Du Quoin fairgrounds music camp honors announced
Du Quoin State Fairgrounds hosts the 28th Egyptian Music Camp talent show winners include Pam Solomon Paris Tenn piano solo Beverly Nielfeldt Grant Park vocal solo Sherilyn Farris Mr Vernon vocal solo Roberta Morrison Debbiel Morris O Fallon flute duet Ann Sagaser Carlyle piano solo Cindy Briscoe O Fallon piano solo All winners to appear on Du Quoin Kiwanis Club program Thursday. About 105 students from Illinois Missouri Tennessee attend week long rehearsals leading to a public concert on Saturday night. The mixed chorus junior and senior high bands and the piano ensemble perform at weekly concerts directed by A T Atwood who has led the camp 28 years. Directors Paul Yoder and Warren Angel head the camp with Yoder teaching for 18 12 consecutive years. A fourth week cheerleading clinic will be held with about 150 cheerleaders expected. The grandstand at the fairgrounds doubles as a dormitory for participants. MT HOOD The highest point in Oregon is Mt Hood 11245 feet.
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Pam Solomon
Paris
Tenn
Beverly Nielfeldt
Grant Park
Sherilyn Farris
Mr. Vernon
Roberta Morrison
Debbiel Morris
O'Fallon
Ann Sagaser
Carlyle
Cindy Briscoe
du Quoin Kiwanis Club
Ilinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Fairgrounds Brandstand
A. T. Atwood
Atwood
United States
Paul Yoder
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Warren
Angel
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Okla
Yoder
National Cheerleaders Association
Fairgrounds
Sparta student elected to Sig ma Phi Sigma leadership
President W Lyle Hill of Sparta has been elected president of Sig ma Phi Sigma the mortuary fraternity at the Vocational Technical Institute at Southern Illinois University Hill is a 1968 graduate of Sparta High School and the son of Mr and Mrs W Clell Hill of Sparta.
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W. Lyle Hill
Sparta
Sigma Phi Sigma
Vocational Technical Institute
Southerlinois University
Hill
Sparta High School
W. Clell Hill
Vienna junior elected state Beta Club president
Billie Kay Mott, 18, a Vienna Township High School junior, is elected state president of the Wisconsin Beta Club at the convention in Springfield. She cited accepting responsibility during a family crisis as a turning point and urged leaders to think of others. Mott is the daughter of Jean Mott and granddaughter of Clint Paylor and Mrs. Paylor.
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Billie
Bonita Troutt
Billie Kay Mott
Vienna Township
Wlineis
Miss Mott
St. Nicholas Hotel
Springfield
Bryat Kerley
Vienna High
Club
Kerley
National Newsquarters
Spartans
Mott
Area scouts to attend national jamboree in Idaho
Twenty two Southern Illinois Boy Scouts will attend the national jamboree at Farragut State Park Idaho July 16 to 22. Those not going will join local events and a service project based on the jamboree theme Building to Serve. Scouts hope to return with ideas to make their communities better. Wayne West Egyptian Council Commissioner notes many troops will meet after to follow through. A new feature will be a forum where Scouts discuss turning ideals into action and a summary of recommendations will become local goals.
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Farragut State Park
Idaho
Wayne West
West
Sixteen Students Inducted Into National Honor Society
Murphyshara High School honored sixteen students named to the National Honor Society for scholarship character leadership and service. Members include Mark Kennedy David Appleton Crey Crambar Debbie Dougan Pat Eldridge Stan Graeff and others with a reception in the school cafeteria following the ceremony.
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Murphyshara High School
Mark Kennedy
David Appleton
Crey Crambar
Debbie Dougan
Pat Eldridge
Stan Graeff
David Marshall
Richard McEimurray
Harry T. Murrphy
Cecile Moore
David Randall
Steve Ray
Frances Reiman
Allen Schumaker
Pat Shaw
Stephanie Ward
John Hawking Named General Assembly Scholar Choice
John Hawking a 1967 Frankfort Community High School graduate is chosen by State Rep Richard Hart for a General Assembly Scholarship and will enroll next fall at the University of Illinois. He is a Key Club Spanish Club Band football and track member and ranked 12th in a class of 178. He received the Danforth Award at Honors Day.
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John Hawking
Frankfort Community High School
Richard Q. Hart
General Assembly
University of Illinois
John
Danforth
Summer youth jobs set for 540 in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois will host a Neighborhood Youth Corps program run by the Illinois Farmers Union. Enrollees aged 16 to 21 from low income families begin 19 weeks of work at $1.30 per hour for public or nonprofit agencies. Nationwide, NYC plans serve 1,300 youths in 89 counties with a $433,930 federal grant from the Labor Department. Counties listed include Jackson 40, Williamson 35, Franklin 75, Perry 35, Monroe 35, Randolph 70, Jefferson 70, Saline 110, Gallatin 110, Pope 110, Hardin 110, Hamilton 125, White 125, Wayne 125, Edwards 125, and wabash 125.
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NYC
Labor Department
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Perry
Monroe
Randolph
Jefferson
Saline Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Hamilton
White
Wayne
Edwards and Wabash
Illini Girls State delegates named from Murphysboro and Marion
Marion and Murphysboro announce two junior girls selected as Illini Girls State delegates. Stephanie Ward of Murphysboro represents American Legion Post 127 and American Legion Auxiliary, while Candace Sue Jones of Marion represents American Legion Auxiliary No. Ward attends Murphysboro High School and Jones attends Marion High School with active newspaper staff and clubs. The program runs June 17 to 24 at MacMurray College in Jacksonville with a chance to advance to Girls Nation in Washington, D.C.
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Stephanie Ward
Jerry Ward
Rt. 3
Murphysboro
Candace Sue Jones
Marion
Illini
MacMurry College
Jacksonville
Miss Ward
American Legion Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Jones
Ashes Legion Auxiliary
Bill Jones
Cedar Lane
Marion High School
Illinois
Girls Nation
Washington, D.C
Murphyshere Township High School
Livesay Receives SAR Award At School Assembly
Ronald D. Livesay, 17, of Jonesboro and Shawnee High School graduate, was awarded the Sons of the American Revolution Award during a school assembly on Thursday.
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Ronald D. Livesay
Jonesboro
Shawnee High School
Riter Elected President of Phi Eta Sigma at Southern Winds
Bruce Riter of Murphysboro has been elected president of Phi Eta Sigma at Southern Winds University, a national freshmen scholastic honorary. He was honored at the Scholastic Honors Day Convocation, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Riter of Murphysboro.
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Bruce Riter
Murphysboro
Phi Eta Sigma
Southern Winds University
Riter
Russell W. Riter
Marion Youth Center Dance and Teen Townline Events
Marion Youth Center hosts a weeknight dance series at 211 E. Boulevard St with New Dimensions of Herrin entertainment 8 PM to 11 45 PM Friday and teen swim at Herrin Park District pool Thursday. Robert Van Atta SIU chemistry professor named department head at Ball State University starts Sept 1. previously PSU and Ohio Northern chair.
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Marion Youth Center
E. Boulevard St
Herrin
Herrin Park District
Robert van Alta
Southern Kiendis University
Ball State University
Muncie
Ind
van Atta
Carbondale
Ada
Pennsylvania State University
Ohio Northern University
SIU
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