Week late at birth I was born a week overdue
Erma Bombeck humorously recalls being born a week late and the constant one-week lag in life events. She riffs on missed hopes, absurd headlines, and the absurdity of timely moments, noting how every place she visits feels a week out of sync with memory. The piece ends with a playful jab at her mother for calling these times bad, while the week before was supposedly better.
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Erma Bombeck
Burt Reynolds
Florida
Denver
New York
Michigan
Luigi
Rome
Italy
Wesley
Anna Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Truman C. Pitts of Anna celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 15 with a buffet dinner at home hosted by their children. The couple, who wed August 15, 1931 in Murphysboro, later ran Pitts Grocery in Anna for 17 years and he retired in 1977 after stints at Lincoln Grade School and Anna-Jonesboro High School. They have two children, Dale of Washington Illinois and Paul of Scottsdale Arizona, plus four grandchildren.
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Truman C. Pitts
Anna
Giant City State Park Lodge
Pitts
Zora Ross
Murphysbo
Lincoln
Anna-Jonesboro
Barlow Plans 40th Wedding Anniversary Reception
Mr and Mrs Carl Barlow of 308 S Second St Marion will mark their 40th anniversary with a 2 to 5 pm reception at home hosted by their children. Married August 30 1941 in Benton Missouri the couple have two children Danny Marion and Marian Kay Spagnuolo Indianapolis and five grandchildren. Friends invited no gifts requested.
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Carl
Peggy”’ Barlow
S. Second St
Marion
Barlow
Mary Belle McClanahan
Benton
Danny
Marian Kay Spagnuolo
Indianapolis
Ind
Buncombe Couple Mark 40th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ray H Prater of Buncombe celebrate forty years of marriage with a Sunday afternoon reception from 2 to 5 on their lawn. They wed August 31 1941 and have three children Linda Rae Stearns Dewaine and Dennis plus four grandsons. Relatives and friends are invited.
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Ray H. Prater
Buncombe
Prater
Mary Lou Collins
Linda Rae Stearns
Goreville
Dewaine
Anna
Dennis
Consumer Reports Rates Safe Mowers For Home Use In 1982 Tests
Consumer Reports surveys find mid 1982 safety standards allow mowers not until mid 1982 with summer 1983 availability. Honda HR21SXA tops tests with deadman blade clutch stopping within three seconds and safe operation. Eight of twenty models were Not Acceptable for hazards like self propulsion when unattended or open discharge chutes. Five more were Not Acceptable for open chutes. avoid those and related models.
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Consumers Union
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
Consumer Reports
John Deere
Honda
International Harvester
Allis-Chalmers
Henderson and Woods Plan Sept 5 Wedding
Tonya Rae Henderson and Rodney S Woods announce their engagement with a September 5 wedding planned. Henderson is the daughter of Gloria Henderson of Mounds and a 1978 Meridian High School graduate studying at Shawnee Community College. Woods, a 1978 Meridian High School graduate, works for the USDA Soil Conservation Service in Carbondale.
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Tonya Rae Henderson
Rodney S. Woods
Gloria Henderson
Mounds
Walter
Dorothy M. Lee
Miss Henderson
Meridian High School
Shawnee Community College
Allin
Woods
Meredian High School
U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Carbondale
Retiree Hooks Life to Fishing and Rug Making
Fay Fisher, 71, fills retirement with two hobbies hooked on fishing and rug making. His rug craft earned him work at Phillips Products to create rug sales awards. His wife Edna taught him to weave ornamental rugs from yarn strands. He also has photographs proving his skill at hooking fish.
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Fay Fisher
Fisher
Phillips Products
Edna
Dear Ty junk keepsakes spark treasure debate
A reader laments sorting a trunk of family memorabilia that proved mostly junk and urges organizing keepsakes to save future relatives from a tedious task. The column echoes the idea that one person's junk may be another’s treasure and hints at hidden value in postcards and stamps.
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Ann Landers
Ann Landers makeup in the refrigerator prompts worry
A reader asks Ann Landers about a wife who keeps cosmetics in the fridge fearing children might ingest them. The columnist warns of danger and urges removal, noting many children die yearly from drinking fluids repurposed for containers.
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