Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Columbia Star in Columbia, Illinois

We have 16,533,978 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Columbia Star

Location

Columbia, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1966

Page

6

Monday Night Handicap League Team Scores and Players

Buettner Construction leads with 27 percent. Baltz's Tavern posts 20 percent. Individual scores list Baltz 435 and Mathews 507 in Baltz's Tavern versus Falstaff and Weisbacher's Philgas with multiple high scorers noted.

Buettner Construction Falstaff Ze Greatting’s Shell New Hanover Baltz’s Tavern Budweiser Weilbacher’s Philgas Challacombe L. Landgraf R. Baltz E. Mathews R. Mathews Falstaff Sanders

Hawks Hand Pirates First Defeat

The Gibault Hawks beat the Walmeyer Pirates 71-65 in the losers gym on Friday. Tom Diehl led with 19 points and John Toal 25 as the Hawks built a 48-44 edge by the end of the third, then held on in the fourth to secure the win. Saturday they routed St. Pius X 99-70 behind Diehl 21 and Toal 15.

Gibault Hawks Walmeyer Pirates Pirates Hawks Tom Diehl John Toal Waterloo Toal Diehl Benyo Kelly Hankomer Metzger Fults Walmeyer St. Pius X Festus Tom Bengo Bob Metzger

Driver records set in local bowling meet

The Od Tomer led with rapid play and several lane records. Buettner Construction and Neighborhood Shell posted strong team scores as Einwich and Janson paced the singles, with Buettner Const achieving the team high three and Independent marks yielding a 2503 total for Buettner Const.

Independents Split Two Against Southern Illinois League Opponents

The Columbia Independents went two and two in the Southern Illinois League over the past two weeks. They fell 115-95 to East St. Louis and 125-112 to Belleville, with Harold Weisenborn scoring 21 and Harold Mathews 18 for Columbia in the losses. Mathews led Columbia with 32 points in the Belleville game, while Weisenborn added 29 and Nelson Mathews 21. Columbia's overall record stands at 3–4, and they are 3–0 in the Belleville YMCA League. Their next game is January 8 at Cahokia.

Columbia Independents East St. Louis Belleville Columbia Ery

Columbia Opens Against Marissa In Tourney

The Columbia Eagles begin the O'Fallon Freeburg Christmas Tourney Monday December 26 at 9 00 a m against Marissa The day features Venice vs Red Bud Gibault Hawks vs Freeby Waterloo High School vs Livingston New Athens vs Gillespie O Fallon vs Johnston City Belleville East vs Lebanon and Walmeyer vs Dupo The winners advance to play Tuesday with a 9 am start The consolation is set for December 29 at 6 pm and the final at 9 pm

Columbia Eagles O'Fallon - Freeburg Marissa Venice Red Bud Gibault Hawks Freeby Waterloo High School Livingston New Athens Gillespie O'Fallon Johnston City Belleville East Lebanon Walmeyer Dupo

Weihl Fires Record Pistol Score at Waterloo Indoor Meet

Don Weihl posted a 578 to win the Waterloo Indoor Pistol Matches fourth contest. Jim Lattig and Dave Knadler also set class records with 560 and 521 respectively, as 32 competitors competed. awards spread among Monroe County, Harrisonville, Caseyville, and Aero Chart Club with Match No. 5 anticipated in January.

Don Weihls Waterloo Weihls Jim Lattig Dave Knadler Dick Crystal Elwell McCray al Boxdorfer Gunther Buergely Rich Steingruber Trudy Gerszewski Aero Chart Club Monroe County Club Caseyville Art Hock Don Weihl E. L. Steibel Roger Hazlett Lyle Hoffmann

Columbia Eagles Move to Third in Cahokia Standings

Columbia's basketball team won a close 61-58 home game against Mascoutah to reach 3-1 in Cahokia Conference play and secure third place. Jim Kremmel led with 16 points, Dan Radison 15, and Gary Roediger and Paul Frierdich 10 each as Mascoutah’s Hiland topped scorers with 17. Mascoutah beat Columbia Junior Varsity 57-48.

Columbia Eagles Mascoutah Cahokia Jim Kremmel Dan Radison Gary Roediger Paul Frierdich Hiland Martin Mathews Indians Tom Vogt Jim Schneider Mike Harres Ron Habermehl Scott Smith Steve Harres Kurt Herbst Dan Witham Bruce Steppig Columbia FG Kremmel Radison Roediger Frierdich Andrea Jehling Krout Campbell

Also Mentioned on This Page

Peggy Mueller Merrimac Schueler Bros Schiemer Ins Busch Bavarian Kas Juengling Oil Legion No. 1 Gateway No Legion No Rapps Ins Landgraf Plumbers Roessler Concrete Carling Mites Schroeder Carle H. Mueller M. Janson G. Stechmesser D. Conrad Asselmeier Weston R. Happy D. Happy H. Stumpf L. Janson G. Mathews Gateway Bardeleben Bill Nealon Bauman Erv Sauger Emil Sauger Rapps Gummersheimer Schnell Daab Oerter Palmer Jengling Oil Harres H. Steffenauer Schmieder K. Range J. Range Pennock G. Levin B. Levin Hoggard Rataczyck C. Wenkel Kruse Chevrolet Alspach Ehlers Tanke Giffhorn Buettner Const Dundon Thurman Diehle Eschmann Fesser Monroe Bldg. Supply Koch Frank S. Roessler Luhr Bros., Inc S & S Service Center Greatting Eckert Juengling Osick Schmidt Buettner Columbia Lanes Monroe Bidg. Supply Vogt’s IGA Foodliner Diehl’s Diehl’s Flower Shop Kuehner Miller Schneider Stechmesser L. Vogt Monday Night Handicap League Hawks Hand Pirates Od Tomer Shirley Bergmann Cornera Packers Lucerne Switzerland Columbia Star THE Columbia Building & Loan Association Clarion Printing Company, Inc N. Rapp Illinois APO
Search Courier

Search the Columbia Star Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Columbia Star?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication