Pinckneyville Holiday Homes Tour Showcases Four Historic Dwellings
Four Pinckneyville homes prepared for the Holiday Homes Tour hosted by the Junior Women's Club. About 300 to 700 visitors are expected to tour the 100-year-old frame house, two Mediterranean ranches, and a Colonial style home with proceeds aiding local charities. Tickets cost $1.50 for the 6 to 8:30 p.m. event.
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Steve Kirchman
Southern Illinois An
Pinckneyville
Marla Lucker
Clay
Martha Emling
Grant St
Emling
Clinic Pharmacy
Emlings
Currier and Ives
Emilings
Ray Paul Fishers
Oxbow
Fisher
Local Engagement Between Layne and Marrs Announced
Sandy Layne and Sandy Lee Layne announce engagement to Jimmy Marrs. Bride is daughter of Fred and [Mrs.] Layne of Pittsburg. Groom is son of Bert and [Mrs.] Marrs of West Frankfort. Marrs, a 1967 West Frankfort High graduate, works at Pattin Marion in Marion. Wedding planned for December 31.
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Sandy Lee Layne
Jimmy Marrs
Fred Layne
Pittsburg
Bert Marrs
West Frankfort
Marrs
West Frankfort High School
Pattin-Marion
Marion
Playground duty merits combat pay
A wartime voice recalls dangers of supervising a schoolyard as combat pay is argued amid a field of children. Two protagonists Esther and a narrator recount cold trenches, improvised strategies, and a plan to navigate a dangerous game of crack the whip while protecting pupils.
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Fsther
At Wits End by Erma Bombeck
A humor column excerpt features Erma Bombeck noting a tight deadline and a push to finish library plans. The quip hints at journalistically juggling tasks and deadlines in a light hearted domestic satire voice.
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Ray Fisher
Fisher Automotive
Diane
Robbie Joe Fisher
Robbie Joe
Ginger Fisher
Jack Marler
Rt. 154
Marler
Conleeos
Martie
Southern
Sandy Layne
Borth Murphysborg
Ill
Erg
Sears
America
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Carbondale
East Main University Mall
Gipper
Ronnie Gipper
Esther
Wit’s End
By Erma Bombeck
Fabri
E. Monroe
Herrin, Ill
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