Society Notes Highlight Local Club Activities And Weddings
Deborah Circle of Park Avenue Baptist met with 11 members, with prayer and a calendar of missions planned including six baptismal robes. The column covers Ladies Day at Elks Country Club, Mt. Vernon Garden Club, Toastmasters, Duplicate Bridge, Democrat Women meeting, and two weddings with detailed wedding party roles and future addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Circle
Alen
Velma Allen
Deborah
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Ruth Johnson
Florence Brown
Robert J. Hastings
Florist Moore
Peggy Lemay
Hallie Britton
World Missions
Monty Dixon
Brown
Elks Country Club
Lou Koons
Lorena Tibbs
Margaret Thompson
Betty Lipps
Kay Dunn
Corina Cluck
Ruth Carkin
Martha DeWitt
Tea June 20 For Mt. V. Fair Queen Entries
A tea will be held Sunday June 20 at the home of Mrs. Ruth Maxwell on Salem Road from 2 to 4 pm for girls 16 to 21 to learn about the Miss Jefferson County Beauty Contest and pick up application blanks. Blank forms may also be obtained at the Chamber of Commerce Office. The beauty contest is set for Saturday night July 24 at the Mt. Vernon State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Maxwell
Salem Road
Jefferson County
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Vernon State Fair
B P W Club Outlines Summer Plans In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Business and Professional Women's Club lists summer activities. A workshop is set for Sunday June 27 in Carbondale with reservations due by June 18 to Norma Garrison or Wilma Garrison. Delegates will attend the national convention in Washington DC July 25 to 29 at the Sheraton Park Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale
Norma Garrison
Wilma Garrison
Cochairmen
Washington, D.C
Sheraton Park
Illinois
Perla Mesta
B.P.W
Dear Abby Boredom Sparks Office Gossip and Advice
In a Dear Abby column, colleagues seek a tactful way to end long coffee break depictions of Trudy's troubled marriage. Abby suggests a private, appointive leader labels the group as bored and urges Trudy to seek professional help if needed. Also included are letters about a barber shop head-shaving tradition, dieting marriage pitfalls, bottle feeding a baby, and an NHS honor for Sue Luhn with school details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Trudy
Gold card event plan for Illinois attendees
A group of 50 members will attend a tea at a Washington home. On August 16 locals visit the Municipal Opera to see Camelot, traveling from Mt. Vernon by air conditioned bus. The blast off party is set for August 23 at the State Game Farm with full plans to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois
Camelot
1926 Class To Hold Reunion In Mt. Vernon Park
The Mt. Vernon high school class of 1926 will hold its annual reunion Sunday June 27 at the west shelter house in Mt. Vernon city park. A basket dinner will be served at noon and all members families friends and faculty are invited. Polly in care of The Register News invites homemaking ideas with a dollar prize if used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Duplicate Bridge Club
Elks Club
George Hill
B. Hildes
P. Smith
Centralia
Mrs. McLaughlin
Vandalia
C. O. O'Rourke
This City
R. Novak
Salem
E. Smith
I. Hildes
E. Blowers
H. Scheppeél
Carlyle
M. Musick
R. Rawlings
Mrs. Fyfe
Fairfield
B. Richardson
R. Besant
West Shelter House
Mt. Vernon City Park
Polly
Register- News
Butter Churn Festival Reflected In Gentle Reminiscence
A nostalgic column recalls the Butter Churn Festival in June, praising butter mould artistry and the ritual of preparing seasoned moulds, while cherishing childhood memories of bread warm from the oven and country butter. The piece contrasts older homemaking pride with present innocence and invites a shared savor of those simple pleasures.
