Junior High Chorus to Perform at Woman's Club Program
The junior high school chorus directed by Miss Helen Campbell will sing Christmas carols at the Woman's club meeting on Tuesday afternoon December 10 in the public library auditorium. Mrs J R Harwell will read Christmas stories and a short business session will be led by president Mrs T A Martin. Hostesses are Mesdames Chris Francis J R Harwell and B F Blanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Campbell
Woman’s Club
Public Library
J. R. Harwell
T. A. Martin
Chris Francis
B. F. Blanton
Legion Auxiliary to Give Christmas Baskets
Mrs. Ben Welter presided at the Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion meeting on East Center street. Plans were set for Christmas baskets for veterans’ families and for an Americanism essay contest among public school children. The next meeting, December 17 at Mrs. S. L. Schillig’s home, will collect basket contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Welter
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
East Center Street
B. B. Tatum
J. S. Wallace
S. L. Schillig
J. Wm. Foley
Alva Garner
Mrs Kimes and daughter visit Sikeston from Marston
Mrs. Alice Kimes and her daughter Miss Margaret of Marston were business visitors in Sikeston on Wednesday. Mrs. Kimes is the sister-in-law of Jesse Kimes, a former Sikeston resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Kimes
Margaret
Marston
Sikeston
Kimes
Jesse Kimes
Palm cultivation timeline for date production begins
It takes six years and more than 32000 to bring each acre of palms to the point where date production begins.
Lions Club to Entertain Scouts Dinner planned for December 18
Twenty members and three guests attended Sikeston Lions Club noon meeting at Rustic Rock Inn led by President Wm Woehlecke. The club will host Boy Scout and Cub troop members it sponsors with a dinner at Palace Cafe on December 18, while O T Elder Carl Wedeking Charles Butler and Charles Dement oversee Scout work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Lions Club
Rustic Rock Inn
Wm. Woehlecke
Tanner C. Dye
John R. Bailey
Sikeston
Dudley L. Hoffman
Moberly
Lions ‘Club
Palace Cafe
O. T. Elder
Carl Wedeking
Charles Butler
Charles Dement
Club
Kiwanis Ladies Night Announces Pancake Day Plans
The Kiwanis Club schedules Ladies Night at Dunn Hotel at 6 20 with program led by L M Standley and presiding by R A Harper. Pancake Day set for Thursday December 12 from 7 AM to 9 PM, with committees named for advertising purchasing and sales. Farmers Night December 13 to feature every member hosting a Sikeston district farmer guest. Dr B R Short of Louisville guest at meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn Hotel
L. M. Standley
W. P. Wilkerson
R. A. Harper
Bartley R. Schwegler
Earl Allen
Ralph Reed
P. A. McDougal
L. M. Stanley
E. R. Putman
Sikeston
BR. H. Short
Louisville
New Madrid CCC Camp gets new command team
Capt. Robert G. Johnston, longtime New Madrid CCC camp commander, is transferred to the Jackson veteran CCC camp. He succeeds Capt. Irwin Trowbridge who moves to a district CCC post. Lieut. Harl C. Pierce becomes the new commander at New Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Robert G. Johnston
CCC
Jackson
Johnston
Irwin Trowbridge
Harl C. Pierce
Miss Grace Taylor to Wed Orlin Stuart Jr
Miss Grace Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs William Taylor near Essex will wed Orlin Stuart Jr son of Mrs May Stuart and the late Dr O C Stuart of Dexter Friday at 6 pm at the Dexter Baptist Church Rev Phillips officiating. Attendant will be Mrs Howard Chrisman of Dexter and Jere Hux of Essex. After the ceremony they will honeymoon in New Orleans and Albuquerque and will reside in the Webber Apartments Dexter after December 21. Miss Taylor has been a bookkeeper for Sikeston Grocer Company. Mr Stuart works with G G Hill Gravel Company in Dexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Taylor
William Taylor
Near Essex
Orlin Stuart Jr
May Stuart
O. C. Stuart
Dexter
Baptist Church
Rev. Phillips
Miss Taylor
Howard Chrisman
Stuart
Jere Hux
Essex
New Orleans
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Webber Apartments
Taylor
Sikeston Grocer Company
Mr. Stuart
G. G. Hill Gravel Company
Sikeston Couple Wed at Charleston in November Marriage
Mr and Mrs Tom Bloomfield wed November 26 at Rev C W Eckroth s Charleston Christian church home. Mrs Bloomfield daughter of Mrs George C Seufert and a freshman high school member. Mr Bloomfield a 1937 high school graduate now with Sikeston Board of Public Works. They reside with groom s parents on Ken dall street and will move to Dorothy street apartment next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bloomfield
S. T. Bloomfield
Kendall Street
C. W. Eckroth
Christian Church
Charleston
J. T.singleton Jr
Bloomfield
George C. Seufert
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Sikeston Board of Public Works
The
Dorothy Street
Wm. Graham
Sikeston Couple Wed in Friday Night Ceremony
