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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
2
Mrs Cora Strayhorn confined to home due to illness. Mr and Mrs Oscar Miller welcomed a daughter born November 20. Community notices include illness, visits, and gatherings. Numerous local residents and families are named with Thanksgiving and holiday activities across Sikeston East Prairie and surrounding areas.
Mrs A D Rankin of Sedgewickville visited Mrs Phoebe Black recently. Norval Emerson of Sikeston came as a business visitor on Thursday of last week. Miss Willa Mae Looney spent Thanksgiving with family in Cape Girardeau. Max Bollinger spent holidays at Bell City with his parents. Edith Elmore and Steve Rodgers visited Wilma Ra Bains on Thursday. Tharon FE Stallings of Sikeston visited his parents on Thanksgiving morning. Geo Campbell and children visited Arthur Pikery at Marston on Thursday night. Wilson Allen spent Thanksgiving here with Joe May and friends. Morley Methodist church plans interior redecorating in the near future. Lizzie May accompanied her son Hugh May and daughter-in-law to their home.
Conoco products are available at SCHEROFF and AUFDENBERG'S STATION located at 32 North Kingshighway and DRAKE AUTO SERVICE in Matthews.
National Park Service estimated tourists spent 5,003,100,000 in 1937. New York led with 846,800,000, California 416,800,000, Pennsylvania 327,850,000, Missouri 158,200,000.
The Herald emphasizes diligent reporting practices and aims to deliver accurate coverage across politics, economy, and society, reflecting a commitment to factual integrity and responsible journalism.
B B Conrad visited his mother in Marble Hill last Friday while C T Hope from Cape Girardeau spent time with his wife here Sunday. Families from Louisville Sikeston and St Louis area visited relatives this Thanksgiving weekend with travel to Memphis Advance and Cape Girardeau noted. Dr Samuel Melvin Sarno and Miss Rosalynd Grace Grossman wed at St Joseph Mo with Sarno a local physician and Phi Delta Epsilon member. The couple will reside here after a short wedding trip.
Dan Baker and W. T. Wofford transacted business at New Madrid on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fox of Parma visited friends at Morehouse Thursday. Mrs. Omar Comstock and son Glen Gay visited in Sikes ton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gwaltney and son Tommy of Salcedo spent Sunday with the Kem family. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Balderjack of Flint Michigan visited here Friday en route to Dexter. Mrs. Nina Street returned to Caruthersville Thursday after a week with her parents, the Brawleys.
Doyle Puckett and Russell Estes of Lilbourn visited friends here. Bobby Foster is ill at home. Miss Georgia Dalton of Lilbourn weekends with Miss Zelma Kemn. Chinch Mathis of Wardell visits sister Clodine Mathis. Dessie Baker of Sikeston guest of S. M. Baker. Margaret and Mildred Crosno of Cape Girardeau spend weekend with parents John and Mrs. Crosno.
Mrs. Eleanor Knuckles returned to Harrisburg after a week with friends. Mrs. Dena Willis leaves for Grafton NL for extended visits with son and daughter in law. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Dalton and children of Stanford Tl visited with Dalton and Walter Dalton families. Word came Wednesday of the death of Jess Lomax of Tennessee, an uncle of James Lomax. An anniversary dinner honored Mrs. Pratt and Mrs. Fletcher at McMullin hosted by Jim Pratt.
Tomorrow at 8 15 p m over Station KFVS Cape Girardeau Claude Amrmold a Paxico attorney will deliver the Highways of Tomorrow address. It inaugurates the Radio Safety Campaign sponsored by the American Road Builders Association.
R Gordon Wagener of the Social Security Board reports 29 states paid out 340000000 dollars in the first ten months of 1938 to temporarily unemployed workers. The figure reflects jobless insurance disbursements across the states during that period.
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