Soil Contest Winner Named In Williamson
Orval Travelstead of Rt 4 Marion won the 1954 Williamson county Save Your Soil for Illinois contest. Ray Hudgens took second place. Travelstead, improving a 1950-purchased farm, lime fertilizes and pasture converts with ponds and rebuilt fences. he aims for 50 cows. Hudgens, a Karnak teacher, farms 54 acres south of Marion with contour strip rotation.
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Orval Travelstead
Rt. 4
Marion
Williamson County
Illinois
L. P. Humphreys
Soil Conservation District
Ray Hudgens
Farm Bureau
Travelstead
Sears Roebuck and Co
Route 37
Karnak
Hudgens
Steeleville Soldier Injured in Korea Truck Crash
Pic. Orville Trede of Steeleville was severely injured in a truck accident in Korea on June 6. The Army reported he sustained a severe brain concussion and was listed in critical condition. Trede enlisted in February 1953 and has been in Korea since November 1953.
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Pic
Orville Trede
Steeleville
Korea
Secretary of the Army
Trede
Army
Coulterville hires Riley as maths and PE teacher
Mrs. Billy Joe Riley of Eldorado, soon to graduate from Southern Illinois University in August, accepts a Coulterville High School teaching post in mathematics and physical education. The former Wanda Baker majored in health education at SIU.
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Billy Joe Riley
Eldorado
Southern Illinois University
Coulterville High School
Riley
Wanda Baker
SIU College of Education
Dairymen Hear Cleveland Expert At Southern Illinois Meeting
More than 40 members of the Southern Illinois Dairy Technology Society heard R. J. Ramsey of Ramsey Laboratories Cleveland Ohio speak on the dairy business in Southern Illinois at Southern Illinois University Thursday night. Ramsey noted dairy success hinges on product quality financing and advertising and the group approved a college scholarship program for dairy technologists with a $150 annual renewal for four years.
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Southernlinois Dairy Technology Society
R. J. Ramsey
Ramsey Laboratories
Cleveland
Ohio
Southern Ilinois
Southern Ilinois University
Ramsey
Dairy Technology Society
Carl Martens
New Era Dairy
Carbondale
Dial Phones Set In Steeleville
Exterior construction for Steeleville to convert to a dial system began this week as H. J. Lorentz reports a new dial exchange for Percy. A building for equipment will start soon and about 500 units will be replaced, requiring around 7 000 labor hours. A changeover date will be announced later.
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Steeleville
H. J. Lorentz
Percy
Lorentz
Menzies Faces Narrow Seven Vote Australian Majority
Final figures show Prime Minister Robert Menzies governing coalition holding a seven vote majority in Australia’s new House of Representatives. The tally indicates a slim margin for the coalition as calculations finalize after the June election.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Menzies
New House of Representatives
Brown Rites Today for Former Sparta Resident
Funeral services for Joseph Sanford Brown husband of Mabel McMichael Brown of Sparta were held today at Lynn Funeral Home in Sparta. Burial followed at Caledonia Cemetery. Brown 65 died at a Mobile Alabama hospital this week.
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Brown
Sparta
Alabama
Joseph Sanford Brown
Mabel McMichael Brown
Lynn Funeral Home
The
Caledonia
Mobile
Ala
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Williamson
Coulterville
Dairy Society Officials
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Pres
Southern Ilinois Dairy Technology Society
P. H. Tracy
University of Ilinois
Alex Reed
Southern Illinois Univer
Sity
R. T. Milner
University of Illinois Department of Food Technology
Dairymen
Southern
U.S
FUMOL
Tedey Prosperity Cleaners
S. Illinois
LMNDA
Bextra
Owl Bath Air Cleaner
Grove
van Motor Inc
Main St
Marion, i
Carbondale Auto Sales
N. Wlinois Ave
Carbondale, Il
Norge
Norge “Customatic
Butter Bank
America
Marion Furniture Mart
North Market Street
Blind Factory
Durall TV Service
SAY
Mr. J
Durall TV
Mr. L. D
A. H
All TV Service
Dural TV
the House OF
Sonotone
C. H. Koeneman
First National Bank OF
Ford
Chevrolet
Charles Zink
Grob Motors
Murphysboro
Ogre
Delsey
Price
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