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D-2 Home Life Wednesday, November 15, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Pike County Personals by Judy True Ask SHIP Sweet's Column by Barbara Sweet BIRTHDAYS November 7 – Diane Hanes November 11 – Rachael Ginder; Ma- rissa Sullivan Breidenbaugh November 15 – Melissa Ice True; Tracy Vinson November 17 – Shirley Blackburn November 20 – Dallas Ducharme; Justin Hyneman November 21 – Misti Collins; Lisa Blaize Thompson; Cathy Longabaugh Briner; Jean Tarner November 23 – Rick DeVoy November 24 – Rita Daffron Mc- Guyer November 25 – Jennifer Collins Kir- by; Mike Miller turns 56 November 26 – Sarah Hickrod Dep- uty November 27 – C.J. Kenoyer; Colton Dawson turns 17; Harley Alexander turns 13 November 28 – Angela Russell Kun- ze; Jessie Jones; Katie Longabaugh El- lis; Kevin Dillon November 30 – Mary Horrall Carter ANNIVERSARIES Betty and Jesse Oglesby will cele- brate their 12th wedding anniversary on November 14. Randy and Maggie (True) Arm- strong will celebrate their 14th wed- ding anniversary on November 14. PATOKA UMC HOLIDAY DINNER & BAZAAR The Patoka United Methodist Church will host their annual Holi- day Dinner and Bazaar on Saturday, November 18 from 3-7 p.m. CST at the Family Life Center located at 104 N.E. Mill St., Patoka. Menu includes turkey or ham, dressing, mashed po- tatoes, gravy, green beans or corn, cranberry salad, bread, apple butter, coffee, tea and dessert. Carry-outs will be available. The bazaar will feature handmade crafts, sweet treats, holiday items and apple butter for purchase. SOUP SUPPER NOVEMBER 18 The Union Community Church will host their annual Soup Supper on Sat- urday, November 18 from 3-7 p.m. EST at the community center. Menu includes choice of 15 -bean soup, chili, vegetable and potato soups, sandwich, dessert and drink. RUTH'S NEWS Tony Schroeder brought Ruth Mor- rison some apples and sweet potatoes on Wednesday afternoon. Tina Barrett went shopping for her mom on Tuesday afternoon after she had some cleaning for her. Debbie Alexander, Todd Morrison and Alan and Tina Barrett visited with Ruth on Friday. Tylar, Noah, Ronnie and Patty Mor- rison went shopping for a new dog re- cently and brought it home on Thurs- day. His name is Chief. Ruth received word from her great- niece Jackie Gourley of Mt. Carmel. Her mother Dixie Gourley has lung cancer and she may be going through surgery soon. Beth Sturgeon went to a doctor's ap- pointment in Evansville on Tuesday. Ruth talked to her sister in Liber- ty, Texas on Tuesday evening. Her son Mike is having cataract surgery next week on both eyes. Debbie Alexander visited with Ruth on Tuesday. Ronnie Morrison has a doctor's ap- pointment on Friday in Evansville. Lucy McKannan had an eye doctor's appointment this past Monday. WEEKLY TIDBITS On Wednesday, Luella White went to a restaurant in Princeton for the Han- sen Retirees gathering. They had a great time visiting. A fterwards Luel- la went to The Waters nursing home to visit her sister Betty Jones. On Tuesday, Randy Armstrong pur- chased a new truck after totaling his previous one on Sunday. Charlie and Betty Jo Wright went to church at Bunker Hill Baptist Church on Sunday in Vincennes. Rita McGuyer had her hair fixed on Sunday by her daughter Tish Johnson at her sister Faye Junkin's home. Later that day, Tish and her husband Mike went to Rita's home to fix the new fire- place. On Friday, Rita and her friend Joye went to meet their friend Carrie for lunch. On Wednesday, Rita's son Bucky McGuyer and his stepson Park- er visited with her. Later in the after- noon, Rita and Tish had lunch in Vin- cennes. Vera Potts enjoyed her daughter Barbara Potts, of Evansville, visiting on Monday. Esther Pancake went to Jasper with her neighbor to watch Grease. Lorrayne Perry is feeling better and wishes to thank everyone for their prayers and get-well wishes. Jim and Inez King enjoyed visits from their daughter Cindy Chanley on Monday and their other daughter Judy Elber on Thursday. Dessi Waple went to a doctor's ap- pointment on Wednesday and was cleared to return to work after her re- cent surgery. Margie Wheeler's granddaughter Tara Burris visited with her last week. Margie's sons Bill and Bob Sloan came out for dinner on Sunday. Charles and Shelba Shoultz and ma- ny family members attended the lovely autumn wedding of their granddaugh- ter Melissa