City Manager Rule Debate At Murphysboro Chamber Meeting
Edward Lindsay spoke on the city manager form of government at the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. The discussion covered advantages, comparisons with aldermanic and commission systems, and the growth of council manager governments in Illinois cities.
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Lindsay
Murphysboro
New England
Meee
Staunton
Richard S. Childseee
Anager Sy N
Council
Ager
Illinois
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
Peoria
Bloomington
Springfield
Quincy
Galesburg
Local Officials Named As Dinner Guests At Meeting
Mayor C. A. Hart of Murphysboro and Mayor C. Edwin Harr of Benton retire as directors while Mayor William Shannon of Marion and Mayor Jesse Grammar of Grand Tower serve as directors. Governor Adlai Stevenson attended as dinner guest at the meeting.
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C. A. Hart
Murphysboro
C. Edwin Harr
Benton
William Shannon
Marion
Adlai Stevenson
Jesse Grammar
Grand Tower
Hurst Woman Escapes After Home Explosion
A Hurst woman suffered slight facial burns and shock when a gas water heater explosion gutted her home on Wolf avenue east of the public square. She escaped via the front door after flames blocked the back exit. neighbors alerted firemen who battled the blaze until 9:30 p.m. She was treated at Herrin hospital.
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Hurst
Bert Madden
Clemma Feezer
Jle
Wolf Avenue
Public Square
Madden
Feezer
James Feezer
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Drunkenness and tavern disturbance led to fines in Sparta
Carl Pierce of Sparta was fined for drunkenness after a disturbance at the Hollow tavern Tuesday night. James Thomas of Coulterville was fined for involvement in the tavern affray. Ralph Donjon of Prairie du Rocher was to appear today in Randolph county court at Chester on a drunken driving charge.
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Tay
Carl Pierce
Sparta
Hollow
Justice of the Peace
Russell Woodside
James Thomas
Coulterville
Ralph Donjon
Prairie du Rocher
Paul Nehrt
Randolph County Court
Chester
Collins Rites Sunday for Carterville Sailor Killed in Accident
Virgus Eugene Collins 28 died in an automobile crash near Gastonia North Carolina. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Kiggin funeral home Carterville with burial in Hillcrest cemetery. He served eight years in the Navy World War II aviation machinist mate third class stationed in Norfolk Virginia. He was born in Carbondale and survived by parents six sisters and four brothers. Veterans of Foreign Wars will handle military rites at the graveside.
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Gastonia
N. C
John and Gastonia Memorial Hospital
Collins
Carbondale
Alva Collins
Nevada Avenue
Carterville
Othel
Thelma Gentry
Cecil Maxwell
Inez McNew
Alice Sizemore
Maxine Emery
Peggy Collins
Ruby Longshore
DuQuoin
Carbondale Pair Fined $5 Today
Jessie and Mary Collie of Carbondale were each fined five dollars and costs in Carbondale city court after failing to comply with an abatement notice to clear trash at 700 North Barnes street and 411 East Birth street. They were given 10 days to clean up. a heavier fine may follow if not completed.
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Jessie
Mary Collie
Carbondale
North Barnes Street
East Birth Street
Jackson County Health Department
Herrin Unions Plan Special Meeting at Rome Club
A special meeting of officers from all unions affiliated with the Herrin Trades Council is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at the Rome Club hall. Bill Humphrey, chairman of the council's grievance committee, announced the event and said all members will be invited. The agenda was not disclosed.
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Herrin Trades Council
Rome Club
Bill Humphrey
Trades Council
Humphrey
Band Concert Delights Carbondale on Memorial Day Prep
Carbondale residents enjoyed an outdoor concert by the S I U 50 member band in the Illinois Central parking lot on Illinois Street. Led by Phillip Olsson the program included 1776 Overture and Begin the Beguine as part of Memorial Day Centennial celebrations.
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Carbondale
Ilinois
Illinois Street
Phillip Olsson
University
Cub Scouts Pack 37 Set for March Meeting at Carbondale Church
Cub Scout pack 37 of First Baptist Church Carbondale will hold its regular monthly meeting Saturday at 7 p m in the church annex.
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First Baptist Church
Carbondale
Jannex
Paul Hall Named Engineer for Herrin Colp Road
Paul Hall a Johnston City engineer was hired by the Williamson county board of commissioners to perform all engineering services for completing the Herrin Colp road. He will revise the 1947 plans prepare cost estimates forms for contracts and bonds and oversee bidding. Hall’s pay is 3 per hour plus 1.2 percent of total improvement costs.
