Soil Conservation Benefits Multiply Through Community Action
Water quality improves as terraces and contour farming reduce soil loss and fertilizer runoff. Rural programs from RC&D to watershed land treatment unite communities to conserve land and water, support recreation, flood control, and economic development under the Soil Conservation Act of 1935 and SCS leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan A. Walker
Soil Conservation Service
Waterloo
Ill
Orville Freeman
Walker
SCS
Your Medicare Handbook summarized for East St. Louis readers
Ralph Brasher outlines Medicare basics including premium financing and payment methods. The plan charges a $3 monthly premium per enrollee with government matching funds, subject to biennial reviews starting 1967. Premiums may be deducted from qualifying benefits or paid via notices, with installment options and a return card envelope. Continuous nonpayment ends coverage.
School Open Drive Promotes Back-To-School Safety
The AAA Automobile Club of Illinois launches its 34th September School's Open campaign urging motorists to drive carefully as many children begin classes. Posters bumper strips and marquee messages will be placed city officials schools AAA garages and service stations collaborate to protect students and promote safety patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Automobile Club
Ilinois
Auto Club
Stan Keesling
Keesling
Middleton Attends Illinois Education Conference
B D Middleton Columbia school superintendent attended the Leaders Conference sponsored by the Illinois Education Association at Illinois State University Normal from August 15 to 17. An enrollment of 313 was recorded and attendees were divided into six sections covering the legislative program Better Education Association I E A and Related Services retirement disability and survivor benefits teacher involvement in decision making and school finance. Middleton serves on the Governing Committee in Legislation for the Kaskaskia Division which includes Monroe Randolph St. Clair Clinton Washington Jefferson and Marion counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Middleton
Columbia
Illinois Education Association
Illinois State University, Normal
Better Education Association
Middleton
Kaskaskia
Monroe
Randolph, St. Clair
Clinton, Washington, Jefferson
Marion
Installing Le Petit Chapeau Officers in St Clair Salon
The St. Clair County Salon off the Eight and Forty held its August meeting at the Fairmont Legion Home. Mrs. Walter Bolle installed officers including Le Petit Chapeau members and La Concierge officers with several names listed and a board meeting set for September 19 at the American Legion Home in Dupo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bolle
St. Clair County
Fairmont Legion Home
Walter Belle
Columbia
Tony Smith
Fairmont City
Bernard Swartz
la Secretaire
Henry Stahl
la Cassiere
Manda Markecizich
L’archiviste
Frederick
L’aumonier
Arnold Trost
la Concierge
Arthur Becherer
L'Avocate
Julia Markezich
Pouvoir
Leo J. Sullivan
O. H. Robinson
Sergat Arms
American Legion
Dupo
Betty Ceglinski
Richard Trost Named District Governor of Young Republicans
Richard Trost, president of the Monroe County Young Republican Club, has been appointed District Governor for the 21st Congressional District. The 21 county region spans Illinois' southern counties. The announcement was made in Murphysboro by Frances Strothmann, Administrative Assistant, YRO State of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Trost
Young Republican Organization
Mr. Trost
Monroe County
Young Republican Club
Waterloo
Illinois
Trost
Murphysboro
Frances Strothmann
State of
Bloodmobile Visit Planned for Valmeyer on September 20
A Bloodmobile is scheduled to visit Valmeyer on September 20 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of St. John’s U.C.C. Solicitors will canvass the area soon. Walk ins between 18 and 60 who are not contacted may donate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valmeyer
Fellowship Hall
St. John’s
Dropping Medical Insurance During Enrollment Period
Your medical insurance premiums may be paid by the state public assistance agency in some states. If you have questions about premiums, talk to your local public assistance office. You may drop medical insurance by giving written notice to the Social Security Administration during a general enrollment period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Railroad Retirement Board
Social Security Office
Public Assistance
Annual Homecoming At Turner Park Weekend Festivities
Turner Park hosts Centennial Homecoming with events Friday through Sunday. A fish fry Friday at 4 p m kicks off three days of entertainment including chicken plate meals Saturdays and Sundays, free music and dancing, and performances by Columbia High School Concert Band Virgil Crook's Orchestra Duet schmeister Brass Band and Larry Pieper Polka Spots. Proceeds support local amusement and rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Gymnastic Association
Turner Park
Bill Rebels
Columbia High School
Virgil Crook
Duetschmeister
Larry Pieper
Certificate awarded to Columbia math teacher Miss Dill
