Harrisburg minister wins award for community service
Rev. Myrtle Mae Miller, a Harrisburg area minister and Ohio native, has received an award for community service. Active in ministry for most of fifty years, she moved to Southern Illinois less than a dozen years ago to help revive dying black churches and foster outreach beyond traditional church roles.
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Dave DeWitte
Harrisburg
Myrtle Mae Miller
Miller
Southern
Illinois
Rev. Miller
Ohio
Rev Mom Cat Miller Wins Jefferson Award in Southern Illinois
Rev Mom Cat Miller of Harrisburg and Carrier Mills earns a Jefferson Award as a regional winner from Paducah based on service across ministries. Colleagues praise her cross racial and denominational outreach, food drives for Job Corps, prison ministry, and leadership with senior groups and local boards. The bronze medallion will be presented in Paducah with a national competition to follow.
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Paducah
WPSD
American Institute For Public Service
Miller
Harrisburg Area
Federal
Job Corps Training Center
Golconda
Rev. Miller
Golden Circle of
Harrisburg
Four County
Golden Circle
Bowen Children’s Center
Wilbert
Bert’’ Iffert
Iffert
Cat” Miller
Maureen Sutton
Southern Illinois
Franklin Mint
Engagements announced for Jennings Conrad and Stergis Pearce
Rhonda Lynn Jennings and David S. Conrad announce their engagement with a July wedding planned. Jennings, a 1978 Carbondale CHS graduate and SIU Carbondale secretary, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jennings of De Soto. Conrad, a 1976 Springfield High School graduate and SIUC senior, works at St Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. Also announced are Irene Colle of Nason and James Stergis engagement with Harold Pearce and Elsie Pearce as parents. Stergis is Herrin District No. 4 teacher and a Herrin SIUC graduate. Pearce is SIUC graduate and radio station operations director for WDDW/WDDD. A June 20 wedding is planned.
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Rhonda Lynn Jennings
David S. Conrad
Thomas Jennings
de Soto
Charles Conrad
Springfield
Miss Jennings
Carbondale Community High School
John A. Logan College
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Conrad
Springfield High School
SIUC
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
John Colle
Rita Jo Stergis
Jay Harold Pearce
Irene Colle
Nason
James Stergis
Harold Pearce
Salt Lake City
Utah
Elsie Pearce
Absecon
N.J
Miss Stergis
Herrin High School
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Herrin
Pearce
New Trier West High School
Radion
WDDW
WDDD
Engagement announced for Elaine Yadro and John Dubis
Mr and Mrs John Yadro of West Frankfort announce the engagement of their daughter Elaine Michelle to John Steve Dubis son of Elizabeth Dubis of St Louis and the late Steve Dubis. Elaine is a 1976 Frankfort Community High School graduate 1979 Jewish Hospital School of Nursing graduate 1980 St Louis University graduate and works as an oncology nurse at John Cochran Veterans Hospital. Dubis is a 1973 Southwest High School graduate 1980 graduate of Washington University health administration and an administrator of Jewish Hospital in St Louis. A June 27 wedding is planned.
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John Yadro
West Frankfort
Elaine Michelle
John Steve Dubis
Elizabeth Dubis
St. Louis
Steve Dubis
Miss Yadro
Frankfort Community High School
Jewish Hospital School of Nursing
St. Louis University
Jewish Hospital
John Cochran Veteran’s Hospital
Dubis
Southwest High School
Washington University
Health Administration
Wyant Griggs plan March 28 wedding announced
Roxanna Leigh Wyant and David Lee Griggs announce their upcoming marriage in Johnston City. The bride is a 1980 Frankfort Community High School graduate. she works as a waitress at Opal's Smorgasbord in West Frankfort. The groom is a 1978 SIU Carbondale graduate, employed by A L Bowen Developmental Center in Harrisburg. The groom is son of William E Griggs of West Frankfort. The wedding is planned for March 28.
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Roxanna Leigh Wyant
David Lee Griggs
John T. Wyant
Johnston City
Gall
William E. Griggs
West Frankfort
Miss Wyant
Frankfort Community High School
Opal’s
Homemade dish could land son in FCC trouble
Dear Ann Landers column observes a Chicago family worried about their son Rick who wired copper satellite dishes and a rooftop decoder to view closed circuit sports. It notes Newton Minow's warning and warns against charging viewers and inviting crowds, while offering safety context about possible FCC violations.
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Ann Landers
Rick
Leonard Duran
FCC
Chicago
Newton Minow
Federal Communications Commission
Ireland
Rita
Beckly, W. Va
South African church leaders fined for illegal gathering
Thirty five church leaders in Johannesburg including two Anglican bishops were found guilty of attending an illegal gathering. They faced a choice between a seventy dollar fine or fifty days in jail. After a peaceful march protesting detention of a colored clergyman, three of the group opted to serve the jail term.
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Johannesburg
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