Benton youth summer theater launches in Benton High gym
Benton High School seniors Ted Stotlar and Bob Barnfield lead a new summer theater project to boost Benton Teen Town. The group will stage America Hurrah and You Were Born on a Rotten Day in July with auditions held and rehearsals begun, directed by John Moore and Sally Mitchell.
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Ted Stotlar
Benton
Bob Barnfield
Stotlar
John Moore
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
America
Gene Claude von Stallie
Sally Mitchell
West Frankfort
University of Illinois
Eric Sergell
William Taylor
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
SIU
St. Louis
Carbondale Teen Center Weekly Activities Listed
The Carbondale Teen Center schedules roller skating on Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. and a teen board meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m. An open recreation drop in is set for Thursday at 10 p.m. A free dance with band is planned for Friday at 8 p.m. Nancy Donave Greene, SIU interior design instructor, is named a consultant for redesign work at the new State Office Building in Springfield.
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Carbondale Teen Center
Westown Shopping Center
Nancy Donave Greene
Southern Illinois University
Ilinois Information Service
Springfield
Mater Dei leads at Egyptian Cheer Clinic awards
Breese Mater Dei junior varsity won the spark plug award and Coca Cola award at the Egyptian Cheerleaders Clinic held at Du Quoin State Fair grounds. Finalists included Holmes Junior High Wheel ing Oakwood Mattoon Jefferson and Metropolis. First-week spirit sticks went to multiple schools as 199 attended the first week and about 160 enrolled for the second. Winners in second-week prelims included Mater Dei varsity Palatine Steeleville Galva JV St. Pius Fetus Mo and Millstadt with superior ratings.
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Mater Dei
Breese
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
National Cheerleader Association
Holmes Junior High
Wheeling
Oakwood
Fithian
Jef
Ferson
Mattoon
Metrolis
Marion
Chester
Metropolis
Salem
Edison
Pekin
Holmes
Palatine
Steeleville
Galva
St. Pius of Festus
Millstadt
Zeigler-Royalton Senior Attends ISU Summer Honors Seminar
Pamela Moore, a Zeigler-Royalton High School senior and A student, is among 70 Midwest students at Indiana State University for a two week Summer Honors Seminar in math starting June 19 with two hours of graduation credit. She is the daughter of Clarence and (maiden name) Moore of Zeigler. Marine Lance Corporal Ronald L. Kelley serves aboard the USS Ticonderoga in the South China Sea, son of Elmer C. Kelley and the late Mrs. Kelley of Jonesboro.
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Pamela Moore
Zeigler-Royalton High School
Midwest
Indiana State University
ISU
Terre
Clarence Moore
Coxspur St., Zeigler
Ronald L. Kelley
Ticonderoga
South China Sea
Elmer C. Kelley
Market Street
Jonesboro
New system stresses emergency driver training urged
Liberty Mutual plans an emergency driver education program focused on skid control off road recovery and blowouts. It cites teen crash risk in the first months of licensing and argues current courses are too short to teach real life decisions.
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Roger H. Wingate
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Liberty Mutual
Wingate
United States
National Transportation Safety Board
Transportation
John Volpe
Liberty
National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration
General Motors Corporaton
Northbrook
Ill
Filatville
Wis
St. Paul
Minn
Harvest Moon and Hunter’s Moon Names Defined
The harvest moon is the full moon nearest the autumn equinox and the hunter’s moon occurs at the October full moon marking seasonal changes. Both terms identify successive full moons in autumn and have long-standing folkloric usage.
Franklin County 4-H Show II Set for Thursday at Lincoln School
The Franklin County 4-H Show II will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at Lincoln School 325 West Fourth Street Benton. Early morning judging and modeling of clothing projects precede selections for state fair participants.
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Franklin County
Lincoln School
West Fourth St
Benton
Illinois Teen Contest Set in Bloomington for Miss Illinois Teen
The Miss Illinois Teen pageant, a preliminary to the National American Teenager contest, is scheduled for Aug. 19 in Bloomington. Sponsored by Eastland Shopping Center, about 100 girls aged 13 to 17 will vie for the crown through entry blanks interviews poise appearance grooming and a special assignment. The Illinois winner earns a 10 day expense paid trip to Washington D C and New York City.
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Bloomington
Eastland
Illinois
Washington D.C
New York City
Sehnert Re-elected Head of Illinois 4-H Foundation
Frank Sehnert of Carbondale was re-elected chairman of the Illinois 4-H Foundation at the 18th annual meeting in Champaign. The foundation supports 4-H members across 80 counties by funding national conferences and judging contests. A new program to recognize outstanding county and international chairmen was proposed and sent to the program committee. The group reported 23 000 dollars in foundation contributions, with over 11 000 dollars from 279 Illinois banks, and G Wallace Rich of First National Bank Cobden co-chaired the Illinois 4-Hankers Drive.
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Frank Sehnert
Carbondale
Illinois 4-H Foundation
Champaign
Sehnert
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International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations
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Franklin
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J. W. Reynolds Monument Co
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