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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1981

Page

6

Profile of a P.E.O. president from Southern Illinois

Cathy A. Monroe profiles Virginia L. Neill of Carbondale the first statewide P.E.O. president from Southern Illinois in 50 years. Neill travels four days a week visits 14,879 members in 331 Illinois chapters while balancing family and community work with Girl Scouts and church. The article covers P.E.O. origins its funds its chapters and Neill s personal dedication travel and plans after June when her term ends.

Cathy A. Monroe Ilindsan Virginia L. Neill Carbondale P.E.O Southern Illinois P.E.O. State Board Illinois Clifford Girl Scouts United States Canada Cottey College Nevada P.E.O. Post Myrtle Combs Harrisburg Chicago Alton Knoxville Chrysler

Gratitude for Simple Blessings Encourages Positive View

A reader writes from Wyandotte Michigan about appreciating basic gifts like sight hearing and mobility. Ann Landers responds with empathy noting gratitude amid broader concerns over inflation crime and pollution.

Great American cure all headline on headaches

Erma Bombeck humor piece contrasts respect for the headache with other cures. It notes responses to illness and social duties, jokes about headaches replacing excuses, and credits Winona Haslip of London for inventing the headache in 1813 after an accident with candles.

Erma Bombeck Mount Rushmore Aunt May Winona Haslipp London Winona

At Wit's End Mugs and Headache Tale Goes Viral

A playful London tale spreads as women mimic a husband’s bedtime line and shout I have a headache after climbing stairs. A widower recalls a father discussing a training bra with his 13 year old daughter, who reacts with a frantic I have a headache. The story circulates with mock seriousness.

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