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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1974
Page
10
The Montgomery County Nursing Home board meets with state officials and the Sammons and Buller Architects firm to prepare forms and plans for an upcoming bond election. Board members visit other facilities for insights while planning the project groundwork.
Hatton Community Club hosts an all day meeting at Hatton Community Hall with a covered dish lunch for 30 members and guests. Arthritis Drive announced to be conducted through local churches. Officers elected for the coming year are Larkin Poff president Clifford Smith vice president and Vernon Ratekin secretary treasurer. Rural Life Sunday observed by Hatton 4 H Club at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with Rev. Remel G. Grey delivering message. Alpha Tau Alpha membership earned by Vee Vorhis at University of Missouri. Funeral services held for Mrs Homer Barnes in Columbia. Community notices include hospital tests for Mrs Paul Reid and social visits with Gilman City and Augusta guests.
KINGDOM CITY Students at A-1 North Callaway High School will join over 1 million students worldwide in taking the PSAT-NMSQT on Oct 22 as a step in planning for college. The test measures verbal and mathematical abilities important for college work. It is cosponsored by the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Mrs. Gladys Anderson, previously a patient at Audrain Medical Center for nine weeks, was discharged Saturday and will recuperate in Auxvasse with Miss Elizabeth Telkamper and Mrs. Grover Sims. Ervin Wefenstette of Route 2 Columbia passed away Wednesday at Boone County Hospital. funeral held Saturday at Memorial Funeral Chapel with burial in Millersburg Cemetery. He was father of Mrs. James E. Smith of the community, whose family recently moved to the former Howard L. Davis farm north west of Hatton.
Milton Bischof, Republican candidate for Congress in Missouri 9th District, labeled opponent William Hungate as "Blank Check Bill" citing a $56 billion spending gap. He criticized Hungate for taxpayer funded campaign materials and voted on food stamps, subway funding, welfare, car costs, and spending ceilings, asserting the record shows excessive federal expenditure. The remarks appeared in the Mexico MO Ledger on Oct 12, 1974.
The Montgomery County Public Water Supply District 1 board and consulting engineer Jerry Harms concluded there is no feasible site in the district for a paying rural water system to gain FHA approval. Inflation and rising material costs hindered progress. letters will be sent to Water User Agreement signers who paid $75, with refunds issued after they sign the release enclosed.
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