Special School Election In Parkview District November 4
A special election to fund a new Parkview School building and extra classrooms is set for Saturday November 4. Polls open 12 noon to 7 pm at the Unit Building with two propositions: I authorizes a $245000 bond issue for construction and equipment. II allows an added annual tax to raise $60000 per year to cover rental costs for a state owned building. Any resident 21+ meeting the residency rules may vote. absentee voting available at the Superintendent's office.
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Parkview
Board of Education
School Building Commission
State of
Illinois
Wohlwend to Speak at PTA Meeting in Columbia
B D Wohlwend president of Columbia CUSD No 4 will address Columbia PTA Monday Oct 23 at 8 pm in the old gym. He will discuss The School Expansion Program, to be voted on at a special election on Saturday Nov 4. The seventh and eighth grade junior high band conducted by Uhl Sackman will perform. A short business meeting followed by refreshments and social hour will follow. babysitters available.
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B. D. Wohlwend
Columbia Community Unit District
No. 4 Board of Education
Columbia Parent Teacher Association
Uhl Sackman
Son in Vietnam Hears From Marine Cpl Roberts
Mr and Mrs Clarence Lindhorst of Columbia received a phone call from their son Marine Cpl Larry J Roberts in Da Nang Vietnam He said he would travel to Japan for five days of R and R before returning to the DMZ Roberts has served one year and been in Vietnam three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lindhorst
R.R. 2
Columbia
Marine Cpl
Larry J. Roberts
Cpl
Roberts
da Nang
Vietnam
Japan
Dmz
Cpl. Roberts
Niemietz Boy Injures Eye In Football Play
Robert Niemietz Jr son of Mr and Mrs Robert Niemietz Sr 1224 N Rapp Columbia sustained a severe eye injury during a game with friends on Oct 12 He was taken to Centreville Hospital and later moved to Jewish Hospital St Louis for care.
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Robert Niemietz Jr
Robert Niemietz Sr
N. Rapp
Columbia
Centreville Hospital
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
22nd District Legion Auxiliary Meeting Held In Belleville
The 22nd District Fall meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary took place at Fischer's Restaurant in Belleville on Saturday October 14. Unit 581 Belleville hosted with District director Ardelle Tebbe presiding and Columbia Unit 581 members in attendance. Officers for 1967 68 were installed and the group discussed Child Welfare Legislative Americanism and membership programs with a fire safety theme and plans for 1968 highlighted.
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22Nd District
American Legion Auxiliary
Fischer’s
Belleville
Ardelle Tebbe
Columbia Unit 581
Viola Bequette
Laura Kremmel
Amalia Bolle
Alma Rudolph
Anna Lefholz
Kremmel
Poppy
Dorene Merritt
Gloria Bauman
Fairfield
Amalia Belle
Florence Schneider Barth
Cisne
Columbia
Illinois
Weilbachers Octoberfest Offers Prizes and Special Prices
Weilbachers annual Octoberfest runs Thursday through Saturday with department wide discounts. Shoppers can register in the Clothing Dept for a chance at a year supply of Hanes underwear and a grand prize trip to the Miami Super Bowl. Appliance and Hardware departments showcase Maytag, Kroehler, Color TV sets and toys on lay away. In Grocery a 10 cent Mayrose Ham sandwich and no limit on carry-out. Event times Friday 10 am to 6 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm.
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Weilbacher
Hanes
Miami
Kroehler
Moredock Homemakers Meet At Mrs Weilbacher Home
The Moredock Homemakers Extension unit met October 16 at Mrs. Frank Weilbacher’s home. Roll call answered with a Halloween treat. Mrs. Viola Schorb and Mrs. Roy Stumpf led the major lesson on walls paints papering and paneling. Mrs. Herbert A. Mueller gave the minor lesson on Your Responsibility to Organ.
