John Allen Named Headliner of 1966
John W. Allen, longtime SIU educator and author, was named Headliner of 1966 by the Southern Illinois Editorial Association. The 79 year old received a plaque at a banquet hosted by SIU's journalism department and the Southeast Missouri Press Association, held in the SIU Ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Allen
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Allen
Southern Illinois University Department of Journalism
Southeast Missouri Press Association
SIU
Southern Illinois Public Schools
Southern Illinois University
Champaigne
Meuse-Argonne
McKendree College
Lebanon
Ill
Southern Illinois Historical Society
Illinois State Historical Society
4-H Dairy And Livestock Judging Contest Winners
The Waterloo 4-H Club won top team honors in Monroe County Dairy Judging held April 2. New Hanover Boys and Girls and Prairie Ramblers took second and third. Individual winners include Maurice Kleyer and Tom Knoke of Waterloo, Wayne Faust Duane Ries and Glenn Gummersheimer of New Hanover, and Daniel Guebert James Braun of Prairie Ramblers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Monroe County
New Hanover Boys
Prairie Ramblers
Maurice Kleyer
Tom Knoke
Wayne Faust
Duane Ries
Glenn Gummersheimer
New Hanover Boys and
Daniel Guebert
James Braun
Red Bud
Warnock Boys
Walmeyer
Prairie Rambers
Moonlight Boys
Wal
Roger Schaefer
Daniel Rahe
Alan Stumpf
Susan Rick
Warnock
David Marquardt
Moonlight
Daniel Zipfel
Neal Perrin
Funeral services for Malburn Schwartz Sr. 69
Funeral services were held for Malburn Schwartz Sr. 69 of rural Millstadt Illinois at Burke funeral home East St. Louis with burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery He died after collapsing at a Birmingham Alabama service station while returning from a Florida vacation He had worked 20 years for the St. Clair County highway department Retired in 1965 Surviving wife Margaret Lehman Schwartz two sons Malburn Jr East St. Louis Marvin Schwartz Columbia Illinois and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malburn Schwartz, Sr
Millstadt
Ill
Burke Funeral Home
State St
East St.Louis
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Schwartz
St. Clair
Margaret Lehman Schwartz
Malburn, Jr
East St. Louis
Marvin Schwartz
Columbia, Ill
Philip Rusteberg obituary dies in East St Louis
Philip Rusteberg age 71 of 614 N 65th St East St Louis died at 5 15 p m Monday in St Marys Hospital after six weeks ill with a heart ailment He was a WWI veteran and retired elevator operator formerly at Armour and Co National City Survived by sisters Mrs Lawrence Emma Schanz of Columbia and Mrs Oscar Eleanora Schellhardt of St Louis and brothers Fred Valmeyer Herman Belleville George Macystown Wife Alma died in 1928 Funeral services today at 3 p m at Easly Cahokia Mortuary
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Philip Rusteberg
Cupe
Lawrence
Emma) Schanz
Columbia
Oscar
Eleanora) Schellhardt
St. Louis
Fred
Valmeyer
Herman
Belleville
George
Macystown
Alma
Eassly Cahokia
Deaths: John Janson 81 of Columbia
John Janson 81 of 609 S Rapp Ave Columbia died at 6 30 am Saturday in Centreville Township Hospital after eight days as a patient He was a retired farmer and member of the Holy Name Society at Immaculate Conception Church and the Western Catholic Union Survived by wife Bernadine two daughters five sons a brother two brothers and three great grandchildren Funeral services were held at Immaculate Conception Church Columbia with burial in the church cemetery Meyer Funeral Home of Columbia in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Janson
S. Rapp Ave
Columbia
Centreville Township
Janson
Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception Church
Coumbia
the Western Catholic Union
Bernadine
Arthur
Elsie) Helfrich
Millstadt
Adam
Hilda) Hick
Clarence
John
Adrian Janson
S. M
St. Michael’s High School
Chicago
Herbert Janson
S.M
Vianney High School
Kirkwood
Lawrence
Waterloo
Immaculate Conception Church
Church
Meyer Funeral Home
Mrs Minnie Thomas Dies at 97 in St Louis
Mrs Minnie Thomas nee Bergmann 97 of St Louis died at Edgewater Nursing Home in St Louis at 3 40 pm Monday April 18. The body is at Kriegshauser Funeral Home 4228 South Kingshighway. Funeral services are at the funeral home Friday at 1 pm. Burial will be in St Paul Cemetery Columbia. She was a Columbia native and last surviving Bergmann generation. Survived by three daughters Louise Zipp Jennie and Ida and many nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Thomas
Bergmann
St. Louis
Edgewater
Kriegshauser
South Kingshighway
St. Paul
Columbia
Thomas
Arthur
Louise) Zipp
Jennie
Ida Thomas
Daylight Saving Time Starts At 2 A.M. Sunday
The local area will advance to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 24, and residents are urged to set clocks forward one hour. The schedule runs through the summer and next fall, with standard time resuming October 23, 1966.
