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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1950

Page

6

Vienna Pupils Visit Mammoth Cave on Weekend Trip

The Vienna high school geology class will journey to Mammoth Cave in central Kentucky, 225 miles away. A bus departs at 1 a.m. Sunday for a day of exploration with two trips from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to an electrically lighted section, including underground boat rides. Teachers Miss Francis Amos and Ewing Lawrence will accompany the pupils.

Vienna High School Mammouth Cave Kentucky Vienna Francis Amos Ewing Lawrence High Schoo

Anna playground gains support for northern site

Ed Ryan reports multiple groups donate to a new four-lot park in Anna to serve northern children. Moose club提供滑梯 West Brothers deliver sand Jeff Garrett provides grass seed and planting labor. Previous year provided swings, merry go round, slides, benches and a fountain.

Ed Ryan Anna Anna-Jonesboro Moose Club West Brothers Jeff Garrett Hileman Seed Store Anna Fairgrounds Ryan

Union Jackson Sing at Anna Center Saturday

Union Jackson county singers return to the American Legion community center in Anna with a 7:30 start. The Jackson Union County Amateur Singing convention conducts the non profit program as seating is enlarged for potential crowds near the thousand mark. No admission charge. features include a new soloist and a self taught violinist among other new and well known performers.

Union-Jackson County Singers American Legion Anna Bredna Browning Jackson-Union County Amateur Singing Convention

Hale Willard Hospital Admissions And Discharges

Admitted W Edgar Alger Jonesboro Mrs G B Lasley Anna Mrs Eugene Gaddis Cobden Mrs Charles W Bridgeman Wolf Lake Dan Lence Dongola Baby Martha Jane Pickles Balm com Mrs Langon J Dodd Dongola Mike Tracey Anna Grace Huff Anna Mrs Emil Sauerbrum Jonesboro Margaret Sprague Anna Mrs Thomas Rixleben Jonesboro Discharged Doyle Lingle Dongola

W. Edgar Alger Jonesboro G. B. Lasley Anna Eugene Gaddis Cobden Charles W. Bridgeman Wolf Dan Lence Dongola Martha Jane Pickles Balcom Langon J. Dodd Mike Tracey Grace Huff Emil Sauerbrum Margaret Sprague Thomas Rixleben

Anna Garden Party Monday in Anna Illinois

Mrs Homer Boyd invites the Anna Woman's club to a Spring garden party at her country home south of Anna on Monday May 8. Guests will bring potted plants for auction with prizes for the most unusual plant and the most unique container. Proceeds support the budget fund. Assistant hostesses include Mrs P M West Mrs Paul Houghton and Mrs Sam Duty. Reservations may be made for members and guests at the club rooms in the Stinson Memorial library pending possible rain.

Homer Boyd Anna Anna Woman's Club P. M. West Paul Houghton Sam Duty Clarence Boyce Ford Rendleman Stinson Memorial Library

Community Notices of Local Residents and Families

Lawrence Andrews Anna W C West Anna Beatrice Pearson Jonesboro Mrs G B Lasley and baby girl Anna Mrs Eugene Gaddis and baby girl Cobden Mrs Charles W Bridgeman and Mrs Charles Bridgeman and baby girl Wolf Lake Mrs David Ketchie Anna Mrs E T Berry Baby Martha Jane Pickles

Lawrence Andrews Anna W. C. West Beatrice Pearson Jonesboro

Hankla Named to Illinois Assessors Board

Dorris L. Hankla Union county supervisor of assessments is named a member of the board of directors of the Illinois county assessment supervisors organization per Merrill O Calame Kane county county assessment supervisor and president Hankla is among 10 Illinois men named to the board Union county is the only commission form government represented on the board The first meeting of county assessment supervisors was held in Peoria on April 17 and the state organization was formed.

Dorris L. Hankla Union County Illinois County Assessment Supervisors Merrill O. Calame Kane County Hankln Illinois Peoria

Union Court House to Get Additional Space

The Union County Court House in Jonesboro will gain two new rooms. A first floor vault and a second floor office for the supervisor of assessments will be added. Funds are on hand, no extra taxes needed, using liquor license revenue and express fees. The expansion will relocate the supervisor records to the treasurer’s office upon completion.

Union County Court House Jonesboro

Seniors Presenting Comedy May 11 12 at Anna Jonesboro HS

The Anna Jonesboro Community High School senior class presents a three act comedy "Spring Fever" by Glenn Hughes in the school gym on Thursday and Friday May 11 and 12 with an 8 pm curtain. Cast includes Bill Keller Paul Moore Dale Pitts Dick Haire Iris Garrett Robert Walker Phyllis Lord Barbara Meisenheimer Martha Scheffler Susan Nimmo Carolyn Davis Don Foley.

Anna- Jonesboro Community High School Glenn Hughes Bill Keller Paul Moore Dale Pitts Dick Haire Iris Garrett Robert Walker Phyllis Lord Barbara Meisenheimer Martha Scheffler Susan Nimmo Carolyn Davis Don Foley

Second floor addition opens into courtroom in assessments

Assessments will be placed on the second floor addition that opens into the court room, detailing a planned architectural change and its connection to judicial spaces.

Dongola Hen Selects Full Crate of Eggs for Roosting

A Plymouth Rock hen enters via an open porch door and makes a crate of eggs her resting place. Startled by the farmer’s wife, she cackles loudly and exits, seemingly asserting she delivered a full crate in one sitting. Dates and locations in Alto Pass Mill Creek Egypt area note scheduled activities with instructors and times.

Dongola Plymouth Rock

Union Home Bureau to check canner gauges in May

Union County home adviser Mary B Orr announced checks of pressure canner gauges at Minton Service station Cobden May 9 Fruit Belt Service station Jonesboro May 10 and Dongola May 11. The drive will use membership parties to honor new members and improve kitchen efficiency training with a leaders' training school at Anna May 8.

Mary B. Orr Nion County Minton Cobden Fruit Belt Jonesboro Dongola

So Much Gas Promises Relief From CertA-Vin

An advertisement from Carbondale touts CERTA-VIN as a gas and bloating remedy taken before meals. It claims the medicine reduces stomach gas, improves appetite, and enriches blood with iron while boosting energy with vitamin B, with user testimonials and availability at Hewitt's Drug Store.

Carbondale Certa-Vin —Hewitt

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