Elderhostel heads to SIUC Carbondale summer sessions
Elderhostel brings a first Carbondale program to SIU with two weeklong sessions June 17-24 and July 8-14. About 40 seniors will live on campus, attend up to three courses weekly, and enjoy meals with other student participants. Courses include flora and fauna, South Africa conflict, Plato and Descartes, and improvisational theatre. Cost is 115 dollars per week and no exams or prior college experience required.
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Bonnie Gamble
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Illinois
South Africa
Elderhostel
Southern Illinois
Descartes
Jeanne Bortz
Derhostel
Division of Continuing Education
Eastern Illinoisiversity At
Charleston
George Williams College
Chicago
North Park College
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Quincy College
Quincy
Trinity College
Deerfield
The
University of Chicago
Western Ilinois University
Macomb
Bortz
Community honors for Gibson and Diers in Murphysboro
George Hoot Gibson of Carbondale received a Woodmen of the World plaque for outstanding service to the community. Retired Murphysboro teacher Clara Blanche Diers earned the DIANA Award from Epsilon Sigma Alpha, noted for unselfish youth advocacy and leadership roles in local clubs.
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George
Gibson
Carbondale
Woodmen
The
World Life Insurance Society
Illinois 13
Giant City Blacktop
Murphysboro
Clara Blanche Diers
International Academy of Noble Achievement
Beta Psi
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Women International
Diers
Murphysboro Township
Teen Town Board
Murphysboro Park Board
Junior Women’s Club
Business and Professional Women’s Club
St. Andrew's Altar Society
Jackson County
Gene Verbal
Navy
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Verbal
Tom Darnell
Maknda
Bob Baston
Edward Przekota
George Procunier
Jim Burke
Leo Korando
Ben Dunn
Lawrence
Bud’’ McCaleb
Ava
Fred Ruschcher
Peoria
Down-sized station wagons still carry a lot of cargo
Consumer Reports compares Buick Estate Wagon and Ford Country Squire as large wagons shrink outside yet stay roomy inside. Ford gains cargo space while Buick lags by two cubic feet, with both offering seating for six but uneven comfort. Engine choice should stay standard unless hauling campers.
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Consumer Reports
America
General Motors
Ford
Auto
Buick
Missing Sock Theories Involve Subsets And Sex
Erma Bombeck surveys reader theories on missing socks in a humorous column exploring many ideas from subset math to sex life in washers. Readers propose plans from Planned Obsolescence by manufacturers to a Sock Fairy, cloning, reincarnation, cannibalism, and even government programs. Then Bombeck teases tomorrow’s look at the solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
United States
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Ms. Bortz
Elderhostess
East St. Louis
Paxton High School
Paxton
Griggs
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
James Griggs
Herrin
Womens’ Clubs
Shawnee National Forest
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Gordon T. Beckley
David F. Jolly
Ilinois
Siuc Graduate
Mary Carol Griggs
St. Louis
River Bluffs
National Nursing Home
Jackson County Nursing Home
Pembroke
Evelyn Masterson
St. Francis Xavier Women’s Club
Karen Tweety-Hartlieb
Olga Dakin
Denise Sedlak
Marge Huffman
Murphysboro Women’s Club
Illinois Clubwomen Magazine
Herrin Prairie Post
Herrin Prairie
American Legion
Carl R. Vansaghi
John Miller
Joe Magyar
Charlie Vansaghi
Mike Carneghi
Mary McClelland
George Jones
Phillip Rothchild
Forest Service Wives
Forest Service
Roberta Ward
Galatia
Joanne Freeout
Harrisburg
Barbara Nicholson
Rosiclare
Barbara Hann
JoAnne Campsie
Peggy Jolly
Steeleville
Richard W. Witbart
du Quoin
Witbart
Randolph County
Carl Vansaghi
Maurice W. Nixon
the American Legion
Houston
Texas
Bill L. Jeremiah
Norman D. Simon
Fred P. Hickem
Roy B. Keeneman
C. K. Randall
Joe K. Melvin
Consumers Union
Wit’s End
St. Louis Cardinals
Busch Stadium
Bill's Salvage Co
Cobden
Hwy
Toy Kingdom
Huffy
Marion
P.h
S. Wall St
Dep
Bordens
Fields Weiners
Totino Pizza
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