Charles McIntyre Named President of County 4-H
Charles McIntyre of Murphysboro’s Pleasant Grove 4-H club was elected president of the Jackson County 4-H Club Federation at a Logan Junior High School meeting in Murphysboro. Glenn Wright of Carbondale’s Merry Bachelors club became vice president and Joanne Dwyer of Carbondale was named secretary-treasurer. Additional recreation and program chairmen were elected, and delegates from county clubs attended, with 4-H songs taught and gym recreation including square dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McIntyre
Murphysboro
Pleasant Grove
Jackson County
Logan Junior High
Glenn Wright
Carbondale
Merry Bachelors Club
Joanne Dwyer
Recreation
Dorothy Boucher
Nellie Ebbs
Mary Crawshaw
Christina Young
Joyce Lence
Jane Walker
Harold Wolfe
Rollin Blyth
Mrs Sam Stokes Dies at St Ann's Catholic Home
Mrs. Sam Stokes died Wednesday night at 11 30 at St Ann's Catholic home in Techny Illinois. Her body will be sent to Norris Funeral home in Anna where she formerly resided. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She was mother of Mrs W F Daniel of Murphysboro. Mr Stokes also resided at St Ann's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Stokes
St. Ann's Catholic Home
Techny
Ill
Norris Funeral
Anna
Stokes
W. F. Daniel
Murphysboro
St. Ann’s Catholic Home
Auto Stolen From Gene Simonds Home In Carbondale
Carbondale police report a 1947 gray Ford Tudor stolen from Gene Simonds residence at Oak and Poplar streets around 12 25 am today. State highway radio alerted authorities to the stolen car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Gene Simonds
Simonds
Oak and Poplar
Hospital Notes and Phantom Tire Winner
A hospital update lists admissions and discharges from several towns including Carbondale Eldorado Marion Pinckneyville Johnston City and Murphysboro. Pat Terry of Murphysboro won Speedo service Carbondale Phantom Tire contest after an eight week search finding an old silver painted motorcycle tire along a public road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Terry
Murphysboro
Speedo Service
Carbondale
Terry
The Daily Free Press Southern Carbondale Rates Notice
Carbondale Illinois listing subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery. Rates include 25 cents a week for carrier and varying 6 to 52 week mail plans. Public notice mentions post office classification and AP rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press Southern
Linoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Ill
Illinis
Associated Press
Drunk Driver Receives 60 Day Vandalia Penal Farm Sentence
Robert Sellers a 27 year old Carbondale resident was sentenced to 60 days at the Vandalia state penal farm after pleading guilty to drunken driving before County Judge C E Wright. Sellers was arrested by Carbon County authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Penal Farm
Vandalia
C. E. Wright
Sellers
Carbon
Miss Burnett to Receive MacMurray Diploma
Commencement at MacMurray College Jacksonville occurs Sunday May 28 with senior Miss Jean Burnett daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Burnett among graduates. She is co editor of The Greetings and received the journalism award announced at Honors Day chapel. Senator Paul H Douglas to give the address. Mrs Royden J Keith to be honored with Doctor of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Jean Burnett
J. L. Burnett
Carter
Dairy Queen to Open in Anna This Week
Alden father and son expect to open a Dairy Queen ice cream shop at the corner of North Main and West Chestnut in Anna soon. The building is undergoing extensive repairs and redecoration, with opening planned by the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Queen
Anna
North Main
West Chestnut Streets
Alden
Drunken driving charge leads to transfer for sentencing
Dale City police booked a man last week on drunken driving charges. He remained in the county jail in Murphysboro awaiting action, with plans to transfer him to Vandalia to begin the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale City
Murphysboro
Hazing Incident Leaves Lincoln Pupil Wounded
A Lincoln junior high graduate suffered a head injury during a hazing incident after a ceremony. Larry Tripp, son of Thelma Tripp, was treated at Holden Hospital with three stitches after being attacked by high school students. Two Community high school students admitted involvement but deny wounds. names withheld pending further identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Larry Tripp
Thelma Tripp
Holden Hospital
Norman Moore
Lincoln School
Trip
N. A. Rosan
Community High Honors Friday for 1950 Graduates
Libby Ide and Betty Sutton named valedictorian and salutatorian for Carbondale Community High School. Honors day recognizes seventeen pupils for Honor Society membership with a tea following the program in the home economics department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby Ide
Betty Sutton
Carbondale Community High School
John Williams
Bill Young
Ellen Abbott
Marlene Lewis
Richard Coleman
Libby Mars
Margaret McKinney
Shirley Nebughr
Jane Ross
Patsy White
Lynn Smith
James Ellis
John Feirich
Joe Killmpatrick
Selma Sumner
Burton Bond
Bill Joseph
Marilyn Rose
Phyllis Williams
Rotary Club
Charles Heern
Sidney McGowan
Clifford Eaton
John Hudgins
Dan McGuire
Future Farmers of America
Connie Conatser
Marjorie Toler
Joan Collett
Armed Forces Day Parade in Murphysboro Climaxed by Guard Units
National Guard units joined the Armed Forces Day parade in Murphysboro last Sunday. Company B, 135th Battalion Combat Engineers from Anna passed the reviewing stand at the Murphysboro post office on Fourteenth and Walnut streets and moved east on Walnut street as about 3000 spectators lined the route to watch the event unfold.
