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Volume 134 - Number 48
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Frailey, Kroll crowned Brownstown Homecoming King and Queen
Check out our
Gift Guide on
page 6 & 7.
Event
Calendar
Share the details of your organization’s meeting or event by
calling newspaper correspondent Anna Jean Rhodes
(618) 829-5488
Tuesday,
Dec. 2
Noon -- Friendly
Neighbors at the Phillips
Building. Ham will be
provided for the potluck.
5:30 p.m. -- Council of
Catholic Women at Mary
Ann’s Restaurant
Wednesday,
Dec. 3
Reservations for the
RNA Christmas dinner
have to be made by today.
1 p.m. -- Wright’s
Corner Unit of Home and
Community Education is
invited to the rural home
of Mary Smith for the
Christmas party
Thursday,
Dec. 4
Noon -- St. Elmo Business Association at Mary
Ann’s Restaurant
5:30 p.m. -- St. Elmo
Women’s Civic Club
Christmas party at Mary
Ann’s Restaurant. Those
attending are to take items
for the St. Elmo Food
Pantry.
Saturday,
Dec. 6
8 a.m.-noon -- Annual clothing giveaway at
Freedom Reigns in Christ
Church
9:30-11 a.m. -- Christmas for Kids at Altamont
Living Museum
1-4 p.m. -- Christmas
Trees at Dr. Wright's house
in Altamont
Brownstown High School held their annual Homecoming Dance on Saturday, Nov. 22 in the school gymnasium. The theme was “A Night to Sparkle.”
Curt Frailey and Katie Kroll were crowned king and queen. The homecoming court included, front row, from left: junior escort Dodge Willms, Queen
Katie Kroll, junior attendant Madison Miller; back row: freshman escort Jason Struble, freshman attendant Brooke Mayfield, junior escort Jacobo
Maria Trabada Sanchez De Toca, junior attendant Paitin Miller, retiring King Dustin Lawson, retiring Queen Bethany Oberlink, King Curt Frailey,
candidate Drake Hall, candidate Shayla Stokes, candidate Justin Sefton, candidate Tabitha Dolan, sophomore escort Simon Korte, and sophomore
attendant Elissa Barron.
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Sophomores Simon Korte and Elissa
Barron enjoy the homecoming court
dance following the naming of the
2014 Homecoming King and Queen.
Library district
board meeting
Sunday,
Dec. 7
1-4 p.m. -- Christmas
Trees at Dr. Wright's house
in Altamont
6-8 p.m. -- St. Elmo
Christmas celebration
with the parade of lights
and city tree lighting on
Main Street in downtown
St. Elmo
Tuesday,
Dec. 9
Noon -- Golden Years
Christmas potluck dinner at northeast corner of
First and Division Streets
Saturday,
Dec. 13
9 a.m.-2 p.m. -- Craft
show at Mason Civic
Center
Sunday,
Dec. 14
9 a.m.-3 p.m. -- National Trail farm toy show
at Effingham Knights of
Columbus
Retiring King and Queen Dustin Lawson and
Bethany Oberlink, dance for the final time as
royalty as part of the 2014 Brownstown Homecoming ceremony.
Oswald White wins quilt
The Fayette County Home and Community Education baby quilt winner was Oswald White. Pictured from left, HCE member Donna Blair, Christine Mackiewicz
with baby Oswald. The quilt was made by HCE member Shirley Klitzing.
BY ANNA JEAN RHODES
Correspondent
After approving the October minutes, the treasurer’s
and librarian’s reports were
presented, and the bills were
approved and paid at the St.
Elmo Library District Board
meeting held Nov. 13 at the
St. Elmo Public Library.
Wayne Moran reported
that internet at Beecher City
and Brownstown is very
slow. Cameras and monitors
have arrived.
So far there are two running for board positions.
Petitions must be delivered
to the Fayette County Courthouse in Vandalia by Jan. 29.
Billie Enlow, JoAn Evans
and Kim Karnes attended
the Serials in Polaris class.
St. Elmo will keep magazines for two years and
Beecher City and Brownstown for one year. Employee Christmas party will be
on Dec. 16. The next employee meeting is scheduled
for February.
St. Elmo fifth grade
classes were at the St. Elmo
Public Library on Nov. 10
and met with veterans for a
Veteran’s Day celebration.
Fifty kids and 12 helpers attended the After School Club
on Nov. 13. The reader was
Officer Rich. Family Reading
Night was held on Nov. 20.
Boy Scouts plan to go to the
museum at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11
for a field trip.
St. Elmo librarians are
proposing a family movie
night with a free will donation.
An outside light at the St.
Elmo Public Library is not
working.
Evans reported that 112
kids now have cards at the
Beecher City Grade School.
On Nov. 14, the kindergarten
class will go to the Beecher
City Branch Library for a
field trip. There are still
problems with the toilet.
Evans presented final three
drafts of design. The board
liked the red one, but choice
will depend on whether it
will fade. They will go with
black if fading is an issue. A
motion by Naomi Jennings,
seconded by Guy Wegscheid, to adopt Ordinance
2014-5 the Annual Levy
Ordinance for Fiscal Year
July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015,
passed.
The St. Elmo Public Library would like to get rid of
an old television and posted
a sign-up sheet for anyone
interested in computer
classes.