Community High Will Graduate 80 Tonight
Valedictorian Dick Whittenberg leads 80 graduates at Carbondale Community High School commencement at 8 p m on the football field with Marilyn Rose as salutatorian. Rev O C Cooper will give the invocation and benediction, Fred Lynn presents diplomas, Supt N A Rosan announces the class, and the band provides music. If weather forces indoor, the gym hosts the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community High School
Dick Whittenberg
Marilyn Rose
O. C. Cooper
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Carbondale
Fred Lynn
Supt. N. A. Rosan
Frank Abbott
Glen Alstat
Carole Anderson
Pat Bandy
Jack Barnes
Barbara Beadle
Bettie Bloodworth
Mary Bowen
Martha Brown
Betty Burke
Marilyn Chapman
Martha Click
Pat Coleman
Bob Copeland
Ronnie Cox
Bobby Crawshaw
Betty Cross
Norma Cross
John Cummings
Norvin Drew
Dick Etherton
Audrey Ewert
Margaret Forby
Dollie Freeman
Nancy Frey
Norma Gee
Ronald Gerhardt
James Gibbs
Joan Gibbs
Jim Hagler
Harvey Hartline
James Heern
Jean Heern
Lucille Heern
Pat Hiller
Rosemary Horn
Virginia Hunt
Virginia Jones
Richard Kelley
Gary McCarty
Dick Mann
Christine Minckler
Darrell Miskell
Bob Moore
Jack Morgan
Nancy Mutz
Frances Nance
Dick Nance
Eleanor Nelson
Martha Newcomb
J. T. North
Morris Phemister
Anna Lee Pressley
Jonas Reid
Cleatus Richards
Sue Roberts
Jackie Robinson
Joyce Robinson
Pat Rogers
Bill Bury
Roberta Seegar
Jo Ann Shoaff
Danny Smith
Donald Smith
Virginia Spindlee
Pauline Starling
Joyce Stearns
C. A. Stephens
Arthur Stone
Rama Sweet
Barbara Taylor
Dick Taylor
Vera Throgmorton
Memorial Day Parade Planned in Steeleville
A Memorial Day program will begin with a 10 a.m. parade from Peace Lutheran Church to Steeleville Cemetery to decorate veterans graves, then return to the city park for a formal ceremony led by Rev. J. W. Heller. The program includes anthem, flag raising, invocations, band selections, wreath laying, veterans roll call, Taps, and benediction.
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Peace Lutheran Church
Steeleville
J. W. Heller
Chester Municipal Band
St Marys Altar Boys Picnic Next Saturday
Altar boys from St Mary’s church Herrin, from fourth grade to first year of high school, will gather at Giant City State Park Saturday. They leave the church at 8 30 a m. Tommy Agers has been elected the new president of the Altar Boys club.
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Altar Boys
St. Mary’s Church of
Herrin
Giant City State Park
Tommy Agers
Altar Boys Club
Denton Rites Set for Herrin Miner
Jesse Edward Denton 68 of 1605 West Cherry Herrin died Wednesday at Holden Hospital Carbondale after a three week illness from a heart attack. A retired miner and Local 40 Zeigler 2 mine member he lived in Herrin 17 years. Born January 23 1884 in Prairie Town Illinois he married Pauline Evans at Worden Illinois 44 years ago. Survived by wife two children Gene Denton and Jane Southard and one granddaughter Gretchen Turner. Services Friday May 30 at 2 p.m. First Christian Church Herrin Rev Denno W. Brown officiating. Storme Funeral Home in charge burial East Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
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Jesse Edward Denton
West Cherry Street
Herrin
Storme Funeral Home
East Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Dear Old Golden Rule Days End For Carbondale Kids
About 2000 junior students in Carbondale finish the school year with no more teachers or books for three carefree months. Classes end, parties and picnics conclude, and former students bid farewell to teachers. Some seek summer jobs, others rest, as the long tradition of spring breaks continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Two Gorham Residents Injured In Route 3 Fall
Two Gorham residents Mrs Mary Qualls 72 and her son Homer 42 were thrown from a moving car on Route 3 near the 1443 Wye eight miles west of Murphysboro. Both were admitted to St Andrew's Hospital Murphysboro in fair condition with severe shock and bruises. The passenger Robert Qualls drove the vehicle and was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham
Wye
Murphysboro
St. Andrew's Hospital
Mary Qualls
Homer Qualls
Robert Qualls
Robert
Crawshaw
Award Legion medals in Murphysboro class
