6105 Poppies Sold Saturday By Auxiliaries
Sixty one hundred five Memorial poppies were sold by 45 volunteers of the American Legion and V. F. W. auxiliaries in Carbondale Saturday. Total sales reached about $814.85 for disabled veterans and dependents. The American Legion Auxiliary sold 4000 poppies for about $500 with 14 workers. the V F W Auxiliary sold 2105 Buddy Poppies by 11 am for $314.85 with 31 volunteers.
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American Legion
Carbondale
American Legion Auxiliary
Arlie Gent
The
Gilbert Crawshaw
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Mrs Comstock Attends Federal Federation Convention in Boston
Mrs G F Comstock of Carbon dale who leads the 25th district as president travels among 2 500 delegates at the 59th annual General Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting in Boston this week Also present from the district are Mrs F E Parks Marion chair of Veteran’s service and Mrs Logan Colp Carterville state secretary Resolutions target comic book and media influence and crime movies while other proposals push the Four Freedoms program tougher sex offender penalties and higher taxes A highlight is the $60 000 prize awards to nine clubs for Build A Better Community entries announced Wednesday night
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G. F. Comstock
Carbondale
Federated Women’s Clubs
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston
F. E. Parks
Marion
Veteran's Service
Logan Colp
Carterville
Truman
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Cities
Admitted Saturday entries list Mrs LeRoy Lawrence and others with surgical or medical status in Marion Carbondale and Carbondale. Discharged Saturday includes Mrs Jimmy G King and son and Mrs Phillip Demester and daughter in Carbondale and Murphysboro. Sunday admissions include Arlie Verble and Engo Bianchini in Roy alton and others. Discharged Sunday notes Mrs Harve Hays and Mrs Walter Lansford in Kar Mac Cambria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Lawrence
Marion
Violet Watson
Herman Wallace
Carbondale
Oma Sweet
Jimmy G. King
Phillip Demester
Murphysboro
Harriet Cooke
Walter E. Russell
West Frankfort
Martha Clarida
Bessie L. Fraley
Arlie Verble
Mt. Pleas
Alex F. McCluskie
Harve Hays
Kar
Mac
Walter Lansford
Cambria
Everett Crews
Medical
Fred Wiley
Daily Free Press Carbondale Rates and AP Note
The Daily Free Press outlines subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in Carbondale Illinois. It notes mail subscriptions not sold where carrier service exists and credits Associated Press for local news and dispatches.
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Daily Free Press
Southern Uiinaisan
West Mainstreet
Carbondale
Illinis
Associated Press
Seeks Reduction of Sentence in Jackson County Case
Merdia Hicks known as the stolen car bandit seeks relief from a 1946 Jackson county burglary conviction. He claims constitutional rights were violated and asks for a reduced term in circuit court. A June term hearing is anticipated to determine merit and potential return to Menard for a personal appearance.
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Merdia Hicks
Jackson County
Union County
Jackson
Hicks
State of
Illinois
Browning Robinson
Menard
Brother of Mrs. Lawson Fore Dies at Dixon
Frank C. Davis died Sunday at his Dixon home. Burial will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Evergreen cemetery. He was Mrs. Lawson Fore’s brother and is survived by his wife and three sisters all of Ava: Mrs. Glenn Walden, Mrs. Phoebe Ditzler and Anna Davis.
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Frank C. Davis
Dixon
Nt Evergreen
Davis
Lawson Fore
Carbondale
Fore
Glenn Walden
Phoebe Ditzler
Anna Davis
Ava
Reed Sister Dies in Casey Community Death
Miss Mary Ann Reed died of cancer Saturday at her Casey home. She was the sister of Prof. Alex Reed of 905 Linden Street and taught for years in Cumberland County schools. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Reed
Casey
Alex Reed
Linden Street
Memorial Day Drug Stores Open in Carbondale
Two of Carbondale's seven drug stores will close on Memorial Day while University Drugs and Cline Vicks Drug Store stay open in all departments. Managers announced the plan today.
