West Frankfort Couple Weds In Benton Ceremony
J. R. Sears and Rose mary Ice wed at West Frankfort Baptist Church before about 250 guests. The bride, a 1960 FCHS and 1962 Southeastern College Nursing graduate, works at Franklin Hospital. The groom, a 1957 FCHS graduate, served in the Army and works for Bonifield Trucking. They reside at 415 W. 5th Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Sears
W. 5Th St
Benton
West Frankfort Baptist Church
Wendell Garrison
Rosemary Ice
William Ice Jr
W. P. Sears
E. Clark St
West Frankfort
Pauletta Ice
Bill Myers
Carterville
St. Louis
Frankfort
Sororities Plan Christmas Events At Yale Area Chapters
Five Beta Sigma Phi members were initiated at a home ceremony hosted by Mrs Catherine Wallace. The event included a reception and the chapter meeting at Mrs Janice Hughes home. Marguerite Boyd announced Christmas baskets for Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysporo with delivery dates set. The Morning Etude Club presented Christmas carols for Epsilon Tau Chapter. A Christmas basket for a needy family was chosen by Carolyn Turner. A Dec 14 dinner dance is planned at Crab Orchard Country Club with Chester Razor and his band providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsilon Omega Chapter
Beta Simga Phi
Catherine Wallace
Cindy
Murphysporo
Joan Carter
Janice Hughes
Oakland
Epsilon Tau
Beta Sigma Phi
Nancy Gillespie
Carolyn Turner
Anna State Hospital
Crab: Orchard Country Club
Chester Razor
District 5 Cantons and Egypt Daughters Hold Potluck and Exchange
Cantons of District 5 and Daughters of Egypt District 24 held a potluck supper and exchange in the Johnston City IOOF Hall. They initiated four candidates from the Cantons and one from the Daughters. Three Centra lia honor guests attended. Eight lodges from Southern Illinois belong to the districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District
Daughters of Egypt
Johnston City
IOOF
Centralia
Robert Kiefer
E. D. Brentiey
Hallie Fort
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort Woman's Club Presents Christmas Cantata
Fourteen members sang the cantata A Song Unending at a club meeting in a candle lit room with a white and gold cathedral setting. Mrs Carthol Walston directed the chorus with narrations by Mrs Adrian Shoemaker and accompaniment by Mrs R L Crowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Carthol Walston
Adrian Shoemaker
R. L. Crowell
John Tigner
Miss McElyea and Herrin Wed in West Frankfort
Cheryl Sue McElyea of West Frankfort and Thomas Ray Herrin of Granite City exchanged vows December 1 at Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church north of West Frankfort. Rev. Clyde Gulley officiated the single-ring ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Sue McElyea
West Frankfort
Thomas Ray Herrin
Granite City
Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church
Clyde Gulley
Charles F. McElyea
N. Monroe St
T. B. Herrin
E. Oak St
Frankfort Community High School
Frank's
Social Calendar for Colp Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro
Local calendar lists PTA in Colp at 6 30 pm with Moral and Spiritual Values talk by Mrs Clara Webb and Mrs Ruth Ferguson. Carbondale Temple Beth Jacob Sisterhood Chanukah workshop at 7 45 pm. Herrin War Mothers Christmas party at American Legion Home with 1 gift exchange at 2 pm. Murphysboro Centenary Methodist Helping Hand Class Christmas party at 7 30 pm in church basement with 50 cent gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Webb
Ruth Ferguson Willead
Temple Beth Jacob
Herrin
American Legion
Carbondale
First Baptist Church
Herrin Woman's Club
Murphysboro
Centenary Methodist Church
Oxfords Celebrate Florida Honeymoon In Elgin
Mr and Mrs Harry Oxford formerly of Johnston City now reside at 379 Prairie Street Elgin after their wedding at Lake Creek Baptist Church with 150 guests Reverend Theron Arnold officiated The bride Jane Ella Avery is the former Jane Avery The groom is son of Gilbert Oxford and the couple are Johnston City High School graduates The bride works as a typist for Elgin Communications and the groom for Pioneer Wreckers of Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Oxford
Johnston City
Prairie St
Elgin
Florida
Theron Arnold
Benton
Lake Creek Baptist Church
Jane Ella Avery
George Avery
Rt. 1
Gilbert Oxford
Barham Ave
Jackie Oxford
Charles Brymer
Jean Hartwell
Marion
Lewis Schwarm
Herrin
Cathy Avery
