Candle-Maker Clifford Wilder Builds Beeswax Empire
Clifford Wilder runs a family beeswax candle factory south of Waterloo Illinois. He began after a priest inspired him to craft altar candles and now produces seven day lights and other beeswax candles sold nationwide. He imports beeswax from California and Iowa and has supplied parishes worldwide from rural churches to cathedrals.
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Clifford Wilder
Illinois Expedition Land
Waterloo
Burksville Road
Wilder
Priest
California
Iowa
Central
South America
Parkview School April Menus For Week
Parkview School announces no classes on Monday April 19 and Tuesday April 20. The menu includes Beef Chow Mein on April 20 with Chinese noodles and fortune cookies, then B Q Pork on Bun on April 21 with French fries and fresh vegetables. Thursday features Roast Beef and Gravy with mashed potatoes and succotash, and Friday offers Tuna Salad Sandwich with potato sticks and buttered vegetables.
Im. Comception Wieners Sauerkraut Cherry Cobbler Bread
A bundled menu item list mentions dishes such as turkey pot pie slaw jello squares spaghetti with meat buttered peas and corn and a cherry cobbler. The items evoke mid century dining with fruit desserts and comfort foods.
Illinois Expedition Land Candle Factory Tour Near Waterloo
A tourism notice invites visitors to Illinois Expedition Land near Waterloo to tour a unique candle factory. A free 32 page brochure explains regional points of interest and asks readers to write Tourism Box 566 Belleville Illinois for details. The campaign emphasizes the road trip appeal and national attention.
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Illinois
Waterloo
Belleville
Ill
Illinois legislative actions cut taxes and boost school funding
Summary notes tax exemptions for pension funds and trusts, Senate approval of S B 458 and House approval of H B 657. It outlines school rate bill H B 1004 increasing education funds and transportation limits, plus other bills on building authority, fire safety in schools, and county police merit boards. Two officials praised for fiscal restraint.
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Illinois
Senate
Chicago
Downstate
T.F.I
Building Authority
Senate Education Committee
Livestock markets end week with higher prices across classes
Cattle calves hogs and sheep total 51146 head down from last week and year ago. Hog barrows and gilts up 50 to 60 cents with top at 18.10 per cwt. Slaughter cattle bid to 25.25 top the highest since last October. Feeder cattle and vealers rally with Choice vealers at 27 to 32 and springers up to 37. Lambs steady to higher with light-weight lambs 25.50 to 26.50 and light springers 27 to 27.50. Overall sentiment bullish due to higher fat cattle prices and better pasture prospects.
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Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
Choice
Remembering Early 20th Century Rural Life
Excerpts from Mrs Edwin V Artemus and Dollie Simmon reflect on Model T horsepower limits and Sunday rides requiring able passengers to push. They recall lack of speed limit signs on rural roads, decorative inside flowers, and suitors perfuming them. A second memory describes waking to roosters and hens, fresh milk from the cow pen, straining, churning, and making butter.
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Edwin V. Artemus
Souderton
Pennsylvania
Dollie Simmon
East St. Louis
Ilinois
Social Security Qs And Answers On W-2 Errors
The column explains that an incorrect 1964 W-2 Social Security number does not erase earned credits. Notify your employer, bring your card, and correct any typing errors. If a wrong number was used, Form 941 C may be needed. For duplicate or combined accounts, contact the Social Security Administration. Also reports locally on service members and related Navy and Marine updates.
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Internal Revenue Service
Social Security Administration
Clarion Printing Company
Columbia
St Clair County Auxiliary Meetings Set for April
The St Clair County Salon No. 148 of the Eight and Forty meets April 23 at 8:00 p.m. in the Dupe Legion Home with Mrs. James Menendez presiding. Plans include initiation and a trip to Paris. hostesses are Mrs. Henry Stahl Mrs. O H Robinson and Mrs. William Reynolds. The St Clair Monroe County Council meets April 19 at 8:00 p.m. at the Waterloo American Legion Home with Mrs. Jay Pankey presiding. County Chaplain Mrs. John Cox leads Memorial services assisted by Mrs. O H Robinson. A buffet lunch will follow.
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St. Clair County
Dupe Legion
James Menendez
Fairmont City
Paris
Henry Stahl
O. H. Robinson
William Reynolds
St. Clair-Monroe
American Legion Auxiliary
Waterloo American Legion
Jay Pankey
Dupe
John Cox
Waterloo
Lazier cosmetics praised with Good Housekeeping Seal
A promotional note extols Lazier cosmetics for enhancing natural beauty and highlights the Good Housekeeping Seal as a trusted buying guide. It advises contacting Luzier Consultant Vera Van Luik at 281-5916 for more information with no obligation.
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Luzier
Vera van Luik
How to repair a lost puzzle piece with waxed paper
Instructions describe replacing a missing puzzle piece by lining the hole with waxed paper, packing with plastic wood, smoothing with a knife, curing, removing, sanding, and painting to match.
Thank you for kindness after hospital stay
Sincere thanks expressed to Pastor Herman Lebenbauer for visits and prayers. Gratitude extends to relatives neighbors Tu beran Ladies League and friends for flowers gifts visits and cards during hospital stay. Mrs. V. J. Younghaus
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Herman Lebenbauer
Tuberan Ladies League
V. J. Younghaus
Expression of Thanks for Frank Weisbacher Death
Family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for sympathy and help after the death of Frank Weisbacher. Special thanks to Very Rev Msgr Elmer Holtgrave Father Robert Dollar Father Edmund Fitzmorris Rev Father Faust Schmidt Funeral Home and others including Ella Giffhorn Jo Haller for support and assistance. Wanted in this paper will sell whatever it is you wish to dispose of. Just phone 281 4292.
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Frank Weisbacher
Elmer Holtgrave
Robert Dollar
Edmund Fitzmorris
Father Faust
Schmidt Funeral Home
Ella Giffhorn
Jo Haller
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