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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
10
Housewife recounts a rare reunion with sister and husband after six years. The day blends coffee, breakfast, lunch, dessert visits, and long conversations with nieces and nephews. She plans simple meals, notes joy and fatigue, and reflects on memories shaping present happiness.
Cambria residents Mr and Mrs Stanley Green and daughters Judy and Viva joined Mr and Mrs E E Green and H C Green for memorial services at Temple Hill cemetery. Revere Storme from Pontiac Mich arrived to visit Cambria family. Other Cambria residents attended events and weekend visits including Methodist conference in Marion and fishing near a lake.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of First Methodist Church Carbondale held officer training at 10 a m in the church dining room. Mrs Roy V Jordan opened the meeting with a prayer and each officer received a pamphlet outlining duties. A potluck lunch followed with Rev Clyde S Clark and family as guests and a post luncheon tour of the redecorated parsonage.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Williams of Houston Texas visited Mrs. Charles Vallo at 519 North Ninth street Murphysboro last week. It was their first meeting in twenty years. Also visiting were Mrs Vallo's daughter Margaret of East St. Louis and Mrs. Art Wilson and A J Eichenseer of East St. Louis.
Drury and nearby towns see a flurry of social calls. Ray Andrews of Detroit visits his mother in Carbondale while Holland and Holder families drop by Drury and Rock Spring for meals and gatherings.
Henry Fellman and wife with granddaughter Paulette Brooks of Johnston City visited Metropolis relatives Paulette to stay with her grandparents while parents settle in. Carbondale visitors Earl Crowell and others joined family gatherings. multiple local residents visited kin and neighbors over the weekend.
The Newman Club at Southern Illinois University met in the Little Theatre Wednesday night for an open meeting. The feature film You Can Change the World starred Jack Benny Loretta Young Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and supported the Christopher movement and equality of all men as stated in the Declaration of Independence. Sixty seven members attended.
Mr and Mrs Roy Burton of East Broadway Johnston City announce their son L L Burton formerly of Centralia has arrived in Phoenix Arizona to join the family and make a permanent home. Mrs L L Burton and son Stephen previously went to Phoenix for Stephen's health. Burton has been transferred to Phoenix for the family's relocation.
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