McCues Honored At 35th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William McCue of Route 4 Mexico were honored at a 35th wedding anniversary buffet at the First Presbyterian Church hosted by their children Ken and Carolyn McCue and their daughter Amy. The couple wed May 5 1940 with Dr A A Wallace officiating. Attendants included Margaret Berry and Lawrence Rogers. The couple later ran a family farm north of Mexico and Mrs McCue worked at A P Green Fire Brick Co while Mr McCue remains a third generation farmer. An extended list of out of town guests attended along with other local celebrations noted in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
William McCue
Route 4
Mexico
Ken McCue
Amy
Carolyn McCue
McCues
A. A. Wallace
Margaret Berry
Frank Benezette
St. Louis
Lawrence Rogers
Florida
McCue
Wallace McCue
Walter Berry
A. P. Green Fire Brick Co
Agrico Chemical Co
James Berry
Frank Mullen
George Talley
Clyde Berry
Bob Berry
Callie McCue
John Paul Peak
Ned Azdell
Melody
Dennis
Ron Azdell
Amy McCue
James C. Berry
Excelsior Springs
Donnellson
Iowa
Nancy Benezette
Edgar Gibbs
Monroe City
Rodney Garnett
Summit
Maude Ardell
Velma McDonald
Vandalia
Elmwood Freeman
Jefferson City
Pauline Lincoln
Denver
Colo
Nairen Mathews
Marshall
Charles E. Callis
Paris
Pritchett Blave Wedding at High Hill St John’s
The wedding of Mrs. Fern Pritchett and Robert L. Blave took place May 10 at 6 30 p m in St John’s United Church of Christ High Hill. The ceremony featured pink carnations and white tapers with a pink crepe dress for the bride and a pink Bible topped with cymbidium orchids. The Rev Tom Higgins officiated. A reception followed in the church basement then a dance at the Fairgrounds Merchants building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's United Church of Christ
High Hill
Fern Pritchett
Robert L. Blave
Larry Williams
Mesa, Ariz
Garnet LeMastera
Middletown
Charles Blane
New Florence
New Florence. Mrs. Pritchett
Mickey Pritchett
Doris Seiler
Wellsville
Donald Blaye
Jonesburg
Charles Blaye
Montgomery City
Sam Dayboll
Jennifer and
Julie
Catherine LeMasters
Jeff LeMasters
Cathy McCoy
Columbia
Kaye Blane
Roberta Poindexter
Pat Wyatt
Les Blane
Lowell Harness
John Burton
Local Graduations Highlight Bryson Dishman Family Ties
Mr and Mrs J R Bryson and Mr and Mrs Edward Dishman and Mrs Ella Watts of Mexico attended James Dishman s University of Missouri Columbia graduation where he earned a doctorate in education Also present were Mrs James Dishman the former Patricia Ann Bryson and Eddie Matthews Miss JoDean Miller received the Hardin College 500 scholarship at the Mexico Junior High School luncheon She plans to enter William Woods College this fall to pursue teaching or medicine in aiding mentally retarded children She participates in FCA tracks pep squad junior choir and other school activities and has ties to First Presbyterian Church Carter Cavaliers 4 H Club and the Wise Courtesy award family members include parents Mr and Mrs C Dean Miller grandparents Loyal Wonneman and an aunt Ira Burks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion
Cleo Brown
Richard Baldwin
Jennings Tailey
W. F. Walker
Baptist Women
J.R. Bryson
Edward Dishman
Ella Watts
Mexico
University of Missouri At Columbia
James Dishman
Patricia Ann Bryson
Eddie Matthews
JoDean Miller
Hardin College
Mexico Junior High School
Mexico High School
William Woods College
Miss Miller
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
First Presbyterian Church
Carter Cavaliers
C. Dean Miller
Wonneman Circle
Loyal Wonneman
N. Jefferson
Ira Burks
Fulton
Oriental Art Expert To Speak On Kansas City Exhibit
Marc F. Wilson, a Kansas City oriental art historian, will speak at the Mexico Audrain County Library on Tuesday at 1 30 p m about the Chinese exhibition at the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City running through June 8. Wilson 33, born in Akron Ohio, educated at Yale, formerly with the Nelson Gallery Ford Foundation programs, translator for the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and now curator of Oriental art at the Nelson Gallery. He is enrolled in KU's doctoral program and is a key Nelson Gallery staff member directing the Chinese exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc F. Wilson
Kansas City
Mexico- Audrain County
Nelson Gallery
Mr. Wilson
Akron
Ohio
Yale University
Cleveland (Ohio) Museum of Art
Yale
Ford Foundation
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
National Palace Museum
Taipei
Wilson
University of Kansas
Community Calendar May 17 23 1947
Local calendar lists events from May 17 to May 23 including film Barefoot Executive for children, Little Dixie Band social at Lakeview Park, Hardin College Club reunion in Mexico, Thompson Saddle Club show in Mills Arena, DAR observance at Monterey Restaurant, PTA movie ticket sale at Liberty Theatre, and various meetings for PEO VFW OATS and Masonic groups with dates and venues across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barefoot Executive
Little Dixie Citizens’ Band
Lakeview Park
Hardin College Club
Mexico Junior High School
Thompson Saddle Club
CMSCC
Mills Arena
Route 11
John Hall
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Jamestown
Monterey
Andy Runge
PTA
Mexico Junior High
Liberty Theatre
Marlon Crockett
Elmo Inlow
Hebron Lodge No
Also Mentioned on This Page
Captain John Hall
the Daughters of the American Colonists
DAC
Monterey Restaurant
Clarence Sievers
Mrs. Pickering
W. H. McClain
MFWC
Connie Pickering
Leo Scheuler
Nostowan
Tom Spurrier
Marty
Scheuler
Richard Bowen
Jim Hill
National Association of Music Clubs
Gary Evans
Jack Smiley
Alan Atkins
Lou Leonatti
Donald Daut
Coldwell
James Taft
Bowen
Smiley
Don Arens
Public Health
Dean Patrick
Mrs. Pritchett
Mr. Blave
Otis Ritchards
Hazel Bryant
Fairgrounds Merchants
Brown
Kappa Mu
Martin
Kim Byerly
Myrick den Hartog
John Beckley
Koelling
Chapter
Clarence Becker
Howard Beckley
Keith Byerly
Ferris Mundy
Marvin Griffith
Linda Dutton
Frank Kincade
Lynda Emanuel
Phil Griffith
Ralph Griffith
Ed Hanstein
Audrey Bishop
Janet Heaton
Charles James
Byron Jahn
Louis Jahn
Ann Johnson
Laura Hanna
Jane Young
James Clibourn
Paul Koelling
W.E. Clement
John Meissert
Mary Shipman
Harrison Martin
Richard Tiller
Joe McGrew
Tom Usnick
Susan Wheeler
Derrill Kuhlman
William N. Sawyer
Chiropractor
W. Love St. New Hours
Precht - Pickering
Pickering
Connie L. Pickering
Charles W. Rahmeyer
Hardin
Ron VanHooser
South Allen
Centralia
Professional Photographers of America
Garden of Eden
God
Satan
Paul
Apostle
Kentucky Road Christian Church
North
Kentucky Road
Don Wortman
Tom Kakac
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Liberty Theater
OATS
Marc Wilson
Zada Stumpf
Eugene Field Pta
Missouri Power and Light
Garfield Center
Israel Shrine
District 11
Supreme
Masonic Temple
Moberly
Jcpenney
Mon
Decca
W. Monroe
Mexico, MO
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