Christmas guest lists across the region linger in letters
A wide roster of Christmas visitors fills homes from Poplar Bluff to Cape Girardeau. Word spreads of friends and relatives staying with kin in Fulton, St Louis, Jackson, Oran, and beyond, including detailed stops at Burrfordville, Blytheville, and Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Mathis
T. J. Mathis
Poplar Bluff
John Sellards
A. Sellards
Effie
Flat River
Maude Brewer
Cape Girardeau
P. J. Schlosser
Hildreth Dill
St. Laws
Gord Dill
A. L. Harty
Pauline
Bloomfield
A. A. Harrison
Emma Johnson
Blythewile
Ark
Edgar White
Demna Parker
Fulton
Lillian Bell Taylor
Herald
St. Lows
Ruth Hollingsworth
Madeline Hollingsworth
East St. Louis
John
C. E. Dill
Carbondale
A. B. Dill
Albert Rhodes
Nellie
Roberta
Peoria
Ill
W .R. Burks
Kathryn Burks
E. C Flint
St. Louis
H. J. Welsh
Paul Shnkard
Paul Jr
Alex Wilson
Burfordville
E. R. Putnam
E.R Putnam Jr
Rosemary
Putnam
E. A. Story
Charleston
Teacher Bride of Sikeston Businessman United in Marriage
Miss Ruby Nell Legan becomes wife of Thomas Ray Le Zan in a December ceremony conducted by Rev. John L. Taylor. The couple, after a brief wedding trip to Little Rock, returned to Sikeston and hosted friends at their home in the Mullin apartments. Both are prominent locals with ties to education and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ray le Zan
Mullin
Little Rock Ark
John L. Taylor
Methodist
North Street
Ruby Nell Legan
Frank Muller
Palace Cafe
Frank Miller
the Ginner
Mr. Legan
Sikeston
Mrs. Legan
Joe Bowman
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
State College
Cape Girardeau
Bertrand Public Schools
Legan
J M. Legan
Kennett
Chamber of Commerce
Caruthersville Couple Wed Christmas Day
Miss Lavonia Greenwell and F H Latimore of Caruthersville were married Christmas afternoon at the home of Rev Dorsey D Ellis in Caruthersville. Witnesses were Mr and Mrs Ht Cole of Sikes ton and Miss Mary Ellis of Sylacauga Alabama, sister of the officiating minister. Mrs Ellis arrived Saturday to spend Christmas with her brother and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Anderson
Billy
Betty
Jacksonville
Ada Vaughn
P A Burger
Vaughn
Oran
R A. Rollison
St. Louis
Arch S. Russell
Alex Nd Arch Jr
Emily
T. M. Cox
Pans
Texas
Octavia Lesueur
Burbank
Cal
Trigg Lesueur
Holdenville
Okla
Russell
Ernest Hedden
Paris
L .A. Harris
Jimmie
Portageville
Harris
W. O. Scott
Jerome Thompson
Near Sikeston
Fulton
Ethel Andrews
Mary Kathrin Andrews
Poplar Bluff
Arden F Ellise
Mary Kathryn
Arden Ellise
Chillicothe Business College
Bailey Forrest
Barnes Hospital
Walter Rayburn
Frank Rayburn
Beecher City
And
Norman Snyder
Cape Girardeau
James Malone
Jimmy
Malone
Grover Baker
St Louis
Buford Baker
Mary Boyer
G . Baker Jr
Lavonia Greenwell
F. H. Latimore
Caruthersville
Dorsey D Ellis
Ht. Cole
Sikeston
Mary Ellis
Sulacauga
Ala
Sylacauga
Ada
D D Ellis
Masons and Eastern Star to Install Officers
Sikeston Mayor G W Presnell will install Masonic and Eastern Star officers Thursday night January 5 at Odd Fellows hall North Kingshighway. Presnell assisted by T C Dye marshal and Rev Methodist Church chaplain. New Masons include Lloyd Rayburn worshipful master J Hoover Jr senior warden Geo Lafcyv junior warden. Eastern Star officers led by Candace Green past grand master with Robt Mow marshal and Ba Shankle retiring matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. HF. Presnell
Sikeston
Masonic
Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Hall
North Kingshighway
Presnell
T. C. Dye
John L. Taylor
Methodist Church
Masons
Lloyd Rayburn
J Hoover Jr
Geo. Lafcyv
Lynn Smith
A A. Harrison
Archie Hayden
Otis Champion
Bill Havden
Carl Walkinson
Jere Caverno
Conly Purcell
Candace Green
Dexter
Easter Star Lodge
Robt. Mow
Ba Shankle
Ben Ritter
Raymond Burns
Frank Hindred
Steve Humphrey
Lillian Putnam
Carl Wilkinson
Frank Converse
Will Hiarden
Lucile Mount
Mary McCray
Virginia Matthews
Ada
Elizabeth Malcolm
Ruth
