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AON APR 2 1959 By Political Group 160 At Opening Of New Camp FORMER RESIDENT DIES Funeral Services Tuesday For Mrs. Nan Brummer Mrs. Nan Brummer, 67, form Student Voting Urged name "Student Political Action Committee." The organizing group includes Barnett and gra duate students George English, Larry Suppiger, Don Szymczak, Roland Burris, and Miss Jean Danielson. Organization is to be complet 1 11.11 1 '1 i 1 I A 1 i ii .1 I i -f 'f-? -i George K. Plochmann 2 Guggenheim Awards To SIU Prof.

William Simeone and erly of Chester, died at her home in Chicago Friday. She was born in Chester in 1891. She was married in Chi cago in 1918 to Thcdore Brum- mer, who survives. She also leaves brothers, J. M.

Holloman of Chester and John of Cherry Vale, and a sister, Mrs. Omer Atchison of Chester. Two brothers, Ezekiel and George, preceded her in death. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Ebenezer. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.

m. at the Schroeder Funeral Home, Chester. The Rev. Frank M. McLaughen will officiate.

Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester. Residents of the village of Stinking Creek in Australia's island state, Tasmania, recently decided to change the name of their town. The new name is Aroma Rivulet. Nov! Life Insurance Birth to Age 80 First 30 Days ONLY 25i Per Policy CASH FOR YOUR FINAL EXPENSES. AVOID BEING A BURDEN TO YOUR FAMILY.

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B. Hutt, President AMERICAN LIFE i ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. X5Q American Life Building, St Louis 8, Ma. Cooperation with the Carbondale city government is a major aim of Southern Illinois University's newest non-partisan student political organization. We are interested in help ing city otticials to know which students are eligible to vol? and in urging the eligible stu dents to vote, Virgil Barnett, graduate student in government and head of the group, said to day.

The non partisan organization tentatively has selected the Brothers Are Dads, Uncles In Short Time Two Chester brothers became both fathers and uncles within a 16-hour period last week at the Chester Hospital. A son, Robert Wayne Glass, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glass at 3:13 p. m.

Thursday. A daughter, Carlene June Glass, was born to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Glass at 7:23 a.

m. Friday. William and Robert Glass are brothers. DEMOCRAT PRIMARIES URGED BY MITCHELL Chicago, April 20 (AP) Stephen A. Mitchell, former Democratic national committeeman, wants the Democrats to hold more Illinois primary election contests.

He said Sunday that although some of the Democrats for state office have been excellent candidates, their selection by a small group of party leaders has given them the "stigma" of being hand picked. MONEY? 520.00 to $800.00 "1 Home Folks Be Your Loan Folks" REX LOAN 219 West Mam CARBONDALE HOW'S YOUR SPIRIT YctlTI q9 wild ebout the I Automatic mm I ed at a student meeting to be called within the week, Barnett said. He said the group estimates that about 250 eligible student voters either did not vote or were not permitted to vote in the city primary election March 3. College Band Concert Set The Evansville College Tour ing Band will present a concert at 10:30 a. m.

Wednesday in the Herrin Township High School auditorium. The band is directed by Wesley Shepard, head of the Music Department at Evansville College. Herrin band director Wil liam Clarida said although the concert is planned for a high school audience the public is in- vitea. The Herrin concert is part of an annual tour which includes concerts in McLeansboro and Carmi, as well as Indiana towns. Succeeds Lindsay New York, April 20 (AP) Herbert Brucker, editor of the Hartford, Courant, is the new president of the American Council on Education for Jour nalism.

Brucker, elected Sunday suc ceeds Edward Lindsav, editor of of Decatur, 111., who had been president since 1952. 717 South Illinois Avenue CuDondalt SAY'S and MEAL'S IEWELRY GIFT SHOP OP ADVrNTURIT All Prices Listed Plus Trade-In (g) ffrnc tunc NO For Handicapped The new Little Giant City lor handicapped, on Little Grassy Lake, was host to 160 persons in its first weekend opening Sat urday. The 160 were delegates to the American Camping Assn. St. Louis District conference first such conference held in Southern Illinois.