In Murphysboro 1952 Logan junior high graduates Een and Joan Frances Miller and Wayne Larson received American Legion medals and certificates at graduation exercises. Presenting the awards was Charley Schumaker, Commander of Paul Stout Post 127. Other Legion representatives included Commander-Elect Don Gunn and Fred B. Herbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Frances Miller
Wayne Larson
Logan Junior High School
Murphysboro
American Legion
Charley Schumaker
Paul Stout
Legion
Don Gunn
Fred B. Herbert
Miss Miller
Max
John Miller
North Street
Larson
Ralph Larson
Williamson Court Sentences Two Boys to Menard
Williamson circuit court sentenced Gilford Maxwell 21 of Herrin to one to five years and Edsel Hubbard 21 of Plumfield to two years after guilty pleas. Maxwell faced burglary and larceny charges for a break in at Herrin Supply Co on Oct 17 1951. Hubbard pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a 14 year old Herrin girl. Prosecutors were State's Attorney Carl Sneed and D L Duty. Other trials set for Monday include Royce Turner not guilty of indecent liberties with a minor, William Charles Deaton and Guy Hestand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard
C. Ross Reynolds
Williamson County
Gilford
Gene) Maxwell
Herrin
Edsel D. Hubbard
Plumfield
Maxwell
Herrin Supply Co
Charles Winters
Hubbard
D. L. Duty
Carl Sneed
Royce Turner
Pittsburg
William Charles
Pee Wee) Deaton
Marion
Guy Hestand
Deaton
Afton Deaton
Suit Settled Near End of Trial in Williamson County
After two days of trial the suit of Earl Stock of Marion against E. L. Carter of Creal Springs and Morgan Home Equipment Corp. was settled out of court in Williamson County on Wednesday. The Stock family sought 815,500 for injuries from a Jan. 27, 1950 wreck. Settlement amount not announced, but below the asked total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Stock
Marion
E. L. Carter
Creal Springs
Williamson County
Stock
Carter
Morgan Home Equipment Corp
Phillip Cook
Joseph L. Oliver
Vienna
Cook
Route 37
Anna Man Injured in Route 13 Wreck
Frank Adkins, 70, of Anna, sustained scalp cuts and a fractured left ankle and was treated at Doctors hospital in Carbondale after a Route 13 crash about 8:30 this morning. His car and a truck driven by David Trammel, 25, of Anna, brushing east of Carbondale caused Adkins to lose control, the car overturning several times. Trammel was uninjured and his truck had slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Adkins
Anna
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Adkins
David Trammel
Trammel
Young to vie for State Star Farmer at Champaign
Charles Wayland Young a Carbondale Community High School student and son of Mr and Mrs Charles O Young will compete against FFA district champions from four other state districts on June 5 for the State Star Farmer of 1952 title at the state FEA convention in Champaign. Left to right in the photo are Lowell Nelson Orion, Robert Clark Serena, David Cramer Greenview, and Richard Bell Wapella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wayland Young
Carbondale Community High School
Charles O. Young
FFA
Star Farmer
FEA
Champaign
Young
Lowell Nelson
Orion
Robert Clark
Serena
David Cramer
Greenview
Richard Bell
Wapella
Memorial Day Closures In Carbondale Businesses and Agencies
Most Carbondale businesses will close Friday for Memorial Day along with government offices including the post office. City hall will shut Friday and Saturday for the long weekend, with rest and festivities noted.
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Carbondale
Summer School Starts Monday at Herrin Township High
Thirty five or more students are expected to report for summer school at Herrin Township High School when it starts Monday at 8 a.m. Principal E. C. Eckert said. Courses include physiology offered for first time with full credit. Other five courses civics American history world history modern living and English carry half credit. Classes run morning sessions Monday through Friday with two sessions 7 30 to 9 30 and 9 30 to 11 30. Physiology requires both sessions. others require one. Summer school ends Friday July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Township
E. C. Eckert
Herrin Memorial Service Set For 8 A M
Brief services will be held at the Doughboy monument at 8 a m Friday by Herrin American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. The public is invited to attend and place wreaths around the monument base. Legion and VFW members will then place flags on area servicemen graves.
