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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1941

Page

3

Outdoor Shows Turn St Louis Into Entertainment Capital

St Louis grows as a summer entertainment hub with Forest Park Municipal Opera featuring The Merry Widow and Desert Song plus stars Norma Terris and Skinnay Ennis. Zoo daily shows by Violet Carlson draw tens of thousands while Shaw's Garden and the Mississippi river steamer attract visitors from many states and Canada. Visit St Louis reports more tourists than ever as Americans stay closer to home See America First.

ST. Lotis Becmes Forest Park Gladys Baxter Aric Mattson Dorothy Sandlin Bob Lawrence Nancy McCord Mississippi

Many visitors and locals gathered across area towns

A long list notes Miss Freda Abbott visiting her aunt in St Louis and numerous relatives from St Louis, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, Memphis, and Atlanta visiting in Commerce and nearby towns. The report covers travels, hospital stays, school start in Oran, a revival at the Methodist Church, and various family gatherings. A tree accident seriously injures Crit Payton near Bloomfield.

S& E. Sebaugh Columbia Geneva Foster Margaret Thacker Cape Girardeau Wayne Cummins Hayti Bill Black J. D. Eskridge Dyersburg Union City Tenn Leonard Ford Sikeston Roy Lauderdale St. Louis Revelle Rene McQuay Walter McQuay Paul Cannon California Harold Nations Lizzie Margrebe Ed Margrebe Detroit Mich T. E. Stallings Charles Kendall Kendall Stallings C. A. Stallings J. O. Brasher Malley Brasher Benton Ruth Finney Muss Wilma Ragains Harris Foster Rex Boyce Holly Freda Abbott Ward Smith Clyde Daily Bill Lashley Memphis Norval Anderson Commerce J. A. Hawkins Oscar Caldwell Alaska Ralph Dodson Dexter Clyde Reed Patricia Paul Winstead A. H. Anderson Skinner Medlin Dewey Reeves Crystal City Oran Jimmie Segar Elvins Dickie Maddox W. T. Wilson Vandyser Gerald Lyne New Madrid Ed. Lyne Lucille Butler Marston W. F. Bakers Ora Bradley Birmingham Ala Tom Baty C. L. Halford Vanclyser and Matthews Ola Stotts A. O. Carr Johnnie Hayden Karen St Louis E. P. Kibbey Michigan A. E. Robison St. Francis Hospital Mary Harris Eugenia Tomlinson Morley Ella Clemson Walter Masters Chaffee Katie Schlosser Nick Dannenmueller Hahn Randles EB H Loest Sally Denver Colo Cecil Cook Dukes Lois Watson Calvin Bowman J. W. Bowman Claude Day Salem Dora Day Mike Halter Navy Great Lakes Training Station Henry Halter Edmond Wise C. C. Abernathy Wilburn Smith Gon Roxie Halter Wm. Smith Caney Joe Thompson Morehouses W. R. Hillis I. C. Mattingly Ellene C. C. Richardson Pulaski C. E. Warren Inlaw Ardell Warren Lilbourn Virgil Rodgers Frank Robert Rodgers C. R. Rodgers Gene Ray Phillips Little Son R. W. Harper Sr Albert Soleigh Frisco Hospital Delmar Dyesinger Delta Oscar Kittles Robert Welch Baldwin W. A. Maddox Otto Jennings Deloris McCray Rockview A. E B. Robison F. S. Bice Parma Paul Burger P. P. Marshall Gaither Marshall Bice Mary Hyde Larrius Benson Larry S. C. Howard West Liberty Carr Clarence van Lear Farmington Minnie Lou Kittles G. K. Patterson Peggie Jean Mwarper Jerome Westmen Harry Gleason Buel Stevens Manuel Yokley C. Howard George Howard Piedmont Frank Stone Fort Knox Jim Stone Bir. Stone Crit Payton Brandon Poplar Bluff Bloomfield

Birthday Social Held At Mrs Penns Home

The Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church held a birthday social at Mrs Penn's home on Tuesday with hostesses Mrs G C Darby Bertie Davis and Mrs Penn.

Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church Penn G. C. Darby Bertie Davis

Kennett Gin Processes First Local Cotton Bale

Kennett resident Kenne tt Lee Cook delivered the first bale of cotton to Kennett last Thursday. The bale was ginned by the Kennett Gin Company, operated by E B Vandiver Jr, marking a notable start to the local cotton season.

Kennett Lee Cook Johnson Island Kennett Gin Company E. B. Vandiver Jr

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Red NBC Blue Network Genny Goodman American Retailers’ Association Skinnay Ennis Bob Tippe Animal Entertainment Violet Carlson Municipal Opera Canada Shaw's Garden Golden F. H. A. Loans Sikeston, MO Spa Pefrarghive Commerce News Oran News Walson & Williams Motor Co W. Malone Missouri Scott County Evnton M Harris Rovers Walton & Williams Motor Co IFORD Pay Bala Chevrolet FORD Gill Welton & Williams Motor Co Malone Avenue Pats F
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