Monroe County Fair opens with week full of events
The 19th annual Monroe County Fair begins today at Waterloo fairgrounds with seven days of activities from a teenage dance to a sky diving exhibition. The schedule lists hog judging, horse shows, tractor parades, rodeo events, live stock judging, a wheat threshing display, and a sky dive by three parachutists. New additions include a steel grandstand and expanded attractions plus an Open Class Fine Arts exhibit judged by Mrs. Robert Rodriguez with premiums for oil, watercolor, drawing, sculpture, and crafts.
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Monroe County
Waterloo
Robert Rodriguez
Belleville
Wil
Hobby Arts
Fairgrounds
1966 ASC County Committee Named
Quintin L. Andres chairs the county ASC panel with two year term as chairman Frank Hoffmann is vice chair for one year and Arthur Weihl serves three years along with alternates Erwin Mueller and William Kettler. Community electors chosen as delegates list Bluff Columbia Harrisonville Mitchie More. The notice outlines several county and community committee appointments and confirms ASC administration of national farm programs.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Quintin L. Andres
Frank E. Hoffmann
Arthur C. Weihl
Erwin W. Mueller
Wm. O. Kettler
Bluff
Earl Osterhage
Otto L. Hoffmann
Willard A. Meister
Alois W. Mueller
Edward Wuertz
Columbia
Harry R. Reichert Jr
John F. Janson
Kenneth Stumpf
Donald E. Mueller
Lawrence P. Beckerle
Harrisonville
Emerson J. Campbell
Glennon H. Sondag
Victor C. Seidler
Leo Marquardt
Wm. J. Linnemann
Mitchie
Fred P. Pieper
Virgil C. Brandt
Lacy Bundy
John Schulte
Gary Leber
Moredock
Earl W. Schaefer
Roy Riechmann
August O. Goldschmidt
Warren Dannehold
Richard Baxmeyer
Albert Lich
Erwin H. Schewe
ASC County
Community Farmer Committees
Agricul
Adoption Report Shows Illinois Adoptions Total 8046
The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 8046 adoptions for the fiscal year ended June 30. Exclusions include 1099 born in other states and 77 where no new birth certificate was issued. Foreign-born adoptions count 124, and 1062 Illinois-born children were adopted in other states.
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Franklin D. Yoder
Ilinois
Mineral Fossil Exhibit On Display At Columbia Library
A traveling display sponsored by the St. Louis Mineral and Gem Society features blastoid fossils from the Mississippian Mis sipian formation found near Millstadt Paint Creek along with trilobites from the Paleozic era near Grafton Illinois fluorite from Southern Illinois near the Ohio River obsidian from volcanic sources Ozark banded agate sphalarite and barite all from Missouri fossils from the Pennsylvanian formation near Chicago and two Thunder Eggs from Oregon and Washington.
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Paint Creek
Millstadt
Columbia Public Library
St. Louis Mineral and Gem Society
Arthur Matlach
Columbia
Grafton
Ill
Souhern Illinois
Ohio River
Ozark
Missouri
Chicago
Oregon
Washington
County Agricultural Stabilization Office Supports Farm Programs
The county committee headquarters at Waterloo administers several programs including the Soil and Water Conservation, Feed Grain, Wheat, National Wool, Price Support, and Farm Storage Facility Loan Programs. The ASC office serves as the local contact for participation, with aims to conserve resources and boost returns through price supports and diversion payments.
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ASC
Waterloo
Soil Classification Meeting Summer Field Tour
An all day soil types and production discussion will be led by Arlin H Obst at multiple stops near Hecker and Valmeyer. Dr E Runge of the University of Illinois will operate a hydraulic soil coring machine to four feet depth at each site during the August 12 session.
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Arlin H. Obst
Monroe County
Mike Junker
Hecker
Walmeyer
Herbert Riechmann
E. Runge
University of Ilinois
Sesquicentennial Group Scheduled on TV Friday
A Monroe County Sesquicentennial group will appear on television channel 4 at 6 15 a m Friday on the Town and Country Hour. Members include Fred Krewer Sr president A C Metter vice president and Leo Henke and Clyde Burkhardt directors. Their segment was taped in advance.
