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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1978
Page
6
In Erma Bombeck’s humorous column she recalls the endless battles with faulty appliances. The Lemon Olympics label captures the comic frustration of buying reliable goods and the endurance of service personnel like Hal the repairman, who becomes central to a family’s summer routine.
A couple faces a month without a repairman as their old washer nears capacity. A lucky win at a country fair sulky race brings $48, funding a new washer. They recall Hal, now distant after surgery, and reminisce about the machine’s old days and leaks.
A Seattle based satellite linked medical program called WAMI connects 7,000 private practitioners and 250 students across Washington Alaska Montana and Idaho. Since 1971 UW and regional universities train doctors for small towns while specialists from Seattle advise and update clinics across the region. Medcon links regional doctors to a medical library and experts with about 3500 users last year. Space technology is central to future expansion.
Dr. Donald P. Copley of the University of Alabama Medical Center reported early bystander CPR greatly improves outcomes. In a study of 19 patients, 6 of 7 in the early CPR group survived with near normal mental status, versus 6 of 12 in the delayed group, most of whom were comatose on arrival.
Laura Mason of Southern Illinois University Carbondale schedules two Tuesday sessions to organize a community canning center. The 7 p.m. meeting is at Carbondale Savings and Loan’s Community Room, Poplar and Main, with a 1 p.m. session at Betty Dziadyk’s home on Giant City Road near Little Grassy Lake. Funding and usage vary. a small user fee is common.
Randolph County Nursing Home Auxiliary has raised over 3500 for new wheelchairs with interchangeable parts. A committee will accept bids, due July 3, details from Virginia Frazier at 443-2657. Sallie Logan Toastmistress Club dinner installation set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Carbondale Patrician to install officers led by president Pat LaFaire Marion and others.
The Little Egypt Chapter No. 436 invites families to a Wednesday 6 30 p m gathering at the Carterville Dairy Queen for a shared evening with members and guests welcome.
Mary Ann Palmer and John Russell Dunbar announce their August wedding. Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Palmer of Herrin, is a Marion College of Beauty Culture graduate and a J C Penney hair stylist. Dunbar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dunbar of Marion, is a Marion High School alumnus, a Le Quatre Drugs employee, and a student at St Louis College of Pharmacy. An Aug 19 ceremony is planned. Also engaged are Jo Ellen Vaughn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Vaughn of Marion, and James E. Anderson. Vaughn, a SIU Carbondale graduate and Marion High School alumna, will wed Anderson, a SIUC graduate and Phelps Dodge technical supervisor in Du Quoin and Elverado High School alumnus.
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