EAST. ST. LOUIS JOURNAL
MARCH 23, 1959
BITS AND PIECES
Ten candidates will be on the Collinsville School Board slate for election on April
11. They are Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, Arthur Dellamano, Mrs. Albina Bilyeu, John Grant, Jr., Leroy Krost, Ross Halbrooks,
M.T. Doherty, Brad A. Farnworth, W.E. "Joe" Sager and Al Tognarelli. The two incumbents whose terms expire,
Board President Ed Holzweg and Leslie Sutton did not file for re-election.
The School Board election Belleville elementary District 118 on April 11 will be
uncontested for the first time in six years and only 3 candidates have filed for the two vacancies on the township
high school Dist. 21 Board of Education.
Candidates in Dist. 118 are William Handrich, Mrs. Annamae Haines. The incumbents in Dist. 201 are Eugene
Hepp, and Herbert Baum. Mrs. Frances Braswell is the 3rd candidate for the two vacancies in Dist . 201
Notre Dame woodwind quintet won honors at Fontbonne College's recent msic festival. The following are members: Lois Miller, May Schwartz, Marilyn Bauer, Josephine Kenetski, Susie Brefeld. The academy;s music students presented their annaul recital Thursday in the school;s auditorium, The recital included both vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Listed in the order in which they appeared on the program were Jean Bauer, Amy Chaffin, Maroelene Martin, Carol Sue Scheibel, Martha Lou Scheibel, Jeanie Bores, Carol Brefeld, Mary Lou Blanquatt, Toni Dimie, Shirley Matejka, Mary Beth Obendorfer, Lyn Wuerz, Donna Lawrence, Barbara Engel, Janice Muckenstrum, Pat Polansky, Beverly Jung, Gail Jung, Virginia Valerius, Mary Ann Beis, Janice Huber, Ann Jerger, Nancy Roberts, Dolores Westfall, Ann O'Leary, Mary Dreesman, Marilyn Bauer, Nancy Roberts, Nancy Rekosh and Janice Huber.
A total of 20 St. Teresa Academy mathematicians are to attend the annual high school mathematics field day to be held at Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale on April 18.
FRESHMEN: Susan Groves, Julie Buser, Maureen O'Cnnell, Angela Gavelis, Dorothy Pensoneau
SOPHOMORES: Christine Daut, Joan Jones, Mary Brennan, Kathy Teahan, Jean Stewart
JUNIORS: Sharon Hagen, Paula Rodriguez, Virginia Seel, Mary Ann Hancock, Carolyn Daley
SENIORS: Joan Christopher, Carole DeMars, Judy Eros, Connie Koudela, Babara Daut.
Seven additional first year shorthand students have met the year's requirement of 60 words a minute for five minutes. They are: Linda Jacquet, Jane Wolf, Jane Juengling, Mary Ann Pope, Suzanne Schindler, Dolores Soboleski and Jane Schutenhofer. Special honor goes to Leona Kowalski who has already reached the high goal of 80 WPM for five minutes.
Eight candidates are competing for the title of MISS COLUMBIA during centennial celebrations this year. in Columbia, Il. The candidates are: Germaine Schaffer, Karen Ludwig, Margaret Ann Kruse, Mary Louise Crowe, Mary Lou Miller, Larol Lee Daab, Judy Vogt, Mary Pearl Grueninger.
OBITS
MRS. HELEN DAVIS ,AGE 48 YEARS DIED SATURDAY AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL. MRS. DAVIS WAS BORN IN NEWTON, IL. AND LIVED IN E. ST. LOUIS FOR 25 YEARS AND IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, MRS. NORA I. LOWE OF E.ST. LOUIS. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE KURRUS CHAPEL, BURIAL WILL BE IN MOUND CEMETERY, NEWTON.
