Columbia 1967 68 School Opens Friday September 1
The Columbia Community Unit No. 4 announces the 1967 68 term begins Friday September 1 with classes from 8 15 to 8 30 A M. Dismissal that day is 1 40 P M. Kindergarten meets September 5 by district boundary. Parkview Center hosts fifth grade and Parkview Kindergarten Center hosts some groups. Bus routes and attendance centers adjust to balance enrollment. A physical exam and health certificates are required for several grades along with immunization rules. Cafeterias operate daily starting September 1 with varied lunch prices and accident insurance offered through Schiemer Insurance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Community Unit No. 4
Parkview
American Legion
Parkview Center
Parkview School
Bueck Street
Steppig
Durrer
Rey
Mundinger
Gummersheimer
Wink
Jahr
Mr. Mundinger
Mr. Rey
Rey’s
Leslie Ray
Board of Education
EMH
Dorothy Hoffman
Continental Casualty Company
Schiemer Insurance Agency
Carol Barbian
Kenneth Barger
Emilio Bassy
Frances Nelson Speaks at Millstadt Civic Club
Mrs Frances Swartz Nelson of Columbia was guest speaker at the Millstadt Civic Club meeting in Millstadt last Thursday. She shared experiences from her student years in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylynn Harres
Frances Swartz Nelson
Columbia
Millstadt
Direct Dialing In Near Future For Telephone Patrons
Harrisonville Telephone Co. plans direct dialing between serviced communities in early 1968 including Columbia Dupo Waterloo Hecker Walmeeyer and Prairie du Rocher with new rates and significant expansion. Business rates may rise about 3.50 monthly and rural and one party line charges shift as the system grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Gentsch
Harrisonville Telephone Co
Columbia Area
Waterloo Rotary Club
Clarence Douglas
Norine Dalkert
Waterloo Times
Robert H. Voris
The
Waterloo Republican
Roy P. Conrad
Star and Clarion
Gentsch
Columbia
Dupo
Waterloo
Hecker
Walmeyer
Prairie du Rocher
Renault
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gen
U. S
H. R. Gentsch
Dr Bowles Named To Urology Post At St Clement's Hospital
Dr William T Bowles M D has been accepted for consulting privileges on the St Clement's Hospital Medical Staff. He will visit weekly as a hospital urology consultant. He trained at Stanford and Barnes Hospital, served in the U S Navy, and became Board Certified in 1963. He has written extensively on urology and attended many medical meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Bowles
St. Clement’s Hospital
Stanford University
Palo Alto
California
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
U.S. Navy
Bowles
Hulda Wentworth of St Louis dies at 66
Mrs Hulda Wentworth of St Louis widow of Charles Wentworth died Tuesday evening in St Anthony's Hospital. Born March 29 1901 in Columbia she was aged 66 years 5 months 14 days. Funeral Friday burial in National Cemetery Jefferson Barracks. Survivors include daughters Eileen and Jacqueline. sons Charles Jr and Dale. sisters Stella Tunze Tillie Ferry and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Wentworth
St. Louis
Charles Wentworth
St. Anthony’s Hospital
National Cemetery
Jefferson Barracks
Columbia
George N
Anna Schmidt
Charles Jr
Dale Wentworth
Cape Kennedy
Forida
Stella Tunze
Tillie Ferry
East Carondelet
Ralph (Olinda) Harrison
Piqua
Ohio
William
Florence) Drummond
Wayne
New Jersey
Bertha Tunze
Edwin C. Fischer 67 dies in Millstadt after brief illness
Edwin C. Fischer 67 of 409 West Adams Street Millstadt died at 8 45 am Sunday in St Elizabeths Hospital Belleville. Survivors include wife Amy and four children two daughters Virginia and Dorothy Harres and German, both of Millstadt sons Stanley and Nelson brothers Fred and John Fischer sister Ann Ortgier twelve grandchildren. He worked 21 years for Monclair Grain Co in Columbia and was a member of the St Clair County Farm Bureau. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Zion United Church of Christ officiated by Rev Frank Edom. Burial Mount Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin C. Fischer
W. Adams St
Millstadt
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Strauss Funeral Home
Amy
Kenneth
Virginia) Harres
Lester
Dorothy) Germann
Stanley
Nelson
Fred G. Fischer
John Fischer
Dupo
Ann Ortgier
Granite City
Mr. Fischer
Stookey Township
Mon Clair Grain Co
Columbia
Fischer
St. Clair County Farm Bureau
Zion United Church of Christ
Frank Edom
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Senior Citizens Visit Amish Colony in Arthur Illinois
The Columbia Senior Citizens chartered a bus and took 53 members to Arthur Illinois on August 9 to visit the Amish community there. They also toured the Rock Garden at Arthur established by the Amish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur, Ilinois
Columbia
Arthur
Rock Garden
Weekend detour crashes injure eleven near Columbia