Dian Lee Dill of 210 Mulberry Columbia received a certificate for completing the eight week Summer Institute for High School Teachers of Science and Mathematics at the University of Missouri Rolla. The NSF sponsored program directed by Dr. Harold Q. Fuller included eight hours of credit and guest lecturers with a visit to McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dian Lee Dill
Mulberry, Columbia
Columbia High School
University of Missouri At
National Science Foundation
Harold Q. Fuller
Rolla
Miss Dill
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
St. Louis
Truck and Bus Owners Must File Highway Use Tax Return
Truck and bus owners may owe a federal highway use tax and must file Form 2290 by the last day of the month after first use. The tax year runs July 1 through June 30. Publicatirs No 349 provides details via the District Director, IRS Central and Southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay G. Philpott
Internal Revenue
Central and
Southern Illinois
Publicatirs
Internal Revenue Service
License Suspension for Lawrence E. Heine Over Curfew Violation
The Drivers License Division of Illinois announced the suspension of Lawrence E. Heine's license, residing at R.R. 2 in Fults, due to violation of the curfew act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence E. Heine
Fults
State of Illinois
Goudeys Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Joe Goudey mark fifty years of marriage on Tuesday August 23. A retired farmer formerly of Waterloo now living north of Columbia they will celebrate with relatives and close friends Saturday August 27 at the VFW Hall in Dupo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Goudey
Waterloo
Columbia
Gibault High School Opens With 210 In Enrollment
Gibault High School Waterloo begins the 1966 67 term with 210 students. The faculty includes Rev Edwin Hustedde as religion leader, Sisters Mary Stephen Mary Albert and others teaching Latin English math science and social studies. Freshmen must take speech and music. opening events include a student faculty assembly and a Mass for the Holy Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M Hustedde
Gibault High School
Waterloo
Edwin Hustedde
Mary Stephen
Ad.pp.s
Mary Albert
Mary Agnes
DeMattias Hall
St. Louis
Mary Alice
St. Pius X High School
Festus
John Joseph
Helen Marie
Andrew Bengo
Arthur Nagle
Paul Bruening
James Caffrey
Robert Dollar
Francis Seger
James Jansen
Adolph Bloch Fined for Two Violations in Route 3 Crash
Adolph Louis Bloch of St. Louis was fined a total of 90 dollars plus 10 dollars court costs by Judge Joseph Cunningham this week. He was found guilty of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and of failure to have control of the vehicle. The crash occurred on the Route 3 Bypass at Columbia on July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Louis Bloch
St. Louis
Joseph Cunningham
Bloch
Columbia
Local student awarded Westminster scholarship
Andrew Plumer Burgess III, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew P Burgess Jr of 435 Charlotte, received an Honor Scholarship from Westminster College in Fulton Missouri. He will be a sophomore this fall in a four year liberal arts program. The college houses the Churchill Memorial featuring a Christopher Wren designed church rebuilt on campus to honor Winston Churchill who gave his Iron Curtain speech in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Plumer Burgess, III
Andrew Plumer Burgess
Charlotte
Westminister College
Fulton
Andrew
Westminister
Churchill
London
Sir Winston Churchill
Returned from Viet Nam Soldier Allen Goldschmidt
Allen Goldschmidt son of Mr and Mrs Albert Goldschmidt of R R Valmeyer has come home after two years in the Army with the last year spent in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Goldschmidt
Albert Goldschiidt
R.R. J. Valmeyer
Allen
Viet Nam
Lowel Giffhorn Falls From Cliff At Miles Cemetery
Lowel Giffhorn nineteen son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Giffhorn Columbia fell about one hundred twenty feet off a cliff at Miles Cemetery at 12 45 am Monday He was saved from serious injury when he landed in a tree that broke the fall Wayne Smith of Davey Tree Company helped lower him to a stretcher and he was taken to St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville with injuries to his hip heel and elbow His condition was not serious three other youths were with him but uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowel Giffhorn
Edgar Giffhorn
Columbia
Miles Cemetery
Wayne Smith
Davey Tree Company
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Belleville
Giffhorn
Local Teacher Completes English Institute
Vernon W. Smith an English teacher at Columbia Community Unit District No 4 completed an eight week course at Illinois State University Normal Illinois The program carried eight hours of graduate English credit and was government sponsored The institute focused on teaching culturally disadvantaged youth in English Thirty six students from the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home Normal participated The group worked in teaching teams planned lessons and provided instruction An daily lesson analysis and evaluation tracked progress with notable gains and expectations of broad changes in language arts education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon W. Smith
