(Sheldon) – Mr. and Mrs. Dan Schlotman presented a color slide travelogue of the 2200 mile conducted bus tour of England and Scotland they had taken in August when the Sheldon Senior Citizens met on October 16. There were forty-three persons in attendance at the pot-luck dinner hostessed by Rose LeSage and Doris Long. Mrs. Long gave the invocation before the meal.
Nurses from the Iroquois County Public Health Service gave free flue shots to eighteen members. Some members also had a blood pressure check. President Clara Ingalls conducted the business session. Secretary Laverna Marshall read the account of the September meeting and Harry Brubaker gave the financial report. Lillie Arseneau, Florence Bonnett and Martha Sabo observed October birthdays. Sixteen Sheldon Seniors had attended the September meeting of the Martinton Good Neighbors Club.
John Kuntz, Iroquois County Clerk and Recorder, will be present at the November meeting to give instructions on the use of the voting machines which will be used in coming elections.
Recipe blanks were distributed for members to submit favorite recipes to be used in compiling a cookbook to be sold to the benefit of the Volunteer Services projects.
A donation of $20 was voted from the treasury to the Iroquois County Transportation Service which provides multiple trips and telecare transportation. The Sheldon Senior Citizens will ride on the mini-van to Bloomington on Wednesday, October 31 to visit the Beich Candy Factory. Gk
Source
Watseka Spirit, 24 Oct 1979