MTHS Speech Pupils Sweep Up at Belleville Invite
Murphysboro Township High School speech students won the first place sweepstakes trophy at the Belleville West High School Invitational Debate and Tournament. Individual honors went to Debbie Daniel first place exclamation, Bill Berra first place radio, Katy Green first place prose, Karen Stoll first place verse reading, Jerri Mendenhal second place oration, Dave Appleton third place ex temporaneous speaking, Geral dine Higgins third place serious reading, Jan Esposito fourth place, after dinner speaking Gary Cardwell fifth place. Their best showing was a quarterfinals spot for a two-man varsity debate team. three two-man varsity teams and a four-man novice team competed. Twenty-three schools participated. O'Fallon High School was runner-up in speech, Passionist Seminary of St. Louis took third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Township
Belleville West
Debbie Daniel
Bill Berra
Katy Green
Karen Stoll
Jerri Mendenhal
Dave Appleton
Temporaneous
Geraldine Higgins
Jan Esposito
Gary Cardwell
MTHS
O’fallon High School
Passionist Seminary
St. Louis, Mo
Trico Corn Club honors eight at annual awards banq
Harvey Hottes led the Trico Corn Club prizes with 144.5 bushels per acre at the Masonic Hall Ava event. Other winners include Leroy Cottom 133.3 Glen Bauersachs 126.1 Wayne Woddtke 122.5 Gale Garver 116.8 Glen Garver 114.9 Bruce Beckman 122.1 and Art Richelman 106.2. Dr J K Leasure of Southern Illinois University spoke on World Food Problems.
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Harvey Hottes
Trico Corn Club
Masonic Hall
Ava
J. K. Leasure
Southern Illinois University
Sno-ball dance set for December 30 at Teen Center
Carbondale teenagers will crown a Sno-ball queen December 30 at the Teen Center. The queen will be chosen by classmates this week with attendants including both Negro and white girls. Music will be by The Ashes of Dawn. James E. Aaron and Dale O. Ritzel attended the National Driver Education Research Symposium in Chicago on December 14.
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Carbondale
Robert Allen
Allen
Elks Club
Ashes of Dawn
James E. Aaron
Dale O. Ritzel
Southern Illinois University
Safety Center
Nation
Chicago
The
National Highway Safety Bureau
Holiday dance set at Marion Saturday night
The annual Christmas dance at the Marion Youth Center follows the Marion versus Carbondale basketball game. Music by The Max. Admission costs 75 cents for members and 1.25 dollars for non members. Center located at 211 E Boulevard St.
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Marion Youth Center
Betwen Marion
Carbondale
E. Boulevard St
Community dances and activities listing for area youths
Frankfort High School hosts a sub deb and Key Club Christmas party at 7 p m in Teen Town. Carbondale Junior High Recreation Center offers after school and weekend hours with 50 cent membership cards. Marion Youth Center runs Tue and Fri evenings with a weekend dance after a basketball game. Civil Air Patrol meets 7 p m Tuesday at the CAP Building. Johnston City High School hosts a Mistletoe Dance 8 p m to 11 30 p m Monday with Weymen as band. Herrin Teen Town Dance features Hoss and the Lords with admission 1 for members and 1 25 for non members.
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Frankfort Community High School
Carbondale Junior High Recreation Center
W. Elm St
Marion Youth Center
Civil Air Patrol
Williamson County
CAP
Johnston City High School
the Weymen
Herrin
Hoss and the Lords
Youngest Antarctic Visit Claims by Australia Trip
Bill, described as the youngest person ever to visit the area, asserts he truthfully walked around the world and completed an Antarctic journey linked to Australia. The report notes his claim and the unusual travel feat as a historic marker.
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Der
Australia
Bill
Herrin School Vocal Concert Set Tonight
Herrin Unit School District pupils will present their annual Christmas choral concert at 7 30 p m today in South Side School gymnasium. Five groups totaling about 300 pupils will perform including junior high high school and grade school choruses and a girls junior high chorus and madrigal group. A trio of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rushing and Herschell Ridgway will be featured. William Clarida is unit music director Betty Boatright vocal director. Other directors include Margaret Smith Kathryn Bettergen and Nancy Nussbaum. No admission charge.
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Herrin Unit
South Side
Kenneth Rushing
Herschell Ridgway
William Clarida
Betty Boatright
Margaret Smith
Kathryn Bettergen
Nancy Nussbaum
4-Hers Earn Chicago Trip For Electric Projects
Three Southern Illinois 4-H members John Worthen Barbara Ernsting and Dom Wesseln freshmen earned a three day all expense trip to Chicago sponsored by the Illinois Farm Electrification Council. The group joined 20 trip recipients representing 2590 boys and 154 girls in electric projects and 6500 girls in home economics electric activity. In Chicago they visited the Lighting Institute Merchandise Mart Board of Trade and saw a Blackstone Theatre play. Faculty from Southern Illinois University attended a meeting of the Illinois Commission on Technical Progress at UIC Circle campus on Dec 6 including Dean Marvin Johnson and professors E L Dunning J W Chen and Philip K Davis.
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Southern Illinois 4-H
Chicago
John Worthen
Murphysboro
Barbara Ernsting
Sparta
Dom Wesseln
Pinckneyville
Illinois Farm Electrification Council
Chicago Lighting Institute
Merchandise Mart
Chicago Board of Trade
4-H
Blackstone Theate
Southern Illinois University
School of Technology
Illinois Commission On Technical Progress
University of Illinois Chicago
Patricia Ann Knop Listed in 1968 Who's Who Among Students
Patricia Ann Knop of Campbell Hill is named in the 1968 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. She is a McKendree College senior at Lebanon majoring in elementary education.
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Patricia Ann Knop
Campbell Hill
Miss Knop
McKendree College
Lebanon
37 area Scouts to go to jamboree
Thirty seven Southern Illinois Boy Scouts and Explorers will attend the seventh national jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America next summer. Guido Oldani, chairman of the Egyptian Council selection committee, said applications are now being accepted from troop and post leaders at the Scout Service Center in Herrin. The jamboree at Farragut State Park Idaho runs July 16 to 22 with about 40000 participants. Selection interviews occur in March or April and names announced by May 1.
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Southern Illinois Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Guido Oldani
Egyptian Council
Scout Service Center
Herrin
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Oldani
Ken Willhite
Johnston City
Knute Aronson
Earl May
SIU Film Wins Golden Eagle for 1968 NCAA Gymnastics
The Southern Illinois University film department wins its fifth CINE Golden Eagle for the 40 minute entry 1968 NCAA Gymnastics Championships depicting the final night of the 1967 SIU meet won by the men's team. Produced under an NCAA contract and edited by Craig Hinde with cameramen including Howard Cotton Loren Cocking and Roger Conrad, Hinde accepted the award in Washington DC.
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Southern Illinois University
Council On Non-Theatrical Events
CINE
SIU
National Collegiate Athletic Association
STU
Frank R. Paine
Craig Hinde
Howard Cotton
Loren Cocking
Sc.'+ Kane
Roger Conrad
Richard Kolb
Hinde
Golden Eagle
SIU Film Production Department
Washington, D.C
Johnston City Misletoe Dance Set For Dec 23
Junior class sponsors a Misletoe dance December 23 at the school gym from 8 to 11 30 p m Admission 175 per couple 1 for a single The Mistletoe queen will be crowned Unmarried girls may vote at the door An added surprise is promised Proceeds go to next spring’s prom Weymen headline the event.
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Johnston City
Weymen
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