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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1978

Page

6

June Jubilee Aims to Raise Funds for Marion Memorial Hospital

Marion Memorial Hospital Auxiliary hosts June Jubilee in the former Kroger Building on West Main Street Marion to raise $15,000 over June 9 and 10. The event features health screenings, information booths, vendor displays, live entertainment, raffles, and food, with support from Lions Club Bi-County Health Department Veterans Administration Hospital and other groups. Also listed are a marathon by the Marion Chamber of Commerce and various art and education programs across local organizations.

Marion Memorial Hospital Kroger West Main Street Marion Mergency and Lions Club Bi-County Health Department Veterans Administration Hospital Dorothy Brown Jaycees Ethel Jones Marion Chamber of Commerce

Carnival Visit Hits Downtown Anna With Proceeds For Jaycees

The Living The Little Egypt Carnival Show of Marion tours downtown Anna today through Saturday with rides 4 PM to 11 PM today and Friday and 11 AM to 11 PM Saturday. Proceeds support Anna-Jonesboro Jaycees community activities. A June 19 trip to New Harmony Indiana is offered by the Perry County Extension Service with tours, maps, and a 30 minute film. Registration by June 12 at the extension office. Cost about 14 dollars. Service area 10 of the Illinois Heart Association reorganizes CPR committee, electing Peter J. Carroll chair and Jon C. Shepherd secretary for 1978-79. Randolph County Nursing Home Auxiliary meeting set for Tuesday at Sparta to plan Father’s Day program and report a wheel chair fund drive. The Southern Illinois Media Roundtable offers a $50 grant for educational projects with details to Dorothy Cox at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

MAGA Carbondale Public Library W. Walnut St McLafferty Road Museum Marion Anna Anna-Jonesboro Jaycees New Harmony Ind Rappist Sect Perry County Extension Service George Rapp Robert Owen Scibleau du Quoin Keyes Park South St Pinckneyville Peter J. Carroll Williamson County Jon C. Shepherd Jackson County Territory 16 IHA Springfield Randolph County Nursing Home Belmont St Sparta Nursing Home

Y opens registration for summer programs at YMCA Carbondale

The Jackson County YMCA at 2500 W. Sunset Dr Carbondale begins registration Monday for Session I. Members register 8 to 9 pm Monday, non members through Wednesday on a first come first served basis. Many youth and adult classes listed, with swim, arts, fitness, and camp options. For details call 549-5359.

Jackson County Sunset Drive Carbondale YMCA

Lettuce sign becomes divine diet omen in Bombeck tale

Erma Bombeck humorously muses that God favors dieters after a lettuce price sign at 98 cents appears in the supermarket. She jokes about rising prices for produce and indulgence, noting the irony of a candy bar at checkout as proof of temptation and appetite prevailing over restraint.

Erma Bombeck Mayva

Indooring Outdoor Furniture Moves With Style

Outdoor furniture can move inside after season for décor and practicality. Young buyers started the trend to save costs, then long time married couples follow by using bamboo, wicker, rattan, redwood, and wrought iron indoors. Some pursue DIY pieces, like painted wire spools, and multiuse rooms show flexible layouts with light airy rattan and bamboo accents.

Vivian Brown AP News

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Tower Square Plaza Chamber of Commerce The Museum and Art Galleries Association 25Th District of Illinois Federated Woman’s Clubs Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Errol Mandrell Tilden Christopher Club Christopher NEA Debby Boone A-J Jaycees CPR Committee Illinois Heart Association Territory Illinois Nursing Home Auxiliary Media Roundtable Southern Illinois Media Roundtable Dorothy Cox Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Media Southern Illinoisniversity Ill Dieter God Wit’s End JUST Winson, Co Jim Pearl Jim Pearl, Inc Jim Pearl’s Jim Peart Jim Pearl Inc
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