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ft Paga Two ft -rr vt arKxro-s 7" Jackson OEDP Group Meets The Jackson County writing an Overall Economic Development Plan will meet At Hw4 ml nw-1 in' Hj. Dorm Proposal Hearings Due Proposals to construct dormitories housing abcut 560 persons will come up for hearings before the Carbondale Plan Commission Tuesday. The hearings will be at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall. Realty Development Co.

of Chicago plans construction of two buildings housing about 380 students. The buildings will cover a half dozen lots from 402 to 502 S. Logan St. in Carbondale. Hans Fischer, Carbondale architect, is representing the firm.

Frank and Dolores Muhich propose construction of a dormitory at 512-516 S. University Ave. The building would house 170 to 180 occupants. The request of Charles Friend-line to build two duplexes at 201 and 202 Friedline Drive also will be considered. Former SIU Officer Dies Lt.

Col. Thomas Du Bois, 42, a native of Cobden and former member of the Southern Illinois University Air Science staff, died while fishing near Pease Air Force Base, Hampton, N. H. Saturday. He was deputy base commander.

He was at SIU from 1952 to 1955. He had been in the service 22 years. Col. Du Bois was born April 5, 1922, the son of T. A.

and Estella Du Bois. He leaves his wife, formerly Dorothy Basler of Cobden; six children, Daniele, James, Thomas, Lynn, Beth and Dan; his mother, Mrs. Estella Du Bois of Cobden; one brother, Robert Du Bois of Albuquerque, N. and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Venerable of Cobden, Mrs.

Ellen Ferrill of Austin, and Mrs. Adelaide Lingle of Davis, Calif. Personnel from Scott A i Force Base will conduct military rites at the funeral. Services will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the United Presbyterian Church in Cobden, with Rev.

Lawrence Gilliand of Ran-toul and Rev. Roy Buffet of Cobden officiating. Burial will be in the Cobden Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a. Public Aid Tally Up In February There were 13,666 persons on public aid hUs in seven Southern Illinois counties in February, state Public Aid Dep Flftrt shows.

"This is an increase of 222 persons over the January aid roll Persons in Jackson, Johnson, Perry, Union, Williamson, Randolph and Franklin Counties re ceived $709,990 in aid. January aid totaled $703,644. Williamson and Perry Counties recorded the largest increases. Williamson added 125 person? nd Perry, 69, to their aid rolls. Other increases were in Jackson County, 31, Franklin, 27, and Johnson, 12.

Union County saw a decrease of 41 persons and Randolph dropped one person from its aid rolls. Jackson Figures In Jackson County, 2,203 persons received $103,210 in bene in Murphysboro tonight to hear subcommittee reports. Members will hear from the agriculture and local government committees. The meeting is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall.

Jackson County's committee is part of a four-county organization writing OEDP reports which are required for participation in Area Redevelopment Administration programs. Other counties writing plans are Perry, Franklin and Williamson. Herrin Pastor Dies At Home Rev. Fred M. Holderfield, 77, of 612 S.

16th Kerrin, died at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at his home. He was born March 31, 1887, near Goreville, the son of Leonard and Rebecca Gray Holder-field. He married the former Lula Purdy in 1906 in Metropolis. He was a retired miner.

He was ordained into the Bap tist ministry in 1943 and preached in many area churches. He was a member of the Herrin First Baptist Church where he taught the Church Goers Class. He was a 50-year member of the Herrin Oddfellow Lodge 430 and United Mine Workers Local 1776. He leaves his wife; sons, Leonard of Johnston City and Kenneth of Poplar Bluff, daughters, Mrs. Colleen Steud-acher of Marion and Mrs.

Virginia Wiswell of Herrin; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Ben R.

Stripling will officiate. Burial will be in Oddfellow Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the George Van Natta Funeral Home, Herrin. ANNA MAE LUSTER RITES IN MARION Mrs.

Anna Mae Luster, 81, of 904 E. Park Marion, died at 5:20 p.m. Sunday in the Mat-tingly Nursing Home, Herrin. She was born in Union County May 15, 1882, a daughter of J. C.

and Jenny Collard Chen-oweth. She was married to Charles Harper, who died in 1941, and to Frank Luster. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Luster leaves her husband; children, Mrs.

