ELSMORE Elsmore Ruritan Club will have its annual pancake supper Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Elsmore Community Building. Club members will serve pancakes, sausage, biscuits, gravy, eggs and a drink for a freewill donation. Monies will go to the club’s general fund to be used for college scholarships. This year $1,000 was awarded to students.
Tickets will be sold for dessert drawings held throughout the evening. Diners bringing an item for the Elsmore Blessing Box or a decoration for the Elsmore community Christmas tree, both west of the community building, will receive a free dessert drawing ticket. Blessing Box items can include non-perishable food, small household items such as dish detergent, bath or facial tissues, toothpaste/brush, etc.
Diners can shop for Christmas decorations and gift items donated by club members. The community building also houses a variety of used books, which are free for the taking.
Each year the Ruritan club, with 46 members, helps Marmaton Valley schools, activities and organizations. Treat bags are given students riding the bus from Elsmore to Moran at Halloween and Christmastime and treat bags and community calendars are given senior citizens at Christmas. Food boxes will be given to a dozen area families prior to Thanksgiving and food monthly is distributed through Humboldt Ministerial Alliance. The club supports the Allen County Fair, holds a dog/cat vaccination clinic each spring, helps maintain the city playground, community building and community garden and sponsors an Independence Day celebration and Elsmore Days celebration.
