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Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene Brown, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI

Tags: "Crystal Bird" Club, "Decoration Day", "Frolic", "stock company", 1983, African-American girls club, Al Jolson, Alice Evans, army wives, Art Class, Bachrach store, Barney Fulton, Bijou Theatre, Billy Sunday, block man, Bob Hope, bond sales drives, Camp Kiwanis, Carnegie Library, childhood, Christmas store, colored girls, Corn Carnival, cottages, Crystal Bird, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Florence Love, Frank Curtis, Gastman School, Georgia Leaflet, Governor Oglesby Mansion, Great Depression, Greenwood Cemetery, Howard W. Schaub, interview, Jake Latham, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamilton, Kiwanis Club, Louis Nichol's candy store, March 1983, Marietta Street School, Miss Abel, Mrs. Alice Bering Evans, Mrs. James Millikin, new city dam, O.W. Smith, oral history, Powers Grand Opera House, Powers Grand Theatre, president, recording, Red Cross, renovated YWCA building, Roy Christy, Sam Malleous, social work, Study Class, vice-president, World War II, WWII, YWCA

Tags: 1983, Adult literacy, Annual Conference, Asheville NC, ashram, attending the sick, Baroda India, Betty Turnell, Bible woman, bungalow, Carthage IL, Christian education, Christians, class distinctions, Decatur IL, elementary schools, elephant ride, Evanston IL, First United Methodist Church, Florence Palmer, Garrett Theological School, Gujarati language, Hinduism, Housing, India, Indian climate, Indian fashion, Indian food, Indian women, interview, Language School, Mahatma Ghandi, Malaria, master's degree, May 1983, medicine box, Methodist Church, mission hospitals, missionary, missionary education, Nashville TN, Northwestern University, oral history, reception for the Bishop, recording, retired missionaries, retirement, retirement home, Scarritt College, Standard Bearers, teaching, temperate climate, United Methodist Women, village leaders, Village Women's Institute, village work, Vishva Dharma Niketan

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, oral history, 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, Wagner fruit drinks, YMCA

Tags: 1983, Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, cataloger, circulation stats, CLSI agreement, computer agreement, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Finance and Properties Committee Report, job stimulus bill, library service and construction act, Meeting, Minutes, multitype system conversion, Non-resident cards, November 1983, Robert Dumas, RPLS

Tags: 1983, Agenda, Annual Meeting, board of directors, Board of Trustees, computer proposal, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Donations, Election of Officers, Expenditures, Finance and Properties Committee Report, Financial Statement, Illinois State Library, job stimulus bill, library advisory council, library counsel, May 1983, Meeting, Minutes, Personnel and Public Relations Committee Report, resolution SB409, Robert Dumas, RPLS, Technical Services, title II

Tags: 1983, Ad Hoc RPLS committee, Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, catalogers, circulation statistics, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, March 1983, Meeting, Minutes, Per Capita Grant, Reciprocal borrowing, Robert Dumas, RPLS budget proposal, tech services

Tags: 1983, Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, circulation statistics, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, elevator contract, Expenditures, Finance and Properties Committee Report, job stimulus bill funding, June 1983, Library Policy Code, Meeting, Minutes, Personnel and Public Relations Committee Report, prevailing wage rates, Robert Dumas, Summer Reading Program

Tags: 1983, Agenda, avenues of excellence, board of directors, Board of Trustees, cataloging procedures, circulation statistics, data entry, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Finance and Properties Committee Report, job stimulus bill construction grant, Meeting, Minutes, Online Catalog, Per Capita Grant, Robert Dumas, RPLS, September 1983

Tags: 1983, Agenda, August 1983, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Cantoni Estate, circulate statistics, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Finance and Properties Committee Report, Meeting, Minutes, Robert Dumas, Summer Reading Program