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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1982
Page
20
Death notices list DeWitt Haynes aged 60 of Carbondale, funeral at Bethel AME Church with burial in Oakland Cemetery, survivor details, and service at Jackson Funeral Home. Also Leo C Followell, 67, of Marion, died May 26 1982, funeral at Mitchell Hughes and Lemasters with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, survivors listed.
Carbondale police charged Lance V. Ampy, 17, of 1539 E Grand Ave, with aggravated assault after he allegedly tried to run down a Carbondale Community High School teacher in the Central campus parking lot. Teacher Charles L. Robinson, 49, of Du Quoin, said Ampy shouted obscenities and attempted to strike him with the car. Ampy is to appear in court June 10. Police also investigate a $900 theft of a General Electric radio from a Southern Illinoisan delivery truck parked in the newspaper’s lot Tuesday night. Williamson County resident Rudy Loyd reported Wednesday the theft of a $400 chain saw and tackle box from an unlocked Marion garage. Jerry Brown, 39, of Marion, was arrested on aggravated battery and aggravated assault after an incident at the Marion Bowl. he is in county jail awaiting arraignment. A break-in was reported at Franklin Addison’s Emery Lane residence with a ransacked home and torn screen door but no missing items. Distinctive Interiors workers reported theft of a $50 concrete plant holder from outside the Tower Square Plaza storefront on Tuesday.
Sharon Poteete of Route 3 Benton reported items stolen between Tuesday and 5 pm Wednesday. Three baby turkeys 18 to 20 chick ens two quail a lawnmower and seven gallons of gas were taken. no value estimate given.
Lisha Vershelle Nicholson 22 of 301 N Marion St Carbondale died at 8 55 am Friday May 21 1982 at Memorial Hospital Carbondale. She worked in Nutrition Headquarters Inc Mail Order Dept and was a 1978 Shawnee College and 1980 SIU Carbondale welding program graduate. She was born March 1 1960 in Charleston Mo. Survivors include parents five sisters four brothers and several relatives. Funeral 1 pm Saturday at Bechtel AME Church Carbondale. Burial Oakland Cemetery.
National Stockyards hog sale shows 4 500 head with barrows and gilts 50 to 75 lower and various weights quoted from 57.00 to 59.75. Cattle and calves sectors show 1 000 head. slaughter cattle mostly 2 to 3 dollars lower versus last week with cows 1 to 2 dollars down and feeders steady.
Crab Orchard Community Unit 3 School District will eliminate one teaching position and reduce the cook’s vacancy to half time amid finances. The board did not fill Venita Miller’s first grade post and cut Helen Parks’s kitchen job by 50 percent, while bus driver Lawrence Motsinger resigns and his half-time slot will be refilled.
The death of 26 year old Oren Lamer of Cobden in early May was ruled accidental by a post pathologist report. Jackson County deputies say the report confirms asphyxiation from vomit in Lamer's lungs. A tox tox report is pending. Coroner Don Ragsdale expects results soon. Lamer's body was found May 10 in the back seat of his car at JB's Tavern lot north of De Soto, suggesting death occurred about three days earlier after possible drinking and lying down in the vehicle.
A $275,000 bid from Jack Bearden Construction Co of Marion was the lowest of nine for eight Johnson County Housing Authority apartments in Buncombe and New Burnside. Bids opened for four senior citizen flats. officials will confer with architects before final decision. Poettker Construction Co of Breese was second lowest at $284,401 but may pursue only one project. Donald Quaglia of Herrin led the combined bids at $397,925.
Atlantic City AP report shows playing-card manufacturers are not hurting. The Claridge hotel casino alone used 12,337,000 cards last year and 27,375 sets of dice.
A Monday accident photo published Tuesday in The Southern Illinois misidentified the vehicle owner. The truck is owned by Mo Shows and Eva Mofield, correcting the earlier caption and clarifying who owns the truck involved in the incident.
NASHVILLE Bathon Matthew and Donna a son born Wednesday May 26 1982 at Pinckneyville Community Hospital. MARION Thompson Jamie and Joyce a daughter born Wednesday May 26 1982 at St Joseph Memorial Hospital CARTERVILLE Forman Timothy and Lisa Dworkin a son born Wednesday May 26 1982 at Memorial Hospital of Zeigler HERRIN Hopper Miles and Brenda a son born Tuesday May 25 1982 at Herrin Hospital WEST FRANKFORT Sims Perry and Joni a daughter born Wednesday May 26 1982 at Franklin Hospital Benton Zeigler Hargis Doug and Lonna a daughter born Wednesday May 26 1982 at Franklin Hospital Benton.
A three day reunion event will take place Friday through Sunday. An evening of reminiscing starts at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by a Saturday picnic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Evergreen Park. A dinner dance begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at Ramada Inn in Carbondale, with worship services at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Rock Hill Baptist Church in Carbondale.
Shawnee College will administer a reading test for prospective students enrolling in the eight week nurse assistant training program. The session runs June 7 to July 30 with a test at 10 a.m. June 1 in room D-105. Applicants must be 18 or older, have eighth grade education, and present a satisfactory health record.
The Coal Miners' Respiratory Disease Clinic at Herrin Hospital offers a four session series on asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Beginning Tuesday June 3 at 1 pm in the basement conference room, sessions run June 3 10 17 and 24. Free to the public. Call 942-2171 extension 300 for details.
Summer camp offers Gym and Swim at Carbondale from June 14 to July 9 for boys and girls, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with gymnastic and swimming instruction. Fees are 30 dollars per week and 100 dollars for four weeks, plus six weeks of gymnastic instruction on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A girls camp runs July 12 to 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., focusing on tumbling and cheers, cost 65 dollars. To register call Alyce Vogel at 457 2565.
An extensive hospital notes fragment records numerous admissions and discharges across MEMORIAL in Carbondale, UNION in West Frankfort, PINCKNEYVILLE COMMUNITY, MARION MEMORIAL, SPARTA COMMUNITY, MARSHALL BROWNING, FRANKLIN, and other facilities. Names span multiple towns including Du Quoin, West Frankfort, Murphysboro, Benton, Creal Springs, Anna, Goreville, Vienna, and Anna. The list covers patients, some with partial data, and notes several hearing and doctor entries among the discharges.
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