Deaths Take Toll In Area. Pierce Parrott Varga McGhee Harre Feazel
Obituary notes report C B Pierce former Sparta Unit District 140 Schools chief died at 65 in Sparta. Chester M Parrott ex city superintendent and police chief of Mounds died in Joliet at 61. Andrew Varga 93 of Royalton died in Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Wil liam McGhee 77 of Carbondale obituary set. Others include Judy Spangler 49 Sparta, and Elsie K Canning 71 Murphysboro pending funeral arrangements. Burial and service details listed for each.
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C.B. Pierce
Sparta
Sparta Unit
Sparta Community Hospital
Hill Funeral Home
Chester M. Parrott
Mounds
Joliet
U.S
Pacific
Teamsters Union
Mr. Parrott
Arkansas
David Marion
Ruth McAllister Parrott
Vera Lucille Lackey
Chester M. Jr
Panama City
Panama
Larry Eugene
Yuma
Ariz
Jerry Lee
San Antonio
Texas
Shirley Hite
Lisa Arnhart
Cairo
Donna Young
Dorris Straggs
Mound City
Ruth Hudson
Judy Hite
Angela Parrott
Vickie Pickett
Murphysboro
Crain Funeral Home
National Cemetery
Funeral
Andrew Varga
N. Fairdale St
Royalton
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Varga
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Czechoslovakia
Andrew
Anna Varga
Anna
Julia
Irene
Clara Varga
Pauline Regis
Christopher
Dorothy Renifro
Denver
Colo
Margret Varga
Oak Park
Ann Zazzara
Chicago
Mike
Emrich
Altadena
Calif
Elizabeth August
Whittier
Czechoslovaka
St. Aloysius Cemetery
Moeller-Vantrease
Crawshaw Mortuary
Elsie K. Canning
Route 3
Jackson County
Cutler Area
Judy Spangler
Boxtown
al Rhodes
Racine
Wis
Marge Sarris
Jean Anderson
Phoenix
Tri- County
Assembly of God
Cutler Cemetery
Big appetites at the National Zoo feed 2600 mouths daily
The National Zoo in Washington spends 250000 for 1977 groceries under Moses Benson. Annual staples include 50000 pounds of meat 3120 pounds potatoes 230 tons hay 330 tons grain and 6500 one pound loaves. Produce lists show 520 bushels carrots 466 boxes oranges 936 boxes apples and 796 bushels kale.
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Washington
National Zoo
Moses Benson
Herrin Unit 4 sets kindergarten signup date
Herrin Unit 4 school district schedules kindergarten pre registration for children turning five by December 1. Signups occur April 7 in district kindergarten rooms with sessions 8 30 to 11 00 and 12 30 to 3 00. Birth certificates required. Eligible children from North Side West Side Lincoln Hurst Energy attend respective sites with speech and language screenings offered. Youngsters already enrolled in kindergarten will not attend that day.
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Herrin Unit
Chittyville Area
North Side School
West Side Area
West Side School
Lincoln
Hurst, Energy
West Side
Unhurt Teens In Pickup Crash Into House In Marion
Two passengers were unhurt when the pickup truck they rode in struck a house on DeYoung Street. Driver Jeffrey L. Harris, 16, allegedly pulled into the far lane while Walter Felts grabbed the wheel, causing the vehicle to lose control and slam 80 feet forward into Henry Williams house at 805 East DeYoung Street. No damage estimate given.
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Marion
Jeffrey L. Harris
Walter Felts
Harris
DeYoung Street
New Illinois 13
Otis Street
Felts
Henry Williams
E. DeYoung St
Marion man sues over service station injury
Jesse Edwards of Marion files a personal injury suit in Williamson County Circuit Court seeking more than 15000 dollars for pelvic and spine injuries suffered on March 12. Defendant Hugh Owens allegedly moved his car forward while Edwards serviced another vehicle, pinning Edwards between the two cars while Owens spoke to a passenger.
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Williamson County
Marion
Jesse Edwards
Hugh Owens
Owens
Edwards
Philip Smart
Livestock National Stockyards Hogs and Cattle Prices Report
AP summary shows hogs at 6,000 head with fairly active trade. Barrows and gilts 25-50 higher. 210-240 lb at 48.00-48.25, 1-2 about 48.50, 200-250 lb 47.75-48.00, 230-270 lb 47.00-47.75, 270-290 lb 46.00-47.00. Sows firm to 50 higher, 300-450 lb 43.00-43.50, 450-500 lb 44.00-44.50, over 500 lb 45.00-45.50, bears over 300 lb 36.75-37.00, under 300 lb 36.00-36.50. Cattle and calves active, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 50 higher, limited slaughter, cows firm to 50, few bulls steady. Steers 1,000-1,175 lb 50.00-51.50, mixed 925-1,150 lb 48.00-50.00, slaughter heifers 825-1,000 lb 46.00-48.50, cows utility 36.50-37.00, canner 26.50-31.00, bulls 1,050-1,800 lb 37.00-43.00. Sheep 50 head not enough to test prices.
Craft guild plans children's auditions this Thursday
Public meetings listed for Thursday include the Craft guild with children's auditions and several community groups meeting at Mt. Vernon Benton Murphysboro Carbondale and Carbondale SIU. Notable events: Sierra Club speaker Ted Woodbury at Carbondale Savings and Loan and a public lecture by A Jack Turner at SIU Student Center Auditorium.
