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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
4
The Pre-School group of the Parent-Teacher Association met at Mrs. R. A. Harper's home on Monday for a social afternoon. Instead of exchanging gifts, members held a White Christmas event and provided gifts to four needy families.
Mrs. S L Schillig hosted the bi monthly meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion with co hosts Mrs W Holley and Mrs Dean Marshall. Mrs H D S Bashore led the business session which planned an entertainment for National Guard members before their year training at Camp Joseph Robinson Little Rock Ark. A social hour followed led by Mrs Frank Dye.
Mrs Carl Wilkinson was elected a worthy matron of the local Eastern Star chapter at the regular meeting held Thursday night at the I O O F hall. L G Lewis was re elected worthy patron. Other officers named include associate matron Mrs F S Converse associate patron Buell Sizemore secretary Mrs Steve Humphrey treasurer Miss Lilian Putnam conductress Mrs Wade Malcolm associate conductress Mrs Gene Kindred. Appointments to follow and installation planned for January.
Mrs John Spence Jr of Morehouse was chosen president of the Past Matrons club of Eastern Star chapters in the 50th district at a luncheon meeting held in the Morehouse gym Monday. Also elected were Mrs F E Mount Sikeston and Mrs Alice Mabrey Illmo as vice presidents, Mrs Mayme Limbaugh Blodgett recording secretary, Mrs W T Wofford Morehouse corresponding secretary, and Mrs L R Burns Sikeston treasurer. Hostesses were Mrs W T Wofford and Mrs M Dillon.
Miss Della Wright entertained members of her Sunday school with a Christmas party and buffet supper at her home Tuesday night. Attending were Betty Shivel Ruth Struwe Virginia Graham Jean Jackson Grace Sitzes Amy Walkinson and Charlotte Strain.
Members of the Jolly Twelve Club held their annual Christmas party at Mrs. Jeff Sutterfield's home with twelve members and two guests. Birthdays of Mrs. B. Carroll and Mrs. W. W. Lankford were celebrated. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Judson Boardman's home on Wednesday January 15.
The Gift Shop announces a fresh shipment of Martha Sleeper jewelry arriving for customers. The collection features retro-inspired pieces perfect for accessory updates and gift options.
Ten young girls from the Friendly Cups club will present Cinderella in the public library auditorium at 4 PM Monday December 23. Admission is 10 cents, with donations accepted. Cast includes Laurence Fowler as Cinderella Anna Katherine Baasch as prince Smiley Ann Brown as fairy Virginia Bowles as stepmother Marilyn Yoffie and Carolyn Wilkinson as stepsisters Anne Hollenbeck as flower girl Jane Stevens as messenger jockey and announcer Lucy Jo Aufdenberg as king Marianne Tomerlin as queen. Proceeds buy children's books. Bailey school pupils-made costumes. Mrs. Samuel Liss and Helen and Esther Tipp assisting.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caldwell Mabry celebrate their second wedding anniversary next Tuesday night with a Christmas Eve dinner party at the Chase Hotel in St. Louis. Mabry, formerly a bookkeeper for the Belleville construction firm that built the air school's early structures, recently joined the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics office staff.
Sikeston Kiwanis Club members held a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Couey at the Hollingsworths’ home after the weekly meeting. The couple received small gifts and handkerchiefs, with light refreshments served. The Coueys, long-time Sikeston residents, are moving to Trinidad, Colorado to visit relatives and seek a new home to improve health.
Members of the Modern Woodmen lodge will meet at the Rustic Rock Inn at 7:30 Friday night to elect officers for the coming year. E. B. Moore, counsel of the lodge, will preside over the session.
Sikeston Kiwanis Club committee chairmen will present reports of the year’s work at the weekly dinner meeting set for Friday night December 20 at the Palace Cafe. R. A. Harper will preside. Last Friday was Farmers’ Night with a farmer guest for each member, music by Joseph Gaines and the Sikeston School boys glee club. Pancake Day chair E. E. Mount reported about 850 pancakes served and gross receipts of 210 dollars, with profit still undetermined.
The Morehouse Methodist Sunday school will present a Christmas program starting at 10 o clock next Sunday morning. At 11 o clock Rev. M. T. Haw will preach on Wise Men Yesterday and Today. At 7 o clock Rev. Wilson Crichlow will preach, followed by the quarterly conference of the church.
Rev D D MacAdams will preach the Christmas morning sermon titled The Audacity of Christmas at Sikeston Presbyterian Church on Sunday December 22. A Christmas program will be presented at the evening hour with details elsewhere in The Herald.
In Oklahoma City Butch the mongrel steals dog food from a shop whenever customers arrive, dashing in for a can of the same brand. The proprietor tried hiding the brand, but the dog kept finding it. To settle accounts, the owner adds each purchase to Henry Van Buskirk’s bill.
A 160 acre tract in Pemiscot county near Steele sold at public auction this week for 156 per acre to settle an estate. The price sets a record for farm lands in the area over the past several years.
Gust Zacher visits Columbia with friends while many Sikeston residents plan Christmas travel. Names include Mill, Averett, McCord, Sutterfield, Woodbury, Napper, Corrigan, Higgins, Belden, Elder, and Dempster among others. several announce family visits, illnesses, travels to St Louis, Memphis, Detroit, Nashville, and Arkansas with festive gatherings and medical updates.
Heavily laden trucks on the Petsamo highway carry Christmas gifts including coffee tea and soap from Americans to Swedes and aid Finland moves imports through this Arctic port for herself amid wartime supply lines.
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