Carbondale Youth Council formed from town conference
About 105 Carbondale teens gathered to discuss recreation jobs and volunteer projects but racial issues dominated. They urged more social mixing fewer discrimination reports more Negro representation on cheer squads and bands and considered a youth employment agency and human relations projects.
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Sally Weillands
Southern Illinois
Janice Meyer
Carbondale Community High School Central
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Crab Orchard Lake
Chester High School honors at spring band chorus concert
At Chester High School spring band and chorus concert several awards were handed out. Cheryl Gardiner received the Arion Award with Marsha Rust as runner up. Jan Mueller won the Wayne Thorne Memorial Award. Eileen Bierman earned the band award with Donna Korando as runner up. Debbie Taggart received a baton for majorette work and John Birchier, the band director, was presented a ring.
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Chester High School
Arion
Cheryl Gardiner
Robert Gardiner
Marsha Rust
Marvin Rust
Wayne Thorne Memorial
Jan Mueller
Dor
Othy Mueller
Eileen Bierman
Adeline Wolters
Donna Korando
Sam Korando
Debbie Taggart
John Birchier
Essay winners banquet guests
Three high school students won trips to Washington D C in an area essay contest and were honored at a banquet sponsored by Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association. The winners Richard Fred Dreyer Marilyn Tanner and Gwen Gregory will join a June 8 16 trip with tours of national sites.
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Washington, D. C
Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association
Richard Fred Dreyer
Steeleville
Marilyn Tanner
Keith Thompson
Cutler
Gwen Gregory
James Gregory
Pinckneyville
Washington
Capitol
White House
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institute
Arlington National Cemetery
Mt. Vernon
National Monuments
Gettysburg
Egyptian Electric Cooperative
Orella Wins Peabody Coal Engineering Scholarship
Gary J. Orella aged 18 was named one of five Peabody Coal Company engineering scholars. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Orella of 504 West Broadway Sparta and was notified on May 24. He will work at a Peabody facility in Freeburg this summer and begin studies at the University of Missouri Rolling this September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary J. Orella
Peabody Coal Company
Crab Orchard High names five honor pupils for year
Five pupils at Crab Orchard High School earned top honors on awards day. Keith Odom and Angelia Blackman led with perfect GPAs and four year perfect attendance. Carol Black Carolyn Motsinger Sheila Richey also posted high averages and departmental top marks.
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Crab Orchard High School
Keith Odom
Angelia Blackman
Carol Black
Carolyn Motsinger
Sheila Richey
Miss Black
Odom
Miss Blackman
Carterville Pupils Sweep Illinois History Contest
Carterville Junior High students earned three of six first place ribbons at the Illinois State Historical Society finals in Springfield among 107 entries. Teams and individuals won for state seal replica, styrofoam coal mine model, covered bridge model, wagon cover, and a society essay by Randy Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Illinois State Historical Society
Springfield
Karen Westbrook
Cindy Jeralds
Bruce Coffey
Steve Caldwell
Jaye Venable
St. Mary’s River
Chester
Mobile
Randy Timmons
Jack Walker
Randy Moore
Illinois State Historical Magazine
Millie Reetz
Jim Stalker
Scout Pack 115 Holds Monthly Meeting at Church
Cub Scout Pack 115 of Murphysboro met at First Baptist Church for its monthly gathering. Wolf badges went to James Boucher and Robert Popejoy. Bear Badges to Kim Ellis Jeff Derossett and Jackie Carlock. Webelos awarded activity badges to Ronald Sutton Mike Rothe Ronald Brannon David Fuller and Thomas Harper. Kim Ellis and Jeff Derossett earned gold arrows. Bruce Rodman earned a silver arrow. Jerry Ward received a one year service star. The turtle race was the main event with Tommy Harper winning, Donald Grob second, and Ricky Evans third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
First Baptist Church
James Boucher
Robert Popejoy
Kim Ellis
Jeff Derossett
Jackie Carlock
Webelos
Ronald Sutton
Mike Rothe
Ronald Brannon
David Fuller
Thomas Harper
Bruce Rodman
Jerry Ward
Tommy Harper
Webelos den
Donald Grob
Den 4
Ricky Evans
Den 1
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Carbondale Youth Conference
Richard W. Poston
Miss Meyer
W. College St
Margaret Laster
E. Larch
Patricia Leebens
Cindy
Cindy Neill
Stephanie Poston
Dennis Denham
David Harris
Phyllis Haster
PARTI
Oregon
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
Congress
Johnson
National League
Milwaukee
Dallas
Liee
Henry Cabot
William Douglas
Robert Wagner
Louie B. Nunn
U.S. Supreme Court
New York City
Spain
U.S
West Germany
Kentucky
WEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Southern
da Feuns
Loch Ness
Barry Goldwater
Senate
New York
Chicago
Supreme Court
Lia
John Gorton
Thal Idomide
Earl Warren
Eileen Bierman Leonard
Marion Youth Center
E. Boulevard
Southern Illinois Con Scene
Southern Illinoisan
Page Five
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DE Soto
DE Soto, Ill
James A. Bates
Charles A. Bates
Orchard Street
Zeigler, Nlinois
James
West Franklin High School
Boys Scouts
Mulkeytown Baptist Church
Bates
Barney Larry
Marion
Gerald Sims
Herrin
Art Phillips
Dave Marlow
John Prudent
Gary Buckles
RAS
Crab Orchard
Scout Pack
MT. Vernon Loan
FSLIC
Broadway
Mt. Vernon, Illinois
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