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National Guard
Murphysboro
Company B
135Th Bn
Anna
Fourteenth
Walnut Streets
Walnut Street
Stroup Buys Johnson's Store in Carbondale Merger
Archi Stroup buys Johnson's Mercantile at 220 South Illinois avenue after A. S. Johnson sells the business to retire after more than 50 years. Albert Vancil also retires as store manager. Stroup, 40, plans remodeling after a closing out sale June 7 and to run the store with a manager. Johnson opened the shop in 1903 and built it into a Carbondale landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson's
South
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
A. S. Johnson
Archie Stroup
Albert B. Vancil
Johnson
Stroup
Home Furnishings
Navy
Illinois
du Quoin
Southern Ilinois University
Masons
Shriners
First Christian Church
Carbondale Elks
South Poplar Street
South University Avenue
A. S. Johnson Mercantile Company
Alamo
Tenn
Murphysboro
Brummers Shoe Store
Barth Shoe Company
F. F. Schuette
Leader Mercantile Company
Leader
Schuette
R. A. Taylor Shoe Company
R. E. Bridges Dry Goods
Johnson and Taylor
Vancil
Johnson, Vancil, and Taylor Company
North
Rhodes-Burford Company
Johnson's, Inc
Johnson’s
South Illinois Avenue
Rice and Hunley General
Snider-Daniel Mercantile Company
Joplin
Benton
Woman Hurt As Trucks Collide On Route 13
A Route 13 collision near the Trobaugh Homestead between Murphysboro and Carbondale injured Murphysboro resident Violet Burns, 31, who was hospitalized in fair condition after x rays. Driver Elmer Frost and Lloyd Watson, in a pickup, were involved. injuries were minor for Frost and Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Maor
Violet Burns
South Thirteenth Street
Holden Hospital
Jackson County
D. L. McGregor
Trobaugh
McGregor
Lloyd Watson
Alexander Street
Elmer Frost
Navy Seeks Graduates for Marion Recruit Station
Navy recruiting in Marion expects a surge of high school graduates through June. Recruiter Joe Bauer urges early applications as physical requirements have been lowered. Apply at the Navy Recruiting Station in the post office at Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Navy
Joe Bauer
Navy
Navy Recruiting Station
Marion
Vacation Bible School Clinic Starts Tonight at University Baptist
A five session clinic opens tonight at 7 at University Baptist Church for Vacation Bible School workers. Mrs. Forrest Sawyer leads the sessions with Department superintendents assisting. The program runs nightly through next Tuesday except Sunday, with VBS starting Monday June 12 from 8:30 to 11 for ages 3 to 16 and a nursery for under fours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Baptist Church
Forrest Sawyer
Bible School
B. J. Murrie
la Rue Blackwell
Clyde Harris
Joe Minton
Robert Hastings
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All Catholic Home
Everett Crews
Clifton Baggett
J. D. Cooley
Eldorado
Otis York
Willie Suggs
Dempsey Keene
Pinckneyville
Troy Barham
Johnston City
Lewis D. Rodabaugh
Rodgers Rupee
Arlene
Tom
Gloria de H
CIPS
Ici S
Central Illinois Public Service Company
New Carbondale
North Illinois Avenue
Nebughr
Roy Ramsey
al and
Robert Sellers
Frank Alden and
Blair Alden
Hazers
Community High
Armed Forces
Carbondale, Ill
Wabash Avenue
Rosie O'Grady
Andrews
Lalit
Hayward
Ilinois
Rte
Miami
Fla
Carbondale Elks Lodge
the Elks
Henry Brohm
J. J. Winters
O. B. Phillips
T. B. F. Smith
Old City Knights of Pythias Lodge
Thompson Lake
Carbondale Business Men’s Association
BMA
Oakland Heights
Carbondale National Corner
South Elizabeth Street
The
Elks Lodge
Masonic Lodge
K. P
Frost
Watson
Ray
Dorothy Wt Y All U
Sada
Havoc
Contery
Amous Bra Maker
Blooodworth Motor Sales
N. IL
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