Property Taxes in Missouri Reach 606 Million
Receipts from property levies in Missouri rose to 606 million for 1969 per the Public Expenditure Survey. The report notes schools receive about 65 percent of the yield, with the average rate at 5.62 per 100, up 19 cents from last year.
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Missouri
Missouri Public Expenditure Survey
Southwest City
Joplin
Richmond Heights
Brentwood
St. Ann
St. Louis
Hannibal
Jefferson City
Jennings
Watson Woods
Clayton
Wellston
University City
Bridgeton
Crestwood
Dellwood
Marlborough
Webster Groves
Shrewsbury
Crystal City
Sedalia
Neosho
Washington
Ballwin
Flordell Hills
Pacific
Beverly Hills
Grandview
Des Peres
Normandy
Rock Hill
Boonville
Columbia
Poplar Bluff
Canton
Chillicothe
Clinton
Excelsior Springs
Gladstone
Kansas City
Kirkwood
Oak Grove
Odessa
St. Joseph
Smithville
Springfield
Webb City
Fiftieth State Then and Now at Wellsville Club
The Studere Club meeting featured Calvin Bishop presenting a program titled Our Fiftieth State Then and Now with Alaska slides. Mrs. Don Burwell gave a devotion Date With Destiny, while Mrs. John Nation Jr. led the business session and noted Freshman Essay contest deadlines.
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F. A. Zimmann
Wellsville
Calvin Bishop
Studere Club
MFWC
W. H. McClain
Bishop
Alaska
Destiny
Don Burwell
John Nation Jr
Fourth District
William Bradley
Nation
John Keith
Lester Blackshaw
William McDowell
United Fund Corporation
McClain
Jim Nutter
Walter Grossman
Bill Burkhalter
Chamber of Commerce
Roscoe Grant
Robert Wagner
Grace Lutheran Church
Edward Woods
William Noell
Bill Weber
Norman Gastler
Landscaping Course Set at University Extension Mexico
University of Missouri Extension offers a home landscaping short course taught by Area horticultural specialist Roger Newton. The five session program runs February 9 and 16, 23, March 2 and 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mexico Vocational Technical School with pre registration due February 3. Fee 7.80 dollars, or 10 dollars for husband and wife, to cover supplies.
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University of Missouri Extension
Roger Newton
Mexico Vocational-Technical School
University Extension Center
Courthouse
Mexico
Mexico Adult Evening School
Bookmobile schedule for Auxvasse on January 20
The Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile visits Auxvasse on Wednesday January 20 from 2 45 to 3 45 p m local time. It provides library pickups, holds and returns during the short outreach stop.
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Daniel Boone Regional Library
Auxvasse
Chance recalls dozen more men at Chance plant Centralia
Over a dozen more A. B. Chance Company workers will return from layoff to the Centralia plant on Monday Jan 18. Factory Personnel Manager Jack Chance announced the recall Friday and said total recalled exceeds 20. Current Centralia facilities employ more than 825, with most workers from Boone Audrain Monroe and Randolph counties. The largest group, 520, are Centralia residents.
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Centralia
A. B. Chance Company
Chance Utility Equipment
Jack Chance
Boone-Audrain-Monroe- Randolph
Boone County
Columbia
Hallsville
Sturgeon
Chance
Clark
Higbee
Madison
Mexico
Moberly
Paris
Thompson
Kiwanis Country Shindig Sells Tickets in Centralia
Kiwanis Club sponsors a country show at Centralia High School on Saturday evening January 30. The Country Shindig features well known mid-M Missouri entertainers who perform in Osage Beach from spring to fall and on the road in winter. Club president C C Cagle says 500 seats are available and urges fans to buy early. Mail orders to Kiwanis Tickets 606 East Lakeview Centralia or from Kiwanians.
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Centralia
Kiwanis Club
Centralia High School
mid-Missouri
Osage Beach
C. C. Cagle
Kiwanis
East Lakeview
Rush Hill 4-H Club Donates to Community Center
Rush Hill planned progress meeting chaired by Mrs. Russell Silvey reported a $50 4 H Club donation to the Rush Hill Community Center for upkeep. A ham and bean supper was set for Saturday Feb 27. Reorganization meeting followed with board members named including Charles Luke as chairman and Mrs. Davidson as treasurer.
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Rush Hill
Russell Silvey
Ben Eastwood
Mabel James
Marvin Davidson
Blanche Allen
Community Center
Charles Luke
George Doebelin
Bertha Allen
Ed James
Press Club ends sex ban and opens to women
In Washington, the National Press Club voted 227 to 56 to admit qualified women after 62 years of exclusion. The move followed brief opposition by some members who feared disruption from feminine chatter. Three days earlier the Women’s National Press Club voted to admit men.
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Washington
National Press Club
Women's
Monroe Soil District Annual Meeting and community events
The Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District held its sixth annual meeting at Paris Elementary School. Rex Hollenbeck and Richard Wheelan were elected supervisors for Areas I and II/III. Entertainment by Calvarymen Quartet preceded a 6 p.m ham and bean supper and 7:30 p.m program. Community notes include church council meeting, extension council elections, a birth in Paris, and upcoming school events and speaker plans.
