Sixteenth Monroe County Musical Festival at Waterloo High
The sixteenth Monroe County Music Festival will be held at Waterloo High School gym on Thursday February 3 at 8 00 p m. Norman W Beck County Superintendent of Schools sponsors the event featuring bands from Columbia Walmeier SS Peter and Paul and Waterloo High Schools with a massed band of about 200 and a chorus of about 350. Milton A Probasc o and fellow directors Paul E Dyar John Gall Father Seger James McHaney Uhl Sackman Roy Salzman organized the program, inviting the public to attend this musical presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Waterloo High School
Norman W. Beck
Columbia, Walmeyer
SS. Peter and Paul
Waterloo
Milton A. Probasco
Paul E. Dyar
John Gall
Father Seger
James McHaney
Uhl O. Sackman
Columbia
Roy E. Salzman
Valmeyer
Monroe County urged to engage in planning and zoning
A call for citizen involvement in Monroe County planning emphasizes preventing urban sprawl and strip development. The piece warns of costly road work, strained services, and falling home values if residents stay uninformed and inactive, urging contact with local planning commissions and increased media outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Planning Commission
Lions Club Accepts Jaycee Challenge for Charity Game
The Columbia Lions Club accepts a Jaycees challenge to a benefit basketball game at Columbia High School on Saturday February 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 35 cents for children with all proceeds to the March of Dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Lions Club
Jaycees
Columbia High School
Deadline Feb 15 for 1966 auto license plates
Secretary of State Paul Powell announces the February 15 deadline to display 1966 license plates. Mail applications must be in by February 1 to ensure plates arrive on time. Over the counter outlets in Springfield and Chicago stay open February 11 and 12 before Lincoln's Birthday closures. Correct and complete applications speed delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Powell
Powell
Springfield
Chicago
Secretary of State’s
Lincoln
Centennial
Steinberg- Baum
Ninth Street
South Grand Avenue
West Lexington Street
South Parkway
North Elston Avenue
Obituaries for Sopp Schneider and Schmidt families in Illinois
Mrs. Katie Sopp of East Carondelet, 89, died Tuesday night in Monroe County Nursing Home Waterloo after five years as patient. Gustav Schneider, 68, Caseyville, died Monday in St Elizabeth's Belleville after nine days as patient. Frank L Schmidt, 85, St. Louis, died Tuesday night January 25 at home. services pending and burial planned in Resurrection Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Sopp
East Carondelet
Monroe County
Waterloo
Sopp
St. Louis
William
United Church of Christ
Cape
St. Paul
Columbia
Oliver Sopp
William Russell Sopp
Cahokia
Lloyd
Norma) Lindermann
Gustav Schneider
Caseyville
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Holton Mortuary
East St. Louis
Lake View Memorial Gardens
Mr. Schneider
Dave Schneider
Collinsville
Missouri Pacific
Frank L. Schmidt
Pennsylvania Ave
Johanna M. Baum
Mr. Schmidt
Frank J
Jennings
Ann
Herman Stege
Margaret
Richard Walter
New York
Charles
California
Edward
Adelaide
Elmer Diel
Ted Fendler
Michigan
Koeln
St. Boniface Church
Resurrection Cemetery
Arthur P Wink Heads Chamber of Commerce
Arthur P. Wink, president of Monroe National Bank, was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at the January 17 meeting. Herb Schueler retires. Other officers include Ray Payne vice president Elmer Janson treasurer and Erwin Hankamer executive secretary. Directors are Herb Schueler Floyd Crowder C J Grueninger and Gene Schorb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. Wink
Monroe National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Herb Schueler
Ray Payne
Elmer Janson
Erwin Hankamer
Floyd Crowder
C. J. Grueninger
Gene Schorb
Burial notice for railroad clerk with survivors
Railroad employee and former chief yard clerk is survived by his widow Mae and two sisters Mrs. Ben Frasen of Waterloo and Mrs. Louisa Showman of Collinsville. A brother, the late Louis Schneider, preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Ben
Minnie) Frasen
Waterloo
Louisa Showman
Collinsville
