Sand Ridge Route Reopens After 80 Foot Bridge Restored
Worthen County officials announce the reopening of State Aid Road No. 5 near Sand Ridge in southwestern Jackson County. An 80 foot steel bridge washed away in 1947 was moved from Elkville and installed across Worthen Bayou, connecting Sand Ridge to Route 3 at Gorham. The $700 operation replaced private bids and avoided a pricier new bridge, restoring direct access to Route 3 for area residents.
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Carl Worthen
Sand Ridge
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Gorham
County Highway Department
Sand Ridge Road
Elkville
Worthen
State Highway Department
Grimsby
Subscriptions and delivery rates listed for Daily Free Press
The notice outlines carrier and mail subscription prices for six weeks twelve weeks and a year with carrier delivery at 25 cents per week and 24 weeks at four dollars. It notes mail subscriptions unavailable in carrier areas and lists the paper as Carbondale Illinois with Associated Press credit.
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Dr Andy Hall To Speak At Carbondale VFW Dinner
Veterans and widows of the Spanish American War attend a Sunday dinner in Carbondale by Camp 91 and Auxiliary 59. Dr Andy Hall of Mount Vernon, named 1949 AMA Doctor of the Year, will headline at 12 30 pm at the VFW home. He is an 85 year old veteran of both wars and founder of the Fifty Year Club.
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du Quoin
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East Main Street
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Mount Vernon
The
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Chicago
Henry Bailey
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J. D. Boren
C. R. Taylor
John McMillan
Relative of Carbondale People Dies in St. Louis
Thomas Meehan Cairo died in a St. Louis hospital after a two week illness. A former Cairo parks custodian and Knights of Columbus member he leaves wife Kate of Cairo two daughters Mrs. Clifford and Mrs. Simpson Carbondale four granddaughters and six great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Cairo
St. Louis
Parks
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Louis Clifford
Roy R. Simpson
Carbondale
Lewis Heininger
Charles Aldridge
du Quoin
Paul Moore
East St. Louis
George Moore
Peoria
Carbondale Man Finds 1950 Illinois Plate at Main and Illinois
M. C. Stevenson of 428 East Oak Street found a 1950 Illinois automobile license plate at the corner of Main Street and Illinois Avenue. He left the tag at The Free Press for owners to claim it. The tag bears the numerals 856 230.
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East Oak Street
Carbondale
Main Street
Illinois Avenue
Free Press
Patterson Faces Dead Cat Card Mix-Up at Box
Jim Patterson received a post office box notice asking him to pick up a dead cat. Investigators found the mix-up occurred with cards intended for box 23, not Patterson’s box 33. Patterson denies involvement, noting he did not choose to run.
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Jim Patterson
Carbondale
Mr. Patterson
Patterson
Tam
Twelve teams enter Carbondale softball league this summer
Twelve teams split into two divisions will compete in the Carbondale night league this summer. Class A includes the Moose Eagles American Legion senior National Guard Hogan Recreation and Aces. Class B features Brown Hardware DeMolay Woodmen American Legion junior Attacks and Community High School. Each team gets one practice night before opening night June 5, with four league nights weekly and two games per night. The Moose Eagles also play in the Greater Egypt Softball League with home games at the high school diamond.
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Hoover Report Group Organizing Local Chapter in Jackson County
A Jackson county chapter of the Illinois Citizens For The Hoover Report began Monday with Don R. Rouser calling on local citizens to participate. The statewide nonpartisan group aims to educate Illinois voters on the Hoover Report, affiliated with a national body, and proposes annual savings of about 3 billion dollars with no loss of services. There is interest in appointing a local chairman soon, and membership is free.
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Illinois
Rouser
John Stuart
Chicago
Dr Davies Heads Local A A U P Organization
The local chapter of the American Association of University Professors elected officers at a Giant City State Park meeting. Dorothy Davies was named president, with K A Van Lente as vice president, Madelyn Treece secretary, and Robert C Turner treasurer. Charles Dickerman received the $25 Charles Neely scholarship. Ralph F Fuchs of Indiana University spoke on Academic Freedom.
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Dorothy Davies
Southern Illinois University
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Carbondale High School Students Launch Memorial Day Fund Drive
In Carbondale students at Community Attacks and University high schools plan door to door fund raising for the Memorial Day observance. Groups will canvass Carbondale districts Wednesday from 9 30 to 11 30 a m to defray costs of the area wide tribute to fallen heroes.
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Parley on Youth Set for Chicago Hotel Sheraton
Dr. Marshall S. Hiskey of Southern Illinois University Herman H. Wallace of Down State Chevrolet Carbondale and Don Scott Harrisburg attorney will attend the second meeting of the Governor's committee on the Mid century White House Conference for Children and Youth Wednesday at the Hotel Sheraton in Chicago. Governor Stevenson appointed the trio to the state committee which feeds into a national study to develop healthier happier and more responsible youth.
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Southern Illinois University
Herman H. Wallace
Down State Chevrolet Company
Carbondale
Don Scott
Harrisburg
White House
Hotel Sheraton
Chicago
Stevenson
Illinois
Water and Sewer Contract to Be Awarded Tonight in Carbondale
The Carbondale city council will award a contract for the water and sewer system improvements and extensions at its 7:30 p.m. meeting in city hall. Bids for painting the council chamber and an adjacent room will also be opened. Triangle Construction Co. of Carbondale was named apparent low bidder on the water and sewer project with a bid of 380674.36, and painting bids will cover labor while the city supplies paint.
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City Hall
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Vandeveer Biemiller To Lead Town Meeting On Air
W W Vandeveer SIU Alumni board president and Andrew J Biemiller Wisconsin congressman to headline tonight s Town Meeting of The Air on public welfare debate. Program 8 to 8 30 p m Central Standard Time on 272 ABC stations.
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Southern Illinois University
Andrew J. Biemiller
Wisconsin
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Whitman Fame Book by Dr. Williard Joins Brown Press
Dr Charles Willard associate professor at Southern Illinois University writes Whitman’s American Fame a study of Whitman’s growing reputation in the United States after 1892 The Brown University Press recently published it The work was added to Brown’s American Series during a conference in Washington DC in the week of December 3 The five annual conference on children and youth began in 1909 under Theodore Roosevelt.
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Charles Williard
University School
Southern Illinois University
Brown University
Brown University Press
Walt Whitman
America
Washington, D. C
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