Wedding trip and hospital update from Cape Girardeau
Mr and Mrs Ed Cook and son Mike and Mrs Maxine Scott left Saturday for St Louis to attend the wedding of Miss Kathryn Foster to William H Smith Saturday afternoon Mrs L B Patterson returned Thursday night from St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau where she underwent surgery ten days ago Her condition is reported as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cook
Mike
Maxine Scott
St. Louis
Kathryn Foster
Wiliam H. Smith
L. B. Patterson
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Missouri State Fair notes and reform views from Senator Kem
Senator James P. Kem reports on attending the Missouri State Fair with Mrs Kem and urges support for 4-H and FFA livestock exhibits. He critiques red tape in Air Force procurement and calls for less waste. He accuses Attorney General McGranery of whitewashing Kansas City vote fraud and urges congressional investigation. He promotes the free Family Fare cookbook from Agriculture for Missouri residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Suiter
Kansas City
Air Force
McGranery
U. S. Department of Justice
W McGranery U
House
Claude Bakewell
St. Louis
Department of Justice
Department
F.B.I
Tom Clar
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Kem
Missouri
Federal Building
Family News and Travel Notices In Brief
Mrs Doris Brookshire left for Camp Pendleton to join her husband Pfc Harley Brookshire. Cathy family reunion in Charlotte brings 350 descendants. Pvt Herbert Cathy and wife and Pvt George Dellis with families visit Cathy home. Army men stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. St Louis visitor Mrs Harry Raidt arrives for a week with relatives. Feature on spotting wolves appears in The American Weekly with expert advice. Mrs Hifie Shelby visits J W Dover home. Dr John A Barron of Brunswick Ga visits Pine Motel and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Brookshire
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Pfc
Harley Brookshire
H. G. Cathy
Cathy
Charlotte
N. C
Pvt
Herbert Cathy
George Dellis
San Francisco
Fort Leonard Wood
Army
Harry Raidt
St. Louis
B. Raidt
Carl
Tommy Raidt
John A. Barron
Brunswick, Ga
Mrs
Chase Barron
Pine Motel
Increase Capital Important to State's Farmers
L C Leslie of Bank of Sikeston, speaking for the Missouri Bankers Association, says adequate capital is vital as farms grow larger and labor tightens. He cites 1951 loan totals to finance production and operations, notes a decline in long-term mortgage debt, and emphasizes banks' focus on small to mid-size farms with average loans around 2,683 for production and 2,723 for real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Leslie
Bank of Sikeston
Missouri Bankers Association
Scott County
Leslie
The
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association
Missouri
Arm
Ic. C. C
Leshie
Death of Sikeston Resident Della Beavers at 61
Mrs Della Ann Beavers a 12 year Sikeston resident died at Pinecrest Nursing Home Ballwin Missouri at 8 30 pm Tuesday She was born June 17 1891 in Hickman Kentucky Came to Sikeston 12 years ago and was a Church of Christ member Surviving are two daughters a son and three sisters plus three brothers Funeral services conducted Friday at the Church of Christ Morley with Rev Lowell Blasingame officiating Burial Morley Cemetery Albritton service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Ann Beavers
Sikeston
Pinecrest
Ballwin
Hickman
Beavers
Church of Christ
C. W. Blasingame
Benton and
Mirs
C. R. Brooks
Wicex
Ariz
Claud Biannum
Benton
Minnie Buchanan
Bernice
Ethel Hendrixon
Emma Trickett
Marmacuke
Ark
John Eskew
James
George Eskew
Malden
Morley
Lowell Blasingame
Albritton
Local notes on visits and transfers across states
Miss Alice Martin returned Wednesday after attending the Mills College summer session in Oakland California. Chief Petty Officer William Poe visited his father Clyde Poe Monday and Tuesday. He has served in Cuba with the navy and is now transferred to Bethesda Maryland. Clyde Poe was called to California Wednesday due to the serious illness of his brother Joe in a Los Angeles hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Martin
