Bride Rachelle Jones Weds W J Jacob In Memphis Ceremony
Miss Rachelle Naomi Jones of Memphis Tenn and Wilmer Joseph Jacob of Sikeston were married in a small ceremony Saturday August 7 at 11 30 in Ascension Lutheran Church Memphis vows were performed by Reverend Povey with white gladioli decor. The bride wore a Pierre Balmain white gabardine ensemble and a white velvet seed pearl headdress. Attendant was Mrs Mary Jo Huling and best man Barnett O Neil. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Otto Jones and is a trained nurse at the Veterans Hospital Memphis. The groom is son of J E Jacob St Louis and the late Mrs Jacob and is a former Lt Col in World War II now general manager of Mo Plant Food Co Sikeston. They will reside at 225 S Kingshighway after a honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachelle Naomi Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Wilmer Joseph Jacob
Sikeston
Jacob
Miss Jones
Fred Otto Jones
Wartburg
Tulane University
Mather School of Nursing
New Orleans
Veterans Hospital
Jake
J. E. Jacob
St. Louis
University of Missouri School of Agriculture
Europe
Mo. Plant Food Co
Hwy
J. E. Robinson
Park Ave
Inivan
S. Kingshighway
Miss Glenda Given Bride Friday of Edward Southerland
Miss Glenda Marie Given of Sikeston and Charles Edward Southerland of Dexter united in marriage Friday at 6 pm. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. W. Hoffert at the Naarenez Parsonage, 720 Taylor St. Bride’s mother is Mrs. C. W. Yant of Sikeston. groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Southerland of Bloomfield. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Bud R. Alsup. Southerland is a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Marie Given
Sikeston
Charles Edward Southerland
Dexter
J. W. Hoffert
Naarenez
Taylor St
C. W. Yant
W. W. Southerland
Bloomfield
Bud R. Alsup
Southerland
Gwaltney Family Reunion Held in Eldorado Hawaii
Mr and Mrs Fred Gwaltney Mr and Mrs Thomas Gwaltney and son Jerry attended a Gwaltney family reunion in Eldorado Hawaii Sundar Mrs Tela Gwaltney and Mr and Mrs J A M I Gwaltney were also part of the gathering keeping kinship ties strong in the old family circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gwaltney
Thomas Gwaltney
Jerry
Tela Gwaltney
J. Ami. Gwaltney
Gwaltney
Eldorado
Sundar
Birthey Honors At Family Picnic In Dexter
Mrs Nathan Noyes of Sikeston and Mrs Alfred Stafford of Bloomfield shared honors at a birthday celebration and family reunion held Sunday at City Park in Dexter. The event drew relatives from Bloomfield Sikeston and Dexter, with a two tiered cake and list of attendees including multiple families and grandchildren Delores Craig Peggy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birthey
Nathan Noyes
Sikeston Land
Alfred Stafford
Bloomfield
Dexter
Stafford
Kelly Demaris
Kenneth
Deed Hill
Delores Craig
Clarence Robinson
Hazel Crossfield
Peggy
Elmer Sneed
Judy
Sammy
Aubrey Gillian
Janie
David
Noyes
Lela May Poole
Clarence
Finley Noyes
Everett Wiss
Carol
Gary
Kathy
John Bartlett
Mike
Sikeston
Miyashita Hormann Wedding Invitations Issued
Invitations are received in Sikeston for the Aug 21 ceremony of Miss Aiko Miyashita of Japan and Jerry Lee Hormann of Jackson. The wedding will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Aiko Miyashita
Japan
State College
Cape Girardeau
Jerry Lee Hormann
Jackson
First Baptist Church
Out-of-Town Guests Honored at Parties
