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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1966
Page
5
Read comments from area youths on whether deferment should hinge on college grades. Responses vary from linking education to country needs to opposing grade based deferment and urging universal service. The piece notes more replies to come.
Cindy McGowan, 17, was named queen of Carbondale Community High School juniors and seniors at a Friday Armory dance. She and five other juniors were nominated, receiving a crown, roses, and a charm bracelet. About 500 students attended. Mary Maes was runner up. Freddie Allmeyer won the Wayne Thorne memorial award.
Janet Valentine 17 was named queen of the University School Senior Prom after five other candidates were nominated by the junior class. She received a bouquet of red roses and is a transfer from Carbondale Community High School. Miss Valentine, adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Valentine Sr, will marry Boyd O Neal on June 25 and plans to attend the University of Oklahoma in September.
Awards were presented at the Chester High School spring concert. Chorus winners included Susan Preusse first place and Gary Schwent runner up, with Blythe Ann Schroeder taking a first award in another category.
The Leland Soldner family will host an International Farm Youth Exchange student from Switzerland for about two weeks starting Sunday. Elizabeth Hanni from Schlossgut Switzerland will stay with five Illinois families and four in California, returning to Switzerland in November. She has lived on a farm for 18 years growing potatoes wheat and dairy cattle and is interested in home economics agriculture and rural community life. Her hobbies include travelling horseback riding music painting and reading. The IFYE program connects 4H Club youth with foreign peers for people to people projects.
Vienna High School student Steve Willson of Cypress won a scholarship covering tuition and fees at any college or university for the next academic year. He was a finalist in the national ACT competition among 10 348 semi finalists. He is the fourth Vienna student to receive the award in recent years with three others from Johnson County organizations named Phil Osman James Moore and Dan Anderson of Cypress.
Johnston City High School held its annual awards day with 19 categories. David Reece and Darlene Jayne received John P. Sousa Awards for band, Ron Farmer the math award, Norma Gibbs the home economics award, and Linda Phipps and Sandra Wear were co editors of Wigwam News.
Linda Newton will represent the Murphysboro chapter of the Future Homemakers of America at the State Leadership Conference June 16 to 18 at Illinois State University Normal. The conference is sponsored by the Illinois Association of FHA. Miss Newton is a junior at Murphysboro Township High School and serves as president of her FHA chapter.
Readers critique turnout and civic duty after Carbondale adopts the council-manager plan. Contributors challenge apathy, praise cooperation with the new city manager, and urge participation to shape growth and fair governance.
The Southern Illinoisan invites letters from youths on local state national and world events. A new column will run on the Young Southern Illinois page and letters should not exceed three quarters of a page. Include name age and address and mail to Southern Illinoisan offices in Carbondale Herrin Marion or Murphysboro.
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