Herrin youths chosen for Boys State in Springfield
Six Herrin students will attend Boys State in Springfield from June 21 to 28. Their sponsors include David Heal and Douglas Cox of the Lions Club, Jess Saddler of the Eagles, John Lee Marlow of Ellis, Randy Covington of the Rotary Club, and John Berra of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Springfield
David Heal
Douglas Cox
Lions Club
Jess Saddler
Eagles
John Lee Marlow
Ellis
Randy Covington
Rotary Club
John Berra
American Legion
Egyptian Music Camp Draws 250 Teens To Du Quoin Fairgrounds
Teens from as far as Oregon and New York gather at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds for the Egyptian Music Camp now in its 18th year. About 250 students attend five weekly sessions focusing on band chorus piano and voice as well as music appreciation. The camp runs five weeks with dorm living and all meals included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Mildenberger
Oregon
New York
du Quoin
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Illinois
Freeburg
Two Marion Girls Win College Honors at Transylvania
Two Transylvania College students from Marion were honored at an awards day in Lexington. Nancy Lee Chester, outstanding freshman student, and Julie Anne Kaeser, Phi Mu sorority pledge with the highest scholastic average in fall and winter quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transylvania College
Marion
Nancy Lee Chester
Forrest Chester
N. State St
Julie Anne Kaeser
N. Market St
Chester
Lexington
Miss Kaeser
Phi Mu Sorority
Cedarleaf oil used in soaps polishes sprays and deodorants
Cedarleaf oil distilled from red cedar wood is used in liquid soap polishes sprays and deodorants.
Trico Student Named To Girls State Program
Sue Cheatham of Trico High School has been chosen by the Ava American Legion Auxiliary to attend Girls State through June 23. The event meets on the MacMurray College campus in Jacksonville. Cheatham, a junior, is class treasurer band majorette and business manager of the school paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava American Legion Auxiliary
Sue Cheatham
Woodrow Cheatham
Girls State
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Miss Cheatham
Trico High School
Future Homemakers of America
King Croesus and the birth of coinage in the old world
Historians credit Croesus of Sardis with introducing coinage to the civil world markets, a development tied to his reign in what is now Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croesus
Sardis
Turkey
Buckner Heads Christopher FFA Chapter
John Buckner was elected president of the Christopher FFA. Vernon Fox is vice president. Wayne Berner secretary. Jim Greenwood treasurer. Bill Pierce reporter. Rex Rowland sentinel. Buckner and Greenwood elected delegates to the FFA convention June 16 to 18 in Springfield with Rex Rowland and Paul Rice as alternates. A hay ride and a weiner roast will be held Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Buckner
Christopher
The
Future Farmers of America
Vernon Fox
Wayne Berner
Jim Greenwood
Bill Pierce
Rex Rowland
Buckner
Greenwood
FFA
Springfield
Paul Rice
Weiner
Grade School Band Holds Year End Picnic at Park Pool
The Christopher Grade School Band held a year end picnic and swimming party Friday at West Frankfort City Park and pool. The Band Parents Association sponsored the event with picnic dinner committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Grade School
West Frankfort
Whittaker to Enter Annapolis Naval Academy
Bill Whittaker the salutatorian of Shawnee High School 1959 will report July 7 to the Annapolis Naval Academy. He earned a science club medal as president and served as vice president of student council art editor of the yearbook and newspaper and received a Woodmen of the World medal for American History. Alberta Sobeck Mrs Helen Brown and other relatives attended with band director Vincent Huffman and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Whittaker
Marvin Englehart
Wolf Lake
Annapolis Naval Academy
Shawnee High School
Whittaker
Woodmen of the World
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dunoin State Fairgrounds
Mary Jane Hewitt
Hillsboro
Winnifred Wilson
Morning Sun
Iowa
Rita Grothus
Bradley
Polly Trabebos
Columbia, Tenn
Kay Hequembourg
Charleston
Sherry Ramsey
Zeigler
du Quoin State Fair
Carl Bangs
Bourbonnais
Mary Meister
Illiopolis
John Bracey
Carruthersville
John Rice
Blatter
Highway 13
Trico
Christopher Ffa
Annapolis
Alberta Sobeck
Helen Brown
Lolita Turner
Wanda Kunkel
Nita Krelo
Jessie Long
Vincent Huffman
Huffman
Glen Byars Land Son
E. Cherry
Perrin
Hiancée
Zwick’s
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