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Carbondale Henin Marphysfcortt SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959 Pap Thru In Jackson Township Elections 1mm i-4 fr Mi- is LAKE STREET HOMES Murphysboro's second public housing development approaches the foundation stage ts excavating an gradin ma At Murphysboro lilt 111 l. III-IIH- i i 5 '(- v- ft- p. chines re-establish soil levels at the Lake Street site. A bulldozer in the foreground is preparing a drainage ditch to Foundation Work Planned On Second Housing Site WHO WON? Anxious youngsters crowd find their names in the top nearly 2,000 pupils to the around the bulletin board at ratings of the grade school mu- school. The district band con-Johnston City's Washington sic contest.

The district solo test will be Friday in Harris-School Tuesday hoping to and ensemble contest brought burg. 4' :1 -r carry run-off water from a culvert at 20th Street to another culvert under the Gulf, Mobile Ohio Railroad tracks across the length of the site. Librarian Quits After 36 Years In Marion lhe Marion (Jarnesie Library i i ii ooara win name a successor May 4 to Mrs. Nannie Gray rarks, who has resigned after 36 Vi 6 years as librarian. Mrs.

Parks, who has been off duty the last two months, retir ed because of ill health Mon dav. She served on the library board six years after it was opened Feb. 29, 1916., and became li brarian on Sept. 1, 1922. She was the fifth person to fill the poMuon.

Mrs. Parks collected material on the early history of William- son County and 1939 a pic- material showing the county history back to the first white I men the area. -tei The map was printed for the tuumy icmcnuidi program. I i.i f.f PprAnc ran fil anrlir5tinre I for the librarian position With Asst. Librarian Jessie Gray.

Board members are President E. M. Stotlar, H. O. Belford, Mrs.

F. E. Powell, Mrs. C. C.

Cox, I a Federal Aid Application Due Friday Members of the Herrin Municipal hospital planning commission expect to apply Friday for federal Hill Burton funds to help pay construction cost. Representatives of the 11 -mem ber planning board have an ap pointment Friday morning with Jerome Ray, chief of the bureau of hospitals. Department of Pub lic Health. Dr. Wendell Kane, chairman of an earlier hospital committee but not a member of the plan ning board, said he and several others will attend the meeting in bprmgheld.

Backers had planned to seek the maximum $400,000 in fed eral assistance but expect onlv about $240,000. Other funds are to come from general obligation bond issue, to be voted on April 21, and a public subscription drive with a croal over a half- million dollars. Dr. Kane said Tuesday the planning board has not met formally in recent weeks, "but everybody is working on some- i aiiu we gei logeiner aimosr mg and we get togethf every day." i projects have been named, he said. Dr.

Kane said the group has studied about four basic plans for hospitals meeting Hill Burton requirements. To meet those re quirements, certain construction specifications must be followed. However, he said, no architect has been retained, although the 'contacte6d by about seven architectural fnrmc. nhvoVi.nc n.membr of in planning and selecti the hospital npe, Dr. Kane said, He addcd he therc Ji tiy nine uuLHMuuu io ine i picscm pian or Duiiains a new -Y 6 rv i i ed so far include plans similar to Franklin Hospital at Benton jand Massac Memorial Hospital at iMetropolis.

A aire of approximately 10- acres will be needed, Dr. Kane d. Contracts For Post Office Work Awarded Contracts for improvements at two arca offices have been awarded by the General Services A naminisrrauon. (mt, An $11,632 contract for in stallation ot an air conditioning A ff. 6 svstem at the Anna cost office i has been awarded to McDamel n- i iicinyerauon oervice or rincK- newille.

A driveway extension at the West Frankfort post office is pro vided under an $8,470 contract to the Chalender Construction Co. of Springfield, Mo. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray (D West Frankfort) said today the nrracts onng tne total ot posr 1 .1 34.

with 2Q of these new buildings. Gray requested an overall space needs survey l111 years a8 Herrin Lions Host Tigers Tuesday Noon Lions entertained Tigers in Herrin Tuesday noon. Herrin Township High School's varsitv basketball team, the Tigers, were luncheon guests of the Henin Lions Club at a luncheon. Dr. Arthur Lenzini, club president, said members spoke on the team's successful record this past season.

