Santa Arrives as Centralia Kicks Off Christmas Season
Santa Claus arrives in Centralia signaling the start of the Christmas season with merchants adopting special hours through December 23. Santa visits near the city square 6 8 p m on Thursdays and 2 5 p m on December 15 and 22. City energy cuts limit street lights on Highway 22 and evening displays. A senior citizens Christmas party at city hall features a carry-in luncheon and a gift exchange with a $1 limit.
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Centralia
Santa Claus
Santa
Howard Burton
City Hall
Arts and Crafts
Vandalian Resident Fair After Roof Fall and Stroke
Chester Rohr, 78, of Vandalia Route 2, is listed in fair condition at Pike County Hospital after a stroke left him unable to descend from a roof where he climbed Monday afternoon to repair a television antenna. He slipped nine feet to the ground Tuesday morning and was found by W. H. and Arnold Gatson en route to a nearby farm, then transported by Tri County ambulance. His son Eugene Rohr of Louisiana was badly injured on November 8 when caught between a lowering dump truck bed and the cab.
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Vandalia
Chester Rohr
Vandalia Rte. 2
Pike County Hospital
W. H
Arnold Gatson
Mr. Rohr
Two Convicted In Columbia Rape
Two Columbia men William Baker age 29 and John Gallup age 22 were convicted by a circuit court jury of kidnaping and raping a University of Missouri Columbia coed. The jury recommended sentences of 40 years for Baker’s rape and 10 years for kidnaping and 30 years for Gallup’s rape with six years for kidnaping.
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Fulton, Mo
Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri-Columbia
Highway Commission Sets Bids On Several Projects
Jefferson City AP Apparent low bidders on 95 projects totaling 23.3 million dollars were announced by the state Highway Commission. Key awards include Phelps County Interstate 44 resurfacing 5.4 miles from Northwye to St James by Queen City Paving Co. for 543,524.36 and Platte County Interstate 29 culverts and ramp works by TriCity Construction Co. for 441,347.19. Other bids cover grading paving and signing on Interstate 635 in Kansas City area by J.A. Tobin Construction Co. and Clarkson Construction Co. for 4,221,942, and additional primary roads in Atchison Audrain Bollinger Callaway and Missouri River bridge painting bids among the $23.3 million total.
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Jefferson City
State Highway Commission
Phelps County
Northwye
St. James
Pulaski County
Queen City Paving Co
Springfield
Platte
Missouri 45
Kansas City
TriCity Construction Co
Fairfax Bridge
Houston Lake
J.A. Tobin Construction Co
Kan
Clarkson Construction Co
Pulaski
Interstate 44
Atchison County
U.S. 136
Tarkio
Nodaway County
Midwest Pre Cote Co
Audrain
U.S
Missouri
North Junction
Route P. Land Construction Co
St. Joseph
Bollinger
Missouri Petroleum Products Co
St. Louis
Callaway
New Bloomfield
Jefferson Asphalt Co
U.S. 54
Missouri River
Gus T. Handge and Son Painting Co
R-1 Elementaries Honor Roll Announced by Supt. Hobson
Lewis W. Hobson announces the first quarter honor roll for R-1 North Callaway Schools. Read lists include seventh and eighth graders from Auxvasse and Williamsburg Elementary Schools with numerous named students across each list.
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Lewis W. Hobson
R-1
North Callaway
Auxvasse
Neva Helen Kamper
Sherry Lynn Knipp
Pamela Kay Anderson
Rhea Suzanne Applebee
Alice Sue Branson
Cynthia Jean Brown
Timothy Lee Conner
Wendell Rogetta Glover
Richard Allen Huddleston
Sharon Lynn Hudnut
Melinda Ann Hudson
Julie Jolene Lantz
Randall Dean McDermit
Kevin William Meyer
Debra Marie Morris
Jil Marie Nolte
Charelle Janene Smithee
Pamela Gayle Smithee
Ronald Dean Stiers
James Rostyn Stubblefield
Randy Joe Wilson
Carrie Gale Carr
Webster Eugene Davis
Richard Eugene Haubner
Terry Lee Huddleston
Patricia Susan Hudnut
Steven Bruce Humphreys
Larry Thomas Leopold
Farber Industrial Board Meeting Notes Brighten Farber
Farber Industrial Board met November 24 at 7 p.m. in the community building with seven members present and two absent. A furnace removed from the medical building will be sold by sealed bids due January 12. The board approved an engineered survey and drainage project and discussed reopening the laundromat. A committee was appointed to study transferring the library to the Farber Community Betterment Council and to update the industrial profile and draft a brochure to attract industry to Farber.
