Van-Far R-1 Maintains Tax Levy At $3.60 In Vandalia
Van-Far R-1 School District sets the 3.60 per hundred dollars assessed value levy, unchanged from last year, avoiding voter vote under new state law. Budget includes band purchases with proposed five year gear plan totaling 4710.60 for uniforms and 1870 for instruments first year and varying instrument funds thereafter. Community notes cover business meetings, club activities, officers, and local elections in Vandalia, with several residents filing for city offices and nursing home updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Van-Far R-1
Bertram Cowley
K. Clevinger
Moberly
Hi Way R 3 Tax Levy Set At Four Dollars
The Hi Way R 3 School Board sets the school tax levy at 4 for the year unchanged from last year with no vote at the April 4 election. Levy allocates 70 cents for teachers 280 for incidentals and 50 cents for debt service. Board approves 142 068 budget for next year with estimated income and balance of 161 510. They renew contract with administrator Ralph Powell and will operate transportation next year purchasing two new buses. Pearl Motor Co bid 7986 50 for two 54 passenger bus chassis. bodies bids open March 13 at 7 30 p m. Filing deadline March 15 for school board election. Terms for Joe Sweitzer and Jack Phillips expire. unexpired term of Tanna Parish to be filled. Cleo Brown currently serving under appointment. Filing available at school office or via board secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Way
R-3
Ralph Powell
Pearl Motor Co
Joe Sweitzer
Jack Phillips
Tanna Parish
Cleo Brown
Mark Twain Junior High Band Excels At Music Festival
Mark Twain Jr. High eighth grade band at Hannibal Junior High Music Festival earns A or B in 16 events. 28 musicians receive top ratings. 15 soloists earn A or B. Performances include center elementary, Perry elementary, and New London elementary schools on March 9 with scheduled times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Balls County
Carol Wasson
Debby Hamill
Susan Blessing
Debbie Evans
Jeana Hamilton
Vicki Anderson
Joy Neuschafer
Coleen Rhodes
Doug Patterson
Jeff Williams
Zelda Power
Ginger Levings
Richard Gibbons
Jane Hurd
Daniel Patterson
Bob Lake
Brad Whitaker
John Cleaver
Kirk Morehead
Mark Harms
Sheila Selleck
Alvin Seelow
Bob Mount
Jeanne Elder
Gary Webster
Brett Zedhalis
Buddy Duckworth
Fred Omer
Center
New London
Personal News Of Centralia
Mrs. Kim brough Green hosted ten Past Matrons members with Mrs. Albert Lawson assisting. Newcomers welcomed include Mr. and Mrs. Bob Christian and Mrs. Roberta Mikulecky. Girl Scouts deliver January cookie orders March 3 and booth sales downtown. Voters may call the Chamber for transport to polls next Thursday. vote on a million dollar revenue bond for a Chance factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Kimbrough Green
Albert Lawson
Armie Jones
Bob Christian
Great Falls
Montana
Roberta Mikulecky
Auxvasse
Girl Scouts of
Missouri
Heart of
Chamber of Commerce
Rare Old Wellsville Postcards Spark Community Effort
In Wellsville Missouri a call for picture postcards spurs a community effort to recreate historic scenes. Four imagery concepts are planned with locals recalling long vanished spots near the Hays residence and a briary plot once famous for a Water Falls. Photographer George F. Goullee, a Wellsville resident and local restaurant owner, is noted as the man who took many pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brand of
Wellsville
Tom Hays
Niagara
George F. Goullee
Frank
Clarence Hilde
Mrs Dunbar Elected President Of Local PEO Chapter EC
Mrs Paul W Dunbar elected president of Chapter EC PEO Dst Wednesday at the home of Mrs W K Hintz. She succeeds Mrs Harlan D Smith who served two years. Other officers named include Mrs William Fennewald vice president and Mrs Charles Deiter recording secretary. Sixteen members attended as officers were installed by Mrs Smith. Also elected were Mrs Dunbar and Miss Hallie Penn as delegate and alternate to the state PEO Sisterhood convention. A report from the program committee was given by Mrs Walter Park and Mrs Hintz. The audit committee was reported by Mrs W E MacMullan. Work on Wells Villa senior citizen housing progresses toward finishing touches with curtains, door numbers and mail slots discussed. Fourteen applications filed. sixteen units in project. Jim Mayhew of Warrenton met with attitude survey committee to plan a questionnaire for community input.
