Local News Highlights Benton Cape Girardeau Visitors
A string of local social visits unfolds across Benton Cape Girardeau Morley Charleston and Commerce with relatives friends and dinner gatherings noted. A government boat Klondyke stands by at Commerce amid high water threats. A school box supper raised forty eight dollars for the lunch program as families relocate due to flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Brogan
Benton
I. B. Daugherty
Cape Girardeau
Sam Varnon
Sam Varnon Jr
Marvin Taylor
Morley
Ward Smith
Louis Sanders
Iris Sanders
R. B. Reynolds
Julia Dodge
Joe Bell
Stella Hale
P. E Eldridge
Grace Gaither
Joan
Nancy Carolyn Mabry
Charleston
R A. Mabry
Klondyke
Commerce
Wm. O. Lasley
Wm. O. Jr
Memphis
Virgil Brown
Lula Cable
Bob Walker
Woodrow Noland
Elwood Sanders
James F. Ross
Local Social Notes Reach Across Lilbourn to Sikeston
Matthews News lists visits across towns with Mrs Ernest Kellett and children of Sikeston visiting Mrs J M Hill, Rube Marler and Blanche visiting Wardell, Ball family guests in Blytheville, and many Sunday afternoons with friends. The New Madrid County Women’s Democratic Club held a luncheon in the Christian Church basement, Circle 3 supervised the meal, and Rev True Taylor with regional guests attended events including a christening for Trudy Margaret Weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimmer
Lilbourn
Ernest Kellett
Sikeston
J. M Hill
Rube Marler
Blanche
Wardell
Cleon Ball
Blytheville
Forrest Ball
Tom Holderby
Ben Mills
J M Hill
Jessie Lomax
Catron
Lions Club
East Praire
Barney Cunningham
D. Cunningham
Angeline Dolce
Murphysboro
Alfred Bryd
New Madrid
Clifford Sutton
True Taylor
Cape Girardeau
Robert Weeks Jr
Donald Story
Martha Ann
J H Dickerman
Trudy Margaret
Weeks
Christen
Local church services and extended family visits noted
Names of residents and visitors populate a weekend roundup with church services, family visits in Blytheville Oran Randles and nearby towns. References include Frank Neal, Randy Hancock, Effie Grant, Jane Carr, Cecil Stafford, Rev C E Warren, and others visiting relatives or attending services at Unity Baptist Church and local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Neal
Pennsylvania
Harry Lynn
Allenville
Randy Hancock
St. Louis
J. R. DePriest
Effie Grant
New Madrid
Emory Mason
Walter Yakley
Near Sikeston
Wm Wallace Berna Dean
Jimmie Sikes
Charles Carter
Jane Carr
Randles
A . Carr
Cecil Stafford
Meredith Withrow
J. C. Reid
Darlene
Harold Wright
Plat River
Nellie Troutman
Nona Crafton
Eail Hicks
Near Blodgett
Paul Clark
Morley
T. E. Hicks
Near Oran
Stephen Tindal
Flora Tindal
Sam Tindal
Catherine Bryeans
Northweste
Evanston, Til
Otis Bryeans
Paul Burger
BE Carter
Bugie Fields
Buford Carter
Bryeans
Earl Baker
Blytheville
Gwynn Moore
St Louis
Louise Dirnberger
Shirley Moore
Kansas
C E Warren
Unity Baptist Church
Oran
Warren
Albert Cook
Lon Collier Transfers Restaurant Venture to Canala
Lon Collier, formerly running a restaurant at Morehouse, relocates to Canala to operate a new eatery there. EB W Schafer of Chicago and A F Dencke of Cape Girardeau visited Himmelberger-Harnson Manufacturing plant last Saturday. Morehouse High School seniors staged the comedy Ready Made Family in three acts to a large crowd, with proceeds aiding the senior class trip to Memphis on May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Collier
Morehouse
Canala
EB W . Schafer
Chicago
F Dencke
Cape Girardeau
Himmelberger-Harnson
Morehouse High School
Memphis
D A R Plans Postwar Immigration Suspension
The Daughters of the American Revolution adopted a resolution at their 53rd annual session in New York to suspend immigration for five years after the war with few exceptions, and urged strict postwar enforcement of immigration laws. JUMO Corporal Fred I. Smith of IUImo has been wounded in action, the War Department announces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
New York
Jumo
Fred I. Smith
Iulmo
War Department
Services Held Sunday for Mrs Bula McConnell
Funeral services were held at the family residence in Sikeston for Mrs. Bula Gail McConnell who died April 13 after years of illness. Rev J W Hoffert led the Nazarene church rites. Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery with Albritten service. Survived by husband Ed C McConnell and children Mozell Owens Mattie Moring Maggie Moring Atel McConnell Tobe A McConnell Paul McConnell Floyd McConnell Lloyd McConnell John Stephenson and 23 grandchildren. Mrs McConnell had lived in Sikeston nine years and was a lifelong Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Addition
Bula Gail McConnell
J. W. Hoffert
Church of the Nazarene
Memorial Park Cemetery
Albritton
McConnell
Dresden
Tenn
Ed C. McConnell
Mozell Owens
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mattie Moring
Sikeston
Maggie Moring
Bell City
Atel
Dallas
Texas
John Stephenson
Linnsville
The
Christian Church
Army jeep adds to Washington museum’s transport display
