Socials Notes From Nocona and Nearby Cities
Mrs. Lyle Mercer of Nocona visits with Mrs. Jean Hall and family in town. Rolla Anderson and family from Kalamazoo Michigan tour Mt. Vernon mother Mrs. W. H. Anderson. he is Kalamazoo College athletic director and former Mt. Vernon star. Mrs. Addie Faulkner returns to Mt. Vernon after two months in Virginia visiting son Jack Faulkner in Hampton and sister-in-law Mrs. Lucille Ellette in Norfolk. Mrs. Maxine Gallagher and granddaughter La Donna Tate return from North Little Rock Arkansas after a week away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Mercer
Nocona, Texas
Jean Hall
Rolla Anderson
Kalamazoo
Michigan
W. H. Anderson
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Township
Addie Faulkner
Virginia
Jack Faulkner
Hampton
Lucille Ellette
Norfolk
McArthur Memorial
Myers House
Maxine Gallagher
la Donna Tate
Ramsey, Ill
North Little Rock
Arkansas
Farrington 4-H Club Holds June Meeting and Plans Ride
The Farrington 4-H Club met at Verle Ellis home with Lloyd Ellis as leader. Talks by Gary, Verle, and Eugene Simmons preceded a share-the-fun discussion. A bicycle ride was planned for Sunday June 20 at 1 PM. The Camp Ground Golden Rule 4-H Club met at Rodney Gowler home with pledges led by Leonard Hefner and Tommy. Rodney Gowler gave talks and a demonstration, with refreshments by Mrs. Viola Gowler. Weatherford context noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrington
Verle Ellis
Lloyd Ellis
Garry Ellis
Billy Paul
Gary Ellis
Eugene Simmons
Rodney Gowler
Leonard Hefner
Tommy
Weatherford
Becky Weatherford
Cheryl Willams
Viola Gowler
Miss Norma Atchison Weds Ronald Tennyson At Belle Rive
Saturday evening June 12 Miss Norma Atchison and Ronald Tennyson united in a double ring ceremony at Belle Rive Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor John Lee Jr. officiating. The bride, daughter of Nace Atchison and the late Alma Atchison, wore chantilly lace and nylon with seed pearls. Best man was Ronald Webber. matron of honor Mrs. D. F. Mallory. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Mallory home. The couple will live in Decatur where he works for Caterpillar. Out of town guests included Wanda Lee of McLeansboro and Marilyn Webber of Dahlgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Atchison
Ronald Tennyson
Belle Rive Missionary Baptist Church
John Lee, Jr
McLeansboro
Nace Atchison
Belle Rive
Alma Atchison
Fred Tennyson
Dahlgren
Ronald Webber
D. F
Mallory
Mary Ann Tennyson
Lookout Mountain
Ruby Falls
Tennessee
Tennyson
Mt. Vernon Township
SIU
Belle Rive Consolidated School
U.S. Army
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Decatur
East Marlitte
Wanda Lee
Cora Smith
Edith Ward
Mt. Vernon
Marilyn Webber
Personal notices from the King City region
Wayne Arnold recovers from Wednesday surgery at Barnes Hospital in St Louis. Mrs Jessie Hall of Carmi shopped in Mt Vernon yesterday. Perry Bell of Bluford made a King City trip Thursday. Dolly Jones and children from Bonnie shopped and visited yesterday. Don Smith and son of Carbondale shopped in the King City yesterday. Murray D Hill of Fairfield visited on business Thursday. Virginia M Ferrell of Salem shopped in Mt Vernon yesterday. Kenneth Hall of Nason made a Thursday business trip to the King City. Harold French of Bruford transacted business in Mt Vernon yesterday. Ralph Duckworth of Scheller transacted business in the King City Thursday. Howard Chambliss of Opd yke made a King City trip to Morgan Brainerd of Xenia. Alice Moore of Woodlawn was a Mt Vernon visitor and shopper yesterday. Charles Clark of Bonnie made a Mt Vernon trip Thursday. H M Smith of Inn transacted business in Mt Vernon yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Arnold
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Jessie Hall
Carmi
Mt. Vernon
Perry Bell
Bluford
King City
Dolly Jones
Bonnie
Vernon
Don Smith
Carbondale
Murray D. Hill
Fairfield
Virginia M. Ferrell
Salem
Kenneth Hall
Nason
Harold French
Bruford
Ralph Duckworth
Scheller
Howard Chambliss
Opdyke
Morgan Brainerd
Xenia
Alice Moore
Woodlawn
Charles Clark
H. M. Smith
Inn
Barbershop Exchange Sparks Family Joke
A man brings his chatty son to a crowded barber shop. While the father reads a magazine, the boy pesters him for answers, prompting a barber to remark on the boy’s talkativeness and resemblance to his parent in a humorous misfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tool
Delilah Jones Circle Meets at Park Avenue Baptist
The Delilah Jones Circle met Tuesday evening with six members including Mrs. Ruby Jones. Mrs. Lena Fisher reported mission activities such as cards to shut-ins, hours with the sick, a cake delivery, and hospital visits. The program The Home was led by several members and closed with a prayer and social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delilah Jones
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Ruby Jones
Jones
Oma Brown
Lena Fisher
Community Mission
Fisher
Mildred Elliott
Abbie Pierce
Helen Smith
Ella Nolta
Homemakers' Evening Unit Meets At Mt Vernon Home
Mt Vernon Homemakers' Extension unit will meet next Monday at 7 30 PM at 3208 Lemon the home of Mrs Vernon French Visitors welcome The 15th annual reunion of former Illinois Knitting Co employees was held at Mt Vernon city park A basket dinner was served and officers elected Ina Puckett president Grace Justice vice president Alta Wielt treasurer Marjorie Hubbard publicity Raymond Wielt Fred Justice Sherman Wicks Ray Sprouse Virgil Hubbard ground committee Prizes to Ethel Dulaney Alta Wielt Lucille Greathouse The next reunion is set for the second Sunday in June at the west shelter house Mt Vernon park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Homemakers' Extension Association
Vernon French
Lemon
Maggie Reynolds
Illinois Knitting Company
Mt. Vernon City Park
Ina Puckett
