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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1967
Page
1
The 1967 Monroe County Fair opens Friday west of Waterloo with the queen crowning at 7 30 p m followed by a teen dance. Queen candidates and sponsors include Janis Niebruegge Luhr Bros Inc Mary Kay Miller Robert Chick Fritz Laurel Knaust Waterloo Times and others.
City council special session convened at 7 30 p m chaired by Mayor Wilbert H Kremmel to review new buildings a personnel ordinance water sewer projects on Columbia Ave and related issues Five residents urged easement for a culvert at Faust Addition with city to consult engineer and street committee The panel reviewed a maintenance building plan on Monroe Street and accepted an ordinance aiding the Columbia Rural Fire Protection District Alderman Van Luik opposed passage A Personnel Ordinance review was ordered and town to address a lengthy power outage with Illinois Power Co The city approved part time control room operators Raymond A Frierdich Mattie M McMullen and Chief Operator Agnes Descher The meeting adjourned at 11 20 p m.
Bruce Groves a Valmeyer youth about 11 years old was killed when struck by a northbound Cotton Belt Railroad freight train at the State Route 156 intersection with Missouri Pacific tracks. Witnesses said he stood near the double tracks watching a southbound train as horns blew. Funeral services were held at Wagner Funeral Home Waterloo with burial in Hunter Cemetery Burnet Missouri. He is survived by his parents three sisters and grandparents.
The Scout Paper Drive in Columbia occurs Saturday August 5 with pickups starting at 9 a.m. Contributors should bundle papers magazines and books and place them along the curb for easy loading. Funds support Scout activities in Columbia.
Quintin L. Andres, chairman of the Monroe County ASCS Committee, says loans are available for eligible borrowers to purchase, construct, remodel, or install on-farm storage or drying equipment. Loans cover 85 percent of cost at about 4 percent per annum. Contact your local ASCS office for details.
The Bethany Methodist Church in Columbia gains a permanent home site on a 44 acre tract near the new four lane highway south of Columbia. The Vandalia District and Southern Illinois Annual Conference purchased the land, with Rev. John Wood noting the location will serve Waterloo, Columbia, and Dupo residents and reflect long term church growth plans. The congregation formed in Schmidt's Funeral Home and now meets in rented space on West Kenzi Street in downtown Columbia.
Larry Wayne Duffell 18 and Marion Lee Faust 24 of St Louis are held in St Louis city jail after capture by State Troopers and others following the Farmers State Bank robbery in Valmeyer last Thursday. They were located in a corn field by airplane. $7,265 was taken and recovered. Case to be tried in Federal Court. Duffell to provide his own attorney Faust assigned counsel.
Cadet Lonny L Ludwig 22 son of Mr and Mrs Clifford H Ludwig of Columbia Illinois attends six weeks ROTC camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma while studying at University of Missouri Rolla. He will be commissioned as second lieutenant after graduation. Cadet Michael V Frierdich 20 son of Mr and Mrs Herman G Frierdich of Columbia attends six weeks ROTC camp at Fort Sill. He studies at Washington University in St Louis and is a 1964 Missouri Military Academy graduate and Phi Delta Theta member. His wife Janet lives at 602 North Metter Columbia Illinois.
Vernon Ostertag age 21 son of Mr and Mrs John Ostertag Route 1 East Carondelet Illinois was promoted to sergeant July 1 while serving with the 9th Infantry in Vietnam. He is a squad leader in Company A 2nd Battalion 39th Infantry and entered the Army in March 1966 after training at Fort Riley Kansas before arriving in Viet Nam (continued on page 2).
Roy P. Conrad editor of the Columbia Star and Monroe County Clarion suffered bruises in a five car crash on Rt 3 near the Cerro Brass and Copper Co in Sauget. A car driven by Mrs Kaplan Williamson of Valmeyer collided with the Clarion Printing Co Econoline truck, pushing it into John L Pennington’s Cahokia car and triggering a chain reaction involving two other vehicles. All but the leading car were heavily damaged. Conrad required medical attention. Three small children and six others in Williamson’s car were uninjured.
The Health Agency will guide fluoridation compliance with the new Illinois law requiring fluoridation of all public water supplies. About 6.3 million Illinoisans already drink fluoridated water. Major East Side water suppliers are not adding fluorides at this time. Governor Kerner called the measure a major public health step.
