Belleclair Speedway Opens 1966 Stock Car Season
Belleclair Speedway at Belleville Fairgrounds opens its 1966 stock car season Friday night with about 60 cars across a nine event card. Time trials at 7 30 p m and first race at 8 30 p m admission 1 50 for adults 50 cents for under 12. Notable entrants include Don Klein and Marshall Yost along with Harold Workman Paul Allen Dwight Barbeau Kenny Shrum Ray Eby and others. The Allied Auto Racing Association sponsors drivers for the fifth mile banked oval at the junction of State Routes 13 and 159 on Belleville’s south edge.
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Belleclair Fairgrounds Speedway
Belleville
Don Klein
Ste. Genevieve
Marshall Yost
Webster Groves
Harold Workman
Paul Allen
Dwight Barbeau
Kenny Shrum
Ray Eby
Willie Johnston
Leonard
Jerry Baumgartner
Belleclair
Allied Auto Racing Association of St. Louis
Local King Dist. Co. ad seeks route workers in Minneapolis area
Earn up to ten dollars per hour by servicing coin operated units on a personal route. Company provides all routes, cars, and ref. Investment ranges from 985 to 1785 dollars. Personal interview in your area requested. Write King Dist. Co. 2500 39th Ave N E Minneapolis MN 55421. Include phone number.
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King Dist. Co
39Th Ave
N. E
Minneapois
Minn
Eagles Fall to O'Fallon 7-3 in Defensive Battle
Columbia Eagles lose 7-3 as seven errors allow seven unearned runs for O'Fallon. Gary Roediger takes the loss despite four hits allowed. Jim Kremmel posts two singles for Columbia, with Paul Frierdich and Steve Devenport adding one hit each.
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Columbia Eagles
O'Fallon
Columbia
Gary Roediger
Roediger
Eagles
Jim Kremmel
Paul Frierdich
Steve Devenport
Bob Niemietz
Kremmel
Andrea
Jehling
Eagles Hold Waterloo Scoreless in 2-0 Victory
Columbia Eagles shut out the Waterloo Bulldogs 2-0 last Thursday. Pitcher Jim Kremmel earned the win, allowing three hits. Eagles had seven hits led by Kremmel with a first inning double, plus drives by Frierdich, Jehling, Andrea, Gould, and Devenport. The win improves Columbia to 6-0 in the Kaskaskia Conference and 5-3 in Cahokia Conference.
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Columbia Eagles
Waterloo Bulldogs
Columbia
Jim Kremmel
Bulldogs
Eagles
Paul Frierdich
Jim Gould
Tom Jehling
Allen Andrea
Remembering the Old Timer from Muskogee Oklahoma
Cora Kenney recalls travel through Indian Territory in a wagon era with camp fires Dutch ovens and simple meals. Indians curious about their clan and gear, dangers of bogs and quicksand, river crossings and wagon jolts, and a wish to relive those days before civilization changed the landscape.
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Cora Kenney
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
George
Frank Fontaine To Speak At King's House Dinner
Frank Fontaine known for Crazy Guggenheim will speak and entertain at the fifteenth annual King’s House of Retreats dinner in Belleville Illinois. The event May 25 at 7 15 p m at the Missouri Athletic Club in St Louis aims to fund a new chapel and related facilities. Proceeds support construction and expansion as about 500 guests are expected after a 6 30 social hour.
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Guggenheim
Jackie Gleason
King’s House of Retreats
Belleville
Ill
Missouri Athletic Club
Washington Ave
St. Louis
Ralph Stauder
Fontaine
Hollywood
Capitol
Alma Claire Wakeham
East Coast
Jerry Lewis
Jck Paar
Garry Moore
Ed Sullivan
Jack Benny
Gleason
Stauder
King’s House
Mon Clary and Greater County Baseball League open May 8
The merged Mon-Clair Baseball League begins its 1966 season Sunday May 8 with 12 teams in two divisions. Each team plays division rivals twice and cross division once for 16 games. Division champions are named and playoffs include top three from each division. An all star game is set for July 3 in Columbia.
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Mon-Clair
Greater County
Mon Clair
Columbia
Dupe
East St. Louis
Falls
Walmeyer
Waterloo
Belleville
Lebanon
Millstadt
O’fallon
St. Libory
Tilden
Pilots
Arnold Stechmesser
Robert Mason
Dupo
Ray Brooks
Earl Roy
O'Fallon
St. Louis
Bill Mohr
Willis Koenigsmark
Norm Rutter
John Goodman
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