Work-study program helps Marion students choose careers
In Williamson County the Area Vocational Center at Marion High School piloted a work-study path for 30 students. Jim Simpson, 16, aims to be a flower designer and is assigned to Fox's Flowers in Marion for half days, with potential summer work and fall training. The program, directed by Joe McCabe and instructor Wesley Deaton, partners with area businesses to connect school skills to real jobs.
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Area Vocational Center
Marion
Jim Simpson
Simpson
Williamson County
Fox’s Flowers
Eral
Area
Joe McCabe
Center Directr
Wesley Deaton
Fox
Deaton
Marion High School
Carbondale Teen Center Activities This Week
Various youth events listed across Carbondale and nearby towns including skating, teen board meetings, drop in sessions, and age friendly programs at 211 W. Jackson St, with admission 50 cents. Other centers in Murphysboro and Sesser offer dances, classes, and open hours through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
W. Jackson St
W. Jackson J. Creal Springs
Murphysboro Township High School
Riverside Park
Mary Sauer
Murphysboro
Carbondale Model Cities
Project Center
Attucks Multi-Purpose Center
Awards Day honors at Anna-Jonesboro High School
Twenty four students were recognized Thursday on Awards Day at Anna-Jonesboro High School. Winners include Pam Landreth with the Leadership Loyalty award and Dale Resch with the Townsend F. Dodd award, plus several honorable mentions and scholarships across American Legion branches, Girls and Boys State awards, DAR, ARION, Union University, and National High School Awards for Excellence. Notable honorees include Jim Ligon as student body president 1972 73 and multiple named scholars such as Vicki Rae Moreland Donna Leigh Moseley Jacquelyn Stephens Loretta Hanklin Susan Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna-Jonesboro High School
Pam Landreth
Dale Resch
Townsend F. Dodd
Dennis Belcher
American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Landreth
Jackie Stephens
Patty Kelly
Mary Pitts
Jim Ligon
Clayton Henderson
American Legion
Bethe Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Stephens
Arion
Donna Corbit
Rick Battle
Barry Davis
Phil Eddleman
Jim Keistler
Tim King
Ligon
Rick McCarver
George Partridge
Steven Vincent
Greg Woods
Don Yates
Mary Ann Hubbs
Union University
Vicki Rae Moreland
Donna Leigh Moseley
Jacquelyn Stephens
Loretta Kay Hankln
Miss Hubbs
Susan Jones
National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Digital Computing
Four Zeigler-Royalton sophomores Daniel Williams Jim Chamness David Williams and Jon Baker will attend the fifth annual NSF Summer Institute in Digital Computing for secondary students at the University of Missouri Rolla July 16 to 21. They will learn computer programming and work with IBM 360 lab sessions visiting US Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines installations in Rolla. Scholarships funded by Eagles Women’s Club Junior Women’s Club Lions Club Rotarians Bank of Zeigler and Rotarians. Cost per student is 65 dollars.
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Zeigler - Royalton
National Science Foundation
University of Missouri
Rolla
Daniel Williams
Jim Chamness
David Williams
Jon Baker
U.S. Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Eagles
Women
Lions Club
Rotarians
Bank of Zeigler and
Pinckneyville juniors win trip to Washington for Youth Tour
Two Pinckneyville High School juniors Tom Epplin and Randy Winter won the Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association essay contest and will tour Washington, D C, June 10 17 as part of the Youth Tour. 10 finalists receive a Springfield tour June 7.
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Pinckneyville
Capitol
Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association
Tom Epplin
Joe L. Epplin
S. Beaucoup Sr
Randy Winter
Lyle Winter
Rt. 1
Egyptian Electric
Tom
Randy
Washington
State Capitol
Springfield
R. S. Holt
Cooperative
Holt
Educational Service
Vincent Birchler
Randolph County
Phillip Provart
Perry County
Monroe Deming
Jackson County
Gordon Billingsley
Goreville High School
Southern [Illinois Electric Cooperative
Dongola
Union
Johnson
Pulaski
Alexander
Massae
Miss Mowery
R. Welden Mowery
Tamms
Billingsley
William Billingsley
Goreville
Illinois
Washington D.C
Christopher junior earns NSF summer institute scholarship
John Bigando a Christopher Community High School junior has won a National Science Foundation scholarship to attend a NIU DeKalb summer institute from June 12 to August 18. He joins a graduate research group studying chemistry and attends a lecture series on chemical bonding and structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bigando
Christopher
National Science Foundation
Northern Illinois University
NIU
DeKalb
John
Adelaide
Charles W. Spangler
Illinois
Elmhurst College
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Zeigler-Royalton Seniors Plan Florida Trip
Thirty-one members of the Zeigler-Royalton Community High School class will take a six day trip to Florida with Coach Allan Patton and five chaperones. They depart June 4 by chartered bus visiting Jacksonville Daytona Beach Silver Springs and Disney World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler - Royalton Community High School
Florida
Allan Patton
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Silver Springs
Disney World
Orlando
Patton
Supt
Roy Belcher
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Cathy Groves
The
Southern Illinoisan
Attucks
Carbondale Comunity High School
Marion Youth Center
Gentle Thunder
Chester High School
Colbert Memorial Gymnasium
Sesser
West Frankfort
Johnston City Jaycees
Sesser Youth Center
Herrin
Crab Orchard Lake Mobile Home Sales
Hwy. 13
East Carbondale
Parker’s Shoe Outlet
Villa Ridge
Ladies Sandals
Mens Shoes
Union Church
Sun
Mon
Nixon
Moscow
U.S
Oregon
Rhode Island
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Maryland
Alabama
George Wallace
Defense Department
North
Viet Nam
Zena
Aia
Kim Il Sung
Bruno Kreisky
Andrei Gromyko
Edward Gierek
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Chanceillor
Austria
Communist Party
North Korea
VEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Southern
Tia News Progam
Rhodesia
Vatican City
Washington, D.C
Chung Hee Fark
South Korea
Ian Smith
Congress
Minnesota
Boston
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist China
Palgeriay
Siberia
Anna-Jonesboro
Computer Institute
SIPC
Barbara Mowery
Century
Terry Lohr
Gerald Lohr
Mrs. Lohr
Terry
Lincoln Jr. High School
Jack Wilcox
Rick Lynn
Gary Brandon
Jerald Sims
Gary Buckles
Duane Uhis
Robert Hosch
Christopher Junior
Bigando
Yeu
Herrin, Carbondale & W. Frankfort
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