Labor Day events at Du Quoin fair and area notices
Du Quoin State Fair salutes Labor Day with Grand Circuit Harness Racing at 1 p.m. and Mac Davis Show at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 8, 7, and 6 dollars. Carterville Historical Society meeting at Heritage House 7:30 p.m. Monday. Herrin Plan Commission meets 7 p.m. Monday at city hall. Valier Village Board 7 p.m. Monday at village hall. Overeaters Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Monday at Sallie Logan Library Murphysboro. Alcoholics Anonymous meets 8 p.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier Hall Carbondale. Open to all with drinking problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Quoin State Fair
Alcoholics Anonymous
St. Francis Xavier Hall
Carbondale
Tuesday Events and Meetings Across Southern Illinois
A packed list of Tuesday happenings includes senior portraits at SIU Carbondale, job search coping session at the Women's Center, the 5th Annual Little Miss and Mr Williamson County Pageant in Marion, a public solar cost effectiveness discussion led by Chris Robertson, and various local government and community group meetings across Carbondale, Marion, and neighboring towns. Community groups, recycling guidance, and choir practices are also noted along with municipal, village, and county board meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Women’s Center
Carbondale
Williamson County
Williamson County Fairground
Marion
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Williamson County Fair
Chris Robertson
Shawnee Solar Project
W. Main
Duplicate Bridge Club
Carbondale Community Center
W. Elm St
Sweet Adelines Women’s Chorus
First Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
Calendar Today Shows Local Movie and Theatre Listings
The Southern Illinoisan lists open public events at cinemas and drive ins across Carbondale Harrisburg Marion and nearby towns. Entries include shows at WEBSTER STEELEVILLE Carbondale Murphysboro Harrisburg Herrin and Coulterville theaters with titles such as F I S T Star Wars Animal House The Buddy Holly Story Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Hooper. Public notices request advance calendar submissions to Calendar The Southern Illinoisan 710 North Illinois Carbondale III 62901 with date time place description and admission details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Liberty
Murphysboro
Buddy Holly
Harrisburg
Cinema
Foul Play
Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Carbondale
Deaths and notices from Benton area obituaries
Multiple obituaries and death notices list Bob G Smith 52 of Benton died Sept 1 1978 after long illness burial in Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery Benton funeral services at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Dan R Sandy Hill Mary Ellen Davis and nine grandchildren named survivors include mother and other relatives Mary Moore Bertha Hincke and Maurice Samuel Sparks also noted funeral times locations and church affiliations plus a weather roundup noting warm conditions in the nation and local highs and lows with no precipitation reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs-Johnson
Benton
Bob G. Smith
S. Lickliter St
Masonic and Oddfellows
Mr. Smith
Illinois Central Railroad
Smith Furni
Dan R
Sandy Hill
du Quoin
Mary Ellen Davis
Fort Mitchell
Mitchell
Marion
Maurice Samuel Sparks
N. van Buren St
Rose Hill
Mr. Sparks
First Baptist Church
Robert
Elsie Burnett Sparks
Ina Trammell
Lucille Edwards
Thompsonville
Frances Jones
Walnut Creek
Calif
Betty Farris
Maitland
Fla
Area woman killed on I 57 near Marion
A Du Quoin woman, Donna Howell, 21, died after apparently stepping into the path of a southbound van on Interstate 57 near Marion around 9 p.m. Friday. The driver, John A. Kelly, 57, of Jacksonville, was uninjured and not charged. Howell, married last week to Carl Howell of Du Quoin, was pronounced dead on arrival at Marion Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Marion
Donna Howell
W. Main St
John A. Kelly
Jacksonville
Kelly
Emma M Eisenhauer dies at 67 in Du Quoin
Emma M Eisenhauer 67 of Route 4 Du Quoin died Sept 1 1978 in Pinckneyville Hospital skilled nursing care unit. Burial Sunset Memorial Park Du Quoin. Survived by husband Henry O Eisenhauer a son Ronald Rockford two grandchildren and one brother. Memorials to St John s United Church of Christ Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxton
du Quoin
Emma M. Eisenhauer
Sunset Memorial Park
Eisenhauer
Pinckneyville Hospital
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Louis
Emma Linze Weis
Henry O. Eisenhauer
Ronald
Rockford
Adam Weis
Obituaries Roundup From Illinois Communities
Rose Marie Engelman 36 of Pinckneyville died August 31 1978 in Nashville after a short illness. She was a Catholic Daughters member and Mary Magdalen Church parishioner, survived by her husband Donald a son and her mother. Funeral at Mary Magdalen Church Monday with burial in church cemetery. Rosary tonight. Coy Rogers of Lesser died September 2 1978 at Marshall Browning Hospital. funeral arrangements pending. Joe Wingerter 65 of Rockwood died September 2 1978 after a two year illness. survived by wife six daughters and two sons and numerous relatives. funeral Monday at Schroeder Chapel Chester with burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Fern Gertrude Oshel 79 of Harrisburg died September 1 1978. member of First Baptist Church and Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors. survived by daughter Mesha Irvin and other relatives. funeral Monday at Gaskins Harrisburg with Sunset Lawn Cemetery burial and Heart Fund donations requested. Mary Sims 77 of Brookport died September 2 1978 at Jackson Funeral Home Metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha T. Hincke
