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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
13
Local residents and visitors name Sikeston Parma Chaffee and other towns. Mrs Ezra Williams and Nora Smith transacted business, while Pat Summers and Lou Ann Newton visited relatives. Guests include Jack Taylor in Eureka Springs and Jess Johnson in Cape Girardeau.
Morley Reverend Hillary Patterson leads services at Gravel Ridge while neighboring residents including Mrs. W A Anthony and Miss Edith Rainey visit kin in Sikeston and Oran. The column lists dozens of visits, homecomings, and school changes among families from Sikeston and nearby towns with travel to Nashville, Clarksville, Columbus and Jackson.
R H Mackley and Fred Withrow made business trips to St Louis. Murray Disharoon stayed in Parma for the weekend with friends. Norval Fant moved to Sikeston with his wife. T Miller dined with Dr E J Nienstedt in Portageville. Forty Baptist Training Union members picnic in Cape Girardeau. Rev Whilard preached in Bertrand. Eugene Nunnelee visited Charleston from the Nunneelee Funeral Parlor. Wallis Clippard visited Sikeston family on Monday. Evelyn Pearman returns from St Louis midweek. Betty Brann returns home to St Louis after visiting Marshall area. T A Rapp of St Louis, former Marshall store employee, visited Saturday. John Jake Warren underwent tonsillectomy in Cape Girardeau last Thursday. Lester and Robert Graham return from Cleveland, Ohio. brothers Woodgow and others accompany partway in St. Louis.
Local social notes list numerous visits and trips among Matthews residents and relatives. Names include Frank Ratcliff families, Hartzell, Depre, Conrad, Alsup, Mainord, Schmerbaugh, Buchanan, King, Deane, Nelson, Greene, Story, Branson, McCallister, Boardman, Mayfield, Dame, Hicks, and others. Activities span shopping trips in Sikeston, family reunions, illness, business visits in Cape Girardeau, trips to Eddyville and East Prairie, and a Pleasant Valley Fidelity club meeting focusing on School Clothes.
Letters from pastors of New McKendree Methodist and Presbyterian churches urged the Homecomers Reunion committee to ban gambling devices and indecent shows during the Jackson event, which runs Wednesday through Saturday. Signers included Rev. J. C. Montgomery and Rev. S. H. Salmon, with endorsements from Rev. S. H. Hardy and Rev. Paul Piepenbrok.
A survey reports that over ten thousand cities and towns exist across the United States reflecting continued growth and municipal proliferation. The count underscores dense local governance networks and varied urban density nationwide. Scientific demographics show steady incorporation trends in midwestern and southern regions.
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