Fiddlers Compete as Farm Folk Gather in Illinois and Vermont
In Illinois 1100 farmers and families filled a Shelbyville gym for the Illinois Old Time Fiddlers State Championship. Bertha Bratton, a 59 year old cosmetics seller, won the state title as contestants totaled 18 for the Old Time division and seven for over 70. In Craftsbury Common Vermont the lack of standards worries judges as crowds of more than 11 000 attend a fiddling event amid concerns songs diverge from true old time tradition.
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New York
Illinois
Shelbyville
Claude Coverstone
Newton
Cleve Fulton
St. Elmo
Burl Banning
Oddie Griffith
Humboldt
Doc Henry
Bertha Bratton
Ernest Ringo
Old Time Fiddlers Association
Craftsbury Common
Wilson
Craftsbury
Former crew man Leo Meyer to head Vandalia state farm
Leo L. Meyer 40 named superintendent of the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia by Allyn R. Sielaff director of Corrections. Meyer joined the department in 1961 as a psychologist at Menard Penitentiary and held key posts at Joliet and Joliet Stateville before his Vandalia appointment. He is a Navy veteran who earned degrees from Southern Illinois University.
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Leo L. Meyer
Illinois State Farm
Vandalia
Allyn R. Sielaff
State Dept. of Corrections
Meyer
Corrections Department
Clayton King
East St. Louis
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dairy Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Mount Carmel
Wabash County
Don Price
Price
Charter Oak School to observe centennial at corn fest
The Charter Oak School centennial will be marked on August 4 during the annual corn fest by the Randolph County Historical Society. The octagonal school built in 1873 features windows on each side for light, cost $1,000 to construct, and was bought by the society in 1959 for $600. The event includes Recess Time at Charter Oak and a chicken dinner from 4 p.m. proceeds fund building upkeep.
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Charter Oak
Randolph County Historial Society
Randolph County
Schuline
Daniel Ling
the Historical Society
Nellie Ohms
East St. Louis
Centralia Man Posts Note About Train Crossings
Darryl Kourdouvelis of Centralia has long faced crossings delays in town. He placed an ad to announce his green van and says railroad workers watch crossings with a tower radio to time train waits. Copper pennies are bronze due to zinc alloying.
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Centralia
Darryl Kourdouvelis
Kourdouvelis
Classified Telephones and Local Ad Circulation Details
Local advertising and circulation contact numbers listed for Carbondale Herrin Marion Murphysboro and surrounding areas. Includes phone lines 549 537 942 3187 993 8161 684 2126 549 3326.
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Carbondale
Herrin Marion Murphysboro
Classified
Pho
Carbondale Murphysboro
Herrin Marion
Creal Springs Fire Gut House as Water Pressure Fails
Creal Springs firemen battled a Saturday night blaze that gutted a house risking total loss. James A. Dunning said the Dean Boner family lost furniture and possessions while Creal Springs crews fought the flames despite falling water pressure, with Marion Fire Department assisting after 10:50 p.m.
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Creal Springs
James A. Dunning
Dean Boner
Marion
Dunning
Carbondale Rotary hears about transcendental meditation
Carbondale Rotary Club members will hear Fred Wiley discuss transcendental meditation at a lunch meeting in the Ramada Inn. Wiley, 26, studied in Spain with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and notes TM as a nonreligious technique improving mind clarity and health. The talk is free and open to the public at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Carbondale Savings and Loan community room.
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Carbondale
Wiley
Ilinois
Department of Mental Health
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Daniel Walker
Springfield
Illinois
Carbondale Savings and Loan
Ray Wiley
Hillcrest Drive
Southern Illinois University At
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Vermont
New England
Canada
Earl Wilson
Hlinois Fiddler
Leo Meyer
Vandalia State Farm
Charter Oak School
Southern Illinoisan News
Los
Sullivan’s
Benton
Hardee’s Restaurant
West Main & Court
Marion, Illinois
Doug Lee
Hillside
W. Sycamore
C‘dale Rt
South
C'dale Rt
Energy
Thurs
Southern
Shriner’s Auction
Gm&o Park
Lloyd Sitter
Murphysboro Shrine Club
Experience
Insurance Consultants
Bob Casleton
The
Everything Agency
Carterville
Johnston City
DRY Cleaners
North 14Th
Miller’s Home Supply
Vanity
White Weed
Miller's
LAW
Price Pfister
SPD
Miller's Home Supply
Howard & Ted Pentecost
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