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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
6
Mr and Mrs John Smith of Herrin celebrate their garden wedding anniversary with an open house at 420 N Main St this Saturday from 2 to 4 pm The couple has lived in Herrin 29 years and own Smith and Son Cabinet Shop now on Rt 13 They were married in 1914 at Wasson Jessie Fouts is his wife six living children are listed.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Will hite and sons of Johnston City are on a two week fishing trip to Osages Minn The French liquor chartreuse is both green and yellow with the green containing about 57 per cent alcohol and the yellow 41 per cent
The Carbondale Morning Etude Club elected Mrs Will Gay Bottje president for the coming year. She succeeds Mrs Robert Resnick. New officers include May Dorsey as vice president and Mrs Floyd Patrick as secretary treasurer. Lawrence Intravaia becomes the club’s Illinois Federation of Music Clubs representative. Past year activities included concerts at Jackson Nursing Home a junior piano recital support for the Carbondale Junior Symphony and a concert series in Carbonale Elementary Schools. The Arion Award honors a talented young musician from each of Carbonale high schools.
The Jonesboro Grade School Board of Education hired John Kern of Wolf Lake as a Junior High School teacher Tuesday night. He will earn a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University this spring. George E. Meyer was reappointed as treasurer. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Owenswell of La Porte Indiana and Mrs. Leo Litton and family from Johnston City. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vick and sons returned from a fishing trip to Reelfoot Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs Maurice Ashby of St Pedro California return to California after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Shelton of Johnston City. The Sheltons hosted guests Mr and Mrs Clarence Swanson of Chicago.
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