Carbondale Centennial Weekend Opens Friday at 10 A.M.
Carbondale marks Decoration Day history with ceremonies at Woodlawn Cemetery honoring Civil War dead. Lt. Col. W. Hamel will speak, Firing volleys and taps planned. parade marshal Carl Crain in Col Ingersoll costume leads a multi-band procession through downtown.
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Carbondale
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
John A. Logan
Murphysboro
Grand Army of the Republic
F. M. Hewitt, Jr
Scott Air Force Base
Carl Crain
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Ingersoll
Crain
Community High School
E. J. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll
Gen. Logan
V. A. Beadle
Burgers and Dillingers
Dillinger
Pigs
Borgers
Borger
Saddle Club
Sally Logan
The
Daughters of American Revolution
Carbondale Community High School
American Son and Auxiliary
Seas High School
Learying
Our Hope
Sea Scouts
Cub
Wcil Tery
Salute to the Past Vision of the Future in Carbondale
Carbondale roofs its drive for progress with a Centennial insignia shown on street signs and balloons. Charles Mosby of Southern Illinois University drew the emblem last March and earned $15 for the design. Orlen Wallace of the Centennial project is noted.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Charles Mosby
Art Design Department
Southern Illinois University
Orlen Wallace
Greater Egypt Association
Wallace
Century of Progress
Carbondale Celebrates Century of Progress in Window Displays
Carbondale marks a Century of Progress with bustling window displays in downtown stores. Mrs. H. W. Patterson and Mrs. Helen Stoelzle showcase ruby glass and antique pieces at Higgins Jewelry and Cline Vick Drug, with items dating back over a century. Contributions from many local women and a museum display of antique clocks, furniture, and lace accompany civic group exhibits, all timed for a Memorial weekend garb and celebration.
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Carbondale
H. W. Patterson
Helen Stoelzle
Higgins Jewelry Store
Mrs. Patterson
Patterson
Cline Vick Drug Store
C. S. Gill
Alma Pearce
Harold Rankin
Wi ] Griffith
Herbert Russell
W. B. McGinnis
Charles Easternly
Theodore Midjess
Mae T. Smith
Virginia McAndrew
Jesse Harris
George Camp
W. B. Schneider
John H. King
H. J. Park
Wayne Evans
Chas. Ashley
Emmett Harris
Claude Phillips
Renfro Furniture Store
Phillips
Harris
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Charles Jungers
Wayne Ellis
Dick Lockerby
Baptist Book Store
Charles Feirich
Soberty’s
Leslie Shoe Store
Patterson Hardware
C. L. Dougherty
Birkholtz
Burkholtz
C. E. Fehrenbaker
Daisy Sykes
Varsity Theater
Frank Bridges
Julia B. Ashley
Brush
Taggart-Parker
S. B. Parsons
Scott Parsons Gill
Peter Street
Elizabeth Herrin Snider
Ephraim Snider
Ephraim Sniders
Williamson Co
Jay Wick
Salem
Festivities Planned for Carbondale Centennial Weekend
Carbondale plans a Memorial Day weekend of pageants parades and picnics to mark its Centennial. Highlights include a Friday parade, war memorial ceremonies led by Lt Col Hamel, SIU Bradley baseball games, a Friday street dance, a weekend street fair, and a Sunday dedication at Mardale airport with Flying Farmers events and an 8 p.m. Sunday close at McAndrew Stadium.
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Woodlawn
H. A. Hamel
Scott Air Force Base
Southern Illinois University
Bradley University
University
University Avenue
Oak
Main Streets
Parker & Howell
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Oak Streets
Lincoln
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Bradley
Slim Rhodes
Memphis Mountaineers
Rhodes
Mardle
Indiana
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Salem
McAndrew Stadio
James W. Clack
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Elbert Waller
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