Society notes from Green Hills and area events
Green Hills Country Club hosted Ladies Day with wins in several categories including low pairs to Ben Metcalf and Marie Jackson and attendance prize to Margaret Thompson. Epworth Methodist Dorcas Class met at Mrs Emma Henry’s home with devotions on The Fruits Of The Holy Spirit and planned tray favors for Mt Vernon sanitarium patients. Birthday dinner honored Jerry Allen Ellis at the Ellis home with local relatives in attendance. Wesley Methodist Dorcas Class met in Fellowship Hall with 18 attendees and prayers, poems, and a flag themed refreshment service. Bible Learners Class met at Logan Street Baptist as vacation Bible school volunteers were announced. Woodlawn PTA closed the school year with officers installed and a Johnson visit. Charivari shower planned tonight for Mrs Virgil Crank Jr at the Fields home north of Field school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Hills
Green Hills Country Club
Ben Metcalf
Marie Jackson
Minnie Creek
Tommie Hill
Martha DeWitt
Gene Stewart
Rachael Gearart
Margaret Thompson
Epworth
Dorcas
Wesley Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Grace Skinner
Susie Price
Lillie Johnson
Carolyn Brown
Skinner
Brown
Anna Mays
Elva Fulford
Marie Eaton
Bessie Vaughn
Ima van Horn
Lillie Wood
Logan Street Baptist Church
Beulah Shirley
Esther Hargrave
Flossie Lambert
Woodlawn P.T.A
Parent-Teacher Association
Woodlawn
Mildred Lacey
P.T. A
Woodlawn High School
Betty Glover
Chicago
L. B. Johnson
Helen Piercy
Doris Brown
Cora Lee Laughémiller
Betty Lusby
Margie Germann
Mary German
Marion Odle
Miss Melba Ward and James Gream wed at Second Baptist
Afternoon ceremony on May 16 at Second Baptist Church with Rev. Walter Miller officiating. Attendants Miss Georgia Lorenzini and Gene Gream. Bride daughter of Harold and Mrs Ward of Mt Vernon, groom son of Mrs Gream of Bluford. Audience included local families and out of town guests from Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melba Jean Ward
James G. Gream
Second Baptist Church
Walter Miller
Georgia Lorenzini
Centralia
Gene Gream
Bluford
Harold M. Ward
Route Four
Mt. Vernon
Mary
Larry Jones
Sharon Braddy
Mike Shelman
Gream
Webber Township High School
Okinawa
Camp LeJuene
N. C
Edwin Miller
Litchfield
Eugene Dorf
Hillsboro
Alton
George Hall
Flora
Glenn Sweetin
Ina
Doyle Peck
Bonnie
Gladys Lorenzini
John Simmons
Texico
Dear Abby Advice Columns On Worries And Teen Crushes
Abigail Van Buren offers guidance to a worried wife facing financial secrecy and tax evasion concerns, a teen seeking attention from a crush, and a wife troubled by a late wife’s photo on her husband’s bureau, with standard Abby instructions and an offer for a personal reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
A Red Letter Week Reconnecting After Thirty Five Years
A woman recalls a long friendship rekindled after 35 years when an old friend from Mattoon, now married in Rockford, writes after decades. She explains how news of a newspaper role sparked renewed contact and a plan to reconnect with mutual acquaintances, affirming the enduring bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Mattoon
Deep South
Glenn
Irene Parsons
Harry Johnson
Rockford
LaGrange Student Accepted to American Freedom Institute
Jeffrey Moore Cross son of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Cross of LaGrange Ill has been accepted for the American Freedom summer institute at Washington University St. Louis now in its third year. He attends Lyons Township High School and has played football basketball and track. He belongs to Boys club board Christian Youth fellowship United World Federalists and the Spanish Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Moore Cross
James H. Cross
LaGrange, Ill
Washington University
St. Louis
Isabel H. Cross
Springfield
Dahlgren
Roland R. Cross
Educational Council For Responsible Citizenship
Lyons Township High School
LaGrange
Cross
Boys
The
Christian Youth Fellowship
United World Federalists
Harvard Law School graduate Anthony R Thompson to graduate
Anthony R Thompson will graduate from Harvard Law School on June 11 after a path including Mt. Vernon Township High School, University of Illinois BS in 1958, Army Chorus service, and a Maryland economics master’s. He will join the law firm Butz Hudders Tallman Wieland in Allentown after passing the bar. Major fires cost 318.5 million in 1963 in the U.S. and greenhouse nurserymen use night lighting to delay chrysanthemum blooms for big football weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony R. Thompson
