Herrin BPW Christmas Dinner Highlights Club Members
The Herrin Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual Christmas dinner in the Ly-Mar Hotel Gold Room. Alma Brown welcomed a new member Mildred Rushing as guests and a book review by Anthony Venegoni followed readings of Christmas carols. The next dinner is set for January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ly-Mar
Jeanette DeZutti
Doris Rust
Louise Hamilton
Alma Brown
Mildred Rushing
Winfred Zook
Herrin Bpw Club
Dolores DeZutti
Joe Gasparini
Maurine Linton
Linton
Mary Galli
Frances Stanich
Cochairman
Pauline Kurto
Mary Todd
Della Marlow
Joan Moore
Betty Rogers
Gold Room
Christmas Dreamland Style Show at Royalton High
Christmas Dreamland was staged by home economics classes and the Future Homemakers of America at Royalton High School on December 3 under Mrs Thelma Dykhouse. Forty girls modeled sleepwear and dresses as Janet King FHA president narrated a script by homemaking students. Hostesses served Christmas punch after Santa wished a Happy Christmas to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
Thelma Dykhouse
Royalton High School
Janet King
FHA
Somerset unit holds painting lesson and craft exchange
Somerset Unit of Jackson County Home Bureau held a textile painting lesson Monday at Mary Butterbusch's home. Esther Beasley of De Soto and Clara Seibel taught. Christmas gift suggestions were discussed and a gift exchange followed. Thirteen members attended.
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Somerset
Jackson County Home Bureau
Mary Butterbusch
Esther Beasley
de Soto
Indian Hill
Clara Seibel
25th District Joins National Legion Auxiliary Clothing Drive
The 25th District cooperates in the National Legion Auxiliary appeal for warm clothing for children and adults. With 900 Illinois units in emergency phase, clothing will be collected year round. Pictured are Sandra Denson chairwoman and district junior chaplain Hazel Trail district director Myrtle Louden child welfare chair Judy Henson Carbondale unit, and others. Clothing accepted at Leonard's Beauty Shop.
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National Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
Illinois
Sandra Denson
Hazel Trail
Myrtle Louden
Carbondale
Judy Henson
Carbondale Unit
Leonard’s
Cross Country Taxi Ride Sways Wives Imagination
Ruth Millett writes of an elderly New Jersey woman who plans a U S tour by taxi seeking a careful, respectful driver without a wife and children at home. The piece riffs on marital travel habits and dreams of a patient navigator who stops at will and enjoys the view.
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Ruth Millett
New Jersey
United States
Ink color guidance for holiday and formal invitations
Instructions distinguish ink colors for cards and letters. Holiday cards may use bright red or green ink, while letters and social notes should use black or blue black ink. Formal invitations and replies to them should always be in black ink.
Pancake Supper Planned by Percy Baptist Church
The Men’s Council of Percy Baptist Church will sponsor a pancake supper on January 19. Committees for the event were appointed at a recent council meeting held in the church parsonage.
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Percy Baptist Church
Honor State DAR Officers At Murphysboro Du Quoin Meeting
State officers of the Daughters of American Revolution were honored at a joint meeting of the Murphysboro and Du Quoin chapters in Pinckneyville on December 10. Honorees were Mrs. Henry C. Warner, Dixon state regent, and Mrs. Roy B. Maxwell, Oak Knolls state librarian. The event at the McCant Home included talks, music, a social hour and tea with Nancy Hanks chapter members from Murphysboro in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of American Revolution
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Henry C. Warner
Dixon
Roy B. Maxwell
Oak Knolls
McCant
South Mills St
Nancy Hanks
Elizabeth Smyser
I. K. Levy
Will Shaw
Pauline Bencini
Maude Rust
Elizabeth Lee
Murphysboro School Yule Program Plans
Longfellow School in Murphysboro will stage a Christian Christmas program in the auditorium with two performances at 1 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Each class sings carols around the Nativity Scene while Nancy Glade reads the Christmas Story. Dana James and Buddy Reiman portray Mary and Joseph.
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Longfellow School
Murphysboro
Nancy Glade
Dana James
Buddy Reiman
Mary and Joseph
De Molay Degrees Conferred in Franklin County Meeting
Members of the Murphysboro DeMolay chapter and advisers attended a Franklin County DeMolay meeting in Murphysboro. Initiatory and DeMolay degrees were conferred on Robert E. Dayton Bruce E. Richardson and James M. Mills. Edward Burton and M. F. Haribon assisted. Robert C. Tinsley delivered a message to the class.
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de Molay
Murphysboro
Istopher
Franklin County
Robert E. Dayton
Bruce E. Richardson
James M. Mills
Edward Burton
M. F. Harrbon
Robert C. Tinsley
Zeigler
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Ilinois
Carbondale AAUW Hears Allen On Christmas Customs Of The Past
John Allen former SIU museum staff member spoke to Carbondale AAUW about traditions of Christmas and New Year origins from ancient Greek and Roman feasts. He shared 200 New Year superstitions and noted the branch’s 137 members while AAUW plans 550.68 in grants for 42+ women internationally and 44 in the U.S. The Madrigal Singers closed with songs as candles lit the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Aauw
Allen
John Allen
Southern Illinois University Museum
Carbondale
American Assn. of University Women
Illinois
Opal Stone
Hilda Stein
C. W. Friedline
Virginia Spiller
AAUW
Grants
Southern Illinois University
Madrigal Singers
Joseph
Fruit compote with canned figs and orange segments
A simple fruit dish combines canned figs with fresh orange segments served as a compote. Top with a light whipped cream for a creamy finish.
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Herrin Bpw
Dreamland
Dad
Mother
Rissi
West Frankfort
Hungary
Carbondale American Legion Auxiliary
Donald Forsyth
Knoxville
Tenn
Austria
DAR
Levan Féattril
CTO Weasom Oy
Formhall
Myron
Herrin
Carbonndale
Zwick’s Ladies
Herrin and
First Christian Church
Ford Foundation
National Science Foundation
Friedline
Reed's
Dennis and
Jean Younkin
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