Area News

Rubin
The 33rd biennial Rubin reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 5, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Hall in St. Paul.
A potluck dinner will begin at 12:30 p.m., with beverages, paper plates, and tableware furnished.
Family members are asked to take lists of births, deaths and marriages since the 2010 reunion to update the family tree.
 

The ExxonMobil Annuitants Club met on Thursday, June 28, at Ponderosa Steakhouse in Vandalia for its monthly meeting and luncheon.
After the pledge to the flag, Brock Fisher gave the meal prayer. Thirty members and four guests were present.
After the meal, President Dean Black called the meeting to order with the announcement of two new members: Roger and Becky Bergman of Litchfield.
The secretary and treasurer report was given and approved. Birthdays and anniversaries for June were read.

Betsy LongHorn & Cattle Family Doing Well …
… in spite of the lack of rain and resulting condition of their Homestead pasture.
The rain we were blessed with last week helped put a little more green in it, but it still looks parched.
However, the Longhorns, unlike some of the other breeds, actually like the prickly weeds and dried stuff that most other cattle don’t eat.
But, we didn’t want them to be hungry, so we visited Preacher Pete and brought a load of nice hay back to them.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, July 19
• Vit-Em-In Sunday school class potluck, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church.
• Friendship Quilt Club, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
• Prairieland Pickers, 7 p.m., concert on the lawn at Mason Point, 1 Masonic Way, Sullivan.
Sunday, July 22
• Prairieland Pickers, 12:30 p.m., Lutheran Church at Shumway.
Monday, July 23
• The Fayette County Board of Home and Community Education, 10 a.m., Vandalia Extension Office.