Biglers Return To Carbondale From Florida
Mr and Mrs Joe Bigler and their son Mike return from a week in the South visiting New Orleans Gulf route Florida including Miami Silver Springs and Palm Beach They traveled with Bob Barker Miss Iva Ledford leaves for Centralia to spend Christmas with relatives Alathean class Walnut street Baptist church Carbondale held a Christmas party and gift exchange Dec 8 with a cake and gifts Pvt Harley Dwight Hight completes basic training at Wichita Falls and reports to Scott Field AFB in Belleville He is linked to Carbondale relatives Loren W Thomas and Y B Fleming visit St Louis Rev W E Bush McKendree College fundraiser travels to Carmi Newton Herrin and Carbondale for district conferences American Legion Auxiliary Carbondale to hold meeting Dec 19 and Christmas charity ice box drawing proceeds benefit collapsible chairs for The Haven Sigma Sigma Sigma Mothers Club Christmas dinner/meetings noted.
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Joe Bigler
Mike
Sycamore Street
Carbondale
South
Biglers
New Orleans
Bob Barker
Florida
Miami
Silver Springs
Palm Beach
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Earl Spiller
Pvt
Harley Dwight Hight
U. S. Air Force
Witchita Falls
Kans
Scott Field Air Force Base
Belleville
Hight
Helen Hight
Jesse Hight
West
Kroger Company
W. E. Bush
West College Street
McKendree College
Carmi
Harrisburg
Mr. Bush
Carmi Methodist Church
Newton
Olney
Herrin
McKendree
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion
Haven
Gift Oddities Rule Christmas Shopping
Shoppers seek unusual gifts this season with requests for mink brush, radioactive golf balls, and a horse themed perfume atomizer. Abercrombie staff note rising demand for novelty items while a Fifth Avenue store sources Miss America measurements for a customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mink
June Caruso
Abercrombie and Fitch
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Wounds Open Way To Family Reunion
Two Marine brothers from Buffalo New York met for the first time in two years at the Naval Hospital in Yokosuka Japan. Privates First Class George and Michael Kaczmarek of the First Marine Division were wounded in the fight for the liberation of Seoul sharing the same hour and day in the same battle.
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Naval Hospital
Yokosuka
Japan
George
Michael Kaczmarek
Buffalo
N. Y
First Marine Division
Seoul
Kaczmareks
Swiss Onion Cake and Wild Rice Croquettes at Bismarck Hotel
Otto Eitel runs two dining rooms at the Bismarck Hotel in Chicago the Walnut Room and Swiss Chalet. The article shares a recipe for Wild Rice Croquettes serving four to five with game notes and cooking steps.
Hopping John Tradition For New Year’s Day
A brief note extols eating Hoping John on New Year’s Day as a good luck custom from the South. It says the dish brings health happiness and wealth and urges including it on the family table with seasoning pork and a red pepper pod as essential ingredients.
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John
Southland
Nicki Strunk Weds Gene Cole in Wisconsin Civil Ceremony
Miss Nicki Strunk daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Strunk of Carterville and Si r Gene Cole son of Mr and Mrs Fred Cole of Herrin were married in Waukegan on December 7. Justice A M Lindvahl presided. The bride wore blue crepe with navy accessories and gardenia corsage. The couple will live at Lake Villa Route 2 Box 314.
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Nicki Strunk
Robert Strunk
North Bryan Street
Carterville
Gene Cole
Fred Cole
North Twelfth Street
Herrin
Waukegan
Peace Justice
A. M. Lindvahl
James Lennis
Golden Gate Club
Wisconsin
Navy
Lake Villa
Route 2
Old Southern Rice and Black-Eyed Peas Recipe
This dish blends dried black-eyed peas with smoked pork and red pepper, cooked to tender perfection. Soak peas, simmer with pork and pepper until tender, then stir in rice and bake until liquid is absorbed. Serves 8 to 10.
World fashion adapts to world tension says designer Marusia
Hollywood designer Marusia forecasts clothing shifts amid the world situation. She notes slim silhouettes replace lounging styles, short evening dresses stay, and imported fabrics may vanish if war continues. She recalls Paris in October when a red blue striped dress inspired by victory now simply named victory.
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Hollywood
Marusia
Switzerland
Paris
Korea
Miss Vincent Visits Parent In Murphysboro
Miss Martha Ann Vincent a student nurse at Alton Memorial Hospital spent Sunday in Murphysboro with her parents Mr and Mrs T E Vincent. The Vincents and guests attended The Messiah at SIU Carbondale. Local residents attended family gatherings and a birthday party for Kurt Whinnery. Lt Victor Atkins returned to Fort Bragg after a visit with his Murphysboro wife and family. Several Murphysboro families gathered for the death of Mrs Daisy Hanson. Dave Maloney underwent surgery in St Louis and is recovering.
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South University Avenue
Lara Evans
John Tufts
Paula Tufts
St. Louis
Martha Ann Vincent
Alton Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
T. E. Vincent
North
Sixteenth Street
Vincents
Ernest Poole
Belleville
SIU
Carbondale
Edward Whinnery
Elm Street
Kurt
Murray
Division Street
Victor Atkins
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Murephysboro
Pine Street
Atkins
Carl.Seals
Homer Hanson
Gene Stoffel
East St. Louis
Edward Monahan
Marion
Edward Monahan, Jr
Nampki
Harlan Watson
Maplewood
Dallas Neil
du Quoin
August Hanson
Clem Hanson
Daisy Hanson
Dave Maloney
DePaul Hospital
Murphysboro Street Commissioner Improves at Home
Benjamin Smith Murphysboro street commissioner is improving at his Ninth street Illinois avenue home after several weeks illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Smith
Murphysboro Street
Ninth Street
Illinois Avenue
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Centralia
Iva Ledford
Alatheans
YALE
Pvt. Hight
Rev. Bush
TRI Sig
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Mother’s Club of
Sally Victor
la Mode
First National Bank
Zeigler, Illinois
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Marine
North Korea
Duncan Hines
Toni
Varsity Fountain
St. Illinois Ave
Herrin Man
Herrin Pocahontas Lodge
Redman Hall
Hoover Arbuckle
South Eighth Street
Doll Arbuckle
Beaver Dam
Roberta
Gene
E.S
Herrin Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Herrin Dorcas Shrine
May Duckett
A. R. Rohlfing
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lucille Ruth
Mary Magdalene
First Baptist Church
Lela Williams
Mary Nolte
Mae Crawshaw
Edith Kelly
Emma Hough
Kelly
Martin Berkbigler
J’nelta Wolff
Berkeiglers
Granite City
L. E. Birkbeigler
Linda
North Twenty-Third Street
E. F. Kiphart
Miss Vincent
AVA
Homer Hindman
Philip Florio
Maple Street
Kurt Whinnery
Hanson
Onan
Aigle
Kimball
Morgan's Trading Post
Court Square
St. Joseph
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