Chariton Valley Celebrates its 70th Anniversary!
We are excited to announce Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year! Generations of members have greatly contributed to Chariton Valley’s success, and for that, we are truly grateful!
70th Anniversary Giveaway Winners
We will celebrate you all year long! We are so excited to announce member-only giveaways and donations to your communities beginning in February. Keep checking back to see if you are a winner!
Chariton Valley held another 70th anniversary celebration drawing… this time for all members in De Witt. Robert and Anita Brown were randomly selected as the winners and received a Blackstone grill and $100 gift certificate to Salisbury Meat Market and Processing! Congratulations Robert and Anita!
Pictured from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, and Anita and Robert Brown of De Witt.
Recently, Chariton Valley held a drawing for all members in Excello as part of our 70th anniversary celebration. Josh Dunseith was randomly selected as the winner and received a Blackstone grill and a $100 gift certificate to Special D Meats! Congratulations Josh!
Pictured from left: Josh Dunseith of Excello and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse.
As Chariton Valley continues to celebrate our 70th anniversary, we recently donated funds to City of Clifton Hill Betterment for the community fish fry!
Pictured from left: City of Clifton Hill Betterment members Jerilyn Klenda, Dixie Shoemaker, Rebekah Schachtele and Katherine Deskin; and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Combination Installation/Repair Technician Dustin Moore.
Chariton Valley presented a check to Jacksonville on September 12th, to purchase paint, painting supplies and some landscaping to update the Jacksonville City Park!
Refreshing a local park is just another way to commemorate our 70th year!
Pictured from left: Mayor of Jacksonville Larry Coles and Chariton Valley Public Relations & Economic Development Consultant Daren Dowell.
Recently, Chariton Valley donated a Blackstone grill to the First Baptist Church of Forest Green as we continue to celebrate our 70th anniversary!
We hope you enjoy the grill, and it gets lots of use at your future events!
Pictured from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Customer Service Representative Carrie Stowers; First Baptist Church of Forest Green church members Kyla White, Terecia Clark, Melika White, Helen White, Reverend Rufus Robinson and Iren White; Chariton Valley Board Member Rob Rice; First Baptist Church of Forest Green church member DeAndere White; and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse.
Chariton Valley presented a check to Macon County R-IV School on September 1st, to purchase door wraps for the building’s main entrances and gave the school one Lenovo tablet.
Just more ways to celebrate our 70th anniversary!
First photo from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, Macon County R-IV School Superintendent Daniel Liebhart, Principal Kacy Bell, and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Combination Installation/Repair Technician Chris Cathey standing in front of the newly wrapped front entrance.
Second photo: The newly wrapped back entrance.
On August 24th, Chariton Valley presented a check to Westran High School to purchase lumber for the shop class to build four picnic tables! The City of Huntsville also received a check that day to buy six new trash cans, as seen in the second photo!
making community donations to celebrate our 70th year!First photo from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Ordering/Warehouse Tech Darren Wyatt, Westran High School student, High School Industrial Tech Allan Sharrock, Westran High School student, High School Principal Lance Massey, and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse.
Second photo: Picnic tables the shop class at Westran High School built with the funds donated by Chariton Valley.
Third photo from left: Collector Marilyn Black, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Sarah Land, City Clerk Linda Haffecke, Councilman Connie Kissel, Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Combination Installation/Repair Technician Dustin Moore, and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse.
Another way to celebrate Chariton Valley’s 70th anniversary… donating two portable tennis nets, four sets of rackets and a ball holder to the Bosworth R-V School!
We hope you enjoy the sporting equipment!
Pictured: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, Superintendent Lachrissa Smith, K/1 Teacher Cheri Crose, and students from Bosworth R-V School.
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As part of our 70th anniversary celebration, Chariton Valley recently held a drawing for all members in Bosworth. Natalie Young was randomly selected as the winner and received a Blackstone grill and $100 gift certificate to Salisbury Meat Market and Processing! Congratulations Natalie!
Pictured from left: Natalie Young of Bosworth and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse.
Recently, Chariton Valley donated a Lenovo tablet and presented a check to St. Joseph Catholic School to purchase an umbrella and stand. The City of Salisbury also received a check to buy 5 umbrellas for the Salisbury Public Pool.
More donations made to celebrate our 70th year!
Pictured: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Combination Installation/Repair Technician Curtis Strodtman with St. Joseph Catholic School Principal Kelsey Emmerich, Mayor Steve Kacvinsky, Lifeguard Addi Wales, Lifeguard Emmalee Perkins, Pool Manager Judy Schmit, and Lifeguard Rachel Fessler.
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Chariton Valley presented another check on August 24th, as part of our continued 70th anniversary celebration… this time to Salisbury R-IV High School for a metal picnic table to be used at their new concession stand! 
Pictured from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, Salisbury JH/HS Principal Wade Billington, Salisbury HS Athletic Director Jason Haines, Salisbury HS Superintendent Tony Whiston, and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Cable Technician Pat Farnen.
