Engagements of Wittig Ashe and Stone Isom Highlight Local News
Constance Wittig and Stephen Ashe announce their engagement with Wittig, daughter of Paul and Mrs. Wittig of Metropolis, and Ashe, son of Robert and Mrs. Ashe of Marion. Wittig, 1978 Southeast Missouri State graduate, works as a speech therapist in Williamson County. Ashe, Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate, is with Superior Structures Co. An October wedding is planned. Debra Stone and Michael Isom announce engagement. Stone, daughter of Delbert and Mrs. Stone of Jonesboro, a 1978 Anna-Jonesboro High School graduate, and Isom, a 1972 graduate of Anna-Jonesboro High School, is employed by Fuller Construction Co. in Anna. A November 7 wedding is planned.
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Constance Ann Wittig
Stephen Leslie Ashe
Paul Wittig
Metropolis
Robert Ashe
Marion
Miss Wittig
Southeast Missouri State University
Williamson County
Ashe
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Superior Structures Cone
Debra Susan Stone
Michael A. Isom
Delbert Stone
Jonesboro
Jean Crowell
Don Roe
Versailles
Miss Stone
Anna-Jonesboro High School
Isom
Fuller Construction Co
Anna
Kuhnert and Yackle Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Alen Kuhnert of Carterville announce the engagement of their daughter Kelli to Monte Yackle son of Mr. and Mrs. David Yackle of Downers Grove. Kelli is a student at Barbizon Modeling School in Clayton Missouri. Yackle is an F T M in the United States Navy stationed at Great Lakes Naval Base.
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Alen Kuhnert
Carterville
Kelli
Monte Yackle
Mrs
David Yackle
Downers Grove
Miss Kuhnert
Barbizon Modeling School
Clayton, Mo
Yackle
United States Navy
Great Lakes Naval Base
Du Quoin Duo to Wed After 1980 High School Classmates
Mr and Mrs C R Harbuck announce engagement of daughter Beth Ellen Harbuck to John W Helmer of Du Quoin. Both are 1980 Du Quoin High School graduates. Helmer also completed Texas A and M University Extension and works for Michael Walters in Valier. A Nov 6 wedding is planned.
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C. R. Harbuck
du Quoin
Beth Ellen
John W. Helmer
Pete M. Helmer
Miss Harbuck
du Quoin High School
Helmer
Texas A & M University Extension Service
Michael Walters
Valier
Third graders celebrate Columbus Day with natural curiosity
Eight-year-old Elk Horn and classmates at Carbondale's Springmore School explore Columbus through drawings, essays, and playful myths. Teachers and students discuss discovery, 19th century voyages, and the idea that Columbus believed the world was round, amid Fire Prevention Week distractions.
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Rrea A. Monroe
Elk Horn
Christopher Columbus
America
Elk
San Salvador
Carbondale
Springmore School
Linda Meredith
Spain
India
Columbus
Trakinda Mathis
Jerri Sadberry
Chris Raph
Mommie Dearest dangers for every mother warned
Erma Bombeck argues that readers fear a hidden manuscript in their children. She reflects on parenting pressures, memory of past punishments, and the lasting impact of parental mistakes. The piece ends with a light note on Bo Derek as a potential biographical choice.
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Erma Bombeck
Momme Dearest II
Palace Theatre
Bo Derek
Chinese engineers train for plastics at U S firm
Six Chinese engineers are brought to Parkersburg West Virginia to learn the plastics industry from Ig Warner Chemicals. The program is described as a training pipeline to create a large cadre of plastics specialists by rotating engineers through the U S firm.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
America
Ig Warner Chemicals
Wife divorces husband who joined the Masons
A reader asks if a marriage can end over a husband joining the Masonic order and refusing to disclose lodge activities. Dear Ann Landers explains multiple steps in masons’ screening, notes the organization’s charitable work, and says the marriage could be strained but not automatically doomed. She urges open discussion and warns against prejudice toward fraternal groups.
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Ann Landers
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Texas
Masons
Chicago
Masonic Order
Freemasonry
Edith
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Constance Wittig and
Stephen Ashe
Debra Stone and
Michael Isom
Stephen Ashe and
Constance Wittig
Debra Stone
and Michael Isom
Kelli Kuhnert and
Randall’s
Beth Harbuck
Beth Harbuck and
John Helmer
Southern Illinoisan
Jerry Lower
Chris Ruph
Rhonda Cartwright
Columbus Day Projects
Kathy Rn
Fos Cagine
Columba
Kenyatta Anderson
Chasity Kennedy
Trakinda
Epee
Asity
Callie Fayne
Rhonda Cortright
Ilana Schmidt
Mommie Dearest
Wit’s End
U.S
McNeill
Luinols Ave
Carbo
Anchorage
Alaska
Ann
Vey
Miss Oasis
Daytona Beach
Florida
B&a
Jim Pearl
Crietus Jewelers Wisely Florist Hair Lab
Pere Pe
Nco
Arbondale
Spieth Mobile Studio
Mardale Shopping Center
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