Van-Far School Board race fields five candidates
Five candidates filed for the Van-Far School Board election before 3 p.m. yesterday. Two three year terms will be filled at the April 4 election. Candidates are Paul Gore seeking reelection Joseph Baker a Vandalia dry cleaner Bob Gish Vandalia post office worker and B C Smith Harbison-Walker Refractories who has served one term.
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Vandalia
Van-Far
Paul Gore
Joseph Baker
Bob Gish
B.C. Smith
Harbison-Walker Refractories
Gardening Program For Perry Club
Perry Missouri community notes cover a Hutchison 3-H Club meeting at the Community Center. Roger Newton Extension Agent led a Gardening and Beautification program with slides on vegetables, disease signs, and pests, followed by a Q and A and pamphlets on care and planting dates. Sunlit details include “Green Thumb Gardening” rollout, a Patrick color themed refreshment, and prizes for a vegetable and meat game.
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Perry
Hutchison 3- H
Dean Peery
Roger Newton
Mark Twain
Newton
Robert Woodrow
Maurice Mills
Claude Cragen
Chester Johnson
St. Patrick
Driver Killed Near Warrenton
Melvin Lee Perry 21 of St. Louis died at the scene when his car struck a parked tractor trailer along Interstate 70 about three miles east of Warrenton. The crash occurred near 4 20 a m as the car reportedly veered off a steep grade before leaving the roadway. The tractor trailer driver was not in the vehicle when struck.
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Warrenton
Melvin Lee Perry
St. Louis
Highway Patrol
Asteep
Kent Myers Joins Father In Funeral Home Business
Kent Myers, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Myers of Wellsville, begins an apprenticeship with Myers Funeral Home. He graduated February 26 from the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science in Louisville after earlier attending Wellsville Middletown R-1 High School and Moberly Junior College. He led Pi Sigma Eta as president and chaired the Alumni Association, receiving an outstanding achievement award. Mr and Mrs Myers and Paula and Tim attended the Louisville exercises.
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Wellsville
Kent Myers
Howard Myers
Myers Funeral Home
Kent
Kentucky School of Mortuary Science
Louisville
Kentucky
Middletown
R-1
Myers
Moberly Junior College
School of Mortuary Science
Pi Sigma Eta
Paula
Tim
Wellsville Khoury Benefit Game With Cards Tonight
Wellsville hosts a Khoury League benefit basketball night at the high school gym featuring Wellsville town players and Big Red All-Stars from the St. Louis Cardinals. A Jaycees versus Debo Dandies opener precedes the main event as Montgomery County guests are introduced. Community events and club notices round out the page.
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Wellsville
Roger Wehrli
Terry Brown
Big Red All-Stars
St. Louis Football Cardinals
Wally Spiers
Tom Barr
Billy Kemp
Don Harness
Kerry Lehnen
Barney Fisher
Rodney Shramek
Larry Barb
Richard Cochran
Jim Barr
Jaycees
Debo Dandies
Wellsville Athletic Association
Montgomery County
Martinsburg MFA Sets New Record
Martinsburg Farmers Elevator Co. held its annual meeting at the Community Center. Manager Bill Pursifall reported 1971 sales of 2.1 million with net savings of 31 thousand. Directors John T. Bishop and Herman Aulbur retired after 20 years, replaced by Carl P. Johnson and Norman Gastler for three-year terms. Other directors remain. Guest speakers were Roy Reed and Ben Blackmore of the Missouri Farmers Association.
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Vandalia Optimist Board of Directors
Vandalia State Bank
Optimist International
Vandalia Merchants Association
Martinsburg
Martinsburg Farmers Elevator Co
Bill Pursifall
John T. Bishop
Herman Aulbur
Farmers Cooperative
Carl P. Johnson
Norman Gastler
Joe Stuckenschneider
Paul H. Primus
August Brooks
Harold Dutbert
Roy Reed
Ben Blackmore
The
Missouri Farmers Association Inc
Columbia, Missouri
Joe Branham
Branham
A. Barnett
Harry Miers Jr
Raymond Cain
Lon James
Oscar Tawney
Ava Metcalf
Audrain Historical Museum
Miers
James
Delmer Fisher
Stephens Playhouse
Columbia
John Miller, Jr
Dorothy Miller
Wayne Pool
Clubwoman
United States
Harold Hendrix
Wendell Bishop
Keith Duren
Paris Girl Wins Nurse Scholarship
Nellie Johnson of Paris High School wins a $200 nursing scholarship from the St. Louis and Eastern Missouri Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Society. She will study at Northeast Missouri State College of Nursing after earning a merit-based selection for her essay and nursing aptitude.
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Paris
Nellie Johnson
Paris High School
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Society of
St. Louis
Missouri
Northeast
Holliday 4-H Club
Harry Johnson
Holliday
Montgomery GOP Women Hear of News Twisters
Montgomery County Republican Women's Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in Court House Community Room. Mrs. Anne Barker reviews The News Twisters by Edith Efron, a Today Show topic. Public invited.
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Montgomery City
Montgomery County
Republican Women’s Club
Court House
Anne Barker
Edith Efron
Wayne Loch
Washington
Harold Sydow
Foreign Missions
Dennis Haubein
Sherwood Arms
Guild
No Contests Develop In Centralia Election
Centralia city election filings show three alderman seats and two school board posts contested. Donnahue of Sunrise Circle seeks Ward 2 alderman. Oliver seeks reelection. Galloway seeks Ward I reelection. school board incumbents Salisbury and Grossglauser also filed. Filing deadline 5 p.m. March 15 at city hall. no other candidates yet as of Friday.
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Centralia
Harry Donnahue
Sunrise Circle
Kenneth Oliver
Grossglauser
Salisbury
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West of Perry
Bob Stuart
Denise
Greg
Roy Field
Mexico
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Otto Roth
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Inspiration Point
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Missouri Federation of Music Clubs
Bill Kohl
Farmer
Tri-County
Lillie Bradley
Audrain Medical Center
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hannibal
Willie H. Kuhlman
Mildred Nadin
Jacob Rees
Farber Baptist Church
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Glenn McCollum
Mr. McCollum
Van-Far Ri
Bob Calvert
Calvert's
Liberty
Mexico, Mo
Jefferson Mexico
Wellsville Khoury
Clarence Smith
Studere Club
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W.H. McClain
William
McDowell
Farmers of Munity Betterment
A-1
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Ledger Youth Center
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Canon City
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Jerry Freeze
Monroe
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Phil Weedin
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Mark Twain Cafe
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University Medical Center
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Kenneth Levings
N. K. Deaver
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Ellis Fischer Hospital
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Andy Runge
Girl Scouts
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Macksville
Kan
Montgomery
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W.M. Waddell
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Jeff Henderson
Waddell
Lawrence Gehlken
Lutheran Women’s Guild
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Dee Daughterty
Brent Mayes
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CWF
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Route 3
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Vaiden
Miss
M. B. Humphreys
Margaret
Humphreys
Tuscumbia
Florida
H&r Block
Internal Revenue Service
H & R Block
the Income Tax People
E. Liberty ST
Little Dixie
Sale
Sun
Glass
China
Leonard Augustine
J.D
Ken Smith
Ringman & Owner
Benton City
Brady
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I. H.C
J.D. Combine
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Midwest
Mayrath
Chevrolet
Forney Electric
Walker
Jim
Busy Bees Extension Club
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Willard A. Whalen
Jim Dowell
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