Columbia Parish Hosts 350 Delegates To DCCW Convention
About 350 women from nine Belleville Diocese deaneries attended the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s Convention on Sept. 21 in Columbia Turner Hall and Immaculate Conception School. West Deanery led by Msgr Elmer Holtgrave hosted. Mass celebrated by Bishop Albert Zuroweste with nine concelebrants. New officers installed include Mrs John Sherrer president and Mrs Bernice Denzler treasurer.
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Belleville
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s
Columbia Turner Hall
Immaculate Conception School
West
Elmer J. Holtgrave
Robert Pautler
Dean Keim
Altar Society of Immaculate Conception Church
Frank Schmid
Bernard Kruzick
Harold Maxfield
Ben Emge
NCCW
National
Immaculate Conception Church
West Deanery
John T. Fournie
St. Phillips
East St. Louis
Diocesan
Immaculate Conception
Turner Hall
Albert R. Zuroweste
Elmer Holtgrave
Stephen Friend
J. Ralph Arnold
Melvin Vandeloo
John E. Grote
Herbert G. Kopoff
Donald Lenzini
Cletus Henschel
Joseph Schwaegel
John Vogt
Harry Jerome
Renee
Ad.p.p.s
St. Matthew the Apostle
Illinois
Chicago
DCCW
John Sherrer
Ridgeway
Wm. Hamilton
Thomas Braxmeier
Bernice Denzler
Centralia
Years Gone By Re enacted by Club
The Columbia Woman's Club opened its new year with a Sept 21 meeting and tea. President Mrs Clifford Schrader led the business session noting the club's 45th anniversary. An older members skit recalled the group's founding with roles played by Mrs John J Mueller and Mrs Wayne Compton representing early organizers and Waterloo club aiders. Actors wore historic dresses.
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Columbia Woman’s Club
Clifford Schrader
John J. Mueller
William Hills
Wayne Compton
Mary I. James
Hills
James
Waterloo Club
Columbia Club
F. W. Weiner
Elmer G. Rauch
Lizzie Rauch
Lottie Henckler
P T A Meeting Held Monday
The Columbia Parent Teacher Association held its first meeting of the 1967 68 school year at the Unit Building on Monday evening September 25. Vice president Raymond Olsson presided in place of president Don Brown who is recovering from an operation. A brief business session was followed by a report from Supt B D Middleton on a new ball diamond project in City Park led by George Eckert. He urged volunteers for Saturday October 14 to assist on various tasks. Teachers were introduced by Wayne Challacombe assisted by Harry Brinkman and William McDonnold. Executive Board members served as hosts for the social hour.
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Columbia Parent Teacher Association
Raymond Olsson
Don Brown
B. D. Middleton
George Eckert
Wayne Challacombe
Harry Brinkman
William McDonnold
Parkview
License Suspension Notice for Roger Hern
Secretary of State Paul Powell suspends Roger Hern of Valmeyer for three violations, yielding a driver’s license suspension.
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Paul Powell
Roger Hern
Valmeyer
Lions Announce Candy Day for October Fund Drive
Columbia Lions Club announces Candy Day on Oct 6 led by local chair Cliff Haberl to benefit the Hadley School for the Blind. The drive funds eye surgery eye banks and braille equipment while Lions also run Camp Lions and Window to the World programs for the visually impaired.
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Columbia Lions Club
Cliff Haberl
Hadley School For the Blind
Illinois
Illinois Camp Lions
Beautiful Camp Lions
Lake Villa
Illinois Society For the Prevention of
Candy Day
Columbia Lion
Fire Destroys Parts of Gamble’s Store
A blaze in the Gamble's Store service room Thursday at about 8 p.m. damaged parts and roof rafters, with smoke and water harming merchandise. Neighbor Gene Oswald alerted the Columbia Volunteer Firemen. cause undetermined and damages estimated in the thousands by owner Gene Schneider.
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Gamble’s
Gene Oswald
Columbia Volunteer Firemen
Gene Schneider
Paul Simon Addresses Monroe County Historical Society Banquet
Senator Paul Simon spoke at the Monroe County Historical Society banquet in Columbia highlighting Elijah Lovejoy as the first martyr to press freedom. He urged residents to document county history and volunteered six volunteers over 50 for this effort. The event drew about 200 guests with remarks by society officers and local editors honored for their work.
