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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1974
Page
6
Sturgeon R-5 residents vote on a 285000 bond to finance new construction and improvements. Registration is required for Mt. Pisgah Community Center and Sturgeon city office polling sites. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The bonds would raise taxes to fund a music room classrooms gymnasium library cafeteria and related facilities.
Registration for Red Cross swimming lessons at the Wellsville Aquatic Pool will be held Thursday and Friday, June 13 and 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. Lessons for town pupils start Tuesday, June 18 with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Out of town pupils practice Wednesdays and Fridays starting June 19. Tom Barr, pool manager, trained by Dr. Walter Lange. aides will be taught lesson delivery. Dr. Lange will conduct the test. Mrs. Jack Krier chairs registration.
The annual Western horse and pony show at Perry on May 25 drew participants from Hannibal Paris Mexico Thompson Middletown Eolia Clarence Ashburn Emden Monroe City Louisiana Center Vandalia Troy Palmyra Laddonia and Perry Mo Hull Quincy and Liberty. Held at the ball park by the Perry Ball Association, the event featured numerous class winners sponsored by local businesses. Officials included Announcer Harold Vaughn of Paris Judge Sam Berrey and Ring Master Arthur Hill both of Perry.
Personal notes from Laddonia report MR. AND MRS. J L Thomson of Ida Grove and MR. AND MRS Walter Ernst of Schleswig staying overnight with Mrs. Ruby Thomson. MRS CLARK LA RUE attended a Presser Hall dance recital in Mexico with granddaughter Beth Smith. AIC GEORGE Albert Clark on leave from Tinker AFB visited family. Circle and YCL meetings held with hostesses and attendees. Renee Diane born June 2 at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico to Mr. and Mrs. David Aulbur of Martinsburg. Grandparents named. Angela Green of Kirksville visiting Shinn family in Laddonia. Memorial Day weekend visits to Shawnee and surrounding areas. Tom Gates visiting his brother Val Gates in Birmingham. Ben Cobb and relatives guest at Guinns in Laddonia. Harold Ulry attends graduation in Lawrence with family members.
About 100 attended a Republican Women's Club progressive dinner in Centralia on June 5. Hosts served cocktails salad entrees and dessert across several homes while notable guests included the Prosecuting Attorney Milton Harper and candidate George Parker. A VFW Auxiliary roundtable discussed Memorial Day efforts and fundraisers.
R R Howard recalls the old Indian mill on an Audrain County farm near Molino later moved to Arrow Rock. The granite mortar, once housed under a hickory grove and used by Indians as a community grist mill, was loaned to the Missouri State Museum and later returned on loan to Audrain County. The article notes the mill’s history and its offer to be exhibited at Arrow Rock by Thad Boulware and Howard.
A string of social visits joins Santa Fe residents and kin from Kansas City Hannibal Mexico Gary El Paso and more. Guests include Mr and Mrs Frank Lilly Mrs Bridgford and kin. Albert Crigler and daughter Ochis Snyder visiting near Centralia. Tanzey and extended family dinners. baptisms at Paris Christian Church and Santa Fe Christian Church. hospital stays and patient updates at Audrain Medical Center Mexico plus local dinners and visits among Wilsons, Crawfords, and Bridgfords.
The Pleasant Grove and Westminster Cemetery Associations held a dinner and program at Pleasant Grove Church Hatton then conducted separate business sessions led by presidents Herbert Duffy and Robert Guthrie. Officers elected include Duffy as president and Guthrie as president with board and secretary posts filled.
Vandalia residents and local businesses contributed 760.60 to the 1974 Boy Scout Fund Drive. Area chairman Mrs. Kenneth J. McPherson called the total among the largest for Vandalia, crediting neighborhood chairmen and enrollers for the success.
A June color shifting gem alexandrite, rare and brilliant, shifts from green in daylight to raspberry red under artificial light. Found in 1830 in Russia, it is rarer than synthetic rivals and highly valued by collectors. Gem dealers urge proper origin identification amid tourist scams.
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