Belleville City League All Star Tilt Saturday
The Belleville City Softball League schedules its annual All Star game for Saturday July 15 with pre game at 7 30 and game at 8 30 Norms Place of Smithton leads the league and faces the All Star team drawn from Belleville VFW Tony s Freeburg Franke s Brake Cahokia and Columbia Columbia s Mick Steffenauer will start at second base with Lawrence Osick and Glenn Stechmesser on the reserve squad. Upcoming week Columbia hosts Marissa Tuesday then plays Tony s in Belleville Thursday.
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Belleville City
Norm
Smithton
Belleville V.F.W
Tony
Freeburg
Franke
Brake Cahokia
Columbia
Mick Steffenauer
Lawrence Osick
Glenn Stechmesser
Marissa
Legion Diamond
Belleville
Tony’s
Squirrel Season Lengthened Across Illinois Zones
The 1967 squirrel season is longer than previous years. In the Southern Conservation Zone the season runs Aug 1 to Nov 5, adding 21 days, while north of Route 36 it runs Sept 1 to Nov 5, extending by five days. Luck be with you.
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Illinois
Illinois Mineral Resources and Industry Snapshot 1964
The East Central Region of Illinois, spanning 24 counties, produced minerals valued at 79.1 million dollars in 1964, about 13 percent of the state's total. It remains the key area for sand and cement, with other outputs including clay products coal crushed stone gravel crude oil and sand.
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Illinois
Life of a Florida State League Umpire Ed Janson
Ed Janson, 26, a Columbia Illinois native in his first FSL season, describes the life as a Florida State League umpire. He loves the job, travels constantly, studies the rule book daily, and aims for a major league future, with thoughts of basketball refereeing in winter.
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Ed Janson
the Ledger
Bob Rathgeber
Columbia
Signal Caller
Janson
The
Ledger
Rathberger
American Legion
Gulf Coast
St. Louis Cardinal
Joe Mathes
George MacDonald
FSL
Gulf Coast League
MacDonald
Florida
Jeff Brooks
Jeff
Brock
Ball Park
Columbia Ill
St. Louis
NBA
Cooking for One or Two Tips on Small-Unit Foods
Food for two suggests buying smaller food units to avoid waste when cooking for one or two. Economy boxes may not save money if much is wasted. Special recipes for small portions provide precise ingredient amounts.
Columbia Defeats St Genevieve 7-3 in road win
Columbia traveled to St Genevieve and beat the hosts 7 to 3. Roessler earned the win with Vogt relieving in the 6th as Columbia piled up 11 hits and 1 error while St Genevieve finished with 7 hits and 4 errors. Rehg led Columbia with three hits including a triple.
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Columbia
St. Genevieve
Bob Roessler
Tom Vogt
Hebel
Crawford
Andrea
W. Bauman
James
Meklin
Roessler
Bauman
Roger Rehg
Dan Radison
Butch Hebel
Jim Toenjes
Allan Andrea
Arnold Stechmesser
Stegall
Classon
Gegg
B. Bauman
R. Winters
Centralia
Fults
Millstadt
Poe nitskis return from Lake of the Ozarks vacation
Mr and Mrs Andrew Poe nitski of Columbia have returned from a vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks, detailing a pleasant trip and family time.
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Andrew Poenitski
Columbia
The
Lake of the Ozarks
Steve Crook
Walnut Street
Waterloo
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Big Blackberries and Record Bass Mark Holiday Fishing
Southern Illinois lakes yielded bumper bass catches with a 12 bass total at Little Grassy Lake led by a 5 14 and 7 14 pound pair, while blackberries drew crowds of pickers. Other anglers reported bluegill crappie and catfish activity as warm weather increased fish hunger.
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Illinois
Texas
Richard Selkirk
Houston
Tex
Jack Walton
West Frankfort
Little Grassy Lake
Ohio River
Golconda
Bill Rottman
al Peithmann
Crab Orchard
New Athens Picnic Highlights Homecoming Parade Weekend
Two float parades at 6 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday mark New Athens homecoming at the village park. Continuous entertainment, games, rides, concession stands, fish fry and lunch and drink stands operate over the two days. Three dances are planned with the Knight Beats providing music.
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Athens
Knight Beats
Homecoming Weekends: Rhythm Shows Parade and Queen Coronation
The schedule lists Rhythm on Saturday from 8:30 p m to 12 30 a m The Squires perform Sunday 1 30 to 4 The Spectors on platform 7 30 to 11 30 p m Sunday A 11 a m chicken fry starts the Sunday program Roy Queen and Brush Apes join the parade and entertain at the park until 7 30 p m The weekend ends with homecoming queen coronation at 11 p m and a $1600 cash prize Doctors note rising air pollution may worsen illnesses in older adults and those with respiratory disease.
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Squires
The
Spectors
Roy Queen
Brush Apes
Golf League Results and Standings This Week
Tuesday Nite League results Kruse 144 over Jahr 160 Gauen 147 over Woodward 156 Evening Honors Kruse net 144 Woodward low gross 39 E Downs low net 33 Team standings Woodward 12 Schmitt 12 Kruse 10 Jahr 8 Austin 6 Gauen 4 Wednesday Nite League games postponed Thursday Nite Gericke 135 over Ludwig 143 White 143 over Trojahn 152 Stoeppler 150 over Dressel 151 Ghent 147 over Koblitz 149 Evening Honors Gericke net 135 Howard Ludwig low gross 36 Ralph Boeber low net 31 Team standings Gericke 14 Ludwig 13 White 12 Stoeppler 12 Dressel 11 Koblitz 10 Ghent 8 Trojahn 0
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Kruse
Jahr
Gauen
Woodward
E. Downs
Schmitt
Austin
Gericke
Ludwig
White
Trojahn
Stoeppler
Dressel
Ghent
Koblitz
Howard Ludwig Low Gross
Ralph Boeber Low
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Wes
Rick
Arizona State
Kansas City
Belleville City League
Illinois State Geological Survey
Bellecair
Fred G. Rapp & Son, Inc
General Insurance Agency
South Central
Illinois Department
Schiemer Insurance Agency, Inc
General Insurance
South Main St
Schiemer Insurance
Highway 3 Discount Store
J. B. Bridge Rd
Ill
Antenas
Capitol Theatre
Waterloo, Illinois
Technicolor Boys
Fred Macmurra
EM Se Sans
Agate
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
Klein’s
Downstate Fishermans's Guide
New Athens
St. Clair County Fair
Crook
Consolidated Truck and Caster Company
Golf League
Valmeyer
Sat
Sun
ST. John’s Church Park
Valmeyer High School
Under the Stars
Brogues
Kloepper
Strassenfest
Bergmann
Kuehner
Cal
Ray Faust
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