Free CPR classes offered in area this week
A series of free CPR classes runs Monday and Wednesday at Campbell Hill Town Hall Murphysboro and Pomona with a five hour session from 7 to 9 30 p m open to all 14 and over. Also listed are exercise class Slim with Rhythm at Carbondale park district and the Logan Student Art Competition at John A Logan College Carterville with various registration details.
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Campbell Hill
Murphysboro
Pomona
Town Hall
City National Bank
Park District
W. Elm
Carbondale
LOGAN
Learning Resources
Logan Room
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Little Egypt
Spebsqsa
Carbondale East High School
Illinois Task Force On
Jo Ann Baird
Music Educators National Conference
Altgeld Hall
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Calendar and support group notices for Carbondale area
Calendar Board meets at 7 15 p m Monday in the hospital board room Carbondale Alcoholics Anonymous gathers at 8 p m Monday St Francis Xavier Hall Carbondale Open to those with drinking problems Overeaters Anonymous meets 7 p m Monday Sallie Logan Library Murphysboro West Frankfort Tops meets 7 30 p m Monday St Johns Rectory Marion Tops 7 30 p m Monday VFW Hall Carbondale Tops meets 7 p m Monday First Baptist Church Carbondale City Council 7 p m Monday Community Center City Hall Complex Carbondale For information call 457 4219.
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Benton
Blairsville
DU Quoin
Board of Education
Sparta City Council
W. Broadway
Sparta
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Chester
Memorial Hospital Board of Directors
Pinckneyville Community Hospital Board of Directors
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Marion
Marion City Council
Illinois Open Law Meeting
Board Room of Memorial Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carbondale
First Baptist
Main and
University
Local and Campus Screens Feature Classic Films and New Releases
The Webster and Steeleville listings show campus and town venues screening titles including The Fury American Hot Wax The Betsy House Calls and Candleshoe alongside classic fare like Coma Gray Lady Down Casey I s Shadow Saturday Night Fever and The World's Greatest Lover at venues in Carbondale Harrisburg Marion Murphysboro and more. Audience selections span serious dramas to light comedies with multiple cinemas offering double features and weekend showings.
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NEW Liberty
Murphysboro
Carbondale
House Calls
Cinema 4
Marion
Candleshoe
The
Fury
Saturday Night Fever
Casey
Shadow
Correction: Graveside rites for Anna Skinkis at St Aloysius
A correction notes Anna Skinkis graveside services are set for 1 p.m. Monday at St. Aloysius Cemetery in Royalton, replacing the previously reported Zeigler Cemetery in the Friday Southern Illinoisan.
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Anna Skinkis
St. Aloysius
Royalton
Zeigler Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan
Rain to spread from Illinois to Atlantic coast today
The National Weather Service warns of rain across Illinois to the Atlantic coast with snow in most of New England. Southern Illinois reports a high of 40 at 5 p.m. Saturday and a 39 degree low with 0.79 inches of precipitation from Friday 7 a.m. to Saturday 7 a.m. Sunset today is 6:55 p.m., sunrise Monday 5:49 a.m., sunset Monday 6:07 p.m.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Atlantic Coast
New England
Chester bank director J L Montroy dies at 78
J L Montroy 78 of Chester longtime director and vice president of Buena Vista National Bank died Saturday March 25 1978 at his home. He was born January 7 1900 in Chester and had served as director since the 1950s. Survived by wife Clementine two sons and a daughter and several stepchildren. burial at St MarysCatholic Church cemetery with rosary at 6:30 p.m. at Welge Funeral Home Chester.
