Harold and Jean Summers of Akin will be celebrating 60 years of marriage on April 29, 2010.
Jean and Harold have three children, Kenneth (Shelia) Summers of Akin, Dennis (Jessica) Summers of Mt. Vernon and Dwight (Alice) Summers of Akin. They are also blessed with seven grandchildren, Heather (Charlie) Haynes, Selinda (Derek) Johnson, Shannon (Jason) Bennett, Jason, Justin, Celia and Braden. Their great-grandchildren include Scott, Cassie, Katy, Charlie, Daniel, Tanner and Logan.
Jean and Harold Summers will be celebrating their anniversary from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Akin Grade School. Everyone is welcome to come join them.
Wishes were granted for a handful of Benton Grade School students Tuesday night at the Benton Elks Lodge.
Micah Hopkins, Deacon Morris, Nicole Shepard, Brad Veteto and Breanna Wright — along with their siblings and parents — were treated to a pizza party and a surprise visit from Santa Claus.
The students’ letters to Santa were selected from those written by all BGS students. Every letter will be published in the Christmas Eve edition of The Benton Evening News on Dec. 24.
The Wishes Granted program was sponsored by Flowers by Dave, Town & Country True Value Hardware, the Times Square Mall and the Benton Elks.
Area residents will see plenty of holiday decorations — and even learn some history — during Sunday’s Franklin Hospital Auxiliary Christmas Homes Tour.
The event, which will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. in Benton, features three local homes and the Glass Haunt.
“We will have a short tour, and we’ll tell people about the history of this house,” said Ruth Green, owner of the Glass Haunt, located at 218 N. McLeansboro St. “We also have some old photos, and we will put those up for people to look at.”
Trick-or-treat hours have been set for several Franklin County communities.
Trick-or-treating will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in West Frankfort, with the Trail of Treats taking place from 4 to 5 p.m. Christopher, Sesser and Valier have set trick-or-treat hours for 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
Trick-or-treating will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Akin, Benton, Ewing, Logan, Royalton and West City, and from 5 to 9 p.m. in Buckner. Additionally, the Royalton parade is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday.
The Benton Consolidated High School Class of 1951 is asking for help in locating the following classmates for our 58th class reunion Oct. 17, 2009: Joyce (Fletcher) Hughes, Ricky Garbo, Marilyn (Brown) Lane, Janet (Gill) Hankins, Nancy (Jarvis) LaTorre, Paula (Lockhart) Parker, Lois Jean Olson, Sydne (Moore) Tomlinson, Bill Stone, Martha Summers, Donald Wilcox, Clyde Wilkerson, Gertrude (Woolard) Williams, Loretta Woolssey and LaVern Yates.
Call Carmen Lampley at (618) 439-3344 or Jean Reed at 435-3572 with information.
Jennie Proctor enjoys a couple of balloon bouquets on her 99th birthday, which she celebrated Friday with family and friends at Fifth Season Residential in Benton.
Proctor credited her longevity to “good, clean livin’ ... and I’m just so ornery!”
Mr. and Mrs. Quintin Cima and Mr. and Mrs. Barry Richardson would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Autuam, to Charlie Spruell on Jan. 2, 2009.
Charlie is the son of Kim Spruell of Herrin and Mike Spruell of Christopher. Autuam and Charlie reside in Marion.
Jim and Jayna Hart of Benton would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Nicole, to Ben Kirkpatrick, son of Ed and Becky Kirkpatrick, of Valier.
On Nov. 29, 2008, joined together were Richard Mays Jr. and Cynthia Rice as husband and wife.
There was a small wedding for family and friends.
Amanda Jeanice Coffel and Tyler Andrew Zimmerman are thrilled to announce their marriage.
The two were wed on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, after eight months of engagement.
The Logan Community Center will be hosting its 12th annual Alumni Basketball Game at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24, at the Logan Gym.
The peewee team will be playing the Thompsonville Tigers at 6 p.m., and the first alumni game should start around 7 p.m. The second game will follow at approximately 8 p.m.
Concessions will be available. Come out and enjoy the fun!
Five generations of the Smith family in Franklin County recently gathered for a photo — including great great-grandmother, Esther L. Smith of Benton; great-grandmother, Mary Ann Bretzman of Mulkeytown; GrandPa Dana Lee McClendon of Mulkeytown; mother, Michelle Nicole of Christopher; and new addition, Johanna June Godwin.
The Sesser High School Class of 1960 and guests will hold their monthly dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Sesser Opera House Restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll McEndree recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A surprise party was held by children Debbie (Scott) Grammer, Don (Malissa) McEndree, Larry ( Phyllis) McEndree and Marty McEndree, fiancé Verneda Jones, granddaughter Brittany Brown and boyfriend Andy Southard.
De Anne and Gary Newman and Robert and Monica Combs would like to announce the engagement of their children, Brandon Newman and Rachel Combs.
They will be married Saturday, Jan. 10.
Mr. and Mrs. David Spears are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to Charles Wayne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garry Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bain.
Turkey and all of the trimmings, music by Benton Middle School choir and Benton Consolidated High School Madrigal Singers, photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus and animal balloons — these and more were part of the annual Kiwanis Division 33 Christmas party for special needs populations, held Tuesday at the Benton Civic Center.
Dave Webster, Benton Kiwanis Club treasurer, said the annual Fun Day Christmas party brought more than 800 people out on a cloudy, rainy day.
Veterans and family members, local residents and dignitaries braved the chilly weather Tuesday morning as Benton VFW and American Legion posts observed Veterans Day.
Brad and Robin Aaron and Mike and Rhonda Reed would like to announce the marriage of their children, Amanda Bradley (Aaron) and Eric Dalton Reed.
A civil ceremony was held Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, in a judge’s chambers at the Wichita County Courthouse near Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, in preparation for their new life together in Misawa, Japan.
