Merwin News

Two metro animal shelters have come to the rescue of more than 25 cats left in a Missouri home after their owner died.

Dennis and Delores Shannon were married October 28, 1960 in Merwin, Missouri. They were blessed with three children, fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Please help them celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary by sending cards to Rt#1 Box 23A, Drexel, MO 64742.

WS Merwin, the American poet and environmentalist, has been appointed the US poet laureate.

Richard Robbins can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-5660. Forty-three years ago, Marine Corps infantryman Marcus Merwin was three weeks shy of escaping Vietnam unscathed.