Two accidents at a Columbia Hill detour on Route 3 left eleven people injured Sunday. Nine were treated at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville and released. Drivers Clarence Gates Jr. and Edward Rush collided in the northern edge incident, with two others including a 17 year old girl and a 6 month old child listed among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hill
Columbia
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Clarence Gates Jr
Wabada
St. Louis
Gates
Cook
Paul A. Kimpel
S. 54Th St
Oak Lawn
Ill
William J. Hoskins
Catherine Dr
Caseyville
World War I Vets And Auxiliary Visit Grand Tower
World War I Veterans 1342 and the Ladies Auxiliary traveled by bus to Grand Tower Illinois on Monday August 7. They enjoyed a family style chicken dinner and dumplings at Hales Restaurant. The 50th anniversary event included a riverfront visit to Back Bone Park to view the Peace of Cross monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Grand Tower
Hales Restaurant
Girls and Leaders Spend Week at Dixon Springs Park
Troop 720 of the Columbia Girl Scouts and several leaders spent four days at Dixon Springs State Park for a camping trip. Girls listed include Gail Arnin Janine House Jean Janson Joan Schoenhoff Louise Conrad Nancy Todd Sue Smith Joan Crook Kathy Mueller Joan Daab Kathy Naumann Phyllis Crowder Denise Hoffmann Marcia Crowder Betsy Thompson Cecelia Dehn Kathy Wessel Paula Schmiskie Jean Crook Mary Kay Schroeder. Chaperones were Mrs Edna Arnin Mrs Virginia Todd and Mrs Irma Naumann with nurse Gevorganne Conrad on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Girl Scouts
Dixon Springs State Park
Gail Arnin
Janine House
Jean Janson
Joan Schoenhoff
Louise Conrad
Nancy Todd
Sue Smith
Joan Crook
Kathy Mueller
Joan Daab
Kathy Naumann
Phyllis Crowder
Denise Hoffmann
Marcia Crowder
Betsy Thompson
Cecelia Dehn
Kathy Wessel
Paula Schmiskie
Jean Crook
Mary Kay Schroeder
City Council Lets Bid On Bueck Street Water Main Extension
City Council approves bid process for Bueck Street water main extension with estimates of $200 per lot for street surfacing, $3.50 per foot for curb and gutter, $300 per lot for sanitary sewer, and $425 per connection for water taps. Owners listed urged to respond by Sept 1, 1967. Also plans for a Monroe Street maintenance building with prefabricated steel design and bid specifications ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Bueck Street
Wilbert H. Kremmel
Landgraf
Bergman
Richert
Lepp
Gallagher
van Luik
Eckert
Vogt
Jos. J. Volkert, Jr
Leo F. Koberlein
Russell and Axon
Donald Stumpf
Columbia Avenue
Ferkel
Minnie Ritter
Claude Shelby
Edgar Poenitske
Louise Pretzlik
Sylvester Mees
Monroe Street
Father Robert Dollar Named Chaplain At St Clement's Hospital
Father Robert Dollar, longtime assistant pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Columbia since 1960, is named Chaplain of St. Clement's Hospital at Red Bud and will begin August 31. He will teach at Gibault High School in Waterloo, new building expected for Sept. 5, and has served as part time faculty at SS. Peter and Paul High School. A reception for him is set Aug. 29 in Immaculate Conception School basement from 8 to 10 p.m. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Robert Dollar
Immaculate Conception Church
Columbia
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Gibault High School
Waterloo
Father Dollar
SS. Peter and Paul High School
Gibault
Altar Society
CYO
CCD
East St. Louis
St. Mary of the Lake Seminary
Mundelein
Ill
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Belleville
St. Louis University
Immaculate Conception
Columbia Soldier Injured In Vietnam
Mr and Mrs Wilbert Nottmeier of 215 Temple Street Columbia learned their son Marine Cpl Gerald Nottmeier was injured in Vietnam. He was hospitalized at Da Nang with an abdominal concussion described as not serious. Marine Lance Cpl Jack L Toenjes of Columbia, in the same area, visited him. General Cushman presented Nottmeier the Purple Heart on August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Nottmeier
Temple St
Columbia
Marine Cpl
Gerald Nottmeier
Vietnam
da Nang
Nottmeier
Marine Lance Cpl
Jack L. Toenjes
General Cushman
1St Marine Division
Cpl
Turner Homecoming in Columbia One Day Event
The Columbia Gymnastic Association hosts a one day homecoming on Sunday August 27 beginning at 11 a.m. Activities include a chicken plate dinner for 150, free music, kiddie rides, and picnic concessions. Glenn Woodcock and his Polka Band perform 230 to 630 p.m. Dancing with Virgil Crook starts at 7 p.m. A Saturday August 26 teenage battle of bands lists Megan David Grapes of Wrath and the Jagged Edge with a $1 admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Gymnastic Association
Glenn Woodcock
Virgil Crook
Turner Hall
Megan David Grapes
Wrath
the Jagged Edge
Oliver Equipment Preview Draws Local Dealers to Brazil