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Paul Hall
Johnston City
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Herrin-Colp
Hall
Herrin
West Herrin Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Essing
Fred Thane
Williamson County
Mrs Emma Bower, 86, Dies in Kinkaid Township
Mrs Emma Bower of Kinkaid township dies at home after a two week illness. Born in 1865, she married Cyrus Bower in 1887. Survived by five sons, 22 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters. Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Wilson funeral home Ava with Rev Marion Barringer officiating. Burial in Bower Cemetery.
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Emma Bower
Kinkaid Township
Jackson County
Cyrus Bower
Charles
Belleville
Frank
Grover
Ava
Harmon
St. Louis
Homer
East St. Louis
John
George Kessel
Andy Broder
Grand Tower
Anna Bette
Crane Baptist Church
Wilson Funeral Home
Marion Barringer
Bower
Kinkaid
Three Carbondale City Employees Resign
Three Carbondale city workers Harold Hill superintendent of the sewage plant J E Heern operator at the filtration plant and Louis Reeder assistant street foreman submitted resignations to the city council Tuesday night Reeder will leave this Friday while Hill and Heern depart June 15 Brundhorst and Boyd have applied for the vacancies Hill and Heern plan to go into business in Carbondale Hill has eight years of service and Heern five years of service.
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Carbondale
Harold Hill
J. E. Heern
Louis Reeder
Reeder
Elmer Brundhorst
Hugh B. Boyd
Brundhorst
Boyd
Hill
Heern
Car fire damages Otis Lewis's auto in Her tin street
Firefighters estimate $50 damage after a vehicle fire charred the front seat of Otis Lewis's car at 601 South Twenty fourth Street Her tin at 4 30 am today. Cause is undetermined. Fire crews also responded to a weed fire at 117 North Thirteenth Street at 9 45 am with no damage.
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Otis Lewis
South Twenty-fourth Street
Hertin
North Thirteenth Street
Carbondale High Honors Day spotlight features top students
Outstanding students at Carbondale High School were honored at the honors day assembly. Valedictorian Dick Whittenberg and salutatorian Marilyn Rose led the list, with multiple Rotary and sportsmanship awards presented to staff and students including Bob Travelstead, Barbara Beadle, Jack Morgan, and others.
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Carbondale Community High School
Dick Whittenberg
Marilyn Rose
W. I. Rogers
Bob Travelstean
Rotary
Clyde Winkler
Barbara Beadle
Pat Coleman
Jack Morgan
Bill Bury
Myron O'Hara
Bill McBride
Bob Moore
Frank Abbott
J. T. North
Wayman Holder
Bob Travelstead
John Stobart
Gary McCarty
Gary Childers
Danny Smith
Jim Harris
Bob Copeland
Paul Sipe
Rodney Headley
Tom Turner
Charles Halterman
Tom Miller
Ken Smith
Richard Nance
Morris Phemister
Darrell Miskell
Richard Kelley
Ronnie Fisher
Ronnie Stearns
Lon
Charles Young
Dial
Mary Bowen
Monitor
Pauline Starling
Southern Illinois Symphony to give final concert
The 68 member Southern Illinois Symphony presents its final concert on Tuesday at 8:15 p m in Shryock Auditorium on the SIU campus. Soloist will be Carbondale pianist Nancy Schneider Gillespie, SIU alumna.
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Southern Illinois Symphony
Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
Nancy Schneider Gillespie
Carbondale
SIU
Lincoln Jr High Promotion Exercises Tonight
Lincoln Junior High in Carbondale will host its promotion exercises tonight at 8 p.m. The invocation and benediction will be delivered by Rev H Hilton Longberry of Carbondale First Methodist Church. Diplomas will be presented by J Edward Helton, president of the Carbondale board of education, with honors recognition by Clyde V. Winkler, superintendent of Carbondale schools. Music by the school band and student ensembles. Class roll lists dozens of graduates including Cecil Ross Adams, Gene Harras, Judith Barwick, Joe Exter, Wanda Baxter, Wendy Berry, and many others.
