Matthews News Airs Alfred Byrd Bridge Party
Matthews residents share holiday hospitality with a long list of visitors and guests. Many families entertained relatives from St Louis Sikeston Cape Girardeau and Jackson while local couples hosted dinners and gatherings over Christmas. A car accident near Matthews injured Milbourn Dovers as he traveled to visit friends.
Oran News: Local Residents Share Holidays Across Towns
The Oran news column lists multiple residents and visitors over Christmas and holidays. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Moran and family moving to Bell City, John Mier from Mesler at Barnes Hospital St. Louis, Mrs. Addie Deroush of Sikeston visiting friends, Verina Hurst from St. Louis visiting Hurst family, John Wright and children with Archie Hall in Bertrand, P. G Schott of St. Louis visiting relatives, Alpha Bechel of Louisville visiting sister Arnold Stehr, Millard Mansell and Harvie Griffith Christmas Day gathering, Arnold Schoen from St. Louis visiting parents, Hyla Jean Hawkins from Salem NL with Withrow family, Mary Purcell with Adelia Ross and children in Parma, Andy Belles of Chaffee with siblings, Oscar Buckstein dinner at Chaffee, Mack and family with John Brannock of Sikeston, Moellenhoff family from St. Louis with Heisserer relatives, Durell Foster and Lavell Foster families visiting. Various holiday travels and visits noted.
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Tom Garson
Leon Swartz
Mr. Miller
Urbana
Lela McCloud
Joe Duckett
Révance
W. Bieuer
Joe Spalding
Awnyview
Ill
Robert Spalding
B. H. Cleaver
the Girardeau
Clifford Sutton
Gus McFarland
Crowder
John Shell
Megs
Arthur Singleton
Chaffee
O. K. Mainard
Mis‘outi University
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Willis White
John Henry
Darrell Dickarman
St. Louis
H. J. Dickerman
Richard Gaines
Forer
W. D. Gaines
Bertrand
Homer Greene
Wayne Lee
Wire
A. E.greene
Campbell
B. B. Conrad
Bonnie Ruth
George E Xmrad
Marble Hill
Connie Bibb
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Leslie Jones
St Louis
James Balli
Zreve Littleton
Sikeston
Jackson Davis
Virginia
Eigin Charles
Ard
W. Bledsoe
East Prarie
Ellis Reid
Gildren
John Whitten
W. S. Reid
Ole Ridge
Pearl Green
Norman Hudson
Rosie Green
Dexter
Granville Mainard
Ida Mae
New Madrid
O. KB. Mainard
W. A. Gemein‘marct
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Armand
Durong
Paducah
Mir
James Helder
Rand
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Tenn
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Burrel Gunn
Gon
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Little Rock
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Huey Rhoades
Edwardsville
Harry Chartreau
Wayne Brooks
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Betty
Prentice Arnold
Jean Wilson
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Chershel Yates
W. N. Roberts
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Sanaloa
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Frank Merkler
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Bell City
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Mesler
Barnes Hospital
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Verina Hurst
H. G. Hurst
John Wright
Archie Hall
P. G Schott
William Schott
Alpha Bechel
Louisville
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Millard Mansell
Harvie Griffith
Oran
Arnold Schoen
Lawrence Schoen
Hyla Jean Hawkins
Salem
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Mary Purcell
Adelia Ross
Parma
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Anna Lucas
Bert Belles
Tom Brocket
Paul Halter
Oscar Buckstein
FT. Payne
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Alfred West
Morehouse
Stuttgart
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Buel Ross
Richmond
Ind
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Claude Jackson
Mary Jo Eaton
Blytheville
Phillip Lewis
Bill Lowe
Greenville
Miss
Orville Sanders
Tiptonville
Wadell Bramlett
S. M. Garrett
Corning
Calvin Farris
Jennie Hutson
Oakland
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Jimmie Kelling
Poplar Bluff
Charley Morse
Louis Tickell
Forrest City
B. Munich
Wayne Baker
U. S. Navy
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Cozad
Nebraska
Walter Palmer
Catron
Paralee Hamilton
Eugene Farris
Jonesboro
Ronald Crain
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Claude Hunt
Carl Launius
O. E. Reeves
Curt Huse
Benton Harbor
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Morehouse News Roundup of Holiday Visits and Movements
Morehouse residents welcomed friends and relatives over Christmas and New Year. Visitors included Payne returning from California and many from St Louis, Memphis, Sikeston, Blytheville, and Cape Girardeau. Local church activity, new pastors, birthday observances, and numerous family gatherings featured among the community notes.
Chevrolet hits millionth vehicle in 1947 production
Chevrolet announced its 1,000,000th vehicle produced in 1947, making it the first single company to manufacture a million cars and trucks annually since before the war. General manager Nicholas Dreystadt said all units were built in Chevrolet plants in the United States and that Canadian output is included in the total.
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Chevrolet
Nicholas Dreystadt
Chevrolet Motor Division
United States
Charter Oak Social Notes Update in December
Telvin Riley starts work in Alexandria Indiana. Blary Lou Jones visited sister in Sikeston. Cecil Garner and Leonard Garner relatives in Morehouse last Saturday. Everett Medlin Hoover Galloway spent Christmas in Michigan. D E Medlin hosted Simon Medlin of Dexter for holidays. Marshall Kersey family from Charter Oak visited Charles Volz. Mamie McWaters and Eugene Gisi wed in Piggott Arkansas on December 27.
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Telvin Riley
Alexandria
Ind
Blary Lou Jones
Sikeston
Cecil Garner
Leonard Garner
Morehouse
Everett Medlin
Hoover Galloway
Michigan
D. E. Medlin
Charter Oak
Simon Medlin
Dexter
Mamie McWaters
Eugene Gisi
Hill Store
Piggott
Ark
Vehicle total reaches one million, Dreystadt states
Dreystadt reports the one million figure includes passenger cars trucks and commercial vehicles marking a milestone across multiple vehicle categories.
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Dreystadt
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