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Carbondale
University Drugs
Cline- Vick’s
Ex Blacksmith D. O. Williams 70 Dies at Holden Hospital
D O Williams 70 a Carbondale resident for 40 years and former blacksmith at the tie plant died Sunday at Holden hospital after a heart attack Friends may call at Huffman funeral home Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 30 a m at Anna Methodist church with Rev William Henderson officiating Burial will be in Anna cemetery He is survived by his wife Anna Williams a daughter Mrs Aston Lucille Johnson Lebanon Ohio a son John M Williams Carbondale a brother Ralph Williams Anna two sisters Mrs Cecil Hartline Anna and Mrs Stella Matthias Los Angeles and a grandson Walter David Johnson Lebanon Ohio
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Williams
Carbondale
Huffman
Anna Methodist Church
William Henderson
Anna Cemetery
Anna Williams
Aston Lucille Johnson
Lebanon
Ohio
John M. Williams
Ralph Williams
Anna
Cecil Hartline
Stella Matthias
Los Angeles
Calif
Walter David Johnson
Miskell Appointed to Iowa Schools Post
Quentin D. Miskell son of Clarence L. Miskell of Carbondale is named to the Victor Independent and Guernsey Consolidated schools at Victor and Guernsey Iowa. Appointment starts September 1950 after graduating from Southern Illinois University in June 1949 with a major in music. His wife Georgia Lee Walters also attended S I U. They reside in Iowa City.
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Quentin D. Miskell
Clarence L. Miskell
Carbondale
Victor Independent
Guernsey Consolidated
Victor and
Guernsey
Iowa
Miskell
Southern Ilinois University
College of Education
Georgia Lee Walters
Iowa City
Krause Rejoins Rechter Brothers Store as Manager
Leo Krause returns from two month medical leave to resume duties as manager at Rechter Brothers Department Store. Jimmy DeZutti, who led the Anna store during Krause's absence, also returns to the Carbondale location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Krause
Rechter
Rechter Brothers Department Store
Jimmy DeZutti
Rechter Brothers
Anna
Carbondale
Mr. Krause
Jackson County Names County Chairwomen
Lloyd Austin named Mrs. Clifford Williams for Democratic county chairwoman in Murphysboro while Republican D L McGregor selected Mrs. Kate Thorp, also of Murphysboro, to lead the G O P. Mrs. Thorp has served as chairwoman for about 28 years and Williams has long been active in the Democratic party and its county women's organization. Each precinct committee man will name a precinct committee woman after the primary election every two years. The county party chairman appoints the county chairwoman.
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Democratic Party
County Democrats Plan Friday Meeting in Murphysboro
Jackson county precinct committeemen will meet Friday night in Murphysboro with members of the newly formed Young Democrats to map party plans for the November election. County Democratic chairman Lloyd Austin said the joint meeting will be at Murphysboro City Hall at 8:00 p m.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Young Democrats’ Organization
Lloyd Austin
Lutheran Missionary Conference Opened in Carbondale
About 30 ministers from the Southern Illinois district of the Missouri Synod gathered at Saviour Lutheran Church in Carbondale for the annual one day missionary conference this forenoon. Rev. R. C. Rist of Carbondale was host pastor.
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Southern Illinois
Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church
Saviour Lutheran Church
Carbondale
R. C. Rist
Southern Illinois Methodist Conference
Marion
Clyde S. Clark
Peter Brauer Dies at Wheel of Automobile
Peter Brauer 47 of 911 South Oakland avenue died of a heart ailment Saturday about 2 15 p m found slumped over in his car on South Forest avenue police say he was driving south when stricken by a heart attack the car veered onto the east side post Brauer was taken to Carbondale clinic where he was pronounced dead on arrival He had undergone a physical at Holden hospital half an hour earlier and declined to stay He had lived in Carbondale about 15 years formerly an agent for Prudential Life Insurance Co He was a member of Shekinah Lodge No 241 A F and A M He leaves wife Ruth three daughters Sandra Linda and Judy four sisters Anna Press Rose Schleisser Mary Brink Sylvia Brauer and one brother Will Brauer Funeral at 2 30 p m at First Baptist church Rev Elwood Wiley officiating burial Oakland cemetery Coroner Roy Huffman to conduct inquest with evidence pointing to heart attack as the cause
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Peter Brauer
South
Oakland Avenue
South Forest Avenue
Brauer
Forest Avenue
East Side Post
Carbondal Clinic
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Shekinah Lodge No. 241
A. F
A. M
Roy Huffman
Hogan Center Expands With New Tennis Table Equipment
Roy L. Clark, director of Hogan Center on East Gum Street, announced the purchase of a new table tennis table with a net and paddles donated by James Woods. The center offers late evening hours and weekend openings for Attucks High School students and plans to add a horseshoe, tennis, and croquet area this summer.
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Roy L. Clark
Hogan Center
East Gum Street
James Woods
Attucks High School
Frank Brewer Funeral Wednesday in Rockford
Funeral services for Frank Brewer will be held Wednesday in Rockford for a heart condition death at home. The Masonic lodge will oversee the service with burial in the Masonic cemetery. He leaves his wife 10 brothers in Carbondale and two sisters in Murphysboro and Makanda.
