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Remember When? Spring play at St. John’s
Second-, third- and fourth-graders who participated in the 1944 spring play at St. John’s School in Piopolis included, from left, front row: Charles Schuster, Evelyn Rubenacker, Helen Hopfinger, Melvin Rubenacker, Leo Aydt, Billy Frey and Robert Wellen; second row: GeorgiaAnn Frey, Ralph Aydt, Clementine Frey and Lucille Schuster; third row: Leland Frey, Paul Wellen, Doris Rost, James Rubenacker, Pauline Wellen (almost hidden) and Robert Schuster; fourth row: Rosalee Wellen, Martha Kirsh, Floann Rost, Eugene Crawford and Francis Mittsdorfer; fifth row: Elizabeth Birkner, Mary Kirsh, Mary Lou Rost, Georgiann Kreher and Mary Elizabeth Wellen.
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Autism school tries for half a million
Anyone familiar with television’s “American Idol” and “Dancing with the Stars” knows the viewers’ votes are critical to the success of the performers.
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Local woman joins effort to find cure for breast cancer
A Hamilton County woman is one of two area residents giving their time, dollars, miles and voices to help find a cure for breast cancer.
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Hospital welcomes new doctors
A physician joining Hamilton Memorial Hospital’s staff next month is looking forward to the opportunity to work in different areas of medicine, he says.
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Remember When? Yale School 1938-39
Today's Remember When? photo shows the 1938-39 class of Yale School.
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Dad bought burial plot for local soldier killed in Philippines
When John Stelle ran for office way back in the mid-1930s, I remember long tables in front of the Lindell Hotel where they were serving free hot dogs, sodas and candy bars.
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Car Fest expands prize offerings, boosts sound
More prizes and better sound are in store for participants in this year’s Kiwanis Car Fest, an organizer of the annual event says.
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Library gets technology upgrade
Library patrons who need to use a computer can do so a bit more easily now.
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Haiti mission trip fulfills longtime goal for local woman
When Karla Heil made plans last year to participate in a medical mission trip to Haiti, she didn’t know she’d be providing disaster relief.
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Cemetery walk scheduled
For the first time in its history, Hamilton County Historical Society will be hosting a cemetery walk at IOOF Cemetery as a way to inform the city about its predecessors.
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Couple trying to preserve history of county’s poor farm
By PAUL LORENZ
paul.lorenz@mcleansborotimesleader.com
McLEANSBORO — Long before public aid as we know it today, the government offered another form of public assistance — the almshouse, or “poor farm.” - More Features Headlines
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Autism school tries for half a million