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Monroe County
Channel 4
Town and Country Hour
Fred Krewer
A. C. Metter
Leo Henke
Clyde Burkhardt
The
Sesquicentennial Association
Airman Kocher Serves in Vietnam Conflict
Airman Second Class Thomas Co. Kocher son of Mr and Mrs Earl H Kocher of Columbia is stationed in Vietnam as a weapons mechanic with the Pacific Air Forces, which provide offensive and defensive airpower in the Pacific Far East and Southeast Asia. He is a Columbia High School graduate.
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Thomas Co. Kocher
Earl H. Kocher
W. Liberty St
Columbia
Viet Nam
Kocher
Pacific Air Forces
U.S
Pacific
Far East
Southeast Asia
Columbia High School
Decorator James Johnson Completes Seamless Flooring Course
James Johnson of Columbia Decorating Center at 511 N Main St completed a technical course at Seamless Flooring Manufacturing Corp in St. Louis. The program covered Readtex seamless flooring application and installation processing.
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James Johnson
Columbia Decorating Center
N. Main St
Seamless Flooring Manufacturing Corporation
St. Louis
Coin Club Banquet Highlights 1st Anniversary in Monmouth
Jerry Hillebrand speaks at the first annual Coin Club banquet in Eberhard’s Restaurant Bavarian Room Mon day August 1. About 40 members celebrate the Columbia Coin Club’s first year and its projects including the Monroe County Sesquicentennial medallion and a Strassenfest coin show. New officers are introduced and the next meeting is set for September 7.
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Jerry Hillebrand
Coin Investment Center
St. Louis
Coin Club
Eberhard
Columbia Coin Club
Hillebrand
Monroe County
Howard Knapp
L. A. Weisbacher Jr
Henry Moll
Gene Haller
Cy Shipp
Norman Wessel
Sgt.at-Arms
William Conrad
Emilio Bassy
Norman Ra
Monroe County Included in Urban Planning Grant
Secretary Robert C. Weaver announced a 199 171 Urban Planning Assistance grant to the East West Gateway Coordinating Council for the St. Louis metro area and nearby counties including Monroe. The grant funds 12 months of comprehensive regional planning activities such as base mapping data analysis goals and alternatives economic and population studies transportation and land use surveys and related studies.
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Robert C. Weaver
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
St. Louis County
St. Charles County
Jefferson County
George A. Marquardt Sr. 78 obituary
George A. Marquardt Sr. 78 died at St. Clement's Hospital Red Bud on Wednesday August 3. Born near Waterloo September 14, 1887, he rests at Quernheim Funeral Home Waterloo with funeral in St. Mary's Church Walmeyer August 6 at 10 am. Burial in SS Peter & Paul Cemetery Waterloo. Survived by his wife Amanda nee Vogt four daughters two sons twenty one grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. He was a Knights of Columbus member and Beer Bottlers Union. Rosary to be recited at the funeral home Friday at 8 pm.
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George A. Marquardt Sr
St. Clement's Hospital
Red Bud
Waterloo
Quernheim
St. Mary's Church
Walmeyer
SS. Peter & Paul
Amanda Marquardt
Vogt
Lawrence
Marcella) Breitenstein
Elmer
Catherine) Linnemann
Columbia
Floyd
Leona) Weber
St. Louis
Peter
Doris) Weber
Leo Marquardt
Valmeyer
August Marquardt
George, Jr
Katie Schallom
Albert
Annie) McDonald
Killian Marquardt
Anton Marquardt
Pr. du Rocher
Knights of Columbus
Beer Botters Union
Funeral services held for Anthony G. Fromme
Anthony G. Fromme, 54, of St. Louis and former Valmeyer resident, died Friday in St. Mary’s Hospital Clayton Missouri after an illness. Services at St Mary’s Catholic Church Valmeyer with burial in SS Peter and Paul Cemetery Waterloo. Survivors include three sisters Anna Louer Valmeyer Jertha Kottkamp St. Louis and Mary Mechler Waterloo.
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Anthony G. Fromme
St. Louis
Valmeyer
Fromme
St. Mary’s Hospital
Clayton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
SS. Peter Wd Paul
Waterloo
Wagner Funeral Home
St. Louis Motor Company
Macystown
Anna Louer
Jertha Kottkamp
Mary Mechler
Funeral rites set for William Bell in Dupo
At 2 p.m. Monday in Dupo mourners will gather for William Bell 59 of 224 N Fourth St. He died at 10 10 p.m. Thursday at Missouri Pacific Hospital St Louis due to a heart ailment. The notice lists basic data and planning terms as context.
