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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1978
Page
5
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale launches a volunteer candy striper program with an introductory meeting at 4 p.m. Monday in the first floor conference room. Eligible are youths 14 and older. the program will repeat 4 p.m. to 5 30 p.m. Wednesday.
A fragmented listing shows cinema programs across multiple theaters in Harrisburg Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin Marion and Eldorado. Titles include Almost Summer Hooper Animal House Myra Breckinridge Eyes of Laura Mars and Foul Play among others with venue tags like CINEMA 1 VARSITY SALUKI and UNIVERSITY.
Public calendar items open to readers may be printed at no charge. Send details to Calendar The Southern Illinoisan 710 North Illinois Carbondale Ill 62901 one week before the event. Include date time place brief description and admission charge if any.
Carmen B. Taylor 76 founder of Taylor Motor Co. Benton died Sept 22 1978 at home burial in Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery Benton services at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home. Caroline Cameron 72 Pinckneyville died Sept 22 1978 at Pinckneyville Community Hospital funeral at Doerr Schwebel Chapel Pinckneyville burial Mull er Hill cemetery. Martha Keller 62 Cambria died Sept 23 1978 Herrin Hospital services 11 a.m. Riggin Pillatsch Carterville burial Blairsville Cemetery. Abigail Asa Petty 69 Herrin died Sept 22 1978 Herrin Hospital graveside Calvary Cemetery Villa Ridge. Ida M Martell 74 East Peoria former Murphysboro died Sept 22 1978 St Francis Hospital Peoria services 10 a.m. Denny Pettett Murphysboro burial St Andrews Cemetery. Mary C McComb 65 Murphysboro died Sept 23 1978 Carbondale Memorial Hospital services 2 p.m. Murphysboro First Pentecostal Church burial Evergreen Cemetery Ava.
A 10 week old male champagne and white kitten awaits adoption at the Southern Illinois Humane Society shelter on Illinois 13 between Murphysboro and Carbondale. The facility is open daily except Mondays, with adoption fees listed as 15 dollars for cats and 20 dollars for dogs. Edith White, 70, of Gig Harbor Washington, formerly Johnston City Route 1, died September 22 1978 in St Joseph Hospital Tacoma Washington. Services are pending at Johnson Funeral Home Herrin.
Roy Lee Hunsaker 89 of Cobden died Friday September 22 1978 at St Francis Medical Center Cape Girardeau Missouri. Retired farmer and Water Valley Christian Church member born December 1 1888 in Cobden to Joseph and Louisa Etherton Hunsaker. Survived by brother Finnis Hunsaker and two nieces Pauline Karraker Mildred Holshouser. Services 2 p.m. Monday Lutz Rendleman Funeral Home Cobden burial Ebenezer Hall Cemetery near Lick Creek.
Walter Harrington, 28, of 309 E Birch St Carbondale, was moved to Jackson County Jail in Murphysboro early Saturday on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Officers arrested him at 1 37 a m in the 200 block of North Washington after a citizen complaint about a loaded gun. He carried a loaded .38 caliber pistol and was held on 100 bond to appear in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday.
A 14-year-old girl and her three young cousins aged two to six narrowly escaped harm when a fire gutted Gene Fletcher’s Brooklyn Street residence in Vergennes. Fire chief Donald Wisely said heat blew out back bedroom windows, alerting the children as flames consumed the house, causing about $20,000 in damage with no injuries reported.
Fire swept a Herrin residence at 1801 W Monroe St about 1 a.m. Saturday. Eleven firemen fought the flames until 5 a.m. The home owned by Charles Tavigia and occupied by Charles Williams suffered no reported injuries. Damage estimate not available and the cause is under investigation.
Carbondale man Michael J. Hartlage, 27, reported his wallet vanished during an all night camp-out for Bob Dylan tickets at SIUC Arena. Wallet held $410 in cash including a $100 bill, one $50 bill, twelve $20 bills and two $10 bills. Police noted other Friday night thefts including a backpack with $115, books, a meal ticket and a checkbook, a 26 inch bicycle, and a damaged motorcycle fork lock attempt.
The old Saline County poor house site at 1600 S Feazer St Harrisburg becomes a history day 1 to 4 pm as part of the 13th Annual Open House. Five log buildings a one room school house and a Quaker Church host a flea market arts and crafts display and guided tours all free. Muzzle loading riflemen archers and crafts demonstrations plus music by strolling musicians highlight the day. Signs direct visitors to parking where the Harrisburg Fire Department will display its new snorkel truck.
John A Logan College Carterville announces a free motorcycle course starting Thursday. Course 7 runs 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturdays through October 7 at the north parking lot near the flag pole. Participants must be at least 15. Motorcycles and helmets provided. Register at the Adult Continuing Education office or call Freddie Ford for details.
Two public meetings to discuss the Grain Dealers Recovery Fund proposed by the Illinois General Assembly are planned this month and in October. The sessions, led by the Illinois House Agriculture Subcommittee, seek input from grain producers and dealers on establishing a fund funded by a per bushel fee, an annual cap, and a dealer deposit and renewal fee.
An Illinois Department of Conservation news release dated Sept 17 misstated that blinds remaining after the initial drawing at Horse Shoe Lake and Union County Wildlife Area would go to standby hunters on a first come basis. The DOC now states the remaining blinds will be allocated to standby hunters through a second drawing held later in the morning.
National Weather Service forecasts show a broad band of rain stretching from South Carolina to Alabama and into the Pacific Northwest. Florida New Mexico Texas will see showers while Southern Illinois records a high of 75 and a low of 42 with no precipitation overnight. Sunset and sunrise times are listed for the area.
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