Brush Students Receive Awards At Banquet
The Brush school held a banquet in the cafeteria awarding pins to 27 sixth grade girls for library service and basketball letters to five sixth grade boys. Monroe Deming presented letters for best activity in city grade school basketball. Wayne Calhoun earned a gold star for exceptional performance. Music pupils Sharon Bradley, J C Treece, and Sherrill Campbell provided entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush
Grace Wilhelm
Monroe Deming
Wayne Calhoun
Dickie Humphreys
Larry Hornick
Donnie Brewer
Billie Knowles
Library
Judy Barwick
Wanda Baxter
Wendy Berry
Sharon Bradley
Sheril Campbell
Connie Clutts
Cynthia Corder
Susan Crews
Carolee Eddings
Peggy Evans
Margaret Hillner
Charlene Homberg
Carolyn Holmes
Annabelle Janssen
Maretta Keller
Patricia Ward
Lynda Wells
J. C. Treece
Sherrill Campbell
Cutback prompts mail box demand at city post office
Postmaster Virgil Brown warned that eight boxes remain available as businesses rush to rent P O boxes to compensate for reduced home deliveries. He noted 20 additional boxes have been spoken for since the cutback, saving about 40 hours weekly in carrier service, with expectations to rise to 64 hours. He urged not to wait for a national revision and said the change is likely permanent.
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Brown
University School Hosts Herrin Home Economics Rally
Fifteen University school students joined fourteen Southern Illinois chapters at Herrin high school for a home economics rally. Mary Lou Heatherly and Marilyn Wakeland helped direct the program and recreation. University students presented a style show with models Betty Beggs through Margaret Ritchie, and Joyce Lence along with Ellen Nance performed an original skit.
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University School
Herrin High School
Future Homemakers of Africa
Southern Illinois
Mary Lou Heatherly
Marilyn Wakeland
Betty Beggs
Shirley Bridges
Joyce Lence
Mary Poiston
Ellen Nance
Dorothy Covington
June Kelly
Ann Lowery
Martha Morrison
Eleanor O'Dell
Sylvia O’dell
Cynthia Swartz
Margaret Ritchie
Helen Starck
Gladys Babcock
Southern Illinois University
Frances Wood
Ella Eblin
James M. Fox 84 Dies At Home In Anna
James M. Fox, 84, died at his home 100 Williams Street Anna Friday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at Pleasant Ridge Church east of Anna Sunday at 2 p. m. Rev. G. S. Dunn officiating. Burial in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence. Blake Broadway Funeral Home Cobden in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M Fox
Williams Street
Anna
Pleasant Ridge Church
G. S. Dunn
Ebenezer Hall Cemetery
Blake Broadway Funeral Home
Cobden
Daily Free Press Southern Carbondale Rates Notice
Carbondale newspaper lists subscription options for carrier and mail delivery. Carrier 25 cents weekly. mail 6 weeks 1.00. 12 weeks 2.00. 24 weeks 4.00. 52 weeks 7.50. Mail not sold where carrier service exists. Associated Press rights noted.
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Daily Free Press Southern
Linoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Fili
Associated Press
Mulcomery Named General Traffic Agent for Illinois Central
Maurice C. Mulcomery Jr., 56, longtime Illinois Central rail man from Carbondale, will become general traffic agent in St. Louis effective June 1. He began as a clerk in 1910 at East St. Louis and rose through roles in Chicago and St. Louis, including chief clerk and city freight agent, before becoming general freight agent in 1949. He resides in Clayton, Missouri. The article also notes a Camera club trip to Carbondale and Grand City State Park with train details.
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Maurice C. Mulcomery, Jr
Carbondale
I. C
St. Louis
Mulcomery
Belleville
East St. Louis
I.C
Chicago
York Drive
Clayton
Eads Bridge
Camera Club
Dyersburg
Tenn
Gran City State Park
Shrine Circus Plans Set for Carbondale June Event
Final plans for the Shrine circus in Carbondale were approved at the Sphinx Shrine club meeting. The show runs June 27 28 and 29 at Mac Andrew stadium on Southern Illinois University campus. Guests included G C Stierwalt J C Lauder Howard Watt Curt Mann R L Minton and Karl Mahzahn from the Franklin county Shrine club.