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Dupo
William Bell
Fourth St
Bell
Missouri Pacific
Columbia Rotary Club Sponsors Monroe Day Camp Zoo Trip
About 60 campers and counselors from Monroe Council Day Camp enjoyed a zoo visit in an air conditioned bus on July 27. They saw the lion and chimpanzee shows, rode the zoo train, had lunch, and buses returned. Upcoming events include cook-outs, a hayride and watermelon party, horseback riding, an Indian Pow Wow, an ice cream party, and a counselors appreciation event.
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Monroe
Quintin Andres
Fred Johnson
Helen Bequette
Bingo Raid Counts Smithton Officials at Picnic
Four Smithton citizens including Mayor Norman Riese and Police Chief Al Lang were arraigned in Belleville on obstructing a police officer and gambling charges after deputies raided a bingo game at the Smithton Home Coming and Firemen’s Picnic last Saturday. Walter Grossman and Livern Wiegand faced gambling charges. bond was set at $1,000 each and all were released on bond with a trial date to be set.
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Smithton
Norman Riese
al Lang
Belleville
St. Clair County
Walter Grossman
Livern Wiegand
City Council Reviews Water Service Request For 77 Lot Tract
City Council discussed a water service request for a proposed subdivision of seventy seven lots in the Sugar Loaf area. The engineer was asked to obtain a written submission from George Wheatley before the council reconsiders the project.
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James L. Juengling
N. Main
Whiteside
Bolm-Schuhkraft Memorial Park
New City Park
George Wheatley
Dupe
Sugar Loaf
Wheatley
Comptroller
Department of Public Works and Buildings
State of
Ilinois
George van Luik
Roy Schneider
van Luik
Columbia Community Unit District No. 4
Fire Department
Columbia Volunteer Fire Company
Preliminary Work Starts on Columbia Hill Viaduct Project
Preliminary work began this week as Eugene Luhr & Co and Pautler Bros Construction moved equipment to the Columbia Hill site. A jeep belonging to Pautler Bros was stolen early Wednesday, amid thieves aware of the construction. The project will remove Columbia Hill and connect with the new bridge finished last fall, featuring a viaduct and overheads at Route 3 and 158.
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Columbia Hill
Eugene Luhr & Co
Pautler Bros. Construction
Pautler Bros
Route 3
Luhr Bros Awarded MTU Gravel-Wall Wells Contract
Luhr Bros Inc of Columbia Illinois wins University of Missouri board contract to install seven gravel-wall wells and pumps at Delta Center Portageville for irrigation. The base bid is 14956 dollars for wells and pumps. Hahs Machine Works of Sikeston bids 5950 dollars for pumps only.
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Luhr Bros., Inc
Columbia
Illinois
University of Missouri Board of Curators
University
Delta Center
Portageville
Luhr
Hahs Machine Works of
Sikestone
Illinois Junior Sports Jamboree Finals At Granite City
About 574 youths from roughly 200 Illinois communities will compete in the eleventh annual Junior Sports Jamboree state finals in Granite City. Ages 10 to 15 will travel August 4 for field events, and track preliminaries under lights with finals Saturday. The trip is expense paid by the Illinois Youth Commission and Illinois Jaycees.
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Illinois
Granite City
Madison County
Illinois Youth Commission
Illinois Jaycees
Five People Fined in Circuit Court Monday
Magistrate Joseph Cunningham levied fines against five persons in Monroe County Circuit Court Monday. Florence Amann, William Frees Jr, Judy Hoeffken and Ricky Broohhurst of Belleville were each fined 23 dollars and costs for a minor violation on July 24 at the Columbia Strassenfest. Frank J. Leber was fined 75 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct on July 4 at Diehl's Roadside Market parking area in Columbia.
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Joseph Cunningham
Monroe County
Florence Amann
William Frees Jr
Judy Hoeffken
Ricky Broohurst
Belleville
Frank J. Leber
Diehl
Columbia
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Monroe County Fair
ASC County Committee
Public Health Dept
Sonja Brandt
Center
Brandt
Baxmeyer Excavating Co
Pat Hoffmeister
Chas. Grosse and Son
Lest
Anita Hoffmann
Valmeyer Grain and Feed Co
Sesquicentennial Group
Dt Obituaries” Magnet
George A. Marquardt, SR
Columbia Rotary Club
Monroe Council
Wilbert H. Kremmel
Luhr Bros, Inc
U. of M
Jean
Joan Crook
Virgil Crook
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