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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1966
Page
5
A historical note recalls how spoken language clashed with written norms as societies fixed speech. A 75 year old Southern Illinois vernacular book titled From Timber to Town lists about 130 words spelled to reflect sounds, offering a playful look at old forms and meanings.
An unclear excerpt presents a regional speech string with questions about quantity and passage. The text features phonetic spellings and mixed dialect phrases, lacking clear news content or identifiable entities.
Joseph R. Caldwell PhD head curator of Anthropology at the Illinois State Museum edits a new archaeology book titled New Roads to Yesterday. The introduction surveys world archaeological knowledge and notes surprising similarities between old and new worlds prehistories.
Harvey J. Dominick, chief entomologist of the Illinois Department of Public Health, was elected president of the Illinois Mosquito Control Association at the Schiller Park meeting. The group includes 18 mosquito abatement districts and other agencies focused on controlling disease vectors and floodwater mosquitoes.
A gray haired office worker rebuts a vivacious secretary nickname Nylon Nellie. He warns mature men still value grooming, personality, and discretion, noting pension and security reduce marriage risk. The letter promotes a 36 page Golden Years booklet available for 50 cents via a New York pamphlet request.
The AAA Illinois Division urges detailed trip planning to maximize enjoyment and minimize problems. Start with a general region, gather maps with all family members, assign each person a sight, and budget travel days and mileage. Plan lodging and meals, estimate costs, and allow extra for emergencies to keep vacations carefree.
February brought just over four inches of rain across 19 stations in Southern Illinois, easing a multi year moisture deficit. Snow totals boosted the month’s rainfall and temperatures averaged 34.9 degrees, with a notably tight swing between the highest and lowest readings. Station totals for January and February show many locations above long term averages, highlighting regional variability from Mt. Vernon to Brookport.
A one mile extension to Buckner oil pool in Franklin County was discovered in February. The No 1 C Love well drilled by R K Petroleum Corp in Sec 20 T S R 2 E sits one mile northwest of previous Buckner production and three quarters mile northwest of Buckner town. Initial production was 38 barrels per day from Aux Vases sand at 2600 to 2609 feet. The February Drilling Report shows 89 new tests in February with 52 oil producers and 37 dry holes. nine old dry wells were remade as oil wells.
Miss Maude Myers announces a series of state merit examinations in April for positions including animal caretaker, architectural draftsman II, assistant nursing education coordinator, chemist III, clerk stenographer IV, game and conservation representative, and welfare executive I. Applications are due by Saturday April 2 1966 at the Department of Personnel 508 Centennial Building Springfield Illinois. The piece also notes the average annual food intake of about 1500 pounds per person.
ASCS Office hours extended for Saturday March 26 to 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for wheat and feed grain sign up. Monroe County ASCS Office Manager Herman W. Eitman says producers can visit to obtain program information or complete sign ups before the April 1 1966 deadline.
Beginning January 1 1966 the age requiring paternal consent for minor drivers rises from 18 to 21. Under 21 applicants must have the father’s written consent if available and custodial. Emancipated minors by marriage avoid this consent. The Secretary of State must cancel a license upon consent withdrawal or loss of custody, and parents must judge their child’s driving competence and request cancellation if behavior endangers others.
Impetus given to modern foreign language teaching in Illinois public schools. Audio lingual methods and language laboratories are widespread. Consultants lead classrooms workshops and parent meetings while publications and workshops expand access. Spanish French German and Russian are the most taught languages.
A reader in eighth grade asks how to handle loving a boy who may not notice. The reply advises being friendly but not showy, give him space, and let him wonder if she still likes him. Avoid overdoing the affection, stay quiet and kind, and seek trusted guidance if needed.
Agronomist TR Cox reports pastures and forage crops can yield 2 to 3 dollars in additional meat and milk for every dollar spent on fertilizer. Early spring topdressing with nitrogen, phosphate, and potash, plus lime if needed, can lift grazing and milk production, with high returns per acre as studies show.
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