Soil maps aid county and city planning says conservationist
Farmers used soil maps for crop rotations and land use as early as 1930. Nolan A. Walker notes counties and cities increasingly use soil maps for planning, tax assessments, and zoning decisions. The maps reveal unstable soils, high water tables, flooding risk, and poor permeability, while slope data guides agricultural and park siting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan A. Walker
Soil Conservation Service
Monroe County
Help Wanted: Birth Defects Drive Seeks Volunteers in Monroe County
Wm C Gummersheimer, director of the January 1967 March of Dimes drive in Monroe County, urged volunteers to work hard through January. The campaign aims to inform prospective parents about prenatal care to prevent birth defects and to support rehabilitation through 77 hospital affiliated centers offering diagnosis and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
Wm. C. Gummersheimer
Monroe County
Gummersheimer
Timothy Lang 4 dies of leukemia in St. Louis hospital
Timothy Joseph Lang age 4 son of Louis G. Lang and Betty Lang died November 29 at Cardinal Glennon Hospital St. Louis after about a week as a leukemia patient. Born April 15 1962 in Red Bud he was buried at Immaculate Conception Cemetery after services at Schmidt Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents two brothers David and John and sister Barbara Lang and grandparents Alphonse Schaffer Mary Lang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Joseph Lang
Cardinal Glennon Hospital
St. Louis
Timothy
Louis G
Betty Lang
William F. Ruff Rites Held in Waterloo
Funeral services were held for William F. Ruff 82 of R R 1 Waterloo a retired Monroe County farmer at Holy Cross Lutheran Church Wartburg Burial followed in the church cemetery Quernheim Funeral Home directed the arrangements Ruff died Tuesday morning at Monroe County Nursing Home Survivors include four daughters two sons four brothers a sister six grandchildren and two great grandchildren from St Louis and Waterloo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Ruff
R.R
Waterloo
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Wartburg
Quernheim
Ruff
Monroe County
Joseph
Esther) Wertz
Lilbert
Ruth) Pieper
Paul
Louella) Thorburg
Roy
Gladys) Sparwasser
St. Louis
Richard
Vernon Ruff
Louis
Arthur Ruff
Amandus
Theodore Ruff
Viola Goeddel
Pork Producers Trophy Awarded at 4-H Meeting
Ross Korves received the Pork Producers Trophy for the best Swine Record Book at the 4-H Achievement meeting in Waterloo. Rose Ann Mehrtens, the pork queen, presented the trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Korves
Pork Producers
Waterloo
Rose Ann Mehrtens
Food Stamp Program to Replace Surplus Foods
Federal surplus foods will end after December distribution in Monroe County and be replaced by the Food Stamp Program on January 1, 1967. Participants buy food stamps and receive bonus stamps boosting purchasing power by over 30 percent. Applicants may apply at the Monroe County Public Aid office in Waterloo. Eligibility follows Illinois Public Aid standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
E. J. Maddox
Monroe County Department of Public Aid
West Mill St
Waterloo
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Farm Product Prices Fall Four Percent in Illinois
Illinois farmers received average prices four percent lower in mid October than mid September across all farm products. Soybeans fell 16 cents per bushel, corn 10 cents, and wheat 21 cents. Hog prices dropped 80 cents per hundredweight, cattle down 60 cents, while milk prices rose helping offset the decline. Prices remained higher than October 1965 overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Co-operative Reporting Service
John Daab Undergoes Surgery At Memorial Hospital
John Daab, renowned local druggist, is a patient at Memorial Hospital in Belleville after entering for surgery this morning. He had long operated his corner drug store at Locust and Main before his hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daab
Memorial Hospital
Belleville
Mr. Daab
Locust and
Main
Currency Exhibit At Monroe National Bank Displays Historic Notes
The Monroe National Bank hosts a Currency Display from November 29 through December 10 featuring twelve frames of currency from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis collection. It includes Civil War shin-plasters, early notes, counterfeits, and engravings of Columbus, Franklin, and a streetcar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
