Hill Top Homemakers Meet At School Cafeteria
Local Extension unit Hill Top Homemakers gather Wednesday at 1 30 PM in Bluford grade school cafeteria instead of Mrs Minnie Snees home. Various society meetings follow with devotions program reminders and officer installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Top
Homemakers’ Extension Association
Bluford
Minnie Snees
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Eileen Dean
Marsha White Earns Junior Class Award at Purdue Banquet
Marsha White, a Jefferson High School junior from Lafayette, received the Junior Class Award at the Future Unlimited Banquet in Purdue University North Ballroom. The award honors first year achievers in sales and company performance and includes a trip to the National Junior Achievement Conference at Indiana University Bloomington August 24–27. White is the daughter of Tex M. White and the granddaughter of Roy Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsha White
Purdue
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Greater Lafayette
Indiana University
Bloomington
Parked cars collide in Winchester parking lot
Winchester police say two parked cars in a lot collided when one slid on ice and rolled into the other causing extensive damage. No injuries reported.
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Winchester
Personalities Shopping in Mt Vernon Friday
Mrs. Georgia Cravens of Dahlgren, Mrs. Arza Hart of Dahlgren, Mrs. Sarah Cooke of Ina, Archie Coil of Keeney, Fred Huathcraft of Dahlgren, Arthur Vowvles of Bluford, Deloris Julius of Inn, Donald Caldwell of Bluford, Russell Norris of Waltonville, Paul Bernard of bantytade, Mrs. Robert Basinger of Fanfield, Mrs. Marion C. Miller of Centralia, Thelma Boswell of Opdyke, Delbert Donoho of Texico, Arvil Sledge of Bluford, Lob Dirden of Bermron all listed as transacting business or shopping in Mt. Vernon or King City on Friday.
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Georgia Cravens
Dahlgren
Mt. Vernon
Arza Hart
King City
Sarah Cooke
Ina
Inn
Donald Caldwell
Bluford
Russell Norris
Walton Ville
Paul Bernard
Bonnie Tade
Robert Basinger
Fanfield
Wing
Thelma Boswell
Opdyke
Delbert Donoho
Texico
Arvil Sledge
Lob. Dirden
Bermron
We the Women We the Women
A fragmented excerpt urges women to be homemakers first and still pursue personal growth. It emphasizes earning, guiding children, listening, conserving energy, shared chores, and developing hobbies to avoid feeling unpaid restraint. It speaks in a period voice about duties within family life.
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Mar
Sone Srey
Diane
Pie Hastine
Amake
Casey
Social notices from Mt Vernon and surrounding area
Local residents visit relatives in several states as families share weekend travel and birthday milestones. Notables include Carl Houser and Vern Lowery hosting guests, and birthdays for Eva Crider and Loretta Latta with well wishes from family and friends.
Mt. Vernon Students Graduate at Rolla Missouri
Three Mt. Vernon students receive Bachelor of Science degrees from Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla during commencement exercises held Sunday May 31. The graduates are Frank William King III, Richard Arlen Parr, and J Harlen Wilson.
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Mt. Vernon
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Rolla
Frank William King III
Richard Arlen Parr
J. Harlen Wilson
4-H CLUBS ELECT NEW OFFICERS AND MEETING REPORTS
The Rangerettes meet at Cathy Mooney home on May 27 with Judy Hawkins elected president and other officers named. New leaders include Mrs. Kenneth Steward and Mrs. Clyde Maulding. Reports cover officers’ meeting at the courthouse and a Cathy Mooney demonstration. Next meeting is June 10 at 7:00 at Evelyn Hawkins home.
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Rangerettes
Cathy Mooney
Judy Hawkins
Shirley Hawkins
Pam Stewart
Diane Hawkins Treasier
Darla Hawkins
Nancy Reynolds
Kenneth Steward
Clyde Maulding
Court House
Evelyn Hawkins
Dear Abby readers advise on privacy and parenting
A reader asks how to handle a letter to his wife about divorce and conflicts over privacy. Abby counsels honesty with the wife, and suggests the husband consider his next move, while other letters urge giving parents privacy and proper telephone manners for children and adults alike.
