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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1972

Page

4

Coatsworth Speaks on Old Mexico to MG&D Doers 4H Club

Alan Coatsworth spoke to MG&D Doers 4H Club members and families at the March meeting. He shared articles and photos from trips to Mexico as guests enjoyed a foreign dish dinner in the Consolidated Electric Cooperative social room. Pledges were led by Marcia Paden and Barbara Given gave the devotion. Members voted to keep the club name. an April program on health is planned.

Alan Coatsworth Mg&d Doers 4H Mexico Coatsworth Consolidated Electric Cooperative Marcia Paden Barbara Given

Dollens Observe 25th Anniversary in Thompson

Mr and Mrs Raymond L Dollens of Thompson celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house reception Sunday April ninth from two to four P M at the Show Me Room First National Bank hosted by their fourteen children The couple wed April five nineteen seventy eight at the home of the late Rev L F Admire Baptist minister Attending wedding day included Ramon Rivers Roland Frey Jr Joe Offutt and many Dollens relatives in Mexico Thompson listed among the guests and family members

Raymond L. Dollens Thompson First National Bank Dorothy Isgrig Fred Isgrig Dollens L. F. Admire Frank L. Dollens Ramon Rivers Roland Frey Jr Joe Offutt Karen Dollens Carroll Ray Dollens Mexico Newton Davis Jr Doris Margie Frances Debbie Patty Freddie Arthur Danny Timmy

Jackson Bay Grave Club Meeting Reports Vacations and Drive Program

Auxvasse hosts next meeting with Watts home as Jackson Bay Grave and Sunshine Club members note John Hudnut and children viewing three films on vacations. Devotion by Mrs Hudnut on Psalm 97. Homemakers Extension Council report from March 1 on defensive driving. Amana Colonies trip planned for May 5. Bingo prizes awarded. guests present.

Auxvasse Jackson Bay George Watts Sunshine Club John Hudnut Elizabeth Missouri Watts Crum Ihe Puss Lester Loyd Ray Graue Hudnut Swood Crum Homemakers Extension Council

Porkettes and Pork Producers Meet in Paris

Monroe County Pork Producers and Monroe County Porkettes met at the Mark Twain Cafe in Paris with 17 members. They planned the Old Thresher Reunion for July, appointed committees, and noted thanks from Madison High School and Paris High School classes for pork products provided by the association.

Monroe County Pork Producers Monroe County Porkettes Mark Twain Cafe Paris Madison High School Monroe County Associationian Paris High School Parkettes

Mexico VFW Auxiliary Volunteers for New Columbia Hospital

The Mexico VFW Auxiliary joins the volunteer list for Columbia’s new 400 bed Veterans Hospital opening soon. The auxiliary members attended a three day VFW meeting with Frances Harmon visiting from Omaha and toured the hospital complex alongside Ellis Fischer Hospital and Research Center as 75 members joined the tour. A 250 seat luncheon honored Harmon at the Ramada Inn.

Veterans Hospital Columbia Mexico VFW United States Ellis Fischer Hospital VFW Department Columbia Ramada Inn J.A. Greenburg Viola Keele Robert Carter Clyde Kotsenburg Margaret Story Pamela Kotsenburg Frances Harmon Omaha Neb Department of Missouri Harmon New Columbia Hospital Vietnam Ramada

Calendar items for April events listed by groups

Calendar Tuesday events include Chapter HD PEO April 4 at Mrs. James Dye home Kiwanis Travelogue Mystical Morocco April 4 7 30 p.m Presser Hall VFW Auxiliary April 4 7 30 p.m election of officers VFW Home Delta Rho sorority April 4 7 45 p.m with Miss Laurene Miller Wednesday Order of the Rainbow for Girls Ozark Opry April 5 8 p.m Presser Hall James Bledsoe Post American Legion April 5 7 30 p.m at Legion Home Wednesday Homemakers Club April 5 at Mrs Libby Phillips Annie Arnold Circle Kings Daughters April 5 1 30 p.m with Mrs J E Smithey Mrs Carl Bradley program leader Thursday Pachyderm Club luncheon April 6 noon Air Park Restaurant Order Eastern Star April 6 8 p.m Burroughs Masonic Temple Easter Program Mr and Mrs Don Manning hospitality Friday D K Chapter PEO April 7 1 15 p.m with Mrs Charles G Daniel IT Mexico Rebekah Lodge 295 April 14 7 30 p.m IOOF Hall

