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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1954
Page
7
The Sail Scooter is a non sinkable combination of surfboard and sailboat usable on ponds and lakes. It can sail paddle or float, is swamp proof and self righting, and can be rented for summer income. Pattern No. 248 includes full size outlines and step by step directions to build with minimal cost.
Boston visitors Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Martin and son travel from New Mexico to Cutler to stay with Ira Martin’s family. Miss Pearl McClure of Sterling Illinois visits Cutler summer break. Cutler residents Howard Pugh family and Bessie Pugh vacation in Canada with relatives. Esther Rife trips to Washington DC. John Carter family and Mabel Griffith visit Cutler. L. A. Welch travels to California by air with family. J Defino visits from Fes tus Missouri to Cutler over weekend.
Percy residents report trips to Florida California Ohio and the Dakotas. Elmer King remains a patient in St Louis Veterans Hospital. Mrs Willis Jackby underwent surgery in Red Bud. Glenn Deppe treated at St Marys East St. Louis area hospital. The group lists include Leroy Momberger Elroy Myers Virgil Popham Mary Gordon Francis Waters and others.
Ray Green executive secretary of the American Music Center argues composers should locate efforts outside New York. The center, founded 15 years ago with five founders including Copland and Luening, supports American music through libraries, catalogs, and performances, funded by foundations and ASCAP BMI memberships.
Mr and Mrs R C Gurley of Anna visited Memphis Tennessee to attend the Navy Festival and Air Show at the Naval Aviation Base. They then traveled to St Louis to stay with their daughter and son in law the Fred Striegels and family.
Move eggs from the refrigerator about an hour before mixing so they reach room temperature. Warm eggs blend more evenly into batter than cold eggs, helping the texture and rise of the cake.
A reader asks why perfume scent fades. Advice promotes a Liquid Skin Sachet by Houbigant for longer diffusion and evaporation control. Chantilly Liquid Skin Sachet recommended, priced at $1.85 plus tax at CLINE-VICK DRUG CO Carbondale. phone 276.
Green assumes executive post after a nationwide career. Born in Cavadish Missouri he studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and UC Berkeley. From 1946 to 1948 he served as chief of music for the Veterans Administration and is married to dancer Ma O'Donnell. His recent Sunday Sing Symphony draws on Native American inspiration.
Florida resident Esther Cox and daughter Sue Nell Cox visit Johnston City as Mrs. Cox’s mother-in-law from Miami stays eight weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Read travel to Texas for ten days visiting relatives in Laredo San Antonio Goose Creek and Childress. Mrs. Mauzy plans Tucson relocation. First Baptist Church nominating committee named. Elwood Rebekah Lodge held a social after regular meeting with refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Ianthus Krutsinger and daughter Ann of Zeigler vacation in Colorado. Mr and Mrs Steve Harvath and children returned to Springfield after visiting Embro and Fred VanSeghi. Senior Womans Club of Zeigler entertained veterans at Marion Veterans Hospital June 22 with Mrs Laverne Higgerson presiding and cigarettes distributed. Zeigler Home Bureau met June 23 at Mrs Herb Dewitt home with lessons by Mrs Carl Rush.
De Soto Chapter Elkville No 790 Order of the Eastern Star held advance night with 90 members and guests. Guest of honor was Miss Lillian Zeigler of Anna Star Chapter Union County publicity head. Officers listed include Lillian Aken Bert Aken Tha Huth Roy Hamilton Fern O Neal and others with Naomi Williams as accompanist.
Mrs. Harry Pritchett and son Tommy left for Stockton California after a three day visit in Royalton with her mother Mrs. Julia Hicks and James Pritchett. Mrs Hicks and grandchildren Jennie Lee and Frances Hicks join them for a summer vacation in California. Mr and Mrs Harley Griffith and son Gary returned to Royalton after a two day visit in Casey with Rev C K Dillman.
Mr and Mrs Frank Winters and daughter Jane of Carterville left Saturday for a vacation in the Ozark Mountains. They spent the weekend in St Louis. Mr and Mrs Joe Adams and daughter of Kankakee spent the weekend in Carterville with her parents the Rev and Mrs James Howerton. Elmer and Ollen Tawwater of Dallas Texas left Carterville Thursday after visiting their aunt Mrs Lula Ridley.
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