Cobden migrant housing project funded by FHA bids set
Bids for a $300,000 migrant labor housing project near Cobden will open July 18, the first FHA financed in Illinois. Union-Jackson County Farm Labor Association funds include a $150,000 loan and grant. The plan reduces sleeping space from 60 to about 42 square feet per person and provides multiple exits, fire safety, and clustered eight-building layouts with recreation facilities.
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Bob Hagen
Southern Illinoisan
Cobden
Illinois
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Union - Jackson County Farm Labor Association
Simon Rettburg
Garrison
Carbondale
Department of Labor
Poplar Street
Labor Association
Dan McGuire
The
Florida
California
Texas
Strawberry picking in Southern Illinois time in two weeks
Diane Lavos reports that strawberry picking is ideal in Southern Illinois over the next two weeks. Roland Blake of Southern Illinois University notes harvest depends on weather with risks from cold spells and excess rain, urging buyers to trust growers and check berry ripeness and washing practices.
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Illinois
Southern
Roland Blake
Federal
Small Fruits Research Center
Southern Illinois University
Blake
SIU Fruit Station
Police Briefs From Southern Illinois Cities
In Herrin Taffie Helleny is cited for speeding for 25 dollars. Carterville Kenneth R. Phil lips 15 dollars speeding. Marion Lydia Ice 19 dollars speeding. Carbondale Richard M House 15 dollars speeding. Murphysboro Robert H Sau er 15 dollars unsafe equipment. Carbondale S Lien Cheng 15 dollars speeding. Carbondale Robert E Wilson 15 dollars speeding. Murphysboro Esther M Apple ton 15 dollars speeding.
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Herrin
Taffie Helleny
Carterville
Kenneth R. Phillips
Marion
Lydia Ice
Carbondale
Richard M. House
Murphysboro
Robert H. Sauer
S. Lien Cheng
Robert E. Wilson
Esther M. Appleton
Jackson County Tractor Club Plans July Plowing Contest
Members must keep detailed cost records for one tractor to enter the July plowing contest. The next meeting, Tuesday, at Murphyboro Tractor and Implement Co, will focus on tractor valves and power systems with a mechanic on hand to assist members.
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Jackson County
Twilight orchard tour for Union County fruit growers
Union County fruit growers plan a Twilight Orchard Tour at SIU south unit horticultural research station Tuesday. Attendees meet at the research orchard on Route 51 Pleasant Hill Rd and move to room 168 in the Agricultural Building after dark for a talk by James Mowry on herbicide use and nutrition through leaf and tissue samples.
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Union County
Southern Illinois University
Rt. 51
Pleasant Hill Road
SIU Agricultural Building
James Mowry
SIU
Mowry
Musk Ox Described As Stockinged White Buffalo
A musk ox is described as resembling a small buffalo wearing white stockings. The note highlights its stout build, shaggy coat, and arctic habitat, framing the animal as a curious northern megafauna.
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Coben
Illinois State Employment Service
Diane Lavos
Call Williams Farm Service
Vergennes
R. A. Williams
Swift Farm Service Center
Vergennes, Ill
P. S
Wayne Feed
Smith Alsop
Helleny
Treece Supply
West Frankfort
Brook’s
Anna
Green
House of Color
NAVY
Orchardists
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