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Frank Brewer
Rockford
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Cemetery
Jeff
Harry
Herman Rolla
Fran
Grover
Ray
Murray
Hallie
Carbondale
Ruth Brewer
Murphysboro
Cora Ragsdale Makanda
Jesse Etherton Drops Dead in Murphysboro
Jesse Etherton about 70 of 232 North Eighth street collapsed and died of a heart attack near Ninth and Locust streets in Murphysboro this morning around 10 45. The Meyer Funeral Home ambulance rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A preliminary exam attributed the death to a heart attack. The body was identified by a relative and moved to the Meyer Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. He had been downtown likely paying service bills and carried a bag of groceries and stamped water bills dated May 29.
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Jesse Etherton
North Eighth Street
Ninth and Locust Streets
Murphysboro
Meyer Funeral Home
Etherton
Locust Street
Charles Dickerman Wins Neely Prize at SIU Honors Day
Charles Dickerman son of Bert and Mrs Dickerman 506 South University received the Charles Neely prize during SIU Honors Day. The Amer_ican Association of University Professors awards $25 annually to a junior with high scholastic average. Dickerman majors in mathematics and minors in music and physics and holds roles in Phi Mu Alpha Obelisk staff Alpha Phi Omega and the Student Publications council.
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Charles Dickerman
Bert Dickerman
South University
Charles Neely
Southern Illinois University
American Association of University
Dickerman
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Phi Mu Alpha
Alpha Phi Omega
Student Publications Council
Miller Identifies Name on Fly-leaf of Green Bible
City Finance Commissioner E V Miller identified the undecipherable name on a Bible fly leaf reproduced Saturday describing Carbondale’s first Memorial Day. The name is John Borger father of Fred Borger who ran a bakery where the Golde store now stands at Illinois and Monroe streets.
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E. V. Miller
Carbondale
John Borger
Fred Borger
Golde
Illinois and
Monroe Streets
Miller
Borger
Borgher
James Green
Bike License Deadline Near
Chief Lee Davis warns the grace period for unlicensed bicycles ends June 1. Only 396 bicycles have been registered since February under City Ordinance No 940, which imposes fines up to 10 dollars for violations.
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Lee Davis
Faculty Breakfast Quietly Ends Anna-Jonesboro Session
Faculty members at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School gathered Friday at Spires Cafeteria in Anna for a farewell breakfast before summer break. The school day included closing schedules for the semester as classes wind down.
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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
Spires
Anna
School events mark end of year across several schools
Wednesday marks the close of the school year for Brush Springmore Attucks and Lincoln students. Attucks hosts a picnic at Giant City Park with free ice cream and soda for most classes. Brush hands out report cards after a fifth sixth grade baseball game. Springmore dismisses at 10 30 after certificates and report cards. Community High School held baccalaureate services. Dr. Morris will deliver the graduation address at commencement Friday June 2. Seventy four seniors receive diplomas. Attucks seniors hold a prom Wednesday May 31 in the library room with Dave Ross and his orchestra. Attucks commencement is Thursday June 1. University seniors take an annual excursion Monday June 5 with commencement June 8.
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Attucks
Giant City Park
Brush School
Springmore
Community High School
Robert Hutsch
Hutsch
D. W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Community High
Attucks High School
Dave Ross
University School
Church Reports Double Sunday Rites Success
The University Baptist church held two Sunday services at 8:30 and 11 to accommodate crowds. Combined attendance surpassed the previous single service, with more at 8:30. Seven new members joined, bringing May additions to 22, and the double morning services will continue next Sunday.
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University Baptist Church
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Mrs. Comstock
Ant
Engo Bianchini
Royalton
Anna Hunt
Stellar Lumber Yard
W. Monroe
John Amon
Hattie Mayhew
George Bowyer
Mort Thompson
A. C. Elliott
Makanda
Wolf Lake
Aldridge
Loyd Bradley
Reed
Blacksmith
D. O. Williams
Cme Se Eee
Bradley's Hardware
National Heating
Owen ' Bros
County Demos
Lutheran Missionary Conference
Bloodworth Motor Sales
N. Hl
Fred Macmurray
Maureen O'Hara
Riley
James Gleason
Digger O'Dell
John Brown
Wheel of Automobile
Roesemeier
E. A. Messer
S. Poplar
Marlow
Theatre
Murphysboro, Dl
George
Montgomery - Ellen Drew
Scary
Skelton Yellow Cab Man
Gloria Dehaven
Martha Aide As
First Methodist Church
Glenn F. Sharp
Grace Methodist Church
Neely Prize
Marion St
Green
Arsi Iy
Bil. Williams Jane Mgh
Brush, Springmore, Attucks
Lincoln School
Walters and Wright
Patna
Nemoaiat
Claudette Colbert
Patric Knowles
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