May Breakfast and Society Notes at Mt Vernon
Gray Lady shoppers include Winnine McDaniel Doris Minor Doris Plarce Rosemary Chapman and Phyliss Pepple. May Breakfast at First Baptist on May 31 featured guests from Benton Tulsa and Ohio with remarks on the year theme Instruments for change under God. Memorials were paid to Hattie Glerm Stella Webb and John Mark Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Ladies
Red Cross
Gray Lady
Winnine McDaniel
Doris Minor
Doris Plarce
Rosemary Chapman
Phyliss Pepple
Mt. Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium
First Baptist Church
Rebecca Anderson
H. E. Breeze
Glenn Boice
Fred Wish
Rebecca Cashin
Benton
New Lake Benton Association
John R. Smith
Inez Rohrer
Lillian Brooks
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Becky Bullock
Ohio
Everett Gibson
Hattie Glerm
Stella Webb
John Mark Williams
Robert Schultz
Philippine Islands
Boice
Hazel Breeze
Nahum
Roses in Bloom Rule Southern Illinois Scenes
In Mt. Vernon and surrounding areas roses, especially red ramblers, are at peak beauty with vivid displays from homes and streets to Waltonville and Giant City State Park routes. Notable exemplars include Mrs. Katie Terry and the Pace home, plus lush catalpa trees and giant gooseberries grown by Charles Rippy.
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Mt. Vernon Street
Waltonville
Lesser
Giant City State Park
Glenn
Southern
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Katie Terry
Broadway
Wielt
Seventh — Street
Main
Burnette
Anna Pace
South 22Nd Street
Pace
Dogwood
John Oslager
Grant Place
Mt. Vernon Public Library
Rippy
Patton Commandery To Install Officers June 9
Patton Commandery No 69 will install officers in Mt Vernon on June 9 with Grand Officers from Knights Templar Illinois conducting the ceremony. Jerry Clifford Angel will serve as installing officer with Andrew F Barton as Installing Marshall and Haldane Wesley Bean as Installing Recorder. Lester Fenton will be Installing Organist. this marks the first time Grand Officers perform the installation in this region. The event is public and open to Masons, families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Knights Templer
Hinds
Jerry Clifford Angel
Eminem
Knights Templar
Illinois
Knight Angel
Chirag
Marshall
Andrew F. Barton
Ulingis
Howard Malcoun
Ilnois
Joliet
Haldane Wesley Bean
Ilinois
Knight Bean
Illinois University At Urbana
Lester Fenton
Patton Commandery No. 69
Patton Commandery
Yale Graduate John Crocker to Receive BA at Old Campus
John Crocker, son of Dr and Mrs Don Crocker, will graduate from Yale University New Haven Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts. Commencement outdoors on the Old Campus expects 15000 spectators. Before ceremonies 61 seniors receive commissions as second lieutenants or ensigns from ROTC. The program begins 11 a.m Sunday June 12 with the Baccalaureate in Woolsey Hall. Senior Class Day at 3 p.m. on the Old Campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johin Lawrence Crocker
Yale University
New Haven
Connecticut
Don Crocker
Woolsey Hall
Polly's Pointers into homemade tips and family notes
Dear Polly column features practical household hacks and reader questions. Tips include prank problem advice for a 5 year old, shirt scorch notes, paint roller decorating with a ketchup dispenser, leather watch strap care with nail polish, and a reader praising Polly for encouraging literacy while noting a family blood type chart idea for future generations. The column invites more hints and offers a dollar reward for usable submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Hilary
Betty Ann
G.B
E. G
B P W Leadership Conference Held Sunday In Carbondale
Sixteen Mt. Vernon Business and Professional Women's Club members joined Illinois State Officers and Southern Illinois BPW members at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for a leadership conference. The program featured a dress pattern theme linking club roles to civic and world affairs, with workshops led by state officers, a district luncheon, and a call for six or seven new clubs by 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Business and Professional Women's Club
Illinois State
Southern Ilinois
Southern Illinois University
Harrisburg
Dallas Wood
District 13
Verna Larsen
Harriet Knepp
Gether
Public Affairs Committee
Cecilia M. Howard
Illinois Federation
Jean L. McCarrey
Mt. Vernon
Evelyn Witter
Judy Witter
Nancy Martin
Mt. Vernon Club
L and N
Norma Garrison
Dear Abby columns on hairdressers and moving for career
Readers seek quiet in salons and a wife’s stance on relocation for her husband’s job. A mom asks if her son should date a girl pressured by her mother. Abby advises tone, boundaries, and focus on family unity.
