Nine Herrin Youths In Carbondale Crash injures
A wreck near the Carterville crossroads on Route 13 involved nine Herrin youths and a Carbondale man and his 14 year old daughter. Injured were Jimmy Norton 18 Ronzid McConnell 17 Larry Rumosa 17 Gale Newlin 17 extended abrasions. The driver Norton faces reckless driving charges.
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Herrin
Carbondale
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
Jimmy Norton
South Eighteenth Street
Ronzid
Peanuts) McConnell
Larry Rumosa
South Eighth Street
Gale Newlin
South Twentieth Street
Bob Pearce
Herrin Township
Holden Hospital
Lester Stephens
Route 4
Stephens
Frank Bonham
Terry Cline
Norton
Cline
Bonham
McConnell
Rumosa
Pearce
Newlin
Crab Orchard Lake
Floyd Myers
Ne A
Myers
Amos Newlin, Jr
Louis Cerutti
Crespi Herrin Receives Optometry Award at CCOE
George A. Crespi son of Mrs Margaret Crespi 413 N 16th St Herrin was awarded the Student Council Service award at Chicago College of Optometry honor student assembly Crespi serves as vice president of the college student council and is pursuing a five year Doctor of Optometry degree expected in June 1953
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George A. Crespi
Margaret Crespi
16Th St
Herrin
Chicago College of Optometry
Crespi
Chicago College of A
Herrin Legion to Elect Officers Tuesday at Post Home
Officers of the Herrin Prairie post of the American Legion will be elected Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in a meeting at the post home. Delegates to the 25th district convention also will be chosen. After the meeting a film Be hind the Flyings provided by the Fish and Wildlife service will be shown. A luncheon at the Club Legionnaire will follow the film.
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Herrin Prairie
The
American Legion
Fish and Wildlife Service
Club Legionnaire
Kansas City Driver Collides With Carbondale Truck
A Kansas City motorist Willie Kirklan struck a truck owned by Lee Reno in the 900 block of South Illinois Avenue at 6 10 a.m. Saturday. Slight damage occurred to both vehicles and no serious injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
Carbondale
Willie Kirklan
Lee Reno
Illinois Avenue
Kirklan
Local Boy Injured by Glass at Home
David Hirth nine was cut on glass at home Saturday at 212 North Thirteenth street Herrin. A small chip was taken from the end of his nose and a lip laceration occurred. He was treated at Herrin hospital at 8 p m.
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David Hirth
North Thirteenth Street
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Murphysboro Woman Edna Bell En gram Dies at 59
Miss Edna Bell Engram 59 lifelong resident of Murphysboro died Sunday evening at St An drews Hospital after about five weeks illness. She worked 40 years as a supervisor at Brown Shoe Co plant in Murphysboro and was active in Centenary Methodist Church and related groups. Surviving siblings are Lex Thyram, Hazel Trail and Bernice Handley. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Centenary Methodist Church officiated by Rev Earl W Dickey with Rev Clyde Funkhouser assisting. burial in Tower Grove.
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Edna Bell Engram
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Ava
Brown Shoe Company
Centenary Methodist Church
Esther Rebecca Lodge
Lodge
Centenary Church
Lex Thyram
Columbia
Hazel Trail
Carbondale
Bernice Handley
Meyer- Denny
Earl W. Dickey
Clyde Funkhouser
Tower Grove
Car Stolen From Parking Lot In Carbondale
Carbondale resident Robert Goss reported to police that his gray 1948 Chrysler Town and Country was stolen from a parking lot near the Rogers theater Sunday night between 7 30 and 9 30 pm. License number is 2015 709.
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Robert Goss
East Grand Street
Carbondale
Rogers Theater
Goss
Illinois
Herrin Students to Attend Council Meeting Tonight
Student officials elected May 1 at Herrin Township High School will sit in at the Herrin city council meeting tonight. The students are scheduled to take over leadership Wednesday as the council gathers at City Hall at 7 30 p m.
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Herrin Township High School
Herrin
Two Herrin Men Named in Civil Slot Suits
In Danville federal court, 11 civil suits named Harry E. Dailey and Earl Walker of Herrin among defendants. District Attorney William Hart seeks destruction of 1,067 coin operated machines seized in FBI raids last March across 10 Illinois cities. The cases cite Dailey with 44 machines in three clubs and Walker with 121 in eight clubs. Both were previously indicted May 8 under the Johnson Preston Act for interstate shipment and stock registration. They are free on bond pending action.
