Jackson County IL Archives News.....ALL AROUND THE TOWN April 1, 1948
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The Murphysboro Daily Independent, Murphysboro, IL April 1, 1948

"Skippy", the son of James BLACKWOOD is a measles patient.

E. GOODSTEIN was a business visitor in St. Louis Wednesday of this week.

N. S. BREWER of Ava visited Tuesday in Murphysboro with friends.

Frank DAVIDSON of Edwardsville has been in Murphysboro for the last few days of
a business trip.

Mrs. Ardel FRIEDLINE of DeSoto was a shopper in Murphysboro Wednesday.

Mr. & Mrs. Vern BAIRD of Elkville visited in Murphysboro Wednesday.

Richard YOUNGMAN visited over the weekend with his father, Leo YOUNGMAN, 2011
Hortense street.

Bob CAGLE has returned from St. Louis, where he spent Monday and Tuesday
visiting relatives.

Mrs. J. C. YARBAROUGH has gone to St. Louis to visit Mr. & Mrs. Martin ROPER and
children, Nancy and Linda.

R. H. WEBER, former Murphysboro resident, now of Marion, visited with friends in
Murphysboro Wednesday.

Frank EVOLDI and Leo FAUGHN were in Gorham Wednesday night to attend a meeting
concerning the selection of boys for Boy's State.

Mr. & Mrs. Ervin ALTHOFF have returned to Cairo after visiting here with Mr.
ALTHOFF's mother, Mrs. Sophia ALTHOFF and family.

Mrs. Nina BUSH and her daughter, of Murphysboro were guests last Sunday of Mr. &
Mrs. Virgil MARKS of Marion.

Mr. & Mrs. Wesleyan JENNINGS moved Wednesday from Fick apartments to their new
home at twenty-first and Elm Streets.

Harry ALTHOFF and Ed BOESE of the Home Appliance Store were in St. Louis
Wednesday to attend a Nu-Enamel meeting.

Mrs. Edward L. BENCINI Jr. underwent a major operation Wednesday morning at St.
Andrew's hospital.

Dr. H. L. O'CONNELL and his stepmother, Mrs. W. E. O'CONNELL, were in St. Louis
Wednesday on business.

Frank SERVA, formerly connected with the Hexagon Metal Co., here but now living
in Chicago, is here for a few days to complete some unfinished business.

A double birthday celebration was held Sunday in Murphysboro. The honorees were
Joe BORGERS, Sr., and his great-grandson, Tommy Lee CROSS. It was Tommy's first
anniversary and Mr. BORGER's seventy-seventh.

Mr. & Mrs. Myron BRIGGS, Mrs. H. D. SWITZER and Chief an Mrs. Urba HANSON and
Mr. & Mrs. Robert CROMBAR were in Ava Tuesday night to attend the dinner meeting
of the Pharaoh District Board of the Egyptian Council of Boy Scouts.

Mr. & Mrs. Ben REIMAN, Route 3, Murphysboro, motored to St. Louis Monday. They
were accompanied home by their daughter, Beulah, who will spend her spring
vacation from Washington University with her parents.

Word as been received by Mr. & Mrs. L. J. SNIDER of Sand Ridge that their
daughter, Katherine J. SNIDER, student nurse of Memorial Hospital at Alton,
Ill., is now an affiliate in the School of Psychiatric Nursing, State Hospital,
Jacksonville, Ill.

William HIGGS underwent Monday at St. Andrew's Hospital the fourth operation
which has been performed on one of his legs since it was injured Christmas day
in a highway accident. HIGGS' wife, who has been in the hospital, has returned
home.

According to word reaching friends in Murphysboro, Ed SIMS, former owner and
operator of SIMS Café here broke his ankle in a recent fall. Mr. & Mrs. SIMS
were preparing to return to Murphysboro for a visit at the time of the accident.
They live in Tucson, Ariz.

Secretary of State announced this week the issuance of a charter to the WIDES
Oil Company, Inc., of 208 N. Tenth St., Murphysboro. The announcement listed 500
shares of common pv at $100 and incorporators as Julius WIDES, Fannie WIDES and
Louis WIDES, to operate a wholesale and retail gasoline and oil business.
William M. WOLFF, 912 Walnut St., served as attorney.

Mr. & Mrs. Gene SADLER of Marion, Mr. & Mrs. Lem HARRY of Carbondale have
returned to their homes after visiting with Mr. & Mrs. Gene HARRY.

Mr. & Mrs. C.T . HUFFORD of 1931 Walnut St., had Miss Jeanette MARGUISS and her
finance, their son, Charles T. Jr., as guests over the weekend.

Mr. & Mrs. Jack CONNELLY, Mr. & Mrs. Leo CONNELLY and Mrs. Ollie WARD, all of
Murphysboro, spent last weekend with friends and relatives in East St. Louis.

Herbie, 2 ˝ old son of MTHS Principal Fred SHAPPARD, is suffering an attack of
measles. His brother, Danny, a first grade pupil, has returned to school after
recovering from the measles.

Miss Estelle HUBBARD of Milwaukee, former resident here, visited friends and
relatives Wednesday, leaving late in the day for Cairo, where she formerly was
employed with a lumber concern.


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