Harvard Law School
Homer Thompson
Logan Street
Mt. Vernon Township
Vernois News
National Honor Society
University of Illinois
Pi Sigma Alpha
Phi Beta Kapp
U. of
U. S. Army Chorus
Washington, D. C
University of Maryland
Trarvard Law School
Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players
Butz, Hudders, Tallman, and Wieland
Allentown
U. S
Polly's Pointers Homemaking tips column roundup
Polly’s Pointers offers reader tips on home hacks from closet upgrades and moving day bags to sewing tricks for long-waisted husbands. Contributors share practical ideas such as securing closet walls with nailed strips, using bags and magazines to transport casseroles, and adding extra buttons or shields to garments for a neater appearance. Polly invites readers to submit ideas for a silver dollar prize if used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Hazel
Mt. Vernon Register-News
Local Students in SIU Play at Shryreck Auditorium
Two Mt. Vernon students will appear in My Fair Lady at Southern Illinois University. Miss Mary Jo Smith will interpret Eliza Doolittle and David Smith will have a supporting role. Performances are July 31 and August 12 at Shryreck Auditorium.
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Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois University
Mary Jo Smith
Eliza Doolittle
David Smith
Shryreck
Shriners Plan Summer Ceremonial in Mt Vernon
Ray Tibbs, general chairman, told Carmi Shriners at night that plans for the August summer ceremonial in Mt. Vernon are progressing for about 2000 attendees. He noted a York Rite Class starts tonight and runs June 5 6 at 6:00 PM at the Mt. Vernon Masonic Temple. The meeting drew 74 nobles and guests from Harrisburg Eldorado Norris City Enfield Fairfield Mt. Carmel and Albion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tibbs
Carmi
Mt. Vernon
Tibbs
Masonic Temple
Mr. Tibbs
Wyatt Rawlings
Aviad Temple
East St. Louis
Royal Gibbs
Center
Carmi Shrine Club
Harrisburg
Eldorado
Norris City
Enfield
Fairfield
Mt. Carmel
Albion
McGeath Richards Wedding in Wayne City
Patricia Jo Richards and James Sutton McGeath wed in a May 30 ceremony at Wayne City Christian church. The altar featured pink and blue carnations and ferns while Rev. Carl Joliff officiated. Attendants included Linda Richards, Marsha Richards, Joy Richards, Candy Dunning, and Tony Denk. The couple plans a wedding trip before settling in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Jo Richards
James Sutton McGeath
Wayne City
Tony Denk
Springfield
Bill Richards
Donald Eugene Wilkerson, Jr
Leonard Jeffrey Richards
Linda Kay Richards
Marsha Ann Richards
Larciemae Ellis
McGeath
Socials Note Briefs From Riverside And McLeansboro
Miss Sadie Lustig visited in St. Louis with Miss Beatrice Ungar. Riverside residents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ohlhausen and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shawler visited at the Ohlhausen home. Mrs. Ejithel Cooper turns 76 June 8. Mrs. Anna Lowry to be 85 June 9. Addie Deckard to be 80 June 9. Cards were mailed. Minnie Goodale received many birthday gifts. Sally reported the party hosted by Mrs. Hal Wolfe and daughters for Minnie with cake and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ejithel Cooper
RFD
Vernon
Millie Cooper
Anna Lowry
Lowry Furniture
McLeansboro
Marie Campbell
Addie Deckard
Lowry Nursing Home
Main Street
Ruby Ellis
Sally
Minnie Goodale
Hal Wolfe
Crystal Kinison Receives UC Boulder Scholarship and Award
Miss Crystal Kinison daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Kinison of Boulder Colorado has earned a University of Colorado Boulder scholarship and received the Bud Baldwin award as a member of the Boulder Rainbow Girls The Kinisons are former residents of Mit Vernon and her grandparents are Mr and Mrs Floyd Brooks of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Kinison
Charles Kinison
Boulder, Colorado
University of Colorado
Boulder
Bud Baldwin
Boulder Rainbow Girls
Kinisons
Mit
Vernon
Floyd Brooks
Ice yachts hit 144 mph on frozen lake run
Speeding across frozen lakes on razor-edged runners, ice yachts have been clocked at 144 miles per hour.
