More adults riding bikes booming across towns
Local residents discuss a sharp rise in bicycle use among adults, with quotes from Carbondale and Murphysboro youths and adults. Officials note registration figures at SIU and Carbondale Police, while dealers report higher demand and theft concerns.
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Ken Stearns
Jim’s Sporting Goods
Carbondale
Janice McDaniel
Herrin
Swafford
Eric Kruse
Murphysboro
Judy
Harold Korando
Southern Illinois University Security
SIU
Stearns
Murphysboro Yearbook 1970 71 Available at MTHS
The 1970 71 Crim son and Corn yearbook has been delivered to Murphysboro Township High School. Copies will be distributed from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in Room 314 at the high school. The school shifted to a full year book including summer distribution about a decade ago.
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Murphysboro Township High School
Carbondale Teen Center Weekly Activity Highlights 1971
Readers learn Carbondale Teen Center events for Tuesday through Saturday including boat trips to Lake excursions, St Louis bus trips, hayrides, horseback riding, and pool nights. Advanced registration advised. Numerous other youth centers host dances, movies, and organized activities with times and small fees.
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Carbondale
Teen Center
Crab Orchard Stables
Carbondale Teen Center
Lake Tacoma
Kiel Auditorium
St. Louis
Creal Springs
Herrin
Indiana
Marion students attend state workshop in Lebanon
Marion High School student council members Carla Barnwell and Marlin Angell attend a state workshop in Lebanon this week to gain ideas on money making activities and student and faculty communications. Earlier, Gary Cosby of Creal Springs and Linda Brooking of Marion attended the same workshop in late July.
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Marion High School
Lebanon
Carla Barnwell
Marlin Angell
Marion
Gary Cosby
Creal Springs
Linda Brooking
Randolph and Jackson 4H members head to state fair
Jackson County 4H members will represent the county at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield with exhibits across mosaics ceramics weaving leather woodworking photography electricity Entomology and more. A dress revue feature selects seven models and two foods demonstrators join the state event along with garment displays and table covers from Sparta and other towns.
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Jackson County
Springfield
4-H
Marjorie Brown
Murphysboro
Cathy Spiller
Elkville
Paula Fager
Barry Wesley
Vergennes
Carl Zimmer
Kevin Bame
Ava
Kenneth Sullivan
de Soto
Barry Strothmann
Claude Lehnert
Carbondale
Jayne Ann Fager
Sherry Cole
Dowell
Beverly Imhoff
Gwen Crews
Christina Reiman
Jill Hasemeyer
Jacob
Karolyn Heins
Gorham
Susan Cox
Elkkille
Karen Benz
Debbie Verseman
Marcia Beckman
Sue Carter
Campbell Hill
Patty Miller
Mara Baker
Kathy Reiman
Tina Marie Reynolds
Boskeydell
Jeannie Deming
Randolph County
Gail Wilson
Grace Schupbach
Ruth Patterson
Karen Slavens
Sparta
Debbie Everding
Red Bud
Joyce Jackson
Ellis Grove
Debbie McCauley
Marissa
Jane Ann Craig
Pauline Schupbach
Murphysboro Police Sponsor Teen DANCE at City Hall Lot
The Murphysboro Police Department will host a free teen dance on August 21 from 8 p.m. to near midnight in the city hall parking lot near the police station. Teens aged 13 to under 20 may attend with live music and self-serve grills for hot dogs and sodas. Funds come from donations and police, with no city money, and organizers include teen volunteers with police in background support.
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Murphysboro Police Dept
Delayne Edwards
Murphysboro
Edwards
Illinois FHA girls attend national convention in Kansas City
Southern Illinois FHA delegates Debbie Morris and Sandy Engram led the Illinois group at the National FHA convention in Kansas City Missouri with 12 national officers including Barbara Bauer the sole Illinois secretary. About 1600 girls exchanged ideas at the event with the theme Accent on Action Discovery Involvement Growth.
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Future Homemakers of America
Southern Illinois
Kansas City
Debbie Morris
Benton
Sandy Engram
Herrin
D. Ellen Schriber
Crab Orchard
Vicki Hicks
Murphysboro
Stephanie Higgenson
Thompsonville
Miss Higgenson
Herbert Hicks
Barbara Bauer
Deercreek Mackinaw High School
Teen to Aid Arizona Clean-Up Effort
18 year old Murphysboro youth Jerry Harris will spend two weeks in northern Arizona helping a small village clean up about three miles of solid garbage caused by a government project two years ago to destroy obsolete military equipment. He recalls the town nearly dying last summer and says he was inspired to help. He will attend SIU this fall.
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Jerry Harris
Murphysboro
Arizona
Peo
Jerry
SIU
A J Spirit Night Sets Meet and Greet at School
New teachers at Anna Jonesboro Community High School will meet faculty administration and students during a spirit night Friday. Sponsored by the cheerleaders the event includes a cookout and introductions. Information helps students join sports cheerleading pep club or band. The program begins at 6 p.m. A lawn mower was invented by Edwin Budding in 1830.
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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
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