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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1979

Page

6

Open house features Percy miniature rooms exhibit

Rena Poteet of Percy designed and built 22 miniature rooms over eight years. The display runs Thursday from 1 to 8 p.m. at Rena's Museum Almond St Percy. Tickets are 3 with proceeds aiding Percy Christmas decorations.

Bonnie Gamble Southern Illinoisan United States Percy Percy Beautification Club Rena Poteet Rena’s Museum Almond St Chicago Art Institute Novella Howard

Dear Ann Landers readers share two etiquette questions

The columnist recaps reader letters on pet ownership and etiquette. Eddie in Flatbush questions adopting a second dog, while Fitchburg asks about white tie attire and pinky use. The reader also shares a 44 year marriage anecdote and a mother’s pinky habit, with Ann’s light guidance.

New York Babe SPCA Ann Ann Landers Albert Fitchburg Mass Fitch Buzz Roddy

Life revisit: Erma Bombeck on choices and regrets

In a reflective essay, Erma Bombeck considers what she would change if given life again. She would listen more, cherish pregnancy, invite friends, share husband duties, eat ice cream, and value real moments over material practicality.

Erma Bombeck

At Wit's End Look Back On Life And Seize Each Minute

A reflective piece urges embracing life fully with no regrets. It urges to love, listen, and live intensely if given another chance, to exhaust every minute and never return it until nothing remains.

Field Enterprises Inc

Nursing home auxiliary to install new officers

The Randolph County Nursing Home Auxiliary will install its 1980 officers at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the home dining room on West Belmont Street in Sparta. Genevieve Mayer will oversee the installation of Paulette Buch as president, Katherine McBurney as vice president, Bertha Hill as secretary, and Emily Gibson as treasurer. Members may vote on changing meeting times to the afternoon and consider purchases from the 1979 project fund.

Randolph County Nursing Home Auxiliary Nursing Home West Belmont Street Sparta Genevieve Mayer Paulette Buch Katherine McBurney Bertha Hill Emily Gibson

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