Engineers to Aid Construction at New Scout Camp
At a Columbia meeting Mayor Wilbert H Kremmel Aldermen and Scout Camp Assn representatives discussed building a rock road at the 7.60 acre Columbia Scout Camp adjacent to the City Disposal Grounds. On August 26 construction will start with 863rd Engineer Battalion donating labor and equipment to build facilities and clear brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Columbia
Wilbert H. Kremmel
City of Columbia
Columbia Scout Camp Assn
Co. D
863Rd
Batallion
East St. Louis
City of
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Scout Camp Assn
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Quarry Co
Bussen Quarry
Lemay
Horace Volkert
Robert Brown
Robert Beckstein
Claude
Jim) Schroeder
Raymond Hesterberg
Families Visit Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Museum in Tennessee
The Virgil Crook and Calvin Crook families toured the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge Tennessee. The facility run by Oak Ridge Associated Universities showcases peaceful uses of the atom with demonstrations on medicine industry and agriculture. Visitors see a reactor model a cloud chamber a uranium mine a Savannah cargo ship model and hands on exhibits including a neutron exposure souvenir dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Crook
Bottom Avenue
Columbia
Calvin Crook
R.A. 1
Oak Ridge Laboratories
Savannah
1968 Wheat Program Participation Outlined
Quintin L Andres of the Monroe County ASC outlines the 1968 wheat program terms. Farmers must sign up on time, stay within their allotments or use substitution provisions, meet conserving base, and follow crop acreage rules. Certificates and loans hinge on projected production and price differences. Barley base not included in 1968 feed grain diversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quintin L. Andres
Monroe County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASCS
Monroe County
Jaycees Organizing Football Team in Columbia
The Columbia Jaycees plan a Midget Division football team in the Tri-County Junior Football Conference. Interested youngsters should report at Legion baseball diamond No 1 at 10 a.m. Saturday Aug 12. Leaflets with football rules will be distributed and parents urged to help choose the team name. Mail entries to Columbia Jaycees Football P.O. Box 73 Columbia III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Jaycees
Tri-County
Legion Baseball
P.O
Columbia
Vogt Writes From Europe To Volkerts In Columbia Family
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Volkert of Columbia receive word from Paris about their grandson George L. Vogt spending a month touring Europe. He will visit Yale roommate Gerhard Weenink and the Rene Walgraeve family in Antwerp. Mrs. Carol Vogt and Mrs. Walgraeve were high school pen pals. George will teach at Prospect Hill Day School in New Haven next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Volkert
Columbia
Paris
France
George L. Vogt
Europe
George
Yale University
Gerhard Weenink
Rene Walgraeve
Antwerp
Belgium
Prospect Hill Day School
New Haven
Connecticut
Southern Illinois University Hosts Annual High School Speech Festival
Southern Illinois University sponsors a yearly speech festival drawing about 500 high school students from area schools. The event showcases competition across various speech and dramatic categories and aims to foster public speaking skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
District Governor Visits Local Lions Club in Columbia
Ogie Ellis district governor of Lions 1-C spoke at the Columbia Lions Club meeting on Tuesday August 8 at Eberhards. He highlighted Lions aid to the blind Peace through the Essay Contest and service clubs. Deputy District Governor Edwin Denman urged more memberships and noted renewed ties with local school superintendents Norman Beck and the Jefferson Monroe counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogie Ellis
District 1-C
Lions International
Columbia Lions Club
Eberhards
Ellis
Edwin Denman
E. St. Louis
Gov. Ellis
Jefferson County
Norman W. Beck
Monroe County
Mr. Beck
Elmer Heise Home Robbed Tuesday in Broad Daylight
The Elmer Heise residence at 520 West Legion was broken into between 1:00 and 1:40 PM on Tuesday. Entry was gained through a rear basement window, with two pistols, a wrist watch, and unknown cash taken. Mrs Heise was away at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Heise
W. Legion
Senior Citizens Club Trip on Boat Near Columbia
Forty one members of the Senior Citizens Club of Columbia enjoyed a boat trip last Wednesday. It was a beautiful day with members visiting, playing cards, or relaxing. This Thursday the group held its regular monthly business meeting at Turner Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Club of Columbia
Turner Hall
Columbia Equipment Company Robbed Of TVS And Radios
Police report a second recent robbery at Columbia Equipment Company. Between 2 30 and 3 10 a.m. thieves forced a back entry, took four TV sets and six portable radios, and fled before officers arrived. Earlier July 13 a suspect Lou D Lacey was caught and his trial completed. he faces sentencing next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Equipment Co