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Jane Ransdell Paris
Monroe County Soil and Water District Conservation District
Paris
Rex Hollenbeck
Area I
Richard Wheelan
Area NT
Calvarymen
Jasper
Inter-Church Council of Paris
Presbyterian Church
Monroe County Extension Council
Paul Heinecke
Rob Ragsdale
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Jason Allen
Ragsdales
Ragsdale
Ann Nugent
Albert Rouse
Bob Wills
Clyde Ragsdale
Holliday
Johnny Ramsey
Community Honor Roll Announced at R-6 High School
Principal Davis M. Wilson reports a strong showing for the second quarter of 1970-71 with seven seniors on the Super Honor Roll. Read lists name by class including Janelle Brinker and Susan Strode among seniors, and Donna Adams among sophomores, with many juniors and freshmen also earning honor status.
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Vickie Welschmeyer
Donna Adams
Bruce Boyes
Lorene Doebelin
Nancy Fennewald
Larry Gieseker
Kathy Hahn
Wayne Harris
David Isgiig
Warren Mays
Janie Middleton
Larry Popp
Marsha Pulis
Brenda Ray
Mary Ann Sutter
Larry Whalen
Gwenlyn Wilson
Tony Albus
Angela Aulbur
Carol Bertels
Faye Bertels
Susan Fennewald
Debbie Hopke
Janet Motley
Jo Lynn Northcutt
Geralyn Schafer
Montgomery Methodist class church to be consecrated
Plans for United Methodist Presbyterian Church to move to the new building with services on Sunday January 16 and a consecration at 3 p.m. January 24 led by Bishop Eugene M. Frank. Other dignitaries from Methodist and Presbyterian churches will participate.
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Edith P. Gentry
Montgomery City
United Methodist Presbyterian Church
Eugene M. Frank
Missouri Eastern and Western Conferences
Methodist Church
Robert Hester
Methodist
Presbyterian
John G., Miller
Leo Hadfield
A.H. VanArsdale
Gilbert Lee
Roscoe
Rodger
See
R. L. Edwards
St. Ann
Rollie Henry
Robert Henry
Centralia
Columbia
Fire Engulfs Drive In Screen During Cheyenne Social Club
In Decatur Illinois a drive in theater screen caught fire during a love scene in Cheyenne Social Club. The blaze started at the center of the screen and burned upward, blamed on faulty wiring. About 50 cars watched the incident as crews fought the flames in 8 degree weather.
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Decatur
Cheyenne
Community Building Friday chili supper and games
Mexico MO Ledger notes a community gathering Friday January 22 at 6 30 PM with chili and pie furnished by hosts Mr and Mrs Malcolm Coose and Mr and Mrs Alan Adam. Bring a pie. Entertainment games planned.
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Malcolm Coose
Alan Adam
South Elementary School
Susan Powell
Congress
Chicago
VFW
Veterans Hall
Alvin Shaw
Diana Robinson
Vandalia
Toni Crow
Oil man confuses sewer cover for intake valve
Vancouver residents feared gas leaks as 800 gallons of oil, intended for a food store, were dumped into the city storm sewer system. The delivery man, blocked by deep snow, mistook a sewer cover for an oil intake valve, triggering a flood of calls.
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Vancouver
B.C
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Wellsville Club
Fred Gastler
C. W. Conover
Robert Bachman
Ray Oliver
Audrain Medical Center
John Rees
Grant's
Medical Center
4-H Club
Stocks and Bonds Smith, Moore & CO
N.Y. Stock
Paul Heidbreder
Vir-Mar Apt
Monroe Soil District
Homer Moore
Pleasant View Rest Home
St. Elizabeth Hospital
John Meyer
Paris Presbyterian Church
FHA
Paris High School
Diane Brown
Anita Billings
Barbara Powers
Marilyn Blackaby
Cheryl Armstrong
Nancy van Praag
Suzanne Terrell
Vanessa Levings
Anita Roegge
Annette Unterbrink
Glenda Eckman
Jackie Simpson
Marilyn Morgan
Janie Meckley
Janeen Mitts
Carol Moore
Kathy Darnell
Judy Gray
Cheryl Poage
Cynthia Putnam
Roxie Morgan
Mary Beth Johnston
Diana
the Rebels
Montgomery Methodist
Murray Colbert
Wesleyan Service Guild
Alex Gardner
Jones
Oscar Pettig
Spiritual Life
Richard Jones
Don Smith
Harvey Winter
van- Far
Kent Baker
Brice Friendly Neighbors Club
Round Grove
Vandalia Lodge
Masonic Temple
Hal Clinton
Bill Ehrlich
Bill Doak
Cowley
Herbert Flynt
William Shotwell
Bob Brinkman
Mexico Ledger
J. H. Bloebaum
Ledger
the Ledger
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