W E Crouch Dies At Work In Herrin
William E. Crouch 59 of 500 S 19th St Herrin died of a heart attack at Orient mine east of Johnston City while working. Coroner Paul Litton said Milo Cardwell found him near a conveyor bolthead between 9 and 10 p m. He died en route to Herrin Hospital at 10 45 p m. An inquest will be held at 5 30 p m today at George Van Natta Funeral Home. Crouch was active in Masonic bodies and UMW, born July 3 1904 in Mulberry Kan. He leaves a wife Hazel, a brother Jo Anne, brothers Ray and Glenn, a sister Mrs Cleo Threlkeld, and other relatives. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 p m at the funeral home with Masonic rites Saturday at 7 30 p m. Burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Crouch
S. 19Th St. Herrin
Orient 4
Johnston City
Wiliamson
Paul Litton
Milo Cardwell
Corinth
Williamson County
Crouch
Herrin Hospital
Litton
George van Natta
Herrin
Grand Royal Arch
Illinois
First Baptist Church
Mulberry
Kan
William E
Effie Newell Crouch
Hazel Stanley
Jo Anne
Ray
Glenn
Springfield
Cleo Threlkeld
Pana
George van
Natta Funeral Home
Ben R. Stripling
Herrin City
Men Trapped Under Tractors In West Frankfort
Two men were injured in separate tractor accidents Wednesday in West Frankfort. James Willard, 54, was pinned at 1:45 pm while trimming weeds near Seventh and Jackson Streets. he remained in fair condition with a crushed left leg at Union Hospital after firefighters used a winch truck to free him. Robert Thorp, 28, of Benton County, narrowly avoided severe injury when his tractor ran over a root, dumping him and leaving him in good condition. he underwent X-rays and shoulder surgery at Union Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Willard
S. Odle St
West Frankfort
Seventh
Jackson Streets
Union Hospital
Robert Thorp
Benton
Doc - Joplin
Joplin
Thorp
Leona Walker 87 Creal Springs dies in nursing home
Leona Kelley Walker 87 of Creal Springs died at 8 30 p m Wednesday in Creal Springs Nursing Home Born near Tunnel Hill Illinois February 15 1875 daughter of J J Whiteside She was widow of Carroll Kelley and Herman Walker Survived by a brother Herman Whiteside a grandson and four great grandchildren Funeral 20 pm Friday at Cosby Funeral Home Rev Hobart Peterson officiating Burial in Fraternal Cemetery Vienna Friends may call after 6 p m today at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Walker
Creal Springs
Leona Kelley Walker
Tunnel Hill Cey
J. J
Missouri Whiteside
Cosby
Funeral Home
Hobart Peterson
Vienna
Car Knocks Child Off Pavement in Pinckneyville Area
A Pinckneyville area child, Kerry Ray Flare aged 3 of Route 2, was struck by a car driven by Edgar Linton 72 of Sheridan on Route 154 nine miles west of Pinckneyville. He was knocked off the pavement but suffered only bruises and was treated and released at Pinckneyville Community Hospital according to District 13 State Police at Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Kerry Ray Flare
Rt. 2
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Edgar Linton
Sheridan
District 13
du Quoin
Mother and Baby Hurt In Wreck Near Logan
A Benton area woman Norma Smothers 24 and her eight month old son Allen were treated at Union Hospital West Frankfort after their car ran off the Logan Blacktop road near Logan. The crash occurred at 8 30 p m a mile and a half south of Logan. Police cited minor injuries in other crashes including Henry Watkins 39 of Gadsden Alabama after a truck left the road near Rt 127 146 junction west of Jonesboro and a two vehicle collision on Rt 154 east of Pinckneyville involving Dan Perjak 51 and Marshall Smith 21 with minor injuries for Perjak and no injuries for Smith. Another collision at Rt 97 and 13th in Johnston City involved Laverne Beaupre 42 Gary Indiana and Charles Hugh es 36 Harrisburg with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton -Area
Logan
Benton
District 13
du Quoin
Norma Smothers
Rt. 3
Thompsonville
Allen
