Teen Center Seeks Student Help to Build Club
A Teen-Ager urges all high school students to join and support the newly started Teen-Center begun January 19 1957. Forty two teens and eight parents attended the first meeting choosing four representatives Bet y Walker Eldon Romack Ranny Torrence and Walt Belcher to liaise with parents. The club plans added games like ping pong and shuffleboard and aims to host square and round dancing with rock and roll popular among teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bet'y Walker
Eldon Romack
Ranny Torrence
Walt Belcher
Inauguration TV Viewings and Local Notices
Fredonia notes show residents visiting families and viewing the President's inauguration on TV. Local social visits include Mr. and Mrs. Hyde, Miss Burks, and Mrs. Coppenbarger’s group. Also listed are estate claims for C H Huddleston with March 4 1957 as claim date and Maud Walker as administrator.
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Eileen Kretzer
Herman Duncan
Dorothy Elwell
Verlin Heinzmann
James Hyde
Mt. Vernon Hospital
Gene Williams
Melvin
Carl Meredith
Gordon Kemp
Kretzer Brothers
Martin Kretzer
Tings
Howard Kile
Jim
Wanda Burks
Amelia Meredith
Harold Groff
Martin Kiretzer
C. H. Huddleston
Marion County
Ilinois
Cold snap may raise utility bills say INL Power Co
The Illinois Power Company warns gas heating customers to expect higher bills in February after a brief January cold spell. Through December 1956, temperatures were about 20 percent warmer than the prior year, yet January brought a sharp cold snap that increased fuel expenditures, erasing earlier savings.
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INL. Power CO
Illinois Power Company
Atomic power plant near Joliet to span 190 foot sphere
Design details of a $45 million atomic power plant near Joliet Illinois are released. General Electric builds for Commonwealth Edison with Nuclear Power Group cooperation. Construction begins this spring. The 180000 kilowatt plant is to be owned by Commonwealth Edison with $30 million funded by the company and $15 million by the Nuclear Power Group for research-sharing benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Illinois
General Electric Company
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago
Nuclear Power Group
Illinois Power Company
Heating bills rise as January costs climb for homeowners
The text notes narrowed margins year over year and higher January fuel costs as homeowners run heating equipment harder to combat cold. Electric bills are also expected to be higher in January, per Illinois Power Co local manager J. P. Foster.
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J. P. Foster
Illinois Power Co
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Raymond
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Alice Hyde
Louisiana
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Griffin Real Estate Agency
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The
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