Summersville Social Notes and Local Club Reports
The Summersville Round Dozen Club gathered with 13 members at Mrs. Ollie Miller’s home for a noon luncheon. Meetings included prayers, poems, a tour of the Miller weaving studio, and plans for July 8 at Mrs. Eunice Duncan’s home. Community groups, including the Jefferson County Retired Teachers and Home Makers Extension, held upcoming sessions. Rotary, Red Cross Gray Ladies, Bucking ham school reunion, St Mary’s Altar Society, Mt Vernon Art Guild, and Democratic women also met or planned events with speakers, displays, and social activities. A birthday dinner and monthly tributes occurred, with attendees from Mt Vernon and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
Round Dozen
Ollie Miller
Mabel Yandell
Mona Clark
Christine Harlow
Miller
Eunice Duncan
Mt. Vernon
C. Art Wallace
Salem
Fred Welsh
Springfield Club
Kenneth Bell
Albert Allen
Old Buckingham School
Isaac Walton
McLeansboro
Erma Grace Burkett
Phyllis Zellers
Minnie Darsham
Lewis Page
Eddie Belangee
Mary K. Richardson
Maude Degenhart
Noma Turner
Verna Cantrell
Addie Kennedy
Henry Kennedy
Betty Zellers
Ella Underwood
David Spencer
Richard Dulany
Birthday Dinner Honors George Bovard at Home
A dinner on Monday June 15 at George Bovard's home 209 North 13th Street celebrated his 84th birthday. Bovard, a salesman with a wide southern Illinois territory, hosted a gathering of close friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bovard
North 13Th Street
Bovard
Ilinois
Surprise dinner honors Starks Golden Wedding in East McKeesport
A May 31 surprise dinner at Mrs. George Schumm’s home celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Starks of East McKeesport on their Golden Wedding anniversary. Attendees included Rev. Lester Breeze and many local families. the couple has three children, four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The Women’s Society of World Service met at the Byars home for a picnic supper with 10 members and one visitor, Virginia Carroll, and discussed the Galesburg state convention and a missionary report from EcUador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Stark
East McKeesport
George Schumm
Starks
Lester Breeze
Wilfred Schumm
Floyd Schum
Eva Cornwell
Lizzie Gamper Ried
the Starks
Woman's Society of World Service
Bluford Evangelical United Brethren Church
Wilroy Byars
Virginia Carroll
Jean Partridge
Bertha Collard
W.S.W.S
Galesburg
Robert Hochstetter
Ecuador
Ehon
Harmony Girls 4-H Club Meets at Byars Home
The Harmony Girls 4-H Club met June 15 at Beverly and Cathy Byars home. Patty Marlow and Karen Back led the pledge. Joyce Case presided at the meeting. Beverly Byars and Patty Marlow gave talks and demonstrations. The next meeting is June 29 at Teresa Malcolm’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Girls
Beverly
Cathy Byars
Patty Marlow
Karen Back
Joyce Case
Beverly Byars
Teresa Malcolm
Centralia wedding unites Barbara Ann Sprenkle and Ensign James Stewart
Barbara Ann Sprenkle and Ensign James Michael Stewart wed Sunday June 7 at First United Presbyterian Church Centralia. Rev William R Kimbrough officiated at 4 pm with a reception in the church social room and the couple then left for San Diego where Stewart serves aboard the U S S Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Sprenkle
Ensign James Michael Stewart
U.S.N
First United Presbyterian Church
Centralia
William R. Kimbrough
Miss Sprenkle
Ellsworth R. Sprenkle
Ensign Stewart
Clarence Stewart
O. Earle Harmon
Franck
Jesus
Bach
Guilmant
Arnold Gluck
Lord
Love
Purcell
David Sprenkle
Macomb
Kent Piper
Carbondale
Barbara Clark
Ted A. Pilson
David E. Sprenkle
Stephen Colburn
Champaign
