FYI 5/16/10

Joint Veterans plan Memorial Day event

The Joint Veterans will host their annual Memorial Day services at 11 a.m. May 31, at the Osage Community Centre in Cape Girardeau. The band will play at 10:30 a.m., and the guest speaker will be Lt. Andrew Rogers. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Deborah Griffen at 204-0254.

Holiday services at national cemetery

The Mound City National Cemetery will hold Memorial Day services at 10 a.m. May 20 in Mound City, Ill. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Gary Trexler will present the welcoming remarks, and Steve Crain will be the featured speaker. There also will be a display of American flags along the Avenue of Flags as well as flags on the graves placed there by Boy and Girl Scouts. For more information, contact Clay Bierbaum, program coordinator, at 618-748-9428 or 618-306-2553.

Bethel 60 has 40th anniversary dinner

The Job's Daughters of Bethel 60 will celebrate its 40 anniversary from 3 to 6 p.m. June 5 at the Jackson Masonic Temple. The Bethel 60 daughters are inviting former members and adults that have been a part of the group to join in the celebration. The reception will include the installation of new officers at 1 p.m. Participants can bring pictures or scrapbooks to share memories. For more information on the group or the anniversary event, contact Ruth Masterson at r_masterson@sbcglobal.net or 243-3001 or Rodney Pensel at 204-0120.

Ford family reunion planned for June

The Ford family reunion will be held June 12 in Cape County Park South. The reunion will begin at 10 a.m. in shelter No. 22. Descendants of Albert C. and Nicey Sheppard Ford are invited to attend. For more information, call Ella Jean Pleasant at 243-5296.

Crader family plans reunion next month

The Crader family reunion will be June 13 at Cape County Park North shelter No. 4. The Crader Cemetery board meeting will be at 11 a.m. A business meeting with the group will begin at 11:30 a.m. Members of the Crader family may bring food to share and soft drinks for lunch at noon. The reunion celebrates the 150th year of the Crader Cemetery. There will be a Cemetery board election for a treasurer and a member at large. Crader family members ask those who do not attend the reunion to contribute toward maintenance of the cemetery.