Du Quoin Fair to Open New Gates for Traffic Flow
New gates will open at the Du Quoin State Fair to handle expected heavy traffic during Hambletonian weekend and the Labor Fair. Main gates use Rt. 51 and East grounds entrances with police details for peak periods. A gate near the south side will operate daily, and additional gates serve horsemen and special parking. A carnival midway preview is set for Saturday night with Olson Shows, and no gate admission charge.
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du Quoin
du Quoin City
Rt. 51
Aya
De Soto School Registration Set for August 30
Registration at De Soto Grade School will be 8:30 to 10:00 AM on August 30. Buses will run routes from last year. Classes begin September 7 with $4 book fees for grades 1-4 and $4.50 for grades 5-8. Lunches 25 cents daily. Insurance available: $2 for grades 1-6 and $3 for grades 7-8. Physical examinations required for grades 1 and 5 at registration. forms available at the school.
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DE Soto
Kerner vetoes boost for state’s attorneys in Illinois
Gov Otto Kerner vetoed a bill to raise salaries for downstate state’s attorneys by 4000 annually, to 10000 17500, saying the 238000 cost was not in the current budget. The plan would have shared costs between state and counties, with larger counties already paying higher rates. A separate note mentions a yearbook autographing party at Gorham High School gym at 7 pm Saturday for Mississippi Valley Unit 166 students and a historical line about George A Custer dying at Little Big Horn at age 37, a Civil War era Union general.
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Gorham High School
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Registration at Du Quoin High School September 3
Du Quoin High School opens registration on September 3 with seniors at 8 am, juniors 9 am, sophomores 10 am, and freshmen 11 am. A faculty meeting is scheduled for 7 pm that day, classes begin September 4. Five new teachers join staff: Robert Schuster physical education Ray Saundes basketball coach assistant football coach and base ball coach George Pullis mathematics Don Loucks band and chorus Katherine Forester returns to teach English and Speen
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du Quoin Township High School
R. P. Hibbs
Robert Schuster
Ray Saundes
George Pullis
Don Loucks
Katherine Forester
Speen
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