W. Elm St
Lewis School
Springmore School
McCoy elected president of Carbon Dale Library Board
Ralph McCoy director of Southern Illinois University Morris Library and Ed wardsville library becomes president after E G Tuegel retirement. Jewell Trulove will fill vice presidency. February circulation reaches 8660 with 414 gain over January. 405 new books, 128 new borrowers, new adult catalogue section and A frame shelving noted.
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Ralph McCoy
Southern Illinois University Morris
Edwardsville
Carbondale Library Board
E. G. Tuegel
Tuegel
McCoy
Jewell Trulove
Brush School
Zella Rath
Energy okays subdivision plan for golf course project
Energy Village Board approved a golf course subdivision proposed by contractor Valgene Gould and will provide water and sewer facilities only within village limits. The board also warned violators of the mobile home ordinance with potential court action.
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The
Energy Village Board
Valgene Gould
Gould
Energy
Herrin City Lake No. 1
Sixth U.S. defector returns home from Sweden
The sixth American serviceman who defected to avoid the Vietnam war left Stockholm for the United States after turning himself in at the U.S. Embassy within 24 hours. He received a plane ticket to New York, while speculation grows that others may rethink asylum plans.
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Stockholm
U. S
Sweden
United States
New York
Site picked for Franklin boat plant
Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc of Illinois selects Lot 8 and part of Lot 7 at the Franklin County Industrial Park in West Frankfort for a 160000 square foot pleasure boat plant on a 20 acre site. The operation will employ about 300 workers in two years with a 50 person branch at Orcill in Crab Orchard Refuge. Ground-breaking not yet set. total cost around $2 million.
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Franklin County
Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc
Illinois
Walter Collins
West Frankfort
Orcill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Collins
Water and Sewer Board weighs electric accounting machine
Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission moves to secure a letter from National Cash Register Co. about an electric accounting machine for the water department. The device would cost about 12500 and handle billing inventory posting cash receipts and payroll for 15 staff. Also, sewer line work in Replogle Subdivision paused by bad weather and set to resume Monday.
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Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission
National Cash Register Co
Water Department
Harriet Roberts
Harold Hudson
Hudson
E. A. Sullivan
Metropolis
Mental health talks planned at SIU symposium
Mental health and human resources will be the topic of a SIU symposium on March 27. The event is the annual interdisciplinary program by the SIU chapter of Sigma Xi. Edward S. Sulzer will moderate with Robert H. Dreher Harold Grosowsky Clayton E. Ladd and Richard M. Sanders among the participants. The public is invited.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Sigma Xi
National Scientific Research Society
Edward S. Sulzer
Rehabilitation Institute
Robert H. Dreher
Center For the Study of
Harold Grosowsky
Cochairman
Clayton E. Ladd
SIU students tend plant beds in Carbondale day
A group of Southern Illinois University students and pledges from the Little Egypt Agricultural Cooperative worked on beautification by tending plant beds around Carbondale on a brisk March day.
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Southern Illinois University
Little Egypt
Williamson County approves sheriff and deputy pay increases
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved a supplemental budget boosting Sheriff Harold Farner’s salary by 1250 annually after his March 8 appointment as supervisor of safety. Four deputies see pay rise from 18000 to 19000 yearly and 3150 funds added for a third radio operator to cover 24 hours. The move follows deputies’ requests for higher pay after state law raised police wages. Carbondale: Betty A Weihman, 15, failing to obey traffic device.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Harold Farner
Farner
Civil War Papers Donated to SIU Morris Library
Philip D. Sang of River Forest donated 300 original autograph letters and documents to the Morris Library archives at Southern Illinois University. The collection spans from Bull Run to Johnston's surrender, with letters by Union and Confederate field officers and a few political leaders, including Lincoln, Davis, Grant, Lee, Sherman, Sheridan, Beauregard, Hood, and a notable note from Zebulon Vance to Sherman requesting protection for Raleigh and its institutions.
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Southern Illinois University Morris Library
Philip D. Sang
River Forest
Bull Run
Johnston
Ralph E. McCoy
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClelland
Stonewall” Jackson
William Tecumseh Sherman
Philip Henry Sheridan
G. T. Beaure
Carbondale Officers Issue Feb 15 Traffic Citations
Police briefs report James J. Gass received a $15 fine for disobeying a traffic signal Marilyn S. Belford was fined $15 for disobeying a stop sign and Charles F. Rich paid $15 for speeding in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
James J. Gass
Marilyn S. Belford
Charles F. Rich
Carterville approves bus purchase and lab funding
Carterville Unit School District board awards a 60 passenger bus contract to Vic Koenig Chevrolet and Superior Coach Sales for body work. It approves 8 252.75 for a biology lab and 2 380.77 for a social studies program with 30 percent state reimbursement. Calendar changes extend school year. bids for roof work set. election on April 13 for three school board seats.
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Carterville Unit
Vic Koenig
Chevrolet
Carbondale
Superior Coach Sales
St. Louis
Taft Baker
Carterville
Baker
Benton Roofing Company
Park
Illinois Historical Society
Belleville
Harrisburg
Future Business Leaders of America Club
Springfield
Thomas Horn
Virgil Brandon
Lloyd Henderson
Horn
Brandon
Henderson
Ernest Reynolds
Pinckneyville Soldier Sent to Vietnam
Army Sgt. Roland J. Presswood of Pinckneyville arrived near Duc Pho Vietnam with the 11th Infantry Brigade of the American Division. He completed jungle training in Hawaii and serves as mess sergeant in Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion of the brigade’s 1st Infantry.
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Army
Roland J. Presswood
Virginia
Pinckneyville
Duc Pho
Vietnam
Hawaii
1St Infantry
West Frankfort Chamber eyes new office
The West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce contemplates a new office site on West Main near Edwards School with a 60 day option. Financing questions loom while urban renewal studies progress with HUD grants totaling 528,578. The Old Ben mine may become a museum, and city maps are near distribution as chamber committees form.
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West Frankfort
Carbondale
Chamber Board of Directors
Collins
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
D. W. Buchanan
Old Ben Coal Corp
Key Club
Frankfort Community High School
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Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Mardale Center
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Franklin Boat Plant
Block
America
East Jackson
Anna and
du Quoin
Ruffin Mitchell
Steven Joy
Chapin
Mark Diet
Zen
Barrington
James Close
Reynolds
Thomas Meldau
Elgin
Betty A. Weihman
Philip Sang
Son Coutts
FDIC
Carterville High School
Reg
Southern Illinois Surgical Appliance Co
Goldsmith
Bostonian
Goldsmith’s
Herrin and
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