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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1971
Page
5
In Paris at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday August 21 Miss Barbara Powers wed James E. Peck in a double ring ceremony at Paris Christian Church officiated by Rev. David Fischer. The couple are the children of Russell Powers and Joe Peck of Paris. Candlelighters were Carla Mitchell and Karen Turnbough with organist Linda Gerster and tenor Michael Wilson providing music.
Invitations issued for the September 4 wedding of Miss Barbara Barkelew and Donald Leslie Bratton. The ceremony occurs at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church with ministers Jeff Marsh and Edward J. Donohue. Brattons’ families from Wheelersburg Ohio and Mexico Missouri involved. attendants named including maid of honor Janet Hill and bridesmaids Patti Ann Lowenfield Pam Burton and Rita Bratton. Best man David Bratton and groomsmen Richard Bratton Jr Ken Bishop Bruce Barkeley. ushers listed as Robert Mulch Phil Van Horn Mike Cherches. Reception details follow at the church.
Centralia announces the engagement of Cynthia Ann Whithaus to Thomas Charles Bevard both Centralia residents. Cynthia, a CMS Warrensburg junior majoring in Biology, serves as secretary of Beta Beta Beta, secretary treasurer of CMS Cancers, and on the College Union Publicity Committee. Thomas, CMS junior in Environmental Biology, is secretary of Alpha Kappa Lambda. An early summer wedding is planned.
Mr and Mrs Robert M White II hosted a breakfast honoring former Miss Nancy Barnes and Robert Warren Teller Jr before their Sunday wedding at Missouri Military Academy Chapel. A luncheon at L M Barnes home followed with 68 out of town guests, relatives, and bridal party in attendance.
Paris reports the engagement of Miss Cathlens Campbell to William Paul Wiesner of Claymont Delaware. Campbell, a 1968 Paris High School graduate, is completing her last year in the Women’s Army Corps at Aberdeen Maryland. Wiesner is a high school graduate employed by Hecht Trucking Co in New Jersey. An October wedding is planned.
Mrs Lucy Wells and Mrs Chester Thompson hosted the Love Street Christian Church Bible Class gathering Monday evening. They led the devotion and supplied recorded music while poems and scripture were read. Mrs Harrison Adams presided at the business meeting. The next meeting is set for Monday September 27 at Mrs Addie Field's home 520 Hisey Street.
Col and Mrs Robert W Teller of San Diego hosted a rehearsal dinner on August 14 at Mexico Country Club for their son Robert Warren Teller Jr and Miss Nancy Barnes. The Mexican Wedding Party themed decor used pinatas colored paper flowers and candles from Mexico. Attending were wedding party members and families, including Steven Wayne Turner who celebrated his first birthday Tuesday, with grandparents Melvin Kempter Elmer Stotler and 11 other guests.
Diana Giesler daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick H Giesler of Mexico was honored at a bridal shower Sunday by Mrs Ronald Botts of Kirksville and Miss Susan Haerer of Kansas City at 933 N Kentucky Rd. Atkins home. Yellow and green decor featured a shower umbrella and arrangements. About 22 guests attended including mothers Mrs Giesler and Mrs Richard M Henage. Giesler will wed Terry Lee Henage Saturday at First Christian Church with a noon luncheon reception at Knights of Columbus Hall.
Members of the 1956 Community R4 High School graduating class gathered for a 15 year reunion Sunday at Lawrence Shelter in Plunkett Park. Howard Barker of Mexico and Mrs. William Hayden of Thompson hosted the event with a carry-in dinner. Plans were made for a 1976 gathering to be led by Elwood LaRue and Mrs. Wayne Robertson. Numerous classmates from Laddonia Wellsville Mexico and beyond attended, including families of Robertson LaRue Peak Jacobi Beasley Pursifall Hinton Barker Hayden and others.
Mexico Jaycee Wives Club outlines a busy September with events at Knights of Columbus Hall United Methodist Church and Moberly prison bake sale. New members welcomed at a Tuesday dinner. OVW banquet September 28. fashion show September 23. bake sale September 24. cookbook in press by month end. Proceeds support Kidney Foundation.
Miss Colleen Chance and Steve Alan Mustain wed in a garden ceremony at the Chance home. Officiated by Rev. Tom Adams at 11, the event featured a double ring rite, a garden setting of red white and blue, and a brunch reception. The couple, graduates of Centralia High School, will reside in Springfield, Missouri, as Mr Mustain resumes studies at Southwest Missouri State College.
Rush Hill residents voted to terminate the Planned Progress program in December 1971 at the monthly Rush Hill Community Center meeting. The committee will support one organization for Center upkeep and will hold monthly second Monday meetings, inviting all residents. They also decided not to hold the annual chicken barbecue this fall due to conflicts. a September work day will be scheduled.
Mr and Mrs Roy Swindell of Laddonia hosted Champaign coaches Tom Stewart Don Pittman and Charles Due. Mrs Tony DiBlasi entertained relatives from Kansas City Tokyo and Prescott while Miss Jean Lankford prepares to teach in Hickman Mills. The visit included Ms Reiko Tanaka of Tokyo staying with Byron McCall family for a year.
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