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Danville
Tne
Harry E. Dailey
Earl Walker
Herrin
William Hart
FBI
Casper Platt
Dailey
Walker
Williamson County
Internal Revenue Bureau
Douglas School Graduation Set
Douglas junior high in Murphysboro holds graduation on Tuesday at 8 p m in the Douglas auditorium. Rev Otis Walker of East St Louis delivers the address. he was a pupil of Douglas principal Carl Lee. Certificates will be presented by Rev William Boatman. Graduates include Edna Bos tick Frederick Gilliam James Kennedy Clarence Pelly Delores Thomas James Cooper James Jamison Eugene Locke Ronald Poston Sadie Williams Marvin Locke.
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Douglas Junior High School
Murphysboro
Douglas Auditorium
Otis Walker
East St. Louis
Walker
Douglas
Carl Lee
Lee
Colp School
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Douglas School
William Boatman
Murphysboro Lions Pancake Day Draws Large Crowd
Murphysboro Lions reported big attendance for Pancake Day on the G M and O railroad grounds with pancakes and sausage served to many. Lion President Walter King noted no final accounting yet but said more people than last year attended despite a late storm that closed the tent early. The Lions will meet Tuesday to review finances.
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Murphysboro Lions
Lions
Walter King
Lion
King
Report Former Murphysboro Youth Drowned
Johnnie O Conn er nine year old stepson of Clyde Austin former Murphysboro store manager drowned Saturday near Litchfield while fishing with two older children. A girl friend jumped in but could not locate him. body recovered later and artificial respiration failed. He attended St Andrew s School in Murphysboro. funeral at Hood Funeral Home in Litchfield Tuesday.
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Johnnie O’conner
Clyde Austin
Murphysboro
Litchfield
St. Andrew’s School
Austin
A&p
Thirteenth Street
Hood Funeral Home
Murphysboro Grade Picnic Nears as School Year Ends
Murphysboro Junior high students enter the last week of activities with the annual close of school picnic at Riverside Park. The program opens around 10 a m with softball for boys and girls. Boys use the park baseball diamond and girls play on the center set near the World War II cannon memorial. Tournament drawings have divided teams to balance regular squad players.
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Muphysboro
Riverside Park
Murphysboro Soldier Promoted in Korea
Richard L. Layne of Murphysboro has been promoted from corporal to sergeant in the U S Army while serving with a medical detachment in the Pusan area in Korea. He has served since June 1950 and has been in Korea since January 5, 1951, with a San Francisco APO address on file.
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Richard L. Layne
Fred Layne
Pine Street
Murphysboro
Set. Layne
Pusan
Korea
San Francisco
Calif
Carbondale PTA Officers to be Installed Tonight
Carbondale Parent Teachers Association will install officers today at 7 30 p m in the Carbon dale Community High School auditorium.
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Carbondale
Parent - Teachers Association
Carbondale Community High School
Conservation officers display new uniforms at Lake Murphysboro
Conservation officers from the area met Thursday to discuss enforcement problems and to display their new uniforms at Lake Murphysboro. Shown here, front.
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Conservation i Ors
Lake Murphysboro
Roof Bolting Doubles Zeigler Mine Output and Safety
An Illinois coal mine with a feared roof gains safety and production after adopting systematic roof bolting. At Zeigler No. 3 in Williamson County 294 workers now mine about 5,000 tons daily with no roof-fall lost-time accidents in four months from July to October 1951. Production per man-shift rises from 14 to 26 tons, despite poor roof conditions noted as among Illinois' worst. The Bureau of Mines report details method, equipment, and a set of roof bolt operating rules.
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Illinois
Midwest
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Bell & Zoller Coal & Mining Co
Zeigler No
Williamson County
Ill
Zeigler No. 3
Dillon
Bureau
L. W. Kelly
Vincennes
Ind
Region VII
Rev Shoopman Addresses Grads at Ting Township High
Baccalaureate for Her ting Township class of 1952 held in the high school auditorium. Rev W A Shoopman spoke on The House Wisdom Built, using seven pillars as the outline with each pillar tied to a man. Music by the girls chorus directed by Mary Ruth Tebow and soloist Millicent King. Invocation by Delno W Brown and Margit Walker was pianist. Graduates will have ceremonies Tuesday at 8 p m in the new, with Eugene C Eckert as principal.
