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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1971
Page
6
Americans seeking privacy on European trips may find Finland appealing with low airfares to Europe and island rentals around ten dollars daily. Finns offer lomakyla holiday villages with private cabins, saunas, and lakeside sport options for rest and solitude.
The piece urges looping a chain belt at the hips to slim the waist and warns against Klunky shoes with hot pants. It then pivots to Finnish cabin style, praising simple raw wood cabins with glass, built in furniture, and sundecks, and hints at finding a lake at home.
Marion calendar lists Williamson County Republican Women meeting at the courthouse at 7 30 p m Tuesday with urged attendance. Carterville Newcomers Club meets at John A Logan College at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Murphysboro Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary 7190 hosts a birthday picnic at Riverside Park 6 30 p m Tuesday followed by Newcomers Club of Murphysboro at Atlasta Community Center 7 30 p m. Carbondale senior citizens Education Day runs 11 a m to 3 p m at Project Center 207 N Marion St with Hillcrest Duplicate Bridge Club play at 7 30 p m at 16 Hillcrest Drive where Bob Giles and Dave Smith led, other winners include Howard Schultz Jack Brown Carol Emme and Jerry Kloever. Giles leads the club series.
Sgt. and Mrs. John H. Connell of Herrin announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Vivian Lee to Jeffrey L. Crabtree of Rt. 1 Herrin. Angeline Black of Paducah to Dennis Shirley of De Soto will marry Sept. 11 in Carbondale. Carol Ann Lichter of Murphysboro, a junior at Eastern Illinois University, to Theron D. Swinford Jr. of Mattoon, a geological draftsman for the Interior in Menlo Park.
A reader reports chest and arm pain with exertion and asks for advice. Dr. Lamb explains chest pain with activity can reflect heart disease and urges medical evaluation with possible heart tracing. Other causes include esophageal spasm, arthritis, hiatal hernia, and obesity related factors. He cautions to avoid bending and to test tolerance upright, and stresses see a doctor for proper assessment.
At a Johnston City First Baptist Church breakfast meeting, Baptist Women elected Mrs. J. B. Kelley president with officers including Mrs. Fred Barham secretary and Mrs. Harry Miles treasurer. Chairmen named for program and mission groups. A study on Italian creativity was led by Miss Hepler.
Germantown on Rt. 161 east of Centralia hosts an old world Spassfest Saturday and Sunday with German singing and dancing groups, a German food tent, and an antique auction on Saturday. Playgrounds for children add family activities. For details send a card to Spassfest German town Ill 62245.
An advertisement touts Odrinex as a safe weight loss tablet with no dangerous drugs and no required dieting. It claims nationwide use for 12 years and offers refunds if ugly fat isn’t lost, with prices $3.25 and $5.25 for larger sizes. Sold by local Rexall drugstores in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and via mail order.
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