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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
9
Miss Edith Elmore of Sikeston visited Miss Wilma Ragains on Wednesday. Barbara Prindle visited grandparents in Van Buren this week. Mrs. Ruth Finney dined with Miss Adelaide Russell in Cape Girardeau Wednesday. Funeral services were held for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bryant of Oran. Hezekiah Slinkard, 87, died Friday. funeral at Morley with Rev. Andrews leading.
Paul Dean of Alton Illinois spent the past week visiting his sister Mrs Charles Asa and family. Or Jennings and children Helen and Clarence, and Munk Harrison returned Friday from a trip to Colorado. Emmett Greer returned Saturday from a brief visit with his aunt in northern Texas. A revival is in progress at the Assembly of God Church under Misses Girber and Palmer of Nebraska. The revival will continue another week and probably longer if interest remains. The Canalou baseball tournament began last Saturday with four games Sunday, rain limited play. The Canalou boys won their first game. Mr and Mrs J Colwell of Cape Girardeau were guests of Mrs Sam Ralph last Friday. Their son Ben, a commercial instructor at Canalou High, joined them on a trip to Cape Girardeau. Mr and Mrs Colman Moore and daughter Wilma of East Chicago came Saturday to visit Mrs Zonie Westerfield and family. Billy Westerfield, visiting his grandparents I C Westerfield, East Chicago, accompanied the Moores home.
Robt Ross and W W Smith made a business trip to Cape Girardeau Monday. Paul Wise had a tonsillectomy at St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau Monday. Local residents from Cape Girardeau and Sikeston visited Commerce friends last week. Several Commerce couples hosted guests from Cape Girardeau and Benton. W W Smith noted improvements in G H Pate at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Vera Tinkle of Hollywood spent time with Ruthford and local friends.
Phil Mooney of St. Louis visited his sister Mrs. Ben Marshall and family. Multiple trips to Reelfoot Lake, picnics at Big Springs near Van Buren, and a church of notices on ill health. Death of Joseph W. Parker in Blytheville Arkansas mourned by Blodgett residents. Community events include dinners, birthdays, and travel to Sikeston Benton Morehouse Detroit and Chicago for relatives.
Mrs. Owen Johnson of Sikes ton visited Mrs. Mamie Johnson on Tuesday. The Landers Ridge church revival led by Rev. Sullivan runs through Sunday. Paul Witt and children joined Larkin Giddins’s guests at Canal on Friday. Louise Earnhart and Willa D Dill visit Manila Ark with Roy Burton and his wife from Butte Montana. Burton is Jennings’s niece. Crosno siblings and Howard Voss with Hanzel Laster attended Malone Theatre in Sikes ton Sunday evening. Lois Johnson returned from Bloomington Illinois and Kern family of Petersburg Indiana hosted her. O Jennings, Helen Jennings, and Charles Jennings returned from Colorado after a ten day trip. John Crosno, Russell Crosno, and Paul Witt’s group spent Sunday at Big Spring. Witt returned home, others stayed until Monday afternoon.
Scientists explain the Milky Way’s glow results from countless stars too distant to distinguish individually. The blended starlight forms the galaxy’s diffuse appearance across the night sky.
Ralph Deane of Sikeston spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Deane. Mildred and Mary Moss of Sikeston visited relatives in Matthews. Mrs. Huckstep of Potosi stayed with her son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. John Huckstep. Mrs. Marguerite Hunott visited Mrs. Ella Proutty in Sikeston. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Binford were mentioned as well.
Miss Nora Cook secures work in Charleston while Miss Isabella Baker conducted business at New Madrid. Numerous visits and travels span Sikeston Essex New Madrid and Cape Girardeau with relatives, camping trips, and a wedding. Maxine Ray wed Lynn Thompson at the Rays home. officiated by Dan Baker. Several residents shopped in Sikeston with et al. local social calendar.
Miss Elanor Bingley spent the week end in St. Louis with friends. Lester Glastetter has employment at the Emerson Gin Company at Morley. Miss Smiddy and Robert Burns of Anna were guests Sunday at the Cauttrell home. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Kappler Jr. of Oran were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Foster of Morley were week end guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Gately. Miss Virginia Mary Carrol and Raona Miller of Oran were guests of Mrs. Orville Hanselman last Friday. Miss Gladys Glastetter, employed in St. Louis, spent the week end here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McBride and daughters of Oran visited the latter's parents. Misses Marie Jansen and Viola and Louanna Dannenmuller, employed at Chaffee, spent the week end at their homes here. Misses Ethel and Adell Keiffer, employed at Chaffee, spent the week end here with their parents. Miss Cheryel Reynolds, who had been visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. M. Reynolds, returned home near Bell City. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Reynolds and children of Fornfelt and Wallis Reynolds and daughter of Chaffee were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Reynolds Saturday. Miss Esther Moore, who has been attending the summer term at the State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Moore.
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