Kiwanis Morocco Presser Hall VFW Delta Rho Sorority Laurene Miller Order of the Rainbow Ozark Opry James Bledsoe Post American Legion Legion Home Homemakers Club Libby Phillips Annie Arnold Circle King’s Daughters J.E. Smithey Carl Bradley Air Park Eastern Star Burrough's Masonic Temple Charles Anderson Don Manning D.K Peo Charles G. Daniel Mexico Rebekah Lodge

Miss Lynn Ratliff Engaged to Gilbert Blackburn

Miss Lynn Ratliff of Shelbina is engaged to Gilbert L. Blackburn of Mexico. Lynn will graduate from South Shelby High School this spring. Blackburn, son of Gilbert F. and Mrs. Blackburn, is a 1971 MDTA graduate from Palmyra and is in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard Wood. A June wedding is planned.

Jerry L. Ratliff Shelbina Jeanette Williams Nashville, Tenn Lynn Ratliff PVI Gilbert L. Blackburn Gilbert F. Blackburn Route 5 Mexico Miss Ratliff South Shelby High School Mr. Blackburn Mdta Mechanical Training School Palmyra U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood

Easter Weekend Residents Gather in Mexico and Area

Macon and nearby families spent Easter in Mexico visiting relatives and attending church at Kentucky Road Christian Church. The group included James L Roberts family, James Wright family, and Walter Wright family. Also spotlighted are DECA state contest winner Philip Melahn of Fulton and multiple relatives visiting from Missouri and beyond.

James L. Roberts Lisa Ann Marsha Ellen James W. Wright Macon Mexico James F. Cox Route 1 Walter C. Wright Kentucky Road Christian Church Cox Walter Wright James T. Davis Deborah Davis Springfield Dianne Davis Warrensburg Steve Davis Columbia Philip C. Melahn Fulton P.J. Melahn N. Clark St DECA Distributive Education Clubs of America Independence J.C. Melahn Central Missouri State College Los Angeles Calif Drucy Smith Bloomington Ind

Salad Programs Connect Beaver Dam Club Members

Beaver Dam Extension Club members met at Mrs. Helen Swanson s home for a salad discussion and recipe exchange. President Mrs. J O Isgrig led the business meeting. donations were voted to the Cancer Crusade and Appreciation notes read.

Beaver Dam Extension Club Helen Swanson J. O. Isgrig

Miss Laura White Named to Interlochen National Camp

Laura White a Mexico High School junior has been chosen to attend the 1972 National Music Camp at Interlochen Michigan. She is first flutist in the Mexico Dixie Grey Band and was selected on recommendation of band director John Willer Instructors and a taped flute solo. White also plays in a flute trio and woodwind quintet at the Northeast Missouri Music Festival in Mexico next week while belonging to the Pep Club French Club Girls Tennis and the Mexico Community Chorus.

Laura White Mexico High School Interlochen Mich Miss White Robert M. White Park Circle Mexico MHS

Miss Sanden’s Engagement To Mr Covington Announced

Mr and Mrs Jack Sanden of Benton Harbor Michigan announce the engagement of their daughter Candy Sanden to James P Covington son of Mr and Mrs J F Covington of 310 BE Promenade St Candy Sanden graduated from Purdue University Lafayette Indiana in 1971 with a B A in elementary education She is teaching in Kokomo Indiana Covington graduated from Mexico High School and is a junior at Purdue University majoring in industrial engineering An August wedding is planned in Benton Harbor Michigan

Jack Sanden Benton Harbor Mich Candy Sanden James P. Covington J. F. Covington BE. Promenade St Miss Sanden Purdue University Lafayette Ind Kokomo Itd Covington Mexico High School

Clyde Wainscotts Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wainscott of 22 Quantico Rd celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a March 25 dinner at the home of their son Donald Wainscott and his wife in Glascow Village, St. Louis. The couple wed March 22, 1922 in Mexico at the First Christian Church. They are lifelong Mexico residents with two granddaughters Penny and Wendy. Mrs. Wainscott has held church and civic roles. he works as a dispatcher at Central Missouri Livestock Market Center.

Clyde Wainscott Quantico Rd Donald Wainscott Glascow Village St. Louis Mexico Nora Ellen Vance Charlie Vance Centralia Wainscott First Christian Church of Central Missouri Livestock Market Center Midway Christian Church King’s Daughters Circle First Chistian Church of Mexico Section II Christian Women’s Fellowship Penny Wendy

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