Local Engagement Announcements Highlight Area Couples
Linda Spray of Plainfield to George Budd formerly of Royalton and Energy with June 29 wedding planned at Sharon Evangelical United Brethren Church. Patricia Ann Will to Darrell Knust announced by relatives with Army service at Ft Leonard Wood. Merceil Van Cloostere to John Steele set by families both Murphysboro High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Spray
Rt. 3
Plainfield
Linda
George E. Budd
Royalton and Energy
Miss Spray
Plainfield High School
Budd
C and L Steel
Hennipin
John Wagoner
Energy
George T. Budd
Princeton
Sharon Evangelical
Miss Will
Patricia Ann Will
Darrell Knust
Mr. and
James A. Batteau
Rt. 1
Elkville
Knust
Joe Knust
Murphysboro
Murphysboro High School
United States Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Merceil van Cloostere
John Steele
Emile van Cloostere
Everett Steele
van Cloostere
Habits inhibit fabric fashion in home sewing
Florence de Santis notes price driven fabric supply harms home sewers. Experts say home sewers number up to 50 million, sewing for fashion and chasing new fabrics, but most get last season’s closeouts due to price focus. Only a few shops specialize in home sewer fabrics.
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Florence de Santis
Tuesday activities in Herrin Benton Carbondale and Marion
A list of local evening meetings in Herrin Benton Carbondale and Marion including Sweet Adelines rehearsal at Herrin High School in Herrin at 7 30 p m Franklin County Homemakers leader training at the Farm Bureau building in Benton at 9 30 a m Makanda Home Extension Unit and Carbondale Night Home Extension Unit both meet at Southern Illinois University Faculty Club in Carbondale at 7 30 p m Harmony Homemakers Extension Unit meets at Mrs Dale Bond's home in Marion at 7 30 p m Also a note on iron on sock patches for mending small knitwear holes with sorted colors and washable materials
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Benton
Franklin County Homemakers
Farm Bureau
Carbondale
Makanda
Southern Illinois University
Marion
Harmony Homemakers Extension Unit
Dale Bond
Lip shaping tips and postwar cosmetic trends
The guide recommends using a lip brush to reshape lips for balanced facial proportions and outlines. It suggests foundation to mute the mouth, a slightly smaller or extended outline, subtle lipstick, and gloss highlights for fullness. It notes mascara entering fashionable spas after the Civil War era, credited to Empress Eugenie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Saratoga
Eugenie
Palsy Fund Auction Planned by Murphysboro Club
The Murphysboro Business and Professional Women's Club approved a cerebral palsy benefit auction at its June meeting. Members also voted to charter a bus to attend the Muny Opera in St. Louis on August 25. The July gathering will be a Riverside Park picnic in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Tangy Apple Pecan Frost Dessert
Tangy apple folded into whipped cream with crushed pecans yields a light textured frozen dessert. The recipe uses apple juice apple sauce gelatin and lemon zest to form a creamy mixture that freezes firm then softens before serving.
Visitors from England Praise Southern Hospitality on US Trip
Patrick Woods of Seaham Harbor and his wife toured Canada and the United States visiting relatives in Marion Illinois after traveling from England with the Women’s Institute of County Durham. The trip included stops at Southern Illinois University Crab Orchard Lake and a Johnston City coal mine. The couple praised American kindness and the hot Marion weather while expressing hopes to return, noting 90 degree heat and interest in Kentucky and Florida.
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Patrick Woods
Seaham Harbor
England
Woods
Illinois
United States
Joe Thirlaway
John Reynolds Sr
Marion
Canada
Woman’s Institute of
County Durham
Chicago
St. Louis
Ill
Southern Illinois University
Crab Orchard Lake
Federal Penitentiary
Thirlaway
Johnston City
U.S
Kentucky
Florida
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Murphysboro Abstract Co
Steele
Chapman Rollo Furniture Co
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Harry L
Role
Cheryl
Cathy
Cindy
Linda Spray
Marceil van Cloostere
Herrin
Herrin High School
Mascara
Ruth Church Shop
Dr. Zhivago
F. W. Woolworth CO
Murphysboro, Ill
Carbondale, Ill
Foster’s Children’s Photographers
Yan
MOS
W. Main St
Brown
Colombo
Colonel Sanders
W. Main
Shetland
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