Lesser City Hall Bonds on Election Day Downtown
Lesser voters head to the polls Tuesday to approve up to 89 thousand dollars in general obligation bonds to finance a new one story municipal building. The plan centralizes city offices including water, clerk, treasurer, and police at West Franklin site.
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Bunton
Dwight Dame
Dame
West Franklin Street
Water Department
Franklin Avenue
American Legion
Greater Egypt
Greater
Dam
SIU to Present Three One Act Plays This Week
SIU School of Communications presents three new one act plays at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the experimental theater. The program includes What Need of a Devil by Jerry O Malley Petit Fours and Petticoats by John Gedraitis and The Silence That Speaks by Paul Ramirez. Admission is free but tickets are required in advance from the theater box office.
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Southern Illinois University School of Communications
SIU Theater Department
Jerry O'Malley
R. Cornelius Peters
New England
John Gedraitis
al Erickson
Paul Ramirez
Charles Gatting
SIU
Oboe Stolen From Carbondale High Locker
Emmett Bedford reports a $500 oboe taken last week from a locker at University High School in Carbondale. Police note the item valued at five hundred dollars was removed from campus property.
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Emmett Bedford
Sunset Drive
Carbondale
University High School
Orientation Set At MTHS In Murphysboro
An orientation for next year’s freshmen is planned Tuesday at Murphysboro Township High School. The session in the high school auditorium starts at 7 30 p m. Invitations go to all eighth grade students in Murphysboro District 186 and local parochial schools. Parents may attend. School officials and counselors Peter Arnott and Tim Bowers will outline the program.
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Murphysboro Township High School
Murphysboro Unit
St. Andrew’s Catholic
Immanuel Lutheran
Peter Arnott
Tim Bowers
William H Ford 81 dies in Du Quoin
William Harry Ford 81 of Du Quoin died Sunday in Fair Acres Nursing Home. He was born November 22 1884 in Union County the son of George and Barbara Ford and a retired coal miner. He leaves nephews Dan Ford and George Ford and nieces Mildred Stocks Evelyn Ford and Pauline Eddings. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday Neal Funeral Chapel Du Quoin with Rev John O Turner officiating. Burial in Oakland Cemetery Carbondale. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
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Union County
George
Barbara Ford
Ford
First Methodist Church of
du Quoin
Dan Ford
Gary
Ind
George Ford
Indianapolis
Mildred Stocks
Evelyn Ford
Chicago
Pauline Eddings
Carbondale
Neal
John O. Turner
Oakland Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan Publisher and Address Notice
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by 710 North Illinois Corporation with offices in Carbondale, Herrin, and Murphysboro. It notes its status as successor to the Carbondale Free Press, Berlin Daily Journal, and Murphysboro Independent. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Southern Miinvisan
Carbondale Free Press
Berlin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Carbondale Plan Commission to hear dormitory project
A 500 student dormitory proposal for the Morningside subdivision at Campus Drive and South Wall Street will be reviewed by the Carbondale Plan Commission in a Wednesday 7 p.m. hearing at City Hall. The panel also considers converting 919 West Main Street from a residence to a professional office, a plan previously discussed with no traffic circulation plan and denied.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Plan Commission
Carbondale City Hall
Main St
Southern Land Development Corp
Morningside
Campus Drive
South Wall Street
Tom Easterly
John W. Boaz
Norma Boaz
SIU student injured in cycle skid near Carbondale
A Southern Illinois University student, Paul Leroy Bellwood, 19, was treated for minor injuries at the SIU Health Center after his motorcycle skidded off Giant City road, three miles south of Rt 51, at 11:20 p.m. Saturday night, authorities said.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Paul Leroy Bellwood
SIU
Rt. 51
Huffman Dies. Grand Tower Resident Was 64
Fred Russell Huffman 64 lifelong Grand Tower resident and watchman at Central Illinois Public Service Co. died Sunday at his home after a year of illness. He is survived by his wife Alma, sons Clarence and Fred, three grandchildren, brothers Albert and Joe, sisters Amy Blaes Stella Drake and Laura Crow. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Van Natta chapel Grand Tower with Rev. Glen Bowlby officiating. Burial Walker Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the chapel.
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Fred Russell Huffman
Grand Tower
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Huffman
Josephus G. Huffman
Alma Huffman
Clarence
Fred
Dupo
Albert
Joe
Greenville
Amy Blaes
Stella ‘Drake
Laura Crow
LaGrange Park
van Natta
Glen Bowlby
Grand Tower Methodist Church
Walker Hill Cemetery
SIU Research Couples Win Grants for New Guinea Study
SIU researchers including a married couple, Dr. David Counts and Dorothy Ayers, received National Science Foundation grants totaling 8,290 to study Kalai society and local governance on New Britain island off New Guinea. They will bring two children, Bruce and Rebecca, on a yearlong field project.