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Carbondale
Sphinx Shrine Club
Archie Stroup
MacAndrew
Southern Illinois University
G. C. Stierwalt
J. C. Lauder
Murphysboro
Howard Watt
Curt Mann
R. L. Minton
Karl Mahzahn
Franklin County Shrine Club
McKendree Chorus Set for First Methodist Concert
The McKendree College chorus will perform at First Methodist Church in Carbondale on Sunday May 7 at 7 30 p m under Rev Clyde Clark. The program includes the McKendree sextet and men's quartet with Ruth Althoff and Bob Brown as soloist and accompanist.
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McKendree College
First Methodist Church of
Carbondale
Clyde Clark
Chester S. Bagg
McKendree
Ruth Althoff
Daphene Coston
Carmi
Valmeyer
Joy Luman
East Alton
Elsie Crisp
St. Louis
Dor
Cas Callahan
Edwardsville
June Bender
Harrisburg
Bob Brown
Marissa
Charles Fox
Medora
Dean Cox
George Brown
Lebanon
LeeRoy Williams
East St. Louis
Palestrina
Jackson Garwood
Carl Mueller
Hospital Notes Admitted Friday From Various Cities
List of patients admitted Friday across multiple communities. Names include Mrs. C. D. Foster at Carbondale, Myron Roberts and Tom Roberts in Marion and Carbon Dale, Phyllis Painter in Marion, John Rapp in Carbondale, Mrs. Charles Ramsey in Marion, Mrs. Bernie Biggs in De Soto, Mrs. Stella Sickling in Dongola, Gerrald Veach and Paul Watkins with sons in Car terville, Pete McGovern and Theo Taylor in Mason and De Sara Wedler in Marion.
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C. D. Foster
Carbondale
Myron Roberts
Marion Phyllis Painter
Marion
John Rapp
Tom Roberts
Charles Ramsey
Bernie Biggs
de Soto
Stella Sickling
Dongola
Gerrald Veach
Carterville
Paul Watkins
Pete McGovern
Mason
Theo Taylor
Sara Wedler
Brush-Springmore P T A Plans May 8 Installations
The Brush Springmore P T A will hold its monthly meeting Monday May 8 at 7 30 p m in the Brush school gymnasium. Officers from Brush Springmore and Buckles P T A will be installed and delegates who attended the P T A congress in Chicago will report. Mothers of Springmore kindergarten pupils will be hostesses.
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Brush-Springmore
Parent-Teach
The
Brush
Springmore
Buckles P-T.a.’S
P-T.a
Chicago
Junior City Officials Named
The new Carbondale mayor Bill Turner and council members John Thomas Jr Patsy White Barbara Beadle and Bill Chauncey named student officers. Day police chief Lawrence Clark Night police chief Bill Ellis Patrolmen Don Lewis Frank Horn city attorney Gene Penland city clerk Gerald Biggs assistant city clerk Shirley Coleman water works superintendent Bob Horn sewage disposal plant Bob Clutts fire chief Joe Killpatrick streets superintendent Jack Harris.
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Bill Turner
John Thomas
Patsy White
Barbara Beadle
Bill Chauncey
Lawrence Clark
Attucks
Bill Ellis
Don Lewis
Frank Horn
University School
Gene Penland
Community
Gerald Biggs
University
Shirley Coleman
Bob Horn
Bob Clutts
Joe Killpatrick
Jack Harris
Peithman Receives I C Medal For Averting Wreck
Ervin Peithman arch aeologist at Southern Illinois University was awarded a gold medal May 1 by Illinois Central division officials in Carbondale for removing an iron piece lodged in a switch on the southward main. The act likely prevented a disaster. The ceremony was in Dr. D W Morris's offices with Harry Goetz presenting.
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Illinois Central
Ervin Peithman
Southern Illinois University
I. C. Division
Carbondale
Harry Goetz
D. W. Morris
Perthman
Kenneth Kerlin
S. C
Matt Sheehan
Dr. Morris
Recreational Need Stressed By Local Youth
Six Carbondale high school pupils urged broader city recreation, banning crime comic books, and improved youth adult relations at a Lions club panel. They cited Teen Town, civic involvement, and school pride as keys to reducing delinquency and boosting community life.
