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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1981
Page
7
Erma Bombeck muses on rising costs shaping choices for the next decade. Tuition at ten thousand dollars yearly and a high price for housing and raising children push families toward traditional paths. She predicts fewer dropouts, a revived domestic ideal, and a cycle of renewed parental sacrifice and child guidance.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Jacquot of Murphysboro mark their 50th anniversary with a dinner hosted by son Dan on August 22 honoring the couple who wed August 22 1931 in Murphysboro. They have three sons Dan Roy and Gene plus nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Du Quoin Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Grafft of 106 East Adams Street celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a 2 to 4 30 p m open house at Haffner Hall. They will renew vows at the 6 p m Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Married Sept 5 1931, they have three children Joe of Monaco Pennsylvania Cathy Foley of Florissant Missouri and Chris of San Antonio Texas eight grandchildren and invite neighbors relatives and friends with no gifts requested.
The Carbondale Jaycees will run a telephone bank in the Bank of Carbondale lobby this weekend for the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy telethon. The bank operates from 6 p.m. Sunday to 5 p.m. Monday. donations can be made by calling 549 2181. Beef cattle arrive for market in 15 to 18 months, weighing about 1100 pounds, with feeders bought at about half the beef weight and fed from 500 to 50 000 head at a time.
Mr and Mrs Earl Walker of Vergennes marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary on August 9 with a surprise potluck at Vergennes Town Hall hosted by their children. The couple wed August 10 1931 in Pinckneyville and have three sons Leon Norman and Rodney plus five grandchildren.
A pear chutney recipe from Cecily Brownstone uses Bartlett halves with sugar vinegar lemon onion garlic salt and cayenne. Pear pieces raisins and apricots are simmered in syrup until thick, then cooled and refrigerated yielding about three cups.
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