Youthful Energy Outshines Pimples of Ailing Office
Veronica Voss of McLeansboro visits The Register News. her mother Nellie Hassett, past 93, paints four to five canvases weekly, while others in the office swap home remedies for varied aches. A letter from Mrs Earl McKinney discusses Silent Spring and bird futures, echoing optimistic doubt about a possible future bird decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Voss
McLeansboro
Register-News
Nellie Hassett
Veronica
Earl McKinney
Logan
Rachel Carson
P.S
Dear Abby Ham Interference Sparks TV Troubles
Dear Abby answers readers on Tv interference by a neighbor who plays a shortwave radio at night. Advice suggests a cheap filter device to stop the signal. Other letters cover an adopted baby shower etiquette and a teen romance with parental opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Dr Barker Barker earns Duke PhD and heads to DuPont
Dr Barker Marvin Barker son of Mr and Mrs Joel H Barker of B16 South 17th Street received the Doctor of Philosophy degree from Duke University Durham North Carolina on June 3 He is a 1954 Mt Vernon Township High School graduate topped by a BA from Southern Illinois University in 1958 and an MA from Duke in 1960 He and his wife Alice Fae Clark of Mt Vernon now live in Champaign He has been a research associate at the University of Illinois since last September and will join DuPont as a research chemist in Wilmington Delaware this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Barker
Joel H. Barker
South 17Th Street
Duke University
Durham
North Carolina
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Southern Illinois University
Alee Fae Clark
Mt. Vernon
Champaign
University of Illinois
TF. I. Dupont
Wilmington
Delaware
Take It From Kathy This Friend’s Brutal Honesty
Kathy Peterson discusses a friend who harshly critiques her outfits and shares others’ negative remarks. The columnist notes such brutal honesty is harmful and urges boundaries, arguing a true friend should defend you, not erode your self confidence, and warns against long term toleration of criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Peterson Deir Kathy
Polly's Pointers INSTANT CURTAINS AND OTHER DIY TIPS
Polly offers simple home hacks from window cleanser for night curtains to improvised hair holds using soap, portable dressing ideas for road trips, snap-on pockets for dresses, ironing tricks with a bed overhang, and elastic sleeves with hooks. Tips cover cleaning, grooming, sewing, and yard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Cramer
Polly
Woodlawn Busy Jills 4-H Club Meets at Diana Braddy Home
The Woodlawn Busy Jills 4-H Club met at Diana Braddy's home with six members. Speakers included Sandra Knox and Barbara Piper. Games were played and refreshments served. The next meeting is July 3 at Becky Champ's home.
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Woodlawn
Diana Braddy
Sandra Knox
Barbara Piper
Becky Champ
Mt Vernon Education Association installs officers for 1963-64
Ed Gieselman Jr. assumes presidency of the Mt Vernon Education Association for 1963-64. He works as a Mt Vernon Township High School Industrial Education teacher and part time in Guidance, plus teaching at the Community College. He holds an M.S. in Education from Southern Illinois University and is active in church and professional circles. The Gieselman family lives at 17 Cherry Drive, Western Gardens.
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Mt. Vernon
Sessions
Detroit
Michigan
National Education Association
Gieselman
Cherry Drive
Western Gardens
Socially Yours and Travel Notices Across Homes and Countries
Social and family notices recount visits by Judge and Mrs E E Sattgast with their son John in Wichita and trips by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kessinger to Virginia Minnesota, plus Marie Lyons in tow. Max Firebaugh heads to an oil convention in Frankfurt and to London and the Rhine. L/Cpl Thomas C Carlton departs for Camp Pendleton and Okinawa from Cherry Point. Patty Fitch heads to Dryden Michigan for summer camp work. Ethel Bancroft and Grace Coleman return from Boulder Colorado for high school graduation events, with Wayne Quinlan and Tommy Ward Coleman noted in university ceremonies.