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Logan Blacktop
Henry Watkins
Gadsden
Ala
Jonesboro
Dan F. Perjak
Nashville
Marshall Smith
Rt. 7
Mt. Vernon
Rt. 154
Pinckneyville
Perjak
Pinck
Chester Drivers Fined For Reckless Driving And Stop Sign
Chester records show Joseph Schatte of Chester fined $30 by Police Magistrate M. R. Snapp on guilty plea for reckless driving. Francis Dee Hayes of Harethorne, Calif. fined $10 on guilty plea for running a stop sign. Proceedings filed by Chester Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Joseph Schatte
M. R. Snapp
Francis Dee Hayes
Harethorne
Calif
Award Tonight Trophy Honors Okley Hays
A memorial trophy honoring the late Okley Hays of Herrin will be awarded at the National Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration in Shelbyville Tennessee. The Okley Hays Stables north of Herrin is a leading Illinois training stable with prize winning horses. Helen Lynn Hays will present the trophy to the two year old class winner as Morris Hays and other family members attend the week long world championship show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okley Hays
Herrin
Shelbyville
Tenn
Hays
Mlinois
Morris Hays
Helen
Lynn Hays
Bill Hays
Edith Hays
Helen Frailey
Benton
Black
Angel
Union Hospital Adds Public Board Members
West Frankfort's Union Hospital trustees select five new board members to represent Franklin and Williamson County communities. The existing ten member board will become five, with each local union appointing one delegate. New trustees are Jack Osborne News director WFRX West Frankfort Victor Penrod drug store co owner Lawrence Finazzo West Frankfort mayor George Van Natta Herrin funeral director and Harry Friedlander Johnston City merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Union Hospital Board of Trustees
Franklin and
Williamson County
Richard’ Bartnik
Arel Jack Osborne
WFRX
West ‘Frankfort
Victor Penrod
Forestry program duplication eyed at SIU and UIUC
A state board report questions duplication of forestry curriculums at the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University and suggests merging extension work into a statewide program. The meeting notes that UIUC may move to a master of science in forestry and consider adding a doctoral option, with about $10,000 in McIntire Stennis Act funds to be distributed to the state universities for the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University’ of Illinois
Southern Illinois University “i
State Board ‘of ‘Higher “Education
Thinois
Richard “G. Browne
Samuel ‘T. Dana
Journal of Forestry
D. Dosker
U.S. Forest Service
Winois
Maxwell McCormack
SIU Forestry Department
Neil W. Hosley
U. of I
SIU
McIntire Stennis
Actin
U of Tands Iu
Man Treated After Auto Crash in Marion County
Laverne Pierre Beaupre, 49, of Grosse Pointe Michigan, was treated at Marion Memorial Hospital at 4 2 for injuries from an automobile accident on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Pierre Beaupre
Grosse Point
Mich
Marion Memorial Hospital
Hospital Work Starts Friday at Franklin Hospital
Construction will begin Friday on a 1.442 million nursing care addition to Franklin Hospital in Benton. J J Altman Construction Co of East St. Louis moves equipment to the site as financing covers 945,128 federal funds and a 350,000 bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hospital
Benton
William Lamont
J. J. Altman Construction Co
East St. Louis
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Wunan Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 15Th Street
Herrin
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W.E .Crouch
U OF
St. Jate
Parnelli Jones
Riverside ST
Raat
Monicoment Ward
Tire Sale
Riverside
Mercury
Pikes Peak
Parnell Jones
Indianapolis 500 Speedway
Indianapolis Oval
Riverside Engineers
Rededa Price
Blackwall
Irie
Parnelli Jones Savings
Ias
Rae
Aikat
Murphysboro
Wittewalli
North 13Th ST
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