Dottie Davis Inspires Community Service in Carbondale
Nina Lowry of Carbondale extols Dottie Davis as a great inspiration and helper for the less fortunate. The article profiles Davis, a polio survivor who uses a wheelchair, her radio work, puppetry with Greenie Beanie and Lucky Ducky, and her decades of youth outreach, writing, and community service despite personal hardship. She champions attitude and helping others, balancing art, faith, and social work with Easter Seals and humane society involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Lowry
Carbondale
Dottie Davis
Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Jerker
Mrs. Davis
Greenie Beanie
Lucky Ducky
Red Duck
Outer Space
Easter Seal Society
The
Humane Society
Ambulance subsidy approved by Williamson County Board
Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved a 57 000 one year subsidy to Pulley Ambulance Service of Marion for 24 hour emergency service with four ambulances and two EMTs per vehicle. Pulley will resume service after a February closure and may charge usual per call fees in addition to the subsidy. The budget was increased from 1 533 436 to 1 576 186 to fund the subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Pulley Ambulance Service
Marion
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Pulley
William Humphreys
Vance
Ronald Pulley
Humphreys
Illinois
Herrin
Carterville
Cambria
Hurst
Fire Department
Memorial Hospital
Area fruit growers see better but later crops
Southern Illinois fruit growers say this year will be better than last winter’s battered crop though peach blossoms and strawberries will be late due to persistent cold. Growers report some damage to red glamour peaches but others like Albertas survived. expected peach yields vary, with prices likely slightly lower or steady. Some orchards already reblooming later. apples appear undamaged but yield and price remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Anna
Ben Hartline
Hartline
Rendleman
Albertas
Beadieman
Bondale
Eckert
Carbondale
Donald J. White
Murphysboro
White
Rosie Stadelbacher
Blueberry Hill Farm
Union County
All Area
Rural home fire cuts phone service in Murphysboro area
A Saturday fire destroyed Joe Stonce’s home near Old Illinois 13 and Lake Chautauqua Road two miles east of Murphysboro, knocking out telephone service for about 550 users. Murphysboro Fire Department refused response due to lack of guaranteed call fees outside city limits, prompting discussion of rural fire protection policy and owner guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Murphysboro
Joe Stonce
Tee
Sronce
Sikeston
Carbondale
Chester Steele
Council
Steele
Sam Staffey
Fire Department
Chautauqua Road
Jackson Country Club
Federal grand jury to probe West Frankfort tied to cable bids
A federal grand jury will meet in Benton from Tuesday to Friday to hear matters related to West Frankfort city government. U S Attorney James Burgess cites ongoing state and federal probes, with past subpoenas and indictments touching council members and city officials tied to a cable TV franchise and a $1.1 million sewer project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Benton
U. S. Atty
James Burgess
Burl T
Andy” May
Tom Griffin
East St. Louis
Charles Spruell
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Herrin
Vandalia Cable Tv, Inc
Southern Illinois Cable TV
Mississippi River Nears Flood Stage From Chester to Cairo
Rivers above flood thresholds in Missouri and Illinois with checkpoints at Chester Cape Girardeau and Cairo. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Kenneth Long warns of potential downstream rises from upper basin storms while current crests show 2.4 to 37.5 feet above flood levels and no damage reported yet with no rain forecast in the immediate days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern
Illinois
Mississippi River
Chester
Cairo
Weather Service
Kenneth Long
Army Corps of Engineers
Hannibal
Corps
The
Cape Girardeaux
Thebes
Long
Gibson withdraws from CCHS board race after support switch
Three candidates remain for two two-year terms on the Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board in the April 8 election. Wesley Gibson, a 1975 CCHS graduate and SIU Carbondale student, pulled out to back Richard Cannon and Jerry Lacey. Incumbent B J Schwegman, who beat Gibson for a one-year term last year, remains in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community
Board of Education
Wesley Gibson
CCHS
Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale
Richard Cannon
Jerry Lacey
B. J. Schwegman
Gibson
Schwegman
Weather forces Bald Knob Easter sunrise indoors
Inclement weather at Bald Knob Cross of Peace Alto Pass forced the Easter sunrise service indoors with about 200 worshippers. Attendance had reached 1,500 to 2,000 in previous years and as high as 15,000 in the late 1940s. Roads were cleared by a county worker overnight, and ministers faced travel delays. The service featured a scripture reading by a West Frankfort minister and a sermon by Dr Clyde Funkhouser. The Cross of Peace committee will plan next year’s sunrise service at a Tuesday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto Pass
James Rendleman
Illinois
Bald Knob
Cross of Peace
James Bendieman
Rendleman
the Cross
West Frankfort
Clyde Funkhouser
Mt. Vernon
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Davis
Bald Knob Cross of Peace
Wayman Presley
Dottie
Joe Jines
Williamson County Board
Cobden
Bill Framm
Joe Sawicki
Blaze
Srance
General Telephone Co
Illinois 13
May
Williamson County
Southern Illinois Cable TV Co
John B. McVey
Ward 4
Thomas Shoemake
McVey, Shoemake
William Humphrey
Basil Russell
Humphrey
Mississippi
John Shelton
Champaign
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