Johnston City Couple to Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Johnst on City couple Herman Davis and Marietta Brown Davis celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house at 603 Broadway on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. They were wed August 16 1921 in Marion. They have three children Margie Ray Vernon Davis and Lowell Davis plus five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A son Marvin died in infancy and daughter Mable Evelyn died in 1941.
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Herman Davis
Broadway
Johnston City
Marietta Brown
Davis
Marion
Margie Ray
Vernon Davis
Lowell Davis
Woodridge
Marvin
Mable Evelyn
Apple Festival princess contest attracts ten entrants
Ten girls enter the Murphysboro Apple Festival princess contest with voting by pennies placed in eight containers. The winner will be crowned September 18 after parade duties on September 17 and pre-registration closes August 20 for Jackson and Union County residents aged 5 to 8.
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Murphysboro
Tammy Hanson
Robert Hanson
Rt. 2
Renea Klump
James Klump
N. 11Th St
Angela Marie Moore
Kenneth Moore
Rt. 1
Tina Jaylene Reiman
Donald Reiman
Kelly Ann Webb
Gene Webb
Commercial St
Jane Marie Lawrence
Donald Lawrence
Jackson
Union Counties
Pauline’s Fashions
Southern Illinois youths win big at Illinois Special Olympics
Handicapped children from the Egyptian Day Camp in Southern Illinois earned 41 of 49 event placements at the Illinois State Special Olympics meet in Chicago. A six week day camp trained 28 participants for the competition with staff from Southern Illinois University Recreation Department and the Egyptian Association for the Retarded assisting.
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Ilinois
Southern Illinois University Recreation Department
Egyptian Association For the Retarded
Chicago
Nathaniel Sherrill
Murphysboro
Adrian Cole
Gary Watson
Carbondale
Patricia Falkenberry
Patricia Thompson
Joe Clemons
J. B. Johnson
John Johnson
Bernard Cole
Curt Falkenburry
Larry Ward
Lorenzo Farr
Joe Johnson
Derrick McGhee
Diane Caplinger
Ruth Caplinger
Marie Fisher
Marion
Gail Jones
Bill Rheinschmidt
Roger Shelton
Pat Cole
Jerry Davis
Kim Traylor
Cindy Johnson
James Barnes
David Sherrill
Carol Naworski
Jeff Crackle
Mary Ann Sabine
Elliot Chandler
Rick Pollard
Grace Young
Art Exhibit Set Sunday At Campus Shopping Center
Southern Illinois University art students and local artists will display original paintings pottery sculpture leatherwork and media art in the Campus Shopping Center parking lot on Sunday from 2 6 p.m. Louie Cerutti, the shopping center spokesman, said the event showcases local talent.
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Southern ,Illinois University
Louie Cerutti
Women's groups push for medical abortion rights nationwide
Seven women's groups and 47 women including Margret Mead ask the Supreme Court to protect reproductive autonomy by allowing medical abortions everywhere in the United States. They argue the right to decide should be unimpeded by laws, except as needed to regulate medical practice.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Georgia
Texas
Margret Mead
The
American Association of University Women
National Board of the
Young Women’s Christian Association
Orders From Sweden for Nuclear Plant Parts
In 1970 Sweden placed orders totaling 2.5 million dollars for nuclear power stations at Rin a Oskarshamm and Barse ack.
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Sweden
Rina
Oskarshamm
Barseack
Odrinex Slimming Tablets Ad Promises Quick Loss
An advertisement sells Odrinex tiny tablets claiming safe fat loss without dieting or exercise. It touts 12 years of use, prices 3.25 and 5.25, money back guarantee, and lists Hewitt's Rexall Drug Store locations with mail order option.
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Hewitt’s
Rexall Drug Store
Carbondale
Herrin Rexall Drug Store
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Apple Festival
Janice Fletcher
Bill Fletcher
Clay St
Kerry Jean Tucker
Jessie Tucker
Christina Michelle Simon
Charles Simon
E. Birch St
Angela Doerr
Gordon Doerr
Vergennes
Sedaon
Lassiter
Nissan
Kentucky Avenue
Paducah, KY
National Organization For Women
National Women’s Conference
American Ethical Union
Professional Women’s Caucus
Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation
Women’s Alliance
First Unitarian Church of
Dallas
Miss Mead
Marian B. Javits
New York
Mary H. Lindsay
New York City
Maureen B. Neuberger
Oregon
Barnard College
Millicent C. McIntosh
Harriet van Horne
Bess Myerson
Barwick Carpet and Oriental Rugs
Cripps TV & Appliance
S. Park Herrin
FHA
E. Main
Ted
Gene
Thriftway Market
North 14Th
Ace Age
Doris Freitag
Cips Home Service
Murphysboro, Lil
Anes Food Market
Ics
A* Re
Penney
Nestles
Pillsbury
Crisco
E-V
Con Wesson
Usda Choice
Penneys
Cerbondale
U.S.D.A
Weishing
America
Det Foods
Gaines
Ic. Sc
Ting Ib
Heinz
Penneys Price
White Cloud
Reynolds
Woxtex
Penneys Comitors
Johnson
Fantastik
Future
Cascade
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