United States
Lester F. Deffenbaugh
Arthur P. Wink
Capitol
United States Secret Service
Paul Revere
Postmaster urges early mail as 20 days till Christmas
Columbia residents are reminded there are only 20 mailing days left before Christmas. Postmaster Cash cites a forecast of over eight billion pieces of mail to deliver by Christmas Eve and urges early shopping and mailing with ZIP Codes, proper addressing, and first class postage to ensure delivery on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cash
Columbia
Lawrence F. O’brien
Cash
Post Office Department
Sheriff McCarthy appoints deputies in Waterloo office
Sheriff Joseph McCarthy announces deputy appointments for the coming term. Carl W. Vogt from Waterloo Police Department becomes chief deputy after seven years on the force and two as chief. Mrs. Shirley Novack and Mrs. Dorothy Carr of Waterloo will serve as secretaries in the sheriff's office. They start Monday December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McCarthy
Carl W. Vogt
Waterloo
Cub Scouts Award Recipients Highlight Pack Meeting
The Columbia Cub Scouts held their November Pack meeting Friday with Cubmaster Aloys Riebeling presiding. Den 9 earned the attendance plaque as 55 Achievement Awards were presented to 48 boys including Bobcat and Wolf, Bear and Lion badges plus Gold Arrow and pins. John Bellm Dennis Niermann Craig Steele inducted into Webelos and notes on Candy Sale and Paper Drive profits. Next meeting scheduled for December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Cub Scouts
Aloys Riebeling
den No. 9
Tom Grueninger
Joe Callis
Den 9
Bobcat
Steve Schlemmer
John Metter
Allen Hoock
Dean Armbrecht
Mitchel Arras
Michael Arras
Michael Thackery
Gary Mueller
Michael Stumpf
Robin Lyerla
Charles Lepp
James Tilley
Craig Steele
John Bellm
Dennis Niermann
Brian Smith
Charles Starkey
Pat Prader
Michael Marzano
Michael Faust
John Munton
John Kendall
Rodney Goodey
Bruce Tunze
Michael Crook
den Mather
Louis Sellinger
Webelos den
Cubmaster Riebeling
Joins National Guard for 38 Weeks Training
Robert J. Haltenhof departed Monday for Fort Leonard Wood to begin a 38 week National Guard training period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Robert J. Haltenhof
Fort Leonard Wood
National Guard
Eugene Luhr & Co Low Bidder For Railroad Alteration
Colonel Edwin R. Decker announced bids for alteration work on the C and E Railroad Shelbyville Reservoir and Kaskaskia River in Moultrie County Illinois. Eugene Luhr & Company of Columbia submitted the apparent low bid of 531280 for earth fill stone protection and new drains and concrete piers on the West Okaw River bridge. Work to be completed within 240 days after notice to proceed with rock fill to protect the embankment from erosion as water is impounded.
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Edwin R. Decker
St. Louis
C. & E. I. Railroad
Shelbyville Reservoir
Kaskaskia River
Moultrie County
Illinois
Eugene Luhr & Company
Columbia
West Okaw River
Findlay
Shelbyville
Monroe County Bridge Group to name new treasurer Friday
Monroe County Bridge Group plans to appoint Roy P. Conrad editor of the Monroe County Clarion and The Columbia Star as treasurer after the death of Herman Dalkert of Waterloo. The group meets in Waterloo to discuss a feasibility study for a new Mississippi River bridge and potential federal funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County Bridge Group
Thomas G. Hagen
Roy P. Conrad
Monroe County Clarion
Columbia Star
Columbia
Herman Dalkert
Waterloo
Hagan
Conrad
Sverdrup & Parcel & Associates
Incc
Harrisonville
Crystal City
Hagen
Otto Kerner
Mr. Dalkert
Twister damages Stumpf Farm near Merrimac on Nov 26
A severe windstorm hit the Harveylouis Stumpf farm two miles north of Merrimac at about 8 p m Saturday November 26. A machine shed was demolished a grain bin damaged and barn windows shattered. No injuries were reported. Trees were blown down on Route 158 south of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haveylouis Stumpf
Merrimac
Stumpf
Route 158
Columbia
Millstadt Hill
Walter Muench Shot And Robbed In East St. Louis
