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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1972
Page
6
A health and fitness wave makes sports a daily pleasure. Tennis, golf, walking, hiking, swimming and cycling burn calories and keep people social, with 80 million U.S. bike riders and 68,000 women joining private golf clubs in four years.
Members and friends of Jackson County Historical Society will meet at Devil's Backbone Park for a Sunday outing. Beginning at 4 30 p m a bring your own food picnic will be held with cooking facilities available. From 7 to 8 p m a ferry boat ride to points of interest along the river may be taken.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Althoff announce the engagement of their daughter Cindy to Pfc. David Stoll both Murphysboro natives. Cindy recently completed her first year at Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau and remains enrolled. David serves in the U S Marine Corps at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville Florida. An October wedding is planned.
The May 29 ceremony at the Church of the Nazarene in Shelbyville united Mari ja Anne Milligan and David K. Lewis at 2 p.m. The bride, daughter of Harold and Mari gan Milligan, wore a nylon and net gown. They will reside in Wichita Kansas after a trip to Giant City Lodge.
Ruth Taylor resigns as director-nursing consultant for the Southern Illinois Division of Services for Crippled Children after five years at the Marion regional office. She will take a Springfield post, to retire from the Central Office in September, with Vivian Kotner moving to Marion to cover her duties. Linda Burzynski joins Marion Regional office nursing staff after leaving Jackson County Health Department.
Members of the BPW Murphysboro club inducted 12 new members during the June gathering at Jackson Beach. Installation was led by Martha Camden with Nancy Adkins presenting a program on Federation Objectives to elevate promote cooperate and establish activities in science industry and vocation. Guests included Betty Grace and Marie Hunt.
The Carbondale Evening Newcomers Club hosts a family potluck picnic at Evergreen Park at 5 30 PM with meals provided and reservations via Mrs Motti at 549 3848. At 8 PM, Parents Without Partners hold a house warming for the Andrews. Sunday features a 1 PM boat safety picnic at Crab Orchard Lake.
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