Area couples announce wedding plans and engagements
Area couples reveal engagements and upcoming weddings. Lisa Gale McCurdy and Patrick Evan Smillie of Royalton plan an Aug 10 wedding. Jo Hil and Rick Gravatt of Crab Orchard announce a June 30 wedding. Melinda Chamness and Michael Teas plan a July wedding. Connie Wiley and Steven Vincent tie Oct 6. Lyn Goddard and Kevin Bame set Aug 18. Patricia Ihle and Donald Grob plan July 21. Continuous details cover education, employers, and family origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Goddard
Kevin D. Bame
Everet
Judy Goddard
Ava
W. Dean
Betty Bame
Miss Goddard
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU
J. C. Penney
Carbondale
Bame
SIU C
Ernst and Ernst, Certified Public Accountants
St. Louis
Joggers flee age in secular salvation urge says MSU professor
Michigan State University religious studies professor Fred Graham says joggers are running scared as they confront aging. He describes the behavior as irrational subconscious anxiety aimed at delaying decline and death, masking deeper motives with health excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cornell
Michigan State University
Fred Graham
Graham
Religious Stud
The Psychology Behind the Jogging Craze and Thanatech
Researcher Graham studied about 100 runners over five years to analyze their fantasies and motives. He links the drive to fear of terminal decline, coined as thanatech, a blend of death and modern medical tech. He notes running began rising eight years ago with this anxiety, yet says it can be healthy if pursued with awareness and balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ies
Graham
Decriminalization and legalization debate in Ann Landers column
Readers question whether decriminalizing marijuana equals legalization. Ann Landers states opposition to pot use while advocating against criminal penalties for possession. She warns about varied pot potency and unsafe adulterants, suggesting separations for chronic quarrelsome couples and advising breakups if fighting persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
NORML
Carter
Home Grown
New Jersey
World Bank Expands Aid for Oil and Gas Production
The World Bank plans broader support for oil natural gas and coal in developing nations benefiting about 60 countries in the early 1980s. Priorities include energy policy guidance updated geological surveys new surveys drilling finance and later production facilities to ease dependence on heavy oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
World Bank
United Nations’ Financial Agency
Bank
McBrides Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Orville McBride of Murphysboro observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a June 10 reception at First Presbyterian Church. They married June 7 1919 in Union City Tennessee. He retired in 1959 as coal washer foreman at Pyramid Coal Co Pinckneyville and she from Brown Shoe Co in 1963. They have one daughter Gerrie Webb of Dallas Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville McBride
Murphysboro
First Presbyterian Church
McBride
Sadie
Union City
Tenn
Pyramid Coal Co
Pinckneyville
Brown Shoe Co
Gerrie Webb
Dallas
Texas
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Lisa McCurdy and
Patrick Smillie
Lisa Gale McCurdy
Patrick Evan Smillie
Dale McCurdy
Royalton
Bill Smillie
Miss McCurdy
Zeigler-Royalton High School
Wilkie Transfer & Storage
Herrin
Smillie
Leah Hill and
Rick Gravatt
Jo Hil
Elrect
Bob Hill
Crab Orchard
Helen Gravett
Marion
Miss Hill
Crab Orchard High School
John A. Logan College
Taco Gringo
Gravatt
Marion High School
Marion Ford-Mercury
Melinda Chamness
Michael Teas
Melinda Sue Chamness
Michael William Teas
Norman Lange
Lloyd C. Teas
Miss Chamness
Hunter and Schwartz
Teas
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Connie Wiley
and Steven Vincent
Patricia Ihle and
Donald Grob
Patricia Lynn Ihle
Donald Wayne Grob
Bernadine Ihle
Henry Grob
Miss Ihle
Murphysboro Township
Tri- County
Grob
Mark Twain Marine Industries
West Frankfort
Lyn Goddard and
Kevin Bame
Lisa McCurdy
and Melinda Chamness
Patricia Thle
Leah Hill
Steven Vincent
Ann
Shirley
Joan
Mom
Wrecksville
Wyoming
McBrides
Bob Doer
Father's Day
Dad
Just
Poly
Zwick’s
Zwick
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