Local Religious and Social Notes From Blodgett and Cape Girardeau
Local residents attend services and events in Blodgett Cape Girardeau Sikeston and Benton. Rev Colter from Jackson preaches at Blodgett Baptist church. Missionary societies meet and deacons district session held. Many locals travel to St Louis Benton and Illinois for family and social occasions. Easter services planned with special music at the Methodist church Friday night and 7:30 sermon on The Seven Last Words of Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill Wilson
Cape Girardeau
Ross Lemons
Blodgett
Colter of
Jackson
Blodgett Baptist Church
Jim Colley
R. H. Mackley
George Pearman
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Berendes
Baptist Missionary Society
John Healy
Board of Deacons of Baptist Churches
Toley Huey
Sikeston
Tom Huey
F. M. Withrow
Eastern Star
O. L. Spencer
Limbaugh
Benton
Ben F. Marshall and
St. Louis
E. J. Wienstedt
Pauline Stanfill
Hesperian
Mark Twain
Louise Nienstedt
Evelyn Pearman
Residents and visitors share weekend gatherings in area
Doc Smith of Chaffee spent Sunday here with his mother Mrs Billa Smith. Mr and Mrs Howard Miller of Farmington spent last weekend here with relatives. Mr and Mrs M E Montgomery of Sikeston were guests of Mrs Phoebe Black Sunday. Mrs Alfred Byrant and Mrs W R Sullivan with daughter Mary were in Cape Girardeau last Saturday. Alec Foster and children from St. Louis visited Mrs Lita Foster midweek. Claud Beeson and children of Kewanee were guests of J J Young. R R Sullivan returned Sunday from Manon Ky where she wintered with relatives. R K Griggs and Mrs J Horn of Farmington were guests of Mrs U G Ragains Tuesday. Clausin family of Silmo overnights with M L Taylor. Ellis Young dined with Amanda Elmore and daughters Alma and Edith Sunday. Mrs Stanley Dixon of Fredericktown spent the weekend with her mother C R Stallings and relatives. Elmer Daugherty has returned to Morley after Jefferson Barracks service. Emmett Daugherty recovering from appendectomy in Cape hospital. Mrs John Schrock and son Charles Schrock of St Louis spent a week here with E J Funke and Elzie Wilkinson. Bud Mason of Jefferson City spent the weekend with Otto Bugg. Luzie Leslie returned Sunday from a week with son W B Leslie in Fredericktown. Leslie visited grandson Philip Leslie in St Louis before his Hollywood trip. Algie Gibbs birthday surprise dinner hosted by several friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Smith
Chaffee
Billa Smith
Howard Miller
Farmington
M. E. Montgomery
Sikeston
Phoebe Black
Alfred Byrant
W. R. Sullivan
Mary
Cape Girardeau
Alec Foster
St. Louis
Lita Foster
Claud Beeson
Kewanee
J. J. Young
R. R. Sullivan
Manon, Ky
R. K. Griggs
J. Horn
U G. Ragains
C. F. W. Clausin
Lois
Silmo
M. L. Taylor
Ellis Young
Amanda Elmore
Alma
Edith
Stanley Dixon
Fredericktown
C. R. Stallings
Elmer Daugherty
Jefferson Barracks
Morley
Emmett Daugherty
Cape Girardeau Hospital
John Schrock
Charles Schrock
E J_ Funke
Elzie Wilkinson
Bud Mason
Jefferson City
Otto Bugg
Luzie Leslie
RB. H. Leslie
Leslie
Philip Leslie
Hollywood
Calif
al Pearce
Algie Gibbs
Homer Carter
J. C. May
George Nearns
Doris Grady
Liza Foster
Luther Gipson
Melinda Nations
Local Social Notices Chronicle Names in-Porter Family Gatherings
HL Porter Miss Mayme Foster Mr and Mrs C F Porter Mrs Roger Vaughn and children Mrs Charlie Miller and family Mrs Ernest Jones and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL Porter
Mayme Foster
C. F. Porter
Roger Vaughn
Charlie Miller
Ernest Jones
Local visitors and dinner guests reported in Cape Girardeau area
Cape Girardeau visitors Mr and Mrs Ben Jansen spent Monday in the city. Chester Carr of Oran and Richard Evans of Perkins were dinner guests Sunday of Wayne Gateley. Mrs Henry Effink’s condition, ill at her daughter’s home, is improving. Ernest Cauttrell and sons visited the Hunter district family Gus Cauttrell Sunday. The Moore family and Miss Esther Moore hosted Cape Girardeau visitors last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Joe Dannenmueller welcomed a daughter named Dorris Mae born Monday March 27. Esther Moore, a State Teachers College student, spent the weekend with her parents. Alfred Halter’s condition after mule-related injuries remains improving. Alfred Barmett of St Louis spent the weekend with his parents, returning with wife and sons Bert and Billie. Mr and Mrs J A Thompson and daughter Eula of near Morley visited Charlie Roberts and family Sunday. Henry Jansen and daughters Jessie Adaline and Collett and son Bill visited Mrs Jansen’s brother and sister-in-law John Arnzen in Cape Girardeau. Norma Moore and Andy Kappler Jr of Oran were dinner guests of Norma’s brother-in-law and sister EB Gateley and Bobbie Lou. JoFP Barnett home guests included Mr and Mrs Ed Sisk and daughter Mary Arlene, Mr and Mrs Marvin Thompson and daughter Patsy of Oran, plus Mr and Mrs Guford Carter and Theodore Rheiffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Jansen
