Local Chautauqua Circle To Begin 68th Study Year
The Mexico Audrain County Library meeting room hosts the weekly CLSC study group from 1 30 to 3 p m starting Oct 3 marking the circle's 68th year. Members pursue a guided reading program with India as a core theme including works by Galbraith and Heyerdahl among many titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico- Audrain County
Chautauqua
New York Chautauqua
CLSC
India
Galbraith
H. Goetz
J.K. Galbraith
D. Forbes
Gandhi
B.S. Jones
Rollo May
Pearl Buck
America
Thor Heyerdahl
Vandalia Couple Miss Swan and James Reed wed in Baptist ceremony
Miss Beverly Swan and James D Reed exchanged vows in a 2 pm double ring ceremony at First Baptist Church Vandalia. Officiant Rev Jack Young of Kansas City led the service. The bride, daughter of Dr and Mrs K D Swan, wore a white satin gown with lace trim and carried a white carnation corsage. Best man was Damon Plummer. bridesmaids included Mrs Gary Nichols and Connie McNeil. Afterward, a reception followed in the church Fellowship Room. The couple will reside in Fort Worth after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avandalia
Beverly Swan
James D. Reed
First Baptist Church
Vandalia
Jack Young
Kansas City
Miss Swan
K.D. Bei
Swan
Joe Staton
Bates City
Gary Nichols
LaGrange
Connie McNeil
Salem
Damon Plummer
Ft. Smith
Steve Swan
Joe Statton
Gary Sims
Ft. Worth
Texas
Stuart DePew
Dallas
Charles McCullum
George Johnson
Leo Coose
College of the Ozarks
Clarksville
Ark
Calendar Friday Audrain County Democratic Club Meeting
Audrain County events list shows a Sept. 22 Democratic Club gathering in the Court house Community Room with Kevin Eagleton of Missouri for McGovern as speaker and a 7 p.m. supper followed by an 8 p.m. business meeting. Also notes Sept. 24 2 p.m. Shrine practice at Burroughs Masonic Temple. Sept. 25 events include carry in supper, 8 p.m. school of instruction with Moberly Israel Shrine, St. Brendan Home and School meeting, IOOF wiener roast, Music Club dinner, CB Radio Club, Happy Circle picnic, Garden Club, and transportation arrangements. Sept. 26 includes Association meeting at Stribling House and a PEO Chapter I0 meeting.
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Audrain County Democratic Club
Courthouse
Kevin Eagleton
Missouri
McGovern
Emmanuel White
Burroughs Masonic Temple
Moberly Israel Shrine
St. Brendan
Randy Dewar
Audrain Medical Center
Ioof Wiener
Rebekahs
Lakeview Park
Abbie Llewellyn Snoddy
Mexico
Miss Kemp Becomes Bride of Mr. Brown Saturday
In Wellsville on Saturday September 16 at St Paul Baptist Church Betty JoAnn Kemp became the bride of David Michael Brown in a 3 PM double ring ceremony. The couple, with families from Wellsville Springfield and Evanston, received 200 guests at a church reception after a pink yellow and mint decor wedding. The bride is a Wellsville Middletown graduate and worked at Audrain Medical Center. the groom a Feitshans High School and SIU Carbondale graduate employed by Pillsbury Co in Minneapolis. They will reside in Hopkins Minnesota after a Lake of the Ozarks wedding trip.
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Wellsville
Betty JoAnn Kemp
Calvin Kemp
David Michael Brown
Warren Brown
Verba Brown
Springfield
St. Paul Baptist Church
Lewis Bynum
Donald Shoup
A.E. Updyke
Venice
Willian Kemp
Robert Cheatum
Mexico
Mary Nicken
Beatrice Williams
Brown
Wellsville- Middletown
R-1
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
Audrain Medical Center
Feitshans High School
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Pillsbury Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Lake of the Ozarks
Hopkins
Artists Guild Plans Fiesta Display and News
The Mexico Artists Guild concluded plans for a Fiesta art display on the courthouse lawn from 9 am to 5 pm on September 30, partnered with the Optimists Club. A surprise party honored Mrs. Carl Burchfield for club support. flowers served as the centerpiece. The guild invited exhibits in Boonville and Hermann and welcomed three new members, David and Mrs. Lauderdale of Columbia and Miss Ann Replogle of Auxvasse, with 15 members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico Artists Guild
Optimists Club
Carl Burchfield
Boonville
Hermann
Warren Ellis
Charles Winn
David Lauderdale
Columbia
Ann Replogle
Auxvasse
William Mihalic
Gamma Lambda Plans For Fiesta Parade
Gamma Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi discussed plans to join the Mexican Fiesta parade on September 30 at its meeting with Mrs. Ed Pasley. The group also will run a food stand and hold a drawing for a Barbie doll with wardrobe. Mrs. Jerry Crockett led a program on party planning. Members and families will attend a bowling party on September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ed Pasley
Jerry Crockett
Odd Fellows Lodge Hosts WienER Roast for Rebekahs
Mexico IOOF Lodge will host a wiener roast at 6 30 p m Monday at Lakeview Park honoring Rebekahs and their families. Fred Hahn serves as chair man of the event.