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Doughboy Monument
Herrin
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
V. F.W
Carbondale Books Club Meets Tonight At Library
The Carbondale Great Books Discussion group convenes at 7 30 p m in the children’s reading room of the Carbondale public library to discuss John Stuart Mill’s Representative Government. The meeting was postponed from Wednesday and will also cover plans for a picnic within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Carbondale ‘Public Library
John Stuart Mill
Future Set for Most Herrin Grads
Herrin Township high school class of 1952 shows 65 percent of 108 graduates with jobs or plans for college or service. 42 have permanent jobs, eight part time, 22 plan college, eight seek service. Several will use school skills in secretarial roles. 25 girls and one boy trained in shorthand and typing have entered civil service. Three more graduates will take FBI qualification tests for potential DOJ jobs in Washington. Tom Jones will test in shorthand and typing. Anna Merle Propes and Gayle Hood test typing only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Township High School
Eugene C. Eckert
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington D. C
Tom Jones
Anna Merle Propes
Gayle Hood
Memorial Day Plan in Pleasant Grove Cemetery
The second annual Memorial Day program sponsored by Paul Stout Post 127 American Legion Murphysboro will be held Friday morning. Parade forms at 10:30 a.m. on the Pleasant Grove school lawn, led by Murphysboro Township High School marching band, then moves to the northern cemetery grounds. An aerial cannon salute at 11 a.m. opens the program with Post 127 master of ceremonies. Ted Lawless, Post 127 chaplain, gives invocation and memorial prayer. Seba Marshall, hospital chaplain at Marion, delivers the Memorial address. A wreath laying ceremony by auxiliary veterans units occurs at a mock cemetery near the speakers’ platform. Attendees may drive and listen from their cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Edward Harn
American Legion
Walnut Street
Eighteenth Street
St. Andrew’s
St. Mary's of
Herrin
Charles Schumaker
Paul Stout
Fred B. Herbert
St. Andrew's School
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Pleasant Grove
Murphysboro Township
Ted Lawless
Post 127
Seba Marshall
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Carterville Man Held On Morals Charge
Robert Young, 40, of Carterville, was arrested Friday night by Deputy Sheriff Lyn Franklin on a morals charge. He is held in the Marion county jail today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Robert Young
Lyn Franklin
McConnell to report at Camp Stoneman June 15 for re assignment
Alc Carl L McConnell completes a 30 day leave and will report at Camp Stoneman California on June 15 for re assignment. He formerly served at Cheyenne Wyoming and expects to be shipped to Alaska. His address lists Camp Stoneman processing squads and his parents live at 116 South Eighteenth Street Herrin.
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L-C
Carl L. McConnell
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Cheyenne
Wyo
McConnell
Alaska
Carl McConnell
South Eighteenth Street
Herrin
Carbondale Library Plans Book Club
More than 120 Carbondale grade school children have registered for the fifth annual Vacation Reading Club at the Carbondale Public Library. Participants must read 10 books between June 2 and July 26 to earn a pin after five books and a reading diploma after completing 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Phyllis Lewis
Herrin Girl Wins Radio Award For Scholarship
Judy Jack a Herrin Township high school junior received a four year scholarship to Southern Illinois University from radio station WJPF. She was chosen with other girls for performance on radio programs during the school year by the girl scout radio players under direction of Mrs Clyde Brewster and assistant Mrs L Pollack with judges Mrs L R Ardis Mrs W L Lewis and Mrs Tom Abbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Jack
Herrin Township High School
Southern Illinois University
WJPF
Jack
Girl Scout Radio Players
L. R. Ardis
W. L. Lewis
Tom Abbott
Clyde Brewster
L. Pollack
Percy to hold Memorial Day parade and ceremony
Percy will commemorate Memorial Day with a parade forming at the town square at 10 a.m. Commander Lawrence McCuen of the Percy American Legion post announced. The march includes the American Legion Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Cub Scout units and proceeds to Percy Cemetery for a short program and memorial ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Lawrence McCuen