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Board OF Directors of
Comprehensive Health Planning
Southern Illinois
Best Western
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake
Flatts
Glendale
Carbondale
Sierra Club
Carbondale Savings and Loan
Poplar and
Main
Ted Woodbury
A. Jack Turner
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
MITCHELL Museum offers Basic Silk Screen Print Making class
A Mitchell Museum special art activity hosts a silk screen print making workshop on Thursday at 7 p m in Mt Vernon’s Museum Lecture Gallery led by Wendell Marh of Bentonsport Iowa. Materials and equipment provided with a ten dollar fee reservations at 242 1236.
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John A. Logan College
Carterville
Illinois Ozark Craft Guild
Community Educational Arts Association
Illinois Arts Council
Chris
Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild
Thomas School
Local cinema listings mix of classics and new releases
The Carbondale, Harrisburg, and nearby theaters show a range of titles including The Fury, American Hot Wax, The World's Greatest Lover, House Calls, The Betsy, Gray Lady Down, Coma, Casey's Shadow, High Anxiety, Candleshoe, and Saturday Night Fever across venues VARSITY CINEMA NEW LIBERTY FOX ORPHEUM UNIVERSITY 4 CINEMA 4 and others in Coulterville Murphysboro Marion.
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ROXY
Coulterville
Hardy Girls
Carbondale
Fury
American Hot Wax
NEW Liberty
Murphysboro
Harrisburg
Coma” Orpheum
Casey
FOX
University 4
Candleshoe
Cinema 4
Marion
De Soto District 86 Board Candidates Endorse Building Renovation Drive
Five candidates including one incumbent run for two full terms in the De Soto Consolidated School District 86 election on April 8. Ted Batteau Carbondale firefighter lifelong area resident profiles building renovation as top priority while backing district growth. Jerry Gillmore Jackson County Housing Authority employee emphasizes completing the renovation program and board leadership. Incumbent James Pribble coal miner seeks to maintain quality amid growth and opposes consolidation while urging more parental involvement. Jody Williams SIU Carbondale instructor proposes more parent engagement and teacher support with added aides to ease workload. Robert Bowlby farmer and father seeks rural representation and savvy finances as district faces future expenses.
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de Soto
Board of Education
Ted Batteau
Batteau
Carbondale Township
James L. Pribble
de Soto Village
Pribble
Williams
Robert
Jerry
Bowlby
Herrmann to Play Army Colonel in Brass Target Film
New York AP reports actor Edward Herrmann will portray an Army colonel in MGM's Brass Target. The cast also includes Sophia Loren John Cassavetes Max Von Sydow Patrick McGoohan Robert Vaughn and Bruce Davison in the World War II era drama.
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New York
Edward Herrmann
MGM
Sophia Loren
John Cassavetes
Max von Sydow
Patrick McGoohan
Robert Vaughn
Bruce Davison
Correction Corrects Family Names And Ages In Previous Crime Report
The notice clarifies that Gene and Mrs. Warden of Marion were not away when a burglar stole 450 dollars in coins and a 125 dollar necklace last week. Their 16 year old daughter Marcie was at home. It also corrects a Carbondale accident report stating Karen Odum’s car moved through store windows after her brake slip. Additionally the obituary for Bill Harkins 48 of Carterville lists stepfather Phil Whitton, with death from natural causes at Herrin Hospital on March 27, 1978.
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Gene Warden
N. Logan St
Marion
Warden
Marcie
Karen G. Odum
West Main Street
Carbondale
Bill Harkins
Carterville
Phil Whitton
Little Grassy Boat Docks
Harkins
Herrin Hospital
Farm Bureau office in Marion burglarized
Williamson County Farm Bureau building at 309 N Madison St Marion was burglarized today. A safe was punched open and desk drawers were ransacked. Custodian Richard Madinger found the break in at 4 50 a m. Entry was through a rear window. The building was ransacked and an inventory is being made of missing items.
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Williamson County Farm Bureau
Madison St
Marion
Richard Madi
Nger
Births Reported Across Several Illinois Towns
Harrisburg Drs Hospital welcomed a son to be al Beal. De Soto St Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro saw Holland born. Musketown Pinckneyville Pinckneyville Community Hospital welcomed Bullock son. Simpson Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin reported Parker son. Carbondale Memorial Hospital Carbondale welcomed Gantenbein daughter. Murphysboro Memorial Hospital of Carbondale welcomed LeCocq son. Herrin Memorial Hospital of Carbondale welcomed Payne son. Anna Memorial Hospital Benton Franklin Hospital in Benton welcomed Morris daughter. Herrin Hospital reported McCree daughter and Milazzo son.
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Harrisburg
Beal
Larry
Doctors Hospital
DE Soto
Holland
David
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Muskeytown
Bullock
Doyle
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville
Simpson
Parker
Louis
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Carbondale
Gantenbein
Bernard
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Lecocq
Daniel
Herrin
Payne
Michael
Anna
Ceptance
Terry
Memorial Hospital of
Benton
Morris
Aubrey
Franklin Hospital
McCree
Herrin Hospital
Milazzo
Sam
Williams recounts resurrection claim as wife warns reporters
In Reeds Spring Missouri AP report evangelist J T Williams, who says he raised a woman from the dead five years ago, described himself as a reborn gambler and tavern owner while his wife warned reporters she will sue if his name or a single word is printed.
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Reeds Spring
J. T. Williams
Williams
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