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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1967
Page
4
A reader shares intimate tips for bathing an elderly mother from age seventy five to seventy five, then another describes using kid like play to persuade a stubborn mom to bathe. A minister's wife notes RSVP confusion at weddings and a sitter’s parent urges caution about exposing children to illnesses.
Miss Janice Lemons daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lemons of Fairfield was named valedictorian at Fairfield high school graduation exercises Monday. She also won the senior American Legion scholarship runner up honor and received a $600 Elks scholarship with composition entered in the national contest. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Carl Monroe and Mrs Fred Lemons.
A newspaper feature presents reader tips and Polly's columns on quick fixes. Items include stain removal using denture cleaner for iodine, kerosene odor after lamp spill, straightening eyeliner with cold cream on a cotton swab, securing portable TV or fragile items with seat belts, and leaving gratuities for staff via management. The column invites readers to submit ideas for Polly's Problem.
The column recounts Mrs. Bonnie Bufkin gifting a huge Florida watermelon and a reader’s curiosity about Fox Valley Canoe Trail dedication near Oswego with a thousand year old cedar on Maremech Hill. It also notes Texico cactus flowering scenery and reader letters about bleeding hearts and jack in the pulpit plants from Hammond, Wayne City, Vandalia, Ina, and other towns, inviting more input.
More than 100 employers and employees will dine at a Salute to Labor Friday night at the Elks Club after reservations forced a move from Hunt's restaurant. Chamber of Commerce executive John Dillingham will open the program at 6 30 p m with John E Cullerton, Illinois Department of Labor director, as the guest speaker.
Social notices report the Egyptian Land District meeting of the Letter Carriers in West Frankfort with dignitaries State President Louis Sebier and Vice-President Harold Wright speaking. Also noted are graduations in Maryville Tennessee, Army reserve travels, visits by Ladd and Webb families, and upcoming anniversaries and birthday milestones in Mt Vernon, Bonnie and surrounding communities.
Mrs W M Cox and daughter Cynthia of Patoka visited Mr Vernon on business Monday. Dale Mahan enters Veterans Hospital at Marion today for about a month and requests cards. Mrs Sharon Fowler of Inn shopped in King City yesterday. Mrs Nell Jason of Benton visited friends and shopped in Mt Vernon Monday. Mrs Dorothy Stewart and Mrs Estelleta Stewart of Ewing were business visitors yesterday afternoon. Mrs Barbara Kaminski of Ashley transacted business in Mt Vernon Monday. Mrs Mary McCann of Ewing shopped in King City yesterday afternoon. Gale Spangler of Texico made a business trip to Mt Vernon Monday. Thomas Karcher of Dahlgren was a King City business visitor yesterday afternoon. Joe Filkins of West Frankfort transacted business in Mt Vernon Monday. Mrs Roy Shidler of Marion shopped in King City yesterday. Ardy Stevens of Waltonville was a Mt Vernon business visitor Monday. W F Walker of Fairfield and Mrs Doris Trotter of Dahlgren shopped in Mt Vernon yesterday afternoon. Otis L Armstrong of Fairfield made a business trip to Mt Vernon Monday afternoon. Mrs Lawrence Fairfield was a King City shopper and business visitor yesterday. Mrs Charles Jacobs of Mc Leansboro spent Monday afternoon shopping in Mt Vernon. Roy Parker of Benton was a business visitor in King City yesterday.
The Kandid 4-H Club met May 29 and elected officers: president Sharon Sigworth, vice president Kathleen Schutte, secretary Susan French, treasurer Jayne Bald ridge, reporter Rhonda Aissie, federation Kim Hill and Mary Audt, program chairman Robin Hill, song leader Nancy Garrison, and calling committee Dita Gott.
The Methodist Children's Home auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Home on Wednesday June 7 at 1 30 o'clock. Block Homemakers To Meet June 8 potluck luncheon at 11:00 at Mrs Edith Harlow's home. Red Cross Gray Ladies shoppers this week include Katherine Medders Della Tengel Bel a Connaway Zillah McKay and Ruby Tinsley. volunteers shop weekly for patients at Mt Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
Members of St Mary s Altar Society will hold a potluck supper on Thursday evening June 8 at 6 30 in the church basement. All ladies of the church are invited and each is asked to bring a covered dish and table service.
The Bible’s Revelation provided the title for Vicente Blasco Ibanez’s novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The author drew on the biblical imagery to frame the work’s dramatic sweep and apocalyptic themes.
For several months in 1783 Nassau Hall at Princeton University served as the official meeting place of the American Congress, hosting sessions during the early postwar period.
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