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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
5
The notice recounts numerous visits and weekend stays in Owensboro and surrounding towns. It lists individuals and couples from Kentucky and Illinois visiting relatives in Owensboro and nearby addresses. It mentions a Chautauqua housing project and teaching appointments, as well as trips to Lake Gogebic and Lakes near Poplar Bluff.
A simple service for a weekday supper features salmon and tomato bake with steamed spinach popovers and cocoa fudge squares. The recipe yields eight popovers with ingredients including eggs milk flour salt and butter and provides step by step mixing baking and steaming instructions.
Mrs J A Patterson hosted a pink and blue shower at 415 West Jackson Street for Mrs John E Hastings Jr with a three course luncheon. Guests listed include Mrs E E Goddard and Mrs Lucy Brantley among many others. the Hastings plan to move to Bement Illinois this week where Mr Hastings will join the school system.
Coming events include V F W Auxiliary at 7 30 Monday Teeter Carter Watson post 2605. Eastern Star initiations at 8 p m Tuesday in Mason ic Hall. L O A Union Saturday at Walnut Street Baptist Church at 7 p m with a pot luck at the home of Mr and Mrs Clifford Foster those needing transport meet at the church at 7 p m
Mrs Kretzchmar wed Co Well W James of Detroit Mich and Dollie Co Kretzschmar of Carbondale at the bride’s sister’s home Aug 18 with Rev Allen J Collins presiding. Guests and family attended a reception as a three tier cake and pink asters highlighted the celebration.
On August 19 Donald Forsyth Unit 154 of the American Legion Carbondale presented a metal folding wheel chair to patients at Marion Veterans Hospital. President Daisy Meininger announced the gift with Carbondale attendees including Luther and Elizabeth Meininger and others.
Mrs Meininger praised Fannie Gent rehabilitation chair man of Donald Forsythe Unit 154 for help during a ceremony at the hospital lawn. The William County Band of about thirty pieces, directed by C B Nysler, performed a one hour concert funded by the American Federation of Musicians recording and transcription fund, part of a series arranged by the Egyptian Past Commanders Club of the American Legion and Illinois Veterans Services, Inc.
Birdzell serves as chief of Special Services at the Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles E Temple and family from Hermann Missouri spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Harvey Harry at 408 South Beveridge Street. Bill White Sperry Corp employee visits brother James White at 417 West Jackson Street.
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