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Francis and Joyce Coffin of rural Birmingham will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-5 p.m. March 8 at the Douds Community Building in Douds.Joyce Shirley Skirvin and Francis Raymond Coffin were married March 8, 1964, at Birmingham United Methodist Church. The Rev. Albert R. McMurrin officiated, and their attendants were James Ford and Linda Schmidt Ford.Their couple?s ...

Gamma Circle meeting ThursdayGamma Circle of First Presbyterian Church will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at The Oaks at Parkview Care Center.Sandy Gillaspie will be hostess, and Evelyn Bradfield will be co-hostess.Vera Young will have devotions, and Jean Wallace will have the program on Lesson 3.

?Barney? and Verda Baird of Fairfield will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary March 6 after being married on a beautiful balmy day in 1954 at the Harrison Avenue Methodist Church in Burlington.An open house is planned from 2-4 p.m. March 9 at the McElhinny House in Fairfield. No gifts are requested.Cards can be sent to the Bairds at 2791 240th St., Fairfield 52556.The Bairds started farming in the ...

Several area churches are planning special meals and services for Ash Wednesday next week.First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has scheduled an Ash Wednesday service at 6 p.m. Wednesday.First Lutheran Church is planning an Ash Wednesday service, with Holy Communion, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.First Presbyertian Church will observe Ash Wednesday with a simple supper at 5 p.m., followed by an Ash Wednesday ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: sloppy joe on bun, sweet potato fries, green beans, orange, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, ...

Orders are due before March 14 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available next month.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org.The pickup date will be at 8 a.m. March 29 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? More than 100 men will appear as part of the Iowa State Statesmen Chorus concert at 7:30 p.m. March 6 at United Methodist Church in Washington, Iowa.The concert is sponsored by the Washington Concert Association.The chorus will perform traditional and contemporary male chorus literature.The group was founded in 2000 and is one of the region?s leading men?s choirs.Tickets may be purchased at ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham library board will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the library.???The Rebekah Circle of the Birmingham Methodist church will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Barb Jamison is the hostess.???The Bimingham Lions Club is having a waffle and pancake, sausage supper at 5 p.m. March 8 at the Birmingham Lions Building.? Arlene Lyon,Ledger correspondent

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled blood drives in Packwood and Fairfield.In Packwood, Pekin High School student council will sponsor a blood drive from 10:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. March 5 in the school?s commons, formerly its cafeteria.For an appointment, contact teacher Tim Magill at tim.magill@pekincsd.org or 319-695-3705 or a student council member.Donors who last gave blood on or ...

Mary ?Margaret? Rusk Newlon of Fairfield will be celebrating her 103rd birthday Sunday with her family.Mrs. Newlon was born March 2, 1911, in Kirkwood, Ill., the daughter of Fred and Edna Stevenson Rusk. She is a longtime resident of Fairfield, as was her late husband Willis Newlon.Mrs. Newlon has one daughter, Mary E. Fleig of Fairfield, and one son, the late Robert Newlon. She has five grandchildren, eight ...

Sharon McCleary and Laverne Payne of Agency were married Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at the Silver Sky Chapel in Las Vegas, Nev., with the Rev. David W. Leslie officiating.After spending time in Arizona and Texas, the couple are residing at their home in Agency.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Local farmers Sandy and Ron Black have directed a $2,500 donation to Cradle of Hope.Funded by America?s Farmers Grow Communities, the donation will help the group enhance its educational curriculum to teach young women more about pregnancy, newborn care, parenting and nutrition.?This donation will enable us to counsel and reach out to women in Fairfield to help them deal with unplanned pregnanci...