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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1972
Page
3
Miss Connie Sue Dungan and William Barker wed in an afternoon ceremony at Laddonia Baptist Church. Bride’s family from Laddonia and Columbia connections, reception in church basement, and both seniors later employed by MFA Insurance in Columbia.
Order of Eastern Star will serve dinner at the Mexico High Twelve Club installation banquet on January 13. The event was approved at the OES meeting held Thursday night at Burroughs Masonic Temple. Mrs. Guy Riney will lead the planning committee. A Christmas program was presented followed by carols. refreshments were provided by Mrs. Opal Black, Miss Matildamae Rohlfing, and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Groves. The next meeting will include an initiation on January 4.
Thirty five persons attended the Newcomers Club meeting Thursday night at the Monterey Restaurant. Mrs. Robert Fenlon won the bridge prize, Mrs. Wes Houser canasta and Mrs. Harold Frosch pinochle. Gifts were exchanged and the next meeting will be a joint session with the XNC. Mr. Eugene R. Heath and Phillip and Gooffrey of Dayton, Ohio, were welcomed to visit Mrs. Dwyer and her parents during the holidays.
The Town and Country Extension Club held its Christmas dinner at the Air Park Restaurant with outgoing president Mrs Nelson Brown presiding. Mrs Joe Young installed 1973 officers including Mrs Donald Cleeton as president and Mrs George Hogan as vice president. Secret pals were revealed and new pals drawn for 1973. Bingo and Christmas gifts followed with guests including former member Mrs Leonard Turner of Jefferson City among the attendees.
Mrs. Sam Mundy hosted the Molino Homemakers Club Christmas luncheon with thirteen members and two guests. Retiring president Mrs. John Rudasill conducted a brief business meeting, and thanks were read from local organizations. Craft, carols, a humorous reading, and a gift exchange highlighted the event. Mundy reported 1973 projects and Brown to host January gathering.
In a Christmas setting at St Geralds Catholic Church in Ralston Nebraska Miss Pamela Jo Schimonitz and John Bernard Coats wed in a double ring ceremony at noon. The bride wore a silk crepe gown with embroidery and a three tier veil. Attendants included Christine Placek Debra Placek and Mrs Donald Holt. Best man was John Viviani. groomsmen and ushers joined the wedding party. A church luncheon followed. The bride is from Ralston and the groom from Omaha with ties to Rock Island Illinois and Cedar Rapids Iowa. The couple’s families include the Schimonitz and Coats households. The bride is a University of Nebraska at Omaha alumna and former Department of Defense employee. the groom attended Creighton University and works for Byron Reed Co. in Omaha.
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