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Temperance societies were a major way of combatting the serious social issue of alcoholism during much of the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Clubs and casual groups meeting and pledging together not to imbibe became familiar in small towns or big city neighborhoods.

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Dastice-Shuman Announce Upcoming Marriage

October 8, 2011 was a day in which best friends made the commitment to join their lives together forever. While celebrating October Fest in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Jesse Shuman asked for Samantha Dastice’s hand in marriage.

On June 15, 2013 Jesse Shuman of Lanark, IL will exchange wedding vows and tie the knot with Samantha Dastice of Berwyn, IL. This joyous occasion will be celebrated by the couples parents Mr. Loren and Tammy Shuman and Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Gail Dastice. The ceremony will be at St. Leonard’s Church in Berwyn followed by the reception at Belvedere Banquets in Elk Grove.

Jesse and Samantha both graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Il. Samantha is a fourth grade teacher at Hiawatha School in Berwyn and working towards her master’s degree in Education Administration and Leadership. Jesse is a senior analyst of business planning and development for Kelloggs.