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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
7
A luncheon honored Miss Mary Jean Burnett daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burnett of Carbondale. Burnett will wed Frederic Coe of Jacksonville on Monday June 19. Ten guests attended.
Gloria Baize 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Baize 1608 South Park Herrin left Wednesday for Ridgecrest Lodge North Carolina to spend a week at a Southern Baptist camp She was sponsored by the WMU of the First Baptist church chosen for church activities and graduated from Herrin Township high school with top honors She will be in the group chaperoned by Miss Marjorie Galloway Illinois Baptist State Association at Carbondale
Intermediate and Junior Royal Ambassadors of Wanut Street Baptist Church Carbondale met Monday June 12 for a study on Heirs of the Soil taught by Carol Wright from Louisville Theological Seminary. Afterward the group went fishing and some stayed overnight.
The Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church at 217 E Monroe Carbondale outlines a week of meetings. The Ladies Afternoon club honors June birthdays with a dinner at 5 p.m. The G A girls meet with Mrs Dorothy King, a Sunday School teachers meeting is set for Wednesday at 6 p.m. and mid week prayer at 7 p.m. led by Irvin Smith. Missionary circles Thursday and choir rehearsal at 7 p.m. Friday the Starlight band meets with Mrs Obedias Armour.
Gladys Bierman daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Bierman of Steeleville and Donald Hartman son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hartman of Chester married Saturday June 10 at Peace Lutheran Church in Steeleville. The bride wore summer satin with lace and a long circular train. The ceremony was conducted by E W Belter. A reception followed in the church parlors. The couple plans to reside in Steeleville after a honeymoon in the Ozarks.
Reynolds family hosts dinner Monday in Herrin with brother-in-law Edgar Burlison in Benton. Charlotte Reynolds celebrated eighth birthday at home. out-of-town guests include grandmother Mrs. Leslie Hester and others from Marion Carterville and Marion.
The Walnut Street Baptist Church building committee in Carbondale met with deacons trustees and other members on Wednesday night June 14 to discuss plans and recommended building a new auditorium for the church.
Fern Arbeiter and Edward R Thies wed at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Nuernert on Saturday June 10 with Rev W O Petzoldt officiating. The ceremony featured lilies and greenery, three oclock double ring vows, and a reception for 300 at the bride’s mother’s home in Jacob.
Carbondale residents B. J. Murray and Rev. Dr. Noel Taylor traveled to Nashville Tennessee for the Southern Baptist executive board meeting in June 1922. Taylor serves on the board and Murray sits on the promotion committee which aims to recruit absentee church members.
Mrs. Maude Dillon became suddenly ill at her Grand Tower home and was transported by ambulance to Holden hospital in Carbondale. The Fellowship circle met at Mrs. Edith Callis home with hostesses Mrs. Ann Moore and Mrs. Marion Clark assisting. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ward and Mrs. Elsie Fisher were in Cape Girardeau visiting Mrs. Fisher's husband in the U S Engineering Corps. Mr. and Mrs. Dennie Keller moved into their newly purchased home. Mrs. Lillian Fisher returned from a vacation visiting relatives in Fay Oklahoma.
Junior Women's class of Centenary Methodist Church Murphysboro met at teacher Mrs Grover Stearns home. Mrs Earl Dickey led prayer devotionals by Jessie Rowan and they voted to help with ice cream socials on June 29. Refreshments served to 19 members and guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rodden of Peoria formerly of Herrin and Johnston City traveled to Phoenix Arizona for health reasons. Rodden has been confined to a Phoenix hospital since arrival after a prior stay in Arizona and a return to Peoria worsened condition.
Mr and Mrs James Glore of Herrin announce their marriage which occurred in Piggott Arkansas on Tuesday June 13 Attended by Mr and Mrs Paul Campbell of Marion They will reside at 804 South Sixteenth Street Herrin Mrs Glore is daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Crouse of Herrin Glore's parents live in St Louis Also notes on local residents and visits by Royalton Du Quoin and Carbondale residents.
Mrs. Dorothy Bowles announced that Carbondale will host a joint dinner on July 14 at the American Legion Home, replacing the Eagles Home. Guests include the president of the Illinois State Master Plumbers Association and the president of the state auxiliary, with Egyptian Master Plumbers of Southern Illinois and the Egyptian auxiliary co hosting.
Mrs. Cordelia Watson and daughter Mrs. Marjorie Brown with Freddie visited in South Bend Indiana with Mrs. Watson's children. In the east they saw Mr. and Mrs. Barney Watson and other relatives. From South Bend they traveled to Logansport to visit Mrs Brown's parents in law Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown.
Geraldine Lannom formerly of Johnston City wed G E Sanderson of Chicago in Hinsdale. The ceremony featured white garden flowers and a three tiered cake. The couple plans a two week honeymoon in northern Wisconsin before settling at 6319 South Kenwood in Chicago.
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