Genevieve James and R. L. Harper of Marion and Dow Harper of Rt. 1, Johnston City; sisters, Mrs. Nora Johnson of Albany, and Mrs.

Ada Day of Centralia, four grandchildren and four reat-grandchildren. Servxices will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion. Rev. J.

D. McCarty will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home fter 6 p.m. INFANT STILLBORN Funeral Services Today For Leigh Ann Grissom Funeral services were this morning for Leigh Ann Grissom, stillborn infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Lowell Grissom of Murphysboro. The infant was stillborn Sunday in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. Services were under auspices of the Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel of Murphysboro. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.

The infant leaves the parents; and a brother, Todd Grissom. US 0 i y-si r--i ri MUM Wendell W. Stritre! Johnston City Man Honored Wendell W. Stritzel, Johnston City, has received the Order of the Black Knight award aboard the ship Midway. His parents are Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Stritzel, of 1309 Noah St. Stritzel was selected for his "conduct and performance of duty in keeping with the highest standards of naval service." Stritzel passed the examination for third class aviation machinist mate while serving as operations yeoman. He also qualified as an A-4E plane captain in minimal time and was assigned as line division training petty officer. The Black Knight award is made four times a year.

Autos Crash In Carbondale Two cars collided on South Illinois avenue near Grand avenue in Carbondale today. They were driven by Richard E. Blackweldcr, of Makanda, and Lee Reno, of Carbondale. Cars driven by Thelma Pulley of 509 N. Oakland Carbondale, and Jerry D.

Kings of 1218 Midway Court, Marion, collided Sunday on East Main street in Carbondale. Police reports said the Pulley car pulled onto Main street from a park-hg lot. Cars driven by Gary H. Brand of 211 Cherry Red Bud, and David Petersen, of 1000 E. Park Carbondale, collided at 1:20 a.m.

Saturday in the 600 block of East Park street in Carbondale. PAUL BERTETTI, WEST FRANKFORT, DIES Paul Bertetti, 79, of 905 North Road, West Frankfort, died Saturday in Union Hospital, West Frankfort, after being in the hospital for five days. He was a retired coal miner, last working at Old Ben 8. He retired in 1932. He was born in Italy, April 30, 1884.

He came to the United States 57 years ago. He moved to West Frankfort from Wyoming 49 years ago. He leaves his wife, Minnie; two sons, John of West Frankfort and Jim of Pontiac, two daughters, Mrs. Pete Bor-ello of West Frankfort and Miss Mary Bertetti of Italy; brothers, Don of Argentina and Louie of Morris; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday at the Union Fu neral Home, with Msgr. Michael Klimas of the St. Johns Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Denning Cemetery, west of the city. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Class Play Tonight The Goreville High School junior class will present a play, "They Gave Him A Co-Ed," at 7:30 p.m. today in the gymnasium. Admission is 50 cents. hat I both ointment or upposilcrj form called Preparation H9. In addition to actually shrinking piles Preparation lubri-catei and makes bowel movements less painful.

It helps to prevent infection (a principal cause of hemorrhoids). Only Preparation II contains this magic new substance which quickly helps heal injured ctlls Lack to normal and stimulates regrowth of healthy tissue again. Just ask for Preparation II Ointment or Preparation II Suppositories (easier to use awsy from home). Available at 11 drug counters. V-- TfL -S I Book Recalls 1917 Violence Racial conflict as it happened in a Southern Illinois city nearly 50 years ago is described in "Race Riot at East St.

Louis, July 2, 1917," to be published May 25 by Southern Illinois University Press. The 320-page book is the work of a Southern Illinois University sociologist on the Edwardsville Campus, Eliott M. Rudwick. It recalls a time of bloodshed in which some 50 lives were lost and more than 200 homes were burned. The narrative of the riot was reconstructed by Rudwick from such sources as newspaper accounts, transcripts of court trials, federal hearings, and personal interviews.

Rudwick comments: "racial violence resulted from threats to the security of whites brought on by the Negroes' gains in economic, political, and social status, from Negro resentment of the attempts to 'kick him back into his place, and from the weakness of the 'external forces of SYLVESTER SPINKS, 89, OF CARTERVILLE, DIES Sylvester Spinks, 89, of Car-terville died at 7:45 p.m. Sunday at the Herrin Hospital. Mr. Spinks was born Sept. 16, 1874, in Thompsonville, the son of Mr.

and Mrs. William Spinks. He leaves his wife, Etta, a son Carl, of Carterville, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tues day at the Van Natta Funeral Home in Carterville.

