Bingo Saturday in Ellinger

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce will be hosting Bingo, on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Ellinger Community Center. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and games start at 6 p.m.

La Grange Class of 1965 The 1965 La Grange High School class will be having its 57h class reunion on Saturday, Oct. 1. Members and spouses will gather at the Prairie Valley Dining Hall in West Point. Registration gets underway at 11 a.m. A social hour will be from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, and a photo session will follow at 12:15 p.m. A catered meal will be served at 12:30 p.m. The menu will consist of grilled chicken, brisket, and sausage, along with all the trimmings. A class meeting and drawing for door prizes will follow the meal. Classmates from Ellinger include Tom Kubena, Mary Vrazel, Dorothy Orsak, and Larry Bartosh.

Ellinger VFD The Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire east of Ellinger at a nearby ranch off of State Hwy. 71 on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 1:11 p.m. It was reported that a controlled burn quickly spread and ignited surrounding pasture.

The Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. They will drill on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. at the La Grange Fire Station. Training will include electrical hazards, downed power lines, overhead power line hazards, underground power line hazards, solar energy, pole and grass fires, and electric vehicles. This first responder training session will be presented by Fayette Electric.

On Saturday afternoon Sept. 17 the Ellinger community received 1.3 inches of rain along with high winds. Pastures and lawns needed the rainfall. Even though most of the county has received some rainfall in the past weeks please be careful with outdoor burning. Volunteer fire departments are being dispatched to grass fires started by controlled burns. Fayetteville Brethren Church Fayetteville Brethren Church has services the second, third, and fourth Saturdays of each month at 10 a.m. Other services are at Industry Brethren on the second, third and fourth Saturdays at 5 p.m., Wesley Brethren on Sundays at 9 a.m. and Nelsonville Brethren on Sundays at 10:15 a.m.

Birthdays Birthday Wishes are extended to the following September celebrants: Denise Kubena and Margie Stardig-27; EJ Koehl- 29; and Jonathon Cook and Larry Bartosh-30.