New Salem and other area news – July 18, 2024

By Editor | July 16, 2024 |

By WYVETTA DAVIS
217-285-4880
or 217-320-8438

Don’t forget the Dolbeare reunion Aug. 11

“River never go reverse. So try to live like a river. Forget your past and focus on your future. Always be positive.”
The Dolbeare Reunion is being planned for Sunday, Aug. 11, at the home of Ron and Amy Hoskin and family which is south of El Dara and also south of the Taylor Martin Cometary. This will be at 12:30 p.m.. Since this is a potluck, please bring a dish to pass. Also please bring lawn chairs. All relatives are invited so please come out to get together with your family.
Birthdays and anniversaries from July 17- 23: July 17, James Dean, July 18, Amy Williams, Ivan Shafer, July 19, Dakota Henry, Jerry Garner, Brian and Margaret Myers, Jonathan and Ashley Guthrie. July 20, Sandy Garner, Adah and Dusty Helm, July 21, Everett Dean, July 22, Ann Rine, Brian Myers, Lori Orr, Tammy Harshman, Bob and Eve Rue, July 23, Dan McCall, John and Toni Daniels.
“River never go reverse. So try to live like a river. Forget your past and focus on your future. Always be positive”.
Prayer Requests: Israel, Miracles for all people to turn back to God, Bob Norris, Becky Ghrist, Bonnie Prudoehl, Brenda Harrington, Brian Robbins, Danny K. Guthrie, Frances Davis, Gary Dice, Jerry Garner, Joann Myers, Jim Brown, Josh Bennett, Janet and Roger Bonnett, Karen DeWitt, Lynn Ballinger, Sharon Dice, Michael Miller, Nic Carter, Paul and Helen Roland, Peggy Piper, Richie Myers, Sharon Straus, Terri Adkins, and all the unspoken prayer requests.
O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: because His mercy endureth for ever. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. Psalm 118:1, 8.
Trivia Questions:
1. Who was the first U.S. President to win a Nobel Prize?
2. In the Bible, what did the people build to try and reach heaven?
3. What is the state capital with highest elevation?
Pike County Pig Days were this past weekend. I can remember that this was one big deal. Along with everything else, Pig Days has changed drastically. Not as many vendors for one thing. And there were food vendors there who were open from morning until 2 p.m. then closed down until 5:00 in the afternoon. I’m thinking those vendors should have been open throughout the day. But since I don’t work at any of the vendors, who am I to say anything?!
The special concert which featured Leona Williams and her son, Ron Williams, and the Harmony Grits’ ladies this past Friday, July 12, was very well attended and was a very good show.
Sunday, Jamie and I ate lunch at Gambino’s Eatery in Louisiana, Mo. Very good food and extremely good service. There is a large room for big groups to gather, so I have high hopes that the Single Seniors will decide to “meet and eat” there very soon.
Interested in becoming a member of Single Seniors? No charge to join and this is a great way for widows/widowers/singles 55+ to get together once a month to enjoy a meal and visit. Just call 1-217-285-4880 or call or text 1-217-320-8438, and give your name and cell phone number and that you are interested in joining. (Side note: There is another “meet and eat” in the works right now. So if you are at all interested, contact me as soon as possible.)
“Be you. The world will
Trivia Questions:
1. Who was the first U.S. President to win a Nobel Prize?
2. In the Bible, what did the people build to try and reach heaven?
3. What is the state capital with highest elevation?
“Be you. The world will adjust”.