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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1961
Page
7
The article notes family relations with Mrs J L Allard of Vergennes and G P Boyer of Murphysboro, identifying the Fricks of the Carbon Dale area. The photo was taken Monday at a birthday party for Mr Boyer who turned 91.
King Coal Girl Scout Council backs a 1962 program to have area troops adopt foreign SIU students. Board set 1962 goals to add Brownies and Seniors, form more Senior troops, and expand outreach to about 2,300 extra girls by 1963. It notes Golden Blossoms plantings and the 50th anniversary of Girl Scouts.
Murphysboro OES installed officers at the Masonic Temple Saturday night. Arrays include Jane Card as sworthy matron and Don Clutts as worthy patron. Other officers: Jane Callaway, Bill Callaway, Ruth Huppert, Susie File, Ruth Berry, Mildred Boyce, Jean Jones, Frankie Bowden, Norma Jean Clutts, Patricia Meadows, Betty Barger, Dorothy Maynor, Wilma Sewell, Mary Prather, Dorothea Reiman, Robert Fulmer. Installing officer Alice Schwebel assisted by Hannah Duncan and Lula Reeder. Ann Wisely mistress of ceremonies. Vivian Parrish organist. Clara Eriksen soloist. Kay Lyerla and Charles Boyce retire as worthy matron and patron. Social hour followed. notes mention a bouquet garni. Oil’s Executive Director Miss Mabel Webb led a training on Board functions.
In Missives from Midland and Rochester, readers seek guidance on social rules and family tensions. A date mocks modesty while a teen contends with a volatile home. another questions moving out after graduation and navigating caregiving demands from aging relatives. An Ann Landers reply urges practical boundaries and staying home until adulthood.
Thelma Hunter and David William Fleming planned to marry in June. Thelma is a SIU senior elementary education major. Fleming is a 1961 SIU graduate, member of Alpha Kappa Psi, and works for Ernst & Young in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Stoff of Vandalia announced the engagement.
Seaman Michael Bullington has completed boat training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and is spending time with Mr ton, who lives in Stone City before reporting to Newport, Rhode Island for duty.
The Marion Jefferson School Parents Teachers Association meets at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria with Mrs Gene Lang as program chairman. Mrs Kenneth Pate discusses Girl Scouts while Avis Young and Roy Boatright host a social hour.
Mobile officials disclaim responsibility for pigeon damage after rejecting a $2 hospital bill for emergency room treatment of a man struck on the head by a flying pigeon near Bienville Square in downtown Mobile. Children of attending parents will be supervised in another room.
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