Shoultz to Jacob Grear in New Harmony. Donna Horrall has been keeping busy recently by going to consign- ment auctions on Sunday afternoons with her son Bob and his wife Helen and her brother Roy. Donna went to a Ghost Feast ceremony with her son Steve and his tribe. Donna still enjoys playing bingo with her cousins. On Wednesday, her sister Wilma and her girls Jenni and Emily bring her dad out for their weekly meal together. Betty Cain enjoyed a visit from her son Curt Cain and her daughter Can- dy Hunt and her children last week. Betty Jo and Charlie Wright went to a doctor's appointment recently for a blood draw before going to the phar- macy to pick up prescriptions. Marylee Sullivan went to the JAM club meeting at her church. A fter- wards she went to Amber Manor to visit with a few friends. Marylee Sulli- van's brother and sister-in-law Jim and Ruthie English joined her in visiting with friends at the nursing home. Sue Ellen Barton went to the visita- tion for Mary Reinhart recently at Col- vin Funeral Home in Princeton. Her son Derek Barton attended both the visitation and funeral. Tim Schnapf has been out of town recently visiting his fiancée in Texas. John Salm went shopping in Ken- tucky on Saturday with his wife Beth. Kathy Ritcheson and family went to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to watch her grandson Kaleb Ritcheson play football last week. Peggy Carroll and her cousin Deb- bie Schnapf went shopping on Satur- day in Evansville. Leon and Alice Whittington went to Princeton one day last week to do some shopping. They also watched their granddaughter in a school pro- gram at Bethel Christian School on the south side of Princeton. On Thursday, Leon and Alice went grocery shopping before Alice had to return to the office. We have so many people ill, in the hospital or nursing homes. I hope ev- eryone is feeling better and on the mend. SUBMIT YOUR NEWS If you'd like to see your news and events in the Personals Column, call Judy at (812) 354-6502 or email your notes to pikepersonals@wildblue.net. My mailing address is 7438 W. State Rd. 56, Hazleton, IN 47640. We'd love to hear from you and share your hap- penings. Hi stars and welcome to this big stage we call Sweets Column, all lit up in fall-like colors and dec- orated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or an- niversary in the week of November 16 -22, so come on up onto this big stage and take a bow. November 16 – Made- line Messmer Montee and Dewayne Spaw turns 50 years. November 17 – Keanon Hartley turns 15 years, Brooklyn Storm Mc- Laughlin turns 9 years, and Dalton Miller turns 22 years. November 18 – Sophie Carnahan turn 14 years, Peggy Hinkle turns 70 years, Tammy Moss, and Dalton and Lucretia Miller will celebrate their first year. November 19 – Donnie Stephens turns 65 years and Johanna Izabell Sweet turns 9 years. November 20 – Patrick and Dana Harrison will celebrate 15 years and Steve and Deidre Mills will celebrate 35 years. November 21 – Allesha Sisk, Jamie Sharp, and Betty White turns 94 years. November 22 – James Travis turns 17 years, Delores Hensley turns 59 years, Thelma Donnelly Russo, and John and Sarah Vinnedge will cele- brate 6 years. May all our stars have a really great day and may all your wishes come true. Keep in your heart and in your prayers all your stars who need that card, visit, phone call, or that daily thought to help them have a brighter day. Baby Braden Freson, who is now 4 weeks old, had a blood transfusion last Thursday and he is brother to twin Kayden, who is home with mom, Shay- na. Grandparents are Matt and Cindy Raney here in Winslow. Katy Aldridge looks good. Arvle, Mildred, Janice, Ju- nior, Benny, Annabel, Terri Ann, Don- na, George and Deby, and those with the sniffles, colds, and then those with the daily aches and pains of everyday life. Events coming up in Winslow and the surrounding areas are: November 15 – Spurgeon Auxilia- ry meets at 7 p.m. at the Fire Station. November 16 – Winslow Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Trading Post. November 16 – Pike Coun- ty Moms Group meets at 7 p.m. at the Otwell United Methodist Church. November 20 – Winslow Girl Scout Troop will meet at 6 p.m. at the House of Mercy Church basement. Young girls, this is a great group and they have fun in whatever activity they have and you are invited to come and check it out. November 23 – Thanksgiving