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Newspaper

Columbia Star

Location

Columbia, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1966

Page

3

Local Serviceman DeBay Joins Vietnam War Effort

Staff Sergeant Ray W. DeBay of Sedro Woolley Washington serves in Vietnam as a personnel technician in the Pacific Air Forces. He is a Korean War veteran and attended Sedro Woolley High School. His wife Ruth is from Waterloo Illinois.

Ray W. DeBay Joe Nemo E. Talcott Sr Sedro Woolley Washington Vietnam DeBay Pacific Air Forces Bamboo Curtain Sedro Woolley High School Sergeant DeBay Ruth Arnold A. Mueller R.R. 2 Waterloo, Ill

Medicare Handbook explains the $50 deductible rule

Ralph Brasher outlines how the Medicare medical insurance deductible works and what counts toward the $50 deductible. It explains counting doctor and covered service expenses, home health costs, and how hospital outpatient deductibles may apply, with year end carryover provisions.

Wiesenborn Family Reunion Hosts Picnic in Illinois

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mehr ten s hosted a Wiesenborn family reunion Sunday with a basket picnic. Attendees included Ernst Mayer and family, Delbert Mayer and family, Billy Turner of Grand Chain, Amanda Dentil of Webster Groves, Frieda Fish and families, Kenneth Fish and family, Ray Hofstetter and daughter, David Henley and family, all from St. Louis, plus Zora Geiger and Alice of Texas and many others from Belleville East St. Louis Dupo and Columbia communities.

Raymond Mehrtens Wiesenborn Ernst Mayer Delbert Mayer Billy Turner Grand Chain Ill Amanda Dentil Webster Groves Frieda Fish Fred Schellhase Kenneth Fish Ray Hofstetter David Henley St. Louis Zora Geiger Alice Texas Walter Reichert Ida Roberts Richard Klardie Pierce Mn Oliver Altes Belleville William Wiesenborn Bertha Stone East St. Louis Carrie Suits Dupo Joseph J. Volkert Jr Columbia Hilda Wiesenborn Fred Vogel Bertha Scharf Felix Reinhardt And

Service Notes on Navy and Air Force Enlistees from Waterloo and Dupo

Seaman Apprentice Martin W. Roider attends Basic Instrumentalist course at Naval School of Music Lit tle Creek Virginia. Airman Charles J. Curran trains as fuel specialist at Carswell AFB Texas after basic at San Antonio. Airman Gary L. Theobald to Amarillo AFB Texas for aircraft maintenance training after Lackland. Airman Clark L. Moskop to Shepard AFB Texas for aircraft maintenance training after graduating Dupo High School in 1966.

Martin W. Roider USN Anion G. Roider Waterloo Naval School of Music Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Navy Marine Corps Army Continental United States Charles J. Curran Julia M. Curran Carswell Afb Texas Air Force San Antonio Waterloo Public High School Strategic Air Command Gary L. Theobald Arthur P. Theobald Stole Road Dupo Amarillo Afb Tex U. S. Air Force Lackland Afb Air Training Command Theobald Dupo High School Clark L. Moskop Clarke G. Moskop Louisa Ave Dupo, Ill Sheppards Afb U.S. Air Force Moskop

Local Families Named in Community Social Page

Mrs Ronald Lowe and family Mr and Mrs Larry Shhull and family Mr and Mrs Robert Scharf Harry and Arthur Reichert Herbert Scharf Shirley Mehrtens Mr and Mrs Willis Steiger and family Mr and Mrs Donald Mehrtens and daughter are listed in a social announcements column.

Ronald Lowe Larry Shhull Robert Scharf Harry Arthur Reichert Herbert Scharf Shirley Mehrtens Willis Steiger Donald Mehrtens

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Grows Into Midwest Attraction

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville Illinois expands as a major outdoor devotional site. It features an over water suspension of bells, a 20 000 person amphitheatre, Lourdes Grotto and Stations of the Cross. New facilities include Pilgrim's Inn lodging and an FM station with future retirement housing for 250. Open year round with no charges.

St. Bruno’s Church Chicago Midwest St. Henry’s Seminary Belleville Rome Mother of God Liberius Esquiline Hill St. Mary’s Major Oblate Mississippi River East St. Louis Lourdes Grotto St. Joseph's Hall Pilgrim's Inn Our Lady of Snows United States National Shrine ‘of Our Lady of the Snows Ill

Jehovah's Witnesses to convene in Mobile

A Dupo Congrega tion delegation says N H Knorr president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society will be the principal speaker when about 12 000 Jehovahs Witnesses from 28 states gather at Mobile Municipal Auditorium from August 24 to 28 Knorr travels about 50 000 miles yearly visiting World wide branches of the New York based society Arthur J Scott presiding min-

Jehovah's Witnesses Dupo N. H. Knorr Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Jehovah’s Witnesses Mobile Knorr Watchtower Society United States Arthur J. Scott Min

Strong cattle support contrasts hog rate decline in market report

The Producers Livestock Marketing Association notes strong buyer support for salable cattle and lambs while hog prices declined after weeks of gains. Barrows and gilts dropped 50 to 75 cents with tops around 26.50 per cwt, cattle gains showed modest increases, veal calves climbed to 31, and feeder steers and heifers sold mostly in the mid 20s with varied weights and grades.

Bres Producers Live Stock Marketing Association

Monroe Council for the Handicapped Basket Picnic

The annual basket picnic of the Monroe Council for the Handicapped will be held on the church grounds at Madonnaville on Sunday August 21. Dinner will be served at 12 30 p.m. The picnic replaces the usual August meeting scheduled for the third Thursday.

Monroe Council For the Handicapped Madonnaville

Knorr Highlights Growth of Jehovah's Witnesses Since 1914

The report notes that when Knorr became Society president in 1942 there were 115 240 Jehovah's Witnesses in 54 lands and now over 1 034 000 in 199 lands. A five day program at Mo bile features speakers from the South. Knorr will deliver the closing address titled What Has God's Kingdom Been Doing Since 1914.

Ister Knorr Jehovah’s Witnesses Mobile

Kingston Jamaica Is Largest English Speaking City South of Miami

Kingston Jamaica stands as the largest English speaking city south of Miami with a reported population of 123,500. The figure highlights Kingston's regional prominence in the Caribbean.

Miami Kingston Jamaica

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