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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1950
Page
6
Mr and Mrs William Ferrill of 409 West Sycamore Carbondale will leave for West Palm Beach Florida on Thursday They will spend the winter with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs J J Volkoff
Doris Jean Carrington and Luther Antoline Jr wed November 11 in Piggott Arkansas with ceremony by Rev W O Scroggin. Antoline is SIU grad and Army veteran. bride attended SIU and Carbondale High School. They will reside in St Louis after January 1. Also reports Past Noble Grand Club officers elected in Carbondale and visits by locals, Jaycettes Christmas party plans, and teen town board appointment for community chest drive.
Practical gift ideas for men span wearables and gadgets. Leather goods like wallets, portfolios, and leather bags are popular, as are tops, coats, robes, shaving sets, and travel gear. Sports items for fishing, golf, and woodworking also rank highly for holiday gifting.
The Herrin Woodman Circle 199 holds a Monday meeting at the Rome Club to plan December events including a donation to the Girl Scouts. Members will visit convalescent homes to hand out fruit and candies on December 13 and host a district Christmas party December 18 with a 25 cent gift exchange.
The piece notes cultured pearls suit women of all ages and can be affordable under twenty five dollars with careful selection. It also offers ideas for nutritious sweet potatoes prepared in candied, baked, pudding, pie, or mashed forms with butter and seasoning.
Advertises a permanent waving method at Madelon's Beauty Shop in Herrin claiming longer lasting results with Eska Protein Wave. Includes address 317 N with St and phone 6036 for inquiries.
The Murray a capella choir from Murray State College in Murray Kentucky will present a public program Monday at 1 15 p.m in the Herrin Township High School auditorium. Miss Dianne Peak daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Peak 1501 West Cherry Street Herrin a graduate of HTHS and a freshman music major at the college will be narrator.
The Glen Odums entertained Mrs Odums family Sunday with a dinner at 901 West Ford Herrin. Guests included Louie Rumsey and daughters Ruth Lena of West Frankfort and Jack Walls and family of West Frankfort. Private Louie Eugene Rumsey of Fort Riley Kan and his girlfriend Muriel Johnson of Chicago attended. The Rumsey family was invited except for Mrs Joseph Bria of Chicago. Moving pictures were made during the visit. Rumsey is to report for overseas duty in California. Jack Rumsey accompanied his brother and Miss Johnson to Chicago Monday from West Frankfort airport.
AP Education Writer says music enriches children's lives and should begin early in school. Mrs. Frank Kelly, music chairman of the Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers, argues that music builds emotional and spiritual development and serves as a universal language. Christmas offers a prime time to foster a lasting interest in music.
Mrs Katherine Schock of Murphysboro underwent an operation Thursday in Barnes hospital St Louis and is improving as well as can be expected. Her address is Mrs Katherine Schock Eighth floor Barnes hospital St Louis. W F Whitson Gilbert Ebersohl Harold Grob and M F Harmon all of Murphysboro accompanied the DeMolay degree team to West Frankfort Saturday night where the team conferred degrees on seven candidates.
Miss Betty Schumacher daughter of Arthur Morgan Murphysboro and the late Mrs. Morgan married William Max Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs William Kennedy Lafayette Indiana Saturday December 2 at Centenary Methodist church Murphysboro The ceremony featured a double ring rite with family and close friends.
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