James L. Juengling
Juengling
Walter Riebeling
Joe Callis
Gene Mehrtens
Louis D. Lacey
Alvin H. Macys Jr
Coin Club Officers Installed At Banquet
The second annual coin club banquet was held Monday night August 7 at Eberhards Restaurant in Columbia with 39 attendees. Howard Knapp became president Emilio Bassy was named Vice President L A Weisbacher Jr secretary Kenneth G. Haller treasurer Norman Wessel Sgt at Arms Jim Berkel and Fred Juengling were directors. The club meets the first Monday each month at Turner Hall and will hold its September 11 meeting due to Labor Day. The group also sponsors the Strassenfest annual coin show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coin Club
Eberhards
Columbia
Howard Knapp
Emilio Bassy
L. A. Weisbacher Jr
Kenneth G. Haller
Norman Wessel
Jim Berkel
Fred Juengling
Turner Hall
Movies at Columbia Library Screenings for Children
The Columbia Public Library shows films at 11 a.m. on Saturday August 12. Titles include Fossils Are Interesting How Birds Help Us Billys New Tricycle Otto Meets a Puppet and the Little White Line That Could. Kindergarten through fourth grade children are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Public Library
Billy
Otto
Lori Keim Crowned Corn Palace Princess in Mitchell
Lori Keim daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Keim 454 Charlotte Columbia Ul was crowned Corn Palace Princess at the World's Only Corn Palace Mitchell South Dakota. Frank White Buffalo Man grandson of Sitting Bull conducted the ceremony and gave her the Indian name Princess Littie Fawn Takacha Chinchala. The Corn Palace attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors yearly with exhibits in native grasses and corn and September celebrations featuring entertainers and free tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lori Keim
Dean Keim
Charlotte
Columbia, Ul
Mitchell
South Dakota
Frank White Buffalo Man
Sitting Bull
Littie Fawn
Takacha Chinchala
S. Dakota
Car Hits Truck on South Main Street in Broadside
A car driven by 17 year old Austin G Campbell collided with a National Dairy Products Corp truck in front of LaVerne's Superette Friday at about 12 07 p m. The truck was driven by Paul W Verschueren of Florissant Missouri. No injuries occurred and the Campbell car sustained minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin G. Campbell
R.R. 2
Columbia
National Dairy Products Corporation
Dairy Products Corp
LaVerne
Superett
James L. Juengling
Paul W. Verschueren
Florrisant
Campbell
Gilmore addresses Columbia Rotary on power expansion
Bob Gilmore, representative of Illinois Power Co., spoke to the Columbia Rotary Club about expansion programs and showed slides of existing and new distribution plants. He highlighted the Baldwin plant under construction and its economic value through jobs and services for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Gilmore
Illinois Power Co
Columbia Rotary Club
Gilmore
Baldwin
Local Students Win In Festival In St Louis Event
Local students Mike Gross Gary Hankammer Robin Jahr and Diane Blank won in the Mid-America Music Associates 11th annual festival at the Sheraton Jefferson Hotel St Louis Mo Superior solo trophies went to Mark Dashner of Dupo and Dennis Dvoraceck Selleville all are students of Richard Cullen Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-America Music Associates
Sheraton, Jefferson Hotel
St. Louis
Mike Gross
Gary Hankammer
Robin Jahr
Diane Blank
Mark Dashner
Dupo
Dennis Dvoraceck
Selleville
Richard Cullen
Columbia
Gifts Presented To Columbia Library
The Columbia American Auxiliary donated 10.00 to the Columbia Public Library for book purchases. An anonymous donor gave 25.00 memorial gift honoring Alvin G. Klein. The Arnin family presented four antique children's chairs, about 70 years old, refinished by Mrs. Tom Henderson, the Librarian, for use by the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia American Auxiliary
Columbia Public Library
Alvin G. Klein
Olivia Arnin
Arnin
Tom Henderson
Return from trip to Black Hills features Mt Rushmore
Mr and Mrs Richard Bess and Bernice arrived home Saturday after a nine day motor trip to the Black Hills South Dakota They visited Sioux Falls the Corn Palace at Mitchell Badlands Mt Rushmore and the marble model of Crazy Horse The party also saw Josef Meier's Black Hills Passion Play outstanding presentation during the tour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bess
Bernice
Black Hills
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Badlands
Mt. Rushmore
Crazy Horse
Josef Meier
Time Limit Set To Collect Earnings Tax
The St Louis Court of Appeals ruled the Missouri five year statute of limitations governs earnings tax collection by the City of St. Louis. The suit, brought by the city against Bertram C. Robertson of Granite City, tested how far arrears could be collected. SICL officials welcomed the decision while stressing the constitutional issue remains unresolved. Clarence Ward of Belleville serves as SICL president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Box
