Johnson County Tuberculosis X-ray Survey Yields 1579 Adults Screened
Johnson county completed a county wide x ray survey for tuberculosis detection, with 1579 adults examined, 52 retakes and 90 TB contacts x rayed. The effort, sponsored by the Health department and Johnson County TB Association, received broad citizen support and was praised as a success. Results of the findings are not yet known.
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Johnson County
The
Health Department
TB Association
Vienna D A R Unit Elects Officers
Vienna chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution elected officers for the coming year at a Monday meeting held at Mrs D J Huffman s home. Re-elected were regent Mrs Richard Duncan vice regent Jennie Carter chaplain G E Gleaner recording secretary Bill Main corresponding secretary F M Huffman and treasurer G E Gleaner with Mrs Main replacing Rolland Bridges. The next meeting is June 5. Mrs P T Chapman spoke on the first national DAR president s career and Mrs F M Huffman spoke on the origin of Mothers Day.
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Vienna
Daughters of the American Revolution
D. J. Huffman
Richard Duncan
Jennie Carter
G. E. Gleaner
Bill Main
F. M. Huffman
Main
Rolland Bridges
P. T. Chapman
Illinois Legion Essay Prizes Sweeten State Contest
The Illinois American Legion launches a statewide essay contest for School Medal Award winners in elementary and high schools. Merle E. Schaad announces $1,500 in prizes with $600 first and $300 second for high school winners, and $400 first and $200 second for younger students. Entries due by August 15, 1950.
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Bloomington
Ill
Illinois American Legion
Merle E. Schaad
Princeville
State Legion
American Legion
Schaad
Legion
Commander Schaad
Vernon L. Nickell
Springfield
Illinois Legion
Illinois
CERTA-VIN advertised to relieve stomach gas
An in‑store advertisement promotes CERTA VIN as a new herbal formula with vitamin B and iron to relieve gas and bloating. It claims faster digestion before meals and stronger blood with iron, urging readers to buy at Hewitt's Drug Store and other nearby drug stores.
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Carbondale
Certa-Vin—Hewitt
Mt Tabor School Picnic and Close Noted
Mt Tabor school will close Friday. Pupils will have a picnic at Giant City State Park Thursday. Mrs. Marie Smith is the teacher. The Hast ings Home Bureau met Tuesday with Mrs. Dwight Throgmorton as hostess. Fourteen members attended.
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Mt. Tabor
Rudie Holland
Giant City State Park
Marie Smith
Bureau
Dwight Throgmorton
Flo Kristoff
Frank Smith
Janié
Rollie Crowell
What Is a Slum
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt questions the meaning of slums with varied views. It contrasts a well off British socialist speaker in London’s East End discussing poverty with a quick rebuke from a local resident who insists his street is not a slum.
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London
East End
Ruis
Local Soldier Driver in Tokyo with Eighth Army
Private First Class Carl L. Page, son of Mrs. W. H. Page of Carbondale, is a vehicle driver with Medical Company, 7th Cavalry Regiment in Tokyo. His unit, part of the First Cavalry Division, trains to reach top combat effectiveness and Page handles transport for the Medical Company. Page served in the National Guard before enlisting and trained at Fort Sill.
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Carl L. Page
W. H. Page
West Grand Avenue
Carbondale
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Tokyo
First Cavalry Division
Page
National Guard
Army
Fort Sill
Okla
Remodeling At Jackson County Courthouse Storage Vaults
The Jackson county courthouse in Murphysboro is undergoing remodeling of basement storage vaults used by County Clerk Boyd Thorp. Work adds shelf space and fresh paint to fireproof rooms housing records dating back to the mid 1800s, with the door access only from Thorp’s office.
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Jackson County Court House
Murphysboro
Government Institution
Boyd Thorp
Court House
Thorp
Brownsville
Vienna Musicians Attend S I U Clinic
Members of the Vienna high school concert orchestra will take part in a music clinic on Friday May 5 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. First violins include Helen Huckleberry Mary Ann Carraker Rhodene Taylor Shirley Tate Mary Lee Locke Norma Carlton Norma Davidson and Luna Farley. Violas Virginia Lingle Ester Ritchie Barbara Ross. Bass fiddles Norma Jean Allbritton Juanita Rushing Catherine Yandel.
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Vienna High School
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Helen Huckleberry
Mary Ann Carraker
Rhodene Taylor
Shirley Tate
Mary Lee Locke
Norma Carlton
Norma Davidson
Luna Farley
Virginia Lingle
Ester Ritchie
Barbara Ross
Norma Jean Allbritton
Juanita Rushing
Catherine Yandel
Spring Deduction of Chimney Scrapers Stirs Murphysboro
Chimney sweeps displaced from a roost caused a smoky scene at Wellworth Variety Store as furnaces reignited. Fire Chief Urba Hanson traced a blocked flue to the mystery, revealing hundreds of soot covered workers encircling the area after a long furnace stoppage.
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Murphysboro
Urba Hanson
Mondey
Wellworth
C. E. Brumfield
Hanson
Cast Listed in U. School Play Mother Is a Freshman
Fifteen university students perform the three act comedy Mother Is a Freshman by Perry Clark Friday at 8 in Shryock auditorium. Eleanor Young directs with Jack Harris chairing the stagecraft committee and Nellie Ebbs Mary Jane Dodge Jo Ann Dwyer Charles Tucker among the others assisting.
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University School
Perry Clark
Shryock Auditorium
Eleanor Young
Abigail Abbott
Dorothy Covington
Susan
Carolyn Reed
Mrs. Miller
Loretta Mondoni
Sylvia
Joan Lawson
Bunny
Martha Morrison
Helen
Mary Lou Heatherly
Carrie
Cynthia Swartz
Clara Mary Crawshaw
Marge
Sharor Talley
Bobo
Archie Reinhardt
Jack
Bruce Nagle
Howie
Melvin Ebbs
Bill
Gene Rehn
Dean Gillingham
Mark Hughes
Professor Michaels
Bill Turner
Jack Harris
Nellie Ebbs
Mary Jane Dodge
Jo Ann Dwyer
Charles Tucker
Dorothy Young
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Bradley’s Hardware
Lebanon
Frank Wolfe
Drury
Hastings Home Bureau
Beulah Cox
Joe
William Waeckerly
Allie Wright
de Soto
Louie Fox
Fox
Katheryne Deming
John Deming
Miles Earl Crowell
Harold Crowell
Pete’’ Peterson
Carterville
Drury Church
Delia Mowery of
Francis H. Holland
Yael Anderson
Cora Rich
Herrin
Otha Ladd
Leslie Rich
Mrs. Fannie Stanley
Philadelphia Bulletin
Owen Brothers
Winkler and
Sunbeam Gas
Eighth U.S. Army
Japan
S. I. U. Clinic
C&h
Sportsman Park
Boston
Hartford City
Indiana
Hewitt’s Drug Store
Carbondale, Il
Dairy Queen
Bradley's Hardware
W. Monroe
Scotts
Walters and
Wright
Crawford Kozy-Nook
Rhodes-Burfords
Pembroke
Rocker
Cogswel
Moderni
Lawson
Illinois Ave
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Raopes
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Inc
Coce-Cole Company
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