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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1970
Page
8
Mrs. F. A. Zimmann of Wellsville holds Peter Bull's The Teddy Bear Book with her poem about a Teddy Bear prominent on the opening page. Bull sent the book in appreciation. Random House published the volume in the United States and Great Britain. The Ledger photo by Richard Vance notes Zimmann as a correspondent.
Paris obituary notes graveside rites for Mrs. Ruth Akers conducted by Rev. John Vanlandingham at Walnut Grove Cemetery. She died at Woodland Hospital in Moberly after four weeks of treatment. Also covered are club events, church activities, civic society elections, rubella clinics, a nurse seminar in Columbia, and local notes from Monroe County.
Parent teacher conferences are scheduled for Friday November 13 with elementary parents notified of times and optional calls for appointments. High school staff will be in rooms 8 45 am to 4 pm and junior high and high school parents may come any time and wait their turn. School dismissed till Monday because of the Kansas City state teachers meeting. Delegates to the R 1 Teachers Association traveled to Kansas City and others went early for state music educators meetings. Report cards were handed out Wednesday. Soybean Varieties discussed at Young Farmers meeting November 9 7 30 pm in the high school agriculture room. December meeting will feature Fred Vedder showing slides of his Europe trip. Mr and Mrs Don Poole and Mark and Mrs J H Long with Mr and Mrs William Deichman attended the wedding of Linda Wyatt and Robert Kent Stephens at Montgomery City United Methodist Church Friday night. Groom to leave for Philadelphia November 11 then to Germany for military service. Mrs Stephens to join later. William Deichman had a dangerous auger incident in a soybean bin with a shovel, clothes stripped and injuries, saved by stopping the auger. Installation of 1971 Wellsville Hustlers Club officers held at Mrs C E Frisbie’s home. Lola Burgess elected president, Grace Slonaker vice president, J M Long secretary treasurer, W A Boettcher parliamentarian and song leader, Ruby Hickerson reporter. Lesson topic Milk and…
Vandalia AAUW met to plan a White Elephant Boutique Sale on December 5 with proceeds aiding fellowships. A Vanguard Theater play at Van-Far High on April 2 offers Roses or See How They Run. Other items include a curated mix of books, decorations, and foods.
Farber Baptist Church Sunday School held a Halloween party Friday night with adults guiding games and the Intermediate class leading children in activities. Prize awards and refreshments followed amid costumes and decorations. Paul Hull, son of Ralph and wife, discharged from the Air Force after four years with a year in Vietnam, returned to California then Minot, North Dakota.
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