Obituary notices and deaths from Benton and New York items
Bernard Wanstreet aged 63 of Benton died in Franklin Hospital after a 10 day stay. He leaves a wife Gertrude, a son Jim, siblings in Murphysboro, St Louis and Syracuse, and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday at St Joseph Church Benton with burial at Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Friends may call at Mitchell Funeral Home. Marion Lorne and Harold Gray death notices from New York and La Jolla report Lorne famed for Bewitched and Mr Peepers, Gray creator of Little Orphan Annie, and George D Hay founder of Grand Ole Opry dies in Nashville.
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Bernard Wanstreet
Rt. 2
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Mr. Wanstreet
George
Katherine Nan Wanstreet
Gertrude Eldridge
Jim
Frederick
William
Murphysboro
Catherine Wright
Mae Schmidt
Estella Hafer
St. Louis
Delia McLaughlin
Syracuse
N. Y
St Joseph Catholic Church
Masonic Nan Odd Fellows
Benon
West Frankfort Rejects Street Closure For Homecoming
West Frankfort City Council rejected a request to close city streets for the homecoming event. Merchants cited lack of a site and opposed closures on Route 37 and Route 149 due to fire and safety concerns. The Old Fashioned Days sesquicentennial will run June 12 to 15.
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West Frankfort
Bob Ellis
Retail Merchants Association
Rt. 37
Rt. 149
Ellis
Tim Bullock
Oak and
Ida Streets
Big John’s
Bullock
Don Lucas
Jackson County Board aids agency in budget plans
Jackson County Supervisors vote to have the health committee assist the Jackson County Mental Health Association in setting operating budgets. The board previously rejected a higher mental health budget and now considers formal representation at meetings.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Mental Health Association
County Board of Supervisors
Pat Rodd
Brandon
Carbondale Township
GERPD
H. H. Rohrer
Rohrer
Jaycees Sponsor Movie For Area Children At Fox Theater
The Carbondale Jaycees sponsor a Saturday afternoon film for kids titled Bashful Elephant. It shows at 12 30 p m with admission 50 cents and a 10 cent discount coupon in today’s Southern Illinoisan. The story centers on a Hungarian teenage orphan and her animal companions. In Carterville Katherine Sparks faces a $15 fine for improper parking and in Marion Ronald Matheny is fined $15 for immoderate driving.
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The
Carbondale Jaycees
Fox Theater
Carterville
Katherine M. Sparks
Marion
Ronald D. Matheny
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Mitchell Funeral Home
Lorne, Gray, Haydie
Entertainment Field
New York
Marion Lorne
London
Little Orphan Annie
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville, Tenn
George D. Hay
Grand Ole
Harold L. Gray
Farah
Fara Press
Koratron
Herrin
Carbondale
West
Frankfort
China
Board
Roy Gilbert
Clyde Winkler
County Board of Health
Gilbert
Reginald Stearns
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Committee
Don Burris
Greater Egypt
W. S
Paul
Johnston City, Illinois
Jaycees
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