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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1964
Page
6
Oswego and Cen tragia residents Wanda Jones and Bill Hayes join Mary Jo Smith of Mt Vernon as members of the group.
The Southern Tinois University Women’s and Newcomers Clubs announce a holiday ball with a Dec. 9 reservations deadline. Mail checks to Mrs. Paul Isbell or Mrs. Fremont Shull. The event on Dec. 42 at the University Center features a semiformal dinner dance, an orchestra, and the Justin Singers. Bridge games are offered for non-dancers, with Mrs. Joseph Vavra and Mrs. Arthur Prell as cochairmen.
The ninth annual Christmas Bazaar opened Tuesday in Murphysboro at Mill Locust sponsored by St Joseph's Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Jewelry, handmade gifts, and preserves from auxiliary members fill stalls while daily bakery items like orange bread and peanut rolls will be baked. Proceeds fund hospital equipment purchases.
The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 224 units of blood in recent visits with 87 at Sparta and 104 at Steeleville. Percy supplied 24 donors, Chester two, Campbell Hill five, and Welge two. Mrs Pavl Cording of Steeleville and Mrs Gene Brown of Sparta led the visits. The bloodmobile will be in Red Bud on December 22 and in Chester on February 8. Delicious at holiday time: softened vanilla ice cream served as a sauce over steamed pudding.
Carbondale League of Women Voters will meet at Temple Beth Jacob at 8 p.m. Thursday to discuss The Child and the Court and state law on placing a child in a reformatory. The group will also consider why parents are not told why a child must appear in court and how local leagues’ opinions influence state legislation at the General Assembly. Chester groups donate gifts to Anna State Hospital under Project Kris Kringle.
Marie Volkert reports on Vic Stephens of the University of Illinois extension service who advised Jackson County Homemakers on building lively clubs. He advocates planning, energy, humor, clear goals, and strong invitations, plus engaging speakers from schools, government, and local businesses to boost membership and interest.
THURSDAY social calendar lists the Carbondale Federated Women’s Club meeting at Mrs William Bud slick’s home with a silent auction benefiting Park Ridge School for Girls. In Murphysboro the Grange Homemaker’s Extension unit meets at Mrs Sam J Gangiardo’s home 985 North Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Blazine of Carbondale announce the engagement of their daughter Regene to Howard W. Shand son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Shand of Fairhaven Vermont. Regene attended Herrin Township High School and the University of Illinois. She works as a medical assistant for Standard Oil Co in Chicago. Shand attended the University of Vermont and the University of Akron. He is a systems analyst for Swift and Co in Chicago. The couple plans to marry March 27 at the First Methodist Church in Carbondale.
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