Louis Schneider
Mail reminder letters urge Medicare medical insurance signup
The Social Security Administration mailed over a million letters to beneficiaries 65 and older who have not enrolled in the supplementary medical insurance part of Medicare. The notice explains deadlines, enrollment cards, automatic $3 premium deductions, and contact with the East St. Louis office for questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Medi
Illinois
Ralph Brasher
East St. Louis
Social Security
Baltimore
Maryland
Brasher
Social Security Office
Medicare
Missouri Avenue
Schueler Brothers Open House Showcases New Columbia Office
Schueler Brothers Inc invites the public to an open house for their newly completed office at 518 North Main Street in Columbia. The four department layout includes main office planning drafting and secretarial rooms with a rear parking lot. Open house times are Saturday 6 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. under manager Herbert Schueler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schueler Bros., Inc
North Main Street
Columbia
Herbert Schueler
George J. Brucker To Address Columbia Library On New Math
Webster Groves High School and Mark Twain Institute instructor George J. Brucker will lecture at the Columbia Public Library on Wednesday February 2 at 8 PM. He will explain what the new math is and how it differs from traditional arithmetic. The talk is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Brucker
Columbia Public Library
Brucker
Webster Groves High School
Webster Groves
Mark Twain
Washington University
Illinois AFROTC Commander Russell P. Strange to retire
Dr. Russell P. Strange, commander of the AFROTC at the University of Illinois, will retire at the end of the school year after 24 years in uniform. He plans to devote himself to education policy and teaching, and will become a Public Policy Consultant in Champaign. He has served in Japan, the Pentagon, and other postings, and is known for youth work with Scouts and Girls organizations and Boys State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell P. Strange
Afrotc
University of Illinois
Illinois
Champaign
Strange
Air Force
Japan
Pentagon
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Rainbow Girls
DeMolay
Boys
Robinson found incompetent. committed to Illinois Security Hospital
Charles E. Robinson, charged with armed robbery and other offenses, was judged by Judge Alvin H. Macys Jr. to be presently incompetent and unable to understand court proceedings. The court ordered commitment to the Department of Mental Health for confinement at the Illinois Security Hospital in Chester after his Nov. 6 arrest for shooting at two state troopers and causing a disturbance at Monnie's Sportsman's Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Robinson
Alvin H. Macys Jr
Maeys
Robinson
Department of Mental Health
Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Monnie’s
Sportsman's Inn
Hagen elected chairman of bridge commission in Crystal City
T J Hagen mayor of Crystal City was elected chairman of the Missouri Illinois Jefferson Monroe Bridge Commission at a January 21 meeting in Crystal City Missouri. Other officers include Clifford C Asselmeier Valmeyer mayor vice chairman Herman Dalkert Waterloo publisher treasurer and Edwin Matthes DeSoto Insurance Agent secretary. committees were named to study funding and feasibility with reports due February 25 at the B Hive in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Hagen
Crystal City
Clifford C. Asselmeier
Valmeyer
Herman Dalkert
Waterloo
Edwin Matthes
DeSoto Insurance
B-Hive
Hagen
Ed Matthes
Johnson Waterway Appropriations Include Illinois Projects
President Johnson's budget requests funding for navigation flood control and water storage in Illinois. Major items include Calumet River bridges 2.3 million Carlyle Reservoir 2.031 million Sag Island Levee 2 million and Richland Creek 200 thousand. Additional allocations cover Kaskaskia River 1.5 million Mississippi River works 2 million and Shelbyville Reservoir 6.3 million among others with total operation and maintenance at 24.372 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Johnson
Calumet River
Carlyle Reservoir
England Pond
Freeport
Henderson County
Horse Island
Crescent Bridge
