Beachcomber Exhibit Displayed At Audrain Museums
Audrain Historical Society Museums hosts a sea life exhibit by Mrs. Roy Creasey featuring shells ferns sea anemones starfish and more gathered from Florida foreign shores and the south Pacific. The display opened Saturday and runs through September with hostesses listed for Sunday. New society members Mr and Mrs Duane Rankin and a memorial gift in honor of the late Mrs Sara Owen are noted.
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Audrain Historical Society
Roy Creasey
Florida
South Pacific
Arthur Gibbs
Quinnie Benton
Clark Gibbs
Duane Rankin
The
Historical Society
Sara Owen
O. A. McDaniel
Flossie Duty
Audrain Historical Society Museums
Richard Vance
Jones Family Reunion At Laddonia Park
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tiller of Mexico hosted the Jones family reunion Sunday at Laddonia City Park. Attendees included numerous relatives from Wellsville Columbia Vandalia Auxvasse Middletown Montgomery City and Mexico with plans for the next gathering in September 1973.
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Everett. Tiller
Mexico
Laddonia
Thomas. Vance
Mike
Paula
Spencer
Paul Angel
Harold
Wellsville
Jack Angel
Tammy
Troy
Columbia
Gene Beedle
Darren
Auxvasse
Edgar Teague Jr
Raymond Abington
Elsie Teague
Almeda Galloway
Kay
George Ridgeway
Vandalia
Asa Angel
Willie
Connie Pier
Middletown
Calvin Potter
Virgil Teague
Kelly
Kevin
Doug Erdel
Lois
Dianne
Margie Smith
Shirley
Montgomery City
White Shrine Picnic Held Aug 19 at Cannery Field
White Shrine of Jerusalem announces a family picnic on Saturday August 19 at Cannery Field in Hannibal. Games start 2 30 p m and the meal is scheduled for 6 30 p m.
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Cannery Field
Hannibal
Van Matre Family Weekend Visit Planned
Capt Craig Van Matre and Laura Van Matre are set to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Everett Van Matre on Reavis Road this weekend. Their son Brian has stayed with the grandparents during the week while the officer is stationed at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.
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Craig
Laura van Matre
Everett van Matre
Reavis Rd
Brian
Capt. van Matre
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
WAEXICO Ledger Lead Story Framed Friday August 18 1972
WAEXICO Missouri Ledger reports Friday August 18 1972 with local notices and brief items. Names, places, and events anchor the page though details are fragmentary.
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Waexico
Vandalians To Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Olin Morris of Vandalia will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house reception at their home one mile northwest, honoring fifty years of marriage in a community event hosted by family and friends.
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Olin Morris
Travel Theme For XNC Club Travel Night At Monterey
The XNC club met Wednesday evening at the Monterey Restaurant for a travel themed card party. Missouri maps decorated tables and souvenirs were given to attendees. door prize won by Mrs. Randal Maguire. High card winners included Mrs. Garland Callihan in bridge, Bud De Bondt in canasta, and Julius Lukacs in pinochle alongside hostesses. Thirty one members attended.
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XNC Club
Monterey
Missouri
Randal Maguire
Garland Callihan
Bridge
Bud de Bondt
Canasta
Julius Lukacs
Chester Fritch
Bil Cearley
Note to Readers about Letters to the Ledger Society Desk
A reader guidance note from The Ledger Society Desk asks contributors to include name address and telephone number in all correspondence to ensure clear contact for questions about news items.
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Ledger Society
Miss Hernandez and Capt Deeker Plan September Wedding
Mr and Mrs Roy C Hernandez of Tampa announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Carrie to Capt Donald L Deeker son of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Deeker of New Florence Plans call for an evening wedding at Bayshore Baptist Church in Tampa on Sept 23 Carrie Hernandez a University of Tampa graduate teaching with the Department of Defense Schools has served in Okinawa and Germany while Capt Deeker a University of Missouri graduate in economics and business is stationed in Germany with the U S Army
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Roy C. Hernandez
Tampa
Fla
Carrie
Donald L. Deeker
Aubrey Deeker
New Florence
Miss Hernandez
University of Tampa
Department of Defense
Okinawa
Germany
Decker
University of Missouri
U.S. Army
Bayshore Baptist Church
Miss Smith Weds James O Rourke Jr At Mexico Church
Joy Louise Smith married James Warner O Rourke Jr at 7 pm in Mexico Friendship Baptist Church on Saturday Aug. 12. The ceremony featured a single ring rite read by Rev. Marvin Jones. The bride, daughter of Crystal Smith, wore a lace gown with sequin accents and carried a crescent bouquet. Ring bearer was James Bybee. ushers included Billy O Rourke and Bobby Rexroat. Reception followed in the church hall with a four tier cake and floral decor. The couple resides in Mexico. the groom is the son of James O Rourke Sr. and Edith Smith.
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Joy Louise Smith
James Warner O'Rourke Jr
Mexico Friendship Baptist Church
Marvin Jones
Miss Smith
Crystal Smith
N. Olive St
Mr. O'Rourke
James O'Rourke
N. Eastholm St
Glenda Smith
Centralia
David Turnbaugh
Billy O'Rourke
Mexico
Bobby Rexroat
Charlissa Moore
Robert Moore
Minnesota
James Bybee
Independence
Apple Strudel Featured Recipe From Mrs Proffitt
Centralia reader Mrs Glen M Proffitt shares a Slovenian apple strudel recipe with dough stretched on a tablecloth to paper thin. Dough and filling mix include flour egg oil water salt apples butter bread crumbs sugar and cinnamon. Submit recipes to Mexico Ledger by mail for a column feature.
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Glen M. Proffitt
Centralia
Minnesota
Jonathan
Winesap
Mexico Ledger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beachcomber
Museum Notes
SEA Life
Jones
Laddonia Park
Ledgerland
Mr. and
Mrs. Olin Morris
Calvert’s
Rodney William Perkey
Richard Perkey
Richele Katherine
Jesse Woods
Louisiana
Charles Perkey
Route 1
Vandalians
Kenneth P. Morris
Bobbie McWhirt
Orville Morris
Lake St. Louis
Wentzville
Marvin Hart
Hazelwood
Morris
M.D. Dudley
Singers Today
Avon
Rainbow Girls
Mr. Deeker
Carrie Hernandez
Seiwert
Mr. O’rourke
James O’rourke Jr
Miss Onna
Lawrence Drug Co
Mark
West Jackson
VFW
Fredendall and Wilkins
Calvert
Mexico Area
S. Jefferson
Narragansett Corp
Carpenter
Narragansett Gyamnasiam Equipment Mfg. Corp. Low
Carpenter St
Moberly
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