St Clair resigns as Vandalia police chief
Police Chief Don St Clair, after six years leading Vandalia police, resigns effective Oct 98 to return to St Charles County for criminal investigations. He has 17 years in police work, previously serving as marshal of New London and chief in Bowling Green, with plans to join St Charles Sheriff's department. He may advise Vandalia police until his property sale.
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Vandalia
Don St. Clair
St. Charles County
St. Clair
New London
Mexico
Bowling Green
St. Charles
Ralls County
Aldrain County
Althea Ames
Perry
Laddonia Rebekah District Meet Hosts 65th Event
The 65th annual District No. 13 Rebekah Lodges meeting in Laddonia opened with officers and corsages, hosted by Laddonia Lodge No. 82. Delegates from multiple lodges attended the morning session with a banquet, evening program at TOOF hall, and installation of 1974 officers. Distinguished guests, school of instruction, and a love gift totaling about 175 dollars and 34.75 in silver were noted.
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Laddonia
Rebekah Lodges
Missouri
Odd Fellow Hall
Laddonia Lodge No
Joe Teague
Noble Grand
Frances Ellis
Mary Phelps
Winfield
Betty Jamieson
Bowling Green
Shirley Francis
Vandalia
Jessie Hausgen
Elsberry
Margaret Swarnes
Louisiana
Marshall
Anna Bacon
Margia Hausgen
Mildred Mackey
Nancy Watts
Troy
Lulu Presley
Berniece Simpson
Ruby Thomson
Pat Robinson
Outside Guardian
Lillian Carron
Clarksville
Betty Kerry
Lillian Woolfolk
Lucy Grigsby
William Woolfolk
Mabel Marshall
Rebekah
Retha Mills
Pike R. L
Frances Willard
R. L
Elsberry R. L
Twilight R. L
Betty Kerr
Pike
Toof Hall
Jeannie Fischer
Raymond Fischer
Francis Ellis
Laddonia Lodge
Rebekah State Assembly
IOOF
Liberty
Kenneth Gore
Mills
Greenlee
Claud Greenlee
Melville Hawkinson
Farber
Missouri Canton
Helen Parker
Joplin
Violet Wiest
Irma Dodson
Centralia
Joseph Myrick
St. Louis
Walter Sankpill
Henry Rohn
James E. Cash
Tillie W. Cash
Hannibal
Hazel Barton
Laura Young
Mary Sydnor
Leta Mae Hildebrand
Mable
Hall
Wellsville
Bessie Crawford
Mexico
Centralian’s Story Appears in National Magazine
Centralia seventh grader Scott Jones, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletes Jones, authored The Real Unreal Dream. The story was published in Elementary Journal by Fun Publications after Mrs. Thelma Miller’s class inspired it and librarian Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson submitted his work.
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Centralia
Scott Jones
Cletes Jones
Centralia Middle School
Fun Publications
Thelma Miller
Scott
Elizabeth Wilson
Wilson
Centralia Community Club News Highlights
Twenty four children attended JoLane Story Hour at Centralia Public Library with openings for four year olds before Feb 1974. MY OMIC Beta Sigma Phi hosted a morning coffee with 88 attendees. Ladies Night at Centralia Country Club featured fall fashions from Margaret's, with Angela Desjardon winning the door prize. PEO met at Art Allen’s home with 24 members and a Mexico slide display. Shanon Grannis celebrated a fifth birthday. Centralia Federated Republican Women’s Club received the Diamond Award at a Los Angeles national convention, one of two Missouri clubs and 134 nationwide firms honored.
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Centralia
JoLane
Centralia Public Library
Robert Moore
Wayne Crigler
Howard Smoot
Burton Knowles
Moore
Jo Lane Club
Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Robert Ritchie
Woody Wright
John Stone
Jim Harshman
Jim Henry
Conrad Stietenroth
Harry Young
John Elsbury
Richard Roberts
Charles Grannis
Robert Hibbs
Centralia Country Club
Margaret's
R.B. Focht
George Allen
Billie Huffman
Helen Smith
Charles Angell
Bill Forrest
Dale Forrest
Jerry Mayes
David Hubbard
Robert Rit
PEO
Art Allen
William W. Bradley
Jim Ausmus
Mexico
Centralia Federated Republican Women’s Club
Los Angeles
Calif
Missouri
Wayne Loch
Wellsville Senior Citizens Plan For Busy Month Ahead
Wellsville Senior Citizens Club outlines a busy slate with an Oct 11 covered dish dinner from the Home makers club of Montgomery City and an Oct 25 Mexico dinner, plus OATS bus rides for those attending Mexico. November features a covered dish luncheon, and the group voted a United Fund donation.
