This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1973
Page
7
The Ladies Auxiliary will host a decoupage program at 7 30 p m on March 15 at the penitentiary. Helen Hutchison demonstrated cooking with electronics at the last meeting. Members voted to donate to the Cape Girardeau Telethon. Silver Tea honors presidents past presidents of the Ben-
Thomas Bean of Mattoon announces the engagement of his daughter Carol Sue Bean to Terry Lewis. The couple plans a March 17 wedding with both families noted.
Ruth Simpson and Carl G Bauer exchanged vows at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Ft Lauderdale with Rev Richard Ardat officiating. Bauer is president of the Du Quoin National Bank. The couple will spend summers in Du Quoin and winters in Florida. The bride is daughter of Charles and Mrs Bush of Carbondale. A separate wedding united Mary Almira Mitchell and Oldham Paisley at Riverton’s First United Methodist Church with Rev David McChesney officiating and Rev Cyril Jackson assisting. The bride is a retired registered nurse and Paisley publishes the Marion Daily Republican. The newlyweds will honeymoon in the South and reside in Marion after April 1.
The article notes Miesner Moritz wedding details with Jr. as groom’s brother and Ken Zastron plus Lauren Beckman as groomsmen. The ceremony followed by a reception at Eagle's Club Chester. The newlyweds will reside in Hemlock Michigan. Also Kathy Miesner and Charles Merz wed in Wine Hill Steeleville with Rev. Earl Merz officiating.
Washington AP reports that 79 percent of working women helped support a family in 1971. W Scane Bowler of Pioneer Western Corp notes most are not single, with 31.6 million of 83.8 million workers being women. Over 58 percent have working or at home husbands, divorces rise fastest, and two or more breadwinners push women into payroll roles. A train of nurse aide training runs at John A Logan College Herrin Hospital with Edie Rivers, offering basic clinical and ethics instruction.
Albina Flieller of Floresville Texas and Bonnie Brooks of Salisbury Maryland won $25 000 each in the Pillsbury Bake-Off in Los Angeles California. Flieller captured first in Fresh Dough with Quick Crescent Pecan Pie Bars and added 5000 for third in the same division. Brooks won Flour Frosting Hot Roll Mix with Banana Crunch Cake. Second place prizes went to Lorraine Wallmann Kansas City Missouri and Sharon Schubert Mentor Ohio. One hundred contestants from 29 states competed in the 24th Bake-Off with finalists each receiving 100 and an electric oven plus trip to California.
In Herrin at 7 30 p m Saturday seniors pinochle meets at the Center 100 S Park Ave. In Murphysboro at 2 p m Sunday Sherman Carr Barracks 1026 and auxiliary meet at Legion Post Home 127. In Carbondale at 2 p m Sunday Parents Without Partners Little Egypt Chapter bowls at Carbondale Bowl.
Betty Mitchell named Woman of the Year by Carbondale City Panhellenic at a Thursday meeting hosted by Azile Winn. A 1954 Panhellenic member active in local and county civic groups, she is SIU English Department instructor and Bowyer Club member, native of Benton, SIU graduate with a master’s degree.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.