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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday, November 5
• Wright’s Corner Unit of Home and Community Education, 1 p.m., Loudon Town House.
Thursday, November 6
• St. Elmo Business Association, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
• The Wheatland Unit of Home and Community Education, 1:30 p.m., home of Erna Faye Koontz.
• St. Elmo Women’s Civic Club, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library. Members are to have all their orders for nuts, candy and fruitcakes turned in at this meeting, so the items can be ordered and received before Thanksgiving. Anyone wanting any of the items can contact any member of the Women’s Club.
Sunday, November 9
• Ron Scherer will be at the Fayette County Museum at 2 p.m. to talk about two books: “The Soldier from Illinois” and “The Leaf of Golden Memories.” The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.
Monday, November 10
• American Legion members will meet at St. Elmo Public Library with upper-grade school children. The members will talk about experiences and the children can ask questions.
• The St. Elmo Lions Club, 6 p.m., Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
Tuesday, November 11
• The American Legion Post #420 Veterans’ Day service will start at 11 a.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial. The current flags will be retired and will be given back to the donors.
Thursday, November 13
• Lunch Bunch, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant/
• The St. Elmo Public Library District Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
• The Effingham Chapter #110 Order of the Eastern Star, 7:30 p.m., Effingham Masonic Temple.
Future Announcements
• St. Elmo HCE usually meets on the fourth Thursdays, but because of Thanksgiving, the November meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 1:30 p.m., in the St. Elmo Public Library.
• On Sunday, Nov. 23, the Historical Vandalia Inc. second Sixth Season of Events will be given at 1:30 p.m. in the Vandalia First United Methodist Church Wesley Hall.
It is titled “Stan’s What’s It’s.” Stan Severs of Argenta will give an entertaining and educational program of very unusual antique tools that were used in the home and outside of the home.
Because it is a little longer program, it will start at 1:30 p.m. Tickets bought at the door are $15 for adults; if bought ahead of time at the museum or from a board member, they are $13. Tickets for children ages 7-18 are half price.
Two Baby Baptisms
Many relatives were present for the baptism of Bryn Isabelle Barrett and Hadley Lila Lowe during the Oct. 26 morning worship at St. Elmo First United Methodist Church. Pastor Dan Laack performed the ceremony.
Dr. Morgan (Lowe) Barrett and her husband, Steve, of Park Ridge, became parents of their first child, Bryn Isabelle, on Sept. 4, 2014.
Bryn’s mother, Morgan, is the daughter of Bob Lowe and Connie Barnes, both of St. Elmo.
Bryn’s great-grandparents are Richard “Dick” Lowe and May Belle Barnes, both of St. Elmo.
Shawn and Ashley Lowe of Louisville, Colo., became parents of Hadley Lila on May 21, 2014. Hadley has a brother, Levi Nelson.
Hadley’s dad, Shawn, is the son of Bob Lowe and Connie Barnes. Hadley’s great-grandparents are Richard “Dick” Lowe and May Belle Barnes.
Other relatives present for the baptism were the following: Richard and Julie Lowe and Benji, Shannon and Ted Moss, Darby, Sydney, Cassidy and Kelly, Roger and Sereta Barnes, and John and Betty Lowe, all of St. Elmo; Amber (Barnes) Gordon and husband Jay of Florida (they were married Oct. 25); and Shawn Barnes of Arizona.
Connie Barnes was hostess to the family for dinner in her home. Friends at the dinner included Gloria Buzzard and Kent Janes of St. Elmo and Jay Gordon’s parents, of Florida.
Fayette County HCE Board
Sixteen gave the Pledge of Allegiance at the Oct. 27 meeting of Fayette County Home and Community Education Board held at the Vandalia Extension Office.
All board officers were present: President Flo Allen, Public Relations Panzi Blackwell and International Shirley Klitzing, all of the Sefton Unit; Second Vice Anna Jean Rhodes of the St. Elmo Unit; and Family Issues Donna Blair, Cultural Enrichment Ashley Davis, Secretary Joyce Mueller, Treasurer Carol Bridges, Community Outreach Anita Smith and First Vice Debbie Segrest, all of the Vandalia Day Unit.
Others present were Evelyn Probst, chairman of the Bingham/Ramsey Unit and a former board officer; Karen Hyde, chairman of the Wheatland Unit; Dorothy Harpster of the St. Peter Unit and a former board officer; and Carol Oldham, Phyllis Pryor and Debbie Swain, all members of the Sefton Unit and former board officers.
The new 2015 January-December program books were available for the units. The new books are to be filled out at the November meeting of the units.
The county membership now is 114; a new member, Connie Green, joined the Sefton Unit in October.
Units that wish to participate in the veterans’ community outreach are to take the following items to the Nov. 24 Board meeting: 2015 calendars na dChristmas cards (first name only, no envelopes, no glitter).
The IAHCE theme for 2015 is “Come Together, Walk with IAHCE,” and Davis showed arrangements she is making to use at the Get Acquainted and annual meetings of HCE – flower arrangements in small shoes.
A Vandalia woman gave birth to a baby boy at 7:02 a.m. on Oct. 8 at the Greenville Hospital. This was the first baby born to a Fayette County resident during IAHCE Week.
She was to have been at the October board meeting with her baby, but was not able to be present, so the handmade baby quilt will be presented to them and their picture taken at the November meeting of the Board.
After the meeting, the past and present officers of the board went to the Los Amigos Restaurant in Vandalia for the October social meeting of the group. Elizabeth Kasten of the Sefton Unit, a former board officer, joined them at the restaurant. The only present officer unable to attend was Blackwell.
Blair, a member of the Vandalia Day Unit, is changing her membership; she will be a member of the Bingham/Ramsey Unit, effective in November.
 

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