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Moredock
Homemakers
Frank Weilbacher
Viola Schorb
Roy Stumpf
Herbert A. Mueller
Troop 320 Court of Honor in Columbia
Boy Scout Troop 320 held a court of honor at the Scout Hut attended by scouts, parents and guests. Awards included Second Class to Gilbreth Marshall Breitenstein, First Class to Gilbreth Riebeling, and Star Rank to Linnemann Spytek Wessel, with 26 merit badges awarded. The new troop charter was presented and a Valley Forge jamboree movie shown.
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Columbia Boy Scout Troop
Timothy Gilbreth
Gary Marshall
Kenneth Breitenstein
Eugene Gilbreth
Aloys Riebeling
Lester Mueller
Gene Linnemann
John Spytek
Robert Wessel
Harry Breitenstein
Gene Henckler
Kaskaskia
Boy Scouts of America
Ronald Bequette
Francis Breitenstein
Norman Wessel
Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception Church
Columbia
Valley Forge
Airman Probst Completes Basic Training and Schooling
Airman James L. Probst, son of Mr and Mrs Lavern C Probst of Millstadt Illinois has completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas He is assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Keesler AFB Mississippi for specialized schooling as a communications electronics specialist The 1963 Belleville Township High School graduate earned an associate of science degree in 1967 from Belleville Junior College
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James L. Probst
Lavern C. Probst
A.A. 2
Millstadt
Ill
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Force Technical Training Center
Keesler Afb
Miss
Airman
Probst
Belleville, Ill. Township High School
Belleville Junior College
Army Pvt Sauer completes eight weeks of advanced infantry training
Army Pvt. Ronald S. Sauer, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Stephen A Sauer of Webster Groves Missouri, completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft Ord California on October 4. He studied small unit tactics and fired the M14 rifle M60 machine gun and 3.5 inch rocket launcher. He earned a B S in education in 1966 from Southeast Missouri State College Cape Girardeau. He belongs to Sigma Tau Gamma. His wife Lynda Lee Sauer resides at 841 Hillcrest Drive Columbia Indiana.
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Ronald S. Sauer
Stephen A. Sauer
Selma
Webster Groves
Ft. Ord
Calif
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity
Lynda Lee
Hillcrest Drive
Columbia, Ini
Colu mbia Couple Moves to Ross Benjamin House
Mr and Mrs Harold Lverle relocate from 1010 South Main Street in Columbia to 115 West Kosiusco Street within Columbia moving into the Ross Benjamin house.
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Harold Lverle
South Main St
Columbia
Ross Benjamin
West
Kosiusco
Community hosts honor local officers with reception
Mrs Charles Taake and Mrs Ervin Rey served as hostesses for a reception honoring local zoning and police officers, praising their service and welcoming attendees.
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Charles Taake
Ervin Rey
Rear-end Collision on By-pass in Columbia
At 10 a.m. Sunday Oct 15 a northbound car stopped to turn into Carl St. Diehl’s station wagon was rear ended by a northbound vehicle driven by Virginia Lucash of Freeburg. Lucash and her parents were treated at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville for cuts and bruises. Diehl’s wagon had minor rear damage while Lucash’s car sustained major right front fender damage.
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Carl St
Route 3
Columbia
Norma Jean Diehl
Virginia E. Lucash
Freeburg
Joseph Lucash
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Diehl
Lucash
Michael Crowder
Kermit Blittersdorf Honored By Phillips Petroleum Company
Kermit O Blittersdorf of Columbia was among 507 employees from 27 states and three foreign countries honored by Phillips Petroleum for 25 years of service. About half the honorees and spouses attended a dinner October in Bartlesville Oklahoma with tours of headquarters facilities and social events. A similar dinner occurred October 5 for other honorees and a Friday Woolaroo Museum tour was arranged.
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Kermit O. Blittersdorf
Columbia
Phillips Petroleum Company
Adams Building
Bartlesville
Oklo
Woolaroo Museum
Frank Phillips
Newman Apostolate Campaign In Illinois Under Gruninger
C W Gruninger of Columbia appointed Illinois State Newman Director by H G Downey. Gruninger aided by Robert L Lewis in Belleville diocese. campaigns planned in Chicago Archdiocese and several dioceses. Goal set at 80000 dollars or one dollar per capita to offset 500000 annual cost of Newman Centers. campaign runs Oct 1 to Nov 30.
