Unity Point 4-H Chosen for State Fair Share the Fun
Unity Point Falcons 4-H Club of Jackson County will perform Alley Cats Combo at the State Fair in Springfield. They were picked to represent Jackson County in the Share the Fun contest at Shryock Auditorium, SIU Carbondale. Alternates are De Soto Cookies Junior Club with Nursery Rhyme Contusion. County master of ceremonies hopefuls include Carol Stearns of Carbondale and Edythe Smith of De Soto.
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Unity Point Falcons
Jackson County
Springfield
Falcons
Shryock Auditorium
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
de Soto Cookies
Carol Stearns
Edythe Smith
de Soto
Jerry Hagler
A. Phyllis Smith
Sandra Crowell
Cathy Hawney
B. Williamson County
Johnston City High School
Cobden 4-H Club Crowned Court At Union County Fair
Cobden Happy 4 Leaves 4-H will represent Union County at the State Fair Share-the-Fun contest in August. Linda Davidson of the Merry Maidens 4-H was crowned 1963 queen by retiring queen Carole. Joyce Taylor of Anna Won der Workers will serve as state fair mistress of ceremonies. The winning act was Christmas in June. Island of No Return by Jonesboro Busy Maids is the alternate. Diana Flamm is the new Union County 4-H princess. Caroyln Hughey is alternate queen. Diane Harvel is alternate princess.
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Union County
Linda Davidson
Dongola
Merry Maidens
Carole
Joyce Taylor
Anna Wonder Workers
Jonesboro
Busy Maids
Dongola Willing Workers
Cobden Eagles
Anna
Wonder Workers
Dongola Merry Maidens
Diana Flamm
Cobden Happy
Velda Tippett
Caroyln Hughey
Diane Harvel
Scouts Win Mile Swim Awards at Pine Ridge Camp
Fifty Boy Scouts earned Mile Swim Awards during the first camping period at Pine Ridge Scout Reservation, nearly half of all scouts in the first session. Troop details and scoutmasters include Troop 15 Marion Lester Throgmorton and Troop 103 Cairo Edward O. Krenning among others.
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Pine Ridge Scout Reservation
Marion
Lester Throgmorton
McLeanshore
Raymond M. Ellis
Thompsonville
David W. Gunter
Benton
William P. Rogers
West Frankfort
T. E. Blaine
Anna
Ernest R. Kelley
Mounds
T. P. Dingeldein
Cairo
Edward O. Krenning
Christopher
Charles D. Huie
Desert Lands Favor Meteorites for Easier Finding
In flat desert regions meteorites are easier to spot as arid climate and sparse rocks reduce clutter. Slow erosion helps preserves finds, making arid areas prime for meteorite survival and discovery.
Jackson County 4-H Members To Attend Lake Camp
Eighty two 4-H Club members from Jackson County will attend district camp at Lake West Frankfort from Monday to Friday. About 200 young people from Jackson and nearby counties, part of 1,400 nationwide participants aged 10 to 19, will attend during seven weeks this summer. Four spots remain in the Jackson County quota as Mildred Benz notes.
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Jackson County
Lake West Frankfort
Jackson
Union
Perry
Johnson
Marion
White Counties
Mildred Benz
Language Diversity in India and Major Speech Groups
India hosts over 800 languages and dialects. about 40 percent of the population speak Urdu or Hindi, highlighting linguistic plurality and dominant language groups across the country.
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India
Curriculum Takes In Related Fields Agriculture School
SIU School of Agriculture expands beyond farming linking agriculture to all farming related careers. General Studies keeps students flexible while counseling builds early ties. Average starting pay is 5500 dollars with master’s adding about 1000. One sixth enter farming. others become meat buyers, chemists, or teachers.
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SIU
Wendell E. Keepper
SIU School of Agriculture
Keepper
School of Agriculture
Dept. of Plant Industries
Agriculture School
University Farms
Illinois Horticultural Experiment Station
Southern Illinois Cooperative Agronomy Research Center
Federal
Dept. of Agriculture Regional Cooperative
Southern Univ Professor Named Harvard Fellow
Rodney G. Higgins, a 1935 Southern Illinois University graduate and professor of political science, serves as chairman of the History Department at Southern University, Baton Rouge. He has been named a fellow of law and political science at Harvard University for 1963 64.
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Ern Illinois University
His
Tory
Southern University
Baton Rouge, la
Harvard University
Music Camp Sets Record at Du Quoin State Fair Grounds
The Little Egypt Music Camp posted its largest enrollment in 22 years with 1,287 total attendees at the Du Quoin State Fair Grounds. First four weekly sessions enrolled 1,103 in band orchestra chorus and piano ensemble. 164 in the cheerleading clinic. 20 in baton-twirling. Final sessions and events run through Friday with county Cook leading enrollments and students from other states also attending.
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Little Egypt
du Quoin State Fair Grounds
A. T. Atwood
Cook County
Atwood
Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Marion
Angus Field Day Set Near West Frankfort
Several hundred Illinois Junior Angus Association members are expected at a 1 p.m. field day on the L. F. Tomlinson farm near West Frankfort. The program includes judging, demonstrations on fitting grooming feeding showmanship calf selection clipping and cattle care. Black Bardleenmere, 1962 Illinois State Fair Aberdeen Angus grand champion, owned by the Tomlinson Farm, will be shown. Three more field days will be held in Illinois.
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Illinois Junior Angus Association
L. F. Tomlinson
West Frankfort
Tomlinson Farm
Bourbon Named for Railroad Camp Fondness for Bourbon
Bourbon Missouri earned its name from railroad workers who camped there in the 1850s and favored the bourbon rations used to prevent desertion.
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Bourbon, Mo
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New Era Girls
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