Edge for cheerleaders at Bend Lake College camp
Cathy A. Monroe reports on Bend Lake College summer gymnastics camp where about 30 girls learn skills to gain an edge in cheer tryouts. Instructors stress poise and technique from basic dive rolls to back handsprings, with aims of improving smiles, posture, and performance for future squads.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Bend Lake College
Tonya Bolen
Tonya
Benton High School
Jamie Malone
Benton
Jamie
Benton Middle School
Lynette
Mer
Kelly Ferguson
Woodlawn
Carolyn England
Vania
Dear Ann Landers kind words on gifts and affection
A reader from Missouri wonders why her husband gives practical gifts for birthdays and holidays. Ann explains his affection may be hard to show, suggesting softening and teaching sentiment. A Morristown admirer commends repeats of popular columns.
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Ann Landers
Missouri
Morristown
N.J
Lace Curtain Irish and the South Boston Household
Ann Landers recalls a South Boston saying lace curtain Irish describing families with wealth and comfort while neighbors endure cold. The columnist shares a preferred definition: lace curtain Irish are those who have fruit in the house even when no one is sick.
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Ann Landers
South
Boston
Erin
A Sure Recipe for Happy Chaos in Parenthood
In this Erma Bombeck piece a cheerful couple’s adoption setback and a mother’s blunt humor reveal how negative warnings shape children. She describes daily scenes of domestic chaos, petty squabbles, and the paradox of striving for happiness through cautious reminders of life’s pitfalls.
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Erma Bombeck
England
Pennsyl
Johnston City Bride-to-Be Engaged to Seattle Man
Deborah Kay Mills, daughter of Mr and Mrs William T Mills of Johnston City, is engaged to Byron K Puvogel of Seattle Washington. Mills a 1969 Johnston City High School graduate, plans a spring 1982 wedding.
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William T. Mills
Johnston City
Deborah Kay
Byron K. Puvogel
Miss Mills
Mr. Puvogel
Seattle, Wash
Johnston City High School
Marion pair to unite in May 1982 wedding
Carol Clayton and W Morgan Alsip announce the engagement of Carol Ann Clayton to W Morgan Alsip. The couple, both Marion High School alumni, plan a May 1982 wedding. Clayton works at King City Federal Savings & Loan. Alsip works at Peoples Bank.
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Bill L. Clayton
Bradenton
Fla
Marion
Carol Ann
W. Morgan Alsip
William C. Alsip
Miss Clayton
Marion Senior High School
King City Federal Savings & Loan Association
Alsip
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
The
Peoples Bank of
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Dear Ann Landers
Southern
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Illinois Ave
Carbondale
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Mar Port
Kinkaid Lake
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Triebe Brothers
Wit’s End
Deborah Mills
Byron Puvogel
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Tower Square
Paducah
Kentucky
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