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Area women engage as three local couples announce engagements
Area women announce engagements of Theresa Lynn Joles Betts with Miles E. Betts in Carbondale and Fort Knox, Ky. Theresa is a Carbondale High senior and K Mart employee while Betts is a 1975 Carterville High School graduate in the Army. Also Mary Ruth Gant and Curtis Burton Messer reveal their engagement as Gant, a Du Quoin High senior and Dos Gringos waitress, plans, and Messer, a 1975 Elverado graduate, works at Tuck Industries in Carbondale. Donna Huggins and Alex Fine announce. Donna is a Murray State nursing junior and Southern Illinois University graduate student. Fine is son of Dr and Mrs Herbert Fine.
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Hubert Joles
Carbondale
Theresa Lynn
Miles E. Betts
Edward E. Betts
Carterville
Miss Joles
Carbondale Community High School
K-Mart
Betts
Carterville High School
U.S. Army
Fort Knox
Mary Ruth Gant
Curtis Burton Messer
Arthur Gant
du Quoin
Curtis Messer
Dowell
Miss Gant
du Quoin High School
Dos Gringos
Messer
Elverado High School
Tuck Industries
Thomas E. Huggins
Goreville
Donna
Alex M. Fine
Herbert V. Fine
Miss Huggins
Murray State University
Fine
Southern Illinois University