Walter Muench a driver for Hunter Packing Company was shot and robbed at 3 30 p m while preparing to deliver meat to a store on his route in East St Louis He is hospitalized at St Marys Hospital East St Louis and expected to return home in a day or two Police believe the robbers were amateurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Muench
S. Metter
Columbia
St. Mary’s Hospital
East St. Louis
Muench
Hunter Packing Company
Chamber of Commerce joins Old News Boy Day in St Louis
Columbia Chamber of Commerce members took part in Globe Democrat Old News Boys Day at 8th and Locust in St Louis. Strassenfest Choral group provided music as funds from newspaper sales supported underprivileged children in the greater St Louis area. Participants from Columbia included Herb Schueler as chairman and Gus Boemer Mack Handley Frank Toenjes Erwin Hankamer Albert Jahr Richard Cullen Earl Wilde and George Naumann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Globe Democrat
Old News
8Th and Locust
St. Louis
Strassenfest
Columbia
Herb Schueler
Gus Boemer
Mack Handley
Frank Toenjes
Erwin Hankamer
Albert Jahr
Richard Cullen
Earl Wilde
George Naumann
East St. Louis Banker Valine Promoted to Vice Presidency
Delmar E. Valine Sr. is named assistant vice-president of First National Bank of East St. Louis effective Jan 1. He to lead expanded public relations while continuing as executive secretary of the National Museum of Transport, with offices in Room 403 of the bank building. He also holds multiple regional and civic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar E. Valine Sr
First National Bank of
East St. Louis
E. W. Hallemeyer
Valine
National Museum of Transport
First National Bank
Illinois Southwest Regional Port Authority
St. Clair County
Cub Scouts Presented with Charter At PTA Meeting
At the Columbia PTA meeting in the old Columbia School gym, vice president Herbert Sutter presented the Cub Scout Charter to the local Cub Scouts. Leader Ollie Riebeling spoke on Scouting value and thanked PTA members. Miss Candice Lofchie received a plant for best attendance. The next meeting is set for December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Parent Teacher Association
Columbia
Donald Brown
Herbert Sutter
Ollie Riebeling
Candice Lofchie
Two Of Three Suspects Arrested In Turner Hall Robbery
Two men, Robert Lee Davis and Dalmer R. Bauer, were arrested in East St. Louis on burglary charges linked to the Turner Hall break in. A third suspect, Owen R. Marler, 29, is being sought. all three are former convicts. The case aided by multiple police agencies has tied to twelve other local crimes.
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Turner Hall
Robert Lee Davis
East St. Louis
Dalmer R. Bauer
Evansville
Ill
Owen R. Marler
R.R
New Athens
Missouri
Davis
Bauer
Gene Mehrtens
St. Clair
Randolph
St. Clair County
Columbia Police Department
Illinois
Carl Christie
Bill Atchison
Belleville
East St Louis
Lions Club Peace Essay Contest Ends December 10
The Columbia Lions Club urges entrants for the Lions 50 000 Peace Essay Contest with a December 10 1966 closing date. Prizes total 50000 including 25000 first prize and eight 1000 semi finalist awards plus travel to Chicago in July 1967. Over 26000 entries received to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Lions Club
Sron
Chicago
Illinois
Robert, Lepp
Gene Schorb
Jack Brucker
Columbia Liong Club
Royal Bondie
Dianne St
Columbia
Mehrmann
Court House To Be Open Saturday Mornings
Monroe County Board of County Commissioners approved extending office hours for Sheriff and Collector, County Clerk and Recorder, Assessor and Treasurer, and County Superintendent of Schools to Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The change shifts from Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with legal holidays observed. Ray Rippelmeyer joined the Democratic majority in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
Walter Wetzel
Glenn Esker
Ray Rippelmeyer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walker
Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Illinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pork Producers Trophy
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Columbus
Benjamin Franklin
Sheriff McCarthy
Cub Scouts
Eugene Luhr & Go
Twister
Harveylouis Stumpf Farm
East St. Louis Bank
PTA
Harold Devenport
N. Metter Ave
Zenith
Walter Frierdich
H. J. Frierdich & Sons Inc
Glendale Subdivision
Glendale Homes
Mrs. Devenport
Lions Club
Court House
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