Secretary of State Paul Powell announces the Drivers License Division has rescinded the suspension of Glen E. Gregson of Water loo R R 3 Box 248. Action follows information from law enforcement that Gregson was not operating a motor vehicle when arrested for curfew law violation.
Merlyn Doerr 34 son of Mr and Mrs Henry L Doerr of 210 Columbia Ave Waterloo underwent emergency appendicitis surgery Wednesday evening at St Clement s Hospital Red Bud He remains in the hospital and is reported to be getting along all right.
Michael Glenn Redmond of Columbia High School has been selected to participate in the sixth annual Youth World at Southern Illinois University Carbondale August 2025. The mock UN session aims to develop leadership as students engage in committee and legislative work and study global affairs under SIU faculty guidance.
The Westphalian horses, once working beasts, are presented as show teams by Lowenbrau Brewery at the 1967 Illinois State Fair August 11 to 17. Two six stallion hitches appear nightly in the Coliseum or Barn 17. Swift & Company hosts a cooking school with Martha Logan, demonstrations of Maple Magic Menus at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. August 12 and 13 in the Dairy building.
The Strassenfest prize list includes Holiday Magic Cosmetics winners led by Pam Stryker of St. Louis and Robin Maulding of East St. Louis each receiving 10 dollars. Five dollar winners include Karen Edward Florissant Mrs Heid St. Louis Ellen Schorr Millstadt A A 2 Anna Marie McElmeel Clayton and Shirley Ann McDonald Columbia IN. Former Metropolitan Opera soprano Marjorie Lawrence is a research professor of music at Southern Illinois University.
A new Family Tailored Home opened by H. J. Frierdich & Sons in Glendale Columbia Illinois invites families to view the 1968 model. Visitors can register for a free drawing for a $10,000 Hide-A-Way vacation lodge with no obligation to buy and registration available 1 to 6 p.m. this weekend.
Steve Smith a 14 year old Columbia youth survived an unusual sleep walk after stepping from a moving camper onto the MacDonald Cartier Freeway near Cornwall Ontario. He was found by two men and taken to Cornwall General Hospital in satisfactory condition with multiple contusions and abrasions.
Ralph Schlemmer of Columbia was fined 360 dollars by Judge Alvin H. Macys Jr for six counts of collecting unemployment compensation while employed. He was placed on three years probation and must restitution 104 dollars to the state. 93.20 in costs due immediately.
Local sign painter and pianist Art Woolley appeared on Charlotte Peters TV Show on Channel 2 Friday July 28. Charlotte Peters sang two numbers with him at the piano and addressed him as Sir Winston prime minister of the keyboard. Present with Woolley were his son Peter and Bert Weddle of the Perpetual Motion Rhythm in Blues Band.
The Drivers License Division announced the license of James M. Garner AA 2 Fults has been suspended for three violations.
Fifteen students from Columbia and Waterloo earned the University of Illinois Urbana campus Dean's List for the 1967 spring semester. From Columbia are James Gummersheimer Dennis Holloway and Dennis Jose Jacobsen. From Waterloo are Terryl Lee Bequet te Myra Emma Eschmann Paul Lee Eschmann Paula Le ah Eschmann Robert Kenyon Gibbs David Alan Goeddel Robert Wayne Haberman Warren Lee Hoffmann Kathleen Janet Kelly Janet Sue Kolmer May Anne Schmitt and Richard Edwin Toenjes.
Among the first to reach the Arch summit were Raymond Rippelmeyer Wall Meyer and Robert Gardner of Waterloo. They described a smooth ride with a grand view as the new transportation system began July 23 with the north leg in operation. Trips run about four minutes up and three and a half down. Sunday was invitation only. public access started Monday.
Five registrants were inducted into the United States Army on Monday July 24. The inductees are Charles L. Lindhorst Alvin F. Carnter and James J. Bieber from Columbia and Donald W. Matzenbacher Ronnie J. Ellis from Waterloo. They are stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
Mrs Norman Stanhope and her 16 year old daughter died in an automobile accident in Formosa while visiting Lt Commander Norman Stanhope. Lt Commander Stanhope, a Navy chaplain, is a nephew of Mr and Mrs W E Stanhope of Columbia. Stanhope and his two sons Dave and Lee arrived in Stoughton Wisconsin to be with his parents for funeral services after the bodies arrive in the United States.
The Columbia Community Democratic Club received a not-for-profit charter this week. Incorporators are Edd Ghent Hilda Weisbacher and Mrs Roy Rusteberg. Mrs Pearl Rusteberg served as the correspondence for the application.
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