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Coming Events:
VISITING ELEVEN POINT? TO LEARN MORE, Go to Web-site:Visit Alton MOand click on CANOEING 1, 2 or 3 and VACATIONING ON ELEVEN POINT or go to Floating and Fishingand click on "maps & directions" as well as other information.
Also go to: Web-site: Camping in Oregon Co, MO to see a camp site near the Eleven Point.
May 10: There will be a benefit at the Alton School Multipurpose Building for Ryan Mendenhall.
May 11: Ozarks Home Gardening and Sustainable Living Festival will be Mother's Day, May 11th, from 10 AM - 6 PM. It's free. Free demonstrations and workshops throughout the day. From Rover, MO, take DD Hwy east and follow the signs. 417-764-3698. Ask for Mary.
May 12: University Extension invites you to an open house & cookout on the Oregon County courthouse lawn 11 am - 1 pm, thanking Stacy Hambelton for his service & dedication to this county. For more information call 417-778-7490.
MO University Extension continues their search for Century Farms. Call 417-778-7490 and ask for an application.
May 12: The Chamber of Commerce meeting will be noon at the VFW Bldg.
May 17 & 31: Friends of Scouts ATV Rodeo will be at Alton MO Fairground.
June 8-13: The Freewill Baptist Churches TEEN CAMP begins June 8th. at Niangua. Call 270-0097 for more information.
June 25-28: ALTON Missouri's BRUSH ARBOR MEETING sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance, will meet at 7 PM on the Wallace & Owens Parking Lot. SPEAKERS: Rev. John Williams and Rev. Zack Williams.
June 29: Alton Area Freewill Baptist Churches & United Baptist Fifth Sunday Night Sing will be at Smyrna FWB Church, June 29th. 6:30 PM. Call 270-0097 if your church would like included.
Coming up in Aug: Freewill Baptist Children's CAMP will be at Niangua, MO. For more information, call 270-0097

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The Alton Advertiser
YOUR HOME TOWN ADVERTISING SOURCE
is FREE to the public, published weekly, by Crider Bookkeeping - Alton MO 65606 with a circulation of 825 to 875 each week. Ads that are received by Monday 5 PM, are in that week's paper. Phone is 417-778-7295.

Picture at right is at the corner of Old and Market Street.
1.At left: Joe & Ruth Crider's 50th. Anniversary, State Representative Mike Dethrow of District 153, presented them a HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 4091, adopted June 20, 2007 from the MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and signed by Representative Mike Dethrow and Speaker Rod Jetton.
To see pictures, go to Our 50th Anniversary
2. Daughter of Joe & Ruth Crider.
3. Stacey Hambleton from MU Extension, presents Dwight Holmes a plaque for 21+ years of service to Oregon County.
4. May 8, 2007: Alex Hodges (center) is recipient of Alton Area Chamber of Commerce $200 Scholarship. From left: Joe Crider, Vice Pres. & Chairman of Scholarship Committee; Alex Hodges and his Dad: James Hodges.
5. April 23rd. Ava Johnson (wife of Thaine Johnson) of Alton bagged this 24 lb. to turkey at 7:30 AM on their property in Oregon Co. She was using a 12 gauge shotgun from about 35 yards. The turkey has a 10 inch beard and 1 inch spurs.
6.Jason Roberts, author of Moments of Victory, signing a copy for Joe Crider.
7.At Greer Campgrounds.
8.Host at Campgrounds.
9.Alton Ambulance Shed.
10. Eleven Point River.
11.Crowd begins to gather as they wait for the Christms Parade: "Christmas Blessings 2007" in Alton, sponsored by the Culture Club.
12: Local Churches worked together to prepare for an Old Fashioned Brush Arbor Revival Meeting on Wallace & Owens parking lot.
13:This Brush Arbor Revival was sponsored by Ministerial Alliance. L to R: Rev. Mark Hodge, Rev. David Scott, Speaker - Rev. Anthony Smith, & Rev. Charles Trantham.
Hearts were touched and it was a huge success.
14. Oregon County Courthouse in Alton MO.
15. Crider Bookkeeping & the office of Alton Advertiser at the corner of Old Street & Hall.
16. Landscaped Alton sign at the corner of Market Street & Hwy 19.
17. Alton Medical Clinic.
18. Grandma's Kitchen and hand painted mural by Michael McClure and the art students of Alton HS.
19. Michael McClure and Joe Crider.

The regular noon meeting of the Alton Area Chamber of Commerce is the second Monday of each month, 12 noon at the VFW Hall. Jan Shields is Pres. & Joe Crider Vice Pres. They encourage you to attend and get involved.
Local merchants strive to make Alton the place to enjoy shopping and visit while shopping, in a homey atmosphere. From time to time you may see an activity right on the square or in the park, like in olden days. Our police department and local merchants arrange to make this possible along with the Chamber of Commerce.

Alton Freewill Baptist String Band plays each Sunday during the song service. If you have a shut-in friend who cannot attend, tell them to go to http://www.altonfwb.org on the internet and hear Pastor Charles Trantham's sermon. Click on STRING BAND to hear their music.

Welcome to Alton, MO, the hub of Oregon County. The lovely, spring fed, Eleven Point River is one of the best canoe float streams in the Ozarks. Also the walking trail, surrounded by wildlife, to Greer Springs, is refreshing and enjoyable. Another main attraction, the first Saturday of October every year, is Alton's Annual Black Gold Walnut Festival. You are welcome to come for a day or come to stay, but come.


Contact Info
CRIDER BOOKKEEPING & TAX SERVICE
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Member of Alton Area Chamber of Commerce
Rt 2, Box 2017, Alton, MO 65606

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