Columbia Bombs Dupo 11-4 in league opener
Columbia Legionnaires defeated Dupo 11 to 4 at Columbia to complete the first round undefeated at 8-0 and give Bob Roessler his seventh straight win. Roessler fanned 11 with three walks on four hits allowed as Columbia rapped 14 hits led by Arnold Stechmesser four for four and Roessler three. Dupo pitchers Bowlin and Waller struck out six and walked three, while Dupo committed six errors. The all star game was slated for Millstadt on July 4 and Columbia’s next game was July 11.
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Columbia Legionnaires
Dupo
Columbia
Bob Roessler
Roessler
Arnold Stechmesser
Roger Rehg
Ralph Schneider
Bowlin
Waller
Frierdich
Rupert
R. Hebel
Millstadt
Columbia AB
Columbia AB R H Stechmesser
Schneider
Toenjes
Ritterr
Fe Lange
Ae Roessler
Ae H. Mathews
Ae Eschmann
Dupo AB
H R. Hebel
Enteke
D. Hebel
Zain O Bowlin
Pylee Waller
Belt
N. Hebel
Ory
K. Hebel
W. Hebel
Smith
Klein
D. Wild
Willie Johnson Wins A Car Feature at Belleclair Friday
Belleville's Belle clair Fairgrounds Speedway hosts nine-event stock car card Friday night with two 25-lap A modified features headline. Time trials begin 7:30 p.m. and first race at 8:30 p.m. Don Klein leads early in points but Willie Johnston, from St. Louis, disrupted Klein's bid last week. Springer and Baumgartner also placed in top heat results. Over sixty cars expected along with heats, handicaps, semis, and hobby-class races. A destruction derby is planned for Monday, July 5.
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Belleclair Fairgrounds Speedway
Belleville
Don Klein
Ste. Genevieve
Willie Johnston
St. Louis
Carl Springer
Len Baumgartner
Collinsville
Klein
Johnston
Jerry Baumgartner
Len
Lewis Pruett
Mel Lark
Columbia
Scotch Foursome Golf Tourney At Waterloo CC
A Scotch Foursome golf tournament was held at Waterloo Country Club on Saturday June 19 with 27 couples. Winners were Leonard Bornemann and wife first, Ralph Bober with wife second, Erwin Witham with wife third, Lanny Pottoff and Gladys Zeiger fourth. Consolation prizes went to Tony Zimmer and Louis Schneider with Louise Williams. Prizes were donated by several local firms. a pot luck supper followed. The Golf Committee and Women’s Golf Association hosted. a second tournament is planned for July and all league members are invited.
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Leonard Bornemann
Ralph Bober
Erwin Witham
Lanny Pottoff
Gladys Zeiger
Mike Koonce
Wilma White
Ed. Leonard
Tony Zimmer
Louis Schneider
Louise Williams
Koerber Distributing Co
Hoffmeister Distributing Co
Otis Rexroth
Sunshine Girls 4-H Club Holds Seventh Meeting
The Sunshine Girls 4-H Club met at Betty Gummersheimers home for its seventh gathering. Mary Taake delivered a safety talk and Ellen Stumpf demonstrated canning. After recreation, refreshments were served withreporter Sharon Thoma noting the event.
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Sunshine Girls 4-H Club
Betty Gummersheimer
Mary Taake
Ellen Stumpf
Sharon Thoma
Pitts Waterloo Names New Baseball Coach
Jim Pitts named head baseball coach at Waterloo High School succeeding Bob Klube who resigned to join Mascoutah High School staff. Klube led the Bulldogs to the state tournament semifinals last month and may pursue further coaching at Mascoutah. Pitts, previously Waterloo grade school coach, will also serve as assistant basketball coach.
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Jim Pitts
Bob Klube
Waterloo High School
Klube
Mascoutah High School
Bulldogs
Pitts
Waterloo
Lebanon
Mascoutah
Illinois Power Company Declares Dividend
The Board of Directors of Illinois Power Company, at a meeting held on June 17, 1965, declared regular quarterly dividends of 51 cents per share on the 4.08 percent cumulative preferred stock, 52.5 cents per share on the 4.20 percent cumulative preferred stock, 53.4 cents per share on the 4.26 percent cumulative preferred stock, 55.0 cents per share on the 4.42 percent cumulative preferred stock, 58.0 cents per share on the 4.70 percent cumulative preferred stock, and 35 cents per share on the common stock.
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Ilinois Power Company
Horticulture Field Day Set For July At Dixon Springs Center
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center hosts a Horticulture Field Day on July 1 with open house from 3 00 to 7 00 p m. Visitors will view flowering bedding plants peppers cucumbers eggplant ground and staked tomatoes and mulching of summer crops. The event features 23 cool season turf grasses fertilizer and weed trials in Kentucky bluegrass plus two Mylar greenhouses and a DIY 10 by 10 home gardener greenhouse.
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Dixon Springs Center
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Bill Courter
Kentucky
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Days
Fred G. Rapp & Son, Inc
General Insurance Agency
South Central Illinois
Kenneth G. Haller
Strassenfest
Rapp Avenue
Columbia, Ilinois
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Wisconsin
Dells
Lake Delton
Enchanted Dells
Upper Dells
Dells Country
Cold Water Canyon
Witches Gulch
Stand Rock
Lower Dells
Rocky Island
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Delis Canyon
Dells Boat Co., Inc
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S3c
Wisconsin Dells
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Greyhound
Milwaukee Road
Willie Johnson
Pittsburgh
Capitol Theatre
Waterloo, Illinois
Stuart Whitman
Richard Boone Coca
Waterloo Country Club
Charlie Virgin
Lahrwood Lakes
Charlie
Johnny Michaels
Sunshine Girls
4-H Club
Atad
Pitts Waterloo
Belleclair Speedway
Belleville, Illinois
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