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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
14
The American Legion Auxiliary will convene at 7 30 this evening at the Dunn Hotel with President Mrs. Herb Walton presiding. Hostesses for the evening are Mrs. Marion Jewell Mrs. Kathryn Johnson and Mrs. Sid Schillig.
The Women s Benefit Association met at Odd Fellows Hall Monday night and elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs Lowell Webb is joined by vice president Mrs Roscoe Bennett secretary Mrs Frank Moody treasurer Mrs A R Puckett past president Mrs Bill Shain chaplain Mrs Liza Inman captain of guard Mrs Fred Cole sergeant Mrs N Patterson lady of ceremony Mrs Leslie Rister. Appointive officers to be named at the January meeting.
The Eastern Star meets at Odd Fellows Hall tonight to elect officers for the coming year. Mrs Paul Trotter, worthy matron, will supervise the gathering.
Members of the King’s Highway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a Christmas party at Mrs. Kate Harris’s home. Regent Mrs. A J Renner led a business session, messages from President-General Mrs. Julius Y Talmade, and readings by Miss Lydia Chaney. The chapter discussed Good Citizenship Pilgrimage plans, selected a high school senior for January, reported Red Cross work, and donated $500 to the American Legion Christmas Gift Fund. Gifts were exchanged during the social hour.
Miss Auda McCuiston, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter McCuiston of Mount Carmel Illinois, former Sikeston residents, will marry Floyd R Wrye in Sikeston Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. Rev FE D Owen will officiate. A reception will follow at the Crowe home on Moore avenue.
Members of the Eastern Star Birthday club will hold a Christmas party at the Dunn Hotel on Wednesday December 19 at 1 o clock. President Mrs. W I Sidwell announced. Hostesses for the dinner will be Mesdames Steve Humphreys C J Stevens W B Hollingsworth and M E Montgomery.
Woman's club members sang Christmas carols directed by Mrs Burt Rowe at the Tuesday meeting in the public library auditorium. Rev E D Owen spoke on The Fore mother praising women's progress from pre revolutionary days to now and their excellence in home school and church. A social hour followed with hostesses Mrs P A McDougal and Mrs E Q DeField. A brief business session was led by president Mrs B F Blanton. The next meeting is January 8.
The T. E. L. class of the Baptist church will hold a Christmas party and gift exchange at Mrs. W. S. Sidwell's home on South Kingshighway next Tuesday night, December 18. Assistants include Mesdames Bill Scott, Nanny Keller and D. A. Reese.
The Keystone Class of the Christian Church will meet at Mrs. Alva Garner's home next Tuesday night for a Christmas party. All members are urged to attend.
The American Legion adopted a resolution at its recent National Convention demanding worldwide press freedom. It reaffirmed support for freedom of speech religion and the press and urged a free unhampered flow of news between nations. The Legion opposed any movement that would make the press a government instrument.
George W. Kirk of Sikeston will be formally installed as governor of the Mc Kan Ark District of Kiwanis Clubs at a meeting in Kansas City on January 11. Leading Kiwanis members from Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas are expected to attend the ceremony.
Capt John Webster Bowman, Sikeston native and United States Naval Academy graduate, addressed the Sikeston Kiwanis Club dinner. He described Pacific duty with the Fourth Marine Division, naming Kwajalein Saipan and Iwo Jima as major tests, and noted rest camps after victories. Guests included family members and new member Robert A Dempster.
Rev E D Owen pastor of Sikeston Baptist Church spoke at the Sikeston Lions club lunch at Dunn Hotel. The group announced the annual kid show to collect food for Christmas baskets at Malone theater on Saturday afternoon December 22. A Christmas dance was planned and next week will provide more details about the program. Guests included three former servicemen Mer nt M Beck Robert A Dempster and David Blanton.
Jere Caverno Jr. was elected Worshipful Master at the Mason Lodge regular meeting on Thursday night December 6, succeeding Linn Smith. Other officers chosen include Senior Warden A. P. Veasman, Junior Warden Marvin Carroll, Treasurer L. C. Leslie, and Secretary A. A. Harrison. The rest will be appointed and all will be installed January 3.
The Scott County Memorial Post of the American Legion in Benton will host a public meeting on Tuesday night December 18 at the Benton Community Building. The post will receive its charter and new officers will be installed by District Vice-Commander R L Gilbert of Haymn. Notable attendees include Harry C Blanton Sikeston J Grant Frye Imo former state commanders, James Reeves Caruthersville past state Judge Advocate and Raymond Roberts Farmington current Judge Advocate. Delegations from county posts are expected and all service men and women are urged to attend to learn about the Legion and its work. Refreshments for service members will follow in the basement.
Washington reports private industry has taken over about one billion dollars of surplus war plants and paid the government 70 cents on the dollar. Over 300 factories have been sold or leased with peacetime jobs likely, as RFC disposal officials note a break in delays. An official estimate says about 1300 plants will eventually pass to private hands, having cost the government around five billion during wartime, representing a quarter of the nation’s productive capacity.
Among Missouri University students in Columbia those to spend the holidays with their parents include Misses Alice Van Horne Sue Tanner Louise Jackson Margaret Anthony and Parker Rowe Frank Schulte David Lumsden Dale Tope and Frankie Engram. Measles was a major cause of death among US soldiers in World War I.
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