Strassenfest Opens Friday For Three Day Street Festival
The 6th Annual Strassenfest sponsored by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce kicks off Friday afternoon at Turner Park with a 4 p.m. mall opening and runs until midnight. Saturday 4 p.m. and Sunday 2 p.m. sessions feature diverse entertainment, food, and a Coin Model and Hobby Show, with a full event schedule listed elsewhere.
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Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Strassenfest
Turner Park
Strassettes
Edelwei
Obituaries from Waterloo and surrounding areas
Funeral services are held for Louis J. Rehg 58 of East Caron delet. Oliver John Mueller 81 of Millstadt dies after illness. Mrs Emma M. Grosse 82 of Waterloo dies at nursing home. Burial details and survivors listed for each case along with funeral home charges.
Chiropractor Attends Fort Worth Educational Seminar
Dr. F. L. Smith of Columbia Chiropractic Center attended the Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation 18th Seminar and Congress on Research in Fort Worth July 6 10. The event featured renowned speakers including Joyce Brothers George W Crane and Stanley Faber and crowned Miss Nebraska 1966 World Queen of Posture. About 2000 doctors and staff from the US Canada Puerto Rico Mexico Australia Europe and New Zealand attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Smith
Columbia Chiropractic Center
Fort Worth
Texas
Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation
Joyce Brothers
George W. Crane
Stanley Faber
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
Harold Sherman
Raymond C. Barker
D.D
Les Giblin
L.L.B
Catherine Ponder
David J. Schwartz
Miss St. Johnson
Nebraska
James W. Parker
Adlai Stevenson III to Speak at Waterloo Breakfast
Democratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson III will appear in Waterloo next Tuesday July 26 at 9:00 a.m. for a breakfast at the B Hive Restaurant. Advance tickets cost 1.50 from Monroe County Democratic Club members.
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Adlai E. Stevenson III
Waterloo
Monroe County
Democratic Club
Funeral services held for Ida Armbrecht 74 of Waterloo
Funeral services for Ida Armbrecht 74 of Waterloo were held at Quernheim Funeral Home. She died Friday morning in Monroe County Nursing Home where she had resided four months. Burial followed at Kolmer Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Helen Smith of Columbia brother Albert Heintz of St Louis 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. husband Adolph died in 1952.
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Ida Armbrecht
Waterloo
Quernheim Funeral Home
Kolmer Memorial Cemetery
Armbrecht
Monroe County Nursing Home
Charles
Helen) Smith
Columbia
Albert Heintz
St. Louis
Adolph
Mrs Hermina Hinrichs Dies at 84 in Water loo Nursing Home
Hermina Hinrichs 84 died at 4 p m Wednesday in Monroe County Nursing Home Waterloo where she had lived several years. Services held Saturday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church Renault with burial in the church cemetery. Quernheim Funeral Home in charge. Survived by two daughters Florence Kaufmann Valmeyer and Orlena Lunk East St Louis three sons Albert Columbia Ralph Pueblo Colo and Elmer Belleville ten grandchildren ten great grandchildren.
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Louis J. Rehg
R.R. 1
East Carondelet
St. Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia
Rehg
Centreville Township
Sugar Loaf Township
St. Louis
Ruth Wolfe
Robert
Patricia Ann) Trampe
Bay City
Tex
Richard L. Rehg
Valhalla Cemetery
Belleville
Meyer Funeral Home
Columbia
Anna Frey
Waterloo
Bert
Rose) Simpson
SS. Peter and Paul Church
Quernheim Funeral Homes
Herman
Josephine) Erndle
Cahokia
Olaf
Ann) Battaglia
H. C
Sophia) Reiter
Burt
Kenneth
Ursula) Glauber
Walter
Catherine) Rickert
Indianapolis
Ind
Philip Frey
Paul Frey
Fairbanks
Alaska
Frey
Hermina Hinrichs
Monroe County
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Renault
Quernheim Funeral Home
Florence Kaufmann
Valmeyer
John
Orlena) Lunk
East St. Louis
Albert
Ralph
Pueblo
Colo
Elmer
Youths Arrested For Driving Over Greens
Terry Riebeling of Columbia and Tom Suren of Waterloo face trespassing criminal damage to property and reckless conduct charges after riding a motorcycle over greens six and seven at the Waterloo Country Club Sunday afternoon. Riebeling was the driver and Suren the passenger. After a Monday preliminary hearing before Judge Alvin H. Macys Jr. both were released on $500 bond. The case was continued to next Monday.
