Source: Appleton City, Mo., Journal Date: 4 September 1947 Submitter: Cheryl K. Bell Surprise Visitors Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Ammons were happily surprised Friday night when their daughter, Mrs. Harold Clark, and family arrived from Bothell, Washington. They took dinner Sunday in the Glenn Ammons home. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Ammons had all of their children and grandchildren present. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clark, Sharon and Linda; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lewis and Karen of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. Bishop and Bonnie, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hoffman and Ronnie, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ammons, Elaine and Judy, all of Appleton City; Mr. and Mrs. Amel Attebury, Keith and Beverly of Rockville. OUR HUDSON CORRESPONDENT ESCAPES HEAT FOR A WHILE Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Piepmeier, H. J. and Cara Jean, returned home last Wednesday from a 12 day trip to Detroit, Mich. to visit their daughter and sister, Mrs. L. E. Wilson, and Mr. Wilson who had taken a cottage on Oxbow Lake near Pontiac, Mich., for their stay. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson they saw a number of interesting and beautiful places, going to Belle Isle, also crossing the Detroit river into Canada to see the country around Windsor. On their return, they stopped near Chicago for a short visit with Mrs. Piepmeier's niece, Mrs. Paul Hyndman, and family. Mrs. Hyndman was the former Miss Jean Routsong. The local people then travelled through some of the dairy and farming sections of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa and report crops badly hurt by the drought. Upon entering Missouri they stopped at Macon for a short but enjoyable chat with Dr. Lena Mauck. Injured by Kicking Horse Kenneth Allison received quite a cut on the back of his head when a horse he was spraying kicked and knocked him backward on a rock. Two stitches were taken in his head. Mt. Zion Correspondent. Brother of Chas. Dinges Dies At Lexington, Ky. Charles Dingus of this city received word of the death of a brother, Dr. L. R. Dingus, which occurred on Sunday at the home in Lexington, Kentucky. He was 71 years old and the first of a family of eight brothers and sisters to die. Mr. Dingus had lived in Lexington about 25 years and was a member of the faculty of Transylvania College in that city. Mr. Dingus traveled extensively, having made two trips to Germany where he did research work. Surviving are his wife and a daughter of the home, five brothers and two sisters, all living in different states. Funeral and burial services were at Lexington Wednesday of this week, Chas. Dingus being unable to attend. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Bell ====================================================================