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Paul Simon
Senator Simon
Monroe County
Robert Voris
Waterloo Republican
Norrine Dalkert
Waterloo Times
Roy P. Conrad
Monroe County Clarion
Columbia Star
Alice M. Horcher
Semon
Elmer Mund
Pauline Singleton
Joseph Lewing
Herman Kuehner
Armin Hartman
Illinois Power Opens Belleville Service Area Open House
Illinois Power plans an Open House Sunday October 1 1967 from noon to 5 pm at the new Belleville Service Area Building located at 1050 West Boulevard Belleville. The event offers a building tour displays of modern gas and electric equipment refreshments merchandise certificates and a ride in an Illinois Power electric car. The 81 000 square foot site sits on 17 1 2 acres and houses 200 plus employees with a payroll near 2 million. The plant is electrically heated cooled and features a car capable of 40 mph 40 miles per charge with operating cost 1.04 per mile.
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Illinois Power Company
Belleville
B. L. Hantle
West Boulevard
Illinois Power Co
First Aid Demonstration By Union Electric Trains Police Firemen
Nick Asselmeier demonstrated first aid techniques to Columbia Police Department and Columbia Volunteer Firemen on Tuesday evening. He showed artificial respiration and mouth to mouth procedures on a dummy and explained chest heart massage for heart failure.
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Nick Asselmeier
Union Electric
Columbia Police Department
Columbia Volunteer Firemen
Asselmeier
New Horizons of Numismatics at Columbia Coin Club
Lloyd Walters of Cahokia and his misaligned and doubled die coin collection headline the Columbia Coin Club meeting on Monday October 2 1967 at Turner Hall. Howard Knapp promotes Guest Night inviting members to bring guests. Doors open 7 00 p m meeting at 7 30 p m followed by a 30 lot coin auction.
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Coin Club
Lloyd Walters
Cahokia
Columbia Coin Club
Walters
Howard Knapp
Turner Hall
Banquet Marks Successful Event at Local School Gym
The banquet was a success and the Columbia Unit 4 Schools were thanked for allowing use of the gym. Pastor Wood delivered the benediction to close the evening.
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Columbia Unit 4
Pastor Wood
Harrisonville Telephone Plans Extended Area and Dialing
H R Gentsch spoke to the Columbia Rotary Club outlining Extended Area Service enabling direct dialing between Harrisonville exchanges with Waterloo by April 1 and Dupo by May 1 1968, plus Direct Distance Dialing by December 1968. The plan requires rate increases to fund about 350000 to 500000 in upgrades, with Columbia about 2100 phones in the exchange and others in Valmeyer Renault Red Bud and Prairie du Rocher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Gentsch
Harrisonville Telephone Co
Columbia Rotary Club
H. W. Gentsch
Harrisonville Telephone
Waterloo Exchange
Dupo
Columbia Exchange
Waterloo
Columbia
Illinois Commerce Commission
Gentsch
Valmeyer
Renault
Red Bud
Prairie du Rocher
Four Pages Of Star This Week
The Columbia Star runs four pages this week due to unforeseen conditions. The editor missed Wednesday because of a gum infection, and printer Raymond Reagan left work after his son fell at home. Despite mishaps, a twelve page Clarion published Wednesday and normal operation hoped for next week.
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Columbia Star
Raymond Reagan
Longtime Columbia Resident John H. Kremmel Dies at 79
John H. Kremmel, 79, of Monroe County, died at 10 40 a m Tuesday in St Clement s Hospital Red Bud after four days as a patient. He lived at 524 Columbia Ave Columbia and was a retired machine operator at Columbia Quarry Co. A World War I veteran, he belonged to American Legion Post 581 Forty and Eight Club Monroe County WWI Post and the Senior Citizens of Columbia. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Arthur Parrott and Mrs Ralph Hoock of Columbia a son Vernon Kremmel of Belleville a brother Harry of New Hanover a sister Mrs Cora Ritter of Columbia and eight grandchildren. The funeral is 2 p m Friday at St Paul Lutheran Church Columbia. Burial will be in St Paul Cemetery. Schmidt Funeral Home Columbia is in charge.
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John H. Kremmel
Monroe County
Waterloo
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Kremmel
Columbia Ave
Columbia
Schmidt Funeral Home
Arthur
Blanche) Parrott
Ralph
Florence) Hoock
Vernon Kremmel
Forty and Eight Club
WWI Post
Senior Citizens of
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Herman C. Lebenbauer
St. Paul Cemetery
Farm Bureau display sponsors food promotion event
A display promoting food items was sponsored by the Women's Committee of the Monroe County Farm Bureau last Friday. Mrs. Howard Ramsey and Mrs. Wilbur Gummersheimer are pictured with Miss Pearl Sch.
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Women’s Committee
The
Monroe Co. Farm Bureau
Howard Ramsey
Wilbur Gummersheimer
Pearl Sch
Vernon Ostertag Injured in Vietnam
Mr and Mrs John Ostertag of East Carondelet received a telegram from Adjutant General Kenneth Wickman updating Vernon L Ostertag’s status. He was placed on the very seriously ill list in Vietnam on September 22, 1967 from gunshot wounds to the neck and left shoulder while on combat operation.