Other luncheon are planned for top grade school basketball teams in the Herrin area. MINE REPORT Mines Working Thursday Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Washer Orient 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 Buckhorn Fidelity Pyramid Truax-Traer No. 2 Not Working Burning Star No. 1 Orient 2 Old Ben 22 Old Ben Briquet Plant i- tj tj paid, but no site has been Jennie Hentz, Mrs. Ed (TO Sneed, Kane Top Ballot The question of whose namfc goes first on the Herrin Township High School election ballot has been settled.

The official ballot gives names in this order: Carl D. Sneed Dr. W. L. Kane, William K.

Fawcett, Arvel A. Phillips, Bob J. Jeralds. Fawcett earlier had protested the placement of the names of Dr. Kane and Sneed first on the ballot.

He said their petitions had been passed by the Board secretary, A. T. Brown. Brown said the two petitions were complete and in his possession when the filing period opened, thus those two names would be first on the ballot. An attorney for the state de- P2.1., of Public instruction ine law probably would uphold Fawcett's protest, but he would have to' file a court suit before the election to force any change in the procedure.

After the election, the attorney said, the courts would not upset the election results because of a technical error in filing. Fawcett later decided not to file suit. Voting to elect two of the five candidates to the board will be baturday, from noon to 7 p. m. Two Named To Herrin Board William Carnaghi and Eldon Wiswell were elected without opposition to the Herrin Park Board Tuesday.

Board Secretary Marvin Owen said today 56 ballots were cast. Carnaghi was re-elected to a six- year term and Wiswell will fill a vacancv lett hv th TKmnih'ftn of Richard Quails. Quails resigned to become swimming pool manager this summer. Owen said one write-in vote was cast for Leo East of Herrin. Votes will be canvassed at a special meeting sometime within five davs, Owen said.

Price Jumps On Course-Not Really The cost of losing weight is going up these days according to the Southern Illi-noisan. Southern Illinois University is offering a course in weight reduction through controlled diet starting April 14. Tuition for the course is $4.80 four dollars and eighty cents. In the original story, the price was listed as $14.80 by mistake. In the correction, the price jumped to $44.80.

Let's just say for under $5 you can take the course to lose weight. We're taking a course to lose $40. SdCoiif Ws) 3 0 0 Deadline Set On Frankfort Police Posts Three suspended West Frank, fort policemen have until 10 a. m. Thursday to decide whether they want to work on temporary appointment status.

The three were discharged by the recently created police and fire merit board. Then the board offered reinstatement on a tem porary basis. Permanent choices are to be made after tests and interviews. A fourth policemn discharg ed, Cole Jones, 75, is now work ing on temporary appointment. The other three, although suspended, have continued on duty.

Police Commissioner John Bowen had said the merit board action was illegal and he would keep the three on the payroll. Two new officers, Robert Moore and Edward Rich, also are working on a temporary basis. The merit board offered the new chance for reinstatement in conference Tuesday with citv officials and Lawrence B. Hoff man, secretary treasurer of the Illinois Police Assn. Hoffman said the board's ac tions have been legal.

Four city commissioners were invited but did not appear. FORMER RESIDENT DIES Funeral Services Thursday For Beare McCloud Funeral services for Beare E. McCloud, 73, who died Sunday in Kirkwood, will be Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Schroeder Funeral Chapel in Chester.

The Rev. Frank W. McLaugh-en will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr.

McCloud was traffic manager for Con P. Curran Printing in St. Louis. Fie was married to the former Florence Gordon. He was a member of Chester Masonic Lodge No.

72. He leaves two daughters, Mrs Virginia Julian of Kirkwood, and Mrs. Betty Jane Webster of Al amogordo, N. M. locked in a fourth-floor rest-room.