Percy American Legion
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Percy Cemetery
Marion Man Held for Molesting Minor
Tames Freedle, 68, of Marion, is held in the county jail on a charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor. He was arrested by Williamson County authorities after allegedly molesting a 10 year old Stiritz girl. He has not been arraigned yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tames Freedle
Marion
Freedle
Williamson County
Stiritz
Woman says she cannot offer reward after coin loss
Rosetta Emery of Sunnyside west of Herrin said she cannot offer a reward because she has three children. She reported losing a coin containing a 95 dollar bill and some Nile Salvin the Her rin Supply Co and the Bank of Herrin this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Supply Co
Bank of Herrin
Rosetta Emery
Sunnyside
Herrin
Longfellow School Wins Picnic Races at Riverside Park
Longfellow grade school of Murphysboro captured seven firsts in the annual grade school picnic at Riverside park. Logan and Lincoln tied for second with three and a half firsts each, Washington took two, with varied events including comedy stunts. Winners ranged across kindergarten to sixth grade, featuring names from Long, Lin, and Wash with multiple events such as bubble gum, orange scramble, three legged, shoe scramble, balloon bursting, backward race, and wheelbarrow races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow Grade School
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Logan
Lincoln
Washington
Bill Moore
Mike Williams
Lin
Wayne Fitzpatrick
Diane Brumfield
Long
Lynda Berkbigler
Paula Hart
Log
Michael Law
Jackie Deluca
Wash
Larry Luehr
Jeanette Ferguson
Mary Pat Marlow
Mary Miller
Patsy Maloney
Lvnda Kay Butler
Mary Jane Graeff
Dana Kay Jones
Leland Attig
Jimmie Summers
Billie Porter
Bonnie Casleton
Judy Person
Judy Etherton
Barbara Robinson
Barbara Maclin
Phyllis Williams
Mike Reid
Dicky Crain
Bill Shadron
Odell Penrod
Bill Bizzell
Brett Bjorkman
Sherry Humphreys
Margie Crawshaw
Mary Carol Allen
Tommy Ashman
Jack Williams
Gary Ruble
Roger Green
Terry Hart
Bruce Richardson
Julia Ann Blackwood
Reba Voorhees
Doris Ellis
Marietta Abernathie
Sandra Weber
Sharon Webb
Sandra Kay Swafford
Cletus Pierce
Ronnie Clinton
Routine verdicts in accident deaths in Jackson County
A coroner's jury in Carbondale found two Jackson County residents died accidentally this week. Wallie Etherton, 54, Route 2 Murphysboro, was killed when a buffing machine exploded at Summer One Stop Service Station. Frank Hagler, 72, of Route 51 Carbondale, died after a tractor accident on his farm near Pomona, with a probable heart attack contributing. Funeral rites announced for both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Jackson County
Wallie Etherton
Frank Hagler
Etherton
Hagler
Murphysboro
Pomona
George Webb
Webb
Bids Opened for Carbondale Maintenance Projects
Carbondale city council opened bids for next year’s maintenance and sewer projects. J C Williams and Sons submitted the apparent low bid of 3721.50 for sewer extension along East Main Street. Franklin Asphalt Company led two fuel tax street bids with 1199.46 for bituminous coating and 46 for bituminous patching. Triangle Construction Company bid 73 for recycled concrete patching. Bids will be reviewed again at a Saturday meeting after a 48 hour quiet period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
East Main Street
J. C. Williams and Sons
Carbondale Contractors
Franklin Asphalt Company
Triangle Construction Company
Mayjor Wright
Crab Orchard High Graduation Tonight for 33 Seniors
Graduation exercises will honor 33 Crab Orchard High School seniors in the gym tonight with Fred K. Lingle as principal. Jay Hearne and Jerry Hill give the valedictory, Betty McNair directs the procession, Rev Olen Clarida leads diction, and the school sextet performs. Baccalaureate was Sunday with Rev Jackie Adams as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred K. Lingle
Southern Ilinois University
Ker
Crab Orchard High School
Jay Hearnee
Jerry Hill
Betty McNair
Olen Clarida
Crab Orchard Methodist Church
Jackie Adams
Anita Blue
Marylou Boatright
Anna Bele Booten
Dorothy Buck
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Community High
Bob Travelstead
Leona White
Shirley Rees White
Rob Whittenberg
Robert Wright
ST. Mary’s Altar Boys
Een
Champion Farmers
Carbondale ‘Books’ Club
Springmore School
Carbondale Library Plans Book Club
Herrin Girl
Radio
Marion Man
Longfellow
Charles Taitt
Route 4
Taitt
Crawshaw Mortuary
Blaise
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Flngler
Oakland
Crab Orchard High
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