St. Elmo News

By Editor | July 7, 2016 |

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, July 7
• St. Elmo Business Association, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
Saturday, July 9
• Start of the Fayette County Fair.
• See HCE fair participation info in an article following these announcements.
• Fayette County 4-H & Junior Horse and Pony Show, 9 a.m. and 4-H and Junior Rabbit Show, 3 p.m.
Sunday, July 10
• 4-H and Junior Poultry Show, noon; 4-H Goat Show, 4 p.m.
• In honor the 60th wedding anniversary of Delbert Wayne and Sandra Jean Lovett, an open house will be held in the St. Elmo Community Park Centennial Building, beginning at 2 p.m. All friends and family may attend. Cards may be sent to them at 1491 N 2000th St., Brownstown, Ill. 62418. They were married on July 8, 1956, at St. James Free Methodist Church.
Monday, July 11
• 4-H Sheep Show, 8 a.m.; 4-H and Junior Beef Show/Dairy Steer Show, 10 a.m.; Junior Sheep Show and Goat Show, 5 p.m.
• St. Elmo Lions Club, 6 p.m., Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
Tuesday, July 12
• 4-H and Junior Swine Show, 8 a.m.; 4-H and Junior Dairy Show, 1:30 p.m.
• Annual 4-H Livestock Auction, 6 p.m., Fayette County Fair. The livestock committee will have the gun raffle drawing on Tuesday evening; this fundraiser will help the county 4-H programs.
• Avena Township Park Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Community Park Centennial Building.
• American Legion Post #420, 7 p.m., Legion Home.
Wednesday, July 13
• At the Fayette County Fair, 4-H and Junior Dog Show, 2 p.m.; 4-H and Junior Cat Show, 4 p.m.
• ”Deep Sea Discovery” – Bible school adventures at New Horizons Church, 6-8 p.m. for preschool thru sixth grade. It continues on Thursday and Friday nights.
Thursday, July 14
• Fayette County 4-H show day at the fair for all general projects. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. The awards presentation is 6 p.m. Junior general projects can be checked at 8 a.m.
• Lunch Bunch, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
• St. Elmo Public Library District Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
• Effingham Chapter #110 Order of the Eastern Star, 7:30 p.m., Effingham Masonic Temple.
• New Horizons Bible school, 6-8 p.m.
HCE Info on Entering Items in County Fair
The Fayette County Home and Community Education Board wants to help the Fayette County Fair by having members from throughout the county enter items in Class L-floriculture; Class M-photography, art, hobby, rugs and quilts; and Class O-culinary. The entry fee is $3 per item.
The fair book can be picked up at the Vandalia Extension Office.
All entries must be made at the Fayette County Fair office, and entry fees will be paid at that time; do not mail entries. Items may be taken to the fairgrounds and checked in on Saturday, July 9 after noon. Entries are to be made in the name of the person who did the work.
Do not enter anything that won last year. Exhibits are limited to two in each entry number. Duplicate entries in the same category will not be judged.
No article entered will be allowed to be removed until noon on Wednesday, July 13, but picked up no later than 1:30 p.m. on July 13. A shelf fee of $1 will be charged.
Class L entries-cut flowers/hanging plants; floral arrangements.
Class M entries-amateur photography of photos taken since last year’s fair; oil painting; water color; all kinds of hand-made items; hobbies (six or more items); drawing; fine arts/needlework; rugs and quilts.
Class O culinary canned goods entries-canned fruit; canned vegetables; pickles; relish; jellies; preserves; jams, butters and honeys; baked food entries-bread, pies, cakes; cookies, candy.
Fayette County HCE
The Fayette County Home and Community Education Board members were asked to judge a public speaking contestant who was unable to attend the contest on June 25 at Brownstown Elementary School.
At 10 a.m. on June 27, Rachel Zimmerman of Vandalia gave her speech to the board and received a blue ribbon, a state fair ribbon and a superior ribbon. Her six-minute speech was on diseases that cause depression.
President Flo Allen opened the HCE meeting, with all giving the Pledge of Allegiance. In addition to Allen and Panzi Blackwell of the Sefton Unit, those present were Carol Bridges, Joyce Muller, Anita Smith and Debbie Segrest of the Vandalia Day Unit, Anna Jean Rhodes of the St. Elmo Unit and Karen Hyde of the Wheatland Unit.
The board voted to donate $25 to the Tools for School program.
For a Fayette County HCE fundraiser Streak-Less microfiber cloths are being sold for $4 each. They are “lintless, spotless and dustless,” and do everything one needs to do. Most of the units now have them for sale.
After the meeting Allen, Bridges, Mueller, Smith, Segrest, Rhodes and Hyde ate lunch at Capitol View Restaurant.
Lions Club
St. Elmo Lions Club is in District 1-M Zone 41 and it held the annual officer installation and banquet June 27 at Mary Ann’s Restaurant, with 15 members and a number of guests attending. The meeting opened with President Dave Maxey leading in the Pledge of Allegiance and Dan Laack leading in prayer.
The club has a membership of 21, of which 16 are officers for the 2016-17 year: Dave Maxey, president; Max Hollinshead, first vice; Dan Laack, second vice; Bob Wells, third vice; Don Crawford, secretary-treasurer; Mark Lash, tail twister; Randy Wolf, lion tamer; Dee Newberry and Le Mar Marchman, reporters; Bob Lowe and Pee Wee Denton, directors for 2016-17; and Richard Lowe and Roger Fulk, directors for 2016-2018. The membership committee is David Cox for 2016-17, Al Nevergall for 2016-18 and Holly Huffer for 2016-19.
Members attending were Don Crawford, Pee Wee Denton, Roger Fulk, Max Hollinshead, Holly Huffer, Dan Laack, Richard Lowe, Le Mar Marchman, Dave Maxey, Al Nevergall, Dee Newberry, Rex Reeder, Lloyd Stanley, Bob Wells and Randy Wolf.
St. Elmo HCE
Chairman Karen Wegscheid opened the St. Elmo Unit of Home and Community Education meeting held the afternoon of June 28 in the St. Elmo Public Library. Roll call, “Are you a minimalist or a pack rat?” was answered by Karen Denning, Mary Jane Mattix, Anna Jean Rhodes, Sharon Shelton and Wegscheid.
Minutes of the May meeting were approved. The June County HCE Board notes were read. Change was collected for Pennies for Friendship and other HCE expenses as needed.
The same officers were re-elected for 2016-17: Wegscheid, chairman and treasurer; Shelton, first vice; Denning, second vice; and Rhodes, secretary.
On display was the baby quilt the Fayette County HCE is selling tickets for to help with the county budget. The tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The drawing for the quilt will be at the October International Night program.
Another county fundraiser is the sale of Streak-Less microfiber cloths that are being sold for $4 each. Rhodes has them available from the St. Elmo Unit.
Dues were collected for the 2016-17 year.
Because July and August are special activity months, it was decided to go to Belleville to eat lunch in the House of Plenty on Tuesday, July 19, and leave St. Elmo at 10 a.m. At this meeting, the August activity will be discussed.
Wegscheid gave the special feature lesson, “Vinegar,” and Shelton gave the major lesson, “Simplify Your Life by Clearing the Clutter.”