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Herting Township
W. A. Shoopman
Wisdom Built
Wisdom
Mary Ruth Tebow
Southern Illinois, University
Millicent King
Delno W. Brown
First Christian Church
Margit Walker
Ase
Murphysboro Alderman Improves After Fall
Walter Wright Murphysboro Ward 2 alderman injured in a fall down city hall stairs during the city council meeting is reported in improved condition at St Andrew's hospital in Murphysboro. He suffered a head injury and shock, was unconscious for about two hours, and has a history of a fractured leg.
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Walter Wright
Murphysboro
City Hall
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Wright
Mt. Carbon Woman Dies Early Sunday
Mrs. Margaret Parker, 82, of Mt. Carbon, died Sunday at her home. Survived by son Sam Parker of Mt. Carbon, stepson Will Parker of Chicago, and daughters Laney Murdock of St. Louis and Levester Powe. Funeral arrangements are being prepared.
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Margaret. Parker
Mt. Carbon
Sam Parker
Will Parker
Chicago
Laney Murdock
St. Louis
Levester Powe
Herrin Marine Arrives in U S From Korea
Mrs. A H Hix of Herrin received a call from her son Sgt Donald Redfearn who arrived in San Diego on Saturday after 13 months in Korea. He reported arriving aboard the U S S Pope and said he served with the 1st Marine wing at the K-18 air base near the 38th parallel.
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A. H. Hix
North Thirteenth Street
Herrin
Donald Redfearn
San Diego
Korea
Sgt. Redfearn
U.S.S. Pope
1St Marine Wing
K-18
38Th Parallel
Carbondale Band Plans Centennial and Appreciation Concert
The 70 member Carbondale Community High School band will present a Centennial and appreciation concert Tuesday at 8 p.m. on the Illinois Central railroad lot at Main and Illinois avenues. The program includes marches overtures light classics and specialties. Proceeds aid band expenses from the recent state music contest trip.
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Carbondale
Ilinois Central Railroad
Main
Illinois Avenues
Southern Illinois University Band
Bettie Goff Dies Royalton Woman At 90
Bettie Goff 90 year old Royalton resident died at 5 15 pm She was born in Rocky Castle Kentucky on April 27 1862 and lived in Royalton since 1915 Her husband died in 1921 She leaves five grandchildren Thelma Stewart Mitchell Lewis Bernest Lewis Bettie Lewis and Elbert Lewis Friends may call at Elbert Lewis 313 South home
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Bettie Goff
Royalton
Rocky Castle
Goff
Thelma Stewart
Mitchell Lewis
Bernest
Lewis
Bettie Lewis
Trustees Meet at SIU Board Session in Carbondale
Members of the SIU board of trustees will hold a routine meeting Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the board house in Carbondale.
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SIU Board of Trustees
Board
Carbondale
James A. Jones Funeral Today
Funeral services for James Aaron Jones 83 died at home 421 North Ninth street Herrin at 12 20 p m Saturday held at 2 30 p m today at family residence Rev W A Shoopman First Baptist Church officiated burial in Herrin city cemetery Storme funeral home in charge of arrangements He a retired miner in ill health for years well known in Herrin resident 47 years member of Herrin Odd Fellows lodge 55 years born Sept 26 1868 Murphysboro son of Israel Jones married Josephine Smith March 19 1891 celebrated sixtieth wedding anniversary March 18 1951 with family reunion Survived by wife six children six grandchildren four great grandchildren two brothers one sister plus several relatives
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James Aaron Jones
North Ninth Street
Herrin
W. A. Shoopman
First Baptist Church
Herrin City
Storme
Jones
United Mine Workers
Jeffrey Mine
Mr. Jones
Garrie Mae Shelton
Farmington
Clara Edith Winning
Ray K. Jones
Charles H. Jones
Clarence M. Jones
DeSoto
Lawrence E. Jones
Kalona
Iowa
William
Elmer
Ralph Jones
Ada Hudgens
Frank Jones
Logan Jones
Emma Weber
Canton
Ohio
Rites Today for Stillborn Infant Graff of Murphysboro
Funeral services for James Edward Graff stillborn son of Mr and Mrs Joe A Graff of Murphysboro were held this afternoon at Crain cemetery Kinkaid township with Rev John Dickson of Grand Tower presiding. The infant, stillborn at St Andrews Hospital Murphysboro Sunday evening, leaves parents grandparents Sherman Graff Route 4 Murphysboro Floyd Watson Ava and great grandparents O M Rendleman Will Jones Emma Graff all of Ava and Murphysboro.
