A benefit dinner theater performance of “Murder in the W.U.R.S.T.” will be presented Saturday, Feb. 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the Central Methodist Student and Community Center.

Proceeds from the event will be directed to the restoration fund for the Fayette Swimming Pool.

The performance is sponsored by the Fayette Rotary Club as one means of commemorating the 70th anniversary of the local organization which was founded here Feb. 18, 1937.
Tickets may be purchased at the Commercial Trust Co. or the Fayette newspaper office at 203 N. Main. Cost is $20 if prepaid by Feb. 20[changed to Feb 22].

A well-known St. Louis area group will donate their services for the event. “Murder in the W.U.R.S.T” — written by Rob Corbett — will be performed by the Affton CenterStage Theatre Co., established in St. Louis in 1991.

The company is under direction of well-known Central Methodist University graduate Judy Rethwisch and several of her students. Rethwisch, a member of the class of 1965, received a Distinguished Alumni Citation last year from CMU.

She is semi-retired after more than 30 years of service as a drama and theater arts teacher at Affton High School. The school several years ago named a gymnasium in her honor.

Judy and her husband, Braxton, a longtime CMU admissions counselor, live in Fenton and frequently spend weekends at the Rethwisch family home in Fayette.

The meal Feb. 24 will be catered by Fresh Ideas.
Questions about the event may be directed to Martha Holman at 248-2115. Checks should be made payable to the Fayette Rotary Club.

Reservations will be honored only when payment has been made.

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