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Southern Illinois University
New Guinea
SIU
David Counts
New Britain Island
Counts
Columbia Miss
Dorothy Ayers
San Antonio
Tex
Bruce
Rebecca
Parade Through Eight Towns Crowns Miss Southern Illinois Contenders
Twenty two contestants paraded in convertibles with a State Police escort through Herrin Marion Johnston City West Frankfort Zeigler Royalton Carbondale and Carterville. The Miss Southern Illinois pageant, a Miss Illinois preliminary, will be held at Herrin High School gymnasium at 8 p.m. Saturday. The winner earns an all expense paid trip to Miss Illinois in Quincy this June plus wardrobe. trophies go to the ten finalists and five runners up.
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Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Miss Southern Illinois
Quincy
Benton Public Housing Opens With Seventy New Units
The Franklin County Housing Authority announces seventy new low rent public housing units in Benton are complete and ready for occupancy. Residents can begin moving in this week after delays caused by gas supply difficulties. The units sit in the northeast area of the city south of Rt. 14.
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Benton
Franklin County Housing Authority
Rt. 14
Little Egypt 350 in Bridge Tournament in Herrin
About 350 players competed in the Little Egypt championship bridge tournament last weekend in Herrin. Winners spanned several divisions with Col. Ray Wiley and Mrs. Ray Wiley of Carbondale leading the mixed pairs, and multiple regional players earning top honors in women’s, men’s, open, and consolation categories. The event at the Herrin Elks Club was conducted by the Herrin Elks Duplicate Bridge Club and sponsored by ACBL Unit 223.
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H. R. Parrish
C. R. Gruny
Carbondale
Harry Denzel
Robert Jackson
Fred Eckert
Belleville
Galen Whiteside
East St. Louis
Harold Smith
Evansville
Sally Couch
St. Francisville
Dave Kahane
Wiley
Giles
Bavel
Arthur Seltzer
University City
F. R. Marrs
Jack Martin
John Parrish
F. A. Perrine
Centralia
SIU Faculty Attend AAPG Convention In St Louis
Three SIU geology faculty members attended the 50th annual convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in St Louis last week. Daniel Miller chaired a session and Frank Bell managed press room arrangements. George Fraunfelter also attended.
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SIU
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
St. Louis
Daniel Miller
Frank Bell
George Fraunfelter
SIU Psychology Faculty and Students Present Papers in Chicago
Seven papers by SIU psychology department faculty and graduate students will be presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association meetings in Chicago from Thursday to Saturday. Faculty participants include Sheldon Alexander James C Mitchell Gordon F Pitt William Wagman Donald Shoemaker and James H McHose. Graduate students involved are Robert W Richter Dorothy Evans Althea I Wagman Stephen M Werk John M Morgan Leslie Downing Cynthia Scheuer and Robert Barrett.
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SIU
Midwestern Psychological Association
Chicago
Sheldon Alexander
James C. Mitchell
Gordon F. Pitt
William Wagman
Donald Shoemaker
James H. McHose
Robert W. Richter
Dorothy Evans
Althea I. Wagman
Stephen M Werk
John M. Morgan
Leslie Downing
Cynthia Scheuer
Robert Barrett
Unit 186 Sets Registration for Next Year’s Kindergartners
Pre school registration for Murphysboro Unit School District 186 is set for Wednesday with morning and afternoon slots at each kindergarten site. Five year olds by December 1 1966 qualify, birth certificates required. Parents may tour classrooms Thursday morning or afternoon with transport responsibility noted.
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McElwain
Carmen Erthal
Lincoln
Laura Miller
Washington
Charlotte Nichols
Longfelow
Faye McDaniel
Douglas
Erthal
Logan
McDaniel
Orchard Hills
Nichols
Frances Thompson 12 Dies in St Louis Hospital
Frances Louise Thompson, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Loren Thompson of 1005 N Court St Marion, died at 705 p m Sunday in Children's Hospital St Louis Mo after long illness. Born Marion July 29 1953 she is also survived by grandfather Ernest Thompson of Rt 3 Marion. Funeral arrangements are in complete Mitchell Funeral Home Marion in charge.
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Frances Louise Thompson
Loren Thompson
N. Court St
Marion
Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
Ernest Thompson
Rt. 3
Mitchell Funeral Home
Sam Lobdill of Marion Dies in St. Louis
Sam Lobdill aged at Marion address 708 South Calumet died today at Jewish Hospital St. Louis Missouri. He is survived by his wife Madonna and daughters Mrs. Oren Lehman of Decatur and Mrs. Lester Burke of Herrin. A retired Central Illinois Public Service Co. employee, he funeral arrangements are incomplete with Mitchell Funeral Home Marion in charge.
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Sam Lobdill
S. Calumet St
Marion
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Madonna
Oren Lehman
Decatur
Lester Burke
Herrin
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Mitchell Funeral Home
Easter Island Lonely Amid Pacific Ocean Moniker
A remark calls Easter Island the lone island in the Pacific, critiquing the wording as a misleading label and noting its isolation and unique geography.
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Easter Island
Pacific Ocean
Island
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