Delegates represented 25 camps, most ot them in the dis trict metropolitan area. rCA members are camp directors and counselors. Probation For Embezzlement A Murphysboro man pleaded guilty today in Jackson County circuit court to embezzlement of almost $1,000. Leon Tucker, Rt. 2, Murphys boro, was given five year's probation on the charge, and was fined $50 and costs.

He was or dered to make restitution on $920.47 embezzled from the L. B. Price Mercantile' a Missouri corporation. The case had" been set for trial on April 27, and was the only criminal case set for this term of court. Tucker was indicted by the January term of the grand jury on the charge.

FLORA MINER DIES Services Tuesday For Carterville Woman Mrs. Flora Miner, 74, 319 Barr Carterville, died at 12:01 a. m. Sunday in Herrin Hospital where she had been a patient 10 weeks. Mrs.

Miner was born in Wil-lliamson Countv Aug. 30, 1884, daughter of John and Julian Grain Jackson. She was married to the Rev. Allen Ferrill in 1901 and to Frank Miner in 1933. The Rev.

Mr. Ferrill, pastor of the Carter ville First Baptist Church four years, died April 25, 1922. Mrs. Miner lived in Carterville 41 years. She was a member of the Carterville First Baptist Church, Order of East ern Star, Rebekah Lodge, Royal Aeighbors and American a 1 Mothers.

She leaves her husband; sons Lee Ferrill of Peoria; and Georoe D. Ferrill of Carterville; sisters Mrs. Janie Simpson of Energy and Mrs. Cora Johnson of Car terville, one granddaughter and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.

m. lueaay at the carterville First Baptist Church with the Rev. C. R. Walker, pastor, officiating.

Friends may call at Hill Funeral Home, Carterville, at any time. Burial will be in Oak-wood Cemeterv, Carterville. SPARTA MAN DIES Funeral Services Tuesday For Sam Mclntyre Sam S. Mclntyre, 79, of Spar ta, died Sunday in Sparta Community Hospital. He was born in Sparta in 1879, and was a lifelong Sparta resident.

He was married in 1906 to the former Rosa McConachie, who died in 1944. Mr. Mclntyre leaves a son, Harvey of Sparta, brothers W. J. of Sparta and Davis of Ore-! gon, and a sister, Mrs.

Oliver Hurst of Canyon City, Colo. He was a member of the Re- formed Presbyterian Church of Sparta. Friends may call at the Lynn! Funeral Home in Sparta until: services Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Reformed Presbyterian Church.

The Rev. Robert Stuart will officiate. Burial will be in Caledonia Cemetery. .1 I vsaai i -r ra Regular $59.98, 9x12 Foot BIGEL0VJ RUG Choice of colors and patterns. Deep pile weave.

Closely woven back. Room size, 9x12 ft. Save $10.00 Now. Only I OK? onTC miDcrmn William Simeone Teacher Dies In Marion Miss Maurine W. Baker, 51, 205 S.

Bentley Marion, high school history teacher, died at a. m. today at her home. She was born in Carterville June 27, 1907, a daughter of Arthur and Roberta Watson Baker. She graduated from Marion High School and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and a master's degree from the University of Chicago.

Miss Baker was a Phi Beta Kappa and her name was inscribed on the bronze tablet honor roll of the University of Illinois. She taught for the American Field Service in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1949-50, and in the Netherlands on a Fulbright bcholar.ship in 19d2-53. Miss Baker leaves her mother of Marion and a sister, Mrs. Wil liam Unzicker of Champaign. Marion schools will be closed i at 2:30 p.

m. Wednesday so teachers can attend the funeral. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion. Dr.

