Retiring Murphysboro Principal Carl Lee Reflects on 31 Years
Carl Lee, 65, retires after 31 years as Douglas elementary principal in Murphysboro School District 186. A longtime local, Lee recalls being denied high school here due to segregation, later earning a degree from Southern Illinois University and teaching across several campuses before leading Douglas.
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Mary Reifschneider
Carl Lee
Lee
Douglas
Murphysboro
Douglas School
Murphysboro Township
Peoria
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
University of Indiana
Western Illinois University
Lincoln University
Africa
Colp
Mrs Pitkin Dies Of Cancer at 60 in Carbondale
Minnie Mae Pitkin 60 longtime SIU secretary and executive aide to President Delyte Morris died of cancer at Doctors Hospital Carbondale Saturday after a 10 month illness. Born in Munday Texas she was active in AAUW BPW PEO Altrusa and local civic groups and leaves a son James A Pitkin and her Texas relatives. Funeral set 9 am Tuesday Hoffman Funeral Home Carbondale with burial in Restland Dallas.
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Minnie Mae Pitkin
Southern Illinois University
William A. Pitkin
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Pitkin
Carter Ave
Delyte W. Morris
SIU
University
BPW
P.E.O
Morris
Munday
Tex
James A
Mae Nelson Martin
Abilene
Texas State University
Denton
University of Colorado
McMurry College
Hoffman Funeral Home
Edward L. Hoffman
First Methodist Church
Restland Cemetery
Dallas
Police Briefs From Carbondale And Marion
Carbondale reports Leib Heber fined $15 for speeding. Marion lists Marie E. Schafale fined $15 for improper passing.
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Carbondale
Leib Heber
Marion
Marie E. Schafale
Cairo Man Slain in Rooming House Quarrel
Clarence Thornton 56 of 1207 Walnut Street was shot five times with a .38 caliber pistol in a rooming house quarrel. Police say his brother in law Paul Jason 48 of 406 Commercial Street Cairo is being held after admitting the slaying. charge expected today.
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Cairo
Clarence Thornton
Walnut St
Paul Jason
Commercial St
Thornton
Jason
Carl Clutts
Clutts
Woman Dies After Crash Near Chester Missouri
A St. Louis woman, Germaine Harrelson, 57, died after a two car crash on Rt. 3 one mile north of Chester at 7:50 a.m. She died at Memorial Hospital in Chester at 11 a.m. Her husband Edgar Harrelson, 63, suffered major injuries and was hospitalized in Chester. The second car was driven by Bedford L. Robinson, 65, of Sikeston, with his wife Eva, 60, both transferred to Cape Girardeau Hospital with major injuries.
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St. Louis
Germaine Harrelson
Rt. 3
Chester
Memorial Hospital
Eva
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Cobden and George M Boyd Fined For Speeding
Police brief reports Cobden and George M. Boyd were fined 15 dollars each for speeding.
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Cobden
George M. Boyd
Faculty Honors Retiring Principal Carl Lee in Murphysboro
The Douglas School faculty honored retiring principal Carl Lee at a Saturday night dinner at Carruthers Junior High School in Murphysboro. More than 100 former students, faculty members, and Unit 186 personnel attended. Lee retires after 31 years as Douglas Elementary School principal.