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C. W. Gruninger
Columbia
Newman
H. G. Downey
Gruninger
Waterloo
Immaculate Conception Parish
the Messenger
Robert L. Lewis
Evansville
Groninger
Belleville
Chicago
Rockford
Springfield
Joliet
Peoria
Knights of Columbus
Illinois
Albert R. Zoroweste
Discharged Miss Cynthia Habermehl From Lutheran Hospital
Miss Cynthia Habermehl of Columbia was discharged from Lutheran Hospital St. Louis where she was a surgical patient.
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Cynthia Habermehl
Columbia
Lutheran Hospital
St. Louis
Mrs Julius Straub. obituary from Columbia area
Mrs Julius Wilma B Straub 49 of Columbia died 8 15 am Tuesday Memorial Hospital Belleville after one day in care Survived by husband Julius Straub three sons Ralph Waterloo Delbert and Paul Columbia two brothers Carl and Glen Riebeling one sister Mrs Fred June Weisenborn and four grandchildren all of Columbia Born near Columbia lifelong resident Member Waterloo Sportsmen's Club Monroe County Home makers Extension Assn active in St Paul United Church of Christ Columbia Funeral 2 pm Friday St Paul United Church of Christ Rev E Eugene Smith burial St Paul Cemetery
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Julius
Wilma) B. Straub
Columbia
Memorial Hospital
Belleville
Schmidt Funeral Home
Julius Straub
Ralph
Waterloo
Delbert
Paul
William
Barabara Bergmann) Riebeling
Carl
Glen Riebeling
Fred
June) Weisenborn
Staub
Straub
Waterloo Sportsmen's Club
Monroe County Homemakers Extension Assn
St. Paul
Roy J Limestall dies after short illness in Waterloo
Roy Joseph Limestall 70 of 600 S Library St Waterloo died at 11 30 am Monday after a short illness. Quernheim Funeral Home is in charge. Survived by wife Elea nor a daughter Lois Wolf three sons Robert Wallace and Roy Jr two sisters two brothers eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Lifelong Monroe County resident and retired farmer member of Moose Lodge 1221. Services Thursday at 2 pm at Quernheim Funeral Home with Rev Otto Bassler officiating burial in Kolmer Memorial Cemetery.
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Roy Joseph Limestall
S. Library St
Waterloo
Quernheim Funeral Home
Eleanore
Herbert
Lois) Wolf
Robert and
Wallace
Roy Limestall Jr
Columbia
Henry
Nora) Jost
Ada Fults
Fults, Ill
Oscar Limestall
Oklahoma
Howard Limestall
Limestall
Fulls
Monroe County
Moose Lodge
Belleville
Quernheim
Otto Bassler
St. Paul United Church of Christ
Death of Fr. Paul Hellrung in Glenrock Wyoming
The Rev. Paul Hellrung of Glenrock Wyoming died Thursday night October 12 after an extended illness at DePaul Hospital in Cheyenne. A Requiem Mass was conducted by Fr. Charles Hellrung at St. Louis Catholic Church Glenrock with Bishop Hubert M Newell presiding. Rosary was recited at St. Rose Catholic Church Torrington and the concelebrated Mass followed at St. Rose Church with Bishop Newell as principal concelebrant.
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Paul Hellrung
Glenrock
Wyo
Charles E. Hellrung
Waterloo
DePaul Hospital
Cheyenne
Charles Hellrung
St. Louis Catholic Church
Hubert M. Newell
Wyoming
St. Rose Catholic Church
Torrington
St. Rose Church
Newell
Seniors Present Rest Assured Three Act Comedy at Columbia High
The Colum bia High School Senior Class stages Rest Assured a three act comedy by Donald Payton with Luigi Lanconi and Mr Morlock at odds over a wedding. Cast includes Dave Riebeling Randy Hoff man Gene Bergmann Sue Curry Kathy Crimm and others. Performances set for November 8 and 9 at 8 p.m in the old gym with tickets from cast members. A Craft Show Company production with a radio preview on WCBW FM October 26.
