Messiah Chorus Drama Promises Excitement at Local Performance
The Mexico Community Chorus under Director Gerald Valet will present the 15th annual Messiah at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Valet, Mexico High School vocal music chair, marks his fifth year directing the chorus and notes improved vocal precision through sectional rehearsals. He highlights innovations at the high school, including new choirs and student trips. Valet and his wife, Lynn, have a 15-month-old son, Brian.
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Mexico
Valet
Mexico High School
Monroe City
Wilton High School
Wilton
Iowa
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg
University of Iowa
Mexico High
Mr. Valet
Lynn
Brian
Helping Hand Has Christmas Program
Mrs. Denver Hudson hosted the Helping Hand Circle of The King's Daughters and Sons with co hosts Mrs Ray Wagner and Mrs Carl Anderson. Mrs Sam Thompson presided opening with Gratitude devotion by Mrs Harold E Hayden and the program The Christmas Story by Mrs Vernon Marietta. Other members present included Mrs George T Robertson Mrs Sidney Wilson Mrs Jesse Green Mrs A W Meine Mrs Archer Lake Mrs Ralph Null Mrs Wilber Hightshoe Mrs Everett Torreyson and Mrs Clyde Wainscott.
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Denver Hudson
King’s Daughters and Sons
Ray Wagner
Carl Anderson
Sam Thompson
Harold E. Hayden
Vernon Marietta
George T. Robertson
Sidney Wilson
Jesse Green
A. W. Meine
Archer Lake
Ralph Null
Wilber Hightshoe
Everett Torreyson
Clyde Wainscott
Piano added to Messiah chorus for first time in 15 years
The annual Handel Messiah concert at First Presbyterian Church in Mexico will feature piano accompaniment alongside the organ for the first time in 15 years. Mrs. Robert Cross of Jefferson City will play the organ, with Mrs. William Bryan at the piano. Both bring extensive credentials and teaching experience including university study and church work.
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Mexico
First Presbyterian Church
Robert
Nathalee) Cross
Jefferson City
Cross
Drury College
Springfield
Northwestern University
University of Missouri At Columbia
First Baptist Church
William L (Anne) Bryan
Bryan
Thanksgiving Hospitality Across Texas and Missouri
Miss Linda Wigger of Cypress Texas spent Thanksgiving with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jennings Talley and uncle and family in Mexico. Returned to Texas Saturday. Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Guinn of Laddonia hosted a Thanksgiving dinner with children and relatives from Louisiana Mexico and Missouri. Mrs Stanley Des Combes visited family in El Paso and Phoenix before returning to Mexico.
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Linda Wigger
Cypress
Texas
Jennings Talley
William Talley
Mexico
Charles Lee Guinn
Laddonia
Robert H. Ince
Joe
Jerri
Louisiana
Robert W. Shaw
Ricky
Kevin
Mark
Wayne Guinn
Amy
Eugene A. Arens
Stacey
Columbia
Stanley Des Combes
Leon Hatton
Judy
Beverly
Beth
el Paso
Wayne Des Combes
Phoenix
Ariz
Calendar notes from Martinsburg area events and meetings
A dense calendar lists ISC oyster dinner and service awards at Mexico IOOF Lodge 99 on Dec 4 with Ben Langenbach presiding, plus Annie Arnold Circle programs, Christmas bazaars, a Messiah rehearsal, church services, a health clinic, jewelry sale, and community club gatherings through Dec 8. It also recounts recent club meetings, Poppy Day prizes, Girls State plans, and the Mexico Garden Club Christmas program with floral decorations and member notes.
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Mexico
Ioof Lodge No. 99
Ben Langenbach
Annie Arnold
King’s Daughters and Sons
Cecil Dodd
Maurice Isman
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Missy Dean
Mark Foreman
Fulton
William Woods College
Ronnie Gates
Elmer Welch
William Hase
AMC Auxiliary Donates To Hospital
Audrain Medical Center Auxiliary head Mrs. Wells VanWyngarden presided at a luncheon as Woodrow Lee installed officers for January including E. J. Aussicker and James Westcott. The group presented a $12,026.71 check for medical equipment plus $2,000 for lab gear, with other gifts and initiation details noted.
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Wells VanWyngarden
Audrain Medical Center
Woodrow Lee
AMC
Tonanzio
E. J. Aussicker
James Westcott
James C. Botts
Deloy Isgiig
Rosalie Mudd
Harold
Laura Napier
Beverly Pettebaum
Kim Reeder
Mexico High School
VanWyngarden
Stryker
Hudson
John Erdel
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Mrs. Smith
Dar
Paul Smith
Audrain County Historical Museum
Fair Acres
Joe Pearson
H. F. Randolph
Elsie Ward
Martha Ward
J. F. Covington
John Waggett
Wakelee R. Smith
Welton Vance
National Defense
America
National Defender
J. W. Wilson
Bacone College
Bacone
Okla
St. Mary’s School For
S. D
Louise Johnson
DAR Service
Veterans’ Hospital
W. P. Marion
Alleta Kleppinger
Julian Stoy
F. M. Maupin
Orlando Worrell
Worrell
Gene Dawson
Don Harshbarger
Waggett
Thelma Edwards
Breckenridge Inn
St. Louis
James Brunner
Linwood Martin
Brunner
Gerald Valet
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
St. Cecilia Music Club
Air Force
Germany
Missouri Military Academy
Keane
Cma
Rea
Ren
M.l.xl Stout
Ter
North
Jefferson
Mexico, Mo
United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Audrain City-County Health Unit
East
Monroe
The
Telephone Pioneers
Audrain City- County
Connie Pickering
Presbyterian Church
Martinsburg Community Church
Little Dixie Citizens’ Band
Martinsburg Club
John Pursifall
Robert Fort
Martinsburg Extension Club
Greg Fennewald
Carl Deimeke
Norman Gastler
Robert Bachmann
Don Biuteel
Joe Stuckenschneider
Amer, Legion Aux
Garden Club
Richards
E.M Doyle
Raymond Jennings
E. C. Hodge
John Rudasill
Mexico Garden Club
Frank Richards
Kevin Shopher
Rudasil
Stanley Fadler
Centralia
Ways and Means
Mrs. Richards
Hodge
George Hogan
H.C. Ward
Lewis Mertens
Clara Baumeister
Minnie Bowman
James Zbenter
Fadler
Tricia Wilson
Kansas City
Joseph Bone
Ralph Dobyns
Ward
Childrens
Maat
Miss Price
Jeri Price
Rainbow Girls
Robert Fenlon
FARAH
Men's & Boys
OLE Boys
Missouri
Vicki
Cathy Bruns
Kingsway Beauty Salon
St. Charles, Mo
Ty Redkin
Revlow
Westyle
Vicki Minor
Carolyn Kelsay
Charlotte Fox
Karen Quinly
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