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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1960
Page
5
Margaret Boswell notes magazines push Yuletide specials with decorations and gift ideas yet she still feels no Christmas mood. A short story in a magazine fails to change her sentiment as she reflects on holiday readings.
A long list of Christmas events across local clubs with times and hosts. Readers are reminded of seasonal gatherings from the Garden Study Club to the SIU groups and Railway Trainmen auxiliary with gift exchanges and installations. The piece closes with a personal meditation on finding one's own Christmas spirit.
Miss Betty Janet Schaubert daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Schaubert Rt 3 Marion wed John William Glenn son of Mr and Mrs W M Glenn West Frankfort at 8 pm in Marion Justice of the Peace Laura Quinn's home The bride in blue lace over taffeta wore white rosebud corsage She is Johnston City High School graduate and secretary at General Telephone Marion Office He is a 1953 Frankfort Community High School graduate employed by Mt Vernon Radiation Co
A redwood stone and glass split level home at 800 Taylor Dr. is showcased on the Carbondale Holiday Homes Tour Sunday from 1 to 8 p m. The E. J. Simon residence, designed by Robert P. Simon, uses coral brown aqua and pink colors and is decorated “Gifts From the East” by Evergreen Garden Club with Helmut Hartwig and R C Williams as leaders.
Mrs. Helen Richardson selected noble grand of the Johnstown City Rebekah Lodge Friday night. Officers elected include Mrs. Laura Bell vice grand, Mrs. Ada Smith recording secretary, Mrs. Bethel Thomas financial secretary, Mrs. Hazel Hazeli treasurer, plus five trustees. Installation set for January. Mrs. Hansford reported on the Rebekah State Assembly. Bertha Moake named entertainment chair for the December 16 Christmas pot luck supper.
The Route One Hobby Club met at Mrs. Mary Mileur’s home to organize a Christmas pot luck supper and voted to donate to the American Cancer Society and the Heart Fund.
Mrs. Eugene Burgess hosted a Young Woman's Association breakfast at her home in Johnston City. Mrs. Vernon Sanders served as assistant hostess. Both Burgess and Sanders are YWA counselors. Mrs. Gloria Moore gave a lesson on Peace in The World.
The Music Dept of the Herrin Woman’s Club met in the city library with hostesses Mrs. Paul Mize and Mrs. Robert Ferrari. Christmas decorations and boxes adorned tables. Ferrari led the program with assistance from Mrs. Leon Zwick and Marilyn Zwick and Karen Barnes.
Miss Sharon Kaye Zasada and Richard S. McClintock married November 26 at St Pauls Catholic Church Johnston City in a ceremony for about 100 guests. The bride wore a white tulle gown with a six tier skirt and pearl crown veil. They reside at 501 Jefferson Street Johnston City.
Peter and his twin Rosewitha, 10 months old, among 100 displaced children arriving at New York International Airport last week. They head to Texas for adoption by a Fort Worth couple, as photographed by AP Wirephoto.
Directors and assistant directors from state universities met at Southern Illinois University to explore expanding audiovisual device use in schools. SIU director Donald Ingli led the session and said delegates favor strengthening teacher competence and aim to revise state certification to require audiovisual training.
A natural tunnel on a southern railway in southwestern Virginia is claimed as the world’s only railroad tunnel. The feature rises about 100 feet high and stretches 1,557 feet long.
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