Community digest 6/18/07

Dinner, auction to help fund Huffman reward

A dinner and silent auction, being held from 6:30 to midnight Friday at the Jackson Elks Lodge, will benefit the reward fund for information about Bonnie Huffman, a 20-year-old schoolteacher murdered in 1954. Music and karaoke is by Charlie's Music Revue. There will be door prizes, a cash bar and a 50/50 drawing. For more information, call Wanda at 794-2524. Admission will be collected at the door.

Dinner, silent auction to benefit Taylor Dudley

A benefit dinner and auction for 9-year-old Taylor Dudley will be held at St. Joseph School, 606 Sycamore St. in Scott City. She is the daughter of Norman and Amy Dudley of Scott City and was diagnosed with stage IV lymphoblastic lymphoma. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be at 7 Saturday. Taylor is receiving treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. All money raised will help her family with medical and travel expenses. Advance tickets are available by contacting Chryss Rhymer at (573) 264-1281. Monetary donations can be mailed to Security Bank and Trust Co., c/o Taylor Dudley Benefit, 1514 Main St., Scott City, Mo. 63780.

Sweetcorn pageants deadline approaching

Deadline for the not-for-profit 2007 East Prairie Sweetcorn pageants, open to area girls ages 13 to 21, is Saturday. No registration, entries or changes may be made on the day of the contest. The pageants will be held at 6:30 p.m. June 28 at the East Prairie High School auditorium. Eight categories in three age groups are available. Spectators will be charged admission. For more information, contact Kandi Staples at (573) 649-2702 or Jean Barksdale at (573) 649-2479. Forms and information are available at www.geocities.com/epfourthpageant.

Beussink family reunion set for Sunday in Leopold

The Beussink family reunion will begin with a noon basket dinner Sunday at the Leopold KC Hall. For more information call 243-4847.

Modern Woodmen of America hold dinners

The monthly camp dinner for Modern Woodmen of America Camp No. 4902 is from 4:30 to 7 p.m. June 26 at Frontier in Fruitland, 5841 U.S. 61 in Jackson. The Modern Woodmen of America Camp No. 8116 will hold its monthly camp dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. June 27 at Ponderosa, 1301 S. Perryville Blvd., Perryville, Mo. All Modern Woodmen members are invited to attend. Contact Betty Jones at 243-3261, 651-0030 or 243-5868 for more information.

Fulbright Family Assoc.holds weekend reunion

The 2007 Fulbright Family Association Reunion will be held June 29 to July 1 in Cape Girardeau. The Fulbright Family Association is a group of more than 200 descendants of 18th-century German immigrants Johann Wilhelm and Andreas Volbrecht. Descendants of both men settled early in Cape Girardeau County, and married into the Bollinger, Crites, Jaco, Link, Statler, Taylor and many other local families. Plans for the reunion include a reception June 29 at the Red House Interpretive Center, a tour of Fulbright-related sites in Cape Girardeau County, a picnic at Bollinger Mill State Park and a banquet at Port Cape in downtown Cape Girardeau. Anyone interested in attending should contact Bill Eddleman at 335-1507.

­-- From staff reports