Robert Stevenson
Odin
Sharon Hall
Anne Alred
St. Louis
Kathy
Alice Stewart
San Diego
The
U.S.S. Dale
Dear Abby column questions on fighting a girl and a Mexican divorce
Abigail Van Buren answers reader concerns about a 14 year old who punched a much heavier girl in self defense, clarifies that boys should not hit girls, and explains a Mexican divorce by proxy case. The advisor also comments on hospital visiting etiquette and how readers can contact Abby for personal replies and guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
California
Mexico
Socials: UC cream of 9 offices. sorority delegates visit
Dr. Gaylord P. Whitlock of Berkeley heads UC Agriculture Extension Service, visiting his Dix and Mt Vernon relatives. Miss Susan Hayman, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hayman, delegates to Sigma Kappa convention at Hot Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Draper return to Tempe after visits to Bluford Wayne City and Manteno. Cards to Albert Spurlock of Manteno prior to June 20 birthday. Mrs. Crider and Twana Sue back in Aberdeen Marsland after visits with Vernon relatives. Weekend guests include Mr. and Mrs. Jance of Buncombe and Eva Crider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord PP. Whitlock
Berkeley
Calif
Walter Whitlock
Dix
Mt. Vernon
Whitlock
University of California Agriculture Extension — Service
Illinois
Homemakers Extension Service
University of Illinois
State of California
Susan Hayman
W. R. Hayman
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Miss Hayman
Southern Illinois University
Tempe
Arizona
Clyde Miller
Bluford
Maurice Draper
Wayne City
Charles &. Crider
Twana Sue
Aberdeen
Marsland
Ralph Crider
Vernon
Crider
Richard Jance
Buncombe, Il
Mr. Crider
Eva Crider
City
Temperance colony capital proposed for Saskatoon
A report notes Saskatoon in Saskatchewan was named as the proposed capital of a temperance colony. It adds claims about the Sir Papaquads cattle being nearly disease free, Minnesota leading U.S. creamery butter production in 1962 with about 300 million population, and Leonardo da Vinci envisioning the automobile over 450 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Canada
Saskatchewan Province
Minnesota
U.S
Leonardo da Vinci
Local residents stroll Mt. Vernon and King City
A sequence of social and shopping excursions shows numerous Mt. Vernon residents and regional visitors, including Mrs. O H Mason and Mrs. James Mason, Mrs. Isabelle Harmon, and Rev. Dale Harmon, shopping in Mt. Vernon and King City. Business visitors from St Louis, Olney, West Frankfort, Ashley, and other towns are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Mason
James Mason
Paul Campbell
Charles Hill
McLeansboro
Mt. Vernon
A. L. LeVault
Lesser
King City
Isabelle Harmon
Oney
H. H. Sauber
St. Louis
Dale Harmon
Olney
Leonard Hemminghouse
Okanville
Louise Stewart
West Frankfort
Paul Wilson
Wayne City
George Byars
Bluford
Earl Riddle
Woodlawn
Clifford Breeze
Frank Kabat
Waltonville
Dot Bechtel
Tony Pytlinski
Ashley
James Threatt
Belle Rive
Noble Shelton
Opdyke
R. R. Lynn
Jo Ann Workman
Xenia
T. B. Carey
Allen Ahlfield
West Salem
Ill
Co. F. Corzine
Sandoval
June Hacker
Centralia
Marsha Ballantine
Wilbur Burton
Walnut Hill
O. O. Alderson
Iuka
Dennis Harrison
Fairfield
Missionary Work Camp Sends SIU Students Abroad
Two Jefferson county SIU students Judith Fry and Linda Mays attend a missionary work camp in Cincinnati. Members of the Wesley Foundation from SIU Methodist student center, they receive excused absences for summer makeup work. Headquarters are at Emanuel Community Center. eight inner city churches will be served with visitation surveying teen groups and chores.