Jo seph Van Rockel will officiate. Burial will be in HillcTest Ceme tery, Carterville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday. The family asks flowers be omitted an contributions be made instead to the Presbyterian Church building fund or to the American Cancer Society.

HERMAN JAMES RITES IN MARION TUESDAY Funeral services for Herman James, 80, 1409 W. Walnut Marion, will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Lone Oak Baptist Church. The Rev.

William Sanders and the Rev. James Howerton will officiate. Burial will be in Eastlavvn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion. Mrs.

James died at 7:25 p.m. Saturday in Marion Memorial Hospital. He was born in Williamson County June 27, 1878. He was married to Mattie Mc-Alpin Feb. 5, 1899, in Marion.

He was a retired former and member of the Lone Oak Church. Mr. James leaves his wift, children, Claude of Rt. 5, Marion, Paul of Eureka and Maxwell of Herrin, 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, and halfbrother, Elvis Jordan of Corning, Ark. DON'T RISK MOTHS! CLEAN EVERY ONE! Our thorough dry cleaning prepares your precious woolens for safe storage! LAUNDERERS 0 0 CLEANERS HERRIN RANGE Ik LINE REPLACEMENT Bill Futrell scoops loose rock broken up with a pneumatic drill by Russell Adams as Illinois Electric Gas Co.

workmen prepare to re- New Gas Line Being Laid In CarbondaEe A new six-inch Illinois Electric Gas Co. gas service line will be built this summer in Carbondale. Supt. Ted Powers, Murphys-boro, said construction on thhe new line will start soon. Company workmen now are replacing pipe on an existing line along Oak street.

The pipe will be replaced from the Illinois Central Railroad across Illinois avenue. Purpose of the new line is to guard against a loss of sen-ice to parts of Carbondale and Mur-physboro should a break occur in the present main line under the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. The new line will carry the high pressure load for through service and the existing line will be converted to lower pressure for local distribution. Company officials said a break in the present line would require at least a 24-hour service interruption, with all gas to Mur-physboro and about half of Carbondale service shut off. The new line also will provide reserve line for distribution in the event of a break in one line.

The present main service line enters Carbondale on the east along Rt. 13, and swings north to Jackson and Oak. It follows Oak street under the tracks. The proposed line will branch from Jackson and Oak and run north along Marion street to an alley south of Green street. It will run west to Washington Street, north to Hickory, and west on Hickory under the railroad crossing.

The new line will continue to the old carnival lot, and then run diagonally southwest to re join the present line near University avenue and Sycamore street. JOE WOLFE DIES Funeral Services Saturday For Willisville Resident Funeral services were Saturday for Joe T. Wolfe, 74-year-old Willisville resident who died Thursday. Burial was in Paradise Cemetery at Stcelcville, under auspices the Lvnn Funeral Home of Willisville. Mr.

Wolfe was born in 18S5 in Lithuania. I Ic was married to the former Xcllis Uranis, who survives. He leaves sons Ted, Anthony and Walter, all of Willisville, and Joe oi Detroit, daughters Miss Bessie Wolfe and Ruth Knop, both of Wil-liille, and Mrs. Martha of Cambria, and a sister, Mrs. Marion Smith of Chicago.

He was a member of the Catholic Church. I Reds Beam to Africa London (AP) Moscow Radio reports it is doubling its broadcasting time to Africa in French and Enolish. The program starting next weekend calls for one full hour and two half hour broadcasts daily in both languages. A pect nois be R. to E.

9 place pipe on a gas service line on Oak street in Carbondale. new service line is to be built later this summer and this existing line converted for local use. Four Women To Hear Engineer Bill Discussed Four Carbondale women ex to be silent listeners as the Illinois House Education Com mittee considers a Southern Illi University engineering de grce bill Tuesday afternoon. They are Mrs. E.

E. Bradley, Mrs. Wilbur Moulton, Mrs. Marc Karson, and Mrs. Orville Alexander, who will be Springfield attending a league of Women Voters legislative school.

