Public meetings and events listed for Franklin County area
Franklin County notices include 4 H Federation 7 30 p m Tuesday Benton Farm Bureau Building. Johnston City Council 7 30 p m Tuesday City Hall. Herrin Unit School Board 7 p m Tuesday unit office. Murphysboro City Council 7 30 p m Tuesday City Hall. Special events cover fund raiser dinner 6 30 p m Tuesday St Andrew s School Gymnasium 7 50 per person. film listings at Saluki Carbondale Orpheum and campus drive ins. drive ins show A Man Called Sledge Tora Tora Tora The Professionals The Hard Ride The Magic Christian Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Gimme Shelter Hello Dolly and The Undefeated. Civic. Herrin Park Board 7 30 p m Wednesday. Murphysboro Unit School District 186 7 30 p m Wednesday. Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council 7 30 p m Wednesday Steeleville. Williamson County Building Commission 7 30 p m Wednesday Marion. De Soto Village Board 7 30 p m Wednesday water contract discussion. Royalton Village Fire Station open house 6 8 p m Wed Sat 2 5 p m Sun.
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Franklin County
Farm Bureau
Benton
Johnston
Herrin
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
St. Andrew’s School
Rodgers
Anna
Webster
Steeleville
Varsity
Carbondale
Herrin Park Board
City Park
9Th
Walnut Streets
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council
Broadway St
Williamson County Building Commission
Marion
de Soto Village Board
Town Hall
Kinkaid Lake
Road commissioner James A. Church dies at 65
James A. Church of 102 Linden St Zeigler died at 7 30 p m Monday in Herrin Hospital after months of ill health He retired as Six Mile Township Highway Commissioner in 1970 after 24 years service He was active in Franklin County highway groups and served 21 years as Zeigler city clerk He is survived by his wife Jeneece a daughter a brother two sisters three grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Van Trease Funeral Home Zeigler with burial in Zeigler City Cemetery
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James A. Church
Linden St
Zeigler
Herrin Hospital
Mr. Church
Centralia
Henry
Molly Payne Church
Illinois Townships Officials
Franklin County
Zeigier
Zeigler Im
Provements Inc
Bell and Zoller Coal Co
Jeneece
Jeneece Kirk
Herrin
William Church
Cambria
Gladys Buchanan
Fern Reiner
Chicago
Clara Taylor
Tucson
Ariz
Vantrease Funeral Home
Donald Wright
Charles Vickery
Zeigler City Cemetery
Obituary notices for Twitty Bateman and Toler with Dow Award winner
Obituaries list John Twitty of Zeigler died after a lengthy illness with services planned at Vantrease Funeral Home and burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Don Bateman of Nashville, formerly Murphysboro, died, survivors listed. Paul D. Toler of Anna will have services at Crain Funeral Home with burial in Anna Cemetery. Vernold Feiste of Southern Illinois University named Dow Award winner by ASEE Illinois Indiana section.
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John Twitty
John
Jack
Twitty
Zeigler
Vantrease
Albert W. Hillestad
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Benton
Mr. Twitty
Maple St
Herrin Hospital
Paul D. Toler
Crain Funeral Home
Anna
Walter M. Bartels
Anna Cemetery
Vernold K. Feiste
Southern Illinois University
Department of Electrical Sciences and Systems Engineering
Dow
Illinois-Indiana
American Society For Engineering Education
Firm clears three liens for United Module Inc Benton
Three liens filed by the State of Illinois against United Module Inc of Benton for unemployment compensation and retailers occupation tax were settled. The company paid 6720 but will request a new audit as owner J H Keller says procedures were unclear for new firm. De Soto Lions Club hosts fried chicken dinner Saturday at town hall with menu and tickets 1.25 proceeds to De Soto Cookies 4 H club.
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United Module Inc
Benton
Illinois
J. H. Keller
The
de Soto Lions Club
de Soto Cookies
Woman pulls into wrong lane crash injures two motorists
Margaret Webster 51 of Mr Pleasant drove into the opposite lane at 11:15 p.m. while seeking directions and collided head on with Carl Crippen 28 of Karnak. Carolyn Crippen 27 sustained minor injuries. Police had no details on Webster’s direction request. Christie Love 23 of Springfield injured when her car overturned after falling asleep on Rt 127 near Nashville. Other Tuesday crashes caused minor injuries along Rt 149 near West Frankfort and Rt 148 near Old Rt 13 involving Nellie Brannan 49, Charles Norman 16, Velma Jeffries 30, and Susan Banyck 17.
