Tecumseh news: July 12, 2017
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Another summer day, and we are feeling the summer heat. Air conditioners are going, thanks to White River Valley Electric Co-op. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s2">Many thanks to those who helped celebrate another birthday with me Sunday at The Center. Special thanks to my friend Lynn Bentele, who set up the tables in the room for our family and friends. We had the fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings along with my birthday cake that my daughters provided. I believe everyone enjoyed it very much. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Those friends joining us were my good friends and neighbor Wilbern Uchtman, Arlene Smith, Angie Lovan and her girls, cousin Helen Conardy, my niece Carol Aronis and her husband Paul, daughter Karen Davis and husband Dave, daughter Kris Luebbert, granddaughter Alexus Owens and Kris’s coworker Bruce from Abilene, Kansas, Lyndon and Linaia Pitcock and their granddaughters Chloe and Quinn Wright from Fair Grove, and my granddaughter Dana Taylor and her husband Chet from Brixey.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">My niece Carol Aronis’ husband Paul, who is a dispatcher for truck traffic from Mount Vernon for our area and Greene County, was able to join us because he took off from work Sunday although he was on call.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Helen Conardy celebrated her birthday June 30. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Dean Davis of Lawrence, Kansas, had a 77th birthday on July 9.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">I have been enjoying the day lilies that are blooming profusely. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Simone Dixon and her daughter came by Monday morning and brought a special bouquet of roses and a birthday card from my good friend Matt Dixon. Best wishes to him for his health to improve.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Times correspondent Linnie Ingram, seated right, enjoyed having her family gather recently for her 95th birthday, which was July 1. Seated beside Linnie is her niece, Carol Aronis of Springfield. Standing, from left, her children, Marlyn Pitcock of Forsyth, Karen Davis of Udall, Lyndon Pitcock of Fair Grove and Kris Luebbert of Tecumseh. Twenty-two family members gathered with Linnie for fried chicken dinner Sunday at The Center in Gainesville. Those attending included Karen Davis and husband Dave of Udall and their daughters, Lisa Keller and husband Dan, and Dana Taylor and husband Chet; grandson Keith Davis, Marlyn Pitcock and wife Charlene of Forsyth and grandkids Sierra, Michael, Alex and Olivia, Lyndon Pitcock and wife Linaia of Fair Grove and their granddaughters Chloe and Quin, Kris Luebbert and her granddaughter Alexus and guest Bruce Robson from Abilene, Kansas, niece Carol Aronis and husband Paul, and Linnie’s cousin Helen Conardy of Gainesville. Several friends also stopped by to say hello and wish Linnie a happy birthday. </span></p>