Columbia Community Unit District No. 4
Illinois State University
Normal
Illinois
Illinois Soldiers and Sailor's
Monroe County Sees Aid Rolls Dip in June
Illinois public aid programs show a June decline with total caseload down 1,524 to 397,914 from May. Old Age, Aid to Dependent Children rise in Monroe County, while Blind Assistance slips. Local figures list 102 Old Age, 84 ADC, 2 Blind, 24 Disability, and 18 General Assistance cases totaling 230 with $21,931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Harold O. Swank
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Monroe County
Seventh Gabriel Richard Institute Conference at Notre Dame
The 7th Annual Gabriel Richard Institute conference ran August 19 to 21 at the University of Notre Dame with the theme Self-Confidence in Christian Promotion. Belleville Diocese delegates attended including Mrs. Ermantine Grueninger, Vince Fellner, Cecil Fenner, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Clara Mitchell of Belleville and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gregson of Hecker, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Richard Institute
University of Notre Dame
Belleville
Ermantine Grueninger
Columbia
Vince Fellner
Cecil Fenner
John Johnson
Clara Mitchell
Virgil Gregson
Hecker
Illinois Power to Build Generating Plant at Baldwin
Illinois Power Company to begin site work in Southern Illinois for a mine mouth steam generating plant near Baldwin with a capacity over 2,000,000 kilowatts. First unit over 550,000 kilowatts, service planned by summer 1970, two more units planned, $200 million-plus investment. Coal from Peabody Coal Co. via rail or belt system, water from a 2,000-acre reservoir, 500-foot chimney, and 500 workers during construction. Awards: turbine generator Westinghouse, boiler Babcock Wilcox, engineers Sargent Lundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Power Company
Baldwin
Illinois
Allen van Wyck
Randolph County
Southern Illinois
Wood River
Havana
Hennepin
Vermillion
Danville
Kaskaskia River
Minemouth
Peabody Coal Company
Belleville
Union Electric Company
Cahokia
Westinghouse Electric Company
Babcock-Wilcox Company
Sargent & Lundy
First Marine Corps Reserve stamp set for August 29 sale
A 5 cent commemorative stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserves goes on sale in Washington on August 29. The design includes a World War I Marine, a World War II flyer, a frogman, a modern Marine, and a colonial uniformed fifth Marine. Collectors may send first day cover requests to the Washington Postmaster with proper addresses and fees after August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Washington, D.C
Washington, D. G
Marine Corps Reserve
Obituary of Fred Ferkel Found Dead in Columbia Home
Fred Ferkel 65 was found dead at his Columbia home Monday afternoon by Harrisonville Telephone Co. workers. Police believe heart attack caused death likely between Saturday and Monday. Coroner ordered an inquest. funeral today at 2 p m Schmidt Funeral Home Chapel with interment at St Paul Cemetery. Survived by son Leroy Ferkel daughter Shirley Moallankamp brother Robert Ferkel sister Bertha Maserang and 14 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred F. Ferkel
Columbia
Gene Naumann
Joe Goeddel
Harrisonville Telephone Co
Mr. Ferkel
Milton Wagner
Jacob Ferkel
Schmidt
Obituary: John W. Luehring 76 Waterloo resident
John W. Luehring 76 of 415 Park Street Waterloo died Sunday after illness. Funeral services were held at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Waterloo with burial at Kolmer Memorial Cemetery. He was a retired farmer and World War I veteran. Survived by wife Elsie son Norman and sister Mrs. Mary Ersich, all of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Luehring
Park St
Waterloo
St. Paul United Church of Christ, Waterloo
Kolmer Memorial Cemetery
Quernheim
Luehring
Elsie
Norman Luehring
Mary Erscih
Lee Carol Dance Studio Resumes Fall Classes
Registration for the fall term at 108 hmz studio runs August 31 from 2 to 6 p.m. Classes start September 7 with preschool entrants at age three. Owner operator Mrs Lee Carol Abel boasts eleven years teaching and membership in Dance Masters of America and the St Louis Dance Teachers Association. She has run a Columbia studio for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Carol Dance Studio
Hmz
Lee Carol Abel
Carol
Dance Masters of America
St. Louis
Dance Teachers Association
Columbia
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Ralph Brasher
Social Security
East St. Louis
Wael
Leo Sullivan
Chicago
James Menendez
Department la Concierge
T. Clyde Finley
Young Republicans
Carolyn Houser
Columbia Community Unit No. 4
Illinois Vocational Homemaking Teachers Association
Palmer House
Miss Houser
General Electric District
Adolph Bloch
Miles
Institute
Illinois Power Co
Paul Powell
Powell
Fred Ferkal
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