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Wellsville
Senior Citizens Club
Homemakers Club
Montgomery City
Mexico
50 Year Eastern Star Pin To Mrs Sauvain
In Wellsville a special ceremony at the Masonic Hall honored Mrs Julia Sauvain with a 50 year Eastern Star pin. Worthy Matron Mrs Ralph Debo and secretary Mrs Leta Johnston invested the pin, a Grand Chapter gift. Sauvain joined in 1923, later in Martha Washington Chapter Wellsville.
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Paul
Julia) Sauvain
Leta Johnston
Martha Washington
Order of Eastern Star
Wellsville Masonic Hall
Wellsville
Ralph Debo
Masonic Hall
Johnston
Sauvain
Grand Chapter
John F. Rees
Stribling House
Mexico
Rees
Esti Berger
Middletown
Ski Team Diet promises 20 pounds in 14 days
An overweight weight loss pitch claims the U.S. Women's Alpine Ski Team uses a “Ski Team” diet devised by a Colorado physician to shed 20 pounds in two weeks without hunger. The ad urges readers to order Norcal Products for cash and promises rapid, chemical-action weight loss with normal energy, noting the program is simple whether traveling or at home.
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U.S
Colorado
O.K
Norcal Products
P.O
Cupertina
Farber Industrial Board elects officers and plans clinic work
The Farber Industrial and Development Board met Monday at the Community Building and elected Waldo Roberts president, Randal Cone vice president, and Bill Crow secretary-treasurer. A clinic inspection report by Dr. Gordon Moore of the University of Missouri was read, and stockholder lists were presented. The new officers plan to meet the doctor to advance clinic building improvements. Teresa Holbrook Jr celebrated her 10th birthday on Sept 25. Attendees included Julie Ellis and others. Sterling Holbrook Jr attended a TEPS Committee meeting at the Holiday Inn in Jefferson City on Sept 25, as statewide education discussions occurred with Dr. Arthur Mallory. Continued on Page 9.
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Chinn
Elzea Egg Company
Walsh Blvd
Board of Public Works
HUD
Bob Brinkman
John Castleman
Orley Shaw
White Lumber Co
Raymond Oberhaus
Claude Bishop
Ivy Koester
United Fund
Erickson
Castle
Mottaz
Haislip
Ethel Morris
Orville Oden
Stella Mottaz
Minnie Sulgrove
Emily Richards
Sulgrove
Ida Weckman
Farber
Farber Industrial and Development Board
Waldo Roberts
Randal Cone
Bill Crow
Gordon Moore
University of Missouri
Sterling Holbrook Jr
Holiday Inn
Jefferson City
TEPS
MSTA
State Department of Education
Commissioner of Education
Arthur Mallory
State Board
Holbrook
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Vandalia Merchants Association
VMA
Tri-County
Floyd Chinn
Catv Corporation
FCC
Hannibal-Quincy
Columbia
Logene Thomson
Lord’s Acre
Sale
Hani
Centralian
Shanon Grannis
Debbie
Donna
Chris Young
Chris Neptune
Suzanne Hibbs
Penny Johnson
Jennifer Jones
Lisa Henry
Brad Grannis
F. A. Zimmann
Lawrence Keithley
Mac Peveler
Raymond Peveler
Mae Keithley
Wellsville Garden Club
United Methodist - Presbyterian Church
Church Lord’s Acre Fund
Herman Schumann
Wellsville - Middletown
Tina Hildebrand
Bobby Anderton
Chris Boettcher
Bryan Clithero
Curt Davidson
Janice Dixon
Heidi Grossmann
Shelly Haislip
Cletus Higgenbotham
Brian Hollensteiner
Tonia Hurshman
David Angel
Karen Arens
Brian Boeckelman
Vincent Brookens
Janice Burts
Charles Cassackkar
Paula Christian
Sharon Connor
Timothy Cott
Eric Davis
Jovita Davis
Tricia Fipps
Fred Johnson
Quentin Jones
Sammy Kemp
Dana Lipscomb
Rhonda Morris
Sheri Morris
Nancy Oligschlaeger
Donnie Quamby
Michael Shipman
Shannon Stevenson
Brian Stuart
Marjorie Wallace
Diane Wehmeyer
Rhonda Lewis
Paula Vance
Darren Sheets
Chubby
AIR Counc
Fulton
Tommy Bonard
His
Cai
Farber’s Industrial Board
Teresa Holbrook
Edgar Conklin
Benton City
Julie Ellis
Selma Newland
Donna Lowe
Debbie Robinson
Tina Hogue
Tammy Gower
Cindy Girard
Sharon Graves
Deanna Branstetter
Rhonda Trabue
Jill Tipton
Lisa Holbrook
Firat
Sylvania
Jil
Centralia Tv
Stereo
Allen and Railroad
Sts
Centralia, Mo
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Citizens Savings Association
Jefferson & Liberty Sts
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