Patches in Makanda Sews Quilts into Local Economy
Frances Walker of Makanda runs Patches a cottage industry that markets quilts and quilted items across the United States. The operation employs about a dozen mostly young women who sew by hand for pay on a piece-rate basis and offer occasional quilting classes with John A. Logan College. The showroom in Carbondale opens weekdays and Saturdays, with production spread across multiple Southern Illinois locations.
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Bonnie Marx
Michigan
Makanda
Frances Walker
United States
S. Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois
Dear Ann Landers Poet Warmly Dismisses Ageing Sex Myths
A reader shares a satirical poem about sex life by age, then sage replies debunking it. The exchange covers sexual health, therapy, and a teen daughter facing forced blind dates by her mother. The column endorses seeking therapy when needed and supports a daughter resisting matchmaking.
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Ann Landers
One advantage to growing old by Erma Bombeck
A humorous reflection on aging contrasts present life with the past. The speaker notes longer walks to school, harsher winters, and frugal hardship, then recalls painting varicose veins with markers to imitate textured stockings as the audience reacts with tears. The anecdote shifts to memories of gasoline at ten cents per gallon.
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Erma Bombeck
Playboy
Dolly Parton
Field Enterprises, Inc
Engagement announced by Walks of Springfield
Mr. and Mrs. Lester A Walk announce the engagement of daughter Sandra A Walk to Terry W Thorn. Sandra is a 1977 graduate of Springfield Southeast High School and employed by Dr Maqbool Ahmad in Carbondale. Thorn, a 1970 graduate of Anna Jonesboro High School, works for E T Simonds Construction Co in Carbondale.
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Lester A. Walk
Springfield
Sandra A
Terry W. Thorn
James Thorn
Makanda
Miss Walk
Springfield Southeast High School
Maqbool Ahmad
Carbondale
Thorn
Anna Jonesboro High School
E. T. Simonds Construction Co
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Sandra Walk
Terry Thorn
Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press Food
Family Circle Great Ideas
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Olympus Oo
APU
Chevyl Tiegs
Marion
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