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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1966
Page
7
A 19 year old with full time work and household duties asks if her mother should share chores. Ann Landers notes three pay checks support the family and urges the mother to hire a sitter, granting the teen one free weekend evening.
Patricia Neild leads 15 Hollins College graduates and a new alumna on a 950 mile raft voyage from Memphis to New Orleans inspired by Huckleberry Finn. Retired riverboat captain Gordon W. Cooper, 70, guides the group with two cabin boys aboard a 16 by 39 foot raft traveling eight to nine miles per hour over 10 to 12 days. They will stop in Cairo Caruthersville and Memphis and visit Delta Democrat editor Hodding Carter in Greenville before a bath at his house.
In Herrin the Ladies Auxiliary of the First Apostolic Church sponsors a rummage sale in the church educational building on N. 13th and Adams, running 9 am to 5 pm and continuing on Saturday. In Carbondale the Daniel H Brush Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosts a coffee at 3:30 am in the Hunt Room of the Holiday Inn for members and prospective members. information is available from Mrs William V Brown in Marion or Mrs Harold Haltermann in Carbondale.
The article profiles Richard G. Drew a retired Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing executive who praises serendipity in invention. He cites home makers as potential inventors and argues that creativity thrives when parents allow experimentation while guiding risk.
Dance pupils of Mildred Capps present a 70 performer recital at Carruthers Junior High School Murphysboro starting at 7 30. The two hour program features tickets priced at 50 cents each.
Oswald and Jim Jacoby recount a club lead and a late spade ruff as a grand coup attempt in a duplicate bridge game. He notes the clash between brilliance and average scores, with many pairs reaching seven no trump while seven hearts yielded a low result.
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