Miss Maribel Hostler daughter of Mrs B M Hostler Morehouse became the bride of Orville Nall of Sikeston in a home ceremony Friday night November 29 Rev E W Milner of the Baptist church officiated. Nall is the son of Mr and Mrs Long Nall of Sikeston and works with his father at the Country Club Tavern. Mrs Nall attended Morehouse schools and manages the cafe there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maribel Hostler
B. M. Hostler
Morehouse
Orville Nall
Sikeston
E. F. Deneke
E. W. Milner
The
Baptist Church
Nall
Long Nall
Illinois
Country Club
Forty and Eight to Meet Here Saturday
The first annual Swampcast Wreck and Smoker of the Seme Voiture 460 La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux will be held in Sikeston Saturday afternoon and evening. Registration will be at the Dunn Hotel and the Wreck begins at two o'clock at the National Guard Armory with members from St. Louis and Springfield assisting. A buffet supper at 9:30 and a floor show at 10:30 led by master of ceremonies Percy N. Gash, followed by a dance at the Cotton Club at 11:00 Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seme Voiture 460
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Sikeston
Dunn Hotel
National Guard Armory
St. Louis
Springfield
Percy N. Gash
Cotton Club
Missouri appoints seven draft appeal boards
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark named seven draft appeal boards to rule on draftee eligibility. Boards cover regions from north Missouri to St. Louis, with members chosen to represent labor, business, agriculture, medicine and law. No. 4 in southern Missouri includes E J McNatt and others. boards meet in Jefferson City to organize districts and receive instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Roosevelt
Appeal Board
North Missouri
Kansas City
Jackson County
Central
Southern
St. Louis
St. Louis County
E. J. McNatt
Aurora
D. W. Gramling
Fornfelt
M. W. Latimer
Joplin
Sam Hunter
New Madrid
A. R. Rowe
Poplar Bluff
Appeals Board
Jefferson City
Selective Service
Died: Mrs Reuben Ross Holloway, stadium for anthem advocate
Mrs Reuben Ross Holloway, 78, longtime Baltimore activist who led campaigns to make The Star Spangled Banner the national anthem, died Saturday at her home. As national president of the United States Daughters of 1812, she began the drive in 1918. Congress designated the song on March 3, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Ross Holloway
Baltimore
Associated Press
Holloway
United States Daughters of 1812
Congress
Real estate transfers in Scott County include numerous parcels
Earl Baker transfers lots 29 and 30, block 21 in Chaffee for $1. W H Danforth sells 304.17 acres in section 28 township 12 for $1 318 05. Nick Brucker to W A Whistle 95 acres in sec 30 town 28 range 12 for $2500. Multiple deeds record transfers among Chamber of Commerce addition Sikeston Chaffee Kelso Morley and other plats with prices from $1 to $2500 and large acreage. Major institutions include Prudential Insurance Co Chicago Title & Trust Co Northwestern Mutual Life. Names include C W Praul R A McCord H O L C H H Morse G Gray’s Point Terminal Railway Co and Nick Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Baker
C. W. Praul
Chaffee
W. H. Danforth
W. A. Whistle
Nick Brucker
C. W. Costello
B. W. Cansey
R. A. McCord
E. E. Brown
Sunset 2Nd
Sikeston
Co. D. Matthews 3d
Eleanor B. Matthews
Murray Phillips
Heatherland Lambert
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Spradling
Herman Belk
Eastern
John
Olme
Prudential Insurance Co
Roy Colliflower
Frisco
W. H. Woodyard
Carl Baker
Prudential Ins. Co
Roy ‘Evans
Doss Miller
H. E. Morse
A. L. Biffle
Chicago Title & Trust Co
Grays Point
Billa Smith
Real estate transfers listed for Sikeston area
A compilation of property transactions shows numerous transfers across Illmo Oran Sikeston Fornfelt and Dlmo. Buyers include Elizabeth Dirnberger Oscar Stallings Nancy Key May Barnett Ed Breeding Margaret Limbaugh W L Limbaugh Lydia Chaney Audrey Chaney J W Laughlin and S N Doty. Amounts range from 1 to 618 dollars for parcels including blocks additions and acreages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dirnberger
Aug. Welter
Oran
Oscar Stallings
Aliie Reeves
Nancy Key
Lena Miller
McCoy-Tanner
Sikeston
May Barnett
D. E. Caldwell
Bell
Fornfelt
Ed Breeding
Margaret Limbaugh
W. L. Limbaugh
W. Kelso
J. J. Wehling
Chaffee
Lydia Chaney
Audrey Chaney
B. F. Chaney
J. W. Laughlin
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legion Auxiliary
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
RCA
Kelvinator
Leech Furniture Company
Kingshighway
Center Street
Sikeston, Mo
Dexter Man
Scott County
Scott County Abstract Company
Benton, Mo
Harris D. Rogers
Joint Stock Land Bank
Harry Hindman
Mae Bortz
S. N. Doty
J. Grant Frye
Lightner
Moore-Harris Abstract
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
Corlew Appliance CO
Malone Avenue
Philcos
Philcoy
Robindt
Philco
Uae
Ntrel Feng
Fonda
the Lair Company
Rae
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