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Carbondale
Lions Club
Ellen Abbott
Bill Young
Community High School
Geraldine Nelson
James McKinley
Attucks High School
Carolyn Reed
Charles Tucker
University School
Lions
Ellen Abbot
Miss Abbott
Charles Turner
Teen Town
Community Chest
Red Cross
United States
Leo Dodd
Eldorado
Bill Davis
A. D. Brubaker
Hurst Lions Club
Raymond Dey
Lester Barnes
Paul Barrett
Abe Martin
Kenneth Parrish
Rolla Wiggins
Hugh Watson
Marshall S. Hiskey
Lawrence Martin
Dey
Orville Alexander
Pete Gloriod
Charles Lerner
Firemen Stop High Wind Garage Blaze Near Fraternity
Carbondale firemen battled a blaze at the rear of the Kappa Delta Alpha fraternity 502 South University Ave. The fire jumped from a waste paper to a tarpaper garage, destroying most of the structure. Firemen arrived about 2 38 p.m. yesterday and prevented spread to nearby homes.
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Carbondale
Kappa Delta Alpha Fraternity
South University Avenue
West Frankfort Ag Judging: University wins fat stock second
In the vocational agricultural judging contest in West Frankfort University high school won second in fat stock and poultry, with University students Bob Chapman Darren O Dell and Charles Stevens earning blue ribbons. Community high placed third in poultry and tenth in fat stock while grain and daily teams earned various ribbons.
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University High School
Community High
West Frankfort
Jackson
Union Franklin
Perry
Alexander
Carbondale
Eugene Wood
University School
Glen Diamond
University
Bob Chapman
Darren O'Dell
Charles Stevens
Albert Helton
Thomas Sipe
Glenn Wright
Gerald Biggs
Robert Stevens
John Chancey
Steve McGee
Othel Osborn
Frank Brimmer
Jim Lipe
Dan McGuire
Charles Hoyt
Bill Bowlby
Favors C of C Proposed in Carbondale
Mayor John I. Wright endorses establishing a Chamber of Commerce in Carbondale as a move to revitalize community interest and better coordinate city government with merchants. He says the current businessmen’s association may overrepresent professionals and a full time office could help policy efforts.
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Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale
John I. Wright
Murphysboro Man Faces May Court Over Jail Fires
A Murphysboro resident charged with malicious mischief for allegedly starting three fires in the city jail while a prisoner is slated for May docket consideration. County Judge C. E. Wright will set the May docket Monday morning. Harold Mitchell is the case listed for hearing. Mitchell was jailed March 23 on a peace disturbance charge filed by his wife and three fires were extinguished by nearby firemen during his overnight stay.
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Harold Mitchell
Murphysboro
Mitchell
Local Eagles join in Calling All Mothers
The Carbondale Eagles participate in a nationwide Calling All Mothers campaign slated to climax Friday May 12. Eagles say last year’s greetings reached 10 million mothers and may double this year. One instructor at Notre Dame sparked the public plea for a national Mother’s Day in 1904, leading to its 1914 official status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Eagles Aerie Ane Auxiliary No. 2569
Eagles
University of Notre Dame
Frank E. Hering
Hering
Opera House
Indianapolis
South Bend
Ind
Eagle Aerie
Order of Eagles
Act of Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Lanny Ross
Mutual Broadcasting System
Carbondale Sees Slight Local Economic Dip
A banking official reports Carbondale area business has a slight decline but no cause for alarm. He forecasts 1950 will be better than 1949 though not as strong due to coal strikes and tax effects, with stable consumer buying and good returns for farmers amid scarce fruit elsewhere.
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Carbondale
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Alice Miller
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Evelyn Stevens
Margaret Simons
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Nacy Willard
P.O
U. School
Herrin
Ec Rally
James M. Fox
Mary Morris
Jeannie Morris
Brush School
Jeannine Miller
Lincoln School
Charlotte Ad
Dison
Lincoln
Ronnie Morris
Barbara Goldstein
Railroad News
Shrine Circus
Er Association
Dairy Queen Store
Favors C
Hecoine
Varsity Studio
McNeill Jewelry Shop
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Maloney Shoe Repair Building
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