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Southern
Illinois
Grob
Stevenson
Murphysboro
Walnut Street
J. C. Penney
Retail Clerks’ Union
Penney
Gene Grob
Robert Crombar
Clyde Funkhouser
First Methodist Church
H. Hilton Longberry
Carbondale First
J. Edward Helton
Carbondale Board of Education
Clyde V. Winkler
Carbondale
Cecil Ross Adams
Gene H. Arras
Judith Ann Barwick
Joe E. Exter
Wanda Marie Baxter
Wendy Lou Berry
Joyce May Betts
Sharon Lee Bradley
Donald Louis Brewer
Frances Ann Broadway
Gary D. Brookmyer
Wayne Calhoun
Jerry Neal Campbell
Sheriff Ann Campbell
Mary Ellen Cannon
Louie Eugene Cecil
William G. Clark
Georgia Ann Clark
Connie Sue Clutts
Susan Annette Crews
Claudia Jane Cutler
$25 000 Judgment Granted by Jury in Williamson
A jury awarded John Kolas of Colp $25 000 against Rowatt of Colp for injuries from a wreck in Williamson County on August 23. Two other civil cases against Rowatt were settled after the verdict. May 15 awards of $3 500 went to Maercella Mae Clark and Imogene Propes for injuries while riding with Rowatt. Samuel was found not guilty in his related suit. Court adjourned until Monday with arraignments postponed and a bar association meeting set at West Frankfort.
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John Kolas
Colp
Les Rowatt
Williamson County
Rowatt
Maercella Mae Clark
Imogene Propes
Kolas
D. C. Samuel
Carterville
Samuel
Herrin Wye
Helen Phipps
Stiritz
Johnston City
Herrin
Henry Phipps
Menard
Phipps
Guy Hestand
Royce Turner
Pittsburg
Reynolds
Carl Sneed
Bar Association
West Frankfort Country Club
Hestand
Turner
William Denton
Marion
Afton
Eugene Maxwell
Herrin Supply Co
Plaques and Track Trophy Shine at Local Meet
A local athletics event honors participants with sic plaques and a track trophy. Standings include Gary Childers, Danny Smith, Jack Morgan, and Marilyn, seated left to right in the photographed lineup.
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Gary Childers
Danny Smith
Jack Morgan
Marilyn
Lady Lizzie Sneddon dies suddenly at Jamestown home
Mrs Lizzie Sneddon 73 died suddenly at her Jamestown home on May 18. She was born June 6 1878 in Ballycregaph Ireland and immigrated to the United States about 1906. She leaves four sons Manford John Robert and William, two daughters Mrs Arthur Meyers and Mrs Clarence Bigham, two sisters in Ireland and New Zealand and a son earlier deceased. Funeral services were held May 22 in Percy with Rev Louis Madglin. burial at Odd Fellows cemetery Percy.
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Lizzie Sneddon
Jamestown
Manfo
Coner
Neid R
Perry Ccty
Ballycregaph
Ireland
United States
Nottingham
Robert Sneddon
Baptist Church
Sneddon
Manford
John
Anna
Robert
Rock Island
William
Galesburg
Arthur Meyers
Percy
Clarence Bigham
Mary
Agnes
Sarah
New Zealand
Walker Funeral Home
Louis Madglin
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Cairo Man Sentenced in Williamson County
John Norris, 54, of Cairo, was sentenced to six months in the state prison on a Williamson County charge.
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Cairo
Williamson County
John Norris
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Murphysboro Elks Club
Industries Committee
Brown Shoe Co
First District Municipal Officials League
Leo S. Johnson
S. S. Marshe
Tamara
William Cunningham
Pinckneyville
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Carbondale High Awards
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Symphony
Lincoln Jr
Lincoln Junior High School
Janice Sue Kalert
Maretta Kay Keller
Bobbie Joe Kelley
Wilma Kay Kelley
Kathryn Kimmel
Rodney Paul Kline
Warner Roy Knight
Billy Dean Knowles
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Eugene Lane
Sharon Annette Lawson
Patricia Ann __ Lindsey
Phyllis Elaine Lindsey
Charlotte Ann Lungwitz
George David Lybarger
Barbara Sue McBride
Wanda May McCall
Jerry Arthur McDaniel
Jerry McElroy
Paul Patrick McGowan
Margaret Rose Simons
Barbara Jean Smith
Glenn N. Stearns
Evelyn Rae Stevens
Frank Stobart
Lloyd Jackie Summers
Robert Raymond Swain
Betty Lou Teller
Jacqueline Sue Thetford
James C. Toeks
Barbara Jean Triplett
Paula Elaine Tripp
James Lcream Turner
Charles Lee Turnipseed
Thelma Frances Turnipseed
John Howard Twitchell
Marsha Rae VanCleve
Max Lee Waldron
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Lizzie Sneddonr
Jamestow
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