She shouted she was going to jump out. The building, at five stories, is the tallest building in Benton. Authorities were called to the scene at 8:30 p. m. They tried to coax the girl out of the restroom.

When she did not open the door authorities battered it down. The restroom window was stuck, according to Assistant Fire Chief Pat O'Kecfc. She has been under a doctor's care, Police Chief E. C. Bell said.

Jackson County Republicans bounced back strong from November setbacks to hold their own in. Township elections Tuesday, and pick up one on die Board of Supervisors. Otto Arbeiter, Democratic incumbent in Ft. Bluff Township, lost a bid for a new term to Republican candidate Herbert Rathien bv a 159-135 count on unofficial returns. Republicans held eight other Board seats, and Democrats held four seats.

Tuesdav's results increase a Republican voting edge to 15-8, will produce live new taces including a third woman mem ber hen the Board meets Ap ril 22 in Murphyslboro. New members are Mrs. Sarah Holliday, Elk Township supervisor, a Republican; Rathjen; Raymond Shannon, Levan Township supervisor, a Democrat; John Sickler, Murphysboro Township supervisor, a Repub lican; and Vinson Erickson, Mur physboro assistant, a Republi can. Incumbents Win Republ ican incumbents who won new terms are Mrs. Hallie Parrish of Carbondale, with two assistants, Carl Crain and J.

Lester Turner, James Gilmore of De- Soto, and Gene LeMarchal, a Murphysboro assistant. Democratic inciimbents who won new terms are Joe Moll of Vergennes and Reginald Stearns of Pomona. Robert Masters of Grand. Tower, running on a non partisan ticket but aligned with Democratic interests, won a new term in a three-candidate race. Township -by township re sults of the elections in Jackson County I uesday: Bradley Road Commissioner Paul Buescher (D) 426 Omer Rodewald (R) 201 Constable Laverne Egbert (D) 407 August Kohlenberg (R) 192 Justice of the Peace Henry Fulford (R) 228 No Democrat candidate Carbondale Supervisor Mrs.

Hallie Parrish (R) 475 John Travelstead (D) 1,265 Asst. Supervisors Carl Crain (R) 1,508 J.Lester Turner (R) 1,517 Robert "Red" Hill (D) 107 William Mcintosh (D) 1,043 Road Commissioner W.A.Glenn (R) 1,542 Lloyd Godwin (D) 1,148 Degognia Road Commissioner Walter Bunselmeyer (R) 22 No Democratic candidate De Soto Supervisor James Gillmore (R) 290 Tommy Jennings (D) 228 Road Commissioner Lloyd McKinnics (R) 303 Wayne Smith (D) 207 Justice Of Peace Milford Buckles (R) 331 No Democrat candidate Cemetery Trustee Non-Partisan Denzil Shirlev 434 Elk Supervisor Mrs. Sarah Hollidav (R) 443 Milford Harrell (D) 316 Road Commissioner Edmond Cochran (R) 476 Nathan Robinson (D) 263 Constable Steve Cobin (R) 420 Harvey Hickem (D) 280 Justice Of Peace Morris Eaton (R) 395 Ed Curtis (D) 283 Grand Tower All Non-Partisan Supervisor Robert Masters 209 Bert Wilson 163 H. L. O'ConnelllOS Road Commissioner Louis Wills 299 Joseph Freeman 133 Russ Elliott 46 Justice Of Peace Pauline Gardiner 1 32 Herschel Campbell 46 Rosemary Nimmo 28 Road Commissioner Jim Gordon (R) 56 Orris Falkenberry (D) 50 Justice Of Peace Melba Taylor (R) 42 Makanda Road Commissioner Lester Lipe (R) 329 Arthur Clark (D) 192 Justice Of Peace Albert Krysher (R) 290 Louis Hertter (R) 325 Gene Stearns (D) 201 OgleGlasford (D) 189 Constable Ed Tripp (R) 287 John Chadwick (D) 230 Murphysboro Supervisor John Sickler (R) 1,460 Sherman Carr (D) 1,360 Asst.

