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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1980
Page
7
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith of Thompsonville plan an open house for friends and relatives to mark their 50th wedding anniversary at Shiloh Baptist Church south of Corinth. They wed December 20, 1930 in Benton and have four children. gifts are not requested.
Cynthia Sue Giles and Terry Wayne Richison announce their engagement. The bride elect is the daughter of Ronald and Judy Giles of Caseyville and the groom is son of W G Richison of Carbondale. She graduates Clin ton High School 1974 and attends SIUC. He is a 1974 Carbondale Community High School graduate employed in Vincennes Indiana. A February 14 wedding is planned. Ivah LaCompte and Carl Restivo announce their engagement. Carol Ann Corrieri of Carterville is the bride to be. Restivo is in the U S Navy in San Diego and a 1978 Herrin High School graduate. A December 28 wedding is planned.
Lee Skobel and Stephen Weaver announce their engagement. Miss Skobel, a 1976 Murphysboro Township High School graduate, works as a switchboard operator at the CIP S Power Plant in Grand Tower. Weaver, a 1973 Northwestern High School graduate, is a lab technician for Springfield Water Department. The couple plans a Jan 24 wedding.
The log cabin return as a mainstream home feature grows with as many as 70,000 people and about $1 billion spent on log buildings this year. Nearly 80 percent are primary residences, with 200 plus companies selling kits, pre cut walls, and full log houses. Details cover costs, construction time, energy efficiency, sealing systems, wood types, maintenance, and design tips from industry and the Forest Products Laboratory.
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