Sales Tax Tops State Revenue in 1965 Across States
The Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois reports that nationally sales tax led as the top state revenue source in fiscal 1965, used by 30 states while 14 relied on income taxes. Illinois saw about 51 percent of revenue from sales and related taxes, with new rental income tax enacted and contested in court.
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Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
Louisiana
Illinois
R.O.T
General Assembly
Idaho
New York
Illinois Supreme Court
Winter
Summer Reading Glasses To Be Offered By Columbia Unit District
Columbia Community Unit No 4 will offer six week summer reading classes for remedial and advanced students at 12 dollars per pupil. Funds cover books materials and supplies. Classes run June 20 to July 29 with registration to May 6 by calling Mr Brinkman or Mr McDonnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Unit District
Columbia Community Unit No. 4
Brinkman
McDonnold
Monroe County Gets 8688 Refund for Driver Education
Monroe County will receive 8,688 reimbursement from the state for the Illinois High School Driver Training Program for the 1964 65 term. statewide total refunds reached 4 282668 25 with about 145000 students participating and roughly 100000 taking both classroom and practice driving instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Illinois
Illinois Three Month Sales Tax Totals by Municipal Areas
The Illinois Department of Revenue released figures for October November and December 1965 showing Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax Municipal Service Occupation Tax and Municipal Leasing Occupation Tax collected across area communities. Monroe County's share for Oct Nov and Dec totaled 1107.79 1401.51 and 2176.71 respectively.
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Department of Revenue
State of Illinois
Columbia
Dupo
E. Carondelet
Falls
Hecker
Maeystown
Millstadt
Pr. du Rocher
Red Bud
Valmeyer
Waterloo
Monroe County
Cancer Crusade For Funds Gets Underway
The American Cancer Society launches its 1966 Crusade with April designated Cancer Month by a presidential proclamation. Volunteers are trained and mobilized under Chairman Roger Rehmer to surpass 1965’s $2,709.02, focusing on early detection and prompt treatment along with fundraising for research and education. Eisenhower is cited on neighborly giving as core to the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Roger Rehmer
Society
Eisenhower
Monroe County Leaders Attend Illinois Sesquicentennial Conference
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krewer of Valmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Metter of Columbia joined the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission planning meeting at the Illini Union, University of Illinois, Champaign. About 600 officials attended as Governor Otto Kerner spoke and outlined celebration plans for 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Krewer
Valmeyer
Albert C. Metter
Columbia
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission Organization and Planning
Illini Union
University of Illinois, Champaign
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
74Th General Assembly
State of
Illinois
Krewer
Metter
Monroe County
Otto Kerner
General Assembly
Thirteen Monroe County Students Earn Dean's List Honors
Thirteen Monroe County students are named to the 1,427 Carbondale campus dean's list for winter quarter at Southern Minors University. Recipients posted grade averages of 4.25 or better while carrying a full course load, with 194 achieving straight A’s. Names include Columbia Willis Hern Floyd Patterson Phyllis L Rehg Sharon L Stumpf Kathleen A Heller Margie S Nottmeier Michael J Valentine Gerald F Boehne Sharon R Huebner Elizabeth Lenhardt Dennis W Osterhage Thomas W Schilling Patricia A Stemler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Minors University
Carbondale
Monroe County
Columbia
Willis J. Hern
Floyd Patterson
Phyllis L. Rehg
Sharon L. Stumpf
Fults
Kathleen A. Heller
Walmeyer
Margie S. Nottmeier
Michael J. Valentine
Waterloo
Gerald F. Boehne
Sharon R. Huebner
Elizabeth Lenhardt
Dennis W. Osterhage
Thomas W. Schilling
Patricia A. Stemler
Community Action Committee Formed in Monroe County
A Community Action Committee under the Office of Economic Opportunity was organized at the Monroe County Court House. Walter Stemler chairs with Joe Leber as vice chair and Mrs Mahtilda Smith as secretary. The group serves Monroe Randolph and Perry Counties under the West Egyptian Council for Economic Opportunity.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Monroe County Court House
Walter Stemler
Joe Leber
Mahtilda Smith
West Egyptian Council For Economic Opportunity
Monroe
Randolph
Perry
Ed Maddox
Public Aid Office
Stanley Zidar
Valmeyer
Norman Beck
H. R. Baum
Elveria Kuergeleis
West Egyptian Council
Fines Result From Liquor Violations
Magistrate Joseph Cunningham fined four individuals from Columbia and nearby for liquor violations after police arrests. Chas. O. Smith, 25, received 75 dollars for unlawful delivery of liquor to minors. Brenda Williams, 18, and a 16 year old juvenile earned 25 dollars each for illegal possession. Eugene Gruber, 19, of Waterloo, was fined 25 dollars with 20 dollars stayed for illegal possession tied to the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cunningham
Columbia Police
Chas. O. Smith
Columbia
Brenda Williams
Red Bud
Eugene Gruber
Waterloo
Red Cross Disaster Drive Falls Short of Goal
The Red Cross emergency campaign aims for nine million dollars amid major disasters and the Vietnam conflict. Monroe County’s quota is 441 dollars and donations can be mailed to the Waterloo chapter office. Checks should be payable to the American Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Monroe County
Waterloo
American Red Cross
Laura Graf Sister of Probstmeyer Dies in St. Louis
Mrs Laura Graf nee Probstmeyer longtime sister of Mrs Anna Gahn and Charles H Probstmeyer died and was laid to rest Monday April 18 at Sunset Burial Park St Louis She survived by nieces nephews great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Graf
Probstmeyer
Anna Gahn
St. Louis
Charles H. Probstmeyer
Columbia
Sunset Burial Park
City Council Weighs Lower Speed Limit on By Pass
Monroe County council moves to cut F. A. Route 4 speed in city limits from 65 to 45 mph for safety. The meeting also covered water line dispute, annexation petition progress, vehicle license arrests, and temporary street closings for Strassenfest. Community leaders cited city park trees and sewage facilities recognition.
