Herrin High Class of 1931 Reunites After 35 Years
Herrin Township High School Class of 1931 holds a 35 year reunion at the Herrin Masonic Temple auditorium. Members recall hard times during the Depression, celebrate enduring ties, and note among honorees and retirees, with Paul Meadows headed for Syracuse University and many graduates achieving varied careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Smith
Herrin Masonic Temple
Herrin Township
Jimmy Kerr
Eva Gentry Blaylock
Blaylock
Beig
Southern
Illinois
Paul Meadows
America
Syracuse University
New York
Salem
Kerr
Beatrice Harland Billingsly
Chicago Heights
Mary Hill Harsh
Louise Cravens Duncan
Esther Hull Robertson
Herrin High School
Mae Perrine Jack
Charlie Jack
Myrtle Carey
C.B. “Chick
Nesler
Marvin Owens
F.C. Eckert
Ann Landers Advice Columns Highlight Bed Wetting and Nagging
A reader laments bed wetting into adolescence. Ann Landers suggests emotional issues with referral to doctors via school counselor. In a second letter a wife apologizes for constant nagging and Landers advises switching to mutually engaging topics to break the habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Marie
Jewel
Lake Creek 4-H Club Holds Achievement Program
The Lake Creek Friendship 4-H Club met at the Church of Christ east of Johnston City for its achievement program. Mrs. Janice Williams, Logan County youth adviser for the extension service, spoke and members listed next year’s projects and presented demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Creek
Church of Christ
Johnston City
Janice White
Williamson County
Aest
Nurse Florence Free Graduates From St Joseph School of Nursing
Florence Free daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Free of Hurst, graduates from St Joseph School of Nursing Alton and is a Hurst High School alumna now employed at Memorial Hospital Belleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee State Hospital
Decatur
Illinois County
Texas
Jimmy Kerr
Blaylock
Helen Brooks Vansaghi
Kerr
Vansaghi
American Legion
St. Louis
Florence Free
Arthur Free
Hurst
St. Joseph School of Nursing
Alton
Hurst High School
Miss Free
Memorial Hospital
Belleville
Helen Sobel Smith Shows Simple Precision In Tough Six Spade Route
In a match point duplicate, Helen Sobel Smith seeks a top score by aiming for six spades. She begins with dummy’s deuce of hearts, ruffs a club, draws trumps, and discards a diamond on the 13th club to seal the hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald
Jim Jacoby
Helen Smith
Helen Sobel Smith
Helen
East
West
Lake Creek Baptist Class Party Near Johnston City
The Lake Creek Baptist Church class party near Johnston City featured homemade ice cream and cake. Rev. A M Sanders led devotions and Mrs Oscar Mcc Clellan directed games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Creek Baptist Church
Johnston City
A.M. Sanders
Oscar MccClellan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herrin
Marion
LBJ
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Norge Division
Borg-Warner Corp
Marion Township
Allen Graves
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Ky
Navy
Carbondale, Illinois
Mek
Noreaster” Fisherman’s Sweater
Jacoby
Merle Norman
Cosmetic Studio
Walnut
Murphysbboro
Electric
Bertane, Inc
Murphysboro
DU Quoin
West Frankfort
Bruce Furniture
Sil
Wides Oi CO
Ghle
North 22Nd and
Logan
Murphysbere
Rves Sorher
Uteng
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