Rev. Earl Dickey, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in McKinney Cemetery west of Carterville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

JOINT RECITAL SET BY SIU STUDENTS Southern Illinois University students Carole Ladd, Marion, and William Hudson, Mt. Car-mcl, will be heard in a joint music recital 8 p.m. Tuesday in Shryock Auditorium. Miss Ladd, a pianist, will play selections by Brahms, Liszt, Schumann, Poulence and Kennan. Hudson, a trumpet player, will be assisted at the piano by his sister, Marcia Hudson.

He will perform works by Hindemith and Savard. The recital is open free to the public. SIGN SMASHED Operators of the Carbondale Lumber Co. told police someone smashed a neon sign with a thrown beer bottle Friday night. The sign will have to be re placed.

The firm does not yet have an estimate of the damage. The vandals also broke a display fence. wreck Boy Injured In Accident A Carbondale youth was hurt when the car in which he was riding crashed at the corner of Chestnut and Almond streets in Carbondale about 8 a.m. today. The boy, Barry Brown, 601 N.

Almond was a passenger of David Lasley, 605 N. Bridge St. Brown was released after treatment in Doctors Hospital for knee and chest injuries. He is 17, a senior, and was a member of the Carbondale Community High School football team. The other auto was driven by Earl W.

Threlkeld, 719 N. Bridge Carbondale. Police reports said Lasley pulled from Chestnut onto Almond street. His car collided with Threlkeld's car, being driven south on Almond. Buckner JP Dies At 75 Justice of the Peace Oliver Daniel Flatt, 75, of Buckner died at 8 a.m.

Sunday in Miners Hospital, Christopher. He had been hospitalized two weeks. Mr. Flatt was the former mine superintendent at the Old Buck ner Brickette plant. He also was a former school teacher.

He was born Oct. 9, 1888 in Franklin County, the son of Daniel L. and Emma Patton Flatt. He was a member of the Baptist Church, Rend Lake Association, and the Masonic Lodge of Valier. He leaves his wife, the former Nellie May Dennis; sons, Daniel F.

of Wheaton, Reuben E. of Christopher and Gerald W. of Buckner; a brother, Charles of Christopher; a half-brother, Elmer Teffertiller of Christopher. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Churh, Christopher.

Rev. W. D. Berry will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, east of Sesser.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Gilbert Funeral Home, Christopher, i Masonic rites will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. MISSMULVANY DIES, FORMER AREA RESIDENT Miss Mary A. "Bunchie" Mul-vany, 69, formerly of Herrin, died at 9 a.m.

Sunday at the home of her niece, Mrs. William Spradling of 3913 N. Whipple, Chicago. She had lived with her niece for the last 12 years. She reared Mrs.

Spradling and another niece, Mrs. Edward Haught of Herrin. She was born May 25, 1894, in Danville the daughter of Albert T. and Sereppa Ann Crain Mulvany. She had lived in Herrin 30 years before going to Chicago.

Besides her nieces, Mrs. Mulvany leaves a sister, s. George Harbison of Zeigler and other nephews and nieces. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at Vantrease Funeral Home, Zeigler.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. SHOP DOWNTOWN CARBONDALE FOR YOUR BEST BUYS! Car Anna Hospital Hospital Aide Classes began today at the Anna State Hospital for 25 psy chiatric aide trainees, the first of four classes to be trained through an Area Redevelopment Administration program. The trainees, from Jackcon, Union, Johnson and Saline counties, will undergo 16 weeks of instruction and practical training. Board Okays Site Purchase The Union County Housing Authority has authorized purchase of the site for the public housing project in Jonesboro. Randall Lawrence executive manager of the authority, said the property is owned by Glenn Rosson.

It is between John and Jasper streets on Hea-coek street. He said the purchase price has not been established. The Public Housing Administration has approved the site. Final approval of the Jonesboro and Dongola projects is expected shortly from PHA in Chicago, Lawrence said. The Jonesboro project will have 36 units.

