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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1970
Page
3
Loyal Wonnemans honored on their 50th wedding anniversary. Hosting the party were their children Mr and Mrs Morris of Wichita Kansas and Mrs Dean Miller and Miss Barbara Wonneman.
Mr and Mrs Wonne man celebrate with family and friends at their home in Mexico as relatives travel from Wichita Fulton and Bloomfield Hills Michigan for the event. The couple, married near September 18 1920, are noted in the community for long service in horticulture and floral work with Wonneman Greenhouse and House of Flowers.
The Mexico Garden Club will hold a 2 p.m. meeting at Garfield Heights Community Center with Vandalia Garden Club providing the program and table settings. Co chairs are Mrs. Glen Atchison and Mrs. Ann Doyle. A chrysanthemum study by Mrs. Thomas W. Talley Sr. will be presented. Tea hostesses include Mrs. N M Huntshausen, Mrs. George Hogan, Mrs. C F McCord, and Mrs. Jimmie Kilgore. An educational tour to Nauvoo, IL is planned for Oct. 9 with reservations via Mrs. Frank Richards by Friday.
Audrain Benefit Association members gathered at Mr and Mrs Norman Riddles home for a pot luck supper honoring Mrs Mabel Stewart who celebrates a birthday this month. Mrs Herbert Blades presided and announced Oct 18 meeting will be with Mrs Robert Jesse. Peggy Crump won the Mystery box. attendees included Walter Maddox Louis A Williams and others.
The Missouri Historical Society will hold its annual luncheon in Columbia on October 3. Emphasis will be on sesquicentennial activities. Missouri became a state officially in 1821 but held its first constitutional convention in 120.
A Craghead family reunion was held Sunday at the Lawrence Shelter in Plunkett Park. Attendees discussed restoring the Craghead Cemetery on the B Lawrence farm east of Fulton, with numerous family members from Fulton Auxvasse Mexico Columbia and other areas listed among participants.
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Jones of Paris hosted a family dinner Sunday to honor Mrs. Russell Balmer of Vandalia on her birthday. Guests included Mr. Balmer, Kenneth Balmer of Vandalia, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Motley and family of Thompson, Mrs. Lena Zuck of Mexico, and Keven and Daryl Jones.
Miss Martha Meek, a graduate of Northeast Missouri State, is elected vice president and historian of the Kirksville Alumnae chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Hershel D Meek of 1039 Hazell Place, she teaches girls physical education at Clin High School.
Mrs. David Meyer hosted members of the Thompson Toppers Extension Club at her home. Jimmie Northcutt presided and announced the county home tour for today and an Oct 28 meeting on Judge Your Food Dollar With Meat. Plans were made for a Sept 24 craft workday with sack lunch.
A King family reunion at Shel bina Lake Park featured a carry-in dinner at noon. Gerald Byars was elected president for the coming year, with next year’s gathering planned the latter part of September at the same site. Attendees from Mexico included Alvin Beamer and spouse, Curtis Sampson and Becky, C. A. Mahood and Betsy Healy, plus relatives from Brethion Grandville and Hannibal.
Association meets at 7 30 p m Health Center with Mrs Barbara Dowell and Ray Morgan. Mildred Fann Circle hosts a 6 30 p m covered dish at First Baptist Church. P E chapter 10 with Mrs Sam Mundy 7 30 p m. Audrain Hospital Auxiliary general meeting 1 30 p m at Fellowship Hall Mexico United Methodist Church. Wednesday Homemakers Club all day at Garfield Heights Community Center hosted by Mrs M B E Ash KD Home Board 10 am at King's Daughters Home.
Past Presidents Elect Mrs Greenburg along with the Order of Rainbow for Girls and Jaycee Auxiliary held events at Burroughs Masonic Temple and Knights of Columbus Hall. Members planned hospital tray favors and knee robes, with guests including Mrs Marlin Cahall. A Wayne School reunion and a golden wedding anniversary were noted alongside a Mexico Garden Club gathering.
Mrs Willis Harrington celebrated her 66th birthday at a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Don Hamilton at 626 West Liberty Street. The gathering included family and close friends in a warm observance.
A recipe show luncheon honored Miss Barbara Brett who will marry John Cortl Clatworthy of Fort Morgan Colorado Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Recitals for the bride were arranged under a bride doll centerpiece. Guests included Mrs. Bradford Brett and many relatives and friends from California and Colorado.
The Audrain Hospital Auxiliary general members will meet tomorrow at 1 30 PM in Fellowship Hall at the Mexico United Methodist Church. Mrs Harold Curry president will call the meeting to order. Skits from Barnes and Jewish Hospitals in St Louis will be presented. Committee reports and plans for coming months will be discussed followed by a social hour.
Montgomery City hosts a Sunday afternoon observance honoring Mr and Mrs Dryden on their 50th wedding anniversary. Family members including Mr and Mrs John Dryden and Miss Conni Clark gather with relatives at Immaculate Conception School auditorium. The Drydens request no gifts for the celebration.
Mr and Mrs Fred C Davis hosted a family dinner Sunday at the 4-H Center with a large gathering. Attendees included Jirmie Davis and Scott, Claude Davis, Kim Palliser, Darrell Stuart Cen tralia, J R Stuart and Penny Moberly, Charles Davis St Charles, Price Davis and Toni, Joni Keith, Russell Davis and sons Wells ville, Larry Davis and Kim Columbia, Margaret Salyer Springfield, Johnny Baker and son, J B Davis, Mary Davis and Ronnie Lee Smith Ruby Ann, Lanna Kay Mexico.
The annual Payne School reunion will be Sunday in the Show Me Room at the First National Bank. Former teachers pupils and patrons from Payne Gant High Hill and Hurdle Schools are invited to attend and bring their own serving for the covered dish luncheon.
Relatives of SFC Carol Ekern describe a wedding trip to Black Water Falls State Park in West Virginia. She will resume as associate professor at Michigan State University East Lansing, while Ekern prepares to teach for the US Army Reserve in Palatka Florida next month. Also mentions Alan Berry, three, and his grandparents and great grandmothers in Mexico.
Local newspaper notes from Mexico Missouri dated Tuesday September 22 1970 highlight page four coverage. Highlights include community notices and brief regional events.
Men of Centennial Gaptist Church met in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday evening for a chicken barbecue. Guest speaker was G Andy Runge, an attorney from Mexico, introduced by class president Carl Forsee. Rev. Jerry Ostrom gave the invocation as attendees included Virgil Stull Gene Craghead Wendell Branham Mike Branham Sam Hanna Normad Kossmann Ed Delamarre Leroy Cleeton Oscar Leach Paul Joiner Max Jefferson Forrest Jennings and others.
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