Socials notes from Mt Vernon families and guests
Children of the late Mr and Mrs J S Tucker held a picnic at the Hicks home with out of town guests including Homer Tucker of Camarillo California Pearl Willis of Galesburg Melvin Driggers and family of Indianapolis Lloyd Tucker and daughter Phyllis Gail Driggers of Evansville and many more. Highlights include relatives visiting Lewis town and Des Plaines, birthdays and upcoming trips, SIU Edwardsville graduation notices, and local nurse Mary Pickett planning a trip to Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Tucker
Kenny Hicks
Homer Tucker
Camarillo
California
Pearl Willis
Galesburg
Melvin Driggers
Indianapolis
Ind
Lloyd Tucker
Phyllis
Gail Driggers
Evansville
Alden Fairchild
Joyce
Bill Gilbert
Art Beck
Grigsby
Mont, Ill
Lewistown
Ill
Joyce Fairchild
Des Plaines
Betty Rae Gilbert
Will
Waldo Foster
Chester Cooper
Homer Scrivner
SIU
Edwardsville
Richard Lee Gardner
Fosters
Glen A. Martin
Ashley
Guy Fox
Charles Martin
Honolulu
Hawaii
Personalities from Fremont visit for funeral in Harrisburg
Mr. and Mrs. Carlie House of Fremont met at Lambert Airport with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson to attend the funeral of Mrs. Rose McElrath in Harrisburg. They will return to Anderson home for a brief visit. Local residents including David Suchhomski Pinckneyville and Raymond Harper Keenes reported various business trips and visits in Mt. Vernon and King City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlie Houseworth
Fremont
California
Lambert Airport
Harry Anderson
Harrisburg
Houseworth
Rose McElrath
Anderson
David Suchhomski
Pinckneyville
Mt. Vernon
Raymond Harper
Keenes
King City
Leslie Lewis
Waltonville
Glenn Payne
Belle Rive
Olen Conrad
Mulkeytown
Dwight Spann
Lesser
Florence McKay
Bonnie
FOR LADIES ONLY Kitten Hitches 60 Miles Home
A kitten rode sixty miles in a truck from Stonefort to Mt Vernon and back to Stonefort, perched under the vehicle until found by Mrs. McSparin and safely reunited with its mother. The tale, recounted by Mrs. Herbert Lowe, delighting readers with imagined conversations between cat and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lowe
Ed McSparin
Stonefort
Jis
Game Farm Road
McSparins
Mt. Vernon
Mrs. Lowe
Varnell Rebekah Lodge honors district officers at meeting
District Association No. 25 officers were guests of honor at the Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 meeting in the I.O.O.F. Temple. Highlights include gifts to officers, the Work and Smile exemplifications, and plans for an official visit to Effingham. About 75 members from 15 lodges attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varnell Rebekahs
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
F. Temple
Ann Ruddick
Noble Grand
Lodge
Helen Piercy
Woodlawn
Peart Gerth
Effingham
Leota Ethridge
Merle Smith
Vandalia
Edith MacDonald
Centralia, Jr
Order
Maud Gannon
Centralia
Rebekah State Assembly
Daisy Weiss
Ladies Auxiliary Patriarchs Militant
Ladies Encampment Auxiliary of
Illinois
Dorothy Green
Ziegler
Rebekah District Association No
Elizabeth Howell
West Frankfort
St. Elmo Lodge
Woodlawn Lodge
Piercy
Ann Hall
Jola Musgrave
Persidents
Merle Norman
Vera Simmons
Tressa Davis
Wanda Bailey
Grace Coleman
Mt Vernon Illinois Women Lodge Golf Day Dreams Fashion Show
About 130 women attended a lodge event featuring golf with players from Centralia Salem McLeansboro and Mt Vernon. Joe Brubaker and Dana Brubaker arranged tee times while Myrtle Fredericks Irene Lynn presided at the punch table. A noon social and smorgasbord preceded a fashion show from Mt Vernon stores with Dee Smith and Genevieve Laird as hosts. Aggie Kramer provided promenade music. Event led by Dee Smith and Genevieve Laird with multiple chairs handling breakfast golf and card games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Salem
