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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: We have recently gained a new appreciation for Staunton and St. John's Hospitals and their dedicated staff. On the evening of Sunday, September 17th, Joan and I went to bed at 10 pm. I...
Slices of Life
By: Jill Pertler Regular readers of this column will attest to the fact that my summer has been defined by two words: home improvement. I was set to start the summer with a new storm door at the...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, March 29 , 1923 -- OPINION -- The thing that Staunton needs more than she does any one particular thing is a commercial club or organization of the business men and other public spirited...
Looking Back
Louise Moggio's kindergarten class picture in 1960-61 was submitted by Nancy Bickley Collora. These Staunton High School class of 1973 alums will be...
From Our Files
Issue of Sept. 9, 1998 A fire caused a great deal of damage at the Delta-Hydro building on the edge of town last week. Kathy Brown and Steven Rotsch were married June 13 in Charleston, W.Va. Everett a...
Looking Back Photo
This week's Looking Back photo features a picture postcard map of the Illinois Traction System. The postcard calls it "The Greatest Interurban System...
From Our Files
Issue of Sept. 2, 1998 The first work has started to prepare for the repaving of Route 4 through Staunton. A son was born to Michael and Anissa Bloemker of Staunton at St. Anthony’s Hospital in...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, March 22 , 1923 -- AUTOMOBILE SALES UP -- An unmistakable sign of the approach of spring is the great activity of the automobile agents. All of them are showing new models and are finding...
From Our Files
Issue of Aug. 26, 1998 New concrete steps were poured at St. Michael’s School and a new sidewalk will be poured this week. Shawn Davis set up a chiropractic practice at 842 N. Edwardsville at the...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, March 15 , 1923 -- WINDSTORM LEAVES WAKE OF DAMAGE -- This community on Sunday and Sunday night was visited by the heaviest rainfall on record since about a year. Rain fell almost...
LOOKING BACK PHOTO
This week's Looking Back photo was sent in by Tina Cuppett of Livingston. It shows students at Livingston Grade School sometime in the early 1920s....
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, March 8 , 1923 -- RAID IMMORAL HOUSES AT BENLD -- Deputy Sheriffs Fries, Bloomfield, Rasor and Crimer raided two immoral houses at Benld on Wednesday and as a result there are now in the cou...
From Our Files
Issue of Aug. 19, 1998 A new soccer field on school property south of the elementary school was put in and will be used for the 1999 season. The girls had been playing at the city complex. Charles...
From Our Files
Issue of Aug. 12, 1998 A car show with over 160 entries lined Main and Union streets in Staunton. The show was sponsored by the Staunton Chamber of Commerce. Tri Ford advertised a new 1998 F150...
LOOKING BACK PHOTO
This week's looking back photo was brought in by Tuck Odorizzi from the Lana Dietiker Odorizzi collection and shows the Dietiker pool hall in the...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, February 22 , 1923 -- DON'T BORROW, SUBSCRIBE--Listen to this classic print-shop fable which is going the rounds. Once upon a time a nickel-nurser Sent his kid to borrow his neighbor's paper...
From Our Files
Issue of Aug. 5, 1998 The Livingston Homecoming was held over the weekend. A daughter was born to Mark and Connie (Lyday) Homeier of Livingston on June 25 at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. A daughter...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, February 8 , 1923 -- VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED -- At a meeting of those interested in the organization of a volunteer fire department in our city, held Friday evening, the first...
