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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1966
Page
2
A column presents Q and A from Sebastian J Valle SSA field representative on Medicare. It covers eligibility by age 65, rules for working individuals, general enrollment periods, and alien eligibility requirements. Questions invite readers to mail inquiries to the Clarion Printing Company in Columbia Illinois.
Dr H B Petty an entomologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey notes that Illinois and 46 other states now require pesticides sold to the public to be registered and properly labeled Some states may impose stricter rules than federal requirements for nationally distributed pesticides to protect users and the environment.
The term corduroy comes from the French corde du roi meaning cloth of the king. The fabric was once reserved for royal garments because of its rich velvetlike texture and now appears in smocks raincoats jackets and slacks.
Senior Columbia High School students interested in civil engineering are invited to tour the Illinois Division of Highways in East St. Louis on Monday February 21 from 3 30 to 5 00 p m. Eight Bureau Chiefs will speak on the work of their departments for District 8 which covers eleven counties. The tour is sponsored by the East St. Louis Chapter Wives of the Illinois Association of Highway Engineers in observance of Engineers Week February 20 through 26.
The Horse Prairie Township Mutual Fire and The Horse Prairie District Mutual Tornado Insurance Companies held their annual policyholders meetings in January. Officers were approved, directors re-elected for three years, and holdover directors named. Reappointed agents and officers for the ensuing year include Fred F. Buch as president, Edward Gregson as vice president, and A. E. Guebert as secretary-treasurer-manager.
Almost a million teenage girls now have their own bathrooms or share it with just one sister. This signals a youth driven culture and elevates the bathroom to a status symbol in modern homes.
Plan pretty pastries with versatile fruit combos. Apple with cranberries makes a large pie. pears plus rhubarb works well. pineapple and rhubarb fit. equal parts peaches and blueberries give real eating pleasure, or Cobbler with the same mix. Drain fruit to thicken properly.
Slaughter cattle and hogs advanced with steady to higher prices as curtailled receipts due to storms supported most livestock classes. Hog sows and heavier cattle saw gains while veal and feeder cattle stayed steady. lambs and pelts showed solid pricing with limited new assessments in Monroe County. Joseph McCarthy, Assessor & Treasurer, notes quadrennial real estate reassessments begin in January.
Dr. Franklin D. Yoder of the Illinois Department of Public Health outlines efforts to safeguard child health. The program重点 includes care for premature babies, poison prevention, vision and hearing screening, and statewide cooperation with local schools and health officials.
A Farm Lease meeting will be held on Wednesday February 16 at 7 30 p m in the Farm Bureau Hall in Waterloo All farm tenants and landowners are urged to attend Franklin Reiss Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois will lead discussion on legal requirements for a farm lease why a lease should be in writing types of lease which lease to have fair rent items landowner should furnish pasture and hay livestock share lease repairs and improvements government programs effect on tenant and owner
Help wanted for listing and selling real estate in Columbia area in spare time. Requires high school education. R. L Vogt Realty, Waterloo, Illinois. tf
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness at the death of Mrs. Catherine Frances Trent. Special thanks to Father Edmund Fitzmorris for spiritual support and bouquets, pallbearers, and all who helped in any way. Your kindness shall be remembered. Daughter, Brothers and Sisters.
The Menner family extends sincere gratitude for the sympathy shown after the illness and death of Caroline Menner and Elmer Beckerle. Special thanks go to Father Dollar City Officials the Columbia Police Department pallbearers and many others for their assistance.
In loving memory of our dear mother and wife Mrs Annie Winkel who died February 7 1962 Gone is the face we loved so dear Silent is the voice we loved to hear Too far away for sight or speech But not too far for thought to reach Sweet to remember her who was once here And who though absent is just as dear Sadly missed by Children and Husband
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