Cape Girardeau
Chester Carr
Oran
Richard Evans
Perkins
Wayne Gateley
Henry Effink
Theodore Keiffer
Ernest Cauttrell
Charles
Fred
Hunter District
Gus Cauttrell
M. B. Moore
Thelma
Esther
Norma
Lucy Gateley
Joe Dannenmueller
Dorris Mae
Esther Moore
State Teachers College
Alfred Halter
Alfred Barmett
St. Louis
J. B. Barmett
Bert
Billie
J. A. Thompson
Eula
Morley
Charlie Roberts
Henry Jansen
Jessie Adaline and
Collett
Bill
Norma Moore
Andy Kappler Jr
Ara
EB. G. Gateley
Bobbie Lou
Jofp
Matthews News highlights and social links in town
A week of visits and travels across Missouri towns with residents in Matthews hosting, traveling to St Louis Benton Harbor and Cape Girardeau, plus a fire destroying E A Stoboughs Chevrolet sedan and a large turnout for the home talent play Old Maids Club Mock Wedding in Matthews drawing guests from Sikeston New Madrid and Canalou.
Commerce Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Commerce residents and guests shared a weekend of visits and family occasions. Teresa Nell Martin of Ilmo visited Addie B. Eifert while Norval Anderson of Sikeston and many Cape Girardeau visitors called on friends here. G. W. Marshall marked a birth anniversary with friends from Benton and Oran, as local families extended greetings and travel for funerals and gatherings.
Marriages And Infant Deaths Reported In Charleston Area
Miss Thelma Armsby of Bertrand wed Hubert Lee of Charleston in a Saturday ceremony at the Hornbach home with Rev. J risk officiating. A funeral was held Monday for infant Carol Jean Smoot in Henson, Mo, with interment at Odd Fellows cemetery in Charleston. The child, born March 29, died Sunday morning and is survived by parents and two brothers. Virginia Pennebaker and Troy Hendrix announced their marriage, March 24 at the Brodhacker home, with Rev. Paul Jones officiating in a small ceremony attended by relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Armsby
Bertrand
Hubert Lee
Charleston
Ernest Hornbach
J. Frisk
Walter Smoot
Henson
Carol Jean
Rev. McElmurry
Odd Fellows
Billy Neal
Sammy
Virginia Pennebaker
F. Pennebaker
Troy Hendri
John Hendrix
A. M. Brodhacker
Local gatherings and rites noted in Morehouse area
Robern Willis and Raymond Willis spent Saturday afternoon near Miner with family. James Lomax family stayed in Matthews Sunday. Louise Hutson rites held at Morehouse with Lavina Heusser Zelma Kern attending. A church dinner and egg hunt planned. Bruce Fletcher tenth wedding anniversary celebrated with fifty-seven guests. Attendees from Brown Spur Farm community and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robern Willis
Miner
Raymond Willis
James Lomax
Matthews
Frances Rhodes
Mable Thomas
Doyle Foster
Lavina Heusser
Zelma Kern
Louise Hutson
Morehouse
Bruce Fletcher
Charles Heutser
Charles Heutser Jr
A! Heutser
Brown Spur
Irene Dodges
Wes Schuhart
Tarmner
Dameli Fletcher
Louis Kemana
A. J. Heusser
Cape attorney named to high court commission
Cape Girardeau attorney Ss. P. Dalton was named a commissioner of Division 1 of the Supreme Court by the tribunal Tuesday for a four year term beginning April 12. Dalton succeeds Charles L. Ferguson of Doniphan who served nine years. The other five commissioners were all re appointed for four year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. P. Dalton
Cape Girardeau
Supreme Court
Dalton
Charles L. Ferguson
Doniphan
Lincoln University’s Beginnings and Growth in Missouri
Lincoln University traces its origins to Lincoln Institute, funded by the 62d and 65th U.S. Colored Infantry regiments, with $6,379 raised after discharge in 1866. Lieut. R. B. Foster led efforts for a two-coeducational Negro school in Missouri, culminating in a 1866 incorporation, development of preparatory and normal departments, and eventual accreditation, name change, and expansion into a state-supported university with multiple colleges and degrees by the 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lencoln University
Jemerson City
Ofissoun
U.S. Colored Infantry
Armey
R. B. Foster
Massour
Foster
Fort McIntosh
Texas
Missouri
Scout Foster
Lincoln Institute
Abraham Lincoln
Harry Brown
Cornelius Chappelle
Negro Land-Grant College of
Walthill M. Moore
St Louis
Lincoln University
Mgh
North Central