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Douglas School
Carl Lee
Carruthers
Murphysboro
Douglas
Lee
Hurst Man Dies After Cycle Crash
A 22 year old Hurst man John Thomas Cover died Friday at Holden Hospital from a blood clot after a May 7 cycle car crash at the Holden Hospital entrance in Carbondale. Delmar Algee Jr. 403 E Jackson St Carbondale was charged with failure to yield. Cover previously worked as a machinist for Norge Division Borg Warner in Herrin and served in the Navy. He was born March 2 1944 in Carbondale and survived by his parents a sister a brother and two grandparents. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale with burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Hurst
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
John Thomas Cover
Norge Division
Borg-Warner Corp
Herrin
Delmar Algee Jr
E. Jackson St
South Illinois Avenue
Algee
Cover
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Moose Lodge
International Association of Machinists
University Baptist Church
Navy
Mr. Cover
LaMont
Virginia Cover
Virginia Lewis
Sharron Austin
LaMont Cover Jr
J. T. Simons
Rose Simons
van Nata
Robert Hastings
Oakland Cemetery
Marion Man Posts Bond After DWI Arrest
James Gale Albright, 30, of Route 5 Marion, was arrested in Herrin at 3 15 a m on a revoked license and driving while intoxicated. He posted 700 dollars bond and was released from Williamson County jail. Police said he was weaving on North Park Avenue when stopped by Officer Jack Ingram.
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James Gale Albright
Rt. 5
Marion
Herrin
Williamson County
Roy Cole
Albright
North Park Avenue
Jack Ingram
Fire Call at Frankfort High Dooms Trash Blaze
At 1 20 p m Friday a trash fire was reported at Frankfort Community High School 601 E Main St West Frankfort no damage occurred Chester resident Roger E Surman charged with 15 for illegal mufflers Steeleville resident John W Pinks fined 25 for speeding
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West Frankfort
Frankfort Community High School
E. Main St
Chester
Roger E. Surman
Steeleville
John W. Pinks
Grindle Pushes Highway Growth and Tourism Plans
Sen William L Grindle of Herrin outlines goals if re elected including a dual lane Rt 13 from Murphysboro to Shawneetown faster Rt 51 work and access roads like Herrin to Freeman Spur Road He backs river to river roads to boost tourism and recreation programs and supports a state revenue article with a three percent income tax ceiling while advocating personal property tax abolition within four years.
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William L. Grindle
Dherrin
Grindle
Paul A. Ziegler
Carmi
Roy Curtis Small
Harrisburg
James LaVern Sanders
West Frankfort
Williamson
Franklin
Johnson
Pulaski
Saline
Pope
Massac
White
Gallatin
Hardin
State
Herrin
Freeman
Gordon Kerr
Brookport
Otto Kerner
Grindle & Son Planned Insurance Service
Serv-A Cab Co
Senate
State Department of Business and Economic
Devel
Grindie
Fred A. Henderson
Two Injured In Weekend Road Accident Near Carbondale
Two young men were hurt Friday night when their car left Old Rt 13 on a curve three miles east of Carbondale. Driver Dale Martin Johnson 24 Pittsfield and passenger David L. Myers 22 Pima Ariz were treated at Doctors Hospital with Myers in satisfactory condition and Johnson in fair condition. Wayne Lyons 25 Chester was treated at Sparta Community Hospital after his car ran off Rt 4 four miles south of Sparta Friday morning.
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Carbondale
Dale Martin Johnson
Pittsfield
David L. Myers
Pima
Ariz
Doctors Hospital
Myers
Johnson
Wayne Lyons
Chester
Sparta Community Hospital
Rt. 4
Sparta
Grindle Responds to Sanders Criticism in 57th Race
In the 57th District Democratic primary, Grindle rejects Sanders claims of widespread corruption in Illinois politics and asserts his own honesty. Sanders criticizes incumbents and the reapportionment remap, while Grindle says he and fellow candidates submitted their map and deny involvement in the remap decisions. The piece notes the new 57th District spans ten counties and reduces representation from three senators to one under the one man one vote rule.
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William L. Grindle
Dherrin
James LaVern Sanders
West Frankfort
Sanders
Grindle
Paul A. Ziegler
Carmi
Roy Curtis Small
Harrisburg
Springfield
Illinois
Bill Grindle
Ilinois
Sander
Williamson
Franklin
Saline
Pulaski
Johnson
Pope
Massac
White
Gallatin
Hardin
Senate
House
Supreme Court
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William Grindle
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
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Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
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Vergennes State Bank
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WM. J. B. Taylor
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