Public Meetings and Events in Southern Illinois
Readable listings for Frankfort Williamson County Benton Herrin Marion Carbondale Murphysboro and nearby areas show upcoming public meetings school boards councils and authorities. Notable items include Frankfort School Board 7 30 p.m. at 512 E St Louis St West Frankfort. Williamson County Airport Authority 7 p.m. Monday. special events and lectures at SIU and local venues. political coffee hour in Herrin and various public notices across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
City Hall
Williamson County Community Action Agency
E. Tyler St
Herrin
Susan McClary
Carbondale
SIU Shryock
Herrin Senior Citizens White Elephant
the Center
N. 14Th St
Herrin Senior Citizens
SIU Gandhi Centennial Publications Committee
Fuller Dome
The
SIU Student Christian Foundation
S. Illinois St
Murphysboro United Fund to Elect Directors in 1968 Drive
Murphysboro UF outlines preliminary plans for the 1968 United Fund drive at its annual meeting Tuesday night in the Community Room of City National Bank. Five new directors will be seated. directors named in a vote by mail include Bob Carleton Cecil Dunn Phillip Green Vern Grissom James Howard the Rev Fred Renschen Richard Strothmann J D Wade and the Rev Lee Pope Ward. Officers will be elected for the 1968 drive as the UF aims to meet its previous year’s short of twenty five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Egypt
Murphysboro United Fund
City National Bank
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
Carbondale
Herrin
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development
USDA
Marion
United Fund
Murphysboro
Bob Carleton
Cecil Dunn
Phillip Green
Vern Grissom
James Howard
Fred Renschen
Richard Strothmann
J. D. Wade
Lee Pope Ward
SIU biologist receives $25 200 cancer research grant
Maurice Ogur, director of Southern Illinois University Biological Research Laboratory, is awarded a $25 200 grant by the American Cancer Society for yeast strains with impaired respiration. The grant runs to Nov 30, 1968 and is named the Mamie B Hisle Memorial Grant for Cancer Research. This marks Ogur’s eighth ACS grant for his work on the enzyme mechanism of yeast cells with faulty breathing apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Maurice Ogur
Southern Illinois University
Biological Research Laboratory
Mamie B. Hisle
Ogur
ACS
Integration committee steps up pace in Carbondale
The Advisory Committee on School Integration in Carbondale will meet weekly instead of monthly to prepare a report and possible recommendations for the grade school board by July 18. A progress report is due Thursday, and the board aims for an early integration plan with potential U S Health and Welfare Department advisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Harold Dycus
C. Norman Geyer
Boor
John Francisco
Advisory Committee
Francisco
Laurence Martin
Total Integration Committee
Total Integration
Anna Sesquicentennial Parade Opens Friday in Anna
The Anna Sesquicentennial celebration kicks off with a 5:30 p.m. parade starting at Stinson Memorial Library and traveling south on Main to West Davie. Opening ceremonies, costumes, ox carts and pony carts will mark the event along with a medicine show and razor burying ceremony. Proceeds from shaving permits support the Lincoln Square Memorial project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Anna
Stinson Memorial Library
Main Street
Davie Street
Lincoln Square
Jonesboro
Anna Merchants
Illinois anti poverty officials plan statewide meeting in Marion
Anti poverty officials from Illinois will gather in Marion for the annual meeting of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agency Chairmen and Executive Directors. Ed Taylor of Shawnee Development Council chairs the group as it prepares to elect a new board for 1968 69 and hear a report from the Illinois Office of Economic Opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Marion
Illinois Association of Community Action Agency
Ramada Inn
Illinois Office of Economic Opportunity
Ed Taylor
Shawnee Development Council
Association
West Frankfort OKs Contracts For Summer Street Work
West Frankfort City Council awarded contracts totaling 22 210 for a summer street maintenance program. Low bids came from Franklin Asphalt Co Benton 20 112 40 for asphalt gravel and patching, Charles C Smith Benton 1650 for gravel and surfacing, and Coello Concrete Casting Co Christopher 447 60 for concrete pipe culverts. Program funded by state motor fuel tax receipts. Mrs Linda Simpson 19 Creal Springs listed in good condition after an automobile accident near Marion Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Franklin Asphalt Co
Benton
Charles C. Smith
Coello Concrete Casting Co
Christopher
Creal Springs
Linda Simpson
Rt. 2
Marion Memorial Hospital
New Rt. 13
Rt. 37
Marion
West Frankfort officer wounded in Vietnam action
Army First Lieutenant Gale B. Matelic of West Frankfort was wounded in the hip on April 19 during a guerrilla operation in the Mekong Delta. A member of the Army Special Forces, he has been in Vietnam since July and is recuperating in a Japanese hospital. His hip bone was broken. his mother is Mrs. Clara Matelic of 2105 E Elm St.
