Local People Visit During Holiday Season in Benton Area
Murray Myers of St Louis visits parents C C Myers while WW II era notes show Wir Tate a Mee Oran high school teacher in Chicago. Many locals from Benton and surrounding towns host relatives and friends over Christmas and New Year with extended family gatherings and church visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Myers
St. Louis
C. C. Myers
Wr. Tate
Mee Oran High School
Chicago
Freda Carr
Tee Chaffee High School
C. Carr
Harry Kittles
Iowa
Oscar Kittles
Homer Halford
Diinois
C. L. Halford
Wirs
P. E. Elridge
Virginia
Benton
A. H. Keidre
Gon
Art Dan
V. Hatcher
Fredia Mae Bryant
Imo
J. H Bryant
George Rassmussen
Bourbon
L. E. Jennings
Frisco
Hazel
Frank Stone
U. S Army
Jefferson Barracks
Jim Stone
Buddy Mason
Morley
Pargota
Emory Mason
Jerome Blocker
Vancuser
Blocker
Hadden
Will Smith
Boyd Crafton
Windfield
None Crafton
L. Bernard
I. C. Mattingly
Wars
C. C. Richardson
Pulaska
Wlonora McCarty
St. Louis County
J. P. McCarty
Lynn Bollinger
Euphter
Nancy
St. Loui
F. M. Friend
J. W. Crawfor
Horton
Sikeston
Bob Slickman
Western Military Academy
Alton
Til
Slickman
Earlie Carter
C E. Day of
Deering
Dora Dai
Charles Carter
Larius Bensen
Ana
Noble, DL
Irs
Clarence van Lear
Fredericktown
Spert
S. C. Howard
Vanduser Holiday Meet Opens With Pair Of Wins
The Vanduser invitational holiday basketball tournament began with four of nine girls teams and four of twelve boys squads seeing action. Randles led Benton girls 46 to 38 as Sledge scored 38 for Randles, while East Prairie edged Randles 20 to 18 led by Allen and Bandy. Canalou routed East Prairie girls 44 to 21 with Lefler and Latham the top scorers. Canalou beat Hayti 41 to 27 in the nightcap as Williams led Canalou with 16. Trophies and all star selections will follow the finals next Saturday with officials Meyer and Mahen officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanduser
Benton Girls
Randles
Sledge
Benton
Wiliams
Wise
East Prairie
Allen
James Bandy
Eagles
Brown
Forris
Ford
Thornton
Proffer
Lenon
Dudley
Strader
Harley
Groseclose
Canalou
East Prairie Girls
Lefler
Latham
Jones
East Praire
Barnhill
McMikle
Canalou Boys
Hayti
Canalou-Hayti
Sexton
Ralph G. Hillis
McLaurin
Capt
Westerfield
Milton
Coppage
Barnes
Haytie Traimer
Marshall
Cole
Stubbs
Ray
Williams
Gillis
Watkins
Stearns
Matthews
Morley Sextet
Morty Boys
Vancuser
Blodgett
Risco
Anniston
Essex Boys
Gray Ridge
Parma
Morley
Essex
Louis Meyer
Morehouse
Wm. E. Mahen
Sikeston
Local families share holiday visits and moves
Leo Forbis returns from Paducah Kentucky for a holiday visit. E M Stanfill and family plan a move to the Fremont Goetz place this week. Mr and Mrs Bennie Walker and children spent the weekend with relatives in Moline Illinois. The O B Allen family and Loomis Niswonger spent Christmas Day with relatives at Millersville. Mr and Mrs Clarence Boardman hosted dinner with daughters Mrs Raymond Dame and Mrs Walter Post of Cape Girardeau and Mrs Hugh Blake of Granite City and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Forbis
Paducah
E. M. Stanfill
Fremont Goetz Place
Bennie Walker
Moline
Iil
O. B. Allen
Loomis Niswonger
Millistersville
Clarence Boardman
Raymond Dame
Walter Post
Cape Girardeau
Hugh Blake
Granite City, Tl
Highway 25 Near Ste. Genevieve Reopens After Paving
Highway 25 from Ste. Genevieve to Highway 61 south of Festus reopened after a week of concrete paving. The 21 mile stretch cost 176430.89 dollars including bridges grading and concrete funded by federal aid and state matched grants. The route traces the El Camino Real and ties Missouri’s oldest road history to Kingshighway in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste. Genevieve
Festus
Missouri
St. Louis
New Madrid
Mississippi River
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Oran Rural News
Jesse James Jr
J. H. James
Claude James
Gus Cauttrell
A_ Rogers
East Avon
Dorris James
Cape Girardeau Coun
Charles Moore
E. G. Gateley
Bobbie Lou
M. B. Moore
Sam Branson
J. A. Schneider
Jasper Miller
J. W
Grigor Hearing
Charleston
Claude Chappell
Mrs. Winters
Perryville
Claude Taylor
Oran
Larena Chappell
Dewey McCallister
Near Benton
J. L. Chappell
Ronnie
Larona Chappell
Navy
Joe Chism
CCC
B. H. Chism
Monroe McClain
Russell
John
Chaffee
Charles McClain
Jasper Muller
Elmer Ellis
Oscar McPherson
J. A. Schneide
Rex Pattengill
McPherson
L. S. Brock
J. W. Ham
Cape Girardeau Hospital
J. Bomb
A. N. Ellis
A. G. Bondurant
Bertie Gaither Davis
B. B. Gaither
P. B. Ricid
Ray Calhoun
Estelle Bondurant
Bondurant
James E. Young
Evelyn
Louis Sanders
Jessie
Geneva Caldwell
Woman's Missionary Society
C. W. Marshall
Gene Granneman
A. G Bondurant
Chas. Beardslee
W. B. Sander
Arthur Penn
Bertie Davis
Pleasant Valley
Taylor’s Poultry Market
AEW
Allard & Matthews Insurance Agency
Manhattan
Moscow
Chas
Ruth Murray
Parker
Mississippi
Charles Bellamy
S. Spanish Street
A. R. Manning
Care the Herald
Herald Office
Sikeston Maytag Co
Sidwell, Jeweler
Center St
Chevrolet
U. K
Auto Supply
Sikeston, MO
Sikeston 4409
Dead Animal Disposal Co
Smith’s Cafe
Bloomfield
Stoddard County
Poplar Bluff
Sikeston Ridge
Caleb Smith
Malone Avenue
Tanner C. Dye
Penney’s
Enney’s
Penney Company
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