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DECATUR HERALD Decatur, Illinois, Monday, December 23, 1957. Murphysboro Toll Reaches 10 Murphysboro, Dec. 22 (AP) A 1 two-year-old girl has become the 10th person to die as the result of a tornado which tore through Murphysboro Wednesday night. She was Wendy Irene Johnson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

James T. Johnson of Murphysboro. Wendy died early Saturday in Doctors Hospital in Carbondale, where many of the injured were taken after St. Andrews Hospital in Murphysboro became overcrowded. She was the only one in her family seriously injured.

The tornado hit the south edge of Murphysboro early Wednesday night and was one of many which lashed southern Illinois and Missouri. The twisters caused more extensive damage at Mt. Vernon, but only one died there. After the storm abated in Murphysboro fires raged through the stricken part of town, causing even more damage. Phone communications were disrupted, and the town was without power for more than a dav.

More than 100 persons were injured in the tornadoes. ALVA G. RANDALL, PIATT NATIVE, DIES Alva G. Randall, 66, of 895 W. King died at 8:45 a.

m. yesterday in his home. He had been ill about six months. Mr. Randall was born Jan.

6, 1891, in Piatt County, the son of John E. and Maggie Dean Revis Randall. He was married to Bertha Koslowski, Aug. 14, 1929, in Pasadena, Calif. A resident of Decatur most of his life, he owned and operated the Randall Mattress Upholstering Shop, 439 E.

North St. Besides his wife, he leaves three sons, Harold of Decatur, Clvde of Glendale, and Howard of Norwalk, nine grandchildren and. one great-great-grandchild. One brother preceded him in death. The body is at the J.

J. Moran Sons Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete. SULLIVAN SHOPPERS GET FREE SHOWS, PARKING Sullivan, Dec. 22 (Staff) Parking meters in Sullivan Friday wore Merry Christmas bags as shoppers were permitted to park without charge.

The free parking will continue through the Christmas shopping period. There will be free shows, provided by Sullivan merchants, at the Grand Theater Monday and Tuesday. On Monday the show will run from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. and on Tuesday from 10 a.m.

until 6 p.m. Sullivan Man Elected Sullivan, Dec. 22 (Staff) Glen Landers, Sullivan seed dealer, has been elected president of the Illinois Seed Dealers association. Landers formerly served as treasurer of the association. Presley Says He May Make Army Nashville, Career Dec.

22 (AP) Elvis Presley, the long haired rock 'n roll singer with a huge entertainment income, said yesterday he "just might become a career soldier." Presley, 22, who was a truck driver before the cash value of his left knee and trick voice were discovered, rolled into Nashville at the wheel of a truck after an allnight drive from Memphis. Inside was a present for Col. Tom Parker of suburban Madison, Presley's manager. It was Parker who discovered the money-making potentialities of the swivel-hipped singer three years ago. Presley unloaded a red $1,800 Italian sports car--a gift for Parker.

Then he got a "Christmas gift" from a photographer, a set of Army surplus green twill fatigues, reminding the singer of the draft notice he got Fridav. "I guess I'll be wearing this stuff for real, soon," he said. "Mv induction notice said for me to leave maV car at home. Transportation will be provided. They tell me just to bring a razor, toothbrush, toothpaste, a comb and enough monev to hold me two weeks.

I'll probably show up broke." He added: "The way I feel about Give Him ROMEO'S LEATHER SOLES RUBBER HEELS CUSHION INSOLES BROWN BLACK $300 Your Choice Men's House Slippers $2 $3 SHOES 320 N. Water SULLIVAN POLICE FORCE DISTRIBUTES FOOD, TOYS Sullivan, Dec. 22 (Staff) On Christmas Eve the Sullivan Police Department will distribute toys and food baskets to about 19 families. The collecting and reconditioning old toys and collecting of new tovs and food is an annual project of the department. Friday the department distribluted treats to children at Powers school.

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Or it may be you. Or is it good and plenty of it? Whatever it may be, we sincerely hope your Christmas dream comes true. From all of us, to each of you, This old, old wish we wish Merry Christmas! Perhaps it's having the health, good The Family, AP 8000.