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As part of Chariton Valley’s continued 70th anniversary celebration, we recently presented a check to the Salisbury Main Street organization to purchase Panther spirit flags to display in the Salisbury downtown area next year!
Pictured front row from left: Salisbury Main Street Vice President Terry Hulett and Salisbury Main Street President Samantha Massie. Second row from left: Chariton Valley Public Relations and Economic Development Consultant Daren Dowell, Chariton Valley Human Resources Manager and Salisbury Main Street Board Member Trisha Stevens, Salisbury Main Street Treasurer Melanie Latamondeer, and Salisbury Main Street Secretary Wendy Noll. Back row from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Customer Service Representative Marci Dodd.
Chariton Valley presented a check to the Ethel Harvest Jubilee recently to purchase a refrigerator and portable basketball goal as part of our continued 70th anniversary celebration!
Pictured: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Customer Service Representative Anna Smith, Mayor Donald Souther, City Clerk Debbie Atha, Councilman Lynn Mason, and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse.
We’re proud to be Ethel’s community partner!
Chariton Valley continues its 70th anniversary celebration with donations in Bucklin! The Bucklin Community Association received a donation of $1,690, and Bucklin R-2 School received a Blackstone Grill!
Chariton Valley’s donation to the Bucklin Community Association went towards entertainment for the Bucklin Homecoming on Friday, August 5th, and seven $70 cash prizes drawn at random on Saturday, August 6th for those that attended.
The cash prize winners were:
- Jim Davis
- Eden St. Dennis
- Freya Arnold
- Ruby Moore
- Patrick Rice
- Janie O’Dell
- Shirley Jackson
Pictured: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse and Chariton Valley Public Relations & Economic Development Manager Donna Bell with Bob Davis, Sue Tallman and Lynn Shipley of the Bucklin Community Association and Dr. Craig Noah of Bucklin R-2 School.
We’re proud to be Bucklin’s community partner!
As Chariton Valley continues to celebrate our 70th anniversary, we recently made a donation of $700 to the Callao Harvest Fiesta Park!
Pictured: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse; Vickie Thompson, Crystal Toumbs and Lisa Holman of the Callao Harvest Fiesta Park; and Chariton Valley Public Relations & Economic Development Manager Donna Bell.
We’re proud to be Callao’s community partner!
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Chariton Valley donated funds to Callao School on August 30th, for Legos and wooden cutout blocks to help students follow directions and for math and science projects along with three bag/play mats for easy storage!
Pictured from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Network Technician Tim Baker, Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, and Administrator Pam Halstead with students from Callao School.
Chariton Valley continues its 70th year anniversary celebration by making a $569.25 donation to the New Cambria Fire Department for the cost of the burgers and brats for their upcoming community-wide BBQ scheduled for Sept 10th! Mark your calendars. Antique tractor parade begins at 1:00.
Every year the Hale Community celebrates Independence Day with a huge event in their park that includes entertainment, pie, and ice cream, and of course, a spectacular fireworks show to finish out the evening. This year in honor of Chariton Valley’s 70th Anniversary, Chariton Valley donated seven $70 cash prizes, and winners were randomly drawn that evening! Congratulations to the lucky winners: Larry Jones, Wilma Foster, Matt Snarr, Suzanne Stark, Stephanie Bugbee, Liberty Hoerr and Sherry March.
Chris Jacobs said, “We really appreciated the money. People were very excited about it, and we had a lot of people sign up.”
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Hale R-1 School was also the recent recipient of a Blackstone grill for their concession stand courtesy of Chariton Valley as we continue to celebrate our 70th anniversary!
Pictured: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, Principal Hollie Burnside, and students from Hale R-1 School.
Chariton Valley continues to celebrate our 70th anniversary. As always, being active in our communities is important to us. When the Bevier Ball Association asked Chariton Valley to sponsor their concession stand for a night, we were happy to do so. They selected June 7th as the date (an appropriate date for our 70th 😊), and as an extra bonus, attendees received free hamburgers and hotdogs (up to $70) that evening.
On Friday, August 12th, Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative employees Lori Jackson, Laurie Bruner, Anna Smith and Marci Dodd volunteered to work at the Bevier Homcoming concession stand! We enjoy volunteering in our member communities and creating goodwill!
Recently, Chariton Valley donated money for additional picnic tables and trash receptacles in the Atlanta City Park. The leaders of the community requested this to make the park more accommodating for their ever growing Annual Easter Egg Hunt, their Big Wheels event and Homecoming for years to come.
Like all co-ops, Chariton Valley operates under the seven cooperative principles. The seventh principle is ‘Concern for Community’! While focusing on member needs, we continue to work for the sustainable development of their communities.
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Chariton Valley donated a Blackstone grill to the Atlanta C-3 School to be used for their concession stand as part of our 70th year celebration! The grill was delivered on August 29th, and has already been used in the concession stand!
Pictured from left: Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Telephone Business Manager Lee Greathouse, Agriculture Teacher Jessy Reuterdahl, students of Atlanta C-3 School, Principal Stacie McVey, Paraprofessional Brandy Baker, and Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative Network Technician Bryant Dale.
