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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
4
Local readers listed visits by Cecil Cook family and others to Benton and surrounding areas. Several residents, including Mrs Jack Aherns and Miss Elvira Metz, spent weekends with relatives in Cape Girardeau, St Louis, and Sikeston. A daughter named Anna Mae Urhahn was born July 29 at St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau.
Mrs Zeno LeGrand visited Mrs Robert McBride at Oran last Saturday. Forest Cauttrell and Hubert Witt did business in St Louis Sunday and Monday. Miss Mildred Witt visits relatives in St Louis. Mr and Mrs Roy Bonney stayed with Mr and Mrs Dewey Reeves and daughters at Oran Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert McBride hosted their son Henry at Oran Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Frank Glastetter fished and picnicked near East Prairie Sunday. Mr and Mrs Elbert McEade and Gerhardt Jansen attended a Cape Girardeau model airplane show Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jeff Roberts were guests of Mr and Mrs Louie Dicken in Sikes ton Saturday night and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dan Fletcher and daughter with two grandchildren visited Mr and Mrs E C Brann Sunday at Salcedo. Mr and Mrs Wallace Reynolds and daughter from Chaffee visited C M Reynolds and family last Saturday. Mrs Robert Dirnberger, former St Francis Hospital patient, returned home Friday from Cape Girardeau. Mrs Herschel Wagner and brother Eugene Evans visited Osceola Ark parents from Sunday to Friday.
The statement urges fighting false ideas with truth and challenging them as they arise. It calls for courage to confront misinformation, asserting the urgency of truth in public discourse. Origin appears with Illinois Trades man in Springfield.
The New Madrid County W C T U Convention was held at Parma. The 1942 convention will be at Morehouse Methodist church. Local attendees listed include Mrs. Rauch, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Place, Mrs. Spence, Rev H L Ray, Mrs. Laminack, Anna Blaylock, Lena Wofford, Mrs. Savage, and Elsie Sherrara.
Mr and Mrs Joe Lewis were guests with Paul Jones. Rev R P Basler preached at the Methodist church. Miss Irma Cunningham of Sikeston visits the Cunninghams. Mrs Britt McGee returns from St Louis. Mrs Vincent Weiss of Fruitland visits her parents the Spaldings. Mrs Tom Moore recovers from illness. Mrs Donald Story at State Teachers College Cape Girardeau spent the weekend home. Bernice Sutton returns to Plattsburg after visiting her parents. Wallace Waters and others visit in Mississippi. Mrs L D Waters and Mrs B B Conrad visit Sikeston. Harold Lumsden family visit from Bertrand. Cape Girardeau visitors include Mrs Horace Dalton and Billy Dean. J W Cox of St. Louis buys W H Deane Sr residence. Wallace Godwin and Vera visit. J A Parker and Russell Hatfield visit Berkeley, Calif. True Taylor to speak at Cape Girardeau State Teachers College. Weekend guests include J D McArt, Pearl Isinger, and J Lo Predmore. J W Cox family visit Ste Genevieve. Evangelist Pat Hayden leads Baptist revival with E L Gordon at Lomax Garage east side. Cotton Day program in Sikeston. Mrs Clifford Sutton wins second prize in cotton dress revue. Matthews Community Club plans August 19 picnic at Keener Springs.
A brief notice urges readers to share the habit and tell their neighbor to read The Herald as well. The item emphasizes community engagement and periodic reading of the local newspaper.
Poplar Bluff attorney John S. Phillips has been named Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General Roy McKittrick. He will serve Southeast Missouri and work in the Jefferson City office on special call starting September 1.
A roundup of local visits and family appearances across Commerce and nearby towns. Mrs. Helen Robb of Indiana visits her Kent parents while Ed Johnsons host Paul Johnson in St. Louis. Several families travel between St. Louis area counties, Cape Girardeau, Benton, Overland and Memphis for weekends and hosting duties. The Baptist church offers a 2 to 6 pm ice cream and cake gathering in the city park.
The Sun-Standard argues government farm relief is politically driven and subsidy funded, changing with power shifts, while marketing cooperatives operate without public subsidies. Coops are member owned, accountable to members, and foster self reliance and profit, with government relief plans largely failing.
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