New Salem and other area news – July 12, 2023
By WYVETTA DAVIS
217-285-4880
or 217-320-8438
All Wars Museum speaker series starts Sunday
Today, Wednesday, July 12th, the Western Illinois Tractor Club is having a cruise that starts in Philadelphia, Illinois, with starting time at 9 a.m.
The Pike County Senior Citizens Center at 220 West Adams Street in Pittsfield will be holding a fundraiser fish fry this Thursday, June 13, from 4:30-6 p.m. Eat in or carry out. All ages are welcome. Thank you for your continued support. Questions? Please call 217-285-4969.
Dennis Stroughmat, Heart of Texas recording artist, will be a guest at the Buggs Family Opry this Friday, July 14. Tickets are being sold at the Pearl Fuel Mart or call 1-217-671-5455 to purchase tickets.
The Pike County All Wars Museum, located at 320 North Illinois Street in Pittsfield, will be hosting their first summer speaker series Sunday, July 16, at 2:00 p.m. The speaker will be Mr. Gene E. Salecker who will be talking about his book The Second Pearl Harbor, The West Loch Disaster. Everyone is welcome to come and this is free to attend.
Saturday, July 29, the Western Illinois Tractor Club will be having a cruise starting at 9 a.m. in Hillview. On a side note, people who would like to participate in these cruises can just bring your tractor and do so even if you aren’t a member. Who’s to say that once you participate, maybe you will want to join and become a member? If you need any information, just ask any of the members.
Prayer Requests (if there are any names to add or delete on here, please let me know):
Miracles for all people to turn back to God and healing answers for cancer. And for these individuals: Becky Ghrist, Bonnie Prudoehl, Brian Robbins, Brian Jacques, Brian Bradshaw, Charla Prior, Danny K. Guthrie, Erma Garner, Frances Davis, Gary Dice, Jim Brown, Jerry Garner, Janet Bonnett, Joe Yackley, Josh Bennett, Judy Dockhorn, Karen DeWitt, Les Garner, Leonard and Sharon Dice, Michael Miller, Nic Carter, Paul and Helen Roland, Peggy Piper, Roger Bonnett, Sharon Straus, and unspoken prayer requests.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
July 12th – 18th Birthdays and Anniversaries:
July 14, Crystal Syrcle, July 15, Cassie Barlow, Devin Burge, Garrett Robbins, July 16, Linda and Sonny Kimmel, July 17, James Dean, July 18, Amy Williams, Ivan Shafer.
Trivia Answers from Last Week:
1. What woman won the only gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Winter Olympics? (Peggy Fleming)
2. In the Old Testament of the Bible, what woman, besides Hannah, was Elkanah’s wife? (Peninnah)
3. The hotel “Shady Rest” was featured on what show? (Petticoat Junction)
“Don’t do something permanently stupid because you are temporarily upset”.
The Western Illinois Tractor Club did a cruise Tuesday, July 4th, starting in Franklin. There were 48 tractors in attendance.
Approximately 25 veterans and others attended the monthly coffee and donut get together at the Pike County All Wars Museum and Pike County Heritage Museum Friday morning, July 7.
Nathan Davis had a family cookout Sunday evening, July 9, and Wyvetta Davis enjoyed attending along with several others.
The PHS Class of 1973 had a successful 50th class reunion over the weekend of July 7th. A casual get together at the Old Orchard Country Club that Friday night was very well attended with lots of delicious foods and plenty of visiting to enjoy. (This get together was my favorite event of all.) Saturday found a few classmates back out to the Old Orchard Country Club to play golf. That afternoon several of us met at the Pike County All Wars Museum, the East School, and the Pike County Heritage Museum. (I wish I had recorded the extremely interesting talk that Bob Norris did at the Pike County All Wars Museum.) Then that evening was the official Reunion at the Pittsfield American Legion complete with a delicious catered meal by Paul and the Courtyard staff and a group picture of all the classmates who attended done professionally by Victor Westfall. Messages by some of the absent classmates were read by Andy Borrowman plus he also told how successful the monthly class luncheons have been. Nancy Bloom gave a list of all of our deceased classmates and an updated flower fund report. Theresa Sidwell shared information about the All Wars Museum and how interesting our tour was. And a short discussion about having the next reunion was in open discussion.
