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2005 Girl Scouts of River Bluff Council 1 Strike Club Award |
This pin was awarded to Emily Stanley as part of Girl Scout Troop Camp Training. Volunteers were eligible for this recognition if they were able to build and maintain a fire to cook a hot dog or marshmallow to completion using one match. This training occurred at Girl Scout Camp Torqua while it was under the jurisdiction of the independently chartered Girl Scouts of River Bluffs Council. This council was absorbed into a larger council in 2009. All branded items were discontinued for River Bluffs at that time. |
November 2005 |
August 22, 2025 |
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1940s Photograph of World War II Veteran and Glen Carbon Resident Anthony Poneta in his Cook's Uniform |
Photograph of Anthony J. Poneta in his cook’s uniform at Fort Custer in Michigan. Poneta is sitting on the stairs near the entrance of a building. He is wearing a white cook’s uniform with a chef’s hat, an apron, and black boots. The photograph would have been taken during his service between 1942 and 1946. |
1942 - 1946 |
August 22, 2025 |
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1940s Photograph of World War II Veteran and Glen Carbon Resident Anthony Poneta |
Photograph of Anthony J. Poneta in his military uniform, likely taken sometime after 1942. Poneta appears to be wearing a khaki Summer Service Uniform and is standing in a yard in Glen Carbon in front of a tree. |
1942 - 1946 |
August 22, 2025 |
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1946 U.S. Army Discharge Papers of Glen Carbon Resident Anthony Poneta |
Separation Qualification Record, or discharge papers, of Anthony J. Poneta, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a cook at the Percy Jones Hospital Annex at Fort Custer in Michigan. Poneta enlisted on December 19, 1942, and served until March 14, 1946. For most of his duty he served as a T/5 (Technician Fifth Grade) cook, which was equivalent to a Corporal, and supervised multiple military cooks, kitchen personnel, and even prisoners of war in preparing food for the hospital staff. Poneta was partially blind in one eye which led him to being unable to serve in a combat role. |
March 14, 1946 |
June 13, 2025 |
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Arthur Vambaketes Follow Up Oral History Interview |
In this interview Brian K. Weaver, Sr. follows up a previous discussion with Arthur Vambaketes concerning the immigration process of his family from Greece at the turn of the 20th century. The interview delves deeper into the Greek heritage cultural patterns in Madison County and the greater St. Louis Metropolitan area. Special attention is given to the role that their family business, Tony's Ranch House Restaurant and Lounge in Godfrey, Illinois, plays in the social structure of northeastern Madison County and environs. |
June 10, 2024 |
July 30, 2024 |
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Arthur Vambaketes Oral History Interview |
In this oral history interview, Brian K. Weaver, Sr. describes the Greek American heritage of the Alton-Godfrey region. Brian Weaver also discusses immigration and entrepreneurship concerning the Greek community, as well as community change of the region from the 1960s to the 2020s. Arthur Vambaketes, part of the Vambaketes family owners of Tony's Ranch House Restaurant and Lounge, describes the Greek American experience in Madison County. |
May 28, 2024 |
July 30, 2024 |
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Ivan Simms Oral History Interview |
This interview with Ivan Simms discusses African American student cultural changes within the tight-knit community framework of Madison, Illinois since the 1980s and 1990s. |
October 20, 2023 |
November 20, 2023 |
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Tiffany Rogers Oral History Interview |
This interview with Nurse Tiffany Rogers explains the power that family exerts on its inhabitants to remain, especially despite the decline of local retail presence. |
October 26, 2023 |
November 20, 2023 |
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Juan Gardner Oral History Interview |
This interview of Dr. Juan Gardner, Principal of Madison Senior High School, describes the role family plays in navigating educational and demographic shifts in Madison, Illinois since the 1950s. |
November 6, 2023 |
November 19, 2023 |
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Lakeisha Cox Oral History Interview |
This interview of Lakeisha Cox, a lifelong resident of Madison, Illinois, highlights the effects of business relocations away from the town, whilst familial roots hold the remaining residents together in a tight-knit community. |
October 23, 2023 |
November 19, 2023 |
