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First Baby of the Year Stories From Southern Illinois
Eight-year-old Mark Covington of Carbondale born 1:58 am New Year's Day 1959 shares school party woes, outdoor hobbies, calf fund project, and family details. The piece notes prior First Baby of the Year winners Pamala Melvin Clark 1948 and Lynette Cook 1961 with brief life sketches.
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DeMaris Berry
Mark Wade Covington
Amos Harold Covington
Rt. 4
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Mark
Covington
Terry
Cindy
Unity Point School
Southern Ilinois University
Suzi Kaayr
Lynette Rene Cook
Lynette
Kenneth Cook
Nifth St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Ocean