From Our Files

Issue of Oct. 23, 1997

The football Bulldogs were undefeated in conference play.

Denise Philippe and Daniel Mateyka were married June 27 in Edwardsville.

Alma Lena Drewel (87) of Mt. Olive died Oct. 15 at her daughter’s residence in Ellisville, Mo.

Mary Puckett (77) of Staunton died Oct. 16 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home.

Lela Catherine “Toni” Heinemeier (73) of Bunker Hill died Oct. 16.

Arthur D. Luer (81) of Glen Carbon, formerly of Worden, died Oct. 19 at Eden Village Care Center in Edwardsville.

Clifford A. Dustmann (76) of Prairietown died Oct. 15 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home.

Adele Bertha (Haase) Hinze (90) of Moscow, Idaho, formerly of Staunton, died Oct. 9.

Issue of Oct. 24, 2007

New playground equipment was erected at the ballpark’s field one.

The football Bulldogs advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 2000.

A son was born to Ben and Kendall (Trettenero) Frank of Staunton on Sept. 14.

Melissa Mitchelar and Christopher Matesa were married in Staunton on Oct. 7, 2006.

Obituaries: Elsie L. Mader (99), Staunton, died Oct. 19; Marcella Barbara Della Rocca (80), Mt. Clare, died Oct. 18; Irma Pellizzaro Zupan (84), Godfrey, died Oct. 17; Charles A. “Chuck” Hunsinger ( 81), Granite City, formerly of Staunton, died Oct. 19; Dorothy Marie Krainz Gentry (62), Gillespie, died Oct. 21; Julia Ann “Judy” Scherrer (67), Elsberry, Mo., died Oct. 3; Myrtle Lucille Miller (85), Gillespie, died Oct. 15.