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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1975
Page
6
Blind cyclist Sammy Skobel commutes by bicycle three miles each workday. He has stayed active in sports since losing sight to scarlet fever at age four.
A speaker envisions a country where volunteers abandon a failing system and charity collapses. Hospitals, schools, churches, and social agencies vanish as volunteers depart, leaving empty rooms, silent classrooms, and a dead cultural life. The dream warns of civic erosion without volunteers.
Bonnie Prudden, fitness advocate in Stockbridge Massachusetts, argues aging stems from lack of fitness and promotes daily exercise for all ages. Her book How To Keep Your Family Fit and Healthy from Readers Digest Press outlines a family wide program with flexible routines and a total regime to keep muscles elastic.
Dr. Maria Piers reports at Frankfurt Hessen that about 10 children up to 3 years old live with their mothers in a humane program within a German women's prison. Mothers work in the laundry while children are cared for in a prison daycare. the aim is to reduce separation trauma and foster better future parenting.
Debra K Tolbert and Richard L Fofar announce their engagement. Tolbert is the daughter of James Tolbert of Pittsburg and a 1974 Marion High School graduate employed at National Transformer in Johnston City. Fofar, son of Clarence Gibbons and Bruno Fofar, is a Johnston City High School graduate employed by Martins Service Station. An Aug 2 wedding is planned.
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