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Newspaper
Columbia Star
Location
Columbia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
2
Obituary notices report multiple funeral services in Monroe County. Survivors include spouses children and siblings. services were held at Renner and Quernheim Funeral Homes with burials at Lake View Memorial Gardens and local church cemeteries.
Sunday services at Strauss Funeral Home Millstadt for Otto Weis who died in Winter Haven Florida during a visit. He leaves four brothers and three sisters and is buried at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Also announced are funeral services for Millard A Sitton of Dupo who died in St Louis after a 10 day hospital stay. He worked 50 years for Missouri Pacific and leaves wife four daughters three brothers a sister and 12 grandchildren.
Analysis of 1954 Oregon football players by Bert Burr of Linfield College shows back sprains as the leading injury, mainly in practice. September injuries up to 46 percent. third quarter most injuries. Chiropractic care is common for back injuries. sponsor Dr. A L McAuliffe promotes his clinic in Columbia Illinois.
Authorized notices announce Democratic candidates for Monroe County offices in the November 8 1966 general election. Sheriff and Collector Joseph McCarthy County Treasurer George J Butts Van Luik County Commissioner Walter Wetzel County Clerk Allen Watters are listed with polling hours 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Voters are urged to support and vote.
Sealed proposals will be received in the Office of the County Clerk until 11 00 A M October 31 1966 for a truck purchase for the Monroe County Highway Department. Also notice of claim day December 5 1966 in the estate of Fred Frank Ferrel with LeRoy Robert Ferkel as executor and Floyd E Crowder attorney, to file claims with the Circuit Court Clerk in Waterloo Illinois. Dated October 5 1966. LeRoy M Reitz Clerk of the Circuit Court
Mr and Mrs Eddie Alspach of Marlborough Village announce the birth of a baby boy at Deaconess Hospital in St Louis at 9 04 am Sunday weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces He is named Eddie Jr Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Alspach of Columbia and Mr and Mrs David Smith of Minnesota Also notes list a patient at St Elizabeths Belleville a motor trip to Oklahoma and a broken arm at St Marys East St Louis plus a gas and diesel bid invitation from Monroe County Highway Dept closing October 31 1966 and the Board of Commissioners
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ruhmann of Millstadt Illinois R 2 will observe their silver wedding anniversary on October 1. They married October 19 1941 at St Peters Evangelical Church St Louis Mo. The couple has five children Herschel Stanley Caroline Randall and a son Harold Jr who died at age fifteen. The Ruhmanns are members of Zion United Church of Christ Millstadt and he works at Golden Dip and farms.
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