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Newspaper

Columbia Star

Location

Columbia, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1966

Page

6

Bowling Scores Peggy Mueller League October 21 22

Peggy Mueller League bowling results show Merrimac 198 and Schueler Bros 189 in a tight scorecard. Landgraf Plumbers led with 531 by Landgraf and 582 by Conrad as top individual scores, while Schueler Bros. posted a 922 team high single and 2730 team high three.

Peggy Mueller Merrimac Schueler Bros Busch Bavarian Gateway RG Ae Legion Schiemer Ins Landgraf Plumbers Roessler Gateway No Legion No Carling Shell OS Landgraf Plumbers C. Landgraf Dreher D. Janson Kuehner J. Landgraf Osick Conrad Eckert G. Stechmesser Weston Hoggard Ratajczyk C. Wenkel K. Wenkel Rehmer Shell Oilers Rapps Ins Richert G. Giffhorn E. Giffhorn Ludwig W. Giffhorn Kettler G. Roessler Foster B. Roessler O. Roessler Gummersheimer Daab Oerter Palmer Shemonia Legion Greatting’s Buettner D. Patrick J. Juengling Sr L. Janson Neighborhood Shell D. McMullan Hick Oswald Schumacher New Hanover Luhr O. Rey Sr Mehrtens Rev. Biasch Weisbacher Philgas Riebeling R. Mathews Falstaff Portell N. Kempf R. Hofstetter R. Kempf K. Hofstetter Ind

Bob Schlemmer Wins Local Punt Pass and Kick Contest

Bob Schlemmer, age 12 and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlemmer of Columbia, topped the local zone in the Punt Pass and Kick event conducted by Ford Motor Company with Columbia Motors Inc and the Jaycees. He advances to the district finals on Saturday October 29 at Forest Park in St. Louis with potential entry to the November 27 Cardinals game showcase.

Bob Schlemmer Robert Schlemmer Columbia Ford Motor Company Columbia Motors, Inc The Jaycees Bob Forest Park St. Louis

Luhr Bros Dominates Team Scores in Small OCR Meet

In a compact summary, Luhr Brothers Inc. top the field with high teams and high singles. The fragment notes three events including three gains by Luhr Bros and a separate high team from 523 and 824 numbers, indicating strong performances in a local meet.

Inc Gummersheimer Luhr Bros., Inc

Turkey Shoot at Knotty Pines Tavern this Sunday

Paderborn Illinois hosts a turkey shoot on Sunday October 30 at 1 p.m. at Knotty Pines Tavern. The softball team organized the event with proceeds supporting local causes and a free mulligan offered.

Paderborn Ill Free Mulligan

Cycle Deaths Rise in Illinois Six Month Report

A Governor's Traffic Safety Council report shows motorcycle and motor-driven cycle deaths in Illinois jumped 123 percent in the first half of 1966 from 1965. Forty-seven people were killed and 1,309 injured in 1966, up from 569 injuries the prior year.

Illinois Governor’s Traffic Safety Council

Bill Atchison Named Republican Candidate for Monroe Sheriff

Announcement states Bill Atchison is the Republican candidate for Monroe County Sheriff in the general election on Tuesday November 8 1966. Polls will open from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM and voters are urged to support.

Bill Atchison Monroe County Republican Party Republican Central Committee

Gibault Students Earn State Scholarship Semi Finalists

Gibault High School notes three students Jackie Wittenauer Thomas Diehl and Richard Pieper qualified as semi finalists in the 1967 68 Illinois State Scholarship Program They earned status based on April ACT scores and may receive honorary or monetary awards from Illinois colleges or universities.

Jackie Wittenauer Thomas Diehl Richard Pieper Illinois

Irrigation Acreage Grows Across Illinois Farmland

Illinois surveys show irrigation expanding from 307 acres in 1940 to over 14 500 acres in 1964. Ackermann notes a shift toward row crops like corn and soybeans with weather driving yearly totals. In 1964 row crops accounted for 60 percent of irrigated land, truck crops 17 percent. Cashmere wool is described as spun from the Cashmere goat fleece native to Central Asia.