Order of Publication in estate of Fred Paul
John J. Reiss administrator seeks sale of real estate in Sikeston Scott County Missouri to pay debts. The petition lists Lot 19 Block 13 and Lot 8 Block 20 Chamber of Commerce Addition. Court orders publication for four weeks before May 1 1939 and personal notice to heirs. Witness O L Spencer judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Paul
John J. Reiss
Scott County
Missouri
Scott
Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston
Piedmont Editor and Postmaster Dies After Heart Attack
Gorge Stivers aged 56 postmaster at Piedmont and editor of the Piedmont Journal-Banner died at his home four hours after a heart attack. He served in the Indiana Legislature in 1922 and 1923 representing Wayne County and was a business partner of Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals when they ran Piedmont’s auto agency. Miss Marguerite Schaefer, a Butler University student, is visiting Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Rains this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorge Stivers
Piedmont
Stivers
Wayne County
Piedmont Journal-Banner
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals
Marguerite Schaefer
Butler University
Indianapolis
Ind
R. 8. Rains
Notice of Administration for William Graham Estate
Laura Graham Administratrix announces letters of Administration granted March 24 1959 by the Probate Court of Scott County Mussour. All claims must be presented within six months for allowance or be barred. If not exhibited within one year from letters, they are forever barred. Witness O S Spencer Probate Judge. Seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Graham
Probate Court
Scott County
Mussour
Laura Graham
O. S. Spencer
Sheriff Announces Substitute Trustee Sale in Missouri
John Hobbs sheriff of Scott County will sell Lot 2 in Block 9, original town of Chaffee, at the east front door of the County Court House Benton on April 29, 1939 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for cash to satisfy the debt secured by a trust deed dated November 18, 1938. The deed of trust named L C Bisplinghoff and Mayme Bisplinghoff as borrowers and C A Goddard as trustee, who refused to act. sale notice published in The Herald Sikeston Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Bisplinghof
Mayme Bisplinghoff
Scott County
Missouri
C. A. Goddard
Chaffee
L. C. Bisplinghoff
I. John Hobbs
County Court House
Benton
Missour
Herald
Sikeston
John Hobbs
John Dumery
Joseph J. Bles
John Dumey
Mary FE. Fears
Walter Brawley
Mary E. Fears
Bazaar and food sale by church ladies at Young building
The Christian church ladies hold a bazaar and food sale in the Young building on Center street this Saturday, April 8, inviting the community to attend and support the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Ladies of the Christian Church
Young Building
Center Street
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Clarence Critchlow
Scott Mainard
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East Prairie
Sundar Ralph Deane
Benton Harbor
Mich
Wes Depre
Fred Gurley
Charles Lambert
Alabama
Charles Walker
Near East Prairie
Tennny Buren
E. A. Stohouga
Elizabeth Shanks
Helen Deane
Roy E
Joseph Henry
William Depre
Clifford
Mile Lane
Nlar
Old Maids
New Madrid
Canalou
Tanner C. Dye
Commerce News
Teresa Nell Martin
Ilmo
Addie B. Eifert
Norval Anderson
R. E. Reynolds
Harry Brewer
W. A. Post
Commerce
H. M. Zarkor
C .M. Beardslee
Martin, Tenn
George Chris
Cnaffee
Jennie Worsley
Goddard
G. W. Marshall
P. E. Eldridge
Kehnie
G. A Marshall
Grace Gaither
Charleston News
Landers Ridge
Cape
American Medical Association
State of
I. O. L. Spencer
Said
A. D
San Francisco
Stoneville
J._ O. Rankin
Steele, Mo
National Butane Gas Corporation
R. R
Concord
Roscoe Foster
Camel Street
McFarland’s
Senath
Sikeston Hatchery
Sikeston, Mo
Abell Brothers
Morehouse, Mo
F. L. Sisson
Front St
Highway
J. F. Cox
Mr. Lawrence
J. Otto Hahs
Scott County Abstract Company
Benton, Mo
Rogers
Delta CCC
J. A. Kelley
H. E. Lake
F. A. Burk
E. M. Boeckman
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building Telephone
J. H. Chunn
Stallcup
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris-Malcolm
Sibkeston
DR. H. B. Throgmorton
Keith
Howard A. Dunaway
McCoy-Tanner Building
Telephone
W. A. Anthony
Scott County Milling Co
DR. Handy Smith
Applegate
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
B. L. McMullin
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell
Optometrists
McCoy-Tanner
Undertakers
J. J. Welsh
H. S. Johnson
Chivye
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