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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
6
Fire safety advice warns that fresh cut Christmas trees rapidly become a fire hazard. Limit indoor display to a short window, keep water, treat with ammonium sulfate, secure the tree, and avoid sparks from candles. Use UL approved lights, check wiring, and avoid overloads to prevent hidden fires.
The enigmatic Mrs Peck, Mary Allan Hulbert Peck, longtime associate of President Wilson, died Tuesday in Norwalk Connecticut after a five week illness. Once influential in Wilson’s inner circle, she lost her fortune and lived with Mrs Randolph Bray in Norwalk after adopting her first husband’s name, Hulbert.
The agriculture department reported final crop figures: wheat at 794,971,000 bushels and corn at 2,619,137,000 bushels, according to an Associated Press dispatch.
Children of the Miner school will present an operetta titled Christmas in the Circus at the Baptist church Thursday evening December 21 at 7:30. Teachers Mrs James Reeves Mrs Jewel Allen and Miss Madge Davis will direct the program for the entire school.
Letters of Administration on the estate of Anna M. Ancell were granted December 1939 in Scott County Missouri. Creditors must present claims within six months for allowance or be barred within one year. W. L. Waggener is administrator. O. L. Spencer probate judge. seal included. An unrelated note mentions the peacock as a Yuletide dish before 1524.
A privately minted 1851 five dollar gold coin from California fetched 1000 dollars at a New York auction last Saturday. The buyer’s identity was not disclosed.
Campbell Miss J M Miller 77 longtime Campbell resident died Saturday at home after moving there 51 years ago. Survived by five children F A Miller Virgal Miller Mrs J B Lyne Mrs Charles Benton and Mrs Lulu Oliver. Funeral at Baptist church Sunday with Rev Earl Richardson of Kennett officiating.
Ste Genevieve sustains La GuignoLee customs for over two centuries. This year it enforces a New Year blackout with festivities delayed to midnight since the thirty first falls on Sunday. A second blackout follows at 1 30 a m.
J. R. Harwell of Harwell Auto Parts returned from Chicago where he attended the Automotive Service Industries Show. Mrs. Harwell accompanied him. He announced a second Harwell Auto Parts store will open in Kennett soon after the first of the year, with Will Open Store at Menmett First of Year.
Joly Bailey, son of Mr and Mrs Roger Bailey, who has represented a national magazine in Sikeston for months, now makes deliveries on a new bicycle awarded for meritorious service.
State Auditor Forrest Smith says total Missouri sales tax receipts in 1939 will be substantially higher than 1938. He notes $21,000,000 has been collected in the first eleven months of the year, matching the total for all of 1938, signaling improved business conditions.
Ray Johnson a 21 year old farmer wed Jennie Lucille Stanton aged 14 in Houston Missouri as disclosed by Justice of the Peace L R Hanley last Saturday It was her second marriage she had been granted a divorce from Robert Vestal 17 at the November term of circuit court
In Sikeston Missouri in December 1939 children write Santa Claus listing their wished for gifts. Norma Jean Walker Greta Jean Hastings Emma Jean Dye Glen Dye and Eddie Dye each describe desired items from Betsy Wetsy dolls to trains skates and building sets. The page also notes Christmas Seals educate that tuberculosis is not inherited and that cases arise from another case.
The common sign of greeting among Gulf of Mexico Indians when meeting friends is to blow into each other’s ears, a distinctive cultural practice noted in the manuscript.
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