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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1977
Page
5
A reader suggests brides save extra fabric from wedding gowns to make four christening gowns, sharing a family memory of doing the same for her child. The note contrasts with a humorous self claim and a sewing tip about repurposing old socks into pocket reinforcements.
Local Lat A Lot Extension Club met at Mrs Bill Heckman’s home with Mrs Steve Benton guesting donations. Mrs Sperry led a program on Recycling Clothes as Mrs Heckman opened. president Mrs James DuBus presided and gave the consumer report while Mrs Glenn Phillips received a gift. Mrs Bill Little announced new officers: President Mrs Sperry Vice President Mrs Gooch Secretary Mrs Heckman and Secretary Mrs Schnarre. Planned events include the County Extension Tour March 16 and All Mixed Up meeting March 22 with Vera Massey. A donation was made to the state school for the severely handicapped.
Wednesday Mexico Regional Diabetes Assn meets Garfield Center at 7 30 p m March 9. Thursday NEMO Photography Club meets Guard Printing in Centralia at 7 30 p m March 10 with a discussion group at the home of Bill Gardner. OATS Bus No 10 trips from Moberly at 7 30 a m March 10 with Circle 2 First Presbyterian Church hosting at 9 30 a m and circles 3 4 5 6 7 meeting at 9 30 a m or 7 30 p m March 10. Seventh District Mo Nurse s Assn holds dinner and program March 10 at Campus Inn in Columbia 5 20 to 9 30 p m convivial hour. McPheeters Circle Mexico United Methodist Church hosts at 9 30 a m March 10. OATS spaghetti dinner 11 a m to 2 p m March 10. Reed Hopkins Circle Mexico United Methodist Church 2 p m March 10. Randolph Edwards Circle Mexico United Methodist home of Mrs W W White at 9 30 a m March 10. Friday Mothers Morning Out church 9 a m March 11. Cottey College Touring Theatre Murder For the Bride performance 7 30 p m March 11 at Mexico United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Margaret Botteme Circle of Kings Daughters at 7 30 p m March 1 OnTS bus 10 Fulton trip 8 a m March 11. VFW family night barbecue goat VFW Hall 6 p m Girl Scout Troop 261 family covered dish supper First Presbyterian Church activities hall 6 30 p m.
A reader suggests cookie dough on rimless pans with cutters to speed shaping and reduce waste, and using a pail of sand to store small garden tools to slow rust. Another tip recommends adding milk and using a pastry blender to break up frozen ground beef for a quick meat loaf, with onion chopped in.
Middletown couple Earl Allison and Lorena Lemasters celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house at their Middletown home. They wed February 11, 1917, at the bride's parents home, with Rev W. J. Hardesty officiating. The couple resides in Middletown and has three sons Paul in Stanford Connecticut Arthur in Holiday Florida and Marion. They have seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Bob Crum of Route 5 began mounting game heads in 1968 and has since mounted about 300 heads plus fish and whole animals. He works daily in a home workshop now moving to a new setup after uncovering an old log cabin with a postcard from 1697. He is licensed and active across Missouri and several states, with clients including Tim Wyatt and Jill Cooper, and he aims to expand his craft while hunting in Missouri and Canada.
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