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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin G. Klein welcome guests including his sister Mrs. Bertha Goes of Sarasota Florida and his brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klein from Portland Oregon for a family visit.
Harold Lindhorst of Columbia received the FFA State Farmer Degree at the State FFA Convention in Urbana June 14 to 16. He is among 323 Illinois FFA members honored for leadership farming and community involvement. Lindhorst farmed wheat and soybeans, raised beef and pork, and held the sentinel office in 11th grade while earning multiple awards. He will continue farming with his father on RR 1 in Columbia.
Mr and Mrs Philip Carle of Mascoutah visited Columbia over the weekend and attended the American Legion picnic.
Twenty years ago details of local entertaining births graduations marriages and a Rock n Roll combo contest at the 1966 Illinois State Fair are reported. Notable names include Bollingers Lashys Kremmels Volkerts Lepp Stemmler Osick Daab Reicherts Crawley Roediger Wheelis Schroeder Phelps and Keims with Belleville St Elizabeths Hospital cited for births. The Illinois State Fair Young America Fair invites seven member groups under 25 for a $500 grand prize with nine days of play offs and popular vote judging.
Boy and Girl Scouts representing over 300 000 Illinois scouts are invited by Gov Otto Kerner to attend the Illinois State Fair. They will camp on the grounds and display cooking camping scouting first aid and more. The American Indian Center of Chicago will host an Indian village with a pow wow and exposition.
Marine Private Alan J. Holden son of Mrs Florence L Holden of 203 W Washington St Columbia Illinois has completed the month long Mechanical Fundamentals School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee He continues at the seven week Basic Helicopter School at the same center Upon completion he will be assigned as a helicopter mechanic with a Marine Corps aviation unit
Fults scored 10 late runs to beat Columbia 10-6 as Jim Vogt Gary Pieper Bud West and Jim Krebel homered for Fults while Roger Rehg and Bob Roessler hit for Columbia who had 12 hits led by Rehg and Lange. Alan Hoffmann earned the win with Norman Lange taking the loss as other area scores and standings are listed.
SPPS members plan mixed business and leisure across Illinois and beyond. Principal Sister Mary Stephen schedules 1966-67 with workshops at SIU Carbondale. Faculty and students join camps, universities, and state programs from June 18 to August 26 with NSF funded math talent program for seniors.
Local Clarion office in Columbia advertises hunting and trespassing signs for sale. The notice highlights ready stock and pricing for contractors, landowners, and residents seeking legal signage.
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