A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF MT. CARMEL EAGLES WILL RECEIVE STATE HONORS THURSDAY AT STATE CONVENTION IN SPRINGFIELD. WSJD’S RODGER BEARD WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF ILLINOIS EAGLES HALL OF FAME. BEARD JOINS THE LATE EDWARD R. SCHMITT, BECOMING THE SECOND MT. CARMEL MEMBER TO BE SO HONORED. AN EAGLES MEMBER SINCE 1988, BEARD IS A SEVEN-TIME PRESIDENT OF AERIE #3066.
