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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1958
Page
5
Herrin Township High School students act as lifeguards at the new Herrin pool with one member leaving June 25. From left are John Hendricks Janet Scolari Marlene Stack and Bob Yuill. Hendricks recently appointed to the U S Air Academy.
Herrin Township High School held a year end Girl's Athletic Association awards luncheon May 27 in the school cafeteria. Co presidents Lee Bailey and Carol Swim received their fourth award.Recipients included Jane Austin Diane Alegnini Barbara Goerke Frances James Shirley Marrow Pat Guinn Becky Claunch Diana Jeralds Cecelia Marlow Loretta Rowe Judy Taylor Martha Tripp Sharon Tripp Susie Stewart Brenda Marlow Irma Holmes Nancy Fitzgerald Carolyn Bonds Marilyn Bailey and others.
Murphysboro Township High School students Ruth Edwards Gene Thraikill and Ted Saylor work as lifeguards at the Murphysboro pool. They describe balancing fun with responsibility guiding patrons keeping walks safe and supervising children. Ruth, a high honors MTHS graduate and Illinois Girls State representative, plans to study mathematics at Illinois to become a teacher.
Mrs Millard Aldridge was recently elected president of the Jonesboro Parent Teacher Association. Other officers include Mrs Ernest Sauerbrunn as vice president, Mrs Frank Blessing as secretary, and Mrs W A Willis as treasurer.
Paraguay promotes repopulation by attracting immigrants in recent years. Japanese and Italian families feature among new settlers contributing to demographic growth.
Thrailkill, a MTHS junior, assisted with swim classes last year and aims to build conditioning for football this summer. He plans to study underwater geology in college. Sayler, a sophomore, wants dentistry but enjoys swimming and has a junior swimming certificate after helping Murphysboro's team.
Joan Fricks of Grand Tower delivered the valedictory address at the Kewnee High School commencement exercises on May 23. She received a four year scholarship of 100 dollars per year from the Tower Rock Lions Club and had earlier won an Illinois State Scholarship. She will attend Southern Illinois University.
The 2nd annual Carbondale University High School Band Awards dinner will be held at 6 15 p m in the Southern Illinois University cafeteria. Sophomore band members receive pins while juniors and seniors get pins with a 19538 guard. freshmen receive certificates. The band has 49 members and parents are invited. Coronets will be featured with Richard Hartwig performing a coronet solo and Charles Hartwig with Mike Mortis in a coronet duet.
The Sunday Southern Illinoisan graduation report from Carbondale Community High School omits two seniors. Betty Sanders and Donna Schnake were not included in the published list of graduates.
In 1728 the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, funded by the Russian Tsar, found Alaska. Russians established initial settlements at Kodiak and Sitka, marking early colonial presence in the region.
Bonnie Snider and Don Bixby from Steeleville were honored with American Legion Awards of Honor at Steeleville High School for exemplary leadership service and scholarship. Barbara Pinks and Delbert Prange received runner-up awards. Snider and Pinks were co valedictorians with straight A averages across 12 years of schooling.
Carbondale Park District Community Center at 208 W Elm St now hosts Teen Town activities with a 7 ton air conditioning unit installed last week. Programs run 7 to 10 p m on Tuesdays and 7 to 11 p m on Fridays and Saturdays.
New members of Phi Kappa Phi honored scholastic achievement with initiation at the SIU Library auditorium. Initiates include 29 area undergraduates from Carbondale Cobden Johnston City Marion Olmsted and other towns plus graduates Ronald Brown Richard Wilson and Maxine Mann Carterville.
The annual senior assembly at School Friday will honor Prof. Charles B. Willard as he leaves the University School staff to become dean at Rhode Island College of Education. Seniors perform scenes from past activities while Duke Howell relays memories by telephone. The program “Through the Years” runs at 2 pm in the school auditorium with all seniors participating and Mary Phillips directing. Public invited.
Eleven eighth grade students received diplomas at Buckner Grade School in exercises last week. Valedictorian was Judy Evilsizer and salutatorian was Joyce Collins.
Jay Lovelace of Carbondale Community High claimed the table tennis title in the Carbondale Teen Town tournament that ran from March to a Saturday night finish. Bob Stoelzle took second place and both players earned medals. A March-start pool tournament is set to finish within about ten days.
The Future Homemakers of America chapter will hold a 2 p.m. picnic at Crab Orchard Beach Saturday. Activities include swimming and lunch. Southern Illinois University student teachers of homemaking at University School have been invited as guests.
Arlen Leifer of Campbell Hill topped a Jackson County 4-H tractor contest at the 4-H ballpark north of Murphysboro scoring best on forward and back driving speed control and safety. He will represent the county in tractor driving at the Illinois State Fair in August as a member of the Trico Roughriders Club.
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