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Margaret Webster
Mr. Pleasant
Carl
Crippen
Karnak
I-57
Carolyn Sue Crippen
Webster
Christie Love
Springfield
Rt. 127
Nashville
Rt. 149
West Frankfort
Nellie E. Brannan
Rt. 1
Union Hospital
Rt. 148
Old Rt. 13
Charles K. Norman
Carterville
Velma A. Jeffries
Carbondale
Susan Banyck
Norman
Marion Memorial Hospital
Area accidents across several Illinois towns
Reports detail multiple crashes on Route 13 near Marion and Route 45 near Harrisburg. Wanda Fietsam and Dora Fietsam were injured in a rear collision. Phyllis Cowper lost control on wet pavement. Martin Yancey collided with a parked car on Monroe Street, causing damage and a speeding ticket. Elta Lipe faced DUI and leaving the scene after a Shomaker Drive crash. Albert Cohen was killed near Effingham while flagging roadwork on Interstates 57 and 70.
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Rt. 13
Marion
Wanda L. Fietsam
Helen P. Lambert
Creal Springs
Dora E. Fietsam
Marion Memorial Hospital
Rt. 45
Harrisburg
Phyllis J. Cowper
Carrier Mills
Effingham
Albert Cohen
Mattoon
Cohea
John K .Muday
Alsip
Chicago
Southern Illinoisian Publication Details and Addresses
The Southern Illinoisian prints daily except Saturdays and holidays. It lists office addresses in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and notes second class mail status. It states AP news is exclusive for local news republication and dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Southern Iillinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
News Circulation Advertising Telephone Line Listing
Local ad line lists telephone numbers for Carbondale Marion Herrin Murphysboro circulation and advertising inquiries. The compact notice provides contact numbers for daily news access and promotional requests.
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Carbondale
Marion
Herrin
Murphysboro
Rainy Outlook for East Midwest and South Tonight
Rain is forecast through much of the East and Midwest with showers likely in parts of the South and Southwest. Cooler temperatures are expected as the system moves through the region.
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East
Midwest
Migrant Camps Lose Licenses Over Sanitation Violations
The Illinois Department of Public Health denied licenses to three migrant worker camps: H. E. Hartley and Matt Schwartz of Centralia and Eckert Orchards of Belleville. Eckert Orchards failed to provide bacteriologically safe water. Hartley and Schwartz faced 12 and 10 counts for sanitation and housing violations. Licenses may be renewed if the camps correct the issues to meet state standards.
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Illinois Department of Public Health
H. E. Hartley
Matt Schwartz
Centralia
Eckert
Yoder
Reading teacher resigns from Benton Grade School
The Benton Grade School board accepted the resignation of remedial reading teacher Miss Nancy McCollum on Monday night. The board did not hire a replacement and tabled hiring a primary special education teacher. May 28 became a special holiday with June 3 set for a teacher workshop. The 1971-1972 calendar starts August 30 and ends June 2. Three committees were formed to study potential building repairs.
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Benton
Nancy McCollum
William Auten
Auten
Kappa Karnival crowns Shelia Jackson queen
Shelia Jackson a Chicago sophomore is named Kappa Karnival queen at the 20th annual reunion of Kappa Alpha Psi at Southern Illinois University. Marvin Evans publicity chairman notes about 5000 participants, a record turnout for the carnival events.
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Shelia
Chicago
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Southern Illinois University
Marvin Evans
Head Start Receives $72,140 Bi County Grant
A grant of 72140 dollars funds partial support for a bi county Head Start program run by Southern Illinois University College of Education. The centers in Murphysboro and Carterville began operating in March after authorization from the Chicago Regional Office of Health Education and Welfare. current enrollment stands at 60 children.
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College of Education of
Southern Illinois University
Murphysboro
Carterville
Chicago
Office of Health, Education and Welfare
Fire damages Zeigler home on 213 Rehard Street
A house at 213 Rehard St in Zeigler was badly damaged by a fire at 5 05 p m Monday. The blaze started from an electrical control box on a stove in the home of the former Mrs Willa Dean Lindley who has recently remarried and is now known by a different last name. Police report in Carterville lists Jimmy D Emery, 24, cited for speeding with a $20 fine.
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Rehard St
Zeigler
Willa Dean Lindley
Area weather snapshot and temperature details
The report lists Monday high 76 and low 57 with an overnight 61. This morning at 9am the temperature is 66 with 42 inches of precipitation since 7am Monday. Sunset today is 8 04 and sunrise Wednesday is 5 49 with sunset Wednesday at 8 05.