Marion Heifner Speaks At Lions Club Meeting
Marion Heifner owner of Hawkins Bakery and Lions Club charter member was the main speaker at the weekly luncheon in the L and N Cafe. Heifner recalled Mt. Vernon high days and agreed to conduct the installation ceremony on June 30. The club sponsored a child to Little Grassy Youth Camp and funded Mt. Vernon county tennis tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Heifner
Hawkins Bakery
Lions Club
L. and N
James P. Burke
Heifmer
Mt. Vernon High School
Lion Heifner
Heifner
Paul Fellinger
Lion Herb Downey
Little Grassy
Lion A. G. Packwood
Illinois Youth Commission
Mt. Vernon
Marion County Tennis Society
Athelstan First to Claim King of All Britain
Athelstan became the first Anglo-Saxon ruler to declare himself King of All Britain, marking a pivotal expansion of royal authority beyond regional kingdoms. The assertion reflected a new sense of a united realm under a single sovereign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athelstan
All
Britain
Socially Yours notes on local residents and travels
Connie Geraci at 11 Salem Road plans a quiet period with friends in St Louis. W E Setzekorn and granddaughter Janet Lynn Setzekorn just returned from Terre Haute Indiana for niece Olive Sharon Hake’s wedding to Robert Tard Peterson. The bride’s parents are former Mt Vernon residents and she teaches French at St Mary Of The Woods College. The groom earned an engineering degree from Purdue and they will live in LaCrosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Ann Stanley
Carter Stanley
Argyle Ave
Youngstown
Ohio
David Earl Greer
Everett Greer
Mt. Vernon
Trinity Methodist Church
Indiana
Bloomington
Ind
Greer
Indiana University
E. L. Stanley
Struthers
Olan K. Carson
Cynthia Stanley
Seattle
Wash
Pamela Carson
Marlin E. Greer
Champaign
Ill
Edwin L. Stanley
Westminster
Leonard Greer
DePauw University School of Nursing
Indianapolis
DePauw University
N. Fess Ave
Everett D. Greer
Karen Brown
Granite City
Helen L. Carter
St. Paul
Minn
Wayne Sanderholm
Chicago
Russell K. Carter
Cuyahoga Falls
Robert J. Carter
Bay Village
Warren
Alliance
Salem
Pauline Wielt
Gayle Wessman
Stephanie Baumer
Belleville
Jan Koenig
East St. Louis
Blanche Body
Martha Driggers
Jewell Talbott
Doris Dalglish
University of Illinois
Alpha Lambda Delta
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Beta Kappa
Honorary
Pi Beta Phi Social Sorority
Pi Phi
Val Belman
Sigma Nu Social Fraternity
de Paul University
Bell Telephone Company
W. E. Setzekorn
Janet Lynn Setzekorn
Terre Haute
Olive Sharon Hake
Robert Tard Peterson
St. Mary of the Woods College
Purdue University
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Granddaughter improves after horse fall at Good Samaritan
Mrs Ruth Reece reports granddaughter Gloria De Vivo slowly improving from injuries after last Sundays horse fall. She is a patient in Room 321 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Many friends and relatives from Louisville and other towns attended Leslie Austins funeral in this city and visited relatives here during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Reece
Gloria de Vivo
Good Samaritan Hospital
Truly Richardson
D. N
American Association of Doctors’ Nurses
Atlanta
Leslie Austin
George Hall
Harold Hall
Louisville
James Ziegler
Sadoris
Russell Dustin
Anaheim
California
Don Rhodes
Arcola
Howard Jones
Harriett Howland
St. Elmo
Ward Campbell
George Ullrich
Pinckneyville
Miss Mary Elizabeth Graham Graduates With Honors
Miss Mary Elizabeth Graham of Northfield Massachusetts graduates with honors from Mt Holyoke College South Hadley The Grahams are former residents of Mt Vernon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Graham
William R. Graham, Jr
Northfield
Massachusetts
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley
Grahams
Mt. Vernon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Fry
Hugh West
Elbert Epler
Earl Myers
Elmer Nolan
Irene Dunbar
L. E. Hard
E. H. Klein
Josepha Rivera
Toastmasters’ Club
Toastmasters Club
Opal
Frick
Newell Wimberly
Gale Howell
Hubert Rinnert
John Bugal
John Rowles
Harold Frick
Andy Bird
Lowell Holloway
Democrat
Democrat Women’s Organization
Mt. Vernon Court House
Betty Lou Carpenter
Everett Carpenter
David L. Hill
Ivan Hill
Central Church of Christ
Herbert Wilson
Dorothy Cochran
Barbara Burnside
Madelynne Ranmar
Sharon Watson
Baltimore
Gayle Tittle
Jane Hill
Jamie Lualdi
Herrin
Jerry Ciszewski
Robert Richardson
Larry Bear
Decatur
Ken Batty
Ed Chipman
Kankakee
Fellowship Hall
Mrs
Mary Jane Studio
Mt. V. Fair Queen
B.P.W. Club
Abigail van Buren
Los Angeles
Calif
Sue Luhin
Clyde Luhn
Grenoble Lane
Florrisant
McClear High School
Washington University
West Salem
Zadok Casey
Mt. Vernon Township
Tokyo
Japanese National Railways
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mom
Chere
By Sally
Connie Geraci
St. Louis
Merle Williamson
Richview Road
Henry Bishop
Waltonville Road
McAndrew Stadium
Inlaw
Merilon Kay (Williamson) Bishop
Floyd Hale
Gladys Bond
Vienna
Til
Grayville
Methodist Church
Louie A. Harshbarger
Poplar Bluff
Army Air Force
J. T. Lowry
Redding
Cecil Levin
Speidel
Bulova
Prince Gardner
Neme
Burova
South Side Square
Southern Illinois
Norman Morton
McLeansboro
Bill Boudinot
Belle Rive
King City
Betty Jane Jokman
Mary Ann May
Nashville
Mary E. Taylor
W. §. Shurtz
Woodlawn
Robert Dawson
Carterville
A. D. Williams
Mary Ancona
Johnnie Ancona
Clifford Wilson
Charles Ray Wilson
Tony Ancona
Franklin
Mary JO Smith
Channel Four
Southern Illinois University
Gordon Lawrence
Mike Hanes
Justin Folk
Vera
Beauty Shop
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