MRS. MILLIE ANNIE HAYDEN 84, DIED TODAY AT THE LIVELY NURSING HOME, E. ST. LOUIS. SHE WAS BORN IN ASHLAND, ME. AND LIVED IN E. ST.LOUIS FOR 38 YEARS. HER HUSBAND, HERBERT E. DIED IN 1936. SURVIVING SONS, WILLIAM H. OF ST. lOUIS, MO. HOWARD O. AND ROBERT H. ,BOTH OF E. ST. LOUIS, ONE SISTER, MRS. FLORENCE HEWS OF ASHLAND, ME. KURRUS FUNERAL HOME HAS CHARGE.
H.A. SCHUETZ ,72 DIES , FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY AT ST. ELIZABETH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. BURIAL WILL BE IN MOUNT CARMEL CEMETERY, BELLEVILLE. A NATIVE OF ST. LOUIS, MO., HE HAD LIVED IN E.ST. LOUIS FOR 65 YEARS AND WAS A GRADUATE OF ST. HENRY'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. MR. SCHUETZ WAS A FORMER E. ST. LOUIS POLICE OFFICER.
FRED WEBER, 63, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ST. CLAIR CO. DIED AT HIS FARM NEAR SMITHTON ON SUNDAY. FUNERAL SERVICES WIL HELD AT ST.JOHN'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST AT SMITHTON, BURIAL AT THE FRANKLIN CEMETERY.RENNER FUNERAL HOME AT SMIHTON HAS CHARGE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, ELLA, TWO SONS, RAY WEBER OF SMITHON, FRED WEBER, JR OF ST. LOUIS, A DAUGHTER MRS. ORVILLE (MAY) GRANDCOLAS OF BELLEVILLE, FOUR SISTERS, MRS. JACOB ETLING AND MRS. ELIZABETH WEIK, BOTH OF FREEBURG. MRS. MARY LIPPERT OF SMITHTON, MRS. OSCAR RIESO OF NEW ATHENS.
MRS. LOUISE MERRILL 81, DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME. BORN IN BUFFALO, N.Y. SHE WAS A COLLINSVILLE RESIDENT FOR 55 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIED BY HER HUSBAND, STILLWELL F. MERRILL, A SON STILLWELL A. MERRIL OF COLLINSVILLE, A DAUGHTER MRS. ROBERT ( RUTH LOUISE) BOWIE OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARK. A BROTHER FRED FREYER, OF PORTLAND, N.Y.,HERR FUNERAL HAS CHARGE, BURIAL IN HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, COLLINSVILLE.
MRS. ALVINA M. SCHACHNER 72, DIED SUNDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN BELLEVILLE AND LIVED IN E. ST. LOUIS 43 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN P. SCHACHNER, THREE BROTHERS, VICTOR, OTTO E. AND WALTER G. ZOTTMAN ALL OF BELLEVILLE. BURIAL WILL BE AT WALNUT HILL CEMETERY.
CHARLES O. HAYES, 75 OF RR 1, E. ST. LOUIS DIED SATURDAY AT CENTERVILLE TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL. SURVIVOR'S INCLUDE HIS WIFE, SUSAN IRENE, SON GEORGE O., JR AT HOME, A SISTER MRS. TONY (NELLIE) RUSS OF FESTUS, MO, TWO BROTHERS, MACK HAYES, FESTUS AND CHARLES HAYES OF DANBY, MO. MR. HAYES WAS A NATIVE OF DESOTO, MO. BURIAL WILL BE IN BOHNENEIER CEMETERY NEAR DUPO. ILLINOIS. DASHNER FUNERAL, DUPO HAS CHARGE
E.W. BENSON 67, OF 508 N. 13TH ST., E. ST. LOUIS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY AT THE KASSLY CHAPEL. BURIAL WILL BE IN LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, BELLEVILLE. MR. BENSON WS BORN IN LOGAN COUNTY, COLO. AND LIVED IN E. ST. LOUIS FOR 45 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, IRENE, A SON DONALD W. BENSON, STATIONED WITH THE U.S. ARMY IN CALIFORNIA, A SISTER MRS. LYDIA BENSON GUYTON, BROTHER, EDWARD L. BENSON BOTH OF E.ST. LOUIS.