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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1970
Page
9
Monroe Cancer Society plans to elect officers at 7 p.m. in the courthouse assembly room while offering education sessions. Officers and volunteers across Monroe County participate in fund drives, district meetings, and civic activities. Local clubs, church groups, and students attend events. plans include Apple Butter sales, Lord's Acre, and community auctions at several area sites.
The East Central Missouri Association for Mental Health serves Audrain Callaway Monroe Montgomery Pike Ralls and Centralia. The annual dinner meeting will be at the Masonic Temple Louisiana at 7 pm Monday Oct 19. Dr C R Horne Jr will speak on Drug Abuse Education. Tickets are 2.0 dollars from directors.
The National Negro Baptists and Southern Baptists in Missouri will meet for their annual fellowship this Thursday night at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Centrally. Program speakers include Rev. Roger Barnard of Calvary Baptist Church Columbia and Rev. M. Piggee of Calvary Baptist Fulton. Mrs. Dorothy Graves of Fulton chairs the Baptist Woman's Missionary Council of Missouri. St Pauls Brotherhood Chorus of Wellsville performs. social hour follows with refreshments by First Baptist Centralia women. Sponsored by the Office of Work with National Baptists of the Missouri Baptist Convention, Dr. Loren J. Belt director.
MONTGOMERY CITY Cla Starr columnist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch will headline the Montgomery County Homemakers Achievement Day at the Community Building on Wednesday. Events begin at 10 a.m. with a business session and exhibits for extension women followed by a noon luncheon. Starr will speak at 1 p.m. and the public is invited. She is author of three books and a Missouri journalism graduate honored as an outstanding alumna in 1968. She has held multiple leadership posts and serves on the Missouri Commission of the Status of Women and the YMCA board. She is the widow of E Gary Davidson and mother of Bruce.
Wellsville hosts the sixty seventh annual Fourth District Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Louisiana Missouri with sessions at First Presbyterian Church and a banquet at the Hercules Club. Speeches by Mrs Dayly McDonough and Sgt Harry Manion urge patriotism, community action, and environmental care while clubs share reports, safety notes, and plans for next year. Local figures including Mrs W H McClain and Mrs Arthur Allison participate. obituaries and community notices accompany the event.
Obituary notice lists Leo Monday of Mexico with death noted in May 1978. Details indicate a local obituary brief with basic biographical marker and survivor mention.
Vandalia The Artist Vandalia Merchants Association Sidewalk Bazaar drew crowds with shopfront wares on the sidewalks. The parade began at South Elementary School with a police escort and included Van-Fat High School Chiefs Band led by Bertram Cowley. Decorated doll buggies bicycles and a commercial float by Ben Salmon were showcased. The Van-Far Band gave a North Park concert performing tunes such as Hi Neighbor Happy Days and Grand Ole Flag.
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