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Abby
P. S
Sicix
Papa
Joseph Residence
Linda
Bours
Miss Americ
Ladies Only From the World’s Fair Letters Meant for Hire
A reader catalogs a flood of circular letters selling services to tourists at the New York World's Fair. Offers include hotel lists and child care while fairgoers roam, with one suitor promising a polite escort for a nightly supper at thirty dollars a day. The piece satirizes these enticements while reflecting on nostalgia for subway rides and frugal city life.
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Tve
New York City
Fairgrounds
Bidq
Polly's Pointers offer handy home hacks and tips
Dear Polly provides practical quick household hints. Readers share ideas on organizing spools with discarded knitting needles, packing meals for camping, sewing waistband methods, drying clothes on wire hangers, spraying soap solutions for counters, and salvaging detergent from almost empty bottles. Polly invites readers to submit ideas for a silver dollar prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Mt. Vernon
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Hill Top Homemakers
W.S.C.S. Meeting
Dorcas Mission Circle
Dorcas
Southwest Church of Christ
LaVonne Hess
Cherry Street
Westminster Society
Westminster Society of
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth Circle
Ruth
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Alice Brown
Opal Fitts
Mary Johnson
Kleeta Francis
Pauline Hast
Vera Webb
Jo Ann Brown
Liberty and Light
Clara Lowery
Marie Helverson
Bonnie School
Bonnie
North Shelter House
Mt. Vernon City Park
Delta Theta Tau
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
James Hertensein
No. Seven
Sunset Drive
Mills Circle
Logan Street Baptist Church
Ramona Sargent
Verdene Sutton
Ione Kassner
Catherine Michel
Maxine Sanders
Kassner
Pauline Bohlen
Liberty and
Lucille Laur
Mary Byram
Sanders
Nova Boxell
Gertrude Archer
Nina Rae
Perry Sneed
North Illinois Avenue
Litchfield
Vernon
Raymond W. Herzer
Gilbert Herzer
North Maple Lane
Prospect Heights
Ill
St. Timothy's Church
Sneed
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Judy Ann Marvel
Paul Dye
Merele Ray Shurtz
Wilbur Shurtz
Route One
Scheller
Mt. Vernon High School
Mt. Vernion
Lockyear
Business College
Jefferson Motors
Kop
Beane
Sunout
By Sally
Carl Houser
Watonga
Okla
Vern Lowery
Greenville
Charles McNutt
Clinton, Tl
Nell Stonesypher
Clifford Hawkins, Jr
John
Marty Ducus
James
Larry
Joe Bundy
St. Louis
Cardinals
Cincinnati
Ward Lisenby
Randy Gene
Ross W. Lisenby
Peoria
James Hand
Hatchcraft
Keenes
Margaret Regenhart
Las Vegas
Nevada
California
Frank Moyer
C. M. Capp
Bloomington, Il
Lennie Highsmith
Claude Henry
Eva Crider
Mt. Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Velma Story
Loretta Latta
Red 8
Maxine Latta
Mt. V
Rolla, Mo
Camp Ground
Ruth Ann Atkinson
Cheryl Williams
Donna Highsmith
Tommy Weatherford
Donnie Mover
Bobby Bruce
Union Go-getters
Patty Ryan
Sandra Emmons
Kris Emmons
Cindi McCoy
Lucy Potthast
Carol Kraft
Nancy Yon
Lucey Potthast
Aeouet
Tasmania
Commonwealth of Australia
van Dieman
Illinois
P.T.A
Illinois Congress of Parent-Teacher Association
James Aaron
Carbondale
Lora Lee Milham
Wheeling
Chicago
Joe W. Terry
Thompsonville
Russell Emery
Herrin
Don Nelson
Arthur Raney
June Hunter
Energy
Maurice
Wooodlawn
Beth Nance
Bd Feltmeier
Nancy Hayman
Muriel Linchcome
Rockey Nance
Janice Ham
Beth Feltmeier
Treei Tyler
Elizabeth Vawell
Rodney Isaac
Nancy Krueger
Terry Speake
Lisa Scott
Mary Ellen Bechtel
Thelma Latta
Karen Puckett
Paula Jean Hayse
Jim Regenhard
Virginia Lee
Ruth Reid
Jeven Speake
Ada Lynn Downey
Lloyd DeWitt
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Alt
Chored
Los Angeles
Calif
Sally
Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Jansen’s
Jim Jansen
South 10Th
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