Hoover Receives DeMolay Honor in Murphysboro
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover is named an honorary DeMolay member by the Murphysboro DeMolay Club after supporting a member's talk at a local installation. The lodge plans an initiatory meeting at 2 p m Sunday in the Masonic temple and an 8 p m December 9 session with lunch, noting a misprinted 7 30 p m on post cards.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Murphysboro
Hoover
Masonic Temple
Doan's Pills Promised Relief For Kidney Discomforts
A newspaper ad touts Doan's Pills as a mild diuretic to ease backache headaches dizziness and low energy from reduced kidney function. It claims decades of use and advises getting Doan's Pills today to flush out waste and restore comfort.
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Dean
Doan
Amber Day in the Life Story by Mae T. Smith
Mae T. Smith, an instructor at Southern Illinois University, drew a story titled a day in the life of Amber, a narrative she created herself as she told it.
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Mae T. Smith
Southern Illinois University
Amber
Carbondale
Childrens
Carbondale Public Library
Our Miss Brooks Put On At Carbondale HS Friday
Junior class presents a three act comedy based on the radio show Our Miss Brooks in the Carbondale Community High School auditorium at 8 p.m. Jerri Tripp stars as Miss Brooks with Ken Martin as the principal and Kent Joseph as the basketball coach.
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Miss Brooks
Carbondale Community High School
Jerri Tripp
Ken Martin
Kent Joseph
Los Horizon
Patsy Gage
Mary Lou Mann
Judy Rogers
Dorothy Stein
Sidney Mofield
Dean Waller
Dick Howe
Barbara Reynolds
Peggy Hale
Bob Kiroakos
Herrin Senior Play Friday Heiress at Herrin High School
The Heiress a dramatic tragedy by Ruth and Augustus Goetz will be staged Friday at 8 p.m. in the Herrin Township High School auditorium. Selected as a top 1947-48 play, the production features Maria-Catherine Berra and Catherine Sloper among senior cast members with student director Virginia Martell and stage staff helping run the show.
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Ruth and
Augustus Goetz
Herrin Township
Henry James
Washington Square
Burns Mantel
Trip Winner Fellows Brother Boston and Irish Trip Prize
Miss Christine Thompson won a round trip plane ticket to Ireland at an Irish Counties Field Day in Brookline after visiting her brother in County Galway. The event featured familiar locals Nick Varicalli Drury Benton Jim Calcaterra Herman Marlow and Lou Bertane. FASTEETH powder advertised for denture security accompanies the item.
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Christine Thompson
County Galway
Ireland
Brookline
Emerald Isle
Nick Varicalli
Drury Benton
Jim Calcaterra
Herman Marlow
Lou Bertane
Missionary Helen Bailey Quits Mainland for Indonesia Work
Veteran American missionary Helen Bailey of Woodlief North Carolina has left Communist dominated China and will assist Chinese Protestant churches on Belitung Island in Indonesia. She arrived from Kangting near the Tibet border, where Chinese Red Army occupies the region.
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China
Helen Bailey
Woodlief, N. C
Indonesia
Belitung Island
Miss Bailey
Tibet
Kangting
Red Army
Stromeyer shoots man in hunting mishap near St. Clair
Jerf Stromeyer formerly of Chester now of University City Missouri shot Roy Freeman of Overland in a hunting accident Sunday near St. Clair Missouri. Freeman was treated at Barnes Hospital in St Louis and released Monday morning with facial scalp wounds. Stromeyer known in Chester for softball pitching said he thought Freeman...
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Chester
Jerf Stromeyer
University City
Roy Freeman
Overland
St. Clair
Freeman
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Stromeyer
Order Your Winter Coal Supply Now
Local coal dealer S C Lindsay and Sons announces winter coal supplies with delivery from 1201 N Wark Ave Herrin. Phone 28071. Regular customers urged to reserve coal ahead of season.
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Wark Ave
Herrin
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Pat Goodman
Maria — Catherine Berra
Catherine Sloper
Mary Alice Lewis
Austin Sloper
Gerald Miriani
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Sammy Iravis
Roger Hendricks
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