Standy County Farm Bureau Happenings
Country Capital Investment Fund shares rose 30.4 percent in the year ending June 30 1968 from 11 19 to 14 43 while Dow Jones gains added 4 4 percent. The fund declared a 1 40 per share capital gains distribution and a 0 02 income dividend payable July 25 to record holders July 23. Net assets climbed to 9 137 290 from 4 113 893, with 4 142 shareholders up from 2 078. Eastern Illinois Marketing Service Inc formed by four eastern Illinois counties aims to help Farm Bureau members market grain, with a meeting August 14 in Champaign County. INcorporators include Wayne Fell E Vern Huffington Merle Buddemeier and others. board named five directors.
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Country Capital Investment Fund, Inc
Mutual Fund
Dow Jones
Country Capital
Country Capital Investment Fund
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Association
Eastern Illinois
Farm Bureau
Eastern Illinois Marketing Service, Inc
Champaign County Farm Bureau
Farm
Champaign
Wayne Fell
Kansas
Edgar County Farm Bureau
E. Vern Huffington
Rankin
Merle A. Buddemeier
Longview
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Grandin Hunt
Vermilion County Farm Bureau
Ben D. Robinson
Willis L. Bird
Hoopeston
David C. Ingleman
Paxton
Lloyd Puzey
Fairmount
Larry L. Moss
Paris
Henry C. Schultz
Arcola
Fred W. Budinger
Tolono
Ingleman
Schultz
Puzey
Moss
Budinger
Holland Klompen Keep Feet Dry in Soggy Fields
Dutch wooden shoes known as klompen protect workers from mud and standing water in fields. The footwear helps keep feet dry while farming and harvesting in wet conditions across the Netherlands.
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Holland
Klompen
Tour of Historic Galena Homes Announces Fall Dates
The First Presbyterian Church presents the 19th annual Tour of Historic Galena Homes on Sept 28 and 29. Six privately owned homes open 9 am to 5 pm with guides in each room. Tickets are 3 dollars for the full tour with bus transportation available.
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Galena
First Presbyterian Church
Illinois
West
Paris
Mississippi
New Orleans
Old Northwest
Melville
Herman Melville
Parnell
von Dusko
Hermann
Grofather
Simeon Miner
U. S
Internal Revenue
J. M. Strode
Ulysses S. Grant
Vinegar Hill
Galena Art Theatre
Historic
Galena Homes Committee
Mazon High School Registration Planned Over Three Days
Mazon Township High School District 97 schedules student registration in the cafeteria next week. Seniors Monday morning, juniors Monday afternoon, sophomores Tuesday morning, and freshmen Wednesday morning. book rental and insurance fees collected by Mrs. Evelyn Griglione. Classes start August 26 at 8:25 a.m. with a first-day dismissal around 10 a.m.
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Mazon
Mazon Township High School
Evelyn Griglione
Robert Frye
Kenneth Klepp
Seth Sleezer Jr
Roberta Bassie
Escapee Surrenders After Self-Inflicted Wound
Clifford Watkins 21 of Ionia turned himself in to Michigan State Police 24 hours after escaping Michigan Reformatory. He required medical attention for a bullet wound in his foot from a rifle he had stolen at a nearby hunting lodge two hours earlier.
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Ionia, Mich
Clifford Watkins
Tonia
Michigan State Police
Michigan Reformatory
Watkins
Joliet Junior College Opens New Student Center
Joliet Junior College will start classes with a new student center after signing a lease with the George Werden Buck Boys Club of Joliet. The club facility on Clinton Street and Eastern Avenue will provide a cafeteria lounge, game room, meeting and seminar space, counselor offices, a college publications room, and a swimming pool under construction.
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Joliet Junior College
George Werden Buck Boys’ Club
Joliet
Clinton St
Eastern Ave
Joliet Township High School
Elmer W. Rowley
Masonic Temple
Jefferson St
Junior College Board
Rowley
Boys’ Club
Boys
Automatic Retailers of America
Joliet Junior College Funds Pool With Buck Club
Joliet Junior College will pay the George Werden Buck Boys' Club 27000 for utilities maintenance and use of a new swimming pool slated for completion November 1. The pool will serve physical education classes and free swimming for students and faculty. President Rowley says the arrangement should broaden community service and boost student morale, with net district costs lower than the alternative.
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Joliet Junior College
George Werden Buck Boys’ Club
Rowley
Brighton approves $125000 city building bond vote
Brighton voters approved a revenue bond issue for a new city administration building. The measure passed 305 in favor to 115 against funding a 125000 project to house city hall police fire and water department facilities. Brighton sits about 25 miles northeast of St. Louis.
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Brighton, Ill
Brighton
St. Louis
Braceville 4-H News Notes Local Achievement Night
Braceville 4-H will host an achievement night for Nature’s Children 4-H Club at 7 p.m. in the Braceville Community Hall. The public may view projects shown at the Mazon 4-H Fair. Friendly Club members met at Flora Tyler’s home. prizes were awarded to Muriel Green, William Alexander, and Ida Smith.
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Nature’s Children
Braceville
Mazon
Flora Tyler
Muriel Green
William Alexander
Ida Smith
Theft of Canaries in San Antonio Backyard
Louise Shand of San Antonio reported a theft where 46 canaries were taken from her backyard, valued at 460 dollars. Police investigated the loss as a poultry theft case in the city.
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San Antonio, Tex
Louise Shand
San Antonio
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Streator
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James Rice
Jimmy
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