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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1976
Page
6
The 1978 Van-Far High School senior class is photographed with their parents addresses and future plans. More senior pictures will appear in future editions.
The Ralls County R-2 District earned an AA classification from the State Department of Education. Advised to expand handicapped pupil services and add more art and music instruction by qualified staff or under qualified supervision. Also notes seven areas used in classification.
Florissant businessman Joseph FP Afshari, 41, has filed as a Democrat for the Ninth Congressional District seat now held by retiring Bill Hungate. He and his family live in North St. Louis County and he has worked in teaching real estate and shopping center development, pledging to tackle national and international issues through free enterprise.
Congressman Bill Hungate mails his 2th annual legislative questionnaire to Ninth District residents. The survey covers Social Security funding, unemployment, Kissinger detente policy, Postal Service oversight, and media trust. He aims for broad participation to guide congressional action and public views.
Martin heads Audrain County University of Missouri Extension Council with Elmer Martin as chairman and Mrs. Lewis Wilson Jr. as vice chair. New secretary is Mrs. Raymond Smiley and treasurer Mrs. Clarence Phears. Honors to Kroeger Newbrough Rex Johnson. Tom Stapleton of Mexico Area Chamber spoke on bright economic future. New members include Mrs. Nolan Wilson Gary Utterback Don Nichols Bradford A Brett Donn Brooks and Frank Greiner. Terms and retirements noted.
St Louis based Mercantile Trust Co faced an audit revealing $232000 loss from a 1964 70 bond deal with J W Conran and the Charpel Trust. Lasater, then chairman, was unaware of the losses. board condemned the Conran transactions and pledged reforms. The probe also covered a grand jury inquiry into the bank and its former president Kenton Cravens.
The Civil War Battle of Hermann will be reenacted during Hermann Maifest on May 15 and 16. The event marks a long running May celebration started by German settlers in the 1830s featuring parades bands German food wine tours of old homes and bicentennial festivities drawing visitors from Missouri and beyond.
Martinsburg specifies March 20 as the filing deadline for candidates seeking offices including Alderman Ward 1 Alderman Ward 2 city marshal police judge city clerk and collector all for two year terms noted by city clerk Dorothy Davis.
Kansas City AP reports the General Motors Leeds plant will resume its second shift on Monday, recalling about 1,900 hourly workers from extended layoff dating to November 1974. The plant, assembling Chevrolet Novas Monte Carlos and Buick Skylarks, cut the second shift amid a sales slump. Ford also announced a small number of workers on indefinite layoff will return Monday.
Five contenders vie for Wells ville school board and city council seats as Claude Robinson Jr Barbara Eckler and Margaret Davis file for the school board while Cecil Tarrants and Joe Jackson join the Wellsville City Council race. Current aldermen Kenneth Grimwood and Devera Crouch hold Ward 1 and Ward 2 posts respectively. Write in votes were common last year and are expected again.
Mexico Ledger details publication frequency and office hours. It lists pricing for subscriptions by location including Mexico and surrounding counties, Audrain, other Missouri counties, and out-of-state, with monthly and yearly rates. Also notes two delivery options by carrier and mail, and office hours.
About 15 Health Services Management graduate students from the University of Missouri at Columbia toured Audrain Medical Center in rural Missouri. Lowell Hagan chaired the board meeting with Woodrow Lee and Charles P. Jansen, plus nursing director Mrs. Jean Thompson and Dr. Patrick Reddin. The program included a hospital tour and an overview of the center’s policies and programs.
Members of the Little Dixie Gun Club of Mexico will attend a 10 a.m. March 6 meeting in Richardson Hall at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Sponsored by the Sportsman’s Coalition of Missouri and the National Rifle Association, the program features keynote speaker James Symington on Mandatory Sentencing Key to Crime Control, with Gen. Maxwell Rich, NRA executive vice president, and Rep. William E Blackwell also appearing. The public is invited.
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