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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1968

Page

13

Grand Tower to Seek Bids for Garbage Disposal

Grand Tower City Council will advertise for bids from commercial refuse disposal firms to collect and dispose of garbage after the city dump on 25th street was found in violation of county and state law. The city, without a dump for about two years, must either operate a sanitary landfill, join a county landfill, or contract with private firms. Bids must cover weekly curbside household pickup and large item disposal every 60 days.

Grand Tower 25Th Street State Health Department Illinois Gorham Fountain Bluff

Mrs. Maude Smith of Cobden Dies

Mrs Maude Smith 68 of Cobden died at 11:22 p m Wednesday in Doctors Hospital Carbondale Born July 12 1899 in Johnson County she was the daughter of William R and Rose Pruitt Smith Married December 1919 to Sherman Smith in Jonesboro She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church Cobden Funeral 1:30 p m Sunday at Immanuel Baptist Church Cobden Burial Cobden Cemetery.

Maude Smith Cobden Doctors Hospital Carbondale Johnson County William R Rose Pruitt Smith Sherman Smith Jonesboro Betty Norton Dixon Clyde E. Smith Edith Smith Lovena Bevil Thelma Jennings Balcom Lawanda Crawshaw Bertha Ellis Cecil Smith Immanuel Baptist Church Gene Hart Gene Pribble Cobden Cemetery Broadway-McCarty Mattie Hindman Rt. 3 Marion Johnson Funeral Home Herrin Glenn Hock Herrin City Hindman Herrin Hospital Carterville Roley Ada Hart Wright John Hindman Sullivan Ind Bill Clay Hattie Yates Ella Kelley West Frankfort Zell Wright Saldatia Alaska Wanda Neal Belleville James Reed Chicago

Carbondale Teen Town board seeks four new directors

The Carbondale Teen Town adult advisory board will elect four members to three-year terms on May 27. Adults in High School District 165 may join by contacting board secretary Mrs. Betty Deniston before Monday. The 12 member board will choose the new directors. A spaghetti dinner at its April meeting earned 462.19 dollars, and proposed repairs to recreational equipment could cost about 200 dollars.

Carbondale Betty Deniston Route 1 Deniston

Illinois coin con game target hits Midwest victims

The Illinois Attorney General seeks Peter H. Reitlinger, 46, accused of a coin dealer con game promising 6 percent profits on pre 1964 coins. Ads pushed $100 shipments and used forged references, with Missouri complaints triggering discovery.

Chicago Illinois Midwest Patrick J. Ruddy Attorney General Peter H. Reitlinger Reitlinger Chicago Coin Co Ruddy Missouri

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