Walnut St
Pinckneyville
Hinke
Joseph B. Bischof
Charles H. Hincke
Joseph E. Edmonds
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Mr. Edmonds
Monsanto Chemical Co
St. Peters United Church of Christ
Jake
Mary Edmonds
Eugene
Belleville
Edna Ringwald
George Renner
Valhalla Cemetery
Rose Marie Engelman
Washington County
Nashville
Donald
Coy Rogers
Lesser
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Brayfield Funeral Home
Joe Wingerter
Rockwood
Mr. Wingerter
Martin
Josie Poenitske Wingerter
Iona Tindall
Chester
Jerry
Granite City
Russell
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Marilyn Braun
Anne
Schroeder
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Pleasant Ridge Church
Fern Gertrude Oshel
W. Lincoln St
Harrisburg
Doctors Hospital
First Baptist Church
Oshel
S. J. Blackman
Laura Johnson
William Hart Oshel
Order of the Eastern Star
The
Royal Neighbors
Mesha Irvin
Jeanette Pilkington
Olive Mount
East Moline
John Blackman
Eldorado
Joe Oshel
Bond
Gaskins Funeral Home
Sunset Lawn
Heart Fund
Mary Sims
Brookport
Jackson Funeral Home
Metropolis
Dogs Seek Homes at Southern Illinois Humane Society
Two young dogs, a two month old black shepherd mix and a month old golden retriever mix, are up for adoption at the Southern Illinois Humane Society shelter on Illinois 13 between Carbondale and Murphysboro. The shelter is open daily except Monday. dogs cost $20 and cats $15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Humane Society Animal Shelter
Illinois
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Williamson County Fair Week Features Horse Shows and Dances
The 122nd Williamson County Fair at Marion Fairgrounds opens with a 6 p.m. walking and racking horse show and $1 adults $0.50 children admission. Labor Day features a quarter horse show with $3,000 in prizes and a $500 roping prize. Little Mr and Miss Williamson County crowned Monday at 7 p.m. The fair continues with a Good Old Days Fun Fest and dancing events, saddle club shows, harness racing with a $7,000 daily purse, a demolition derby, tractor pulling, and Merchants' Nights with a $3 midway arm band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion Fairgrounds
Senior Citizens Kitchen
Williamson County Saddle Club
Correction Services for Margaret L. Williams
Correction services for Margaret L Williams 81 of 108 N Benton Road West Frankfort are at 2 p m today at First United Methodist Church West Frankfort Friends may call at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort until services time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Williams
N. Benton Road
West Frankfort
First United Methodist Church
Union Funeral Home
Ewing Agronomy Field Day Scheduled for Wednesday Morning
The Ewing Demonstration Center Agronomy Field Day will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Ewing Field in Franklin County. The tour covers wheat and soybean varieties, zero till practices, disease management, with County extension advisers Bob Frank Dennis Thompson Dick Swope and Frank Brewer leading. University of Illinois speakers include Les Boone George McKibben and Barry Jacobsen. Soft drinks end the tour and participants receive a 33 page summary book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing Demonstration Center
Ewing Field
Ewing
Franklin County
Bob Frank
Dennis Thompson
Dick Swope
Frank Brewer
University of Illinois
Les Boone
George McKibben
Barry Jacobsen
Watercolor Exhibition Opens at SIU Carbondale
Visiting artist Max Schultz brings a watercolor and drawing show to the Vergette Gallery at the Allyn Building on the SIU Carbondale campus. The exhibit runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, with Schultz based in Mission Lake Wisconsin and allied with SIU C Art Students League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siu
Max Schultz
Vergette
Allyn
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Schultz
Mission Lake
Wis
Art Students’ League
Siu-C
Also Mentioned on This Page
du Quoin Fair
Carterville
Herrin Plan Commission
City Hall
Valier Village Board of Trustees
Lewis Park
True Value Store
13Th
Rover
Resource Reclamation, Inc
Cambria
Christopher City
Colp
Freeman Spur
Royalton
Sesser
West City Village Board
Zeigler
Benton Municipal
Bush Village Board
S. Divi
Sion
St. John A. Logan College
Bard of Trustees
S. Walnut St
Steeleville
Marion Memorial Hospital
Anna-Jonesoboro High School Board
Overeaters Anonymous
Woody Halil
Webster
F.I.S.T
Varsity
Animal House
Laura Mars’’ Fox
Herrin
Marion Drive-In
Cinema 4
Outer Space
Sgt. Pepper
Hooper
Roxy
Coulterville
Claudia
Ture
First Christian Church
Dewey and
Christina Griffith Smith
Mary Moore
Morton and Johnston
S. 9Th St
Moore
Ernest L. Moore
Carl
Harold
Dorothy Rice
Helen Woodland
Pacific Northwest
Florida
Maine
National Weather Service
Noaa, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Joe Jines
Willamson County Fair
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!