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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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in and around the Pike County Area BARRY â– Veterans Day service will be held at the First Baptist Church in Barry, starting at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. The public is invited to come enjoy this service. There will be sign up sheets for veterans and non-veterans. â– There will be a pot luck supper at the Legion Building at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11. All Legion and Auxiliary members are invited to this. Ham, coffee, and tea will be furnished. Please bring a covered dish and your own table service. DETROIT â– Saved by Grace and others will perform Nov. 2 at the Detroit Christian Church beginning at 6:30 p.m. Deanna Elliff, Rick Reeder & Family, and Stoney Ferguson Word and song Ministries will also perform. Fellowship will follow the concert in the annex. A love offering will be taken. The church is located 7 miles east of Pittsfield on Hwy 106 at 400 W. Main in Detroit. GRIGGSVILLE â– Halloween trick or treat hours will be Oct. 30 and 31 from 6-8 p.m. Trick or treaters can only go where an outside light is on. â– A craft show will be held at the Griggsville-Perry High school Saturday, Nov. 2. The show is sponsored by the GPHS service group, Team Impact. Show time is from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. There will also be an elementary basketball showdown from 1-4 p.m. in the large gym that day. â– A pancake and sausage breakfast will be held Sat., Nov. 9 from 811 a.m. at the Griggsville-Perry High School Cafeteria. A free will donation will be taken. Proceeds will go to purchase gifts for the GriggsvillePerry School District Christmas
kids. This is our only fundraiser. Contact Diane Vose at 217-8332352 or vosed@griggsvilleperry.org for more information. ■Griggsville Historical and Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Skinner House at 2 p.m. The Thanksgiving theme is “American Generosity Making History.� Exciting stories of the impact of the shoebox project of Samaritan’s Purse will be shared by members of the DeVries family. There will be special music commemorating the season. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited. HULL ■A fish and chicken fry will be held Saturday, Nov. 2 from 4-7 p.m. at the Fire Station, 320 W. Highway 106, Hull. Free will donations will be accepted. Deliveries will be available within village limits of Hull or Kinderhook. Call 215-432-5240 for delivery. Funds raised will go toward the purchase of equipment, vehicles, and continued Fire Dept. training. ■“Nature’s Wonderland� Hull United Methodist Church Bazaar will be Nov. 2 from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Hull United Methodist Church, Hwy 106, Hull. Lunch will be served. PEARL ■A turkey dinner will be held Nov. 9 from 4-7 at the Pearl Community Center. Turkey and all the trimmings by donation only. Sponsored by the Pearl Community Center. PITTSFIELD ■West Central Illinois Area on Aging will hold a Medicare Part D Blitz Oct. 30 at JWCC. Call Connie at Pike County Senior Services at 217-285-6150 for an appointment. If this date doesn’t work Connie can
still help you to find a Medicare part D Co. for the year 2014. Just call for an appointment. ■Liberty Village will be holding a Trunk or Treat event in the parking lot in front of the main building Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 5-7 p.m. Your business can decorate a trunk and fill it with candy. This event is open to the public and for children 10 and under. If you want a trunk, contact Jody Snow or Becky Wydell at 217-285-5200 before Oct. 25. If you want to donate candy, please drop it at Liberty Village during Halloween week. ■Community Trunk ‘N Treat Night will be held Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m. on the Pittsfield Square. This is a free family event. There will be candy, food, hot chocolate and more. ■The Pittsfield American Legion Auxiliary Early Chick Dinner/Meeting will be held at the Cardinal Inn in Pittsfield at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. Anyone that has paid their dues or will be paying their dues at the dinner will eat for free. RSVP by calling Tammy Ator at 217-437-5221. ■There will be a blood drive at Illini Community Hospital Bloodmobile, 640 West Washington, Pittsfield Thursday, Nov. 14 from 2-5:30 p.m. Sign up by calling the Community Blood Center at 217241-7550 or online at www.bloodcenterimpact.org. ■A presentation will be given by the Pike County Historical Society at the Cardinal Inn in Pittsfield Nov. 15. Gloria Grigsby will present a program on the American Civil War. Dinner will be from 5:30-6:30, and the program will begin at 6:45.
