Community Youth Activities and Academic Fellowship News
The town calendar lists teen events at Herrin Town and Johnston City Jaycee Youth Centers with evening hours Friday and Saturday and at West Frankfort on Tuesday for grades seven and eight. Marion Youth Center hosts a Saturday dance with the Nigel Fudel band and a 75 cent to 1.35 dollar admission. Karate classes for ages 6 to 9 and high school pupils are at 116 N. Illinois Ave with instructor Mike Wadiak, plus Marion classes Tuesdays. Lon R. Shelby, history professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, receives a ACLS fellowship to complete The Medieval Master Masons book, freeing Sept 1, 1973 to Sept 1, 1974.
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Herrin
Johnston City
Jaycee
West Frankfort
Marion
Carbondale Park District
N. Illinois Ave
Mike Wadiak
Lon R. Shelby
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
American Council of Learned Societies
Shelby
SIU
University of North Carolina
Carbondale Murphysboro Merit Scholarship Finalists Named
Three area seniors Janet Ashby Paul Matthews and Joe K Miller were named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition for 1972 73 The finalists will be considered for 1000 scholarships and some four year awards up to 1500 a year for four years Selection weighs test rank and financial need per Margaret Hollis CCHS Finalists total about 3000 national recipients last year.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro
Janet Ashby
William Ashby
Paul Matthews
Charles V. Matthews
Joe K. Miller
Joseph K. Miller
U.S
Margaret Hollis
CCHS
Teens find listening friends at Franklin Williamson clinic
Teenagers in Franklin and Williamson County increasingly seek counseling at the Franklin Williamson County Mental Health clinic with offices in West Frankfort and Herrin. Counselors Jo North and Barbara Marshall say drugs sex and family school tensions stress youths ages 13 to 15 as they transition to high school. They note more regular walk in visits and discuss plans for a drop in center while stressing practical steps to address issues.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Franklin Or
Williamson County
Jo’North
Barbara Marshall
Stage band keeps busy in Murphysboro schools
The 1972-73 Funny Company Stage Band of Murphysboro Township High School performs for Funny Company and special education students at Douglas School. It also aids in the musical production of Anything Goes on April 6-7. The ensemble includes juniors and sophomores with one freshman Bobbi Garrett on clarinet shared with Lynn Roberts.
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Craig Buchman
Funny Company
Murphysboro Township
Douglas School
Murphysboro
MTHS
Bobbi Garrett
Lynn Roberts
Trico Junior High Science Fair winners head to SIU Region 12
Fourteen students from Trico Junior High earned blue ribbons and advance to the Region 12 competition at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on April 7. Eleven first place projects were labeled outstanding and include displays research and oral presentations. Winners heading to SIU include Curtis Ehlers Nancy Degenhardt Minday Keller Harry Clendenin Pam Eaglin Shelly Griffiths Kent DesRocher Albert Eskew Barbara Lodge Peggy Miesner Dorris Behnken Randy Bierman Kim Kloth and Debbie Benedict. The SIU winners will then compete in the state contest at the University of Illinois in May.
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Trico
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Bill Riley
SIU Compe
Curtis Ehlers
Nancy Degenhardt
Minday Keller
Harry Clendenin
Pam Eaglin
Shelly Griffiths
Kent DesRocher
Albert Eskew
Barbara Lodge
Peggy Miesner
Dorris Behnken
Randy Bierman
Freedom Tree Dedicated at Gila Vista Junior High
Lorrie Merideth, 13, eighth grader, spoke at a dedication for a Freedom Tree a ficus planted at Gila Vista Junior High in Yuma Arizona. Her speech was selected best from 500 entries and printed in The Voice of POWs and MIAs. Lorrie is granddaughter of Frances Merideth of Carbondale.
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Lorrie Merideth
Gila Vista
Yuma
Ariz
Lorrie
Voice of
Vietnam
Frances Merideth
Elm St
Carbondale
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Cost of Living Council
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Blarney
Oscar Running Bear
AIM
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Arnold Palmer
Billie Jean King
George Foreman
Jim Ryan
Karen Magnussen
Bratis
East Germany
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Dick Allen
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Nixon
Trinity
VEC, Inc
Madison
Wisconsin
Southern
Mosphere
Science Fair
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