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Terry ‘Riebeling
Columbia
Tom Soren
Waterloo
Waterloo Country Club
Riebeling
Suren
Alvin H. Macys Jr
Columbia Scouts Attend Boy Scout Camp Vandeventer
Twenty nine members of Columbia Troop 319 are registered for Boy Scout Camp Vandeventer next week led by Raymond L Hesterberg. The roster includes Douglas Beckstein David Beckstein Mike Weilbacher Bruce Volkert Philip Nettemeyer Raymond Faust Paul Schroeder Randy Hesterberg Steve Smith Richard Seibel Kenneth McConkey Douglas Schroeder Michael Wilde Craig Brown Joe Sanders Allen Nobbe Eric Herbst Mike Taake Roger Moll Gregory Moll Larry Koch Mark Dehm Phillip Maxwell Robert Schaeffer Jeffery Davenport Mark Kaempfe David Eckert Donald Eckert Bruce Wrinkle.
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Columbia Troop 319
Vandeventer
Raymond L. Hesterberg
Douglas Beckstein
David Beckstein
Mike Weilbacher
Bruce Volkert
Philip Nettemeyer
Raymond Faust
Paul Schroeder
Randy Hesterberg
Steve Smith
Richard Seibel
Kenneth McConkey
Douglas Schroeder
Michael Wilde
Craig Brown
Joe Sanders
Allen Nobbe
Eric Herbst
Mike Taake
Roger Moll
Gregory Moll
Larry Koch
Mark Dehm
Phillip Maxwell
Robert Schaeffer
Jeffery Davenport
Mark Kaempfe
David Eckert
Donald Eckert
Bruce Wrinkle
Seven to Be Inducted by Draft Board in August
Local Board No. 1174 in Monroe County lists seven inductees and thirty physical examinations scheduled for August 11. Otis J. Rexroth, clerk of the local board, notes the call and actions to be taken.
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Monroe County
Otis J. Rexroth
Kolmer, Richard E. longtime Waterloo farmer dies at 75
Richard Edward Kolmer, 75, lifelong Waterloo resident and retired farmer, died Sunday after a long illness at Monroe County Nursing Home. He is survived by two sons Eugene and Paul, five grandchildren, two brothers, and a widow, with funeral services held Tuesday at Wagner Funeral Home. Burial in Kolmer Memorial Cemetery. He was a Mason and American Legion member.
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Richard Edward Kolmer
Waterloo
Monroe County
Kolmer
Otilda Kolmer
Hoffmann
Wagner Funeral Home
John Schaller
Mr. Kolmer
Conrad
Louise Kolmer
Wiedemann
Eugene G. Kolmer
Paul W. Kolmer
Fort Wayne
Ind
William C. Kolmer
Oliver E. Kolmer
Springfield
The
Masons
American Legion
Valmeyer Post Office Robbery Sparks Theft Probe
Robbers burglarized the Valmeyer Post Office on Tuesday morning stealing more than four thousand dollars in cash, money orders, and stamps. Police report show the thieves pried open the front door and peeled the safe, taking two hundred twenty one postal money orders, stamps, a check, cash, and a St. Louis department store package contents. Postal inspectors call it professional work and notes the office stock was entirely removed, with Waterloo post office supplying stamps to keep operations running during inventory.
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Valmeyer
Ralph Volkert
St. Louis
George Menzel
Waterloo
Otis Lutz
Paul Althoff Named Sales Manager At Purina Chow Division
Paul P. Althoff, formerly Chow District Sales Manager for Ralston Purina at Waterloo Illinois, is named Manager of District Sales Managers Training in the Chow Division. Donald Danforth Jr. announces the appointment. He will headquarter in St Louis and remain based in Waterloo with his family. He is a Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate with a BS in Agriculture and began with Ralston Purina in 1957 at Waterloo.
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Paul P. Althoff
Ralston Purina Company
Waterloo
Illinois
Donald Danforth, Jr
Althoff
St. Louis
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Ralston Purina
Champions To Meet in Kloepper Playoffs At Strassenfest
Thirty two kloepper players compete this weekend at the 6th annual Strassenfest to decide the World’s Kloepper Championship. Alfred Speichinger returns to defend his title as a field of players from Millstadt Waterloo Valmeyer Fountain Merrimac New Hanover Turners Auxiliary Lions and many others vie for the trophy.
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Kloepper
Strassenfest
Mattingly
Columbia
Alfred Speichinger
Millstadt
Alfred Vollmer
Waterloo
Loren Menzel
Jess Neinhaus
Valmeyer
Roy Riechman
Fountain
Wilbert Schnellbecher
Merrimac
Leroy Garleb
New Hanover
Harry Krem
Mrs Alphonse Schaffer Suffers Heart Attack
Mrs Alphonse Schaffer of Columbia is a patient at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville after suffering a stroke at her home on Wednesday.
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Alphonse Schaffer
Columbia
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Columbia Hill project contract awarded by Illinois Highway
Eugene Luhr and Co with Pautler Bros win the Columbia Hill contract for 2.977 million dollars announced by the Illinois Division of Highways. The Springfield award covers concrete paving on Route 3 and near Columbia including ramps and embankment on Interstate 255. Construction to begin within weeks.