Supervisors Gene Lelxlarchal (R) 1,380 Vinson Erickson (R) 1,411 Pat Harris (D) 1,220 Henry Bellm (D) 1,371 Road Commissioner Raymond Mileur'(R) 1,711 Ray Chancey (D) 1,066 Ora Road Commissioner Wavne Alstat (R) 105 GusDitzler (D) 71 Pomona Supervisor Reginald Stearns (D) ISO Ed Rosson (R) 3 write ins Road Commissioner Robert Noble (D) 157; Gerlad Grammer (R) 103 Justice of Peace Sand Ridge Road Commissioner Ernest Buchholz (R) 116 Jim Sarensen (D) 83 Vergennes Supervisor Joseph Moll (D) 239 Bert Porter (R) 189 Road Commissioner Howard Wisely (D) 230 Jackson Neace (R) 196 Constable Dwight Tuthill (D) 224 Levan Supervisor Ravmond Shannon (D) 103 Wayne Graff (R) 96 Road Commissioner Ted Taylor (D) 105 Fred Bastien (R) 95 Ft. Bluff Supervisor Herbert Rathjen (R) 159 Otto Arbeiter (D) 135 Road Commissioner George Kranawetter (R) 170 George Miesner (D) 122 Constable Lawrence Middendorf (R) 131 EmilEckert (D) 152 Graveyard Trustee Lawrence Darnstaedt (R) 148 Ernest Luedeman (D) 136 Somerset Road Commissioner Henry Lichliter (R) 204 Clarence Reiman (D) 98 write-ins Justice Of Peace Robert Ellis (R) 184 Constable Floyd Clark (R) 18,1 low-rent units at the Bridgewood Homes public housing development on Bridge Street. Four oth families are to move in dur ing the next week, and six more applications have been approved. All 40 Bridgewood units are completed. The remaining work at the project includes road paving, landscaping, laying of sidewalk the office building, and erection of street lights.

Sanders Landscaping Company of Paducah, holds the subcontract for planting trees and shrubs, and seeding lawns. $55,900 Levied In Carbondale A total tax lew of $55,900 was approved at the annual Car bondale Township meeting Tues day for April 1959 through April or 1960. A lew of $40,000 was ap proved for the general assistance fund with a $15,900 levy for other expenses. The general assistance fund provides $26,100 for home relief, $11,500 for hospitalization, $300 for institutional care, $100 for transient paupers, $1,000 for burial fees, $500 for administration, and $500 for contingencies. Of the other $15,900 levied, $12,500 will be used for fees and compensation of officers, $900 for election expenses, $1,350 for township officers' ex penses, vsu ior other services and $400 for contingencies.

Claimed To Be James E. The Rev. James E. Smith, Carbondale, died Tuesday night af-te a full life. According to his records, he was 1 10 years old.

He had claim-ed, at the age of 101 to be the oldest man ever to father a child. At that, he beat his previous record of being the father of twins at the age of 99, in 1948. He leaves, in addition to his wife Anna Lee Smith, seven children: James E. Smith on leave from the U. S.

Air Force; Willie H. Smith, Olathe, Paul Smith, Robert Lewis Smith, Marv Lee Smith, Susan Marie Smith and Dallas Eugene Smith, all of Carbondale. Mr. Smith died at his home, 203 L. Birch at 8:30 p.

m. He had lived in Carbondale 20 vears. He was born in James town, March 16. sometime durine the last centurv. The Rev.

James Smith I I i Foundation work at Murphvs-; boro's second public housing development is expected to get under way during the next two weeks. Fiftv low-rent units will be built at the Lake and 20th street lite, where excavating and grading machines have been re-estab. lishing grade levels during the past month. Work at the site had been stopped for six months after a soil cut-down in one part of the lot revealed high water content in the sand level. to architect Bob Simon, the condition will be cor rcctcd bv raising the grade level.