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Charles A. Kern
S. Musselman
du Quoin
Marshall Browning
Kern
Chicago
Sears
American Legion
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Joseph
Louise Bailey Kern
Gertrude Garvaciak
Charlene Tucker
Carpentersville
William
Philip
Albert
Joe
Catherine Stone
Maxton Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Cemetery
J. L. Montroy
Chester
Buena Vista National Bank
Mr. Montroy
Jan
Jesse and
Anna Singer Montroy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
White House
Laymen’s Retreat League
Knights of Columbus
Cecelia Moskop
Prairie-du-Rocher
Montroy
Clementine Biebel Weber
Belleville
Betty Reiss
Armin J
Lawrence F
Harold L
Janice Kaiser
Marilyn Edelen
San Antonio
Texas
Welge Funeral Home
Viola Donley 82 of Herrin Dies After Illness
Viola Donley 82 of the Hampton Nursing Manor Herrin died Saturday March 25 1978 born May 13 1895 in Odin Ill to John Wellington and Caroline Deadman Dawkins married Fred Donley October 31 1912 in Odin He survived by two daughters Caroline Cornell of Herrin Nell Rose Bowlin of De Soto two sons Louis of Evansville Ind Vernon of San Diego Calif 13 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren Services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Van Natta Funeral Home burial in East Lawn Memorial Gardens after 5 p.m. Monday
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Lettie Young
Loretta
Shawneetown
Pearce
Eldorado
Young
Williamson County
J. W
Elizabeth Sanders
George Young
Herrin
Fay Coleman
John Haffey
Waukegan
van Natta Funeral Home
Denning
Orient
Viola Donley
Imperial Beach
Calif
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Hampton Nursing Manor
Herrin Hospital
Odin
Ill
John Wellington
Caroline Deadman Dawkins
Fred Donley
Donley
First Christian Church
Caroline Cornell
Nell Rose Bowlin
de Soto
Louis
Evansville
Ind
Vernon
San Diego
Two Du Quoin Men Injured In Head On Collision
Two Du Quoin residents were injured in a head on crash Saturday on US 51 near the Illinois 14 junction. Paul J. Fox 32 sustained minor injuries while William F. Hamilton IV suffered major injuries. Both were treated at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin and released.
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du Quoin
Paul J. Fox
William F. Hamilton IV
Illinois 14
Fox
Hamilton
Marshall Browning
Hungry thief snacks at Elm Street Baptist Church
A hungry burglar gained entry to Elm Street Baptist Church in Murphysboro. Police report a door ajar at 1 a.m. Saturday, a broken window, and theft of baloney, cookies, snack cakes, and about $10 in change from a soda machine. A bottle of soda was consumed before the burglar left. Police continue investigation.
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Elm Street Baptist Church
Murphysboro
SIU Carbondale Choir to Tour Europe in Spring
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale choir under Bob Kingsbury will tour six countries over three weeks this spring. A preview concert at 8 p.m. March 2 in the Student Center Ballrooms A and B features Bach Brahms Debussy works plus spiritual and folk songs. Admission is free.
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Europe
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Bob Kingsbury
Siu-C
SIUC
J. S. Bach
Brahams
Debussy
Christian Science Lecturer to Speak in Marion
Martin N. Heafer of Houston Texas will address First Church of Christ Scientist at 8 p m Thursday 207 E College St Marion. Velma Whitson lecture committee chairman will introduce Heafer a Christian Science lecturer and teacher Heafer will describe use of prayer in everyday life Heafer holds a mathematics degree from Southern Methodist University and was an executive with a business machine firm before devoting full time to Christian Science.
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Martin N. Heafer
Houston
Texas
First Church of Christ, Scientist
E. College St
Marion
Velma Whitson
Heafer
Haefer
Southern Methodist University
Christian Science
4-H Sponsors Newark Boys Chorus Concert
Williamson County 4-H members sponsor a concert by the Newark Boys Chorus at Marion Civic Center at 8 p m on April 8. Tickets are 3 dollars with proceeds to Williamson County 4-H Federation. Proceeds fund camping trips and state and national 4-H programs. The chorus, formed in 1966, has 32 boys ages 9 to 14 and performs 75 to 100 concerts yearly across diverse venues.
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Williamson County 4-H
Newark Boys Chorus
Marion Civic Center
Williamson County 4-H Federation
Civic Center
Cooperative Extension Office
Byassee Keyboard Co
Marion
Newark Boys Chorus School
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony
New Jersey State Opera
Atlanta Symphony
Reed seeks reformation of Johnston City Unit 1 finances and transport
Charles E. Reed 42, owner of Reed's Petroleum Maintenance Service, was omitted from a Johnston City Unit 1 board candidate story. He has lived locally all his life and has three children in the school system. Reed urges changes to the district's finances and the transportation department, notes the Washington School building abandoned due to mine subsidence, and seeks a full term from Lake Creek Township.
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Charles E. Reed
Johnston City Unit 1
Reed
Transportation Department
Washington
Lake Creek Township
School lunch menu highlights for Carbondale and district
Carbondale Community High School and Marion Unit Two and Murphysboro Unit 186 list weekly menus. Carbondale days feature chicken fried steak to chili mac with various desserts and fruits. Marion offers ravioli to pudding and barbecued turkey to peaches. Murphysboro serves beef stew to lasagna with fruit. Carbondale Elementary includes hot dogs to grilled cheese with fruit.
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Carbondale Community High Schools
Marion Unit
Murphysboro Unit
Carbondale
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