Jaycee banquet installs Carbondale leaders. awards given
Gene Honn state president installs Bob Priddy as Carbondale Jaycees president at the annual banquet on June 6. Honors go to Bob Cooper and Jerry Johnson as Outstanding Local President and Outstanding District Director, with John Baker named Outstanding Local Director and Bill Meyers receiving the Richard Perry Leadership Award. Other officers were installed and a babysitting workshop for youths 13 to 17 was announced. Other items include Shawnee NOW meeting and a Heart Disease symposium in Marion with doctors Hawe Small ey and Joseph scheduled to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Honn
Illinois
Jaycee
Bob Priddy
Carbondale Jaycees
Honn
Tinley Park
Carbondale
Bob Cooper
Jerry Johnson
John Baker
Richard Perry
Bill Meyers
Bill Zeh
Barb Summers
Jayceette
Tom Zeinz
Don Calessio
Jeff Smith
Gary Pollock
Floyd Waggoner
Robb Summers
Roger Johnson
Joe Krack
Jeff Mueller
Bob Perk
Dear Ann Landers and The Quick Sand of Family Duty
A collection of advice letters touching on parental responsibility and independence. A divorced couple worry about funding their daughter's lifestyle as she shifts jobs. Another reader asks about oral sex education as she nears motherhood. The columnist replies bluntly that the parents must stop funding her and emphasizes clear communication and courtesy in memorial gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Maine
New York City
Detroit
Doctor
Cleryman
Community events and honors in Marion Murphysboro and Carbondale
Hearts Helping Hearts Inc. hosts a Marion dinner with reservations by Friday. St Andrew School students in Murphysboro earned MS Read-a-thon funds and prizes, reading 518 books for 511.66 to aid MS research and services. Local leaders include Jim Gentile elected K of C grand knight, and Mrs. Margaret Sabine re elected Cancer Society unit chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearts Helping Hearts Inc
Holiday Inn
Marion
Kenneth Fuller
Robert Nemeth
Mary Griffiths
St. Andrew School
Murphysboro
St. Louis Area
National
Laura Borgsmiller
Sandy Bander
Disney World
Jim Hart
St. Louis Cardinals
Moving Day Odds Hit 12 Million To One
Erma Bombeck recalls two Indiana friends Bud and Babs Peripatetic who moved to California to find a vacant house, timely arrival of the moving van, and utilities on. The tale riffing on improbable luck includes past moves with misfits like a bridge-dilemma truck, furniture misplacements, and a pricey honeymoon suite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Bud
Babs Peripatetic
Indiana
California
Vegas
Ohio
Arizona
McMeen Montgomery Engagement Announced in Missouri
Alyce Lynn McMeen daughter of Alyce and Chester M McMeen of Carbondale and Scott G Montgomery son of Mr and Mrs W R Montgomery of Hillsboro Missouri announce their engagement. McMeen teaches music at Hannibal LaGrange College while Montgomery serves as pastor of First Baptist Church in Ewing Missouri. A fall wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester M. McMeen
Carbondale
Alyce Lynn
Scott G. Montgomery
Miss McMeen
Hannibal-LaGrange College
Hannibal, Mo
Montgomery
The
First Baptist Church
Ewing, Mo
Engagement announced for Kimberly Mitroka and Steven Battaglia
Kimberly Ann Mitroka and Steven Joe Battaglia announce their engagement. The bride elect is the daughter of Charles and June Mitroka of Royalton. Miss Mitroka attends Southern Illinois University and graduated Zeigler Royalton High School in 1977. Battaglia, a 1975 Zeigler Royalton High School graduate, works for Belcher Electric in Anna. A July 21 wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Ann Mitroka
Steven Joe Battaglia
Charles Mitroka
Royalton
Bill Battaglia
Preventing Congenital Hypothyroidism Through Newborn Screening
Newborns with little thyroid function appear normal at birth but may become cretins without treatment. A Boston doctor helped develop a heel prick blood test, similar to PKU screening, enabling early detection. A pilot in 1976 expanded to five New England states, tracking over 100 babies who now develop normally.
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New York
P. Reed Larsen
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Tufts University
State Laboratory Institute
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
New England
Vermont
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Ins, Summers
Mike Talley
Mental Health Center
Jackson County Community Mental Health Center
E. College St
Jackson County Youth Services Bureau
Shawnee N.O.W
National Organization For Women
Women’s Center
W. Freeman St
Hearts Helping Hearts, Inc. of
Marion Civic Center
Public Square
Anthony Hawe
Paul E. Smalley
Springfield
M. T. Joseph
Marion Memorial Hospital
Hawe
Smalley
Joseph
Augusta
Pacific
Canada
St. Andrew
Herrin Knights of Columbus
Jim Gentile
Gentile
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Paul Kosco
Tom Polovic
Jack Headean
Paul Calcaterra
Larry Eichler Jr
Jim Vow
Cancer Society
Margaret Sabine
Jackson County
American Cancer Society
J. A. Ferrazio
R. C. Joseph
A. H. Kaitschuk
Ava
Jane Evers
Alice Hardy
Nina Hoffman
Morrison's
Southern Illinois University Student Center Board
Wit’s End
Taos
New Mexico
Kimberly Mitroka
Alyce McMeen and
Scott Montgomery
W. R. Montgomery
Hillsboro, Mo
Alyce McMeen
Kimberly Mitroka and
Steven Battaglia
Tower Square Plaza
Dad
S. Illinois
Uptown Shoe
Freeman
ARA Carbondale
Wink’‘S
Ouppoor
WINK
Scoupon
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