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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1968
Page
5
Nurse Gloria Lee McLaughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs M W McLaughlin Jr of Rt 4 Murphysboro graduated August 4 from the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in St Louis Missouri She is a 1965 Murphysboro High School graduate
Bigham of Vergennes will be Perry County 4-H representative at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield and will enter the state tractor driving contest. He took second in Perry County’s county tractor contest during the 4-H show at the airfields. Livestock showmanship winners included Beef Tom Smith Cutler Swine Dennis Winter Pinckneyville Dairy Donny Bigham Vergennes Sheep Janice Benson Cutler and Horsemanship Dorothy Lambert Pinckneyville. Perry County 4-H members earned 128 A ratings at the show with many achieving multiple high ratings for various entries.
Mona Myatt, Chester High School 1968 graduate, selected for Merit's Who's Who in American High Schools due to scholastic excellence and school activities. She carried a plus five GPA, studied English mathematics and science, earned multiple awards and was valedictorian before entering Southern Illinois University as a President's Scholar.
Williamson County 4-H clubs earned awards at recent events. The Share-the-Fun act by Friendship-Lake Creek was chosen to represent the county at the state fair with Cherry Valley-Crabtree as first alternate. Showmanship winners included Strobel, Davenport, Grant, Murphy, Becker, Soldner in swine beef sheep horse and dairy.
Dance at Herrin Teen Town from 8 to 11 45 p m features The Hix Oil Band. Admission is 75 cents for members and 1.00 for non members.
Jeffrey Miller of Carbondale won 50 dollars in a Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild state competition for an original styrofoam model car. His 16 inch design features a flip front windshield and triangular air vents, created from a 20 by 8 by 5 inch block, with six coats of red paint and wax. He will enter Lincoln Junior High in September.
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