Milestones

The ExxonMobil Annuitants held their monthly meeting and luncheon on Thursday, July 29 at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Vandalia, with 24 members and four guests attending.
Those guests were Jane Hammond, and Kenneth and Angela Hagen and their granddaughter, Ashley Hymes.
Following the pledge of allegiance, Brock Fisher asked the meal prayer. After the meal, President Dean Black opened the meeting with the welcome.
Secretary and treasurer reports for June were read and approved. Birthdays for July were read. 

Craig Jay and Tiffany Heard of Beecher City are the parents of a boy born at 4:58 p.m. on Friday, July 23, 2010, at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long. He was named Brody Edward Jay.
He has two sisters, 12-year-old Destiny Hans and 5-year-old Darci Jay, and one brother, 10-year-old Chandler Hans.
Grandparents are Terry and Gay Heard of Smithboro; and Patricia Jay, and Floyd and Nancy Jay, all of Vandalia.

Josh and Ashanta Ledbetter of St. Elmo are the parents of a girl born at 3:56 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. She was named Callie Mae.
She has two siblings, 4-year-old Chad and 2-year-old Brenner.
Grandparents are Patricia Wright, and David and Dianne Ledbetter, all of St. Elmo. Great-grandparents are Gary Wright of St. Elmo and Evelyn Hutchison of Vandalia.

LaNeil and Billie Worker of Vandalia are the parents of a girl born at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.
She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20½ inches long. She was named Jaesa Jolynn.
She has one brother, 9-year-old Kaelyb, and two sisters, 11-year-old Jaedyn and 6-year-old Billye.
Grandparents are Bob and Billye Marquardt of Vandalia, Melvin and Betty Worker of Texas, the late Connie Worker of Vandalia, and Eddie and Sue Dean of Patoka.