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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1974
Page
6
The Lutheran Churches of Montgomery County promote their faith at the Montgomery County Fair with a popular booth. Posters highlight Lutheran missions, tracts are distributed, and the display draws many visitors.
Volunteers at a Trinity Grace and St Pauls booth in Jonesburg offer plaques and jewelry for sale. Notable helpers include Miss Janice Kleinsorge of Mexico, Mrs. Arthur Hoffman of Montgomery City and Mrs. Walter Toedebusch of High Hill, with ledger photo credit.
Montgomery City Kiddie's Day drew a large attendance at the Montgomery County Fair as a tractor pulling contest drew extra crowds. Sheep and beef cattle judging occurred yesterday with the junior livestock auction planned this afternoon. The Jim Ed Brown Country Music Show featuring the Cates Sisters was on tap for 8 tonight.
In Wellsville retired servicemen gathered at their mother's house for a long-awaited reunion. The Robinson family from Marshaltown and Virginia Beach included Col. Leonard Robinson and Glenn Robinson with relatives from Missouri and Virginia. Other local names, a major surgery update for Jim Bishop, and upcoming church and community events were noted along with an extensive tractor show listing.
Publication details for the Mexico Ledger include daily issues except Sundays and holidays, address at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 65265, various subscription rates by method and region, including carrier and mail options, and office hours from 8 00 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays and 8 00 a m to 3 00 p m Saturdays.
The Fulton and Jefferson City NAACP chapters urge Callaway County Circuit Court Judge John Cave to convene a grand jury to identify those responsible for the October 31 1973 firebombing of Jewell Gannaway's Auxvasse home. Dr William A Ross of the Jefferson City NAACP signs the request.
Tawnya Estes was crowned Centralia Fair Queen of 1974 during a horse show intermission. The 18 year old plans to study elementary education at Columbia College and works at the State Historical Society. She is first runner up in Miss Centralia and received the Caroline Ullmann PTA scholarship.
CENTRALIA The A B Chance Co board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 14 cents a share at a Friday meeting. The dividend is payable Sept. 10 to shareholders of record Aug. 19. It marks the 119th consecutive dividend payment. Chance Co. shares trade on the New York and Midwest stock exchanges.
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced 84.68 million dollars for Missouri water projects including 22.7 million for Clarence Cannon Dam and 8.6 million for Smithville Lake. Other items cover Blue River channels, Long Branch Lake, Meramec Park Lake and multiple levee works, with omissions for Johnson County dams and Fort Scott State Lake among others.
Laddonia The Lucky Leaf 4 H Club held a picnic and swimming party at Vandalia s Tri County Pool on Monday night July 23. Fourteen members and six leaders attended with a devotion, songs, and project reports in Woodwork II and IV, Foods IV and V, Crochet III. Mary Koran of Phillips Nursing Home was honored at a birthday supper by Mrs Rowena Powell and Mrs Fred Pasley, then joined an ice cream social at Laddonia Christian Church before returning to the nursing home.
Monroe Appeal editor Si Colborn announces the Monroe Count Appeal enters its 107th year, noting long service since 1868, with a countywide focus and a staff of nine assistant editors. The paper, one of Missouri’s oldest, has grown to about 3,500 subscribers across 12 to 14 pages and remains the sole surviving weekly in several towns.
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