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Lloyd Kessinger
Paul A. Fischer
LeRoy Nelson, Jr
Virginia
Minnesota
Marie Lyons
Thomas C. Carlton
Ozark Airlines
Camp Pendleton
California
Okinawa
Delbert Carlton
Cherry Point
N. C
Ethel Bancroft
Grace Coleman
Boulder
Colorado
Tommy Iward Coleman
University of
Mt Vernon shoppers and visitors routinely in King City
A flurry of business visitors and shoppers were logged in Mt Vernon and the King City on Wednesday and yesterday. Residents from McLeansboro Belle Rive Woodlawn and surrounding towns made short trips to Mt Vernon or King City for shopping and business.
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Donald Casper
McLeansboro
Mt. Vernon
Brenda Kash
Bonnie
King City
Frank Moser
Clyde Knox, Jr
Woodlawn
Carolyn Williams
Salem
Billi Whipple
Belle Rive
Mack Hines
W. E. Kaelin
Bluford
Walter Shride
Albion
Karen McDaniel
Clyda Nichols
Farina
R. J. McKay
Walter Gutzler
Walter Fant
Sikeston
M. I. Hutchcraft
West Frankfort
Elzy Coleman
Gale Childress
Christopher i
John L. Jansen
Vandalia
Bart Thomason
Okanville
Arvin Lawson
Benton
Bert Seldel
Wayne City
George C. Armstrong
Arlington Heights
Ill
Charles E. Smith
Geff
Donald Snider
Christopher
Yankees Second Baseman Tops AL In Double Plays
Second baseman Bobby Richardson of the Yankees recorded 116 double plays last season, leading the American League in that statistic among second sackers.
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Bobby Richardson
Yankees
President Kennedy to Speak at West Virginia Centennial
President Kennedy was to address an outdoor crowd from the north steps of the state Capitol in Charleston during the centennial celebration of West Virginia statehood. The all day program included events across Charleston and other locations in the state as the city awaited his arrival.
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Charleston
W.va
Kennedy
West Virginia
State Capitol
Quick Quiz Q and A on religion and stamps
A Friday celebration is the day of Adam's creation for Mohammedans. The rarest stamp cited is the British Guiana one penny of 1856. Gaelic is the official language of Eire. Neptune has two known moons. In religious art the flamb, pelican, and unicorn symbolize Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
British Guiana
Eire
Christ
Lowry couple to celebrate silver anniversary at home
Mr and Mrs Elmer Lowry of 106 North Hancock Street McLeansboro will mark their 25th wedding anniversary next Tuesday June 25. They wed at Macedonia Methodist parsonage with Rev A B Clodfelder officiating. They have two children both SIU students Randall Eugene of Benton and Della Louise spending summer in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. No special plans announced.
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Elmer Lowry
North Hancock Street
McLeansboro
Macedonia Methodist Parsonage
A. B. Clodfelder
Southern Illinois University
Randall Eugene
Benton
Della Louise
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
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Amvets
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Mt. Vernon Amvets
James Gravitt
Charles Howard
Tom McDonough
Bob Whitaker
Leo Leaty
Lawrence Starman
Lester Williamson
Charles Huntman
Charles Hinkle
Andrew DeVivo
Hilliard-Myers
Register- News
Sally
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Metropolitan
Beverly Sills
Calif
Dr. Barker
Kathy
Jamaica
ED Gieselman, JR
E. E. Sattgast
John
Wichita, Kansas
Alva Highsmith
Max Firebaugh
Frankfort
Germany
London
England
Rhine River
Patty Fitch
Dryden
Mich
Paul Fitch
Reabans
Salem Road
Oakland Ave
Mary Russell
Bertha Pearson
Harold Koch
Shirley Eller
Norma Kniffen
Deloris Howard
LaVerne Isaac
Edith Moore
Fern Kissel
Rose Hirons
Neptune
Unni
Regis
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