Carbondale BPW Plans Clean-Up Campaign and Rummage Sale
The Carbondale BPW Club leads the Carbondale Clean-Up and Stay Clean Campaign with the Carbondale Community Council and City Council pledging cooperation. Maude Reynolds chairs the cleanup committee while Helen Curtin coordinates item lists and inspections for voluntary fixes. The club also plans a rummage sale July 6 at City Hall and will send members to the Leadership Conference in Salem on June 23.
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Carbondale Business and Professional Women’s Club
Carbondale
Carbondale Community Council
City Council
Maude Reynolds
BPW
Helen Curtin
Reynolds
A Cleaner Carbondale We Hereby Resolve
The Professional Woman's Club proposes resolutions for city beautification and safety. Citizens should remove fire hazards, repair windows, protect against flies and mosquitoes, fix stairs, clear rugs, cut weeds, plant annuals, install window boxes, and landscape fronts and alleys. Do not litter and urge others to avoid trash on streets or sidewalks.
Carbondale Weekend Guests Visit Mrs McCorkle
Carbondale hosted Mr and Mrs Paul H Tippey and two men Roger and Jerry from gn who spent last weekend with Mrs Clara McCorkle, his mother.
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Carbondale
Paul H. Tippey
Roger and Jerry
Clara McCorkle
VFW Women at State Convention in Chicago
Delegates from the Herrin Women’s Auxiliary led by Mrs. Evelyn Finney attend the state VFW convention in Chicago June 14 through 16. In Finney’s absence, Mrs. Agnes Halstead presided over a Monday business meeting with 11 members present. Nina Gaines won the ways and means prize. a public party is set for June 17 at 7 30 p m at the post home.
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Herrin Women’s Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Evelyn Finney
Ava Moore
Chicago
Finney
Agnes Halstead
Nina Gaines
Has Definite Traits Older Child Fits Usual Pattern
Dr. George W. Crane discusses how birth order shapes personality. The elder child tends toward caution, persistence, budgeting, and introversion, while the younger is more affable, outspoken, and risk-taking, with different social roles and ambitions.
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Jimmy
Bobby
Miss Tripp Named Delegate To Illinois Girls State
Miss Betty Jane Tripp of Anna is chosen to represent Townsend F. Dodd Unit 344 of the American Legion Auxiliary at the 17th annual Illinois Girls State session June 18 to 25 on the MacMurray College campus in Jacksonville. The event is the largest in its history with 478 accepted and many on a waiting list. Miss Tripp is active in school honor societies, student council, clubs, and was a junior class officer and editor of the yearbook. her appointment was announced by Mrs. Lois Halterman, unit president.
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Betty Jane Tripp
Anna
Townsend F. Dodd
American Legion Auxiliary
Illinois Girls State
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Miss Tripp
Illini Girls Girls State
Thee
Anna Jonesboro Community High School
Elks
Lois Halterman
Townsend F. Dodd Unit
Beardens of Cambria Entertain Guests
Bearden family members arrived in Cambria Sunday for a week with their parents Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bearden. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brasel and granddaughter from Crown Hill West Virginia Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bearden and her from Tralee West Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lewis and three sons from Casper Wyoming. The family has not been together in 11 years.
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Cambria
L. C. Bearden
Paul Brasel
Crown Hill
W. Va
R. M. Bearden
Tralee
Dan Lewis
Casper
Wye
Herrin Home Bureau Names New Officers for Year
Herrin Home Bureau elected officers at its May 28 meeting held at Mrs. Dwight L. Parsons home. President is Mrs. D. P. Travis. vice president Mrs. Muriel Chamness. secretary Mrs. Tom Shannon. treasurer Mrs. N. A. Lukens. Major lesson by Ruth Grant and minor lesson by Tom Shannon.
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Herrin Home Bureau
Dwight L. Parsons
N. 27Th St
Muriel Chamness
Tom Shannon
N. A. Lukens
Williamson County Home
Ruth Grant
Williamson County Home Bureau
Marion Junior High School
Birthday Toast for 90th Thomas P Bogus Family Dinner
Mrs James Hamby and Miss Clydie Bogus hosted a family dinner at 1209 Benton Street Johnston City honoring their father Thomas P Bogus who celebrated his 90th birthday. Out of town guests included H G Bogus and Bob Allen family from Harrisburg.
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James Hamby
Clydie Bogus
Benton St
Johnston City
Thomas P. Bogus
H. G. Bogus
Bob Allen
Harrisburg
Queen For A Day Gift Presentation Noted
A report notes a "Queen For A Day" event with a gift presented. The next meeting is scheduled for June 25 at the home of Mrs. N. A. Lukens located at 512 North 11th Street.
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N. A. Lukens
11Th St
New York Guest Visits in Chester
Mrs Lynn Irvine of Canaan New York and former Chester resident Alice Welge have returned home after a three week visit in Chester with the Welges Mr and Mrs Albert Welge hosted the guests during their stay resulting in a brief family reunion in Chester.
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New York
Chester
Lynn Irvine
Canaan, N. Y
Alice
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Carbondale Business and Professional Woman’s Club
VFW Women At Convention
George W. Crane
Dr. Crane
Fie
Martha Madison
Southern Illinoisan
W. Adams St
Herrin
Beardens OF
D. P. Travis
Home Bureau
Wanda Phillips
Chos
Charles T. Williams
Cline-Vick
Illinois
Bea
S. Illinois
Prince
Lever Brothers
Marilyn J. Byrnes
Continental Baking Company, Inc
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