Engagements Announced Witthoft Smith and Kraft Davis
Cobden couple announces Delores Smith to William Witthoft Jr both Cobden graduates with mill and freight work. Janet Kay Davis to Jerry Leon Kraft, both Shawnee High School alumni with college studies at Hi Fashion Beauty and Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobden
Delores
William Witthoft Jr
Miss Smith
Welden Davis
Jonesboro
Janet Kay
Jerry Leon Kraft
Miss Davis
Shawnee High School
Hi-Fashion
Kraft
Claude Kraft
Grand Tower
Southern Illinois University
Club Has Yule Program in West Frankfort
The West Frankfort LJP Woman's Club hosted its annual Christmas party at Mrs. John Rennie Jr's home. Program chairman Dempsey McKennie directed games as Christmas music played and gifts were exchanged. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. McKennie and Mrs. Earl Bozarth. President Mrs. Leonard Darnell announced Federation District 25 meeting set for Tuesday in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
LJP Woman’s Club
John Rennie Jr
Dempsey McKennie
McKennie
Earl Bozarth
Leonard Darnell
Carbondale
Arab Merchants Travel Vast Distances in Dhows
In the Middle Ages Arab merchants used lateen rigged dhows to traverse vast coastlines, trading along shores of south Asia in crude but capable boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Asia
Federalists Hold Majority in First Congress Session
In 1789 the Federalists led the house with 53 members against 12 Democrats, shaping the new Congress in its opening session.
Northwestern institute offers five week journalism program
The National High School Institute at Northwestern University Evanston runs a five week program with divisions in journalism education engineering and science. The journalism division directed by Ben Baldwin includes about 50 boys and 50 girls and offers visits to Chicago landmarks and a focus on writing with a Contemporary Thought section. Scholarships are available and teachers can request information from Prof Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Piper
Northwestern University
Evanston
National High School Institute
Ben Baldwin
Southern Illinois University
Baldwin
Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Board of Trade
Barry Farrell
Political Science Department
Farrell
Soviet Union
Northwestern
Methodists Conference In Du Quoin
The 1962 Carbon Dale District Conference of the Methodist Church meets 9:30 a m Wednesday at First Methodist Church Du Quoin led by district superintendent Rev H G Hurley. Bishop Edwin E Voigt will speak on the Christian ministry as two candidates are licensed to preach. A panel discussion features four district superintendents. Prior attendees include ministers and laymen from 97 churches within the Carbondale district boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
The
Methodist Church
First Methodist
du Quoin
H. G. Hurley
Edwin E. Voigt
Springfield
Illinois
Southern Illinois Conference
Mr. Hurley
W. L. Cummins
East St. Louis
Clyde Funkhouser
Harrisburg
D. S. Lacquement
Olney
Lawrence Wagley
Chester
R. Paul ‘Sims
Centralia
Cairo
Rt. 37
Mississippi
Pupils Visit Museum and See Huckleberry Finn Play
Thirty Colporade School pupils toured the Southern Illinois Museum and attended a production of Huckleberry Finn at the SIU Little Theater on Saturday. The trip was sponsored by the school's Parent-Teacher Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colporade School
Southern Illinois Museum
SIU Little Theater
Gladstone Frames Free Trade Tradition in Late 19th Century
The piece highlights William E. Gladstone as an early and staunch advocate of free trade. It notes his tenure as British prime minister across four terms from 1868 and into the late 19th century, underscoring his influence on economic policy and liberal reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gladstone
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Rissi
Yale
DR. Pepper Bottling CO
Locust St. Murphysboro
Mrs. Shoemaker
Luke
Matthew
Christina Rosetti
Bethlehem
A. J. Kopplef Benton
Franklin County Federation of Womans Clubs
Stephen B. Smith
C. R. Williams
Miss McElyea
Oxfords
Mrs
Brenner’s
Delores Smith
Janet Kay Davis
Herbert Smith
Kraft-Davis
Institute
University
Methodists Conference
Laines du
William
Jacquelaine
the Benton Knit Shop
North Grand St
Benton, Ill
Ecole Mecc Ma Mme Ata
du Pont
Eellenin
North Park
Zwick’s
Ladies’ Store
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