Wives vie for Mrs Southern Illinois University title
A Feb 16 dance will crown Mrs Southern Illinois University as 18 contestants compete in preliminaries on Feb 14. Among the top contenders are Mrs. Robert Rohlfing, Mrs. David Scott Tracy, Mrs. Don Krug Jr., and Mrs. George Curry, each with prominent local family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Robert Rohlfing
David Scott Tracy
Don Krug Jr
George Curry
Rohlfing
Harold Ury
Jonesboro
Tracy
And
Du Quoin Junior Women report Porch Light Drive success
The Porch Light Drive for the Du Quoin Girl Scout Association raised 686 dollars, aiding the Shagbark Girl Scout Council serving over 6 000 girls in Southern Illinois. Juniors decided to sponsor the drive and also pledged donations to United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Illinois and the March of Dimes.
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du Quoin Girl Scout Association
du Quoin Junior Woman’s Club
du Quoin Association
Shagbark
United Cerebral Palsy
Southern Illinois
March of Dimes
IFWC
Mrs Pearle Grady Named Honorary Member at Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Pearle Grady, the club’s first president and a shut in, was named an honorary member of the Past Presidents Club at Herrin American Legion Auxiliary during the regular Wednesday meeting. Fifteen members attended. Mrs John V Oldani hosted and Mrs Robert Nealson assisted. The next meeting is scheduled for February 21 at the Legion Home.
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Pearle Grady
Herrin American Legion Auxiliary
Grady
John V. Oldani
Robert Nealson
The
Legion Home
Benton Women Receive Award and Convention News
Benton Junior Woman's Club hosted guest speaker Richard Conner of the Civil Defense Patrol who showed disaster films. The 25th District IFWC convention will be in Carbondale in March featuring luncheon fashion show arts and crafts. The club received a certificate of appreciation from the Easter Seal Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Conner
Civil Defense Patrol
Benton Junior Woman’s Club
Conner
IFWC
Carbondale
John Golliher
Benton Club
Easter Seal Society
Annual Hunt affair opens with buffet
This weekend the Southern Illinois Open Hunt hosts a busy program with out of town guests arriving at 7 30 p m for a buffet in the Wolf Creek clubhouse hosted by Mr and Mrs Herbert Hunz. The hunt starts at 10 a m Saturday from the club kennels with a clubhouse breakfast, followed by the Hunt Ball from 8 p m to 1 a m at the Southern Illinois Country Club in Marion. Sunday features a hunt breakfast and closing festivities. Zeta Tau chapter of Carterville Beta Sigma Phi used a poetry book Wayside Fancies by a Marion woman for its program.
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Herbert Hunz
Wolf Creek
Southern Illinois Country Club
Marion
Zeta Tau
Carterville
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Chester Girl to Be Wed in Navy Wedding Plan
Mr and Mrs Alvin E Cowell announce the engagement of daughter Joan Mary to Larry A Bauer son of Mr and Mrs Ralph F Bauer both families from Chester. The bride elect is a senior at Fontbonne Women’s College St Louis MO and Mr Bauer is a Highland University graduate now serving in the U S Navy Plans for the wedding are definite.
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Carl R. Watkins
Mary Lee Sutton
Dale D. Downen
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Carbondale
A. Ward Sutton
N. Bridge St
Sutton
Virgil R. Downen
Alexander St
Murphysboro
Miss Sutton
Cathy Sunnquist
Kay Jarvis
Lyndall Downen
Frank Tebow
Robert Downen
James Glover
Don Kelley
Donna Baggett
Carbondale Community High School
Feirich and Feirich Law Office
Carbonbondale
Murphysboro High School
Downen
McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Corporation
St. Louis
Alvin E. Cowell
Joan Mary
Larry A. Bauer
Ralph F. Bauer
Chester
Fontbonne Women’s College
Bauer
Highland University
New Mexico
U.S. Navy
Doering Chancy Vows Told In Christmas Wedding
Debra Diane Doering and William Wade Chancy wed December 17 at Johnston City First Baptist Church. Officiant Rev. Thomas E. Adams. Couple planned a St. Louis wedding trip. Doering is Johnston City High School graduate and SIU employee. Chancy is Marion High School graduate stationed at Ft. Eustis Va with the U S Army.
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Debra Diane Doering
Eldridge Doering
Monroe S&t
Johnston City
William Wade Chancy
Leamon Chancy
Marion
First Baptist
Kathy Canaday
Gwen Williams
Flower Girl
Shelley Melvin
Benton
Keith Bain
Glen Gibbons
Larry Melvin
Ernie Odum
Clearwater Beach
Fla
Ronnie Dorris
Dwane Burard
St. Louis
Chancy
Johnston City High School
Southern Illinois University
Mr. Chancy
Marion High School
U. S. Army
Ft. Eustis
Willisville Wedding Ties Knop to Akin in December
Kathryn Ann Knop and Rance Dean Akin wed in Willisville December 16 at Central Baptist Church. The couple, both SIU seniors, reside at 1306 Olive Murphysboro and 2112 Wall Street Carbondale.
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Rance Dean Akin
Olive St
Murphysboro
Central Baptist Church
Willisville
Girl Scouts Meet in Murphysboro
Mrs James West of the Shagbark Girl Scout Office reported to the Murphysboro Ava Girl Scout Association at its January meeting about the regional convention attended in the fall. Nancy Rae a Southern Illinois University student spoke on the Hawaiian conference she attended last summer as a Senior Scout. Members voted to hold future meetings in the City National Bank Community Room. Dinner and program committee members were Mrs Leland Lockard Mrs Louis Wides Mrs Charles Rapp and Mrs Bill Ingram.
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James West
Shagbark
Herrin
Murphysboro-Ava
Wigs and Manicure Shop Listing Merges in Herrin
Readable fragments show Rose Frizrefi and Doris Si operating WIGS MANICURE at 120 West Walnut in Herrin. Contact 942-6464 appears with a Monday or Monday-like note. Details are incomplete but indicate a local beauty business address and proprietors.
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Rose Frizrefi
Doris
West Walnut
Herrin
Your Pet Is Never Forgotten Grave Marker
Pet memorial in refined white marble measures 8 by 14 inches and two inches thick. Includes carved pet name and death date with erection instructions. Send pet name type of pet and death date with payment. shipped postpaid with quality guarantee.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Wallace Holmes
Park Forest
Krug
Jr. R. Polakiewicz
Sparta
Curry
Vera McCurdy
Hewey Tweedy
du Quoin Township High School
Joe Vancil
Wilbern Swetland
National Campers
National Campers Association
Nolte
George Hines
du Quoin Fairgrounds
Mardale Center
WMC
Philippines
Loy Forcum
First Christian Church
Lucian Eli
Phillippines
Kenneth Chapman
Rufus Gerkin
Roy Ligon
Mardale
Carbondale, Illinois
Rippletone Afghan Winsom Boy
Kit
Shetland & Wool Urbanite
Joan Cowell
Jomac North
Miss Knop
Kathryn Ann Knop
Lawrence Knop
Harold Dean Akin
Wall St
Physicoro
Paul Spiller
Sheila Knop
Karen Luehr
Bonnie Akin
Mark Akin
Steve Butler
Bill Turnage
American Legion Hall
Meet
Joyce Lawson
Beauty Salon
M &H
Istar Stores
Eaton & Brown
PET Memorial Company
Vienna, Ill
J. W. Reynolds
Monument Co., Inc
Ayere As
Ward
Ernie Ford
Dean Yy
Martin
Jack Jones
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Dean Martin
John Gary
Fertane
Jin
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