Arsenic Murder Mystery Delights Sikeston High Players
Sikeston High School staged Arsenic a murder mystery set in a fashionable tennis club with Eleanor McClure as the champion and Jakie Foster as Inspector plus Martha Stevens as his daughter. Supporting roles included Barbara Sensenbaugh Robin Lanseer and Payne Hampton with standout turns by Rose Mary Proffer and Sensenbaugh.
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Dramatics
Eleanor McClure
Hlane McNeely
Barbara Sensenbaugh
Jakie Foster
Martha Stevens
Parker
Robin Lanseer
Gene Hayden
Payne Hampton
Frank Schulte
Rose Mary Proffer
Mayabelle Larkins
Tony Lanier
Arsenic
Wanda Gail Richards
Candle Light Service Honors Christmas Spirit in Sikeston
The annual candlelight service by the junior and senior classes was held this afternoon in the gymnasium to commemorate Christmas. The seniors presented the spirit of Sikeston.
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John Ensor
David Rowe
Spirit of Sikeston
Little Bo Peep Play Delica Spivey and Clifford Tittle
The 100 homeroom staged Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Sheep last Thursday. Delica Spivey played the distressed girl and Clifford Tittle the gallant hero. Mrs Scheerer praised the production as a huge success enjoyed by all.
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Delica Spivey
Clifford Tittle
Mrs. Scheerer
Christmas Brings Memories From Our Freshman Year
Senior class notes list former students who left to serve in World War II. Hugh Aldrich is in Army in Germany. W C Andrews in Navy in the South Pacific. James Higdon in Army Air Corps Chanute Field Rantoul. Gene Hunott in Army in California. Robert E Lee in Army in New York. Billy Shuppert in Navy Memphis. Paul Stacy in Merchant Marines overseas. Bobby Weber as Seabees in the Hawaiian Islands. Also notes about 15 percent of the Philippines being cultivated mostly for rice.
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Hugh Aldrich
Army
Germany
W. C. Andrews
Navy
South Pacific
James Higdon
Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Gene Hunott
California
Robert E. Lee
New York
Billy Shuppert
Memphis
Paul Stacy
Merchant Marines
Bobby Weber
Seabees
Hawaiian Islands
Lutheran Boy Scouts Meet at Church Tonight at 7:30
Members of the Lutheran Boy Scout troop led by Scoutmaster Wm. B. Patterson will gather at the church tonight at 7:30 to help decorate the Christmas tree and participate in church activities.
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Lutheran Boy Scouts
Wm. B. Patterson
Red Cross Sets 1945 Fund Goal at 180 Million
Washington reports the 1945 Red Cross Fund minimum goal is 180 million dollars. Basil O'Connor, Red Cross chairman, says this budget increase supports Europe, the Pacific, and domestic services while staying just under the 1944 total due to early campaign oversubscriptions and economies. Colby Chester of General Foods will chair the campaign.
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Washington
Red Cross
Basil O’connor
American Red Cross
Europe
Pacific
Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corporation
Religion in Everyday Life and War Bond Forecast
From the Missouri Council of Churches a tribute to Jesus on his birthday urging renewal of moral and spiritual effort. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau forecasts the Sixth War Loan exceeding 19 billion dollars with a $5 billion individual buyer quota to be met. Herald Want Ads get results.
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Missouri Council of Churches
Jesus
Treasury
Morgenthau
Jesus the All in All in Luke Hebrews and John
The author G O Nations highlights Lukes birth and events, the Messiah in Bethlehem, and the Trinity of Luke Hebrews and John. He argues Jesus as the Word and creator, fulfilled prophecies, and the churchs unity, urging personal transformation for world peace. He stresses Jesus as the all in all and sole salvation through resurrection.
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Jesus the
G. O. Nations
Luke
Christ
Jesus
Jerusalem
Messiah
Bethlehem
Joseph
Mary
Nazareth
Galilee
Caesar Augustus
Bethany
David
Judah
Heaven
Prince of
Isaiah
Israel
Paul
Corinth
Carnal
Gethsemane
Cross
God
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Moses
Mount Sinai
John
Sarno Heads Morehouse Masons at annual election
Dr S M Sarno was elected worshipful master of the Morehouse Masonic Lodge with Henry Hart senior warden Fred Laminack junior warden and Thomas Sheeter secretary. New officers to be installed January 9 include Don Taylor senior deacon Wm Deane Matthews junior deacon Joe Barnett senior steward Vet er Baker junior steward Don Kochel chaplain Dan Macabee marshal Posey F Clay tyler. Other notes report visitors and local social news plus a basketball game between Morehouse Tigers and Sikeston Bulldogs last Friday.
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S. M. Sarno
Morehouse Masonic Lodge
Henry Hart
Fred Laminack
Thomas Sheeter
D. L. Fisher
Don Taylor
Wm. Deane
Matthews
Joe Barnett
Veter Baker
Don Kochel
Dan Macabee
Tyler
Posey F. Clay
Sikeston
Earl Cormack
Sikeston General Hospital
Harold Cremer
Darlene
Boyd Crowe
Dan Mccabee
Morehouse Tigers
Sikeston Bulldogs
Church of the Nazarene
Canalou
Christmas Visit Notes in Canalou Area
Canalou news records several visits from nearby towns last week. Jim Rogers of St Louis visited his sister and her family here. Emmit Greer called on his sister in Ardeola. Mrs E H Percy plans Christmas with relatives in Bloomington Indiana. A Baptist Church Christmas program Friday night features Santa Claus delivering gifts. Mrs Wade Greer and her niece Louise Kelly of Mississippi joined Mr and Mrs Joe Thornton for several days.
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Nelson Lumsden
St. Louis
Jim Rogers
John Ling
E. H. Percy
Bloomington
Emmit Greer
H. M. Poe
Ardeola
The
Baptist Church
Santa Claus
Wade C. Greer
Louise Kelly
Mississippi
Joe Thornton
Christmas Visits And Local News From Cape Girardeau
Mrs R E Wilson returned home after surgery at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau last week. Mrs Waller Summers and children from Tulsa Oklahoma arrived Saturday to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs C E Blankenship. Mr and Mrs Joe Thornton hosted their son StSgt Dale Thornton from North Carolina and his wife and Mrs Wade Co Greer visiting relatives in Vanduser Monday. The carabao water buffalo is noted as the national beast of burden in the Philippines. You can believe what you read in The Herald.
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R. E. Wilson
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Waller Summers
Tulsa
Okla
C. E. Blankenship
Joe Thornton
Dale Thornton
North Carolina
Thornton
Sgt. Thornton
Wade Co. Greer
Vanduser
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J. R. Marshall
Malone Theatre
Malone Avenue
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Morehouse Masons
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