Socially Yours Notes Weekend Visits and Birthdays
James Clopton and son Jimmie Lee visited Lee Clopton in Mt. Vernon Route Five. George Ross and daughters from San Antonio stay with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Wood in Bluford. Donna Jo Wood is now Mrs. Donna Jo Ross. Local families attend MCA Pow Wow with Hopewell Princess Tribe. Ed Moore turns 86 tomorrow June 8 living with daughter Mildred Shelton. Weekend guests at Virgil Pigg home include Jack Mullinax family from Granite City and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clopton
Jimmie Lee
Washington, Tr
Lee Clopton
Route Five
Mt. Vernon
George Ross
San Antonio
Texas
Ivan Wood
Bluford
Ross
Donna Jo Wood
Ed Moore
South 12Th Street
Mildred Shelton
Virgil Pigg
Jack Mullinax
Janet
Julie
Johnny Pat Cordle
Debbie Dye
Betty Jackson
Granite City
Illinois
Personal notices from Mt Vernon list local visits and hospital patients
Richard Lee Boone 15, son of Mrs Betty J Boone, hospital patient in Chicago awaiting surgery. Robert Owen Catron of Bluford ill at Barnes Hospital St Louis, seeks cards. Various residents including Mrs John H Norris Wal tonville, Mrs Judy Allen Lesser, Mrs Pauline Ellis Bluford, Charles Hahn Woodlawn, James E Scott Bluford, M O Dobbs Dix, Mrs Zelma Kovach Bluford, Ruth Minor Keenes, Ed Sellers Bluford, Tom Bullock Bonnie, Bill Ellis Dix, John Frick Bonnie, Ray Grubbs Dahlgren, Mrs Gertrude Bunk Tamaroa, Mrs Jane Loss Benton, Mrs Edith Byars Texico, Joe Broviak Ashley, Hosie Wilson Bonnie, Clarence Allen Nason, Raymond Eatock West Frankfort, and Leslie Mundell Benton all noted asMt Vernon area visitors or shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lee Boone
Betty J. Boone
Wesley Memorial Hospital
East Superior Street
Chicago
Robert Owen Catron
Bluford
McMillan
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
John H. Norris
Waltonville
Mt. Vernon
Judy Allen
Lesser
King City
Pauline Ellis
Charles Hahn
Woodlawn
James E. Scott
M. O. Dobbs
Dix
Zelma Kovach
Ruth Minor
Keenes
Ed Sellers
Tom Bullock
Bonnie
Bill Ellis
John Frick
Ray Grubbs
Dahlgren
Gertrude Bunk
Tamaroa
Jane Loss
Benton
City
Edith Byars
Texico
Joe Broviak
Ashley
Hosie Wilson
Clarence Allen
Nason
Raymond Eatock
West Frankfort
Leslie Mundell
Round Dozen Club Meeting Set at Duncan Home
Round Dozen Club members of Swinnersville will meet Wednesday at noon at the home of Mrs. Harry Duncan on Liberty Road for a club gathering with lunch and social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinnersville
Round Dozen Club
Harry Duncan
Liberty Road
Abby Advice Column Notice at Box 69700 Los Angeles
A personal reply option invites readers to mail a stamped self addressed envelope to Abby at Box 69700 Los Angeles California for guidance. It promotes Abby's booklet How to Write Letters for All Occasions priced at one dollar and offers a self help style response service with a clarifying note about not advising on dating.