Lois Fennimore
Esther
L M. Standley
Martha
Gladys Kindred
Electa
Lena Hyslip Warden
Sarah Matthews
Sentinel
Junior Woman's Club Meeting Set for Tuesday
The Junior Woman's Club will meet at the library Tuesday January 5 for a business session led by the president. Hostesses for the gathering are Mesdames Meredith Lee Alec Waters and Paul Brewer chaired by Mrs Buford Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Baker
Meredith Lee
Alec Waters
Paul Brewer
Mildred Lewis Marries New Madrid Man
Mildred Lewis of Sikeston wed Boyce Chautrau of New Madrid on December 21 at Rev Fi HY McGinty’s Cape Girardeau residence. The bride, a Sikeston high school graduate of 1937, works at the Local Truck System terminal. the couple will live with the bride’s parents on Greer Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass Mildred Lewis
Grover Lewis
Sikeston
Boyce Chautrau
Everett Chautrau
New Madrid
Fi HY McGinty
Cape Girar
Sikeston High School
Chautrau
Greer Avenue
Conly Purcell To Address Womans Club
Local schedule lists young Skelton attorney Conly Purcell delivering a talk on crime at the Blytheville library meeting of the Womans Club on Tuesday January 3. Hostesses are Mesdames P A McDougal G A Dempster and J N Putnam with Mrs Hollenbeck presiding. Miss Mary Emma Heath is visiting Blytheville this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conly Purcell
Young
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Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Robert A. Dempstee
McCoy-Tanner Building Telephone
J. HO Chumn
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris-Malcolm
DR. H. B. Throgmorton
Keith Building
Center Street
Howard A. Dunaway
McCoy-Tanner Building
W. A. Anthony
Scott County
Miling Co
DR. Handy Smith
Applegate
Telephone
Sikeston, Aio
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
B. L. McWallin
Hiome Phone
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell
Optometrists
McCoy-Tanner
Undertakers
H. S. Johnson
Reeves
Wanderiai
Haut AM
J. N. Floss
W H H. Sikes
Walter Flunter
Ross
Maysvale
L . Fourmy
Monroe
Fourmy
S. E. Reed
Harold Brase
Nancy Ruth
Harry Kirk
Kirk McCoy
Columbia
L. M. Standley
Norton
Wantona Watson
Charles Watson
Harry Stacy
Jos. L. Matthews
Bob
Earl Grojean
Decatur
Jean Hirschberg
Stella Moll
Cairo
Eldorado
Til
Vincent Boisaubin
Bobby Scott
Clarence Scott
St Francis Hospital
Bobby
Ruby Anthony
Margaret Anthony
Indianapolis
Ind
Anthony
Margaret
Wm. E Mahew
John T. Hart
Lena
Marvy Hart
Walter Weekley
Lewis Meier
Vernon Green
Cletis Bidewell
Hayti
Bartley R. Schwegler
Perryville
W. H. Harschbarger
Lena Matthews
Fern Bowman
Evelyn Bowman
Lilbourn
Jesse
M. P Greer
Paul
J H Hayden
Robly Lennox
Lawrence Simpson
FW Milner
Tittle Rock Ark
F.C. Pagan
Pagan
Paul Higgins
Lewis Conley
Joseph Cates
H.L. Crites
Pleas Malcolm
Malcolm
W. H Srarp
Gidenn
L. M. Hollenbeck
Gleadys Frollenbeck
Vienna
Wm F Mathew
Jimm+y
Mathew
Barney Forrester
G J Lawton
R.C Finley
Jesse Lawton
Charles Harrison
Washington F. C
Fissex
A.A Harrison
Henry Aufdenburge
Frances Aufdenbury
Cape Firardeau
Gene Aufdenbur
O H Haxs
Dempster
Sam Bowman Jr
Sam Bowman
Sammy
Chicago
D. D Elis
Sybauga
Edna Shankie
Stella Jean
H. M. Zarkor
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Commerce
F. W Pickle
A. A Biarmson
Louisville
The
Putnam’s Market
Electric Service Company
Jimmy” Dowdy
Sirreston
Junior Woman's Club
Mildred Lewis
Anita Lolise
Lan Hunter
Donald Crisp Bellah Bondi
Zane Day
Alan Hale
Dice Foran
Henry Travers
Patric Knowles
Anatole Litwak Productice
Warner Bros
Fung Sereen
Arica Mus
Max Somee
Preston Foster
Tony Martin
Little Orphan Arie
Hal Regate Annie
Flash Gordon
Mars
Lewis
Mickey Rooney
Cectlia Parker
Fay Holdem
Orge B. Lew
Womans Club
Mary Emma Heath
Blytherne
Triangle Lumber Company
Lomet
Lasa Gobel
Nace Sy
BUSSY
Berkeley Sceea Fav Sy Nak
Ss. Acer
Emd Pote
Sidaer Fes
Coste
Santen Ayurs
Ptce
Warner Sbos
Shirley Temple
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