Public events calendar and weekly arts notices
Upcoming open meetings and festivals listed for Southern Illinois area. Highlights include History and Values by H Arnold Barton at SIU Morris Library 7 30 p m Friday, Alternative 71 events, high school graduations in multiple towns, drive ins and theatre lineups, rodeo at Du Quoin Fairgrounds, gospel festival, homecoming activities, and Red Cross Bloodmobile report with December return.
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Southern Illinoisan
H. Arnold Barton
Southern Illinois University Morris Library
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
R. Buckminster Fuller
Southern Illinois University
Muckelroy
de Soto
de Soto City Park
Civic Club
Anna Jonesboro Community High School
Union Hall
Chester High School
Cobden High School
Shawnee High School
Wolf Lake
Steeleville High School
Tamaroa
Pinckneyville Community High School
Trico High School
Campbell Hill
Monte Walsh
Orpheum
Marion
Barefoot
Varsity
Carbondale
Dingus Magee
Riviera Drive-In
Southern Illinois newspaper masthead details
The Southern Illinoisan publishes daily except Saturdays and holidays from Carbondale and other offices. It notes its lineage from Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and states AP dispatches are exclusively republished.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Wanut Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
New Pavilion Under Construction In De Soto Park
Work on a new pavilion in De Soto City Park aims to finish by the weekend for homecoming and Memorial Day events. An adult dance Friday and a teen dance Saturday are planned with $1 admission. A Sunday chicken dinner costs $1.50. Lions Club members aiding the project include Bob Walker Dan King Noah Farner and Jack Chancey.
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de Soto
de Soto City Park
The
de Soto Lions Club
Bob Walker
Dan King
Noah Farner
Jack Chancey
Du Quoin Board Considers Mini Courses and Hires Teachers
Du Quoin School Board hear reports on language arts and social studies curriculums proposing nine week mini courses within electives at junior high and high school level. Six teachers were hired including Rob ert Colp Barbara Fell Jo etta Hyink Donna Mezny Judy Renn and Gail Evans pending salary negotiations.
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Whitecotton
Robert Colp
Elkville
Barbara Fell
Carbondale
Joetta Hyink
du Quoin
Donna Mezny
Royalton
Judy Renn
Norman
Okla
Ward School
Gail Evans
Bach
Gunshot injures youth on Rt 127 near Unity
A 17 year old Alexander County youth told state police he was hit in the left hand by a gunshot while walking along Rt 127 north of Unity Thursday night. Leon Ballentine of Hodges Park was treated at St Marys Hospital Cairo for a left hand wound. He said five or six people rode in a late model red Ford that fired two shots northbound. he could not identify the shooters by race.
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Alexander County
Rt. 127
Unity
Leon Ballentine
Hodges Park
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Ballentine
Summer school hires added for Christop her Grade School
Twelve teachers will run a six week summer program from June 7 at 8 30 to 11 30 daily. Four more hires approved bring staff to twelve with pay of 110 dollars per week. Irene Eldridge resigns as head cook and Betty Dees becomes bookkeeper at 300 dollars monthly. A June 8 meeting will select a citizens advisory council for a bond referendum. Bryce W Rucker of Southern Illinois University will speak in Kitchener Canada at the Canadian Managing Editors Association meeting.
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Christopher Grade School
Darell Dunbar
Marilyn Twitty
Dale Burcynski
Vivian Tur
Ner
Glenn Byars
Irene Eldridge
Betty Dees
Citizens Advisory Council
Bryce W. Rucker
School of Journalism
Southern Illinois University
Kitchener
Ontario
Canada
Canadian Managing Editors Association
Rucker
Carterville Teen Minor Injured in Route 13 Crash
Sue E. Rich aged 16 of Carterville sustained minor injuries Thursday afternoon on Greenbriar road near John A. Logan College when her car rear ended Sidney J. Davidson's signaling a left turn. In a separate incident on Route 51 near Carbondale, John Burke age 20 of West Chicago was hurt as Bert Dillinger age 78 of Carbondale turned left while Burke's car passed.
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Sue E. Rich
Carterville
Greenbriar Road
Rt. 13
John A. Logan College
Sidney J. Davidson
John Burke
Chicago
Rt. 51
Carbondale
Bert Dillinger
Burke
Bell stolen from Pomona Ridge School building
Police report a bell stolen last week from the Pomona Ridge school on Springer Ridge Road southeast of Baskeydell. The building is owned by the Pomona Ridge Sunday School Committee and used as a community facility.
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Glenn Schemonia
Schemonia
Wagner
Rt. 51
Carbondale
Pomona Ridge
Springer Ridge
Baskeydell
Pomona Ridge Sunday School Committee
First plastic house to be shown at Southern Illinois fair
The Du Quoin State Fairgrounds will display the first plastic house built in Southern Illinois on July 10. Dura-Plex Industries will host the open house, with Ed Humphrey of Central Illinois Public Service Co. estimating the area job economy could gain about 3000 new positions this year. The event also features a neon yard light by Master Products Co and presentations on Fort Charles and Fort Kaskaskia sites. Local residents showed support for the proposed Southern Illinois Medical Center at Mt. Vernon. Speeding citations issued in Johnston City, Carbondale, and Dowell.
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Elor
Arlene Wicks
Carbondale
Lincoln School
Vernon Eisenhauer
Parke Food Equipment Co
Mt. Vernon
Whitecotton
Southern Illinois
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Richard Elmore
Dura-Plex Industries
Herrin
Southern Illinois Inc
Ed Humphrey
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Bert Clendenin
Master Products Co
Marion
Ruth Gilster
Chester
Irvin Peithman
Ft Charles
Ft. Kaskaskia
Jerry Miller
Southern Illinois Medical Center
Williamson County housing board reelects officers and adds youth program
Williamson County Housing Authority re elected chairman Wayne Green of Marion and vice chairman W E Kimmel of Marion at an annual dinner. The board approved a plan to seek HUD and Illinois Housing funding for a 13 764 youth employment and recreation program for 7 to 20 year olds, with 16 to 20 year olds eligible for work. The program aims to hire recreation and maintenance staff and divide the county into Herrin and Marion regions for 10 week periods.
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Wayne Green
Marion
Williamson County Housing Authority
W. E. Kimmel
Green
Kimmel
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Illinois Office of Housing and Building
Julius Steinmarch
HUD
State Office
Steinmarch
Authority
Herrin
Carterville
Hurst
Colp
Johnston City
Creal Springs
Steinmmarch
Steinsmarch
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Southern
Brewster McCloud
Globe
Christopher
Roxy
Coulterville
Love Factory
Calipre
Communications
Southern Ilinois University
University Theater
Communications Building
Theater
University Center
Carterville High School
Riverside
Jonesboro Cemetery
Carroll P. Foster Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Franklin
Murphysboro Township
West Frankfort
Benton High School
First Baptist
Christopher High School
Elverado High School
James Kerley
Red Cross
Lee C. Moorehead
First United Methodist Church
VFW — American Legion
Dough Boy
Herrin City Park
VFW Club
A.M
A. J. Camarato
American Legion
D. C
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
W. Higgins St
SIU
Christopher Summer School
Canadians
Urcell
Julius McClour
North Park Herrin, Ill
Patricia Moore
Boulevard St
Court and
Boulevard Streets
Court Street
Melissa Hodge
Rt. 2
St. Andrew’s Catholic School
St. Andrew’s
Lynn F. Oster
Marion High School
Naval Academy
Annapolis, Md
Foster
Debra A. McClellan
Artie L. Phenister
Dowell
Michael E. Harmon
Williamson County
Housing Authority
Renfro
Illinois
Nursery Department
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