Mills College
Oakland
California
William Poe
Clyde Poe
Cuba
Navy
Bethesda, Md
Joe
Los Angeles
Local Wedding and Moves Highlight Sikeston News
Mrs Hazel Gray Kramer wed Marvin Baldwin of Sikeston in Mississippi last Saturday night. They plan to live in Sikeston with Mrs Gray. Capt S E Reed Jr on 30 day leave from Germany visited family, then to Camp Hood Texas. Several locals attended Opera in St Louis and travel plans included a Miller Likes wedding in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Gray Kramer
Marvin Baldwin
Sikeston
Mississippi
Gray
Baldwin
K & W Grill
S. E
Luke
Reed, Jr
S. E. Reed
Reed
Germany
Camp Hood
Texas
New York
Mrs Moyek and family join Meltons in Memphis move home
Mrs Raymond Moyek and daughters Ruth Saundra and Teresia of Johnson City Wisconsin, who visited the Meltons for seven weeks, joined her husband in Memphis Sunday to make their home. Bernice Cook of Strutt Gart Ark left to visit her mother in Morrelton Ark. The sisters had not been together in eight years. The Meltons’ guests include daughter Mrs Vivian Earp and her son Terry of Albany New York, Terry being the Meltons’ only grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Moyek
Ruth
Saundra
Teresia
Johnson City
Wisc
Howard Melton
Memphis
Bernice Cook
Struttgart
Ark
Inlaw
Morrelton
Meltons
Vivian Earp
Terry
Albany
New York
Melton
Orvis Brothers estimate 1952 cotton crop at 390000 bales
Stock and commodity brokers The Orvis Brothers and Company estimate Missouri's 1952 cotton crop at 390000 bales. National crop to 15578000 bales with Texas leading at 4410000 and California second at 1885000. Mississippi 1620000 Arkansas 1195000 Arizona over a million 1050000. Other states Virginia 12000 North Carolina 570000 Georgia 760000 Tennessee 605000 Alabama 880000 Louisiana 690000 Oklahoma 445000 New Mexico 285000 Florida and others 31000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvis Brothers and Company
Missowi
Texas
California
Mississippi
Arkansas
Arizona
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Florida
Dexter Visit Ends With Family Reunion
Mr and Mrs EF BE Faton accompanied home their daughter Mrs William A Taylor and two sons Richard and Allen from Bloomfield where they had spent a week at the home of Mr and Mrs Chester Scism. Mrs Taylor returned to Dexter Friday afternoon to visit at the home of her in laws Mr and Mrs William Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ef, BE. Faton
Dexter
William A. Taylor
Richard
Allen
Chester Scism
Bloomfield
Rites Held For Rebecca Huggins In Ark Burial
Mrs Rebecca Huggins 63 of Sikeston Rt 3 died at the local hospital at 9 15 a m Saturday August 9 after eight months of illness and pneumonia. She was taken to Albinton Funeral Home and then to Plummervale Arkansas for services and burial Sunday August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Huggins
Sikeston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kem Reporis
James P. Kem
Senate
F.F.A
Aurora Ffa
Pettis County
Jim Kemn
America
Ffs Ior
W. U. Myers
Ance
W. U. Myers Insurance Agency
Sikeston Chamber OF Commerce
Monroe Robbins Jr
Sizemore’s Tin Shop
Scott Street
Ikeston Maleiate
American Weekly
Sunday
Herald-Americat
Chicago Herald-American
Tome
Neet Cabalous TV
Jim Farmer
Wis
Ann Gentry
Mary Ann Walker
Peggy Knapp
Miss Gentry
Don Wyrick
Columbia
Paul Crandall
Paul, Jr
Michael
Macomb, Ill
Harry Pratt
St.louis
Family Apts
George
Washington
Washington Tees
Rosedale
Sikeston Drive-In
Dale Robertson
Joanne Dru
Walter Brennan
Double Ae
Sunoees Cerral
Acaba
Rev
Fuzzy St. John
Shitler
Broderick
Donna Reed
Ren
Wes Jerek
Rosemary DeCamp
Henry O Neill
Henry Morgen
Columbia P
Republic Productions
Peete
Casey Robinson
Henry Hathaway
Casey’ Robinson
Liam O'Brier
Paramount Presents
Wraener Bros Happily
Ty Ruan Ie
Nel
Will Rogers
Wiyn Pamel Guason An
Cy Amaly
Victor HuGo
Hunchback
OF Notre
Johnny Prath Brow
waNoonam
Bowery Boys
Huggins Rites
PVE
Jerry Walr
Holman Keasha
Paul Douglas
Robert Ryan
Marilyn Monroe
Helena O’connor
Carter
Will Geer
John Emery
Hope Emerson
Universal-International
Ath Et raAwase
Ngee
Joan Crawford
Warner
Newsrapgnane
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!