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Tags: 1979, Allentown PA, Archer Daniels Midland Company, bachelors in chemistry, Betty Turnell, Boy Scouts, Bozeman MT, Caterpillar Company, city planning commission, classical music, conservatory of music, Decatur IL, Dr. W.D. Hatfield, federation of sewage works associations, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Ft. Sill OK, Greeley and Hansen, Highland Park MI, Illinois College, industrial development, industrial growth, intercepting sewers, interview, Jacksonville IL, June 1979, Lake Decatur, lieutenant, Montana State College, Mueller Company, municipal affairs, national societies, officers' training, OH71, oral history, organic chemistry, Ph.D, physical chemistry, piano, Post Field OK, public affairs, recording, retirement, sanitary corps, Sanitary District, sewage treatment plant, sound recording, Staley Company, state societies, superintendent, transcription, Travel, water filtration plant, World War I, WWI

Tags: 1985, A.E. Staley, Betty Turnell, blood bank, Blue Mound IL, changes to farming, childhood, Clinton IL, consolidated high schools, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Donald Muirhead, Dr. Herbert Bavor, Elwin-Mt. Zion black-top, expansion of airport, family life, farmer, Farmers for Adlai, Harristown IL, IL, Illinois Association of County Officials, interview, Long Creek Township, Louise Mueller, Macon County Board of Supervisors, November 1985, OH63, oral history, pro rata cost, recording, Red Cross, retirement, rural electrification, school, sound recording, soybeans, Staley Company, State Board of Education, tornado, transcription, Volunteer, Wapella

Tags: "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity, 1983, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, A.E. Staley Sr., Baseball, Betty Turnell, Boy Scout camp, Charlie Dressen, Chicago Bears, corn starch, cream corn starch, David Satterfield, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur Staleys, DMH, fabric softener, Football, George Halas, interview, January 1983, Lake Decatur, Millikin University, OH48, oral history, recording, sound recording, soybeans, Sta-Puff laundry, Staley Bears, Staley building, Staley Company, Staley Library, Staley Pancake Syrup, staley swimming pool, Staley teams, Staley Viaduct, Staley wing, transcription, Wagner fruit drinks, YMCA

Tags: 1980, aldermen, author, Betty Turnell, book, Carrolton IL, changes to Decatur, Charles C. LeForgee, Decatur IL, Decatur in 1914, East St. Louis High School, Fire Department, Harvard, Human Relations Commission, interview, Lake Decatur, law school, lawyer, Lawyer in Action, LeForgee Vail and Miller, Macon County Tuberculosis Sanatarium, November 1980, OH47, oral history, race relations, recording, Samuels Miller Schroeder Jackson & Sly, sound recording, Staley Company, Staley Viaduct, Streetcars, tax law, Thomas W. Samuels, transcription, University of Illinois, World War I

Tags: 1974 tornado, 1988, Army, Betty Turnell, cabinet-making, Chief, Decatur Fire Department, Decatur High School, Donald E. Minton, Japan, natural fire causes, Norfolk and Western Railroad explosion, November 1988, Oakland School, oral history, recording, retired, Staley Company, Walrus Manufacturing Co., wood-working, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School

Tags: 1991, agena, avenues of excellence, bills and payments, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, City Librarian's Report, Committee Reports, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Finance and Properties, Foundation, friends, holiday hours, James Seidl, labor negotiations, Meeting, Minutes, operations review, RPLS, September 1991, Staley Company, video taping board meeting

Tags: 1974, ADM, American Association of University Women, board of directors, Board of Trustees, City Finance Director, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Jack Loftus, library budget appropriation, March 1974, Monday closings, Robert Dumas, Staley Company