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H.C. Blevins, first place quart ol oysters; Charles Kempf, second place Hackley’s T-shirt and Nancy Nicholas, third place $5 worth Christmas candy.
Winners in the Mayhugh’s Store drawing were 15 or 20 people, receiving several gifts, including turkeys, a watch, stuffed animals, caps, key chains, ect.
Winners of the Ruritan Club’s Christmas Decorations Contest were Tom and Linda Dart, first place turkey, case of soda; James and Bertha Jacobs, second place case of soda and fruit cake; Mike and Faye Smoot, third place, case of soda and fruit cake.
The Ruritan Club’s monthly meetings have been changed to the third Thursday of each month. The
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