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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1967
Page
6
The Columbia P T A will hold its final meeting at 8 p.m. in the Old Gym on Monday May 22. Mr Jackson and students will present a vocal program and Brown the president will summarize the year. The P T A scholarship will be awarded. Refreshments will be served.
Mr and Mrs Harold Hood announce the birth of a six pound baby boy named Michael Bret at St Elizabeths Hospital Belleville on Wednesday May 10 This is their first child Mr Hood is a coach at Columbia Public School in Columbia
Mr and Mrs Melvin Lindhorst of 434 Dianne Street Col of a baby girl at Memorial Hospital in Belleville last Thursday. This is their first born. She has been named Catherine El Jen.
Mr and Mrs John Holtschlag of Columbia announce the birth of a 7 pound 7 oz girl at St Elizabeth's Hospital Belleville on March 3. She is named Deanne Elizabeth. Grandparents are Elmer Holtschlag and George Kutterer.
The Monroe County 4-H Federation held a May 8 meeting at Farm Bureau Hall Waterloo at 8 p.m. President Ross Korves led, pledges were recited, and secretary treasurer reports approved. A leftover Portland 4-H Club fund was redirected to the 4-H sign fund. Planning for a June 10 chicken barbecue at the Monroe County Fair Grounds was the main topic with members assigned tasks.
In the men’s league play May 9 to May 11 at the country club Schmitt beat Gallen and Jahr defeated Woodward on May 9. Lepp and Lutz led May 10 with top nets and gross scores while May 11 saw Stoepler and Ghent posting strong results with several matches postponed to May 15.
The Columbia Satellites lost 2 0 to Freeburg at Belleville. After six innings the game stayed close until Klein drove in two runs with a bases loaded single. Columbia had two singles by Neil Kuehner and Jerry Marshall. Jay Parker allowed eight hits with five strikeouts. Next games include Belleville against Franke's Brake Service and the VFW in league play.
Belleclair Speedway schedules a 10 event stock car program on Friday night at Belleville Fairgrounds. Time trials begin 7 30 p m with the first race at 8 30 p m. An all women Powderpuff Derby with 50 dollar purse headlines the program along with multiple heats semifinals and features for A modified and hobby cars.
The Golden Star 4-H Club met May 2 at the Janice Wenkel home with eight members present. Janice Wenkel demonstrated “How to Oil A Saddle” while Gene Stumpf led recreation. The next meeting is scheduled for June 6 at the Gary Wenkel home.
Irvin Peithmann and his son Al discovered the site of a large Michigamea village near Fort Chartres. Fragments of human bone musket balls and wine bottles were uncovered at the location where the Michigameas were slain and their village destroyed in a retaliation raid 215 years prior.
The schedule lists Mon-Clair League games from May through August 1967. Matchups include Waterloo, Lebanon, E St Louis, O Fallon, Millstadt, Tilden Sparta, Valmeyer, St Libory, Fults, Belleville, Columbia, and an All Star Game at St Libory. Each date shows home and away pairings with several byes indicated as open.
The New Hanover Boys and Girls 4 H club met May 12 at Zoar Church Hall with 25 members and one guest. They plan softball practice on June 4 at Zoar Church Hall led by recreation leader Mike.
General Motors Previews of Progress will feature a 60 second synthetic rubber production demonstration at Columbia High School. The show explains polymer chemistry with dramatic experiments and a model car powered by sunlight.
Speakers including Betty Monke on pigeons, Duane Ries on vegetable diseases, and Alan Gummersheimer on conservation addressed the gathering. Willis Mueller demonstrated cattle fattening. The next meeting is set for June 9 at Zoar Church Hall with Willis Mueller reporting.
Vernon Smith's Eagles suffer a 3-2 defeat to Mascoutah but still clinch the Cahokia Conference title as O'Fallon defeats Water tloo 5-2 eliminating them from the title pursuit. Mascoutah scores in the first and third innings with Steve Pugh driving in runs and Dan Radison takes the loss for the Eagles.
Lucille Ber sche of Waterloo is a patient at St Clement’s Hospital in Red Bud.
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