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Vandalia Country Club
Lee Gore
Frank Gibson
Fowler Ennis
Clifton B. Luttrell
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Vandalia State Bank
Raal Morris
MFWC
Carl Goodin
Averil Beshears
J.J. Wanstreet
J.C. Laylin
Frank Wallace
Lenore Busch
Betty Bradley
Andrew Robinson
Les Paris
Arthur Carter
Otis Ash
Lester Kilby
Wellsville
Paul W. Dunbar
Chapter EC
P.E.D
W. K. Hintz
Harlan D. Smith
William Fennewald
Charles Deiter
Carl Oligschlaeger
Frank McMurtry
Dale Wilkinson
Calvin Bishop
Smith
Dunbar
Hallie Penn
P.E.O. Sisterhood
Wells Villa
Corporation Board
Christian Church
Elwood D. Kemp
Two Monroe Women Get Trip to National Forum
Two Monroe County women Mrs. Jimmie Griffith and Mrs. Harry Riley of Madison were chosen to attend the National 4-H Leaders Forum in Washington D C March 18 to 26 as part of Missouri's 34‑leader delegation. The report also notes a Monroe City 4‑H project leaders workshop March ? at the high school, a Mark Twain area meeting of the Old Thresher's Association, Girl Scout Week March 12‑18, and March commodity food distributions in Monroe County with locations and times. Additional items include personnel moves, club activities, and hospital notices.
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Paris
Monroe County
Jimmie Griffith
Harry Riley
Madison
Washington, D.C
Missouri
Washington
Monroe City
Mark Twain
Lawrence Hempstead
Mark Twain Old Thresher's Association
Jerry Finley
Ralph DeOrnellas
William Johnson
Don Crizan
Farber Church Chili Supper and Scout Activities
Farber Christian Church hosted a chili supper for the Sunday School class taught by Ernest Robison at the Mackey home with the Robison and Greenplate families among attendees. Bud Bounds and family held a quail and rabbit dinner for Myron Kniess and Susan of Cyrene, with guests including Leon Cobb and family. Farber Girl Scout Troop 142 observed Thinking Day at Mrs. Bobby Joe Force's home with a list of junior scouts attending and a post ceremony gathering. Farber Boy Scouts Troop 37 joined the Winter Fun Campout between Centralia and Paris with numerous scouts and leaders along with parent drivers and coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farber
Alfred Mackey
Ernest Robison
Farber Christian Church
Ronnie Greenplate
LeRoy Rathburn
Brad
Wayne Johnson
Roger Green
Mackey
Bud Bounds
Kelly Allen
Debra Ayler
Benita Baker
Brenda Baker
Carol Day
Darcie Doebelin
Brenda Foree
Janice Francis
Tammy Heaston
Diane Hull
Regina Kauble
Mitzi Terry
Kathi Williams
Bill Stubblefield
Farber Boy Scouts
Centralia
Paris
Roger Seeley
Martin Keller
Gary Stubblefield
Jamie Day
Brice Bounds
Kenny Terry
Craig Foree
Keith Shaw
Water Terry
Marlin Force
David Day
Lindsey Shaw
Tom Seeley
Dale Keller
James Day
Vernon Terry
Gary Williams
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Roger Q. Mills
Tri-County
Averil Beshears, Sr
Vandalia “Loafers
Vandalia
Vandalia Merchants Association
Jack Mitchell
Ben Salmon
VMA
Luann James
Stella Michael
Ruth Spenny
Lora Mae Gore
Bina Laylin
Gene Heim
Glynn Babb
Ola Todd
Tony Fuller
Walter Mabry
Robert Leist
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
University Medical Center
Columbia
Virgil F. Girard
Grayce Stephan
Malcolm L. Motley
Jim Jungers
Verle
Allied Telephone Company
John Wear
Harbison Walker
Glenn Longdon
Wear
Tri-County Nursing Home
Chris Miller
Van
Mrs. Cullen Dye
D.R. Rhoads
E. Love
Charles Thornley
Paul Goshorn
Water Paus
Mo1
Hudson Street
Wellsville, MO
Palace Drug Store
Robert McKibben
National Air Mail
New Florence
Mrs. Dunbar
PEO
Walter Park
Hintz
W. E. MacMullan
Jim Mayhew
Extension Service
Warrenton
Monroe
National Forum
Ione Ransdell
Seymour
County Barn
John Hawkins
Mattingly
Monroe County Extension Clubs
Marjorie Frankenbach
Joe Milan
Columbus
Indiana
Warren Levings
Mary Ellen
the Levings
Pauline Clapper
Jolly Neighbors Club
Paris Baptist Church
WMU
Elliott Jones
Bates Hospital
Barnes Hospital
Wohl Division
Audubon Ave
St. Louis
Ella Smock
John Warren
Woodland Hospital
Sarah Redman
Pleasant View Rest Home
State Farm
Joe R. Monk
Monroe Aelalld
Logan Pharmacy
North Side Square
Westlake’s
Ledger
Farber Church
Mrs
Marty Ellis
Motor Bank
Commerce Bank of Mexico
West Jackson
East Liberty
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