As part of the school work, delegates attend committee meetings on bills of interest in their home areas. The Carbondale group expects to attend the gineering degree bill hearing. I he bill would remove a re- scricuon on aiu preventing it from offering degrees in en 21 neering. It was introduced last week in the House by Rep. Clyde Choate (D-Anna)'and 99 other legislators as sponsors.

The same bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. R. G. Crisenbeiry, (R Murphysboro) and 20 co-sponsors. The LW delegates also will hostesses at a dinner Tuesday night in the Washington Park Pavilion to Sen.

and Mrs. G. Crisenverrv, Rep. Choate, Rep. W.

J. McDonald (R-Mur-physboio) and Rep. James Hollo way (D-Sparta). The legislative school is spon sored annually by the state LWV acquaint members with legislative processes. HUGH B0ATRIGHT DIES IN MARION Hugh F.

Boatright, 73, 1104 Reeves Marion, died at 5:15 p. m. Sunday at his home. He was born in Galatia July 25, 1886. He was married to Courtney Jones.

He was a rc tired miner and member of the United Mine Workers of America. Mr. Boatright leaves his wife, children, Mrs. Bert Morris, Lea-mon, Mrs. Lorcn Travclstcad and Mrs.

Leamon Dunning, of Marion, Mrs. Bob Dippie of Rt. 1, Marion, and Hugh of Hammond 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p. m.

edncsday in the Mitchell Fun- i 1 tiai nome or a 1 anon wnere friends may call. The Rev. Ken neth McNeelv will officiate. Bur idi win ue in 1 icasanc wrove Cemetery. SOUTHERN 1LUNOISAN Published naT snd daUv eirept hanmlar and holidays by Southern lllinoh PohJica nor.

227 West Mam Street C'a bondaJe; 212 North 16th Street Herrin 11 Sostb 12th Strevt Morphvshotr Entered as Second Cia Matte a rh Pott Office in Carbondale ondf tke An of March 1879 With ddi bona! entrie as Second Cls Muttei -the Post Office of Herrin ID. and Mat "hThoTO, UJ The Soothern Ulinottau the Soc ceot Newtpapei to tbt arbondale Pw Pteifc, HerriD l)aih losrnaJ nd Mat nlmbore Independent. TV Associated Pret entitled exclo lively to the aae fot rep bhcafioti of tle hcsl nfw printed tn rfci newrpapc A 9 BUSCU Prof George K. Plochmann of Southern Illinois University are among the 25 Illinois winners of Guggenheim Foundation aw ards annoenced today. The average Guggenheim award is $3,000.

A total of $1.5 million is being distributed this year to 321 persons. Prof. Simeone's awiard will finance studies of 19th and 20th Century Italian folklorists. He is to go to Italy in August, on a leave from SIU's English department. Prof.

Plochmann will use the award toward his studies on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. He is to go to Cambridge, England, in February. RITES SET FOR CLARENCE DAVIS Clarence Davis, 60, 605 W. 9th Johnston City, died at 2 a. m.

today at home. He had been ill six years. Mr. Davis was born two miles of Johnston City on Aug. 18, 1898, son of Sylvester and Mary E.

Sanders Davis. He mar ried Reba Edwards Jan. 17, 1918, inMaritn. A retired miner, Mr. Davis was last employed at Old Ben 9.

He was a member of United Mine Workers of America Lo cal 8317 and the First Methodist Church of Johnston City. He leaves his wife, Reba; sons Floyd W. Davis of Oak Lawn; Leon Davis of Johnston City, and four grandchildren. Mr. Davis also leaves sisters and brothers Mrs.

Bessie Har-kopf of Pulaski; Mrs. a Hinckle and Clyde Davis, both; of Marion; and Herman Davis of Johnston City. Funeral services will be at 2 n. m. Wednesday at Murman 1 where friends may call after 6 n.

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