Bedroom Rights Amendment humor essay by Erma Bombeck
An Op ed piece questions grown children occupying parental bedrooms and proposes a satirical 28th Amendment. It imagines parental control over occupancy terms, belongings, and access, with humorous rules on searches, door breaks, and temporary gaps in living space.
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Erma Bombeck
Supreme Court
Fife
Engaged Couples from Sparta and Santa Barbara Announced
Mr and Mrs Marvin Bennet of Sparta announce Kim Bennet to Randy Fedderke son of Mr and Mrs Henry Fedderke of Bremen. Kim is a 1981 Sparta High School graduate and will study nursing at Missouri Baptist. Randy is a 1978 Chester High School graduate employed at Spartan Printing. A Dec 19 wedding is planned. Cheryl Lynn Larik and Brad Alan Williams announce their engagement. Larik is the daughter of John F Larik of Santa Barbara and Jack Williams of Zeigler. She is a 1977 Bishop Garcia Diego High School graduate and SIUC senior. Williams is a 1978 Zeigler-Royalton High School graduate and a Rend Lake School of Nursing graduate employed as a registered nurse at Herrin Hospital.
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Marvin
Bud’’ Bennett
Sparta
Kim
Randy Fedderke
Henry Fedderke
Bremen
Miss Bennett
Sparta High School
Missouri Baptist School of Nursing
Fedderke
Chester High School
Spartan Printing Co
Cheryl Lynn Larik
Brad Alan Williams
John F. Larik
Santa Barbara
Calif
Jack Williams
Zeigler
Miss Larik
Bishop Garcia Diego High School
Santa Barbara City College
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Morris Library
SIUC
Williams
Zeigler-Royalton High School
Rend Lake School of Nursing
Herrin Hospital
Local engagement notices for Wright Nance and Geolat Kelley
Anna Wright and David Nance announce the engagement of Miss Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Wright Herrin to David Wayne Nance son of Mr and Mrs Arvel Nance Carbondale Miss Wright attends Herrin High School Nance is a Carbondale Community High School graduate employed by Selmier Peerless Co in Carbondale A December 5 wedding is planned Mr and Mrs Frank Geolat Hecker announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Jane to Karl William Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Edward Bob Kelley Waterloo Miss Geolat is a 1980 Gibault High School graduate employed by Mercantile Trust Co St Louis Kelley a 1979 Gibault graduate employed by Albert Schaefer Builders Red Bud An August 27 wedding is planned.
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Anna Marie Wright
David Wayne Nance
Frank Wright
Herrin
Arvel Nance
Carbondale
Miss Wright
Nance
Carbondale Community High School
Selmier Peerless Co. Inarbondale
Frank Geolat
Hecker
Mary Jane
Karl William Kelley
Edward
Bob” Kelley
Waterloo
Miss Geolat
Gibault High School
Mercantile Trust Co
St. Louis
Kelley
Albert Schaefer Builders
Red Bud
At Wit's End On a changing home and ratification odds
A child’s room returns to family use after turning 18 with daily beds and weekly linen changes, as a naive sense of wholesomeness pervades. The BRA faces a race to ratify in 35 states or 15 mothers as the clock runs.
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Kim Bennett and
Cheryl Larik and
Brad Williams
Kim Bennett
and Randy Fedderke
Anna Wright and
David Nance
Mary Geolat and
Karl Kelley
Mary Geol
Anna Wright
Murphysboro Eagles
Wit’s End
Jim & Ruth
North Bridge St. Carbondale
Chuck Roast
T-Bone
Dreifus
American Express
Universall