Odds & Ends
by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN
April showers bring May flowers. If we have as many flowers as we had showers, there will be very few flowers. Today (Sunday) it looks promising but hope it’s just rains and not the terrible tornados several towns have suffered through. Even though Ray and I are no longer ranchers or farmers, we still have concern for those who put many hours of hard labor, lots of money and hopes in their crops and herds. We know, we have “been there and done that.” Ray always had a lot of faith. As he once said, “I have so much faith, I don’t even have a spare tire in my pickup.” He did not have one; someone always came by to give him a hand.
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St. John Men’s Fellowship Annual Barbeque, Open Car Show, Raffle and Silent Auction are almost ready. It will be held May 21 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the church grounds. The car show starts at 10:30 a.m. and for all registered cars, door prizes will be given every 30 minutes. Barbeque plates include two meats, potato salad, beans (all home made), pickles, onions, bread, tea and dessert (homemade cake). Adults $8 and children’s plate (one meat) will be $4. Raffle is for a gas barbeque pit, which comes with a barbeque meat package. There will also be a silent auction. Contributions for the meal and silent auction are needed; sign-up sheet is in the back of the church. Come spend the day and join in the fun.
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The annual meeting of the Uhland Live Oak Cemetery Association was held Saturday, April 30 at Immanuel Baptist Church. Several items of business on the agenda were discussed and voted on. Rick Kirchhoff of Austin was voted to serve on the board. A salad/dessert lunch was enjoyed by about 25 of the members.
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Gladys Sorrells returned home last Saturday, after spending some time in Austin visiting with Tim, Debbie and Mia Sorrells. While there, she enjoyed watching Mia’s soccer game.
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Get well wishes go to Pauline Schwertfeger of Temple, who was hospitalized in Scott & White Hospital in Temple. Mike, her son, reported that she had pneumonia.
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Ladies of St. John Lutheran Church Women’s Guild, don’t forget the meeting on Saturday, May 7 at noon. It’s a carry-in lunch in the Fellowship Hall.