Foundations for 12 units on the Lake street site will be started as soon as the ground work in that section is ready, although excavating and grading work in the northern two-thirds of the site will be continued. The housing development, consisting of 36 prefabricated buildings similar to those at the Bridgewood Homes site, will include 15 duplex units, 16 three-bedroom units, 3 four-bedroom houses. 1 five-bedroom house, 11 maintenance build- 01IU inc. Three roads will lead into the moiect. one from 19th Street on the north, one from 20th Street on the west, and the other from Lake Street on the south, near the Gulf, Mobile Ohio Rail road tracks.

The three roads will tie into a centrally located road that runs in a near-rectangular shape. A culvert, presently drainin into the development site from the southwest part of Murphys-boro, will be re-routed into a ditch alongside the new road that will run through the project parallel with Lake Street. About 30 application! have been received by the a County Housing Authority for rent of the homes. The project is scheduled for completion this rummer. Bert Swafford, Authority executive director, said applications will not be approved and processed until the project is about 75 per cent completed.

Twenty families now occupy Council Rehires Dallas McCoy The Carterville Citv Council decided Tuesday night to rehire Dallas McCoy as street commis-tioner after he gave the Council his resignation. In his letter of resignation, McCov said he was quitting because he had too manv bosses, too many hours and did not re-' ceive a vacation or sick leave. Alderman Flovd Watson said it was up to Maor Sherman Spillcr to tell McCoy what to do and it was Spiller's responsibility to keep McCoy -vorking. Council members decided to have Mayor Spiller keep a work sheet of McCoy's work. McCoy will work 3n eight hour dav, hup two weeks vacation.

two week's sick leave and a five and a half day week. r- 1 1 1 Alderman 1 red llinuman made the motion to rehire Mc Coy. At earlier Council meetings, aldermen have discussed McCoy's u.ork and asked for a daily record of work done. er to Bolger and Albert Kaeser. HUBBS REPLACEMENT EXPECTED APRIL 22 Action on a replacement for the late Ray Hubbs, Herrin Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, is expected at the April tt I last ednesdav He had ncA sened in the post since 1954.

rr- i i today officials had planned to name a new executive secretary i .1 i earner due doui nova r. oracy i ri i -n m. CIvde Brewster, Chamber an leaders, were out of town 710 Smith Dies The vear of his birth, he claim- cu, ioi7. nc was never aoie to produce a birth certificate to prove this beyond doubt, how- ever. Other records of a previous marriage and application for un- dertaker's license would seem to make him about 15 years younger than he claimed.

Smith had said he was ordain ed a Baptist minister at the age of 31. He had done some evangelist work. In 1937, when he gave up hi undertaker's work after an accident in Mt. Vernon, he was credited with being the oldest mortician in Illinois. In 1951, Mr.

Smith went to Hollywood and appeared on he Art Linkletter show. He came back -to Carbondale with a new television set and gas range. Mr. Smith, who claimed descent from former slaves, recalled vaguely various incidents during the Civil War. He had been to Liverpool, England, once on a cattle boat, and lived in Mounds and Ml Vernon before coming to Carbondale.

Although there was so doubt about the year of Mr. Smith's birth, the date, March 16, was never in question, "I was born at midnight on that date' he was fond of repeating, "and if I had come a few minutes later, I would have been a black Irishman, born on St. Patrick's Dav." Funeral arrangements are in- complete at Donaldson Funeral Home, Caira Threatens To Jump Girl Grabbed Benton firemen nd Franklin County Sheriff Barney Browning smashed through door Tuesday night to grab an 18-vear-old girl threatening to leap from the fourth floor. Carol Sue Burnett, an elevator operator in the Wood Building was later-( taken to Franklin Hospital in Benton for observation. Her address as given as 410 S.

Hickman Benton. Employes in the building noticed the elevator stopped op-crating and started -a search for Miss Burnett. Thc found her.