Area man's death ruled accidental
A Williamson County coroner's jury ruled that Raymond W. Craver Jr., 27, of Marion died accidentally from carbon monoxide poisoning May 2. He was found in his garage by his wife about 7 am May 3 after she returned home from her parents. Craver was reportedly working on his car when he was overcome by gas.
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Williamson County
Raymond W. Craver Jr
Marion
Craver
Carver
James R. Wilson
Inmate Found Hanged at Menard Penitentiary
A 28 year old inmate William P. Watson was found hanged by a towel in his cell at Menard Penitentiary late Monday night. He was born January 1, 1943 and arrived at Joliet Penitentiary July 10, 1970 from Cook County to serve 25 to 70 years for murder. Watson, originally from Charleston, is survived by funeral arrangements pending at Welge Funeral Home in Chester.
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Menard Penitentiary
William P. Watson
Mr. Watson
Joliet Penitentiary
Cook County
Charleston
Welge Funeral Home
Chester
Marion Ecology Club and Council Plan Saturday Cleanup
Marion City Council and Marion High School Ecology Club discussed a Saturday cleanup during a Monday meeting. Club president Cincinnati Norris outlined plans at three central points, a cleanup of the landfill road, a public information center on the Square, and distributing phosphate detergent lists. The group proposed recycling aluminum cans and glass in St Louis, but the council rejected the idea while Commissioner Rex Presson noted broader regional value in reclaiming waste.
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Wanda Barris
Ilinois
Marion
Marion High School
Ecology Club
Cincy Norris
Miss Norris
St. Louis
Rex Presson
Illinois
Public agency report on landfills and cleanup plans
Public agency discusses unused lands going to landfills rather than recycling. City council approves three trucks for collection centers and seeks supermarket partners for trash points. Volunteers meet 10 a.m. Saturday at the info center on the Square with rain date May 22. Hurst officials sworn in including Mayor J. R. Simpkins and aldermen. Council approves 11,000 for street repairs from motor fuel tax. Bid window opens for Zeigler circle center through May 22 with decision after. De Soto Restoration Co. to tuckpoint city hall rear for 672.
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Butler
St. Louis
Information Center
Hurst
J. R. Simpkins
Michael Robison
Laverne Jacobs
Joel Capps
Clifton Robison
Simpkins
Jack Calvert
Circle Center
Zeigler
Geneva Schanko
de Soto Restoration Co
City Hall
Sciranko
Girl 14 rescues family from burning home in Orland Park
A 14-year-old girl, Carla Kjellberg, climbed to a second floor, lifted a 20-foot ladder, and saved her mother and two brothers as flames engulfed their home. Police credit her quick thinking with keeping the family safe, while she calmly described her actions.
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Carla Kjellberg
Carla
Couple practices transcendental meditation daily at SIU
Tim and Sara Somers have practiced TM for a year and a month beginning the day they wed. They spend at least 20 minutes each morning and evening, seeking mental clarity and deep rest. SIU Students International Meditation Society, with about 70 000 members, offers instruction and lectures, charging 35 for students 75 for adults.
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Michelle S. Klaus
Tim
Sara Somers
Sara
Students International Meditation Society
Southern Illinois University
University of California At
Los Angeles
Chuck Utzman
Somers
Murphysboro
Science
Utzman
Stu
Davis Auditorium
Lawson Hall
Energy Land Disconnected by Circuit Court Order
A tract of vacant land in the southeast corner of Energy, between 20 and 40 acres, was disconnected from Energy by Circuit Court Judge Stewart Cluster. McVey of Energy owned the land and argued the acreage exceeds 20 acres. the judge ruled the exact size uncertain but noted the disconnection would not inconvenience Energy. The ruling cites that landowners over 20 acres may disconnect if no municipal inconvenience occurs.
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Stewart Cluster
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Royalton Village
James Church
Don Bateman
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United Shoe Machinery Co
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Pauline Webbey
Paul Bateman
Harry Bateman
East St. Louis
Mary Phelps
DE Soto
District 13
du Quoin
Martin K. Yancey
S. 14Th St
Yancey
Shomaker
Elta L. Lipe
James A. Lee
Lipe
Southern
National Weather Service
South
Kappas
Shelia Jackson
Jimmy D. Emery
Public Agency Report
Zeigler Circle
Fairfield
Milwaukee
Ill
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Joe L. Walker
Richard Johnson
Here
Walker
Baby
Donnie Ticer
Vandalia
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Larry S. Warnberg
Johnston City
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