Paris City Council Raises Wages and Appoints Clerk
Paris council met with mayor and officials to raise wages for Harold Johannaber Paul Hollingsworth Richard Stone and name Kathy Miller city clerk. They approved Tommy Pulis as water plant operator and discussed teen dances at Legion Hall with I D requirements for youth. Monroe County plans 11 percent valuation increases for unincorporated areas and railroad property with no personal property rise.
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Paris
Caskie Painter
Floyd Lawson
Charles Wyatt
Melvin Beaty
Charles Garnett
Legion Hall
David Zerrer
Legion
Monroe County
Monrof
Cloyce Menefee
Board of Equalization
Mark Stevens Wins Junior Carcass Show at Montgomery County
Mark Stevens of Montgomery City took first place premium and a trophy in the Montgomery County Junior Park Carcass show at the Fairgrounds last week. His hog posted a 5.85 sq inch loin and 45.85 percent ham and loin. Roy Cope of Truxton won the live show first place trophy. Subsequent placings included Randy Rodgers of Bellflower, Mark Stevens, Roy Cope, and Lorene Cope. Barry Stevens of Montgomery City won top hog in the light weight open class with a 5.65 sq inch loin and 45.57 percent ham and loin. Fred Vedder Jr. of Wellsville led the heavyweight open class with a 25.55 sq inch loin and 45.59 percent ham and loin. Additional top placers in the carcass show included Jim Kleinsorge of Wellsville, Willis Kleingorge of Wellsville, Fred Vedder Jr., and Bill Waddell of Montgomery City.
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Bill Domermuth
Montgomery City
Mark Stevens
Montgomery County
Fairgrounds
Mark
Roy Cope
Truxton
Randy Rodgers
Bellflower
Lorene Cope
Barry Stevens
Barry
Jim Kleinsorge
Wellsville
Willis Kleingorge
Fred Vedder Jr
Fire destroys Wentworth Military Academy building at Lexington
A September year-old facility housing maintenance shops the military and band departments and living quarters for 80 students was destroyed by fire at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington. No casualties were reported. The blast from a boiler in the basement caused smoke water damage to the administration building and damaged the fieldhouse and football field. sparks reached nearby homes. Volunteers saved M 14 rifle ammunition but not rifles or band instruments. City officials urged residents to limit water use due to shortages.
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Lexington
Wentworth Military Academy
James Sellers
Wellsville VFW to tape bicycles and more in community events
Wellsville VFW Auxiliary will tape bicycles at Reed Park on August 30 to boost safety, with Mrs. Melvin Nilges as project chair. She also leads the Voice of Democracy essay contest for high school students. A ham and catfish dinner is planned for a pony pull and horseshoe contest on September 7, while $25 from Teen Town will be given to the Khoury League. Delegates attended the Mt. Carmel District Baptist Association convention in Mexico.
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Wellsville
VFW
Reed Park
Post Home
Melvin Nilges
Lewis Bynum
Beatrice Williams
Alma Redman
James Ganaway
Mt. Carmel District
Martinsburg Picnic Set for Aug 15 16 72nd Modern Woodmen Event
The 72nd annual Modern Woodmen Association picnic will be held in Martinsburg August 15 and 16. An old fashioned show opens Friday at 7 p.m. followed by a nail driving contest. A teen-age dance, contests at the secretary stand, a tractor pull, fiddlers contest with $35 prize, and an open air dance by the Alley Cats of New London mark the weekend lineup.
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Martinsburg
Modern Woodmen Association
The
Rock Foundation
Alley Cats of
New London
Centralia Library Forms Memorial Fund Initiative
At a board meeting the Centralia Public Library established a library memorial fund. It will start with gifts in memory of Leonard N. Brown and an inheritance from Nellie Denton, aiming to grow for long term library needs such as expansion. The fund will be separate from operating budgets and managed for long range growth.
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Centralia
Centralia Public Library
Leonard N. Brown
Nellie Denton
Library Board
Burton Knowles
Ralph Fast
Insurance Committee
Roy E. Hulen
C. B. Thornley
Blair Smith
Knowles
Vandalia Voters Set For MP and L Gas Franchise Vote
Vandalia residents will vote Tuesday September 16 to decide whether Missonel Power and Light Co gains a gas franchise. City Council approved the final reading of the ordinance. franchise may improve relations and ease financial handling amid tax rate and reassessment changes. In Gary Indiana jazz icon Cannonball Adderley died at 46 after a stroke.
Symington Urges Bond to Probe Missouri Drought Crisis
Rep James W Symington called Governor Bond to investigate Missouri drought conditions to seek presidential disaster declarations for affected counties. He cited USDA crop reports showing 46 percent poor to 54 percent fair in corn and soybeans statewide, with pastures burning and farmers needing hay. The USDA crop outlook, due Aug 11, could shape relief policy and loan terms for farmers.
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James W. Symington
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Congress
Donald Bay
Statistical Reporting Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Columbia
Northwest
Symington
National Weather Service
House
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Monore County
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Blackwell
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Hannibal
Samuel Edward Phillips
Glenda K. Esty
Paul Eugene DeJaynes
David Ward Benda
Fort Madison
Barbara Marie Holton
Wesley J. Nicell
Monroe Manor
Mary Acuff
Julia Doerge
Mexico
Mildred Jackson
West
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Mike Crouch
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Nellie Hoffman
Bertha Stith
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Alice Frisman
Janie Higgins
Marvin McKamey
Terrence McNutt
Edward Peak
Willard Stipp
Agnes Edmonston
Harry Lindsey
Elizabeth Zeiger
Elizabeth Rice
Wentworth Burns
Wellsville Vfw
F. A. Zimmann
Khoury League
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Harry Leverett
Betty Beck
Sikeston, Mo
D. F. Cleveland
Duane Thews
Manitowoc
Wis
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Dale Ludtke
Freemont
Thews
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Ludtke
Cleveland
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Jeff) McClain
W. H. Murphy
Sedalia
Fern Coulton
Greentop
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W. H. Tallmadge
Washington, D. C
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James Tallmadge
Wellsville Fire Brick Co
Audrain Medical Center
Adrienne Flaherty
David Stone
Joe Stone
Robert (Todd) Hurshman
David Mitchell and
Carrier Mills, Ill
Fern Mitchell
Harrisburg
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C. G. Russell
Resurrection Church
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Cheryl Sommer
Chesley Jett
Willie Harlan
Lloyd Canterbury
Herman Boyd
John Riordan
Patrick Riordan
Wellsville Catholic Cemetery
Ivan W. Worsham
Myers Funeral Home
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A. E. Updyke
David Cumer
Kenny West
John Worsham
Dale Stuart
Clinton Walker
Roy Allen Worsham
Wellsville Cemetery
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Omiend
ALS
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Darrell Smith
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Mike Pashia
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Leslie Miller
Ricky Curtis
Bob
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AEA
Centralia Library
Missouri State Library
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Don Arnold
Robert Prater
Peggy Payne
Joan Smith
H. J. Nutt
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Kathryn Dela Rosa
Alfred Goodman
Herbert Musser
J. N. Brown
J. M. Foster
J. P. Herring
Raymond Nelson
Verna Palmer
Virginia Focht
Suzanne Sames
C. G. Anderson
Art Grossglauser
Vandalians
Mp&l
Cannonball
Gary, Ind
Julian“Cannonball” Adderley
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Bond
Secretary of Agriculture
U.S
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Plymouth
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Beztt Massey Ferguson
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