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Columbia High School
Donald Payton
Hatfield-McCoy
Luigi Lanconi
Dave Riebeling
Mr. Morlock
Randy Hoffman
Lanconis
Mr. Lanconi
Fuod
Mrs. Morlock
Kathy Crimm
Jessica Morlock
Martha Nottmeier
Mildred
Kathy Boyd
Martha Lanconi
Kathy Wilde
Lucifer
Kurt Herbst
Miss Akers
Mary Kay Steppig
Mr. Plew
Douglas Beckstein
Craft Show Company
Wcbw-Fm
Returns to ship for Seaman Jack K. Puckett
Seaman Jack K. Puckett son of Mr and Mrs Kendall Puckett of 131 E Lepp St Columbia Ill returned to the USS Niagara Falls in Long Beach California after a 21 day leave. He celebrated his 21st birthday at home and his address remains unchanged. He is listed as SN USN 137435512 in the 2nd Division aboard the USS Niagara Falls FPO San Francisco California 96601.
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Jack K. Puckett
Kendall Puckett
E. Lepp
St. Columbia
Ill
Niagara Falls
Long Beach
Calif
USS
Mayor Casts Deciding Vote On Two Issues At Council Meeting
Hallowe'en parade registration closes Oct 25 for children ages 3 to 19. Registration cards available at Ron's Pharmacy, First National Bank, and Monroe National Bank with parade participation required. Dance at Turner Hall and refreshments free at the event. Mayor Kremmel used a deciding vote on a one way street amendment and on bids for ornamental iron fence sale.
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Ron Langhans
Children’s Hallowe’en
Chamber of Commerce
Ron’s Pharmacy
First National Bank
Monroe National Bank
Turner Hall
Wilbert H. Kremmel
E. Legion Ave
Main Street
Metter Avenue
Legion Avenue
Main St
Metter Ave
Landgraf
Vogt
Naye
Bergmann Eckert
Gallagher
Lepp
van Luik
Richert
Kremmel
Monroe County
Clarion
Co. M. Shelby
Jeanne Witham
Vernon J. Haberl
Alderman van Luik
Columbia Star
Bergman
Eckert
Yea
State Health Department
Rueck St
Columbia Ave
Kunz St
Vogt's IGA Store Celebrates 47th Anniversary
Vogt's IGA Foodliner marks 47 years serving Columbia with a weekend celebration. Edw Vogt, manager, notes the store's growth and thanks customers while offering bargains, including Beef Roundup IGA Tablerite meat and Ebony Elegance Stainless Steel Tableware on a weekly schedule. Tea spoons 19c with every $5 purchase this week.
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Vogt
IGA Foodliner
Monroe County
Scouts 319 and 320 Attend Camporee in Nashville
Columbia Boy Scouts from troops 319 and 320 joined 1 160 scouts at the Camporee held October 13 to 15 at Washington Co Conservation Lake in Nash ville. Thirty six scouts plus seven leaders earned first and second place ribbons in competitive skills.
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Columbia
Washington Co. Conservation Lake
Nashville
Lester Mueller
Robert Brown
Robert Beckstein
Donald Steele
Ray Hesterberg
Warren Arras
Aloys Riebeling
Norman Wessel
Limestone Spreading Helpers At Farm Scene
Arthur O Ritter provides assistance on the back of the truck while David Stumpf works on the tractor list. George Eckert helps with a fork as young helpers David Eckert Donald Eckert and Kevin Smith assist at the scene.
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Arthur O. Ritter
David Stumpf
George Eckert
David and
Donald Eckert
Kevin Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
PTA
Son
Robert Niemietz
22Nd District Legion Auxiliary
Moredock Homemakers
Boy Scout Troop
Court of Honor
River Bluffs
Robert L. Dehn
River Bluffs Council
Kermit Blittersdorf
KC Newman
Mrs
Wilma Straub
Hallowe'en Party
IGA
New City Park
Donald Stumpf
City of Columbia
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