WCTU Still Fights Demon Rum Amid Modern Temptations
The Women's Christian Temperance Union, with about 250000 members, continues to push abstinence through education and legislation. The piece notes shifts in drinking habits toward lighter beverages, declining hard liquor, and a broad social fight beyond alcohol including pornography and child abuse, led by president Edith Stanley.
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WCTU
America
Northwestern University
Edith Stanley
Stanley
Utah
U.S
George Brown
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Orientation planned for youth advocates
The Jackson County Youth Advocate Program will hold two orientation meetings for volunteers at 7 p.m. on Sept. 12 and 13 at the Wesley Foundation in Carbondale. Attending does not bind one to volunteer and advocates pair youths with adults for weekly four hour activities. 35 advocates volunteered last year. recent activities include a two day Camp Carew outing at Little Grassy Lake.
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Jackson County
Wesley Foundation
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Camp Carew
Little Grassy Lake
Jackson County Youth Services Bureau
Jackson County Community Mental Health Center
Sue York
Mary Kriske
S. 12Th St
Murphysboro
Americans learn art of rubbing old plaques
The London Brass Rubbing Centre exports a British craft to the United States where Americans rub wax on parchment to copy medieval brass plaques. Reproductions of knights, lace ladies, and merchants are shown in Washington DC, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York churches. The hobby draws visitors from across the country and supports churches with little endowment.
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Elaine Q. Barrow
AP News
America
Stratford-on-Avon
England
Jesus
William Shakespeare
London Brass Rubbing Centre
Washington Cathedral
Washington, D.C
Old North Church
Boston
Christ’s Church
Philadelphia
New York City
Church of the Resurrection
Episcopal
Ruth Wiltshire
Colorado
Texas
United States
Sir William
Fitzralph
Pebmarsh
Essex
Margaret Peyton
Isleham
Cambridgeshire
Miss Wiltshire
New York
East 74Th Street
Teen swimmer sets five American records at AAU meet
Tracy Caulkins, 15, of Nashville, wins all five individual events at the national AAU swim competition in The Woodlands Texas, breaking American records in each event and a world mark in one. The year’s rule change allowed five events per swimmer instead of four.
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Woodlands, Texas
Tracy Caulkins
Nashville
Tenn
Tracy
Watch repairmen resist digitals in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio AP reports watchmakers, led by veteran Frank Hume with over 30 years in the trade, see electronics and quartz movements shrinking the traditional repair business. The article notes a historic fascination with timepieces from sundials to custom face watches and warns the profession may be fading as digital designs grow.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mickey Mouse
Spiro Agnew
Frank Hume
Hume
Keith Preston
Preston
Engagement Announced by Meneese and McDaniel
Kimbra Meneese and Wendell McDaniel announce their forthcoming marriage. Miss Meneese, a Carterville High School 1977 graduate, works at the Printing Plant in Carbondale. McDaniel, a 1976 Carterville graduate, works for Free man Coal Co. near Waltonville and holds an associate degree from John A. Logan College earned in 1978. A Sept. 30 wedding is planned.
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Kimbra Meneese
Wendell McDannel
Mildred Kilmer
Cambria
T. F. McDaniel
Carterville
Miss Meneese
Carterville High School
Carbondale
McDaniel
Freeman Coal Co
Waltonville
John A
Wanted One Wife and Furnished Apartment in L A
Norm Babb placed a 7000 dollar three quarter page ad in a Los Angeles newspaper months ago seeking a wife. He described himself as healthy, in his 40s, six feet tall and 175 pounds, compared himself to Paul Newman in looks, and called himself affluent. He selected 12 women from hundreds who replied for dinner dates, including a nurse, a home economist, a MBA holder, and a PhD in English literature, but he disliked all applicants.
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Los Angeles
Norm Babb
Paul Newman
Babb
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