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John Ostertag
R.R
East Carondelet
Kenneth G. Wickman
Adjutant General
Vernon L. Ostertag
Vietnam
24Th Evacuation Hospital
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Army Air Defense Soldier Assigned to Hercules Unit
Army Staff Sergeant Jack A. Hurst, wife Doris of Waterloo Illinois, assigned to Battery B of the 62nd Artillery a Hercules missile unit at Hecker Illinois on September 11. He entered service in June 1949 and was last stationed at Fort Bliss Texas.
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Jack A. Hurst
Doris
Victor St
Waterloo, Ill
62Nd Artillery
Hecker, Ill
U.S. Army Air Defense Command
St. Louis
Set. Hurst
Army
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Marine Staff Sergeant Scheibe completes Lejeune food service course
Marine Staff Sergeant Willard A. Scheibe son of Mr and Mrs Max W Scheibe of Waterloo Illinois and husband of Opal A Eichelman of Route 4 Waterloo Illinois graduated from a seven week Food Service Management Course at Camp Lejeune North Carolina He received instruction in food service subsistence management meat processing facilities menu plans and field and disaster feeding.
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Willard A. Scheibe
Max W. Scheibe
S. Market St
Opal A. Eichelman
Route 4
Waterloo
Ill
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Joe Sommers Hurt In Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sommer of R R 1 Columbia were in a car crash at 3 p m Sunday in Dellwood Missouri near their son Robert Sommer s home. The other driver skidded about 125 feet before rear ending the Sommer auto. Joseph Sommer suffered a fractured right arm and head lacerations while Dorothy Sommer endured a fractured nose left eye injuries facial contusions and a left wrist injury. The couple received emergency care at St Louis County Hospital and were later moved to St Elizabeth Hospital Belleville by Schmidt ambulance.
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Joseph A. Sommer
R.R. 1
Columbia
Dellwood
Robert Sommer
Sommer Auto
Joseph Sommer
Dorothy
Sommer
St. Louis County Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Belleville
Schmidt Ambulance
Columbia Police Nab Five Runaway Youths in Route to West Coast
Five youths traveling through Columbia were stopped after a stop sign violation. Driver Michael J. Wilson of Hillside Maryland, 19, ran away from home last Wednesday and took his father’s car. Others named are Larry Buss 17 Marissa Illinois Linda Tadlock 17 and Lana Tadlock 19 Cedar Lake Indiana and a 15 year old from Sparta Illinois. They were brought to city hall. three remained free on bond while Wilson and the Sparta youth faced custody. State Troopers aided the investigation.
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Columbia
James le. Juengling
Juengling
Michael J. Wilson
Lee Jay Court
Hillside
Maryland
Larry Buss
Marissa
Ill
Linda Tadlock
Lana Tadlock
Cedar Lake
Ind
Sparta
Carl Christie
Leo Ard
West Coast
Monroe County
Walter Riebeling
Bia Police Department
Morrison Receives 45 Year Red Cross Service Pin
The Monroe County Chapter American Red Cross held its annual dinner at Knights of Columbus Hall Waterloo. C B Morrison received a 45 year service pin for continuous service. Other members earned 5 to 15 year pins and the chapter received a 50 year humanitarian award from the national body.
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C. B. Morrison
Red Cross
Monroe County
American Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Waterloo
Robert Rippelmeyer
Erwin W. Mueller
Clarence Stoner
Kenneth G. Haller
Charles Todd Jr
Lester Deffenbaugh
C.B. Morsrison
Barbara Buettner
Ruth Mellor
Julia Horine
Verana Sauthoff
Ruth Sondag
Pat Voris
Loretta Werth
Thomas Wilson
Marilyn Ahrens
Anna Myrtle Andres
Evelyn Blank
Faye Fischer
Pearl Grueninger
Jackie Klein
Rucby S. Krueger
Jean Tunze
Alm. Weltig
National Organization
Fined 150 on Two Violations In Missouri Case
Robert Furn Payne thirty four of 6706 Virginia Ave St Louis was fined a total of 150 by Judge Alvin Macys Jr Monday morning in Circuit Court after pleading guilty to illegal transportation of liquor in a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident. He was fined 100 on the liquor charge and 50 on the accident charge. Payne was arrested by Columbia Police Chief James Juengling Sept 23 in Columbia after a traffic accident.
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Robert Furn Payne
Virginia Ave
St. Louis
Alvin Macys, Jr
Payne
Columbia
James Juengling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Columbia Parish
P.T. A
Lions
Historical Society
Rudolph Klein
Monroe County Historical Society
John Wood
Bethany Methodist Church
Columbia High School Glee Club
Joseph Jackson
Cheryl Mueller
Klein
Simon
Midt
Weisbacher
Vernon Ostertag
Joe Sommers
Columbia Police
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