In the Smithsonian Institution Washington a mounted jeep joins early locomotives stagecoaches high wheel bicycles and horse less carriages completing the museum’s transportation exhibit. In Cape Girardeau Rev Henry F Schuermann pastor of St Marys Church celebrated a Solemn Mass marking the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Cape Girardeau
Henry F. Schuermann
St Mary’s Church
Death of Herald carrier Jimmy Hendley at 12
Jimmy Franklin Hendley aged 12 son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hendley died at St. Mary's Infirmary Cairo from complications after an emergency appendectomy on April 12. Funeral at Church of the Nazarene Tuesday at 2:30 led by Rev. J W Hofert. Burial in Memorial Park. Survived by parents three brothers William Roy Charles and four sisters Wanda Florence Beulah and Eula twins. He was a substitute carrier for The Herald and well loved by classmates and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Franklin
W. W. Hendley
St. Mary's Infirmary
Cairo
Church of the Nazarene
J W. Hoffert
Memorial Park
Jimmy
Herald
Riends
William
Roy
Charles
Wanda
Florence
Beulah
Eula
Rites Held Monday for Aulley Lowery
Aulley Lowery age 6 son of Mr and Mrs Ted Lowery died at home in Cleveland Ohio after a brief pneumonia illness. The body lay in state at Welsh Funeral Chapel until Monday afternoon service conducted by Rev Eid Brack of the Pentecostal Church. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery with Welsh service. Survived by parents two brothers three sisters grandparents Mr and Mrs Myles Sharky Morehouse and Tom Lowery Paris Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aulley Lowery
Ted Lowery
Cleveland
Ohio
Eid Brack
Pentecostal Church
Memorial Park
Morehouse
Myles Sharky
Tom Lowery
Paris, Tenn
Services Held for Mrs Rose Lee Lynn
Mrs. Rose Lee Lynn died at her Gladys street home after a long illness of carcinoma. Funeral services were held at Taylor Funeral Chapel with Rev. Gayle Jackson presiding. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. She was 53 and survived by husband Harley Lynn, three children from a former marriage Wilson Tucker, Mrs Conn Armour of Dallas and Howard Tucker in the armed forces, plus three brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Lee Lynn
Gladys Street
Taylor
Gayle Jackson
Assembly of God Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lynn
Rives
Tenn
Harley Lynn
Wilson Tucker
Conn Armour
Dallas
Texas
Howard Tucker
Arthur Baker
Blytheville
John Baker
Memphis
J. H Lard
Luxora
Ark Whyth
Rites Held Sunday for Baby Vanover
Funeral services were held at the Pentecostal church in the Smith addition for Viveda Jane Vanover six months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs R V Vanover, who died Friday night at home of a complication of diseases. Rev T J Sailers officiated. Burial followed at Carpenter cemetery in McMullin. Besides the parents, two brothers Edward Dale and Vernon Richard Vanover, grandparents Mr and Mrs Richard Vanover and W M Lathom, and great grandmother Mrs Mary Lathom of Sikeston survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Church
Smith Addition
Viveda Jane
R. V. Vanover
T. J. Sailers
Carpenter Cemetery
McMullin
Albritton
Edward Dale
Vernon Richard Vanover
Richard Vanover
W. M. Lathom
Mary Lathom
Sikeston
Campbell Corporal Albinus H Smith Wounded in Action
War Department records list Corporal Albinus H Smith of Campbell among the Massourians wounded in action as reported in Herald Want ads noting the results of service and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Albinus H Smith
The
War Department
Massourians
Herald
Marine Corps Reopens Enlistments to Youth
The United States Marine Corps has reopened enlistment for boys 17 years old. Staff Sergeant Claud B Ridley of the Cape Girardeau Induction and Recruiting Office announces the policy requiring birth certificates and parental consent. Volunteers should apply at the Cape Girardeau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps
Claud B. Ridley
Cape Girardeau
Abandons Plan for Draft of 4 F S
The House Military committee abandoned plans for special legislation to force 4 F men into essential work via induction threats. Chairman May said Selective Service and the War Manpower Commission already had authority to move physically disqualified men into essential jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Military Committee
Army
Navy
May
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
War Dept reports two local service casualties
Cooter Private Henry B. Rash is reported wounded in action and Malden Lieutenant William B. Phillips is killed in action, according to War Department records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooter
Henry B. Rash
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Commerce News
Oran News
Morehouse News
Lowe’s
Alsocorn
Bula McConnell
Washington Museum
Marine Corps
E. C. Robinson Lumber CO
Malden
Wm B Phillips
Jos. A. Leslie
Insurance Agency
Scott County Milling Company Building
Anna Casualty and Surety Company of
Hartford, Conn
Ben and
Fred Matthews
Malone Avenue
Ranney Street
Sikeston, Missouri
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