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Army
Gale B. Matelic
West Frankfort
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
Matelic
Army Special Forces
Vietnam
Japan
Clara Matelic
E. Elm St
Youths injured in two wrecks near Steeleville Elkville
Two separate crashes injure three youths Sunday night. Steve Patton 18 Sparta and Larry Lange 18 Sparta suffer minor injuries at a collision north of Steeleville, while Gerald Martin 16 Vergennes and Dixie Marsy 16 Elkville report minor injuries after a ditch crash in Elkville. Terry Pike 13 Du Quoin not hurt. A teletype links SIU Carbondale with state libraries for instant reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Patton
Sparta
Steeleville
Larry Lange
Sparta Community Hospital
Gerald Martin
Vergennes
5Th and Board Streets
Elkville
Dixie Marsy
Terry Pike
du Quoin
Trico tax increase election set for May 25
Trico Unit School District 176 schedules a May 25 election to raise education building and transportation taxes. Public session 7:30 p.m. at Trico High School outlines proposal to raise education from 1.60 to 2.00 per 100 valuation, building from 37.5 to 50 cents, and transportation from 8 to 15 cents.
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Trico Unit
Jackson - Perry - Randolph County
Trico High School
Jim Romano
Romano
Trico
Campbell Hill
Jesse Lampley 77 dies in Thompsonville
Jesse Lampley aged 77 of Rt 2 Thompsonville died at 9 p m Saturday in Franklin Hospital Benton after an extended illness He was born April 21 1891 in Franklin County son of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Lampley A retired farmer he is survived by sisters Mrs Mary Campbell Macedonia Mrs Dorothy Bullman Braceville Mrs Irene Waller Thompsonville and Mrs Minnie McLain Thompsonville Funeral services will be held 1 p m Tuesday at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton with Rev Adolph Zwengel officiating Burial will be in the Lampley Cemetery east of Akin Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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Jesse Lampley
Rt. 2
Thompsonville
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Franklin County
Thomas
Elizabeth Williams Lampley
Lampley
Mary Campbell
Macedonia
Dorothy Bollman
Braceville
Irene Waller
Minnie McLain
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home
Adolph Zwengel
Akin
Perry county trial begins in Du Quoin circuit court
Thomas Keller of Du Quoin faces trial on driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest in Pinckneyville circuit court. J W Cavins of Du Quoin is to be heard Wednesday on a conspiracy to commit arson charge linked to a July 5 1987 fire at 519 S Hope St Cavins home. Larry Cook of Coulterville pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving and received 50 days in jail plus 150 dollars in costs. Dale Quillman of Du Quoin also pleaded guilty to operating a truck for hire without authorization and was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Keller
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
J. W. Cavins
Cavins
Perry County
S. Hope St
Larry Cook
Coulterville
Cook
Dale Quillman
Quillman
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H. Dale- Turner
Dierks Forests, Inc
SIU Agriculture Building
Anna Drive-in
Orpheum Theater
Mariow’s
Varsity
Rodgers
Bonnie and Clyde
Marion Drive-In
Fox
Harry Frigg
Carbondale City
Giant City School District
Walnut St
John Gilbert
William G. Harris
Pontiac
Dorothy Covall Dunning
Duke University
SIU Lawson Hall
H. Dale Turner
Forest Products Industries
STU Communications
Campus Drive-in
Katie Elder
Riveria
Shores of
Hell
Herrin Senior Citizens Mosaics
Star of Egypt Motorcycle Club, Inc
Williamson County Fairgrounds
SIU
W. ‘Pias
Collin Newberry
American Legion
Action Agency
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Jackson County Health Improvement Association
H.I.A
Jackson County
Ella
Box
Murphysboro, Illinois
City & State
U. Arena
Carbondale, Illinois
Leon Bibb
Bill Cosby
Russell
Gene Thekts
Southern Illinois University Center Information Desk
Sav-Mart
SIU Arena
India
Sudras
Morris
State Library
Springfield
University of Iinois Library
Chicago Public Library
SIU Edwardsville
Grob Agency Inc
Syversom
Brewster Motors
N. Park Ave
Herrin,Ill
Vogler Motor Co., Inc
Carbondale, Ill
Bill Banks Ford
Murphysboro, Ill
Ava
Percy
Cutler
Willisville
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