Mexico Jaycees Win State Honors in 1971 Convention
The Mexico Jaycee Club won top honors in Division III at the State Jaycee Convention held May 22-23, 1971 in Cape Girardeau. They earned first place for Project of the Year the 1970 Miss Missouri Pageant and repeated a first in Parade of Locals. They received multiple firsts for public relations Bosses Night Banquet and Ways and Means projects including Miss Missouri Pageant Miss Mexico Pageant Jaycee Peanut Days Christmas Tree Sale and Jaycee Tractor Pull. The Ledger Jaycee Midwest Classic Track Meet awarded second place for Youth Assistance and third place for Chapter Individual Development with their operation manual and annual reports.
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Peanut Days Benefit Sacks Five Hundred Pounds of Peanuts
The Mexico Jaycees held a peanut sacking party at the Old Oak Club on September 10 1971 with about 65 Jaycees wives and children. One thousand pounds of salted peanuts were bagged in 4000 bags with Pizza Hut coupons totaling $4000 and a Pizza Buck per bag. Bags sold for 25 cents during Peanut Days September 17–18 to support community projects sponsored by the Mexico Jaycees.
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Jaycees Sponsor Tractor Pull At Fairgrounds Park
A Friday Aug 20 1971 crowd at Fairgrounds Park watched Jaycee sponsored tractor pulling contest awarding 1760 dollars in prize money across 10 events from garden tractors to heavy stock classes. The big tractor class drew attention as machines belched smoke and fire while pulling the sled the length of the grandstand. Prizes were awarded in multiple weight classes including 12000 15000 9000 12000 7000 9000 5500 7000 4500 5500 and garden tractor divisions.
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