Local News From Lac Oy Towns and Cape Girardeau Visit
Local residents report trips to Cape Girardeau on Monday and Friday visits by Captain J T Carlton and family. The Badgett Construction Co works on a river revetment. Masonic Lodge officers elected for the coming year. Members shop in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston. several visitors from Benton and Commerce. Eastern Star outlines Christmas observance program. Sunshine Circle hosts monthly birthday party with Sunshine friends revealed.
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South
Cape Girardeau
J T. Carlton
Badgett Construction Co
Masonic Lodge
Mechames
G C Darby
Ralph Darby
Cape Girarmicau
HO M Zarior
Rosa Lee Schober
Sikestone
Letcher Bom
Sons of
Benton
John Penn
Cape Sherleau
Arthur Penn
Eastern Star Chapter
Blodgett News Family Visits and Local Activities
Ross Lemons returns from Indiana on business. Mrs. Nienstedt and Lester Graham visit Jefferson City. John H Nunnelee and family host J F Nunnelee’s guests. Mrs. Mackley travels to Houston for ill brother. Woodrow Graham had an appendectomy in St. Louis. Choir led by Mrs. Gill Wilson to present Christmas cantata on December 20 at the Methodist church. Arthur Smith and family welcome a daughter born December 11. she is formerly Juanita Austin. Death notice for EF F Rogers of Blodgett area. family in California. Local residents visit relatives in Sikeston and Lilbourn. Rev. Homer Gunn conducts singing lessons. Illness sidelines Mrs Milburn Harris. Several local families host guests and visit each other on weekends.
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Ross Lemons
Indiana
E. J. Nienstedt
Lester Graham
Jefferson City
John H. Nunnelee
Doniphan
J F. Nunnelee
R. H. Mackley
Houston
Texas
James Hutcheson
Woodrow Graham
St. Louis
E. C. Graham
Gill Wilson
Methodist Church
Arthur Smith
East St. Louis
Smith
Juanita Austin
Blo
Rogers
California
John Erwin
J. F. Nunnelee Jr
Charleston
Daughtless Gee
Parma
Gee
Charles Larry
Morehouse
Orville Denton
Edwina
Bully
Mary Denton
Marian
Fay Heath
Sikeston
A.C Sullivant
Muriel Barnes
Poplar Bluff
Clarence Hale
Frank Hale
Wilma Hawkins
Fred Bowman
Emma Bowman
Memphis
Buster Bowman
New Jersey
Christmas program planned at local school
Advance residents W H Werner home visits noted. Sikeston trips by Mrs Jennie Taylor and Willie Gruen for business. Shigh school boys invited to Vandyser tournament December 29 30. Thieves stole hogs at W H Werner farm near Charter Oak. sheriff alerted. School Christmas cantata slated December 23 with a community tree planned for December 24. Charleston teams played Canaleu squads last Friday. Canaleu girls won easily. Canaleu boys led by eight at final. Additional social visits include Mrs Daniel Fletcher with Lomax family and Doyle Foster with Charles Rhodes family in Matthews.
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Helen Duckett
W. H. Werner
Lilbourn
Jennie Taylor
Sikeston
Wallace
Shigh School
Vandyser
Charter Oak
Charleston Independent
Charleston Girls
Canaloa Girls
Canaleu
Willie Gruen
Daniel Fletcher
James Lomax
Doyle Foster
Charles Rhodes
Matthews
Mobley News Notes Relatives and Local Guests
Local social notes list Miss Mary Harris ill at home and many visits across Cape Girardeau Sikeston Blodgett Commerce and Poplar Bluff. Attendees include Rev J E Taylor Cape Girardeau, Morley and East Prairie residents, and church groups. Basketball win by Morley teams against Oran.
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Mary Harris
Mary Sue Finney
Cape Girardeau
Willa Mae Looney
Howard Lett
Tom
Mildred Foster
Benton
Geneva Foster
Annie Beardslee
Emma
Sikeston
Leslie Watson
Vern Dee Byrd
East Prairie
Forest Watson
Elmira Bynum
Luta Evans
Joy Wolpers
Cass Wolpers
Poplar Bluff
Mildred Bugg
Camille Emerson
State College
A G Ragains
Morley
Oran
Monroe Gilliland
Stanley Dixon
Fredericktown
C. A. Stallings
Mr. Stallings
Ins Rorme
Oran Social Roundup Feeds Local News and Visits
Miss Lavana Dannenmueller works at the Estes home in Oran. Several households from Oran and Cape Girardeau visited relatives and friends over the weekend, including the Dirnberger and Moore families. A birthday surprise for Miss Thelma Moore drew many attendees and refreshments followed by games.
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Lavana Dannenmueller
Estes
Oran
Willeene McCray
Norma Moore
Catherine Fulenwider
Andy Kappler
M. B. Moore
Mose Russell
Cape Girardeau
Albert Dannenmueller
Br. B. Moore
Dean
Thelma
Lucy Gateley
Bobbie Lou
Dennis LeGrand
Benton
Frank Dirnberger
Dorris James
State College
Jesse James Sr
Viola Dannenruvelier
Marie Jansen
Ethel
Adelf Keifer
Chaffee
Robert McBride
Goldie
Henry
Gerhardt Jansen
Offie Groves
Mrs. Groves
Zeno Welter
James
Marian
New Hamburg
Nick Essner
Rosemary
Afr
Viola Dannenmueller
Cornelius Dannenmueller
Robert Dirnberger
Raymond Dirnberger
Esther Moore
Roy Wood
Clark Ervin
Wilma
Wil- Teene McCray
Helen
Louise Robinson
Louise Miller
Maurine
Kathleen Gateley
Jesse James Jr
Guthrie Gateley
Deaths from heart disease rise 73 percent since 1900
The United States census bureau notes a 73 percent increase in deaths from heart disease since 1900, highlighting a long term rise in cardiovascular mortality across the nation.
Teeth in Missouri sales tax urged by official
Jefferson City details two proposed methods to fortify the 2 percent sales tax and boost revenue by about 3 million dollars. G H Bates, supervisor, backs a use tax on goods purchased out of state for Missouri use and a merchant licensing system with revocation powers for delinquent collectors. He notes current enforcement relies on slow courts.
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Jefferson City
G. H. Bates
Bates
Missouri
East Prairie to Build WPA Gymnasium at Local High School
Work has begun on a WPA project to erect a new gymnasium measuring 100 by 65 feet at the local high school. The structure is expected to cost about $15,000, and upon completion the present building will be converted into additional classrooms for high school use.
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East Prairie
Tuberculosis deaths fall 73 percent since 1900
U S Census Bureau reports deaths from all forms of tuberculosis in the United States have declined by 73 percent since 1900, reflecting major progress in public health and disease control efforts.
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United States
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Wilma Ragains
Steve Rodgers
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