Area Jaycees to host state meet in Carbondale
The Illinois Jaycees summer general assembly will be held August 3-5 1979 in Carbondale and Herrin with co chairmen Dan Trout and Rob Summers guiding planning at SIU Carbondale Simultaneous events include a Muscular Dystrophy benefit drive by the Herrin Jaycees Auxiliary and recognition of the Frankfort Area Historical Society for preservation work at the Frankfort Area Historical Museum with plans to showcase university housing and meeting rooms for attendees.
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Carbondale
Illinois Jaycees
Herrin
Carbondale Jaycees
Chicago
Dan Trout
Robb Summers
Lowell Hall
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Summers
SIUC
University Park
University Center
Jaycees General Assembly
Herrin Jaycees
IGA
Kroger
Ade
The
Frankfort
Old Frankfort
Franklin
Vocational workshop slated by Anna Center for severe disabilities
The Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center will host a two day professional workshop October 12 and 13 on vocational development for the severely disabled using applied behavioral methods. Topics include behavioral management, task analysis, data collection, training goals, client assessment, and in training settings. Registration by September 15 costs 15 dollars with a ten dollar student rate upon adviser endorsement. Lunch provided. travel and lodging not included. Poster sessions and abstracts welcome by September 15. Contact Dr R C Steck at 833 5161 for details.
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Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
R. C. Steck
Pro ERA march in Carbondale draws walkers and supporters
Women in southern Illinois plan a 10 mile walk through Carbondale to press for ERA passage. Wheelchair user Chris Ervin joins the march. The event starts registration at 10 a.m. at University Mall and ends with a 2 p.m. rally near Susan B. Anthony Hall at SIU Carbondale. Proceeds support ERA advocacy. Volunteers needed. call 549 2324.
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Bonnie Johnston
Southern Illinois
Chris Ervin
Carbondale
University Mall
Susan B. Anthony
Kristin Lems
New Life Center
S. Illinois Ave
Tim Wear
Super Children and Normal Kids Satirized by Bombeck
A humorous comparison by Erma Bombeck contrasts Normal Kids with Super Children, depicting the latter as relentlessly ideal and the former as ordinary. The piece riffs on parental expectations, school life, and the absurd exaggerations of “super” offspring.
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TV Addict
Wit's End Kids and Letters from College Jitters
A humorous exchange contrasts Martha and Phyllis with a daughter who never writes. Martha is praised for independence while Phyllis is described as loving and close, and the speaker laments feeling ineffective when sharing. The anecdote ends with the narrator acknowledging self-doubt in speech.
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Martha
Phyllis
Autumn wedding planned for Peggy Nance and Jay Lewis
Peggy J. Nance and Jay K. Lewis announce an October 21 wedding. Nance is daughter of Cecil E. Nance and the late Felma Nance of Makanda. Lewis is son of Helen K. Lewis of Rantoul and the late Paul F. Lewis. Nance, SIU Carbondale graduate and SIU C secretary. Lewis, MCA Manufacturing employee and SIU C graduate.
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Peggy J. Nance
Jay K. Lewis
Cecil E. Nance
Makanda
Felma Nance
Helen K. Lewis
Rantoul
Paul F. Lewis
Miss Nance
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Siu-C
Lewis
MCA Manufacturing
Pinckneyville
Car seat safety guidance urges parents to buckle up
Public health officials urge constant use of crash tested restraints for children in cars. The Department of Health Education and Welfare offers a free publication Auto Safety and Your Child and a catalog of 200 plus federal consumer publications.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Auto Safety
Consumer Information Center
Dept
Pueblo
Colo
The
General Services Administration
Bennett Couple Celebrates 40th Wedding Anniversary
Clarence Bennett and wife June Lindsey of Carbondale mark 40 years married since their Aug 2 1938 Jackson Missouri wedding. A surprise reception hosted by their children at the Ernest Bennett home in De Soto honored the couple. They have four children and work in Carbondale and De Soto.
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Clarence Bennett
Carbondale
Ernest Bennett
DeSoto
Bennett
June Lindsey
Jackson
Margaret Arnett
Fenville
Mich
Ernest
Joan Deming
Wilmington
Elaine Sims
St. Louis
Yellow Cab Co
Memorial Hospital
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Illinois Now
Doris Turner
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Joyce Webb
Carbondale Women’s Center
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Association For Intercollegiate Athletics For Women
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Art Linkletter
Hrom
PLC
Wit’s End
BEMCO
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