Personalities and business visitors in Mt Vernon area
Mt Vernon and King City see a stream of visitors for business and shopping yesterday and Thursday. Names include Bert Anschel Chicago Clarence Swale ford Champaign Karl McElger St Louis Jack Pierce Springfield Ronald Haver Marion Rachael Guppin Carolyn Fanizzo Buckner Vera Neal Harold Werner Fairfield Edna Dwyer Josephine Donovan Barbara Christman Salem R. A. Connelly Iuka Herschel Ricks James Cunningham Farina Russell Norris Waltonville Al Hackleman Galena Kenneth McKee Mt Carmel Harley Chadwick Alton Donald Doerr Lesser W W Irvin Dahlgren Betty Shurtz Waltonville Morris Youngblood Keenes Vearl Adams Opdyke David Sneed Inn Charles Sanders McLeansboro Anna Kirk Inn Verle Noraman Benton O R Ryan Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Haver
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Rachael Guppin
Carolyn Fanizzo
Buckner
Vera Neal
King City
Harold Werner
Fairfield
Edna Dwyer
Josephine Donavan
Barbara Christman
Salem
R. A. Connelly
Iuka
Herschel Ricks
James Cunningham
Farina
Russell Norris
Waltonville
al Hackleman
Galena
Kenneth McKee
Mt. Carmel
Harley Chadwick
Alton
Donald Doerr
Lesser
W. W. Irvin
Dahlgren
Betty Shurtz
David Sneed
Inn
Charles Sanders
McLeansboro
Anna Kirk
Charles Greams
Susy Parker Named Delta Delta Delta House President
Miss Susy Parker has been initiated into the Delta Epsilon Chapter of Delta Delta Delta at Millikin University in Decatur and elected assistant house president of the sorority. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Parker of this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susy Parker
Delta Epsilon Chapter
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Millikin University
Decatur
Assiteant House
W. G. Parker
City
Bonnie Bennetts 4-H Club Meeting Notes
The Bonnie Bennetts 4-H Club met Tuesday at Mrs Ray Rogers home with a brief business session. A follow up gathering is scheduled for June 23 at 1 30 at Jackie Strain’s home.
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Bonnie Bennetts
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Jerry Allen Ellis
Lloyd Ellis
Jerry Ellis
Paula Ruth
Marsha Kay Ellis
Harper Harvey
Gene
Linda
Joyce Ann
Polo, Til
Knowles
Virgil Crank, Jr
Char
Lie Fields
Field Consolidated School
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Gordo
Los Angeles
Calif
Eagle’s Nest
Illinois Troubadours
New York
Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Wilda
Mrs. Self
SIU
Eva Richards
Aurora
C. C. Adelmann
Don Ef, Wilkerson and Sons
Lockport
Toney Denk
Carl Joliff
Springfield, Jr
Eddie Lance
Jeffrey Richards
St. Charles, UI
Carl Dunning
Marion, Til
Mrs
Sadie Lustig
Beatrice Ungar
George Ohlhausen
Carl Ohlhausen
Bill Shawler
Riverside, California
Bert Anschel
Clarence Swaleford
Champaign
Tom Regenhardt
Karl McElger
Jack Pierce
Joella
IGOOD
Mt. Vernon, Ill
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