Bend Lake College Finds Solid Backing In Rend Lake Area
A portrait of strong support for Rend Lake College in Mt. Vernon and surrounding Franklin Jefferson Hamilton Perry Wayne and White counties. A focused steering committee and clear site near Rend Lake spurred a 7 to 1 district vote and a 6 to 1 bond approval for a 9.4 million campus.
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Dave Hurst
Illinois
Bend Lake College
Mt. Vernon
Franklin
Perry
Jefferson
Hamilton
Wayne
White Counties
Rend Lake
Gerald Smith
State Junior College Board
Olney Junior College
Smith
Bend Lake District
Springfield
Franklin-Jefferson County Line
Curtis Parker
Parker
Park District
Benton
Rawlinson
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon Community College
Rend Lake College
Charles J. Covington
Snyder
Principal’s peach farm grows from corn field to Aftermath Acres
Ivan Swan, Car terville High School principal, owns 320 peach trees on 20 acres near Marion. He began planting in 1960, sells by pick it yourself, and keeps a farm with a stable, six room house. Swan built the house while teaching, naming the property Aftermath Acres.
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Suzi Kanyr
Ivan Swan
Carterville High School
Swan
Rt. 37
Marion
Crab Orchard
Diplomas Hero Swan Leads Carterville Principal Career
Ivan Swan is one of two Crab Orchard Community High School graduates with two diplomas first in 1937 and again in 1939 after a three year then four year era. He is in his third year as Carterville High principal and notes he no longer teaches due to admin duties. Swan taught 12 years in Marion and 11 at Crab Orchard, with stints in Carbondale and Goreville before Carterville. he served in the Army Air Corps and infantry in World War II. He earned a 1949 math degree from SIU and a 1955 master in administration, with post graduate work at Fenn College, WIU, and Knox. He sang bass with the Illinoisans until last January and now pursues radio with his wife Marilyn.
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Swan
Marilyn
Ivana
Ivan Swan
Crab Orchard Community High School
Carterville High School
Marion
Carbondale
Goreville
Army Air Corps
Infantry
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Fenn College
Ohio
Western Illinois University
Knox College
The
Illinoisans
Shawneetown Sets Feb 1 Deadline for Sesquicentennial Mail
The Shawneetown deadline targets first class mail dated for February 12 with a six cent stamp celebrating Illinois statehood. The festival marks 150 years with two million mail pieces planned from Shawneetown, home to the oldest post office in the state, and features Gov. Otto Kerner buying the first stamp on February 12.
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Shawneetown
Illinois
Sesquicentennial Commission
Otto Kerner
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Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
Covington
James M. Snyder
Constance
Linda Reed
Guy D. Parr Jr
Gela Riley
Consi
Mrs. Swan
Max
Marion High School
Carterville
William W. McMillan
McMillan, Kerner
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
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