There will be 24 units at Dongola. Grading is under way on the Cobden project. Construction will start in about a month. Home Hit Vandals A northeast Murphysboro home was broken into Saturday night, about the time police had patrolled the area for a prowler reported by residents. Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Masters, 315 Murphy told police their home had been ransacked while they were away. They discovered the break-in about 10:30 p.m. A curtain was torn from a door. A wastebasket was tipped over and doors on a bookshelf were opened.

Nothing was reported missing, police said. Police said they had receiv ed a call that someone was walking around in the neighbor hood Friday and Saturday night Asst. Police Chief James Hill- er saw a man but was un able to catch him as he escaped on foot. Dick Gregory Ticket Sales Start Today Tickets for the Dick Gregory and Freedom Singers appearances at Southern Illinois University May 6 are on sale at the University Center information desk. Tickets are 75 cents to $2.

The 75 cent seats are general admission and others are reserved. Blocks of tickets will be sold to university organizations, then individual tickets will be sold. Gregory, first Negro "stand-up" comedian to make the big time, has taken part in numerous civil rights demonstrations in the South. He is a former SIU track star. The Freedom Singers include Charles Neblett.

Carbondale. They have appeared in many performances across the country. There will be two shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium.

The shows are sponsored by the SIU Student Nonviolent Freedom Committee, Wendell O'Neal, chairman. 9 winds up in yard after Carbondale Classes Start They will receive $39 weekly as retraining allowance. The second class will begin when the first is completed in August. Applications are being accepted now for the next class. The second of six classes for nurse's aides began April 13 and continues for four weeks.

Another class, for which applicants are needed, begins May 11, Law less said. Persons taking the training will study at the Jackson Coun ty Nursing Home and Southern Illinois University's Vocational Technical Institute. They also will receive $39 weekly. Information for both programs is available at state Employment Service offices. Money Taken In Burglary Money was taken from a cigarette machine in a break-in at the Little Pig Barbecue on West Main street in Carbondale.

Police said the thief pried open a rear door. Patrolman Jerry Brown said he obtained fingerprints from the machine. FRANK IVAN RICHEY SERVICES IN MARION Frank Ivan Richey, 53, Pittsburg, died at 3:15 a.m. today in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon.

He was born in Williamson County May 16, 1910, a son of Arthur and Elva Blevins Richey. He was married to Carol Dickinson in Benton March 14, 1935. He was a miner. Mr. Richey leaves his wife; son, William of Hutchinson, parents of Pittsburg; brothers, Fred, Ralph and Albert of Marion; sister, Marlene Rich ey of Pittsburg; and four grandchildren.

He was a member of the Methodist Church and United Mine Workers of America Local 8317. He worked at the Old Ben No. mine in West Frankfort. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion.

v. Olen Clarida will officiate. Burial will be in Oddfellows Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. to4 day.

INMATE DIES Jack Dampher, 70, died Saturday in the Menard Penitentiary hospital after an illness of several months. He was born in St. Louis, May 11, 1893. He was received at Menard from Cook County in February of 1950 on a 40-year sentence on a murder charge. Funeral services will be Tuesday at the Schroeder Funeral Home in Chester, with burial in the prison cemetery.

AARON NAMED Dr. James E. Aaron of Carbondale has been elected safety and civil defense chairman for the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers for 1964-65. Dr. Aaron is coordinator of the Safety Center at Southern Illinois University.

He is a member of the Brush School PTA. SOirTHRRN 1UJNOISAN Published Sun day and daily except Salimlny and noli rtay by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. WeM Main Street rarbtmdale; 21? North Ifih Slreet HprrlD; M1 South Stivst. Murphvsbnro Second-etas posiase paid at Carborda'e liHnoit ant it additional mailing offices The Southern HHnoisan is the succeso Newspaper tc the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Indopt The Associated Presf i entitle) ex I'tusufly to the me for republication of al the local newg printed in lhi ntwapiD well at all AP ditpatcl. m.

Wednesday at Broadway Funeral Home in Cobden. MATT IE KENNER DIES Funeral Services Wednesday For Murphysboro Woman Mrs. Mattie Reichrath Kcn-ner, 76, of 407 S. 16th Murphysboro, died in the Tyler Nursing Home in Murphysboro Sunday after an illness of three months. She was born April 27, 1887, in Belleville, the daughter of Dominick and Mary May Redo.