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James
Edward Graff
Joe A. Graff
Murphysboro
Crain
Kinkaid Township
John Dickson
Grand Tower
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Sherman Graff
Route 4
Floyd Watson
O. M. Rendleman
Will Jones
Emma Graff
Skipping Storm Spurs Light Fuss Over Murphysboro Area
A strong but brief skipping storm moved over Murphysboro and Carbondale Saturday evening, with 84 mph winds reported at Scott Air Base near Belleville. Lightning struck the Horace Chaney home on McCord Street, damaging an outlet and forcing unplugging of a TV, but firemen found no fire. A tree was split in Carbondale’s 800 block on South Illinois Avenue.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Scott Air Base
Belleville
Scott Field
Horace Chaney
McCord Street
Chaney
Illinois Avenue
Della Flener Dies After Long Ill Health at 58
Mrs Della Crain Flener 58 died 9 p m Sunday at her son Elvin s home route 148 south of Energy after 25 years of ill health Born December 1 1893 in Hampton settlement south of Carterville she was daughter of George and Dora Crain Survived by son Elvin Flower two daughters Dorothy Yates Herrin and Lucille Guill Boise Idaho six grandchildren father George Crain brother Ralph Harrisburg sister Mrs Mary Cox Peoria She was a Lone Oak Baptist member Services 2 p m Wednesday Rev W M Coleman at Storme Funeral Home burial Eastlawn Memorial Gardens calling hours at funeral home
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Della Crain Flener
Elvin
Energy
Hampton Settlement
Carterville
George
Dora Crain
Elwin Flower
Flener
Dorothy Yates
Herrin
Lucille Guill
Boise
Idaho
Grent
George Crain
Ralph
Harrisburg
Mary Cox
Peoria
Lone Oak Baptist Church
W. M. Coleman
Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
Storme Funeral Home
Two Men Injured at Colp Over Weekend
Two men were treated at Herrin hospital for injuries from a Colp incident weekend. William Samples, 28, Marion route 4, arrived at 5:45 a.m. Sunday with a large lip laceration from a fight at Biffs and Bozos tavern in Colp. Two hours later Herman West, 38, Colp tavern owner from Christopher, was treated for a cut on his right hand.
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Colp
Herrin Hospital
William Samples
Marion
Route 4
Herman
Biff) West
Christopher
Truckers Attend Mine Owner's Bar-B-Q Picnic at Riverside Park
About 250 truck drivers who haul coal from the Tom Endsley mine north of De Soto and guests joined a Saturday Bar-B-Q at Riverside Park mess hall in Mur, hosted by mine owner Endsley with all meals provided.
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Jackson County
Tom Endsley
de Soto
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Endsley
Hotel Refurnished at Carbon Dale After Repairs
Repairs to the Franklin Hotel at 200 North Illinois Avenue Carbon Dale are due in six weeks, manager Hugh Isom said. Scaffolding now covers the exterior as work continues with perma brick. interior redecorating and refurnishing last fall cost about $20,000.
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North
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Hugh Isom
Camp Cooke Leave for Mrs Smith and Family
Mrs John K Smith Cynthia and Yvonne left Thursday to join her husband Toke John K Smith stationed with the 44th division of the Illinois National Guard at Camp Cooke California Mrs Smith and children will reside in Santa Barbara
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Camp Cook
John. K. Smith
Cynthia
Yvonne
Toke
John K. Smith
44Th. Division
Illinois National Guard
Camp Cooke
Calif
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Roger Green
Freddy Williams
James Ray Heise
Tommy Jewell
Carbondale Pta
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Polk County
Stephen Duffy
Gallatin
Lawrence D. Yates
Alexander
Paul Vargo
Saline
Carl Todd
Jackson
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Massac
Warner Tender
Union
Kirk Bagby
Pulaski
Raymond Dillinger
Oliver T. Dick
Johnson
Harry W. Belt
Hardin
Louie Hendrickson
Williamson
Zeigler
Rev
Shoopman
Herrin Marine
U.S
CCHS
James A. Jones
de Molay
Danny Penrod
Sboro
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