McLeansboro
Mt. Vernon
Joe Brubaker
Dana
Myrtle Fredricks
Irene Lynn
Ted
Bride Shop
Corps
Hollywood
Jo Elias
Montgomery Wards
Susan
Roses
S. Dee Smith
Genevieve Laird
Dear Abby column snippets and reader letters from 1970s era
A batch of Dear Abby letters covers marital strain from a kiss-happy husband, a neighbor gift dispute over borrowed items, and a frank confession by a woman describing sexual frustration and infidelity. The column offers ironic and practical rebuttals and ends with a request for letters to Abby and a fee-based booklet offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Peace Corps Creation Date Quiz
The peace corps was created on March 1, 1961, by an executive order. The question and answer confirm the exact founding date and method of establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps
Personal notes on shoppers and visitors in Mt Vernon
Mrs Elnora Williams of Belle Rive transacted business and shopped in Mt Vernon Monday. Ronald Novak of Radom was a business visitor in the King Mrs Wanda Avery of Opdyke spent yesterday afternoon shopping in Mt Vernon. Roy C Green of Marlow is a patient in Barnes Hospital at St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Overby
Louise Sattley
Hearthside Nursing Home
North Ninth
Overby
Mary Chambilan
Bonnie
Wannla
Heck
Myrtle Randall
Shawnee
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Eunice Etheridge
Karl H. Pickerell
Inn
Mercedes M. Holder
Chicago
Glenn D. Yardley
Joliet
Holman
Judson Memorial Baptist Church
Elnora Williams
Belle Rive
Mt. Vernon
Ronald Novak
Radom
King
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Sondra Lynn Hutchison
William Homer Hutchison
Route Two
Huntingsburg
Sondra Lynn
Charles L. Fulkerson
Charles Fulkerson
Hutchisons
Salem United Church of Christ
Sally
George Gale Gilbert
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
Edna Ellis
Dallas
Texas
Donald Ellis
Amelia Barnes
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mary Pickett
Hillman Memorial Hospital
Manteno
Opdyke
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Doris Schoch
Olivia Smith
Perkins
John E. Hawkins
Texico
John Dare
Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home
Ruth Starman
Maggie Bradiock
Bruford
Laura Withrow
Earl Walker
Dix
Irene Elliott
Walker
Mattoon
Katherine Smith
Annie Patterson
Mt. Verner
Arch Mandrell
Robert Mandrell
Robert Mandrells
Maryland Heights
By Sally
Virgil Byard
Ozarks
Glenn
Branson
Hiway Cafe
Howard Holmes
Holmes
James McLaughlin
Pauline Minor
North Tenth Street
C.L. Leonard
Gals
Meeta
Modern
Woodmen Junior Club
Marlow
Recreation Center
Ninth Street
Conger
Fred Beeker
Shirley Beeker
Jeff Rector
Mt. Vernon City Park
St. Mary’s
Bridge Club
St. Mary’s Bridge Club
Harry Walter
Pavey
Herbert Downey
First Methodist Evening Circle
First Methodist Church
Harry Marvel
Richview Road
Amvets Auxiliary
Opdyke Homemakers
Homemakers’ Extension Association
Virginia Garrison
Delp
Janie Bayer
Betty Lipps
Laura Moore
Lee Williamson
Beth Thompson
Sharon Flota
Jane Wells
Faye Rightnowar
Charlotte Wells
Doris Vineyard
Becky Thompson
Tammy Kramer
Norma Garrison
Angie Pipes
Kay Fredericks
Nancy Laird
Kaye Holding
Charlotte Thompson
Sue Laird
Marguerite Piper
Mavis Martin
Kay Page
Marilyn Barker
Frances Moore
Kay Webb
Delores Powell
Annick Joffre
Jean Holding
Jane Hefley
Nancy Hawkes
Elks Country Club
Dear Abby
Avigail van Buren
Viet Nam
Kiss
Altho
Hell
Lake Forest
Los Angeles
Cal
Bill Montfort
Mariner Dive Shop
Glen Filberth
Prescription Shop
MYL
Delo
Ardelle Howie
Whitman Fiction
Uslin
C. SI
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6Th Street
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