She was married in 1909 to John Reichrath, who died in 1958. She was later married in 1960 to John Henry Kenner, who died in 1961. Mrs. Kenner leaves daughters, Mrs. Ruby Brown of Murphysboro, Mrs.

Alberta Jones of Metropolis, Mrs. Mary Year-ian of Oraville, and Mrs. Betty Bonham of Crown Point, sons, Herman Reichrath of Fort Meyers, William and Ray Reichrath, both of Murphysboro, John Reichrath of Anna, and George Ellis of Redland, 23 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. One son, Paul Reichrath, died last month. A daughter, Mrs.

Ruby Barton, also preceded her in death. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Meyer-Denny Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with Rev. W. W.

Childers officiating. Burial will be in Tower Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Hollow Tree Burns Again; Vandal Blamed A hollow tree behind Bos-well's Tavern in Anna catches fire "every two or three months," Anna police said today.

It happened again about 9 p.m. Saturday Apparently someone stuffed the tree with trash and set fire to it. Firemen put out the blaze near Vienna street in Anna. Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? Don't be embarrassed by loose fals tee th slipping, dropping or wobbling wnen you eat. talk or laugh.

Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This pleasant powder gives a remarkable sense of added comfort and security by holding plates morf firmly. No gummy, gooey, pasty tast or feeling. It's alkaline (non-acid). Get FASTEETH at any drug counter.

n) paint and WALLPAPER fits. Of these, 574 were paid $46,022 in old age assistance; 1,141 were paid $40,735 in aid to dependent children; 27 got $1,940 in aid to the blind; 149 received $10,503 in disability assistance; and 317 got $9,010 in general assistance. In Williamson County, 4,533 received $246,539 in benefits. Of these; 1,055 received $91,943 fld age assistance; 2,017 got $79,837 in ADC; 24 received in aid to the blind; 214 were paid $16,854 in disability aid; and 1,233 received in general assistance. In Johnson County, 473 persons received $23,225 in assistance.

Of these, 168 were paid $13,877 in old age assistance, 147 received $4,742 in ADC: eight got $677 in blind assistance 16 were paid $1,099 in disability aid; and 134 were paid $2,830 in general aid. Franklin Breakdown In Franklin County, 4,055 received $205,612 in benefits. Of these, 769 received $65,874 in old age assistance; 1,591 were paid $54,627 in ADC; 16 got $1,283 in blind aid; 231 received in disability assistance; and 1.448 got $66,734 in general assistance. In Perry County, 1,025 were paid $49,546 in benefits. Of these; 234 received $20,018 in old age aid; 563 were paid in ADC; nine got $662 in blind assistance; 87 got $5,824 in disability aid; and 132 were paid $3,614 in general assistance.

In Randolph County, 603 per-50ns were paid $31,917 in aid. Of these, 264 were paid in old age payments; 172 received $5,718 in ADC; 11 received $752 in blind assistance; 36 got $2,250 in disability aid; and 120 were paid $2,880 in general assistance. In Union County, 764 persons were paid $44,941 in benefits. Of these, 320 received $29,122 in old ige benefits; 247 got $8,555 in DC; 20 received $1,518 in blind issistance; 49 were paid in disability aid; and 128 received $2,075 'in general assistance. Schools Get Extra Payment Four Jackson County school districts have received supplementary reimbursements for driver education expenses for the 1962-63 school year.

Monroe Deming, superintendent of schools, said $442 has ben paid for training completed after the annual claim of 23.470 was made. Districts to share in receipts arc 296, 165, 166 and 186. Driver education costs are 'reimbursed at the rate of $3 per pupil for classroom training and $3'for driver training, or the actual per capita cost, depending on which is less. You Haven't Seen Two-Ton Truck Around? A two-ton truck used for hauling mobile homes was stolen over the weekend from the Illinois Central Railroad parking lot in Carbondale. Herman Rawls, 604 E.

College Carbondale, reported I police that the truck was taken about 1 a.m. He identified it as being a 1960 Chevrolet, light green in color and bearing the lettering, E. Rawls, Leased to Ottcscn Mobile Homes." The license number is BA 1749. iwvt uiouuvci huii mcmco II Possible To Shrink And Heal Hemorrhoids Without Surgery Stops Itch Relieves Pain In Minutes STYLING AND DECORATING $da. Y0SS8 DIAL 457-8143 IN CARBONDALE New York, N.

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