Mon Clair Grain & Supply Co. officials from Belleville and Columbia attended Oliver Corporation field demonstrations at Raymond Gard Farm in Brazil Indiana. Oliver president Sam White Jr and Chicago managers showcased new farm and contractor equipment to dealers from several states during a two day event with Farmers Day following. The drive to regional dealers is part of eleven demonstrations nationwide amid a season of new product introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Reichert
Mon Clair Grain & Supply Co
Oliver
Belleville
Columbia
Henry L. Koerber
Carl Riebeling
Gilbert Reichert
Columbia Implement
Oliver Corporation
Raymond Gard
R.R. 2
Brazil
Indiana
Sam White Jr
Chicago
Farm and Contractors Equipment
White Motor Corporation
Lieutenant Winters Killed In Vietnam
Army 1st Lt. Ronald Paul Winters, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Valoures of 15554 Tamm Ave., listed as killed in action in Vietnam. He led a mortar platoon with the 1st Brigade, 39th Infantry and earned the Bronze Star for actions on January 24. Services pending at St James Church, burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. He is survived by his parents and sister Joanne, with grandparents and an uncle and aunt in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Ronald Paul Winters
Paul P. Valoures
Tamm Ave
Defense Department
Vietnam
Winters
39Th Infantry
I Vietnam
St. James Catholic Church
Busiial
Jefferson Bare Racks National Cemetery
Joanne Winters
William H. Winters
Columbia
Robert Winters
Navy trainee Robert Vogt dies in accidental self gunshot
Funeral services for Robert D. Vogt a 23 year old Navy trainee were held at St Johns Catholic Church Red Bud with burial in St Johns Cemetery Red Bud. Vogt died at Barnes Hospital St Louis after accidentally shooting himself Saturday while ground hog hunting with fiancée Linda Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Vogt
Red Bud
St. John’s Catholic Church
Anthony Keepes
St. John's Cemetery
Cashner Funeral Home
Vogt
U.S. Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Clem Vogt
N. Main St
Linda Warren
Miss Warren
Holden brothers spend leave and honeymoon in Columbia
Pfc. Robert F. Holden, son of Mrs. Florence Holden, arrived home from Fort Polk Louisiana to spend a 13 day leave. Cpl. Alan J. Holden and his bride enjoyed their Columbia visit from August 6 to August 20 before returning to Kansas City Missouri where he is stationed in Olathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Holden
Florence Holden
Fort Polk
Louisiana
Cpl
Alan J. Holden
Columbia
Kansas City
Cpl. Holden
Olathe
Kansas
Kathryn Heisler To Be Deaconess Graduate
Miss Kathryn Marie Heisler daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul E Heisler of 625 North Main Street Columbia Illinois will graduate from the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing on Saturday September 2 1967 Graduation Exercises will be held in Graham Chapel on Washington University Campus at 10:00 a m D S T. Fifty six students from the School of Nursing and five from the School of X ray will be graduated Dr John Anthony Brown President of Lindenwood College St Charles Missouri will be the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Marie Heisler
Paul E. Heisler
North Main Street
Columbia
Illinois
Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing
Graham Chapel
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herta Berger
Leona Blowers
H. J. Brinkman
Rosa Brinkman
Barbara Cagle
Wayne Challacombe
James Colyer
P.E. Bettie Cook
Dian Dill
Susan Denham
Donna Draper
Judith Eichelmann
Carolyn Fuller
Charles Graham
Viola Haltenhof
Sandra Lee Hartman
Thelma Herbst
Carolyn Houser
Joseph Jackson
Florence Jaenke
Sherman Jarvis
Vaughn Johnson
Wilma Kelso
Barry Krizan
Margaret Krizan
Patricia Lally
Sharon Lawrence
Candace Lofchie
William McDonnold
Walter Monke
Roberta Myers
Nancy Newton
Irene Noblin
Margaret McCarty
Virginia Opdyke
Clovis Parker
Guidance Direc
Tor
Jerry Ray
P.E
Lois Rehg
Reve Rendleman
Mary Anne Roediger
Vivian Rogers
Uhl O. Sackman
Donald Sahrhage
Roger Schneider
William Shannon
Dorothy Smith
American Legion Home
Norma Smith
Vernon W. Smith
Paul Snider
Warren Trotter
Anna Walker
Karen White
Cheryl Winkler
Freda Woodrome
Millard Mundinger
Alvin Lepp
Clarence Gummersheimer
Ralph Tunze
Otillia Gummersheimer
June Weisenborn
Rose Blittersdorf
Ellen Lewis
Leona Halloran
Jeanette Martin
Verna Bachelier
Edna Taake
Jean Mueller
Wanda Bayer
Adolph Steppig
John Durrer
Robert Rey
Carl Wink
Albert Jahr
Wilbur Gummersheimer
Gladys Baumer
Marjorie Andrea
Marian Crowder
Judith Smith
Jackie Klein
Violet Frank
Frances Nelson
St. Clement's Hospital
Chester G. Schmidt
Earl
Federal Aviation Agency
Gerald Habert
Schmidt
Gorruanus
Edwin Fischer
Dixon Springs Park
Robert Dollar
Turner
Southern Illinois University
School of Technology
Robert Vogt
Navy
Pfc
Robert Holden
Kathryn Heisler
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