Nellie Lewis Smith turns 100 Nellie Lewis Smith recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a recognition visit from Passavant Area Hospital’s director of volunteers and Lifeline, Jan Fellhauer, and Lifeline representatives Annette Woods and Laura Wankel. The Passavant group also presented Smith with a very special birthday gift; free Lifeline service. “I credit my longevity to being stubborn and having good genes,� Smith said. Smith, who resides in Murrayville, was born Oct. 24, 1913, in Section 9 Ross Township in Pike County. She graduated as valedictorian in 1930 from Pearl High School. Smith and her husband, Estell were married from 1938 to 2002. Smith was a mother to their three children, David, Carolyn and John; housewife; and assistant to her husband on their farms in Perry and Barry. Today, she has 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Smith’s hobbies include rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals, studying genealogy, working in the garden, reading and doing crossword puzzles.
Grady Reed turns six Submitted Photo
GRIGGSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS HOLDS REUNION
Members of the Griggsville High School Class of 1950 held a reunion Saturday, Oct. 19 in the Red Apple Room at the Old Orchard Country Club in Pittsfield. Members of the class who attended were Front: Betty Craven Collins of Griggsville, left, Phyllis Hornbeck Mountain of Perry, Velma Riley Howell of
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Grady Leroy Reed, son of Sam and Missy Reed of Hull, turned six years old Oct. 11. He celebrated with friends and family with a wiener roast. Reed shares his birthday with his Momma Sue Holcomb. He is the grandson of Leon (Papa Duck) and Sue (Momma Sue) Holcomb of Pleasant Hill and Jim (Papa Jim) and late Mable Reed of Hull. Reed has two brothers, Hunter, 18 and Gunner, 16.
Bill and Ruth Ann (Foster) Skirvin, residents of Loveland, CO., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June. They were married June 16, 1963 at the First Christian Church in Pittsfield. Mrs. Skirvin is the daughter of the late William Ray and Eva Peer Foster of rural Pittsfield. The couple met while cruising with friends in Quincy when the groups they were with decided to stop and talk. They lived in Quincy until moving to Colorado in 1979. They have one son, Brian Keith (wife Heather). Mr. Skirvin is a retired meat cutter and truck driver who enjoys traveling, camping, fishing and collectingdisplaying John Deere Precision Classics tractors and Denver Broncos football. Mrs. Skirvin is a retired administrative and executive assistant and enjoys genealogy, traveling, camping, baking, reading and Denver Broncos football. They celebrated their anniversary with a four-state motor home trip and also a family dinner in Estes Park, CO.
MR. AND MRS. BILL SKIRVIN
Griggsville-Perry Middle School honor roll Students who made high honors at Griggsville-Perry Middle School for the first quarter of the 2013-2014 school year were: Sixth grade: Sylvia L. Austin, Tucker A. Kunzeman, Quinn M. Phillips and Zane S. Phillips Seventh grade: Savannah M. Irving, Mathew S. myers and Lane A. Spencer Eighth grade: Duncan H. Bradshaw, Nick D. DeJaynes, Mercedes E. Hannant, John H. Phillips, IV, and Maleah D. Richard. Students who made the honor roll were: Fifth grade: Sean T. Hoehne, Jenna R. Kelley, Tanner M. Leedy and Renae L. Martin. Sixth grade: Tyler B. DeJaynes, Delanie M. Orrill, Dalton J. Sheurman and Raegan M. Stauffer. Seventh grade: Alana R. Daniels, Hettie J.K. Kirchner and Hayli J. Ring. Eighth grade: Jordan L. Brite. Middle school students who received perfect attendance during the
Birth BEQUETTE A son, Jaxon Jay Bequette was born Sept. 9 to Jessica McChristian and Darryl Bequette Jr. The baby weighed 9 lbs. and 4 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Kristine Freeman of Pleasant Hill, Steve mcChristian of Louisiana, Mo., Laura and Darryl Bequette Sr. of Nebo. Great grandparents are, Geraldine Freeman and the late JC Freeman of Pleasant Hill, Charles and violet McChristian of Louisiana, Mo., Barbara Coonce of Troy, Teri and Dave Bick of St. Ann, Mo. and the late Felix and Joan Neese of Nebo.
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