Edwardsville Speech Merges Old and New Concepts in Education
Governor Otto Kerner planned to address the start of SIU Edwardsville’s year long dedication events but canceled due to a sore threat. John Rendleman read the prepared speech as ceremonies moved to Lovejoy Library with campus tours and related events. He urged merging classical and modern education to serve a democratic society and aid upward mobility for students from the lower classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Kerner
Southern Illinois
University
Edwardsville
John S. Rendleman
SIU
Lovejoy
Man Placed On Probation For Aggravated Battery
Harry Phillips aged 34 of Carbondale was placed on two years probation after pleading guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to aggravated battery. He must not drive a public vehicle during probation. Phillips, a driver for Yellow Cab Co. of Murphysboro, faced charges for assault on Willis Gates of Murphysboro on February 13. Co defendants George Thomas and Thomas Roy Johnson, both Murphysboro, had charges continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Phillips
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Jackson County
Phillips
Willis Gates
Murphysboro
Yellow Cab Co
George Thomas
Thomas Roy Johnson
Richard Richman
Thomas
Johnson
Modern Dance Concert At SIU Shryock Auditorium
A modern dance program will be presented at 8 p m Saturday in Shryock Auditorium under the Women’s Recreation Association of SIU sponsorship with Jackie Antoine as president. Tony Intravaia serves as guest director. The program includes a Pre classic Dance suite, Shakers, and New Dance with conga and rhumba. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shryock
Women’s Recreation Association
SIU
Jackie Antoine
Tony Intravaia
Mrs Minnie S Williams dies at 72 in Johnston City
Minnie S Huffman Williams 72 of 1400 N Monroe St Johnston City died 10 pm Wednesday at Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin after two weeks hospitalization. Born September 23 1893 she was daughter of John and Maggie Huffman married Ben Williams in 1914 he died 1934. Survived by daughters Mrs Charles Lowery Mrs David Carr Mrs Johnny Avery sons Clydell Williams Maurice Williams Wesley Williams sisters Mrs Bertie Rogers Mrs Louis Arnold brother Rev Willie Huffman 12 grandchildren two great grandchildren. Funeral 3 pm Saturday Murman Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City Rev Lisle Haas will officiate burial Lakeview Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie S. Williams
N. Monroe St
Johnston City
Marshall - Browning
du Quoin
John
Maggie Logger Huffman
Ben Williams
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Charles Lowery
Colorado Springs
Colo
David Carr
Westmont
Johnny Avery
Clarendon Hills
Clydell Williams
Lisle
Maurice Williams
Memphis
Tenn
Wesley Williams
Bertie Rogers
Louis Arnold
Rt. 1
Marion
Willie Huffman
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Lisle Haas
Lakeview Cemetery
Collegium on Systematics at SIU Begins Lecture Series
Botanists and zoologists from Illinois and Missouri will gather at Southern Illinois University for a Collegium on Systematics with lectures and a field trip to Pine Hills. The conferences catalog plant and animal classification, organized with St Louis University and the University of Missouri. Robert Muhlenbrock will open the Saturday sessions at 1 p.m. in Morris Library and lead the Sunday field trip from the Life Science building at 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Pine Hills
Southern Illinois University
St. Louis University
University of Missouri
St. Louis
Robert Muhlenbrock
SIU Botany
Morris Library Auditorium
SIU Life Science
Linze Rites Set For Ava Resident
Funeral services for 93 year old William Linze of Ava will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Campbell Hill with Rev. A H Kaitschuk officiating. Burial follows at Ditzler Cemetery. Linze, a retired farmer, died Wednesday in St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. He was born January 23 1873 in Du Quoin to Henry and Catherine Linze. He married Anna Ditzler April 10 1898. Survivors include sons Henry Clinton and Leroy Ava daughter Lorene Linze Ava one grandson two great grandsons, with five brothers and five sisters also deceased.
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St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Campbell Hill
William Linze
Ava Area
A. H. Kaitschuk
Ditzler Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
Mr. Linze
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Perry County Atty Gandy's Appeal Dismissed
Perry County State's Atty Robert Gandy's appeal of a speeding charge was dismissed by the 5th District Appellate Court in Mt Vernon. The case involved a magistrate's ruling that the bill of particulars did not cite the authority for the speed limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
Robert Gandy
5Th District
Mt. Vernon
Gandy
James F. Wheatley
Michael Grabowski
Wheatley
Anna seeks 310000 bond for school additions and remodeling
Anna Grade School District voters set Saturday polls from noon to 7 p m at Davie School to decide a 310000 bond issue. Funds would add nine classrooms rest rooms storage and offices while remodeling expands home economics and science labs and creates a central library. The tax would rise 22 cents per 100 and then decline over six years as bonds are paid.