Granite City
Ill
Bertram C. Robertson
Robertson
Aviation Material Command
AVCOM
Mart Bldg
Grove G. Sweet
Southern Illinois Citizens League
Plantiffs
Missouri
SICL
Illinois
Clarance Ward
Belleville
Record electricity demand peaks in Illinois on August 2 1967
Demand by Illinois Power Company customers hit a new high on Wednesday August 2 1967. High temperatures and humidity drove use of fans and air conditioners, yielding a peak of 1,335,450 kilowatts between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., up 3 percent from the 1966 July 13 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Power Company
Keims Catch 57 Pound Carp at Spring Lake
Mr and Mrs Elmer Keim of Columbia fished Spring Lake Millstadt on Sunday and caught 57 pounds of Wisconsin carp, one of the largest catches recorded at the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Keim
Columbia
Spring Lake
Millstadt
Wisconsin
Council Orders Unoccupied Home Removed and Development Study Granted
At the July Missouri Illinois Jefferson Monroe Bridge Commission meeting Harland Bartholomew and Associates were hired to prepare a Planning and Economic Analysis Study for a Mississippi River Bridge Crossing near Harrisonville Illinois and Crystal City MO. The $94 500 study will be financed by a HUD loan with a nine to ten month completion window after approval. The City Council also approved plans for a Columbia Scout Camping Association project including a pavilion toilet and cadre cabin and granted a water main extension. bids due by 7 30 p.m. August. Chief Juengling reported 23 arrests 18 traffic related and 149 police calls in July. The city announced One Way eastbound Legion Avenue and renewed a contract with General Planning and Resource Consultants for one year. Collections totaled 16 794 81 for July and 500 was advanced to the garbage fund. The meeting adjourned at 11 20 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaird
Columbia Scout Camping Association
Department of Public Health
Bueck Street
Legion Avenue
Main
Metter Ave
James L. Juengling
Board of County Commissioners
General Planning and Resource Consultants of
St. Louis
General Revenue Fund
Public Aid Figures Announced May 1967
May 1967 public aid totals show 436 181 recipients up from April and May 1966. Aid to the aged blind and disabled plus dependent children reach 327 226 with medical care. Medical Assistance only 48 319. General Assistance 60 636. Monroe County numbers: 288 recipients totaling 20 606 dollars across Old Age 97. Aid to Dependent Children 113. Blind 2. Disability 27. General 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Sponsor Orphan Laurus David in India Jaycees Support
Laurus David, seven, lives at Faith Home in Chingleput District South India. Born January 10 1960 he lost his father and his mother faces hardship. Sponsored by the Columbia Jaycees through Christian Children's Fund the boy is healthy and in second grade. They expect annual support of 120 to 150 dollars for his care and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Columbia Jaycees
Laurus David
Faith Home
Chingleput
South India
Laurus
Christian Children’s Fund
Jaycees
Local Group Heads to Republican Day at Illinois State Fair
Monroe County Republican chairman Howard Riechmann will lead a caravan to Springfield on August 16 for Republican day at the Illinois State Fair. U S Senators Dirksen, Percy and Baker headline the speaking program starting 11:30 a m. Baker, Dirksen son in law, delivers the principal address. State official Ray Page and Supreme Court Clerk Mrs Earle Benjamin Searcy also appear. Sponsored by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Riechmann
Republican Central Committee
Monroe County
Springfield
United States
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Charles H. Percy
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Fairgrounds
Baker
Dirksen
Ray Page
Supreme Court
Earle Benjamin Searcy
Illinois Republican State Central Committee
Candidate for Degree Mrs Geneva Pflasterer
Mrs Geneva Pflasterer of 611 W Legion Columbia is a candidate for a Bachelor of Science in Education at Illinois State University Normal. She is among 250 students to receive degrees at commencement in Horton Field House on August 11. She attends an eight week summer course and returns to Columbia weekends with her husband Willis and two sons Steven 16 and Carl 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Pflasterer
W. Legion
Columbia
Illinois State University
Normal
Horton Field House
Pflasterer
University
Willis Pflasterer
Steven
Carl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Battallion
O.R. A. U. Museum
Geo. Vogt
Volkerts
Lions Club
Senior Citizens Club
Columbia Equipment Company
Columbia Library
Corn Palace
Monroe County Fair
Laurel Knaust
Waterloo
Cheri Breihan
South Main Street
Rotary
Bridge Commission
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