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Eugene Luhr & Co
Columbia
Pautler Bros
Red Bud
Columbia Hill
Illinois Division of Highways
Springfield
Interstate 255
Janet Huch Attends FHA National Meeting in St Louis
Janet Huch of Columbia and Waterloo High School returned from the National Future Homemakers of America meeting held July 13 16 at the Chase in St Louis. The event marked FHA 21st birthday with 1100 delegates from seven states plus speeches by Dr Wayne O Reed and Rev Dr James H Robinson.
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Janet Huch
Carl J. Huch
Rt. 2
Columbia
Waterloo High School
Future Homemakers of America
the Chase
St. Louis
Janet
FHA
Wayne O. Reed
U. S. Office of Education
Ers
James H. Robinson
New York
Rose Anne Mehrtens Crowned Monroe County Pork Queen
Rose Anne Mehrtens was named Miss Monroe County Pork Queen at the Monroe County Pork Producers picnic held at Konarcik Park in Waterloo on July 12. A 1966 Waterloo High School graduate, she works for Southwest Bell in St Louis and holds a Future Homemakers of America degree.
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Rose Anne Mehrtens
Monroe County
Monroe County Pork Producers
Konarcik Park
Waterloo
Rose Anne
Waterloo High School
Fred Mehrtens
R.A. 2
Columbia
Southwest Bell
St Louis
Homemakers of America
New Hanover
Springfield
Illinois
Monroe County Fair Queen Pageant And City Council Meeting
Waterloo hosts the Monroe County Fair Queen pageant on July 30 with nine candidates led by Sonja Brandt and other Waterloo and Valmeyer residents. Joe Schirmer performs. The City Council discusses Rep. of Columbia Bluffs resort complex disclosure, water and sewer needs, and street maintenance. Authority actions include street sweeper purchase, drainage review, and code enforcement notices.
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Roy Levin
Main St
Belleville
Columbia Bluffs, Inc
Albert Diehl
Pheasant Run Lodge and Country Club
St. Charles
Lll
Chicago
Levin
Supt
Donald Stumpf
Ross Benjamin
Kosiusco
Wilbert Kremmel
Public Utilities Committee
Columbia Plan Commission
Illinois Power Company
A. L. King
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Murphysboro
Illinois
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Owensboro
Kentucky
Illinois Health Department
Ilinois Rt. No
Jefferson Barracks Bridge
QO. B. Avery Co
St. Louis
ASC Committee Convention Set
The county convention to elect ASC farmers to fill vacancies will be July 29 at 10 00 a m in the ASCS office building. Open to the public observers may attend but only former delegates participate in the election by secret ballot and plurality vote.
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Monroe County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASCS
Frank E. Hoffmann
ASC
Arthur C. Weihl
Hoffmann
Public Aid Figures Released in Illinois June Distributions
A total of 898,510 pounds of federally donated commodities valued at $275,560 were given to 74,118 people in 70 downstate counties in June. Harold O. Swank, director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, notes the estimated distribution cost was $51,381 with $4,216 in labor value. Monroe County breakdown shows recipients by program: General Assistance 1, Aid to Dependent Children 79, Old Age Assistance 15, Surplus Commodities only 40.
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Downstate
Harold O. Swank
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Monroe County
License Suspensions Hit Two Columbia Drivers
Secretary of State Paul Powell announced the Drivers License Division suspended the licenses of William E Kane 610 N Metter and David W Otten RR both of Columbia for three violations.
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Paul Powell
William E. Kane
N. Metter
David W. Otten
R.R
Columbia
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Herb Schueler
Arthur P. Wink
Leo A. Weisbacher Jr
Oliver J. Mueller
Oliver John Mueller
W. Oak St
Castle Haven
Swansea
Mr. Mueller
Strauss Funeral Home
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Louise Weible
Raymond Mueller
Otto L
Irma) Hoffmann
Mrs
Emma Grosse
Emma M. Grosse
Church St
Grosse
Ladies Aid of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Ces
WSJ
Richard
Eberhard Gress
Miss
Bonnie Plouff
Janet Holmes
Eberhard
Dolores Gordon
Betty Strader
Busch Memorial Stadium
Marty Bronson
Charlotte Peters
Columbia Scouts
Boy Scout
Richard Kolmer
Paul Althoff
Purina Chow
Rep. of
City Council
Queen
Monroe County Fair
Waterloo Jaycees
Monroe County Fair Association
Joe Schirmer
Arthur Godfrey
Johnny Carson
Sonja Brandt
Robert Brandt
Bonnie Buss
Homer Buss
Judy Dieckmann
Fred Dieckmann
Susan Falls
Henry Tweston
Anita Hoffman
Vernon Hoffman
Pat Hoffmeister
Paul Hoffmeister
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