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Farber—Farber Industrial Board
Farber
Name Robinson To Sturgeon City Council
STURGEON Jim Robinson was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Oscar Cottrell who resigned and criticized the city. Mayor Gene Kelly says changes are needed in garbage collection and landfill operations to meet state health rules. Council plans rock hauling for next summer's street work, about 115 loads, with potential savings by buying now.
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Sturgeon
Jim Robinson
Oscar Cottrell
Gene Kelly
State Health Department
Frank Woodruff
Wellsville Group Plans Tax Supported Nursing Home
A Wellsville meeting discussed establishing a Montgomery County tax supported nursing home. Architect Burl Sammons outlined steps, proposed district oversight with six directors, and a 15 cent levy after start up. Examples from Paris Mo and other towns were cited, with beds, costs, staffing, and local job impact noted. About 40 people attended.
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Wellsville
Montgomery County
Burl Sammons
Sedalia
Sammons
W.K. Hintz
W.H. Wells
Wells Villa
United Methodist- Presbyterian
Walls
Paris
Mexico
Cole Camp
Gallatin
Sullivan
Versailles
Shelbina
Vandalia
Edina
Stover
Macon
Braymmer
Kahoka
Fairview
Nursing Home
Hatton Families Share Thanksgiving Dinners and Birthdays
Hatton residents hosted multiple Thanksgiving Day gatherings with guests from Fulton Columbia Jefferson City and Williamsburg among others. The celebrations honored Mrs. Goldsmith and her daughter Mrs. Barnes birthdays. A separate 56 guest family dinner occurred at G H Shryock’s home. The Hatton 4H Club netted over 140 dollars serving lunch at the Melvin Reed sale east of Hatton.
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Forrest Teague
Vandalia
W. L. Teague
Stan
Farber
Dan Forgy
Angie
Quincy
Illinois
Richard Branstetter
Jefferson City
Bill Crow
Goldie Nichols
Kimberling City
William Teague
Teague
Lorenzo Emo
Lottie Leet
Tom Erwin
Daughters
Florissant
Lela Erwin
Hadley Linnhenbringer
LeRoy Boeckelman
Harold Smith
Clifford Borgelt
A. Borgelt
Kingdom City
David Barnes
Betty
Williamsburg
Marshall Jones
Kansas City
Richard Jones
J. B. Jones
Mr. Jones
G. H. Shryock
Hatton
Melvin Reed
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Robert Wayne Mack
Pamela Joann Moser
Richard Mullen Nixon
Donald Wayne Percy
Kenneth Joseph Sapp
Gregory Clint Smithee
Mary Nanette Smithee
Janet Gaye Stubblefield
Melissa Susan Whalen
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Pamela Gail Guinnip
Jeannie Lynn Guthrie
Kent Randall Hopper
Kathryn Marie Nelson
Barbara Louise Allison
Deanna Rae Christensen
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Bryan Douglas Crawford
Loretta Ann Gibbs
Joe Lin
Lee Stieferman
Gary Eugene Tucker
Linda Lee Wilkerson
Cynthia May Winingear
Melody Lee Austin
Karen Faye Backer
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Tamera Dee Crites
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Jerome Krampe
Lindell
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Mylene Kay Moore
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Cheryl Lynn van Voorhis
John Arthur Anderson
Mary Michelle Buhr
Donna Sue Farmer
Daniel Duane McCormack
Marlene June Moore
Barbara Sue Redmond
Angela Marie Rozier
Charlotte Marie Wilson
Friendship Baptist Church
Mexico, Mo
Howard James
Paula Harshbarger
General Motors
Wallace E. Wilson
Rebecca Ann King
Colorado
Chicago
Farber Industrial Board
Mrs
Mary Ellis
Robinson
Sturgeon City
Farber Christian Church Bible School
Calvin Hull
Sherry
Ricky Seeley
Walter Terry TI
Carla Stewart
Bill Murphy
Craig
Marlin
Valerie Force
Cheryl Hogue
Karen Stroker
Lloyd Shaw
Ann Girard
Karen Stubblefield
Martin Keller
Wayne Teague
Andy
Belleville
Ronnie Teague
Mack Teague
Kelli
Annette Stotler
Robert Motley
Curryville
Jill Tipton
James E. Callen
Lawrence
Melvin Callen
Jack L. Callen
New Providence
Iowa
Farter
Kantronics Inc
Roswell Ray Hall
Ray Hull
Tom Adams
Lad
West Side Square
Central Loan CO
Jackson
Bulova
S. Washington
Wellsville Group
Hattonians
Joe Sydenstricker
Optimist of
K.C. Hall
North Highway 15
Starlighters
Will the
Nsuhec
Citizens Savings Association
Jefferson & Liberty St
Pawox
S. Jefferson A
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