25 Years Ago This Week

Our increasingly complex world became a little more complex as the phone numbers get longer at the end of June. Local calls will require all seven digits for completion, and long distance calls within the 217 area code will require 11 digits (the customary “1” or “0” followed by the 217 area code and the number). The state-of-the-art, computerized equipment is to be in service on June 28.
Lovington High School won second place in the annual high school chemistry contest held recently at Eastern Illinois University. Greg Davis was the fourth place individual winner, and the other team members are Jimmy Minor and Jeremy Tarr. Linda Casteel is Lovington’s chemistry teacher.
J.R. Craig and wife Cathrine got to watch as their new home was maneuvered into its new location in Sullivan. The house was formerly a tenant farm residence in rural Sullivan that the couple purchased from Lola Horn.
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