Meet Me
On Main Shop and Stroll on second Wednesdays, will take place November 8 from
4:00 – 7:00 p.m. The following
businesses will be open extended hours for your convenience: Jina’s Junque,
Rural Roots, 3 Wishes, Cork & Keg, Bluebird Lounge and the Appleton City
Library.
St. Clair
County Cattlemen’s Annual Meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Friday, November 3, 2023 at
Top of the World Barn. The speaker will
be MCA Past President, Patty Wood. A meal
will be provided. Please RSVP to Lawanna Salmon.
The
GFWC-Achievers 43rd Auction will be held 6:00 p.m. Monday November 13
in the ACHS West Building commons area in Appleton City. You will find gift baskets, baked goods,
great gift ideas, door prizes and a chance to win the jackpot in the 50/50
drawing. Col. Jack Fennewald will be the
auctioneer/entertainer. If you are looking for an evening of fun, come join them.
Homemade pie will be served. Everyone is
welcome. As in the past, this group of Federated Women are again raising monies
for another local project.
Ellett
Memorial Hospital and Appleton City Rural Health Clinic will honor our Veterans
and their spouses for Veteran's Day on Friday, November 10. The EMH staff will
serve a biscuit and gravy breakfast in the dining room from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. These men and women are very much honored
and very much appreciated for all that they have done. Thank you for your
courage and putting your country first. Thank you each and every day for
protecting our country, for your bravery, and for all that you do to make this
country safe. We are grateful for your service and dedication.
The
Montrose VFW Post 8820 Annual Fry will be held 6:00 p.m. November 10 at the
Montrose VFW Hall. The menu includes fried fish, mountain oysters, cole slaw,
baked beans, homestyle fries, hush puppies and dessert. Drinks will be extra. Adults are $15, children 6-12 $10, children 5
and under are free with an adult. Takeout is available. There will also be gun
and crossbow raffles this year. Everyone is welcome.
On
November 11, the Montrose Class of 2026 is hosting the Deer Hunters Breakfast
from 5:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the Montrose School cafeteria. The menu is biscuits with sausage gravy,
scrambled eggs, homemade cinnamon rolls and drinks. Free will donation will be accepted. Also, the Montrose Class of 2024 will be
hosting a Holiday Mart that will be held in the Montrose School gym beginning
at 10:00 a.m. and will end at 2:00 p.m.
Come and see all the creative vendors.
If you are interested in having a booth, the cost is $40. Contact Jenny Rohaus at 660-351-2465. It's a great time to get some early Christmas
shopping done. The Montrose class of 2024
will also have a bake sale.
While
you're shopping, you can enjoy some lunch sponsored by the Montrose Class of
2025. Lunch will be served from 11:00-2:00
p.m. The menu is soup/chili, grilled cheese,
apple slices/caramel. A freewill
donation will be appreciated.
The
Montrose Class of 2026 is selling raffle tickets for a set of handmade cornhole
boards and bags through November 11.
Tickets cost $10 ea. or 3 for $25.
Drawing will be held at 2:00 p.m. during the Holiday Mart at Montrose
School. No need to be present to
win.
FarmHouse
Kitchen and Sumo's Pub will re-open for regular hours on Tuesday November 7.
December
2, the MKT Depot will be open for the Christmas in the County Craft Show.
Celebrate the start of the Christmas season by picking up hand crafted items
from local artists, candy makers and bakers.
Several booth spaces are available. They would be glad to have you join them. Contact Patty Bartz by email at [email protected] with Depot craft show
in subject line. She will reply back or
mail you an application. The Depot craft show is sponsored by Appleton City
Landmarks Restoration, Inc.
A jacket
was left at the Depot after the ACLR Baked Potato Lunch on October 18. It can
be picked up at City Hall during regular business hours.
The
Montrose boys cross country team finished 2nd at the district track
meet to qualify for the State Meet Saturday in Columbia. Individual qualifiers are Carson Rohaus and
Carson Steward. For the girls,
individual qualifiers are Kelsey Carter and Kate Wareham.
Many
community members have reached out to show support for 8 year old Hudson Logan
who was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital on October 14 following an incident
while playing with friends. The
following opportunities have been set up by multiple community members: Free
will donation fish fry with gun raffle November 4 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Adam
Strope’s shop 10300 NW 1001 Rd. Appleton City; Hudson Logan Love Fund at St.
Clair County State Bank; Gun Raffle (Remington 870 Shotgun/Henry Lever Action
.22) Purchase tickets at Powell’s True Value (Limited tickets being sold); #Huddle4Huddy
T-shirts available through Rural Roots/Kalie Dains and Bake sale at the November
3 ACHS football game.
Ellett
Memorial Hospital Appleton City offers outpatient specialist services for
November, 2023. Call 660-476-2111 for appointments: Nov 2– OB/GYN, Dr.
Kallberg, Nov 8 – Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Vardakis, Nov 10 - Ortho-Dr. Gray,
Nov 14 – Rheumatology-Dr. John, Nov 15 – Upper GI, Colonoscopy-Dr. Vardakis,
Nov 16– Podiatry- Dr. Pace, Nov 22 - Ortho-Dr. Gray, Nov 29 – Ophthalmology –
Dr. Soni.
Daylight
Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 5.
Remember to set your clocks back one hour. Fire Departments also
recommend that it is a good time to change the batteries in your smoke
detectors.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nov
5 Daylight Savings time ends. Set
clocks back 1 hour
Nov
8 Meet Me On Main Street shopping 4:00
– 7:00 p.m.
Nov
10 Veterans Day and activities
Nov 10 Montrose VFW Fry 6:00 p.m. at the VFW Hall in
Montrose
Nov
11 Breakfast, Holiday Mart, bake sale
and lunch at Montrose High School
Nov 12 Knights of Columbus pancake and sausage breakfast at the Knights Hall in Montrose 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.