Day – Family and friends will get together to give Thanks for the year and all the blessings that have come. Winslow Seniors meet on Monday and Tuesday at the Snyder Communi- ty Center. Petersburg Seniors meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fri- day at the Courthouse Basement. Postcards this week at Sweets Col- umn Winslow, IN 47598 were none, but a note was handed to me from Norm who got it from Chris Hornby of the Ig- loo. The Igloo is now serving breakfast from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. so, now you can go to the Igloo, on Main Street north of town, and you can get some ice cream also. I had said last week that my Mom, Mildred, had left Monday but she stayed until Saturday instead. She had a visitor on Thursday from Joret- ta Nichols and they both smiled a lot. Friday into Saturday is when Terri Ann came down to go through family pic- tures for the Family Reunion and Fam- ily. Mom had a good time as she talk- ed with Kyana and she loved all the an- imals that live here also. I also mentioned that my sister Ter- ri Ann and Ted went with two other couples to one of the Carolinas. Well, they all got back Wednesday and then most of them left again in all different directions, the ones who stayed home were Terri Ann and the wife of anoth- er couple. They all had a great time by the Atlantic Ocean where they got their feet wet, saw the dolphins, picked up some shells on the white sands. The trip down there and back was in mostly rain but when they got there the rain stopped so they could enjoy the relax- ing atmosphere outside and in their meetings. When George and Deby came up, more apples were brought to hopeful- ly make apple butter. They were also busy this past two weeks by cutting down a tree in Kelly's yard and then picked up about 1,000 apples from the trees. We almost gave them some wal- nuts but everyone that was cracked open had no good meat or nothing in- side, and that tree was loaded this year. The Winslow Girl Scout Troop 211 has been busy selling some discount cards where if you plan to eat out they would come in handy at places in the surrounding counties, they are $10 a card, if you are interested please get a hold of a Girl Scout Troop member, they stop selling them on November 20th. The Pike Central S.A.D.D. pro- gram members are selling, in a wish list book, items that you may need or want for a gift. This ends on Novem- ber 17th and Kyana is in this program. We all hope that all our Veterans of all Wars had a day filled with the joy of family as you were told Thank You for Your Service to Keep Us All Free. We also have coming up on No- vember 23, Thanksgiving Day, where Thanksgiving of our years will be blessed with family and friends. So if you don't actually see the family and friends they are always in your heart when you have the celebration of Thankfulness for just having the most wonderful year. Since this is Fall or Autumn the trees have been so colorful all around the Pike, Gibson, and Dubois Counties areas. As the rain and wind has come again just about all of the trees have lost their beautiful colors of leaves, cause they are all on the ground for the mulching or raking up for com- post. There is a compost area by the Winslow Sports Field for those leaves or contact Ralph Bertram. I believe this is all the ramblings this week that I wrote down but as you got older you do forget. Anyway as the lights begin to dim, keep an eye on family and friends, even if you just listen, slow down, and look at all the amazing beauty we have outside your door, and always smile, wave and say Hi to everyone you see this week. Don't forget the fall taxes to pay. The Press-Dispatch Join the new 812-354-8500 | www.pressdispatch.net *By enrolling in the Birthday Club, you agree to have your name, town and birth- day, or the person's name and town and birthday of whom you are enrolling, printed in e Press-Dispatch on the week in which the birthday occurs. Joining is easy! Send your: Full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@pressdispatch.net.* One winner is drawn at the end of each month. Each week, a list of birthdays will be published in the paper! You could win a FREE PRIZE from area businesses and a three-month subscription to e Press-Dispatch. Q: I am turning 65 and will be new to Medicare in just a few days. 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