Friends and former schoolmates visiting Skeston during the summer enjoyed gatherings over the past week. Mr and Mrs George Kirk entertained for their daughter Mrs Harold Lane of Memphis and Mrs C Brooks Jr of Kingsport Tenn visiting her parents at a dinner Wednesday at the Colonial Inn. Friday and Saturday Mrs Brooks Mrs Lane and Mrs Wallace were guests of Mrs Childs at Fishershaven Lake Wappapello, the summer home of Mrs Childs parents Mr and Mrs D L Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeston
George Kirk
Mus
Harold Lane
Memphis
C. =. Brooks, Jr
Kingsport
Tenn
G. Moore Greer
Mark Childs
Morehouse
James Wallace
Sikeston
Colonial Inn
Lions Club Directors Outline Activities
Lions Club directors announced a busy year with Halloween and Turkey shoot events, a Christmas program with movies, a Christmas decoration contest, and continued meetings at the Colonial Inn from Sept. 1. Queens to sponsor include a Soybean Festival Queen, a Rodeo Queen, and a Cotton Carnival Queen. The club will host a football team chicken fry and pay $25 to the City Softball League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Lions
John Welter
Malone Theater
Colonial Inn
Last Rites Held For Mrs Fannie Bailey 87
Mrs. Fannie Bailey 87 died at 4:30 p m Sunday at the home of her grandson Floyd Dillender in Miner Missouri born June 10 1867 in Caldwell County Kentucky widow of William H Bailey moved to Missouri in 194 and lived near Morley Survivors include three sons Sam Dillender of Sikeston Clyde Bailey of Caruthersville and Claude Bailey of St Louis a stepson William Alexander Bailey of Bernie 25 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren Funeral services were held at 2:30 p m Monday at Wielsh Funeral Chapel with Rev J W Hoffert officiating and burial in the old city cemetery Mr and Mrs Fred Williams guests Friday of her parents Mr and Mrs W R Binford of Marble Hill The Binfords also attended the funeral of John Parker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Bailey
Floyd Dillender
Miner
Caldwell County
Kentucky
William H. Bailey
Missouri
Morley
Sam Dillender
Sikeston
Clyde Bailey
Caruthersville
Claude Bailey
Honest Benton Youth Receives $20 Reward
When B C Mills of Eminence Missouri forgot his wallet at Rustic Rock Inn he retraced to Benton to recover it. Tommie Miller of Benton found the wallet in a courthouse phone booth and returned it to Sheriff Dennis. Mills rewarded the boy twenty dollars for honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Mills
Eminence
Rustic Rock
Benton
Diogenes
Tommie Miller
Court House
John Dennis
Dennis
Mills
IKESTON SALT TALK visitors and weekend guests
Mr and Mrs Ernest Wilson hosted in Memphis with Mrs B B Tatum joining as houseguest for several days while attending to business and social visits. Numerous relatives and friends from New Madrid Sikeston Memphis Pontiac and Michigan visited or stayed over the weekend with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wilson
Memphis
B. B. Tatum
Sikeston
Otto Lenon
Matthews
Sue Lenon
Marie Kidd
Lenons
J. M. Basham
Mary
New Madrid
Clovis Lancaster
Ralph Dawson
W. O. Larker
Lynwood Morgan
Freeport
Tex
Jeff Morgan
Shelby Jean Morgan
Augusta
Ark
Junian Keirsey
Kay
Tenn
Eugene Buckles
W. QO. Wright
Pontiac
Mich
Alton Bonneson
Drayton Plains
Aer Bennett
George Crews
Reétor
Piggott
Jane Byrd
Fayette
Erma Cunningham
Washington, D. C
W. B. Cunningham
Harry K. Barr
Merrick
N. Y
Atty
Harry Blanton
West Long
W. F. Baxter
Parma
Russell Long
Gray Ridge
George R. Crews
Muncie
Ind
Raymond Crews
Clift Schaefer
Sikeston Area Residents Travel and Visiting Notices
SEMO Boys Commissioned into Army Reserve Mrs Mary Townsend and Jetty Glenn and family of Cape Girardeau return home from La Junta Colo. Numerous relatives and friends from Sikeston Dexter Memphis Oxnard and Chicago visit, host, and travel for holidays and family events, with several new residents and shifts noted in Sikeston community life.
