Local News Roundup from Nearby Towns
Kinnard Dillon made a business trip to St Louis. Miss Elizabeth Hart shopped in Cape Girardeau. Darcy Brown transacted business in Cape Girardeau. The Dillon Theatre will be open Sunday night December 24. Marston lost to Morehouse 27 26 in basketball last Friday. Several residents toured Sikeston and Cape Girardeau for shopping and visiting. A Christmas cantata was presented at the high school gymnasium Wednesday night. Various local visits, weddings, and social events are noted including marriages of Alma Ferrell and Vernon Atterbury and Ida Abbot and Manuel Taylor. A miscellaneous shower for Mrs Maxine Westbrooks was held. Interactions with St Louis, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, and Memphis are listed. In science news, laughing gas was found in the atmosphere at Flagstaff, Ariz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinnard Dillon
St. Louis
Elizabeth Hart
Cape Girardeau
Darcy Brown
Dillon Theatre
Morehouse High School
Marston
Adelaide Durfee
Dorothy Lee
Sikeston
Parrot
Leonard Davis
Charles Heath
Imo
Jim Hackett
Sherif
F Stanley
New Madrid
Margaret Patterson
St Louis
Maude Patterson
Mattie Mae St Johns
Edith Rook
Russell McFarling
John Crain
Gale Parmley
St. Loui
John Pryor
Maude Bryant
Charles Bryant
Charlotte
Penn Travilhon
Wally Horeybrink
Glen Allen
F. A. Andrews
Harold Dale
Frank Marshall
Lucy Lee
Poplar Bluff
Alma Ferrell
Vernon Atterbury
Oklahoma
Arlen Upton
Memphis
Tenn
Upton
Jack McFarlay
Ida Abbot
Manuel Taylor
Charleston
Maxine Westbrooks
Cornel Lee
Anna Jones
Frank Litchford
Nora Gunterman
Merrilee
Canalou News: Local Holiday Activities and Travels
Miss Virginia McLaurin shopped in Blytheville. Ott Burnett and James D. Koch attended a lodge meeting in Jackson. Virgil Strickland and Shorty Northcut were in Lilbourn on business. Jim Sexton, Hubert Bond and Junior McLaurin visited New Madrid. Canalou girls and boys beat Randles, a Christmas tree and program were held at the high school gym. Teachers Owen and Appalone Taul plan Christmas visit home. Dr and Mrs Wiles and family visited at Harley Barnes home. Coach Tau treated the basketball squad to a Cape Girardeau trip to watch Teachers College vs Western Kentucky. The local boys anticipate a Murray Ky trip to play Training High School and will take part in the Vanduser tournament over Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia McLaurin
Blytheville
Ark
Ott Burnett
James D. Kochel
Jackson
Virgil Strickland
Shorty
Northcut
Lilbourn
Jim Sexton
Hubert Bond
Junior McLaurin
New Madrid
Canalou
Randles
Wlre
Cape Girardeau
Houck
Teachers College
Western Kentucky State Teachers
Bowing Green
Taul
Western
Murray
Local Social Notes From Cape Girardeau Area
Mr and Mrs Frank Glasstetter and son Gilbert visited Cape Girardeau Saturday. Bennie Menz welcomed a daughter born Sunday December 17. Rev Leo Halter visiting his daughter near Kelso. Miss Cornelia Evans of Randles guests Sunday of Miss Kathleen Gateley. Frank Walters of Oran and Orville Hanselman welcomed guests Sunday. Waldo Reynolds and children visited their grandparents. C M Reynolds and Miss Dorris James teaching at Tilsit hosted by J H James. Joe Wade moved from St Joe Tennessee to farm near Oran. Gus Cauttrell reports son Ernest and family pleased with Arkansas Pass Texas move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Glasstetter
Gilbert
Cape Girardeau
Bennie Menz
Leo Halter
Kelso
Cornelia Evans
Randles
Kathleen Gateley
Frank Walters
Oran
Orville Hanselman
Waldo Reynolds
Fornfelt
C. M. Reynolds
Dorris James
Tilsit
Claude James
J. H James
Joe Wade
St. Joe, Tenn
Cauttrell
Gus Cauttrell
Ernest
Arkansas Pass
Texas
Wm. Dalton
Lilbourn
Bessie Townsend
Puxico
W. P. Townsend
Joe Seaton
Baby
Dick Thomas
Morehouse
Wilma Houser
Bruce Fletcher
Betty Lou
Chester Stafford
Paul Witt
Sikeston
D. Atherton
Ben Sells Jr
John Crosno
Homer Gibson
Tennessee
Archie Kem
Margaret Kelley
Louis Kem
Welch
James
David
Cray Ridge
J C Stafford
Lester Stafford
Dawsey Stafford
Portageville
J. C Stafford
Local Mumps Reports and Busy Christmas Weekend
A cluster of mumps cases is reported in the area. Relatives visit in Lilbourn and many residents host or travel for holiday plans. Be present at the church Christmas program and note multiple family visits, moves, and minor injuries.
Cotton ginnings wind down as Sikeston season ends
Cotton season near completion in Sikeston with little to no new cotton received in the past week. Prices vary from 8 to 12 cents per pound. only snaps and a small amount of picked cotton remain from earlier in the season. The Sikeston Compress and Warehouse finished the season, stock kept on hand, with regular operations ceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Ilkeston
Morehouse Girl Wins W T U Essay Prize
Shirley Farns, a pupil at Morehouse public school, won first prize in a Women's Christian Temperance Union essay contest. She received seven dollars for writing What Alcohol Is and What It Does. About twenty two sixth to eighth graders competed. second prize went to Bessie Gull and third to Betty Lou Collier. The awards were presented after a Christmas program at the new high school auditorium by Rev. M. H. Markley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Farns
Morehouse
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
J. A. Spence Sr
Bessie Gull
Betty Lou Collier
New Agh School
M. H. Markley
Mesdames F. E. Mount
M. J. Thomas
John Fox
Sikeston
Alcohol and Society Illicit Effects on Health and Welfare
A passage argues that alcohol harms health by increasing infection risk and mortality from pneumonia cholera and typhoid fever. It links drink with poverty crime and homelessness, cites experiments showing alcohol reduces strength and motor speed, and notes athletes and workers perform worse under its influence.
Blenheim Bomber Fact Sheet From Early Era Specification
The Blenheim twin engine bomber features two 840 horsepower engines and two guns. It has a range of 100 miles and a top speed of 279 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briish Bastol “Blenheim
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