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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
8
Local residents and visitors frequent Sikeston and nearby areas with numerous social calls. Residents from St Louis, Detroit, and Cape Girardeau visit relatives and attend events while teachers and school staff relocate for breaks and duties.
Matthews column recounts church events and community life with numerous local guests. It lists visitors from Parma, Kennett, Cairo, Tiptonville and Charleston area families, plus Easter activities at the Methodist and Christian churches and a church apron sale.
Oran residents visit relatives across Missouri and beyond with many Easter weekend travels. The senior class play Spring Fever is slated at Oran High School on April 21. Local families, church groups, and extended kin visit from Sikeston Cape Girardeau St Louis Memphis and Chaffee.
Miss Julia Dodge spent the week end in St Louis with friends Rev Arthur Fullbright of Morley was a business visitor here last Friday Mrs Tillman Anderson of Cape Girardeau was here on business last Friday Mr and Mrs M Hood of Chaffee transacted business here last week Maggie Buck visited the Leckeys in Cape Girardeau one day last week Harold Feisler and son of Tilmp spent Saturday here with the Clarks Alma Huck of Crystal City is visiting her son Capt Linus Huck and family Mary Oscar of St Louis visits her mother Mrs Philomena Caldwell this week Marion Jacobs and family of Harrisburg Pa spend the week here with Walter Wise Alex Lawrence Arthur Penn and J B Wise shopped in Cape Girardeau Wednesday Ralph Stewart and daughters Shirley and Charlotte of St Louis spent the week end with relatives Claron Clayton and son of St Louis stayed several days here with his mother Mrs Ed Lawrence N J Goddard hosted Sunday guests Russell Goddard of St Louis and Lester Martin of McChord Il McVey family entertaining their son Pfc Wingard McVey of Camp Pickett Va and daughter Mrs McNeely with son Bobby of Cape Girardeau Ke B Daughtery after visiting relatives in St Louis returned home Saturday Daughtery employed in the city returned there Sunday A G Bondurant and family returned from St Louis where they had winters residence Their daughter Mrs Ray Calhoun and granddaughter Rebecca visited briefly with them.
In Trenton New Jersey Mrs. Mary Gress Kubery's will reportedly leaves her husband August Kubery a $2 bequest but with a shocking condition that $1 be used to buy a rope to hang himself. The note called him mean and cruel during her lifetime.
Surveys show asparagus, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce and celery consumption more than doubling in 20 years while the average American eats less spinach, sweet potatoes, and cabbage. Cabbage remains one of the most plentiful foods today.
The National Housing Agency in Kansas City approved construction of 30 dwelling units in Dexter to ease housing for war workers. Each unit will cost about 3000 dollars, with the project filed nearly a year ago, as many Dexter residents work at the Army Air base.
The National Father’s Day Committee with the Treasury Department designates Sunday June 18 as Father’s Day and sponsors a bond drive. Everyone is urged to buy bonds and gift them to dads under the theme the strongest of bonds your dad and your country.
A science note states that about half of Earth's atmosphere by mass is contained below an altitude of 18,000 feet. The datum highlights the concentration of air at lower elevations and has implications for aviation and meteorology.
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