Grace Justice
Alta Wielt
Marjorie Hubbard
Raymond Wielt
Fred Justice
Sherman Wicks
Ray Sprouse
Virgil Hubbard
Ethel Dulaney
Lucille Greathouse
West Shelter House
PTA Workshop For Rural Schools At Bethel Grade School
The county council of Parent- Teacher Associations will hold a workshop for all rural schools on Tuesday June 22 at 7 30 oclock in Bethel grade school. All officers and chairmen are invited to attend. A social hour will follow the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Council of Parent- Teacher Associations
Bethel Grade School
Red Cross Gray Ladies Help Mt Vernon TB Patients
The Red Cross Gray Ladies shoppers this week include Lorene Prasuhn Gertrude Korris Helen Campbell Della Tuegel and Mildred Loehr. On Wednesdays they visit Mt Vernon Tuberculosis Sanatorium to shop for patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Gray Lady
Lorene Prasuhn
Gertrude Korris
Helen Campbell
Della Tuegel
Mildred Loehr
Mt. Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Mount Ver non Art Guild Meeting Promotes Community Center
Members will meet Monday evening June 21 at 7 30 in the Community Center for a work session making crafts for year end promotions. Tables and some materials provided. Guild seeks old usable frames prints and pictures from collectors. Call secretary R L McLain or R L Brownfield to donate and arrange pickup. Artists and crafters invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon Art Guild
Old Post Office
R. L. McLain
R. L. Brownfield
Homemaking tips to share with Polly at Mount Vernon
Readers are invited to submit homemaking ideas to Polly in care of The Mt. Vernon Register-News. Submissions may be considered for Polly's Pointers with a two dollar reward if an idea is used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Mt. Vernon Register-News
Crow Society Card Promises Good Luck For Crow Lovers
A humorous essay about joining the Society for the Preservation of the Crow. The narrator recounts an unexpected invitation to become a charter member, jokes about a membership card, and reflects on crows as symbols of luck and intelligence. Personal childhood anecdotes link slingshot mischief and rural misadventures to the crow’s image. The piece ends with a pledge to honor the crow and readers’ skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Preservation OF the Crow
Bird Kingdom
Crow
Polly's Painters and Homemaking Tips Column Snapshot
A collection of reader queries and Polly's advice on home hacks. Tips cover removing masking tape residue from boats, improving oil and vinegar dressings by bottle transfer, applying wallpaper paste with a clean roller, vacuuming lint removal from windows, gifting first aid in fruit cake tins, using alarm clocks to manage daily tasks, child friendly uses for cellulose sponges, cedar chip sachets in drawers, and keeping parsonage housekeeping neat. Includes reader anecdotes and requests for more Polly Dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
R. L. le
Leila
Lillian
S. S
Carl
Ruth
Ann
Naomi
Dear Abby letters about neighbors and personal issues
A collection of Dear Abby columns for readers J and R who ask how to stop neighbors fights affecting their children. Other questions cover toupees for men, a mother-in-law’s lies, and maternity stretch pants fashion. Abby offers practical relationship advice and guidance on handling difficult domestic situations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Jekyll Island
World Famous Pent Family to Perform at Local Church
The Pent family of McAllen Texas nine members will present a religious concert at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Salem Road on Sunday and Monday nights at eight. Dr and Mrs Pent are teachers, the children include two pilots, and eldest son David 29 quotes the New Testament from memory. The family, known for Bible study and ministry travels, will perform quartets solos trios and a family chorus. Public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Pent
McAllen
Texas
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Salem Road
Pent
David
Dr. Pent
Wheaton College
Philadelphia Bible Institute
Pleasant Hill
We the Women More Than Luck To A Happy Marriage
A reflection on factors behind lasting marriages. It argues happiness comes from mutual trust, shared goals, acceptance of faults, value of the partner’s contributions, forgiveness, and broadening interests, not luck. Relationships endure through effort across years.
Joliet Curie’s kinship to Madame Curie and origins of Salvation Army
Irene Joliet Curie was the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, Nobel laureates in 1908 for radium discovery. With Frederic Joliet Curie she helped reveal induced radioactivity. The Salvation Army began as The Christian Mission, renamed in 1878 and adopting a military structure with uniforms and ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federic
Irene Joliet-Curie
Madame Curie
Pierre and
Marie Curie
Covery
Frederic Joliet-Curie
Irene
The
Salvation Army
Christian Mission
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Dad
Speidel
Gene and
Ruth Clark
Granade Theatre
Delilah Jones Circle
Homemakers’ Evening Unit
Homestead Golf Course
Low Gross
Marilyn McKeever
Alpha Gentles
Carolyn Brown
Jinny White
Gloria Sinclair
Mareta Wimberly
Jan Dremann
Louise Turner
High Gross
Iva Smith
Nell Heater
Dottie Flinn
Carmella Turk
Ferris Kasten
Norma Holloway
Harriet Kelley
Evelyn Thies
Pack Henry
Benton
Mary Butler
Homestead
P.T.A. Workshop
Red Cross Gray
Art Guild Meeting
Peggy Piercy
Sally
Polly's Painters
Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gerry Dorris
Xi Gamma Iota
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Hilliard-Myers
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
J. and
J. J
Mar
Los Angeles
Calif
Ruth Millett
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