Carbondale Teens Rebuild Teen Town Center
Carbondale teens have spent Saturdays cleaning and remodeling the new Teen Town at 211 W Jackson St. Community donations from local businesses funded materials and meals as teens built stages and partitions, with labor from both board members and non members. A theft report later noted camera equipment ($548) missing from SIU University Center cafeteria.
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Diane Lavos
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
W. Jackson St
Bill Dunkel
Stollar Lumber Co
Odum
Triangle
Dunkel
Louis Cecil
John Troutman
Teen Board
Cindy Neill
Charles J. Gregoire
Southern Illinois University
University Park
SIU
University Center
Gregoire
Special assembly and youth events at Murphysboro area schools
A special assembly is set for 10 a m Wednesday at Murphysboro High School on drug use with Clarence Hart answering questions. A high school dance follows the basketball game at the Sparta Lions Club. Franklin County 4 H Federation meets March 19 at 7 pm with county demonstration contest. notify leaders to participate. Murphysboro Youth Center hours and Marion Youth Center dances and rates are listed for the week.
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Murphysboro High School
Clarence Hart
Lions Club
Sparta
Franklin County
Murphysboro
Marion Youth Center
Murphysboro Teens Lead at Illinois Youth Traffic Safety Assembly
Murphysboro's David Ray serves as regional chairman and Gorham's Robert L Koehn as candidate for general chair man for the 1969 Illinois Youth Traffic Safety Conference at Pere Marquette Peoria. Lt Gov Shapiro keynotes lunch and reviews teen recommendations. Over 1000 youths expected. Conference theme A Good Thing Today for a Better Tomorrow. Sponsored by state safety committee and education groups.
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Pere Marquette
Peoria
David Ray
Murphysboro
Robert L. Koehn
Gorham
Samuel H. Shapiro
Frank Davin
Verne E. Cracker
Governor’s Official Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee
Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
The
Illinois High School and College Driver Education Association
Carterville Graduates Shine at SIU Rankings
Carterville High School 1967 graduates attending Southern Illinois University earned high marks. Principal Ivan Swann noted Carterville ranked top in Williamson County. The fall term GPA average for Carterville students at SIU was 3.520, versus 2.745 for 1965 and 3.074 for 1966.
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Carterville High School
Southern Illinois University
Ivan Swann
Carterville
Williamson County
SIU
Alto Pass Teen Wins Good Citizen Award
Sharon Gearhart daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Gearhart of Alto Pass receives the Good Citizen Award from the Egyptian Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a Alto Pass High School senior serving as senior class secretary Beta Club reporter Warpath pep club and business manager of the yearbook. The award honors service dependability leadership and patriotism.
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Sharon Gearhart
Leslie E. Gearhart
Alto Pass
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Gearhart
National Beta Club
Warpath
Rotary Offers Year Abroad Scholarship Program
Rotary International District 651 in Southern Illinois offers a 1969 1970 study abroad scholarship for undergraduates. The award covers transportation tuition living and miscellaneous costs for unmarried applicants aged 18 to 24 who are in the upper 25 percent of their class with two or more years of university work and no bachelor’s degree yet. Rotary members or close relatives are ineligible. Applications are available from Eugene J. Schorb and Frank L. Klingberg for details.
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Rotary International
Illinois
Eugene J. Schorb
Rotary
E. McKee St
Columbia
Frank L. Klingberg
Southern Illinois University Department of Government
Shryock Remodeling Curtails SIU Summer Musical Camp
SIU will partially curtail its usual three week high school musical production program due to space limitations from remodeling Shryock Auditorium. The two week camp for band orchestra chorus and piano runs July 7 20 with no auditions and remains open to high school students and recent grads. About 180 students from Illinois Indiana and Missouri attended last summer. The musical stage portion will be reinstated when space becomes available.
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Roger Stafford
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Melvin L. Siener
SIU
Shryock
Siener
4-H Members Report On Horse Care Sheep Feeding And First Aid
Lake Creek 4-H Club of Johnston City reports on horse care sheep feeding and first aid at a meeting. Monti Ashmore Mickey Grant and Mable Ditch participated. Charlena Becker spoke about the leaders banquet hosted by the 4H Federation Council. Franklin County leaders attend a New 4-H Project and Activity Workshop on March 29 from 5 30 a m to 2 30 p m at the Benton Farm Bureau Building to discuss questions about 4-H.
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Lake Creek
4-H Club
Johnston City
Monti Ashmore
Mickey Grant
Mable Ditch
Charlena Becker
4H Federation Council
Mike Smith
Scotty Harris
Franklin County
Benton Farm Bureau
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Grady Plumbing and Electric Co
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Ginger Jamison
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Frances Laster
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Gayland Robinson
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Scott Williams
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Jim Johnson
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