Family visitors and travelers from Michigan
Miss Helen Frances of East St. Louis visited Monday and Stormias with the King's son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Karl King and daughter Karla Thry left Tuesday for a southern vacation and will return in about three weeks. Mr and Mrs Everett Aldrich and family had as guests Monday Mrs Bernice Golden Mr and Mrs Glenn Barringer and Mr and Mrs Delmas Kamplain and daughter all of Flint Mich. Mrs Golden and Mrs Barringer are sisters of Mrs Aldrich and Mr Kamplain their nephew. They are also visiting with their father and grandfather Convers Kamplain in Dexter and plan to return to Michigan Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Townsend
Jetty Glenn
Gerald Howard
Cape Girardeau
la Junta
Colo
Louis Kem
Edsel Kem
Denver
Edwin Brown
Danny
Nancy
Little Rock
Ark
Sikeston
J. A. Sutterfield
Carol Ann Dowdy
Memphis
Tenn
Marybelle Dowdy
Dexter
Carol Ann
Lee Dowdy
Marybelle
Otis Dowdy
Sutterfields
Charles Blanton
Bernard Rice
Springfield
Joplin
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Twin Hills Country Club
Nmersr-Pridgh Reeve
Oxnard
Calif
Wabi Scobie
Bill
Walter Ray
Récévé
M. R. Frank
J. N. McVey
Virgil Woodard
Flint
Mich
Israel
Joe Lambert
Birmingham
Ala
Robert J. Lambert
Batesville
Helen Frances
East St. Louis
Stormias
King
Karl King
Karla Thry
Everett Aldrich
Bernice Golden
Glenn Barringer
Delmas Kamplain
Flint, Mich
Golden
Barringer
Aldrich
Mr. Kamplain
Convers Kamplain
N Dexter
Michigan
PFC Bil Daugherty Graduates From I Corps NCO Academy
Army private first class Bil Daugherty son of Mr and Mrs Reed Daugherty of Sikesian Missouri completed the I Corps Non Commissioned Officer Academy in Korea The rifleman with the 25th Infantry Division 35th Regiment received training in unit leadership map reading and other military subjects He entered the Army in May 1953 and arrived in Korea last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Corps
Korea
Bil Daugherty
Reed Daugherty
Trotter
Sikesian
25Th Infantry Division
Daugherty
Army
Birthday Dinner Honored Mrs. John R. Cox Jr.
Miss Lena Matthews hosted a Sunday noon birthday dinner at her home in Jackson with cake and candles in honor of Mrs. John R. Cox Jr. Attending were Miss Lucille Stubblefield and Mrs. Jack Lancaster. Mrs. Cox is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Finley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Matthews
John R. Cox Jr
Jackson
Lucille Stubblefield
Jack Lancaster
Cox
R. C. Finley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rachelle Jones
W. J. Jacob
Poovey
Ascension Lutheran
Pierre Balmain
Mamie
Mary Jo Huling
Barnett
Barney) O'Neil
Glenda
Edward Southerland
Miyashita-Hormann
Fred Williams
W. R. Binford
Marble Hill
Binfords
John Parker
Chip’s Shoe
Honesty
Benton Youngster
Ikeston
SEMO
Robert J. Lambert, Jr
A. V. Butler
Beverly Anne
Chicago
Anc
Canada
Harold Coupe
Mary Jane
Emma Marshall
M. C Cope
Cope
Raymond Marshall
Charleston
Fred Willams
Greta Kay
Charlotte Hovis
Williams
Inez Binford
Binford
Nora Williams
Kermit Suhling
Cheryl, Harvey
Earl
Kampsville
Til
W. C. Klein
Murray W. Blurton
Pat
Murray Jr
Ralph Crowe
Connie
Grade Coats
Mamie Ray
Parkin, Ark
James Coats
Ela Shuppert
Brookfield
Oho
Jack Obermiyer
John Raymond Shuppert
Herman Linsey
Meat Dept
Liberty
Army Reserve
Are
Tromert
Robert McHaney
White Oak
Ned Tanner
Wendell Crow
Theatre Center Street
Jennifer Es Cos
Heston
Crinta
Gerrkane
Twega Ferrers
Tom
Holt
Marjorie Reynolds Ray Whitley Lee
Lasses
White
Tochle Norman
Cos
van Johnson
Las Calhern
Prince
Nsx
Ana Blyth
Edmund Purdom
Mario Lanza
CinemaScoPt
Cour
June Haver
Paford
Averag
Columbia
Seymour
Cone
Bennett
Rome
Ramey
Lon McCallister
Solack
Cohor Canyon
Lancaster
Pac
Technicolor
Jean Peters
Randolph Scott
Raim Warrick
Glen Drew
Teo Bodie
Patures
Fontaine Calvet
Sra
Howard Hughes
Pnceen
Devil’s Canyon Virgin
Ato Gale Abertson
Stepen
Marely Ater
Errihtt
Teckhcolor Oe Oy
Muo Guungee
Tars United Artists
Bank of Sikeston
Sikeston, Mo
Newspapernh
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