Hunt and Lima Lake
Illinois Waterway
Indian Grave
Kaskaskia River
Chain of Rocks
Mississipi River
Mount Carmel
New Athens
Bend Lake
Richland Creek
Rochester
McClearys Bluff
Shelbyville
Sag Island
South Quincy
Tri-Pond
Columbia
Harrisonville
Ivy Land
Lincoln
Mound City
Oakley
Peoria
Rock Island
Dog Island Ock
Big Muddy
Fort Charters
Ivy Lancing
Highland Park
Mackinaw River
Mississippi River
Cassville
Prairie du Rocher
Saline River
Shoal Creek
Accredited religion courses for SIU students on Carbondale campus
Religion courses accredited for Southern Illinois University students are offered through religious foundations on the Carbondale campus. The program expands academic options and links campus study with faith-based instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Miinois University
Religious Foundations
Carbondale
Slayer Of Rosann Curran Is Sentenced To 198 Years
James Burns, 23, formerly of the Air Force, was sentenced to 198 to 199 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary for the murder of Rosann Curran. He confessed after a hearing in Belleville, detailing a violent attack at a Belleville laundry and subsequent body disposal. He faces possible parole after 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosann Curran
Roger Allan Burns
Illinois State Penitentiary
Belleville
Miss Curran
William Curran
Waterloo
R.R
Curran
Monroe County
Harold O. Farmer
Burns
St. Clair County
Menard
Farmer
Illinois
Swansea
Green Mount Road
Turkey Hill
Heart Fund Drive Captains Named for 1966 Precincts
The 1966 Heart Fund Drive precinct captains are announced for Waterloo Polls 1 to 5 with captains listed, plus Bluff and New Hanover precincts. Additional captains named for Mitchie, Harrisonville, Moredock, Prairie du Long, Renault and Columbia precincts with named individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Kingdom Morefield
LeRoy Diehl
C. M. Douglas
Richard Horn
Merlyn Sinn
Cletus Welsch
Albert Diechmann
Eugene Hohnbaum
Bluff
Erich Hoffmann
New Hanover
Carl Huch
Mitchie
Wm. Lucking
Harrisonville
George Hess
Moredock
Dale Mehrtens
Prairie du Long
George Wiegand
Kenneth Moore
Renault
Donald Faust
Martin Gross
Columbia
Roy Conrad
Otto Salger
Herbert Schaeffer
Columbia Poll Pol
Jack Steppig
Collision on Columbia Hill Injures No One Saturday Morning
At about 6:05 a.m. Saturday two men escaped injury in a collision on the Columbia Hill. James E Weeke, 21, driving a southbound semi trailer, skidded on a slick spot and crossed into the northbound lane. Louis L. Lay, 59, of Fults, was traveling north and drove slowly. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hill
James E Weeke
Milton Brueggeman
Louis L. Lay
R.R. 2
Fults
Missionary Don Spiegel Speaks at Columbia Rotary Meeting
Rev. Don Spiegel of the Southern Baptist missions addressed the Columbia Rotary Club Monday evening. He recently returned from a year in Brazil, outlining educational and religious opportunities for locals and his missionary work. Spiegel showed color slides and will return to Brazil after a U.S. refresher course. Courtney Woodrome led the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Spiegel
Southern Baptist Churches
Columbia Rotary Club
Spiegel
United States
Brazil
Southern Baptist Congregation
Courtney Woodrome
Physicians Observe High Time Share for Acute Respiratory Illness
Doctors report that patients with acute respiratory diseases consume more consultation time than any other acute illness. The finding highlights the burden on primary care and may influence triage and resource planning in clinics.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harveylois
Lions Club
Mrs
Turner Hall
R & R Construction
Alton
H. J. Frier
Dich & Sons, Inc
Carl A. “Butts
Landgraf Plumbing and Heating
Wilde Radio & Electric
M. C. Schwartz, Inc
Schueler Brothers, Inc
George Brucker
Columbia Library
Menard Hospital
Bridge Commission
Elmer Prange
Byron Schubel
Johnson Waterway
Lions Meeting
Glen Atkinson
Lions District 1-C
Eberhard
Salem
Atkinson
James E. Johnson
Roy Schneider
Carl J. Grueninger
Eye Bank
District 1-C
Ed Weber
Hadley School For the
Royal Bondie
Columbia Lions
March of Dimes
Ken Puckett
Bondie
St. Jacobs Lions Club
James Law
Heart Fund Drive
Collison
Rotary
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