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Anna
Davie
Freeman St
W. Monroe St
Loel Verble Jr
Verble
Parent Teachers Association
Lincoln
Claude Davis
Edwardsville SIU Trustees Hire 19 Assistant Professors
SIU trustees approved the addition of 19 assistant professors at Edwardsville along with four associate professors and two full professors, including Nicholas Artemiadis and Kenneth H. Myers. New hires begin fall quarter, most replacements, plus 34 short term appointments and visiting professors from England the Netherlands and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Nicholas Artemiadis
Kenneth H. Myers
Turkey
University of Paris
Artemiadis
Myers
Northwestern University
University of Indonesia
University of Technology At
Delft
Netherlands
Chester H. Shiflett
Atomic Energy Commission and Economics Laboratory, Inc
St. Paul, Minn
David
Police Brief in Carbondale Fines Welch for Failure to Yield
Carbondale police report Ernest Welch was fined $15 for failure to yield right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Ernest Welch
Sale Of CTI Still Pending
CTI in Herrin awaits final sale as President Sam Carter confirms ongoing sale of majority stock to St. Louis firm Trident Corp. Details unreleased. CTI employs about 120 at Herrin Avenue and Eighth Street since 1963, manufacturing electronic equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Technology Inc
Herrin
Sam Carter
Carter
Trident Corp
St. Louis, Mo
CTI
Herrin Avenue
Eighth Street
Funeral services for Mrs Harriett Wilson at Ava
Funeral services for Mrs Harriett Wilson 88 of Campbell Hill are set for Sunday at 2 p m at Wilson Funeral Home Ava with Rev William G Fox officiating. Burial in Ava Evergreen Cemetery. She died Thursday in Memorial Hospital Chester after a short illness. She was born February 22 1878 in Campbell Hill daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth Downen. She married Perry Wilson who died in 191?. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Rachel Stoever of Chester sons Russell Ava Neal Campbell Hill two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Two sisters and eight brothers preceded her. She was a member of the Baptist Presbyterian Church in Campbell Hill.
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William G. Fox
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Campbell Hill
Cornelius
Elizabeth Snider Downen
Perry Wilson
Carterville Board Hears Visitation Report and Raises Salaries
Carterville Community Unit School District 5 board heard a North Central Association visitation report urging leadership roles for teachers and expanded curriculum options at Carterville High School. The board approved higher salaries for staff, re hiring custodians, and athletic raises, with an all sports banquet set for Tuesday at 6 30 p m in Carterville Grade School gym.
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Carterville High School
Ivan B. Swan
North Central Association
Community Unit School District 5 Board of Education
Carterville
Swan
Bruce Groll
Faye Lukasik
Paul Walker
Cambria
Robert Dawson
Crainville
Don Kilpatrick
Taft Baker
Baker
Allsports
Sumner Crane 76 Dies in Anna Funeral Planned
Sumner W Crane 76 of Rt 1 Herrin died at 1205 pm Thursday in Anna He born Oct 13 1889 in Salem son of William and Mary Crane He married Marie Taylor in 1911 in Metropolis A retired machinist for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad He is survived by his wife daughters Mrs Dorothy Forsythe of Anderson Ind Mrs Elane Mead of Centralia Miss Valeria Crane of Alameda Calif Mrs Verdia Felts of Chicago and Mrs Juanita Haslett of Centralia sons Forrest at Air Force Base Alexandria Va and Wayne of Colleen Texas a brother Ernest of Metropolis and a sister Mrs Verna Watson of Salem 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Services 130 pm Sunday at George van Natta funeral Home Herrin Rev Tony Jayne officiating Burial Herrin City Cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm Saturday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner W. Crane
Rt. 1
Herrin
Anna
Salem
William
Mary Crane
Marie Taylor
Metropolis
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Dorothy Forsythe
Anderson
Ind
Elane Meador
Centralia
Valeria Crane
Lameda
Calif
Verdia Felts
Chicago
Juanita Haslett
Forrest
Air Force Base
Alexandria
Wayne
Colleen
Texas
Ernest
Verna Watson
George van Natta
Tony Jayne
Herrin City
Marion Democratic Women Club Social Tonight at Scout Cabin
The Marion Democratic Women Club hosts a social at 7 p.m. today at the Marion Scout Cabin. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Democratic Womens Club
Marion Scout Cabin
Du Quoin Man Dies at 73 in Illinois
Louis Reid of Du Quoin died Thursday at Marshall Browning Hospital at age 73. He was born November 2, 1892, in Du Quoin and married Grace Perry in 1922. He was a retired businessman and Eagle Lodge member. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Jackie Lou Marion of Chicago, a sister Mayme Brown of Du Quoin, with a brother and sister preceding him in death. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Sunday at Neal Memorial Chapel, burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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DU Quoin
Louis Reid
Rt. 2
Marshall Browning Hospital
Barto
Jennie Reid
Grace Perry
St. Louis
Reid
Eagle Lodge
Jackie Lou Marion
Chicago
Mayme Brown
Neal Memorial Chapel
John O. Turner
Sunset Memorial Park
Oscar Simmons Dies at 74 in Marion Hospital
Oscar Wesley Simmons 74 of Rt 2 Creal Springs died at 5 25 am today in Marion Veterans Hospital. Services set for 2 pm Sunday at Cosby Funeral Home Creal Springs with Rev. Kenneth Bissey officiating. Burial in Trammel Cemetery near Stonefort. Friends may call after 2 pm Saturday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wesley Simmons
Rt. 2
Creal Springs
Marion Veterans Hospital
Cosby Funeral Home
Kenneth Bissey
Trammel Cemetery
Stonefort
Southern Illinoisan Publication and Affiliates Note
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by 710 North Illinois Corporation with main offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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State Division of Highways
Grabowski
Rt. 127
Pinckneyville
Illinois Supreme Court
Christopher
Ing
Indiana
Peppino Trogolo
Bessie Smith
Maple St
Trogolo
M. Smith
Geography
University of Nottingham
Ralph Ruffner
Robert Jacobs
International Services Division
Charles Lang
Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Gerald J.T. Runkle
Harriett Wilson
Lloyds
Mardale Shopping Center
Sumner Crane
Oscar Simmons
Iron & Metal CO
Gartside
Dobbs
Sals
Carbondale West
Frankfort
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