New Columbia High School Boys Quartet Debuts
A new boys quartet from Columbia High School performed four songs at the Winter Concert on Sunday February 12 earning warm applause. Members are Randy Hoffmann Dave Riebeling Rich Mundinger and Steve Pflasterer with Cheryl Sackman as accompanist. They perform again Friday at the Carlyle Columbia game and travel February 28 to Waterloo for a Farm Bureau entertainment.
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Columbia High School
Columbia High
Randy Hoffmann
Dave Riebeling
Rich Mundinger
Steve Pflasterer
Charleston
Carlyle-Columbia
Waterloo
Farm Bureau
Cheryl Sackman
Bob Strong
Gene Henckler
Waterlooo sailor serves aboard Blandy in Mediterranean duties
Serviceman Electronics Technician Third Class Robert M. Pelch USN son of Sylvester J. Pelch of 320 West Third St Waterloo NL serves at sea aboard the U S Sixth Fleet destroyer USS Blandy operating in the Mediterranean The Blandy flagship of Commander Destroyer Squadron 2 will join other destroyers to provide anti submarine anti air and gun fire support for carrier striking groups as she visits ports in France Italy and Spain during
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Pelch
USN
Sylvester J. Pelch
West Third St
Waterloo
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Blandy
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Spain
Marine Private Toenjes Completes Recruit Training
Marine Private T. E. Toenjes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Toenjes of 305 N. Main St., Columbia, Ill, has completed eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. He will undergo three weeks of individual combat training, take leave at home, then report to his first Marine Corps assignment. The program emphasizes rigid physical conditioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Toenjes
Robert A. Toenjes
N. Main St
Columbia, Ill
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Marine Corps
Illinois farm adviser outlines cucumber pumpkin and corn processing contracts
A Monroe County extension note details grower demand for cucumbers for pickles and cucumber products with up to 590 acres available, and pumpkin and sweet corn acreage needs totaling about 1000 acres each. Harvest labor and equipment would be provided by processors, with contracts and favorable returns highlighted. An informational meeting on pumpkins is set for February 16 in Waterloo, plus sheep shearing schools in March at Dixon Springs and Urbana, with enrollment limited and applications urged.
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Illinois
S. Lou's
Monroe County Cooperative Extension Service
Monroe County Farm Bureau
Waterloo
Dixon Springs Agriculture Center
Urbana
College of Agriculture
Wayne Soybeans Top Illinois Yield Trials
Wayne soybeans led the pack in Illinois yield trials and topped the competition among tested varieties.
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Wayne Soybeans
Illinois
Agriculture Industry Needs Farm Boys
The article notes a high demand for agricultural college graduates with two jobs available per graduate in 12 north central states. It cites February 1967 graduates earning an average starting salary near $7,000 and shows many pursue further study or military service. It suggests farm experience plus college helps nonfarming youths, and offers tips on selecting fresh lettuce and a guide to turkey sizes.
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Agricultural College
T Illinois
William Lengfelder Receives Vianney Speech Award
Trophies were awarded to the first, second and third place winners in each division at the annual Vianney High School Speech Tournament. The event, organized by Charles Eisele and Paul Delanty, featured four assemblies and four years of practice across freshmen to seniors with year specific speech tasks.
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Vianney High School
Charles Eisele
Paul Delanty
Vianney
Steve Hoel
Rich
General Classified: Estate Buyers and Home Decor Offers
A general classified notice promotes buying old furniture antiques and miscellaneous items, offers free quotations from Frontier Village Belleville, and advertises decorating services by Columbia Decorating Center in Columbia Illinois. It also includes a thank you note to relatives and friends for flowers cards and hospital visits at St Elizabeths Hospital with thanks to Rev Romoeller.
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Frontier Village
Dover Dr
Belleville
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Rev. Rahmoeller
Charles Diehl
Marine recruit completes Aviation Fundamentals School
Marine Private Ronald L. Steinmann, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Steinmann of 217 Olympia St Columbia Il, has finished the Aviation Fundamentals School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis Tenn. The four week course covers mathematics physics and electricity principles including atomic theory static and dynamic electricity magnetic theory and aircraft batteries. The program prepares Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel for advanced courses at the center.
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Ronald L. Steinmann
Theodore Steinmann
Olympia St
Columbia, Il
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
USDA Grade A Turkeys and 4-H Enrollment Up
The text promotes boneless turkey roasts with Grade A quality and USDA inspection. It also reports Agricultural 4-H enrollment rising from 151 to 161 with 13 clubs in the county, led by 25 leaders. The major projects include swine beef horses and gardens.
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USDA
The
Golden Eagles
Prairie Ramblers
New Hanover
Warnock
Macystown Rangers
Farm Advisers
Wrinkle Family Thanks Local Firemen for Help
The Wrinkle Family expresses gratitude to the fire department for swift and clean service during a recent emergency. They commend the firefighters for their speed and professionalism and offer heartfelt thanks.
Notice to bidders for wheel tractor with mower equipment
The Monroe County Illinois Board of Commissioners will receive bids until 1 00 P M February 27 1967 for furnishing a wheel tractor equipped with a rotary mower and a sickle mower Bid blanks may be obtained at the office of the County Clerk Court House Waterloo Illinois By Order of Board of Commissioners
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Board of Commissioners
Monroe County
Illinois
Court House
Waterloo
Nominating Petitions for Columbia School Board
Nominating petitions for membership on the Board of Education of Columbia Community Unit No. 4 must be filed with Superintendent B D Middleton at 113 S. Rapp Ave Columbia Illinois from 8 00 am to 4 00 pm weekdays with Saturday hours 8 30 am to 12 noon on March 18 1967 The filing period runs from February 22 1967 to March 18 1967 Secretary John L Gummersheimer announces the Board of Education of Columbia Community Unit No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Board of Education of Columbia Community Unit
B. D. Middleton
S. Rapp Ave
Columbia
Ilinois
John L. Gummersheimer
Board of Education of
Columbia Community Unit No. 4
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Sixth Fleet
Horn’s Bakery
South Main St
Columbia, Illinois
Geo. Washington
Eldo Horn
George
Delaware
George Washington
Washington
Monroe National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Arlin H. Obst
Monroe County Farm Adviser
University of Illinois College of Agriculture ‘Cooperative Extension Service
Sheep Shearing School
Girard, Edgewood
Trenton
Wayne
Shelby
William Lengfelder
Peeple
Larry Mertens
Bill Lengfelder
Jim Bommarito
Alan Winkelman
Steve Nobel
Mike Brown
Jay Stark
Mike Logan
Bob Bosslet
Terry Burkhardt
Rich Peeple
Steve Noble
Columbia Decorating Center
N. Main
Marine Combat
Office of
Norman W. Beck
Monroe County Superintendent OF Schools
Edgar O. Zimmer
Main Street
F. L. Smith
S. Main Street
Floyd E. Crowder
H. A. Matthews
Optometrist
West Legion
Metin Street
Klein’s
America
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
Channel 5
Charles H. Marshall
St. Louis Soaring School, Inc
Capitol Theatre
Waterloo, Illinois
Carl Reiner
Eva Marie Saint
Alan Arkin
Cmon
Syeciale
Psf
U.S
Wrinkle
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Globe-Democrat
Ac Artal E
GLOBE
St. Louis
Mail
Globe Farm
Globe-Democrat, Mail
12Th Boulevard
Delmar
Post Office
Democrat
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