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Jefferson County
SIU
Cincinnati
Judith Fry
Inn
Linda Mays
Mt. Vernon
Wesley Foundation
Methodist
Southern
Emanuel Community
Ronald R. Seibert
Outstanding resident honored at Bailey's Hall on campus
Dave Smith, a Pre-medicine major at Southern Illinois University, is named outstanding resident at Bailey's Hall, Thompson Point. Son of Rev. and Mrs. Walter A. Smith of Mt. Vernon, he maintains a 4.40 GPA while active as Executive Council member, host for International Progress Dinners, Bailey 2nd treasurer, and president of Phi Eta Sigma. He also performed in The Music Man."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Smith
Bailey
Thompson Point
Southern Ilinois University
Walter A. Smith
Simpson Drive
Mt. Vernon
International Progress
Phi Eta Sigma
Scholastic
Ladies Only Takes On Aging Brain Mockery
A college professor jokes about women past thirty facing brain atrophy and suggests self help through courses like History of American Literature Philosophical Ideas and Study Of The Sino Soviet Bloc. The piece playfully laments aging while urging mental engagement over comfort remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C
Kruchie
Jefferson County 4-H Day Camp Picnic at Lake West Frankfort
On June 13 at Lake West Frankfort 4-H Camp a Day Camp gathering showcased about 300 Jefferson County 4-H members leaders and parents. Attendees enjoyed swimming barge riding hiking softball and socializing with old and new 4-H friends while the Jefferson County Extension staff thanked the many leaders junior leaders and adults who contributed to a successful day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Lake West Frankfort
Vacation Bible School at Lebanon Church Mt Vernon
Vacation Bible School will be held at Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church Lynchburg Road Mt Vernon starting Monday June 22 1964 and ending Friday July 5 with commencement. Evening sessions 630 to 900 p.m. Includes Nursery through Intermediates with Mrs Wanda Shoukleto vich as superintendent. Children in that age group are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church
Lynchburg Road
Mt. Vernon
Wanda Shoukletovich
Kuwait and states honor symbols amid quick facts
Kuwait ranks as the fourth largest oil producer. Georgia Iowa New York and North Dakota celebrate the wild rose as state flowers. A newborn bear cub is smaller than a newborn porcupine, illustrating size contrasts. Kuwait lies between Iraq and Saudi Arabia and covers about 6000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuwait
Georgia
Iowa
New York
North Dakota
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Davis earns bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University
Darrell Ray Davis has graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in education. He is the son of Norman E. Davis of Gary Indiana and Merle E. Davis of Carbondale, formerly of Mt. Vernon. In September he will teach in Rudyard Township schools in Rudyard Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Ray Davis
Southern Iinois University
Norman E. Davis
Gary
Ind
Merle E. Davis
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Rudyard
Michigan
Miss Betty Carpenter Touring Europe on College Trip
MISS BETTY CARPENTER, visiting her parents at 11 Rushton Drive, is touring Europe after leaving Chicago on a college chartered plane. Her itinerary includes Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, Denmark, and England. A Mt. Vernon HS 1961 graduate and UIUC psychology major, she holds a James scholarship and Volhelm scholastic award in Pi Beta Phi and will enter her senior year in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Carpenter
Everett Carpenter
Rushton Drive
Europe
Chicago
Paris
France
Switzerland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Austria
Germany
Denmark
England
Miss Carpenter
Mt. Vernon Township
University of Illinois
James
Volhelman
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
We the Women: Parents and Teen Talk on High School Crushes
The column advises mothers of freshmen girls to avoid ridicule and to listen without censure as daughters discuss boys. It urges a relaxed, nonjudgmental stance to keep communication open and prevent secrecy as teen social dynamics unfold.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Retired Teachers’ Association
Mt. Vernon Court House
Woodlawn Homemakers
Homemakers’ Extension Association
Mildred Loehr
South 26Th Street
Rita Compton
Norma Wiese
Rotary Club
Red Cross Gray
Red Cross
Della Tuegel
Alta Davis
Helen Campbell
Opa Gowler
Mt. Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Buckingham School
St. Mary's Altar Society
St. Mary’s Altar Society
Nona Lowther
James Hunt
Mary Snow
Hunt
John Blasick
Lowther
Myrtle Jeanguenat
Ruth Bell
Elva Casey
Genevieve Devoy
Jane Aitken
Shirley Newsome
Marie Langa
Art Guild
Paul Fellinger
Niagara Fire Insurance Company
J. K. Biagi
Brooklyn Museum “Hospital
Edgar Cole
Leona Cole
Forrest Brown
William Stonecipher
Robert Glazier
Eldorado
Kansas
Charles F. Osborn
Kenneth Osborn
Mr. Vernon
George Schere
Dayton
Dryden Cemetery
Democrat
Evelyn Harlan
Mt. Vernon State Fair
Irma Igo
Washington, D. C
John F. Kennedy
White House
L. B. Johnson
Helen Firebaugh
Lucille Ellis
Veronica Denofrio
James Michael Stewart
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Mrs. M
Easiy
R. F. da
Los Angeles
Sally
Joe Draper
Perry
Lbert Spurlock
North Oak Street
Manteno
Marion Capps
Lebanon Church
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Charles Percy
Frank Walker
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Brazilia
Vianee Mer
Anes
Speidel
Accutron
Prince Gardner
Bulova
Southern Illinois
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