Ilinois William C. Ackermann Illinois State Water Survey Illinois Kankakee County Ackermann Central Asia

Richard Trost Profile From Waterloo County

Richard Trost born 1938 in Waterloo and educated in Waterloo Public Schools and Southern Illinois University. Drafted 1959 served 23 months overseas and 10 months during the Berlin Crisis. Driver s license examiner for Monroe County 1963 64 and presently chief deputy sheriff. Member of Monroe County Fair Association Shriners Waterloo Jaycees and Monroe County Republican Club. Son of Walter and Alma Trost lives at 405 No Library St Waterloo.

Richard Trost Waterloo Waterloo Public Schools Southern Illinois University Berlin Monroe County Monroe County Fair Association Shriners, Waterloo Jaycees Republican Club Walter Alma Trost No. Library St

County Sheriff Candidate Bill Atchison Profile

Bill Atchison born Chester August 19 1925 joined the navy at 18 and served in the South Pacific in World War II. After 1946 he worked for Gulf Transport Co until 1965 when he became a full time Monroe County deputy sheriff. He has been a special deputy for over three years and has lived in Monroe County for 20 years with his wife and two daughters. He is a Mason a VFW member the American Legion and the Waterloo Sportsman’s Club.

Bill Atchison Chester Navy South Pacific The Gulf Transport Co Monroe County Masons V.F.W., American Legion Waterloo Sportsman's Club

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Steppig Weisenborn E. Harres H. Steffenauer C. J. Landgraf D. Conrad S & S Service Center Columbia Lanes Monroe Bldg Vogt’s IGA Foodliner Kruse Chevrolet Diehl’s VOGT Bivins H. Roessler Christopher Landgraf Greatting Juengling Wessel Rusteberg Schaefer Riechmann Langhans Janson Horn Frierdich Finnerty Hemmer Diehl’s Flower Shop Miller L. Vogt Kruse Alspach Ehlers Tanke Doettling Giffhorn Dundon Patrick Thurman Diehl Eschmann Monroe Supply Frank Mattingly Mathews S. Roessler Turner Hall Boss Men Firemen Billy Kettler Columbia Gymnastic Association P. O WM. J. Bill Cunningham Wm. J Bill” Cunningham Featuring New Columbia Turner Hall Drill Team al Ross Orchestra Audery Ry Lanepaterns Audrey Lane New York 1 N.Y Bill Leyden Morey Amsterdam Frank McGee Farmer Crayton Dan Duryea Lee J. Cobb Frank Merriwell Arilss Coates Disney Savage Sam Dennis James Kevin Corcoran Tim Ryan King of the Road Man Fabian Ernie Ford Roger Miller the Smithsonian Andrew Spatz Bill Ryan Don Adams Capitol Theatre Patty Duke Jim Backus Technicolor Jane Greeves Around the Under the Lloyd Bridges Shirley Eaton Schiemer Insurance Agency, Inc General Insurance South Main St Schiemer Insurance Gibault Historical Society Father Lucien Duesing Monroe County Historical Society Waterloo High School Mary Marilyn Metter Thomas Weilbacher Tom Diehl Junior Chamber of Commerce Norman W. Beck University of Illinois Illinois Life Phi Delta Kappa Midwest Rotary International Educational Council of 100 Southwestern Illinois Administrator’s Forum Illinois Association of County Superintendents of Schools Ralph Kolmer Consumers’ Budget and Loan Company Rose Schilling R.R. 2, Waterloo Waterloo Jaycees Monroe County Farm Bureau Richard Ruff Bluff New Design Precinct Helen Landgraf Yvonne Monroe County Sesquicentennial Association Waterloo Community Unit
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