Republican candidate Altorfer to appear in Carbondale events
Public meetings list Altorfer appearances in Carbondale at 7 30 p m Moose Club and 9 p m at Davis Auditorium SIU free to public Also various school board and council meetings set for Thursday at multiple locations across Carbondale Murphysboro Benton and surrounding communities plus community events at SIU rooms and local theaters schedule includes film showings at venues like Rodgers Theater Egyptian Drive In and Fox Carbondale with a stage production Of Thee I Sing at SIU 8 p m Wednesday to Sunday tickets priced 150 students 200 others
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John Henry Altorfer
Carbondale
Benton High School Board of Education
Benton High School
Energy Village Board
Village Hall
Chester Unit 139
Rodgers Theater
Anna
Bonnie and Clyde
Riveria
Herrin
Marion Drive-In
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Murderer’s Row
Fox
Harry Frigg
Orpheum
Marion
Restless Ones
Community and school events listed for Glendale and surrounding areas
Friday Glendale School Board meets at 7 30 p m at the school. Community Craft Wagon visits Mardale shopping center Carbondale from 10 a m to 3 p m with staff help open to the public free of charge sponsored by SIU Department of Recreation and Carbondale Park District. SIU Spring Festival runs Friday 6 12 p m and Saturday 3 9 p m north of Wham Education Building 10 cents admission to shows. Alto Pass High School presents melodrama No No a Million Times No at 8 p m Friday adults 50 cents students 25 cents. Frederick Barghoorn Yale University speaks on Russia and the West Detente or Conflict 7 30 p m Friday French Auditorium SIU Life Science Building free admission. Movies at Varsity Carbondale Anna Dreivein Big Enough and Old Enough The Hills Run Red The Sea Pirate shows. Poor Cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardale
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Department of Recreation
Carbondale Park District
SIU
Wham Education
Alto Pass
Frederick Barghoorn
Yale University
Russia
The
West
SIU Life Science Building
Longtime Murphysboro Alderman Homer Roberts Dies
Homer Earl Roberts 75 a Murphysboro alderman for more than four decades and partner in A H Roberts and Sons Funeral Home and Roberts Hardware Store died Wednesday in St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro after a long illness He was born August 25 1892 in Murphysboro and married Victoria Foster on December 7 1943 in St Louis He served Ward 1 since the 1910s under Mayors Ellis Davis and Comte He leaves his wife sisters Cordelia Wallace and Caroline Carter brothers Hamilton S and Alexander J Roberts Funeral services are Saturday at 2 p m at Meyer Denny Funeral Home with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery Friends may call after 4 p m Friday
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Homer Earl Roberts
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Mr. Roberts
Alexander Hamilton
Frances Ellen Sanders Roberts
St. Louis
Victoria Foster
I. W. Ellis
Joseph H. Davis
Gene Comte
Roberts
Worsham School of Embalming
Chicago
A. H. Roberts and Sons Funeral Home
Roberts Hardware Store
First Lutheran Church
Elks Lodge
Eagles Aerie
Illinois State Embalmers Association
Illinois State Funeral Directors Association
Cordelia Wallace
Caroline Carter
Hamilton S. Roberts
Alexander J. Roberts
Bush Village adopts junk car ordinance and tax measure
The Bush Village Board passes a junk car ordinance authorizing impoundment of abandoned vehicles older than six months with fines up to 100 dollars per offense. It also levies a municipal service tax of three quarters of one percent on retail sales and services. Carbondale hosts five health workshops this summer sponsored by the University of Illinois College of Nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush Village Board
Carbondale
University of Illinois College of Nursing
Jean Wood
Chicago
Murphysboro Mayor Urges Buddy Poppy Drive Support
J. Joe E. Williams mayor of Murphysboro Illinois urges citizens to back the annual Buddy Poppies sale on Saturday May 11. Proceeds fund disabled veterans widows and orphans and the drive honors the dead by helping the living through VFW efforts begun in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. Joe E. Williams
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carterville to close dump and open new landfill
Carterville will close its city dump on May 15 and open a new sanitary landfill run by Edward Burris of Carbondale. The site, northwest of Carterville on Sycamore Road, will accept residents free for most items with charges for bulky wastes and curbside pickup. Burris offers $1 to $2 monthly pickup options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Edward Burris
Carbondale
Sycamore Road
Burris
B. D. Cross
Council
Herrin Park Lighting Program Approved
Herrin Park District approves a modernization plan including 16 new flood lights and electrical upgrades at the main shelter and three other buildings. Bids set for May 24 at a Herrin Library meeting. a 10 horsepower tractor is authorized for $344 from Farmers Produce and Implement Co. Marion with trade in of the old tractor. Also approved are summer recreation plans starting June 24 for six weeks and staffing, plus equipment purchases for softballs bats and nets. Michael Smith, 17, pleads innocent to aggravated battery and resisting arrest. a jury setting is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Park
Park Board
Herrin City
Herrin
Vineyard - Givenrod Associates
Farmers Produce and Implement Co
Marion
Zane Neely
Lois Murphy
Darlene Sizemore
Kim Haub
Rick Lynn
Dick Lynn
Robert Knorr
Frank Garavalla
Michael Smith
N. Park Ave
Jack Engram
Lan Haney
Smith
Engram
Miners Return to Work After Orient 5 Walkout
The Orient 5 coal mine near Logan ended a 48 hour wildcat strike at 8 a.m. today as Local 1248 UMWA members voted to return to work at Freeman Coal Mining Corp. Union and company cited disputed mechanics tasks and contract terms as the trigger. Earl Willis reported workers came back for the first shift. In Marion circuit court a Herrin man paid 10 dollars plus five in costs for failing to provide information after striking an unattended vehicle. Bob McNann of 1900 West Madison Street was cited by state trooper Verlyn Dobbins at Colp tavern parking lot on May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient 5
Logan
United Mine Workers of America
Benton
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Earl Willis
UMWA
Illinois Coal Operators Association
Herrin
Marion
Bob McNann
W. Madison St
Verlyn Dobbins
Colp
Penalty adjustment approves actions against coal firms
The Illinois Sanitary Water Board approved a penalty adjustment tied to a pending action against Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp for pollution of Big Muddy River tributaries after a December slurry pond embankment break at Captain Mine Perry County. The board authorized pursuing $1,000 against the firm and accepted $1,700 in settlements from Peabody Coal Co for related actions in Williamson County pollution cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp
Ilinois Sanitary Water Board
Southwestern
Perry County
Illinois Attorney General
Springfield
Peabody Coal Co
Peabody
Williamson County
South Fork
Saline
Grassy Creek
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Jackson County Stamp Society
E. Pearl St
Harold Barnett
Washington University
Lawson Hall
George and Ira Gershwin
Glendale School Board
Anna Dreivein
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illnois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Homer Roberts
Bush
Finance Committee
Cross
Frank Samuel Jr
Charles Rosenbarger
City Plan Commission
Little League
Cricketeer
Hart Schaff
Herrin, Ill
W. Jackson Carbondale, Ill
Net & Marx
Walker
Orient
Aqaba
Jordan
Pine Street
Harold W. Grob
Murphysboro, Ill
Dave
Darri Me
Junior Petites
Swick’s Ladies Store
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