Dexter, Missouri – The American Legion Kenady-Hanks Post 59 will host their Annual Ham & Bean Dinner on Saturday, November 8th from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
You will receive a delicious Ham & Bean Dinner with cornbread, fried potatoes, a home-made dessert and a drink for just $5.00.
They will also have people from John J. Pershing Veterans Hospital on hand to answer questions and to sign people up for VA Benefits. They will be there at 9:00 a.m. and it is a drop in event, no appointment necessary.
Dexter, Missouri - Stoddard County Shop With a Hero program will be accepting enrollment during the month of November. This wonderful program provides a shopping trip for children at Christmas and is sponsored by the emergency response personnel in Stoddard County.
Criteria for the program:
1. Must be 3 - 10 years of age
2. Live in Stoddard County
3. Qualify for free lunch program in their school district
The first 300 children that qualify will be enrolled. Those enrolling should bring proof of free lunch qualification, a birth certificate for the child and proof of current address.
The enrollment dates and times are Tuesday, November 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 12th from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and Thursday, November 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Stoddard County 911 Services office located at 512 Cooper Street in Dexter.
If you would like to donate to the Stoddard County Shop with a Hero program please contact the Stoddard County 911 Services office at (573) 624-9086.
Dexter, Missouri – Each year the Dexter Elks Lodge travels Stoddard County and delivers dictionaries to 3rd grade students. Last week they stopped Central Elementary in Dexter.
This is the 5th year they have endeavored to give each and every student their own dictionary. Mary French of Charleston, South Carolina founded the Dictionary Project in 1995. The Dexter elks have distributed over 2,000 dictionaries and worldwide well over one million dictionaries have been given to 3rd graders by Elks Members.
For more than 20 years the local Masonic Lodge has offered a Ham & Bean Dinner twice each year to raise money for local Lodge improvements, Little League Baseball, and each year they adopt families for Christmas.
The event will be hosted on Monday, October 27th from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Carry-outs are available. You receive a delicious ham & bean dinner including cole slaw, corn bread, a home-made dessert and drink. Cost is only $4.00 at the door, but if you purchse a ticket in advance it's only $3.00. Either way you get a wonderful home cooked meal for a great price and help local families!
Bloomfield, Missouri - The 6th Corp Living History Group of St. Louis will host the 2nd annual WW II Re-enactment at the Stars & Stripes Museum in Bloomfield this weekend, October 16th - October 19th. This year displays about the Korean War will also be included. Visitors will be able to visit the camp sites and take part in the following events:
8:30 a.m. The event will open with a memorial service in the Veterans Cemetery
9:00 a.m. The event will open to the public. There is a $5.00 charge per car entrance fee
10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Holocaust survivor Ben Fainer will be telling his story in the library at the Stars and Stripes Museum. As a young boy, Ben was a prisoner for six years in six different Nazi camps and liberated by American soldiers while on a death-march in the spring of 1945. He immigrated to St. Louis with his young wife and had a successfully career in the garment industry.
10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Re-enactors will give equipment and uniform demonstrations
2:00 p.m. The Bloomfield High School Choir will perform.
5:00 p.m. The event closes to the public.
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