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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howell of 801 West Mill Street Carbondale welcomed weekend visitors from Arlington Virginia. Mrs. E. E. Jones and daughter Martha Ellis joined them for the stay.
Gordon Teel of 616 West Elm Carbondale came home after a week at Camp Pisa at Marquette park Grafton. He was with grandparents Mr and Mrs Gordon McMinn of 402 West Elm. The McMinns spent the week in Alton visiting Mrs Brainard Ripley.
Pvt. Eugene Wisely of the US Army is on leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Wisely at 210 West Elm Street, Carbondale. He has been stationed at Ft. Eustis Virginia and is en route to Ft. Lawton Washington to sail for overseas duty. his wife will stay in Carbondale.
President and Mrs D W Morris will greet summer faculty members and students at Southern Illinois University with a Coca Cola hour on the library lawn from 9 30 to 11 a m Wednesday.
Guests from multiple states gathered in Herrin for the Sunday afternoon wedding of Miss Shirley Ann Speckman and John Leonard Baumer. Attendees included Miss Joyce Whittman Miss Eleanor LeMoine Rudy Chesrology Michela and Mr and Mrs Baulmer of Appleton Wis Dr and Mrs C E Kane Dr and Mrs Byford Kane Mrs Bertha Woodside St Louis Dr C C Kane Mrs Albert Reeves and Mrs Menges and daughter East St Louis Mrs Edith Hall and Mr and Mrs James Fee Carbondale Rev George W Graham Poplar Bluff Mo Mrs F A Wilson West Frankfort Mrs James Wilson Zeigler Mrs Otis Reynolds Mr and Mrs Charles Sutton and Otis Reynolds Jr Harrisburg Mr and Mrs J C Harberson Eldorado Miss Jerry K Woods Hartisburg Miss Mr and Mrs Keith Gettings Detroit Mich Mr and Mrs Wayne Hindman Lesser.
The Electa and Ruth chapter TOES in Murphysboro held its initiation Friday June 20 at the Masonic Temple. Worthy Matron Goldie Schultz and Associate Patron Jess Duncan led the event with initiates Elizabeth Baker Mary Lou Ballard and Susie Lawless. The group plans a picnic July 13 at Riverside Park.
The romance culminates in a June 21 garden ceremony at the Neckers home in Carbondale with over 200 guests. Miss Nancy Neckers, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Neckers, wed Henry Barlow Blackwell of Salem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carle Blackwell, in a double ring ceremony. The wedding featured a rose arbor backdrop, formal attire, and a going away trip to Muskegon before settling in Indianapolis for July. The couple will reside at 1304 North Delaware Street while the groom attends Indiana Law School.
Miss Patricia C. Walker and Cpl. Bill Garavaglia joined in a Sunday ceremony at St. Pauls Lutheran Church West Frankfort with Rev. Roy G. Moeller officiating. The couple will honeymoon in the Ozark Mountains.
The Council family will hold a reunion at Herrin City Park on Sunday. A basket dinner will be served and relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Murphysboro residents and guests are listed visiting or staying away. William Calloway and Virginia Gardner of Murphysboro are mentioned as former residents visiting Murphy shore. Louis Siefert of Murphysboro returned from Neosho Missouri with his wife and two children. Charlotte Attis plans a tour to Washington D C and will work at Evans ton hospital before resuming teaching at St Anne Illinois in September.
Howard Anderson and his children John and Melinda returned Saturday from a vacation at Kentucky Lake and Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
The Grange Hall Home Bureau unit will hold its June meeting at 1:30 PM on June 25 at the home of Mrs Arthur W. The home advisor will deliver the lesson.
The Pleasant Grove home bureau met at Blan Waller's home with 12 members. Miss Jeanette Dean led the lesson on Time For Things We Want To Do. Pearl Easterly and Hattie Wright provided afternoon entertainment. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Joe Etherton and Mrs. Joe.
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