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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1966
Page
2
Turner 50 year members were honored as the Centenmiat winner of the Columbia Gymnastic Association on Saturday evening. The honored members were presented to the audience.
Federally insured Rural Housing loans under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 are now available in Monroe County to help rural families improve housing. Administered by the Farmers Home Administration, these long term loans can fund construction repair or improvement of homes or farm service buildings and even water systems. buyers may also purchase an existing house and lot. Eligibility requires living on a farm or in a rural area defined to include rural towns of 5500 population. For details contact Harold F. Kiepe county supervisor at 415 East Main Street Belleville with office hours at the ASCS Waterloo office on the second and fourth Tuesdays 10:00 to 12:00.
From Elkins West Virginia to Evansville home life is recalled with details of elder women smoking handmade clay pipes, woolen garments, home spun flannel, and county traditions. The piece reflects on rural routines, spring tonics, school lunches, and self made soap in a nostalgic look at bygone days.
The gall bladder stores bile produced by the liver and concentrates it by reabsorbing water and minerals. During digestion bile aids fat digestion, acts bactericidally, and lubricates the intestine. nervous pressure can disrupt function, while adjustments by a chiropractor may restore normal activity and help debris pass into the intestine. Advertisement for Dr. L McAuliffe, chiropractor, Columbia Illinois.
Dr Yoder reports a major measles outbreak was prevented by cooperation of health departments doctors and parents using the measles vaccine. He says about 30 000 cases were avoided this past year compared with 1956 and notes immunizing in infancy could virtually end measles and complications.
The Illinois Department of Conservation announced the 1966 deer season dates for nov 18 19 20 and dec 10 11. Counties open for shotgun deer hunting include Grundy Kendall Christian Montgomery Bond Madison St Clair and Wayne. Permit applications may be mailed to the Deer Permit Office Illinois Department of Conservation Springfield. The only exception is free landowner permits. the cost is five dollars.
A detachment of Special Forces soldiers from the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare at Fort Bragg will appear at the 1966 Illinois State Fair. The group includes Sgt. Barry Sadler, composer of The Ballad of the Green Beret, and is organized into two specialists per field such as communications operations intelligence demolitions weapons and medics.
Tokyo is described as the world’s largest city with 10,500,000 residents and a population that continues to rise.
Little Cynthia Buettner from Columbia supervises two drillers laying a well for her parents Edward Flip Buettners new home near New Hanover. Aaron Papenberg former Mayor of Hecker observes the St. Charles Drilling Company crew at the site.
Lions from Southern Illinois plan eye bank support at Chester Memorial Hospital. They will supply two eye transportation cartons, enucleation instruments, and a pledge file with over 1000 eye pledges. Eyes from all ages can be used for research or corneal transplants. pledges may be requested via Lions Eye Bank Station Belleville.
THANKES Thanks to the Columbia Volunteer Firemen for responding so quickly to our call on Sunday May 15. Thanks to the Illinois Power electricians and the Columbia Police who stood by deeply appreciated. Mrs. L. P. Weiner and Edna Dell.
Hog prices improved as traders cited lower wholesale red meat quotations and mixed cattle and sheep demand. Salable stock of 51,361 head rose from last week and year ago. cattle and lamb sales softened with steer losses 25 to 50 cents and heifer declines 25 to 50 cents, while high grade steers topped at 27.00 per cwt and prime heifers traded around 25.25 to 25.50.
Six streams and their watersheds will be surveyed this year by the Illinois Division of Fisheries under William T Lodge. the streams include upper Vermilion Mazon Mackinaw South Fork of the Sangamon Shoal and Cahokia Creeks. Surveys measure pollution effects and aid recreation planning. last year personnel studied the Rock Kishwaukee Sangamon and lower Kaskaskia watersheds. The major watershed project should finish in about two years.
Illinois residents are advised about hundreds of mite species affecting wildlife and a few that can bite people. Female wood ticks feed on mammals, lay eggs, then die. most are gone by late July. Some ticks carry diseases or cause animal paralysis, though human paralysis has not been reported in Illinois. Dr. L J Stannard cautions avoidance by applying insect repellent before entering brushy areas.
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