Paris Jaycees To Have Light Contest
Paris Jaycees voted to sponsor a Christmas Home Lighting contest with first to third prizes. Entry open to any Paris homeowner, judging planned in the week ahead. Other actions included plans for Ladies Night, a shelter house contract, Pancake Day, and a consignment sale. Several local church activities and community events are noted along with minor civic news and a car accident with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Ransdell
Paris
Jaycees
Fairgrounds
Mark Twain
Morgan Construction Company
Macon
Jerry Arends
St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church
Circuit Court
Carol Jean Hendren
James Robert Hendren
Mary Ellen Chinn
Isaiah Harris
John T. Harris
John Vanlandingham
Herbert Vanlandingham
Santa Fe
Mexico
Bob Lechliter
Presbyterian Church
Lawrence Hempstead
Woodland Hospital
Moberly
Thomas Callis
Monroe County
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
J. W. Kendrick
Robin
St. Louis
Ron Lambert
Lambert
Forbis
Jim Evans
Lee
Paris Baptist Church
Wellsville Carrier Faces 47th Christmas Rush
Raymond R. Peveler of Wellsville marks 47 years as a rural carrier, with a family of Pevelers in U S Postal Service across Missouri. The piece notes prior service years for Edward Ronald Ronald E. Williams J C. Pevelers and spouses, totaling 127 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
F.a.zimmann
United States Post Office
Peveler
Missouri
Santa Claus
Edward &. Peveler
Montgomery City
Sam
Bay of 17
Montgomery
Raymond
Wellaville
Sumner
Salisbury
Edward Peveler
Ronald E. Peveler
Armstrong
Ronald
Brunswick
William J. Peveler
Bellflower
U.S. Air Force
John C. Peveler
Hazelwood
United
Raymond R. Peveler
States Army
Leona Peveler Spires
Vandalia
Raymond Peveler
William Peveler
Birds Plug Flue Death Strikes 14 Year Old
In Raymore Missouri a gas heater flue was blocked by birds nests in a mobile home. Robert G. McKinney Jr., 14, died while his cousin Richard Jackson, also 14, was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. Jackson recovered to fair condition later in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymore
Robert G. McKinney Jr
Richard Jackson
Young McKinney
Young Jackson
Jackson
Christmas Cantata At Spencer Creek Spencer Creek Cantata by Vandalia church group
The Salt River Baptist Association Youth Group presents The Night the Angels Sang at Spencer Creek Baptist Church Saturday at 7 p.m. Director Rev. Ardel Polk of Cyrene leads this Christmas cantata. The Brice Happy Hustlers 4-H Club hosts a carry-in supper Friday at Round Grove Community Center starting 6:30 p.m. and holds a business meeting with a gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Salt River Baptist Association
Spencer Creek Baptist Church
Angels
Ardel Polk
Cyrené
Brice Happy Hustlers
Round Grove Community Center
Leonard Mans
Kenneth Mollet
St. Louis
Birney Cragen
Cathy
Center
Ralph Mollet
Ralph
Oscar Gooch
Vandalia Merchants Association
Billy Joe White
Farber
Pat Hillebrand
Carl Smith
Donita Wheeler
Wellsville Hustlers Hold Annual Family Christmas Dinner
Wellsville Hustlers hosted their annual family Christmas dinner Friday night in the community room with turkey, games, and a gift exchange. Guests included Edwin and Edna Flock, Earle Martin, and Aussie Hall, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Zimmann
Wellsville
Wellsville Hustlers
Edwin Flock
Earle Martin
Aussie Hall
Claude Slonaker
Raymond Lowry
Stephen Lamping
C. 0. Branson
Branson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Golden Rule
Wellsville Baptist Church
Centralia Council Delays Housing and Franchise Actions
Centralia City Council postponed for a week a low rent housing program, for a month a gas franchise election, and for a long time a proposed ordinance to demolish hazardous buildings. A measure to convert land around the sewage lagoon into a city landfill was delayed a month with a potential site decision set for the January meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
R. E. Ausmus
Ausmus
Centralia Housing Authority
C.K. Odor
Clark Holmes
Howard Burton
Housing Authority
Ausman
Authority Board
Missouri Power and Light Co
Mp&l
Burton Knowles
Bob Haggerty
Knowles
Railroad Street
Allen
Rusty Bugg
Laddonia Fire Assn to Elect New Officers
Laddonia news notes the Magazine Circle Christmas party with 12 members present led by 1971 president Mrs. Parrish. New officers include Vice-president Mrs. Beth Hitz and secretary treasurer Mrs. Ford Christian. Rural fire association met Dec 10 at the Community Building with Jake Freyer presiding. officers listed and 1971 officers to be elected at next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logene Thomson
Laddonia
L. R. Parrish
Magazine Circle
Parrish
Beth Hitz
Ford Christian
Santa Claus
Sammie Denmark
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Paris Jaycees
John Acton
Aic
John W. Acton
Darmstadt
Germany
Actons
Christian Church
Baptist Church
Union
Methodist Church
Amy Carter
David Sudsberry
Jesse Stockton
Granville
William Miller
Wanda Ensor
United Methodist Church
Forest Gosney
Harold Vaughn
Bob Utterback
American Family Insurance Company
Calvert
Main and Locust Streets
Utterback
Madison
Alva Clem
Oxford Bone China
Oxford
America
Oxford Bone
Lenox
Twilight Dell
Pilcher Jewelry
Spencer Creek
Orville Campbell
Harley Michael
Ralph Talbert
Ronald Talbert
Fayetteville
Ark
Keith
Springfield
Arkansas
Mildred Nadin
Winnie Brown
Jerry Jackson
Leslie
Petersburg
Lawrence Schafer
Mike
Arthur
Jane Ames
Robert
John
Jim Gentry
Thomas Gaddie
Lloyd
James Bontz
Phyliss
Jim Reading
Ruby Smith
Virginia
Walter Mabry
Carl Greene
Henry Harp
Harold Jackson
al Uhey
Bill Green
Louisiana
Merry Mixers +H Club
Henry Hillebrand
Francis Stroker
Midtown Cafe
Walters
J. AA. Long
Allen Updyke
Wallace Steele
C. P. Lehnen
Wellsville Club
Laddonia Fire Assn
An. i
Sherwin-Williams
Negn
Monroe
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