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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1963
Page
7
Letters discuss social traits and manners including a limp handshake as a social fault and how to handle it. Other notes cover teen makeup trends, a woman’s distrust of her ex-husband, and a widow’s account of a complex relationship with a widower.
The Marion United Church hosted the wedding of Thea Seifert and Ken Miller in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. Everett Lynch. The bride, daughter of Margarete and the late Heinrich Seifert of Darmstadt, Germany, wore pale pink lace. The reception featured wedding cake and punch served by Carol Fisher and Shirley Stritzel. The couple resides at 106 N Fair St Marion after a brief honeymoon in St. Louis.
A bridge anecdote notes a South player failing to count tricks in a hand scored as 15 points. North considered four spades but South discarded. A nine of clubs from dummy doomed the hand as clubs and hearts dictated the collapse. The text uses a tombstone quip about never counting tricks.
The Associated Press reports shoppers can find protein at low prices this weekend across turkeys chickens canned tuna and peanut butter. Beef pork and lamb remain plentiful but edging higher. Featured meats include rib roast duck l and round roasts and lean smoked hams and picnics. Vegetables offer green beans cabbage squash celery potatoes corn peppers cucumbers lettuce peas onions with tomato prices vary by supply. Fruits highlight blueberries strawberries grapes peaches bananas apples and limes with watermelon. shelf items include evaporated milk oils and mayonnaise.
Mrs. Gwendol Hartwell of Marion is named president of the Williamson County Baptist Associational Women's Missionary Union after elections Friday at Johnston City First Baptist Church. Nominating committee members include Mrs. Ben Stripling Herrin Mrs. Lackle Colp Herrin Rt 1 and Mrs. O L Wall Marion Rt 1. Mrs. L L Jones of Marion is a persisting president. V Paul Hill Indian missionary in Arizona spoke to the group as Herrin First Baptist Church presented a skit.
Mary Feeley counsels a reader in Elmhurst on managing gift costs for 39 relatives, suggesting $1 to $3 per present with thriftable options like 50 cent to $1 books and diverting excess gift funds to a savings account for retirement. The column also offers a housing and budget plan for a Baldwin reader, proposing a $650 monthly net and allocating expenses to show where to trim.
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