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le edu-ulty ofto his rs. Or-i Asso-in was :iation.nlentBCm was s Busi-Class church I The lome of with 11 jresent.1 were Flora Lucille r, Mrs. /, Mrs.past-offieers lp they it year, ive the id readi .Murrayville MarineKilled In VietnarA 21-year old rural Murrayville youth has been reported killed in action in Vietnam, his parents were informed Monday by military personnel.Mi', and Mrs. Spencer Wag-staff of route one, Murrayville were informed that their son, Lance Cpl. Steven Wagstaff, 21, was killed in action July 2.MT. STERLING—The Brown county 4-H Show will be held at the Brown County High School in Mt. Sterling on July 12 and 13.One girl and one alternatefrom each category will be chosen to represent Brown county at the State Fan*.July 12 at 9 a.m. all foods will be judged, and that afternoon the Foods Demonstration will be held. Thursday morning the clothing will be judged and that afternoon a style show will be held.Mrs. Bertha Varnum and Mrs. Sharon Kaylor are judges of the food, and Mrs. Nina Peak and Mrs. Loretta Erke are clothing judges.All mothers, 4-H members, and the public are invited to attend.Mt. Sterling NewsDorothy McDormand, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Vernon McDormand, plans to begin summer school on July 17 at the Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo.She plans to attend school until the end of August, and then return to Eureka College in the fall.Richard Redmond of Mt. Sterling, who for the past two years has been the Illinois License Inspector for Brown county, has resigned and is now employed by the CIPS company.Thomas Hester of Mt. Sterling, has recently returned home from the Culbertson hospital in Rushville.Steven WagstaffA Marine corps spokesman, who called at the family residence Monday, told the youth’s parents their son was killed in the battle of Pri Quang pro-vience July 2, but that because of military conditions at the time, his body was not recovered until Wednesday of last week.Cpl. Wagstaff graduated from Jacksonville High school in 1965, and entered the Marines in April, 1966.His parents said that in the last letter they received from their son he informed them he was stationed only 25 yards from the demilitarized zone (DMZ).Cpl. Wagstaff was born March 1, 1946 in Jacksonville. He is survived by his parents; a brother, James, also in the military service and a sister, Mrs. William Tannahill of Murrayville.Military personnel informed Mr. and Mrs. Wagstaff that itwould be at least 10 days before their son’s body would be returned for burial here.EisenhowerASHLAND — Army SpecialistFive Larry Lynn, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. ArthurLynn, received the Air Medal from Lt. Col. Thomas S. Morton,commander of Company A ofI ^ 1 A * I • II 11 M
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Jacksonville Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 11, 1967
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