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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1963
Page
6
Readiness for school goes beyond age and clothes says Michael Zunich of Southern Illinois University. Ensure complete physicals, eye and dental exams, updated immunizations, steady sleep, good ventilation, grooming, speech practice, and proper social development before first grade.
Gene Stocks of Carterville becomes president of the Crab Orchard reunion committee at the 6th annual reunion held on Jim Hampton farm. 116 attended as former farm and lake area residents gathered. Dom Armstrong and Zella Graham, both Carterville, elected vice president and secretary treasurer. Longest journeyers were Rev. and Mrs. Harry Bennett of Keene Texas and Mrs. Ronald North with children from New Jersey. Oldest woman was Addie Drury, 97, of Carbondale area. oldest man Harry Ivanhoe, 83, of Herrin. Debra Silkwood, hospital administrator secretary, attended a managerial institute in Chicago hosted by the American Hospital Association.
Texas guests Mr and Mrs Nerviel Astler and family from Houston along with Mrs Kenneth McGriff and daughter of Beeville are hosted by Mr and Mrs Virgil Oneal in Johnston City.
Mr and Mrs E M Thrailkill of Carbondale observed their 56th wedding anniversary at home with messages from friends abroad. Telegrams came from their son and daughter in law Howard and his wife in Mexico and grandson Gene stationed with the armed forces in England. They have been members of the First Baptist Church in Carbondale for 49 years.
Blessing relatives and family friends are invited to a basket dinner at noon Sunday at Giant City Park. The reunion aims to bring together family and local attendees for a day of gathering and fellowship.
4 H Club extras outline aims for urban youths with projects teaching responsibility self assurance and citizenship. Members plan, execute, and evaluate ideas through project talks programs and county shows with ribbons prize money and fall achievement awards.
Nell a Jean Esmon is engaged to Harley Thomas Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byford Esmon of Wayne City, with a late December wedding planned. Nelson plans include her B S degree from Southern Illinois University in August and teaching at Ashkum Elementary. Foster, a Gilman High School teacher, is a 1962 Eastern Illinois University graduate doing graduate work and employed at Hudson Service Station in St Marys Missouri. Glenda Sue Hamilton of Cobden is engaged to Jack Sensmeier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Sensmeier, also of Cobden. She is a sophomore at Southern Haineis University School of Secondary Education majoring in English. Sensmeier works as a carpenter with his father and attends SIU Vocational Technical Institute. Wedding plans are indefinite.
A picnic and hamburger fry at the Adams home in Johnston City left sixteen guests from Marion Carterville Pittsburg and Alva Okla in danger. Dr Juhe Adams said the health of about 60 children is at stake each day and urged parents to find the poisons in their homes before their children do. Mr and Mrs Harry Adams and their daughter Melba Moorman are named as victims of adults careless acts.
Beef returns to prominence in markets this weekend with rump and round roasts leading, plus shoulder and chuck roasts at bargain prices. Hamburger specials are common and pork steaks gain in the Midwest. Broiler fryers and turkeys stay economical while canned tuna remains a top seafood item. Regional bargains cover various fruits and vegetables, with sugar prices easing as wholesalers clear high stock.
Dr. Franklin D. Yoker of Illinois Dept. of Public Health reports an increase in child poisoning, with 1 376 cases in six months, most victims under four. Medicines and aspirin top list, followed by household cleaners and pesticides. Education on hazards and safe storage urged to prevent more child tragedies.
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