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Mexico
Ioof Lodge
Lakeview Park
Rebekahs
Fred Hahn
Mexico Ledger Briefs September 22 1972
Local pages report on community events in Mexico Missouri including civic meetings, school activities, and upcoming town notices. Highlights cover public announcements, a sports recap, and a weather outlook for the week.
Antique Clock Displayed at Audrain County Museum
The Audrain County Historical Society features an antique clock in the children's room donated by the late Emma McPheeters as a wedding gift to her parents in 1856. Though not kept running, it chimes normally at 1 or 2, while eight or twelve bells speed up. The painted glass door hides the pendulum with a gold design and red eagle, blue corner decorations, prized for its craftsmanship. Flowers were arranged by Mrs. Anne Doyle and Mrs. Frank Richards. Alice Z Adams donated an 1884 history of her grandfather. Judge and Mrs. George P Adams host at the museums Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain County Historical Society
Emma McPheeters
Anne Doyle
Frank Richards
Alice Z. Adams
George P. Adams
Chapter DK Meeting Highlights Reading Program
Chapter DK of PEO held its first fall meeting on September 15 at Mrs. James Crookston’s home with a sandwich luncheon. Mrs. Paul Smith led the program Be Grateful For Reading and reviewed Revolt of Sarah Perkins by Marian Cockrill. Mrs. Crookston and Mrs. Maurice Kemp assisted. twenty five members attended.
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William Boyd
David Wyatt
Robert Piper
Woodrow Lee
Marlin Fisher
Julian Stoy
Lyle Waechter
J. J. Gibbs
G. Andy Runge
William B. Nowell Jr
William Fairchild
W. C. Blattner
Robert Dermody
W. D. Larkin
J. N. Livingston
D. A. McDaniel
Lester Miller Sr
L. Buford Thomas
Peter Todsen
R.O. Worrell
Thomas Osborne
Crookston
DK of
PEO
James Crookston
Paul Smith
Sarah Perkins
Marian Cockrill
Maurice Kemp
Mr and Mrs Bergthold and Schneider Return From Nine Day Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bergthold and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schneider of Paris have returned from a nine day journey through the northern and northeastern states visiting various points of interest and enjoying travel.
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Isaac Bergthold
Charles Schneider
Paris
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Henry Still
Kew
J. Bernstein
B. F. Skinner
K. Roberts
Clarence Darrow
Irving Stone
Arnold Toynbee
Huston Smith
Walter Kerr
R. Townsend
Caroline Bird
Godden Gaszfold
Nigel Calder
Barry Commoner
Donald Barr
Hilary
R. F. Capon
Eugene Kennedy
Surgeon
William A. Nolen, M.D
Me A Unicorn
Anne Lindbergh
Gerber
Alex Gerber
M.D
Lotus and the Robot
Arthur Koestler
Joseph Botts
Mr. Reed
QES
Mabel Walker
Order of Eastern
Burroughs Sonic Temple
Clyde Walker
Kenneth Mantle
Lowell Eastin
Bobby G. Johnson
Connie Havener
William Marietta
William Oliver
Georgia Mae Gentle
St. Louis
Nelson Groves
CES
John Burchfield
Mrs. Thompson
Homemakers
W. J. Thompson
Homemakers Club
Wirs
Mary Agness Kindig
Ann Beth Wilson
Alice Yorreyson
Laura Sanderson
Pauline Wybrant
Wilson
Torreyson
Lawrence Drug
E. Love
Stribling House
Clyde Brown
Laddonia
Miss Kemp
Mr. Brown
Robert Fenlon
Dorsey Griffith
Lillian Putnam
Letha Harris
Gladys Brundege
Evelyn Garrett
Artists Guild
Mrs
David Brown
Calvert
Bryan J.R. Palliser
James E. Palliser
Centralia
J.R. Stuart
Lynn Palliser
Moberly
Hugh Davis
Thompson
KSD
KTGR
the Truth
Cousin Leo
Odd Fellows Lodge
United de Soto
Mexico Lumber Co
M. L. Page
Mgr
Mexico Evening School
Mexico High School
Mexico Public Schools
Macrame eNeedia
Hardin Gym
Ledger Prige
Leo
GWU Wintlake
Lawrence DrugCo
Monterey
Magnavox
Videomatic
Peru
Square Mexico
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