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Joseph J. Volkert Jr
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Charles Pankey
R.R. 1
East Carondelet
Leon Stepp
Stepp
Earl Menner
James L. Juengling
Walter J. Riebeling
Donald Stumpf
Springfield
Jaycees
New City Park
Herbert Schueler
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Ave
Metter Ave
Cherry St
Bryant Voris Recognized In Editors Hall of Fame
The Editors Hall of Fame adds Bryant Voris and three Illinois editors plus one from Missouri as 1966 EM Award recipients. Announcement made at the Southern Illinois Editorial Association banquet on April 15 at SIU, honoring long time Waterloo Republican editor and publisher Voris and peers from West Frankfort, Pana, Sikeston, and Cairo, with eight others already enshrined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Henson Purcell
West Frankfort Daily American
Don Pauschert
Pana News-Palladium
Bryant Voris
Waterloo Republican
Charles Blanton, Jr
University Center
SIU
Bess Brown Fisher
Cairo
W. L. Schmitt
Carlinville
Curtis Glen Small
Harrisburg
Howe Vernon Morgan
Sparta
James O. Monroe, Sr
Collinsville
Verne E. Joy
Centralia
Oldham Paisley
Marion
C. E. Townsend
Granite City
H. C. Voris
Robert
Three Fined In Magistrate Court
Magistrate Cunningham fined three youths a total of 200 for unlawful possession of alcoholic beverages curfew violation and depositing cans on the highway. David J Massey paid 100 with 50 stayed John R Veniscasa 50 Carl Carnoske 50. Arrested and charged by Columbia Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
David J. Massey
John R. Veniscasa
Carl Carnoske
Columbia Police Department
Bath And Tennis Club Clean Up Day Saturday
Clifford Marino president of the Columbia Bath and Tennis Club sets Saturday April 23 as clean up day starting at 1 p m Members to bring power saws axes rakes hoes and shovels If rain occurs it will be the following Saturday Pool drainage painting prep Grass and trees maintenance parking drainage work required Limited membership applications remain for the coming season with pool membership at 300 and dues 30 Applications available at Columbia banks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Marino
Columbia Bath and Tennis Club
Columbia
Two men inducted into Army this Wednesday
George R. Harsey and Wesley Lee Posey were inducted into the Army this morning from the local draft board. Nine registrants received their examinations, physicals, and processing as part of the same draft activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
George R. Harsey
Wesley Lee Posey
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Allen
University Museum
Hamilton County
Broughton
Southern
Malburn Schwartz
Waterloo Cemetery
Oklahoma
CEF
NEA Committee On Educational Finance
The
Columbia Jaycees
City of
Norman Lange
Dave Berry
Virgil Harres
Jack Johnson
Dick Billings
Arnold Rudolph
Arthur G. Ritter
Art Ritter
Bud Shelby
Jaycee Project
Revenue Department
Cancer Crusade
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Headstart
Charles Probstmeyer
Sylvester Kohlmeier
Monroe County Heart Fund
Bluff
Waterloo Business
Pr. du Long
Renault Poll
Renault
New Design
Harrisonville Walmeyer
Moredock
Mitchie
New Hanover
Columbia Business
Erich Hoffmann
Kingdon Morefield
LeRoy Diehl
C. M. Douglas
Richard Horn
William Lucking
Carl Huch
Louis Kolmer
Hall of Fame
Missouri
Southern Ilinois University
Department of Journalism
Bath and Tennis Club
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