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Abby
P. S
Los Angeles
Cal
Jefferson County Homemakers Plan June Schedule
The Jefferson County Homemakers outline a June schedule with lessons on Accent Your Home with Accessories and Foundation Garments led by local leaders and Home Adviser Miss Anna Betty Huck. A long list of meetings across towns includes dates June 6 to June 23 and multiple units with hosts and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Betty Huck
Happy Homemakers LL
Kathryn Clark
Inn LL
Evelyn Drennan
Extension Council Training School
Game Farm
Waltonville LL
Inez Gilbert
Shiloh HA
Nelda Eater
Block LL
Maude Morris
Pleasant Valley 4-Hers Club Third Meeting Report
The Pleasant Valley 4-Hers Club held its third meeting on June 4 at the Laughmiller residence with all members present. Randy Germann demonstrated bow and arrow handling after the business, a tour of an Illinois Power Co substation followed, then refreshments. The next meeting is June 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Laughmiller home, then a trip to McLeansboro for lunch and swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Ida Browning
Minnie Turrentine
Browning
Grace Blanton
Turrentine
Grace Lipps
Hazel Stout
Doris Padgett
Miller Lake
D.A.R
Joel Pace
Daughters of the American Revolution
South Ninth Street
Lettie Bristol
Sulgrave Manor
George Washington
Pleasant Valley 4-Hers
Laughmiller
Randy Germann
Illinois Power Company Electric Transmission
McLeansboro
Featherstun Receives Law Degree from Washington U
Glen Arthur Featherstun earned a Doctor of Law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Featherstun of this city. The exercises were held Sunday, June 5, at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceived
Washington University
St. Louis
Art Featherstun
University
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St. Mary’s Altar Society
St. Mary's Altar Society
Patricia McCleary
Linda Galigher
Chester A. Ulm
Evansville
Indiana
Judy Sledge
Linda Warner
Janice Abraham
Earl Galigher
Eugene McCleary
Linda McClusky
Ruth Carkin
Opal Smith
Low Gross
Carol Lowery
Betty Frost
Pat Tvvin
Peggy Emmone
Delo
Pearl Hutchison
South 18Th Street
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Malcolm Ray Hutchison
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Olin Hutchison
Lagoona Beach
California
Harold Hutchison
Sally
Herman Dulaney
Buncombe
Clyde Cavitt
John Crocker
Yale
Little Angel
Polly Cramer
Barbara Parkins
Peyton Place
Barbara
Delo Photo Craft
Emil H. Klein
Oakland Avenue
Jack C. Garrison
Fairway Drive
Margaret Prior
San Rafael
B.P.W
Carbondale
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Jack
Stuck
Harry
Jhie Sharer
Ron
Winona Adcock
Joe
Jayne Bundy
Little Grassy Lake
Hopewell
Diana C. Flanagan
Columbia Basin College School of Nursing
Pasco
Washington
Orval Flanagan
Flanagin
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Seattle University
Phi Theta Kappa
National Honorary Society
Flanagan
Mt. Vernon Township
Kennwick High School
Kennwick
Jefferson County
Belle Rive
Pearl Malcolm
Local Leader Training School
Courthouse
Boyd HA
Flossie Wittenbrink
Rome Day
Eleanor Wiegand
Young Homemakers L
Doris Atkinson
Camp Ground LL
Betty Brummett
Old Union HA
Helen Firebaugh
van Dorn LL
Mig
Nina Dare
Opdyke HA
Virginia Garrison
Woodlawn HA
Hilda Huston
Field
Lillian Myers
Sunshine San
Unit
Epworth Methods
Church
Jetta Harris
Dodds
Lena Baker
Summersville
Effie Marlow
Shields
Mary Lois Brinkman
Hilltop Homemakers Unit
Cerebral Palsy Fund
Young Homemakers
Mary Hertenstein
G.A. Featherstun
Washington U
Glen Arthur Featherstun
Sinadrin
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