Pool Party Fuels Mexico Summer Reading Winners
Sixty five elementary students attended a park pool swim party hosted by the Mexico PTA Council and the Mexico Audrain Library to celebrate the summer reading program. Cheryl Robinson won the girls contest with 238 books read, while Jeff Talken led the boys with 152 books. runners up were Tammy Meyer and Randy Holtkamp. Local PTA units were represented by Mrs. Laura Davis Hawthorne Don Arens St Brendan’s Mrs John Gander Eugene Field and Mrs Glen Phillips McMillan, with Mrs Bob Gooch from the city PTA Council in charge, assisted by librarian Mrs Jerry Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Holtkamp
Hawthorne School
Cheryl Robinson
St. Brendan’s School
Jeff
Mexico Pta Council
Mexico-Audrain Library
Jeff Talken
Tammy Meyer
Laura Davis
Hawthorne
Don Arens
St. Brendan's
John Gander
Eugene Field
Glen Phillips
McMillan
PTA
Bob Gooch
PTA Council
Jerry Moore
Mexico- Audrain
Engagement Between Miss Rodes and Dr. Rogers Smith
Miss Kathleen Randall Rodes of 625 Lakeview announces her engagement to Dr. Roger Adams Smith of Virginia Beach. She is a Vanderbilt graduate and operating room supervisor in Nashville. Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Smith Jr. and earned a doctorate in research psychology. An early September wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Randall Rodes
Roger Adams Smith
Virginia Beach
Ned Rodes
Lakeview
William Woods College
Mexico High School
Miss Rodes
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Smith
Roger Smith Jr
Old Dominion University
Wake Forest University
George Peabody University
Dunns Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank Dunn of Auxvasse marked their 25th wedding anniversary on August 4 at the home of Mrs Frances Fulkerson. Food included barbecue and ice cream with a three tiered cake by Mrs Dale Fulkerson. Attending relatives included five Dunn children and numerous family members from Centralia Thompson Auxvasse Louisiana Sedalia Mexico and Moberly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dunn
Auxvasse
Frances Fulkerson
Dale Fulkerson
Dunns
Larry
Kenny
Darrell
Allen
Joyce
George Beasley
Linda
Centralia
James Jones
Eddie
Thompson
Elsie Dunn
Ethel Watters
Louis Henry
Connie Henry
Lavinders
Calendar highlights from Mexico area events list
A sequence of community happenings from August 19 to 24 includes DeMolay meeting at Burroughs Temple, Sr. Citizens Library film event, OATS bus trips to Kansas City Starlight Theater and Sedalia Fair, VFW Veterans events with carry-in meal, Natures Helpers Garden Club, Parents Without Partners party, and political reorganizational meetings. Also listed are gospel music at the Sedalia fair, a Jaycee Park ice cream social, and a Knights of Columbus hall dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
DeMolay
Burroughs Masonic Temple
Citizens Library
Missouri
Virgie Simcoe
OATS
Kansas City
Sedalie Fair
Johnny Cash
Natures’s Helpers
J.W. Baker
VFW
Parents Without Partners
Charles Thomas
Democratic Central Committee
Knights of Columbus Hall
Ninth District VFW Holds Roast Dinner
The Ninth District VFW met at Mexico City Hall on August 11 with Commander Robert Powers presiding. About 150 members attended as the district marked its 25th anniversary with decorations and two cakes. A beef roast dinner followed, and a committee was set to revise bylaws. the next meeting is in September in Hermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth District
VFW
Mexico City Hall
Robert Powers
O’fallon
Charlene Bossman
James Willis
Joplin
Willis Merres
St. Charles
Calvin Vogelsang
Cape Girardeau
Alma Gleisus
Cedar City
Bernice Taggart
Centertown
Terry Chapman
Veteran’s Hospital
Columbia
Lucille McKenzie
Hallsville
V. A
Auxiliary
Nellis Kotsenburg
John Stewart
Steeleville
Gleneta Vogelsang
Mary Beal
Independence
Robert Carter
Harold Chapman
Margaret Story
Hermann
Miss Maupin Weds Jim Current In Mexico Ceremony
Miss Glenda Maupin daughter of Mr and Mrs Glendon Maupin of Mexico married Jim R Current son of Mrs Melva Current and the late Robert Current of Vandalia on August 3 at First Baptist Church Mexico The Rev Dan Fields officiated The couple will reside in Mexico Both families wore yellow and white with attendants from Mexico and Columbia A reception followed at the church and they plan a wedding trip to Branson and Silver Dollar City The bride is a nurse at Audrain Medical Center The groom is a drilling and mining supervisor at A P Green Refractories Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Maupin
Glendon Maupin
Mexico
Jim R. Current
Melva Current
Robert Current
Vandalia
First Baptist Church of
Tom Knoll
Freeburg
John Connor
Laura
Lorie Remley
Merle Culwell
Middletown
Beth Mapain
Angela Current
Michael Moore
Mike Bethell
Columbia
Gary Gardner
Maupin
Current
Church Fellowship Hall
Elaine Current
Carol Maupin
J. T. Watts
Carolyn Bethell
Miss Maupin
Mexico High School
St. John’s School of Nursing
Audrain Medical Center
Van-Far High School
U.S. Navy
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Sunset Trailer Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Kathleen Rodes
Dr. Smith
N. Clark
Dena Minnick
Robert Lavinder
Benton City
First National Bank
Diana Byker
Jeffrey
Stephen
Norman Fulkerson
Auxgassea Oliver
Louisiana
Don Fulkerson
Sedalia
William Foley
William Weaht
Moberly
Safford’s
Jaycee Park
Jim R
Calvert Studio
Comet Tey
Singer
Singer Singer
Singer Compan
Singer Sewing
THE
Singer Company
Monterey Restaurant
Jefersen
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