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Tags: 1986, Agenda, Annual Meeting, Annual report of the Board of the Library Trustees, Annual Report of the City Librarian, Annual Report to the Illinois State Library, board of directors, Board of Trustees, circ stats, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Finance and Properties Report, Friends Book Sale, James Seidl, library tours, May 1986, Meeting, Minutes, nominating committee, Personnel and public relations committee, Policy Code, search committee, Sick Leave

Tags: 1986, accounting, April 1986, Avon Theater, Bazley's Meat Market, Beach House, Betty Turnell, Bijou Theater, Brintlinger Funeral Home, broken home, Bryn Mawr PA, business major, C.L.U., changes to Decatur, Chartered Life Underwriter, childhood, College of Life Underwriters, contractor, Dean Mesnard, debit company, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Dr. Beadles, Empress Theater, Fairview Park, family life, financial planning, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, heating engineer, inflation, insurance office, interview, Lake Decatur, life insurance, Life Underwriter's Training Council, Lincoln Apartments, Lincoln Hotel, Mary W. French School, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Millikin University, mow lawns, mutual companies, old gravel pit, oral history, painter, Piggly-Wiggly, Prof. Glen Smith, Pythian Home, rake leaves, recording, Roosevelt Junior High School, salesmanship, Shinner's Meat Market, shovel snow, Steven's Creek, stock companies, swimming, Texaco Light House, Texaco Tower, Transfer House, Williamson Heating Company of Cincinnati, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, workmen's compensation, World War II

Tags: 1986, A.G. Edwards Company, accounting firm, Air Force, airplanes, Army, Army Specialized Training program, B-29s, Belleville IL, Betty Turnell, board room, bombs, broker, Carnegie Tech, Chicago IL, childhood, construction company, CPA, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Edward J. Seymour, engineering, family life, gasoline, Globe Balls, Himalayas, home building, housing collapse, India, industrial engineering, interview, investment counselor, link trainer instructor, Loyola University Chicago, North China, Oberweiss Securities of Chicago, October 1986, oleo capsule, oral history, polio, polio vaccine, Quebec Canada, recording, rehabilitation, spinal tap, supplies, Tampa FL, theatre usher, University of Illinois, Webber-Costello Company, world globe, World War II, WWII

Tags: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, audio visual code, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Breckenridge Code, Bridge Code, Cantoni Code, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, four year spending comparison, Gifts, James Seidl, Memorials, Permanent Loan, primed code

Tags: "Cotton Ball", 1986, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Awards, beauty school, Betty Turnell, bi-centennial celebration, Black History Week, Blue Mound IL, brotherhood week, car cleaner, car oiler, Centennial School, Central Christian Church, Chatanooga TN, Chicago IL, childhood, choir, cosmetology course, Decatur IL, discrimination, Elementary Education, First Baptist Church Westminster Presbyterian Church, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, food awards, Frankye Morgan, Garden Club of Decatur, gardening, gardening awards, Grant's farm, Home Economics, Illinois Junior Academy of Science, integration, interview, January 1986, Joe Russell, John's Hill School, Josie Russell, Leotyne Price, Lincoln School, Madison IL, master's degree, Moler Beauty College, Museum of Science and Industry, Northwestern University, oral history, Parent-Teacher Association, physical education, PTA award, racial relations, racial tension, recording, Redwood Restaurant, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Rosarian, Science, Science Club, science fair, singing, Smith-Hughes Act, Springfield Civic Garden Club, Springfield Garden Club, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, summer school, summer science course, Teacher, teaching, Tennessee State University, U of I Extension department, weather balloon, Wilberforce University, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Xenia OH

Tags: "live line" truck, 1986, August 1986, Betty Turnell, Bill Cecil, boating, cable television, cameras, Carl Hickerson, Carlinville IL, changes to broadcasting, changes to meteorology, Channel 17, childhood, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Don Foreman, government weather observer, interview, J. Giles, Korean War, Lake Decatur, Lakeview High School, lights, live broadcasts, live commercials, Loren Boatman, MacArthur High School, master's degree, meteorologist, Meteorology, microphones, microwave dishes, Navy Indiana State Teacher's College, Northwestern Midshipman School, Northwestern University, oral history, Pacific Ocean, photography, piano, recording, Southern Illinois University, Teacher, Television, travelling, University of Illinois, WAND

Tags: 1986, Agenda, April 1986, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, CD's, circ stats, CLSI, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, Home Reading Department, IBM-AT computer, in-house survey, James Seidl, maintenance and repairs, Meeting, Minutes, monthly meeting, Personnel and public relations committee, press coverage, Project Read, search committee, telephone system

Tags: 1986, Agenda, avenues of excellence, Board Members, board of directors, Board of Trustees, cataloging department, circ stats, city survey, Code revision, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Donations, endowment, evaluation committee, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, James Seidl, Library Code, Meeting, meeting room policy, Minutes, November 1986, OCLC, personnel and public relation committee, Policy Code, PR, RPLS, staff training, vacation time

Tags: 1986, ad hoc committee, Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, book mobile, circ stats, city survey, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, evaluation committee goals, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, Friends of the Library, grant, insurance, James Seidl, maintenance and repairs, Meeting, Minutes, OCLC, Personnel and public relations committee, RPLS, semi-annual book sale, signage, U of I

Tags: 1986, 4-H, Bethany IL, Betty Turnell, big hook, Boy Scouts, childhood, choir, clothing donation, Decatur IL, Decatur Roundhouse, diesel locomotives, electric welding trade, family life, First United Methodist Church, Forsyth IL, grease cup filler, Great Depression, handyman, Hubert Bankson, interview, labor gang, machinist, machinist's helper, March 1986, Marilyn Bankson, Mexico, mission, Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson, Mrs. William Bankson, Music, North Dakota, oral history, passenger trains, recording, steam crane, Steam Locomotives, train wrecks, Trains, travelling, Wabash Railroad, William Bankson, wrecker, wrecking crew