City to lease hall for Sikeston basketball use
Mayor calls a special council meeting to decide on allowing the local high school team to use the city hall auditorium for practices and games. An agreement is sought on hall maintenance before granting permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
City Hall
AW. L. Bohannon
Ivah Gray
Sikeston
J. C. Lescher
Wilson
Wissman
Red Cross
Springfield
Ill
Sikeston Weather Warm Christmas and Local Fires
Twenty five years ago on Christmas Day Sikeston enjoyed spring like weather with little need for fires. About 600 acres of cob pipe corn had been grown nearby. A freight car of cotton on a Frisco side track was damaged by fire started by two boys, though the cotton survived while the boxcar burned. Carson Wilkey returned home from Boston University for Christmas. December marriages officiated by Judge J C Lescher included Frank O Cooper and Katie Pratt Sikeston. James E Matthews and Lena Ross. H R Schmuck Blytheville and Maude Rogers Jackson County. Loren Brasher and Ruby Burris Morehouse. Clyde Matthews and Lucille Inman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Daniel Street
Carson Wilkey
Boston
Boston University
J. C Lescher
Frank O. Cooper
Katie Pratt
James E Matthews
Lena Ross
H R. Schmuck
Blytheville
Ark
Maude Rogers
Jackson County
Dorothy Lillard Announces Engagement in 1927 Note
Twenty years ago on December 29 1927 tiny special delivery letters were used to announce Miss Dorothy Lillard's engagement to her closest friends. The intimate method highlighted a personal approach amid social customs of the era.
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Dorothy Lillard
World War I Picture Show at Malone Theatre Jan 18
Official Signal Corps photos of World War I to be shown at the Malone Theatre January 18 via arrangements by Henry Meldrum Post of the American Legion. Rev. E. B. Hensley, longtime Sikeston Christian church pastor, to move to Flat River for a new pastorate. Miss Clara Lindley and Miss Sara Malone hosted a dinner bridge at the Hotel Marshall with eight tables. Mrs. G. A. Dempster hosted a Kingshighway area tea for her Sunday School class, largely college girls, with several named attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. D. Matthews
Signal Corps
Malone Theatre
Henry Meldrum
American Legion
E. B. Hensley
Sikeston Christian Church
Flat River
Clara Lindley
Sara Malone
Marshall
G. A. Dempster
Kingsinghway
Burdeen Schroff
Barbara Beck
Lowse
Lucille Stubblefield
Lena Matthews
Forde Bowman
Tylene Kendall
Virginia Freeman
Lucille Finley
Herman Bandy
Charleston
Fifteen Years Ago A Charleston Couple Plans Move
A former Charleston couple, Mr and Mrs W S Sidwell and family, will relocate to Sikeston this Saturday. Mrs Sidwell previously ran a boarding house for Cape Girardeau college students while Mr Sidwell ran a Charleston jewelry shop. A H Hill of Chicago, assistant to Lions Clubs International Secretary, arrives to advance his work. Hill previously ran a Front Street variety store. Arnold Roth, Equitable Life agent, promoted to district manager based in Cape Girardeau. Mrs H M Kendig hosted a contract bridge club. Mrs M E Prouty visited her sister Mrs S T Burch in Matthews. The Warren family spent Christmas in Mounds, Illinois, with relatives, including Harry Soot and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Sidwell
Charleston
Sikeston
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Cape Girardeau
H. M. Kendig
M. E. Prouty
S T. Burch
Matthews
Bill Warren
Warren
C. W. Smoot
Manor
Mounds, Nl
Harry Soot
Mansur Wins $10,000 Senate Reading Clerk Post
Edward E. Mansur Jr., a Jefferson City Navy veteran, secured a $10,000-a-year Senate reading clerk job after besting two finalists including a former governor. He succeeds John C. Crockett, who retired after 40 years. The Morley Fire wiped out Red and White Store, largest mercantile firm, while Sikeston armory plans received up to $16,000 from local funds.
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Edward E. Mansur Jr
Jefferson City
Senate
Mansur
John C. Crockett
Chamber of Commerce
Otto Hahs
Wim. Northington
Harry Harty
Morley
Board of Public Works
Sikeston
Sikeston Bids Welcome Cadets and Community News
Five years ago notes from Sikeston report Wm J Berry moving to Sikeston telephone office while a Mississippi River flood damaged an emergency line near Gray s Point. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs Clark from Plant City Florida. The Missouri Institute of Aeronautics cadets earned Sikeston hospitality as the air base dining room closed at noon on Christmas Day. Lucille Hahs wed John Smith in a Corsicana Texas Christmas Eve ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Berry
Farmington
Sikeston
Gray’s Point
Mr. Clark
Plant City
Fla
Elmer Poage
James Wilbur
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Lucille Hahs
J. Otto M Hahs
John Smith
Sherwood Smith
Benton
First Methodist Church
Corsicana
Texas
Funeral of G B Greer in Cape Girardeau
Ten years ago on December 30 1937 a large gathering attended the funeral of G B Greer age 75 at the Methodist church in Cape Girardeau after a sudden heart attack at St Francis Hospital. The item notes a Christmas week residence lighting contest sponsored by the Junior organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Methodist Church
G B Greer
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
High School Graduates Choose Navy School
High school graduates may enlist and enter a Naval Training school before enlistment. Enlistments for service schools are quota based with fifteen schools varying 9 to 44 weeks. Applicants must be 17 to 31 with no prior military service and provide proof of high school education at Cape Girardeau Navy Recruiting Station.
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US. Navy
Navy
Cape Girardeau
Fire risk soars as population growth lags
Between 1942 and 1946 fires rose by 29 percent while population grew under five percent. This year an estimated 840,000 fires may occur, averaging over 2,300 daily incidents.
Coal density fact from a weight comparison
A cubic foot of solid bituminous coal weighs about 81.25 pounds, making it 13 times as heavy as water.
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Isaac Newton
New Mexco
Union
Almanac
UL ‘As
Georgia
Atlantic Telephone
Pmo
Atpardenatihews
Navy School
G. I. Loans
Metropolitan Farm Loans
Scott Insurance Agency
Edgar Stephens & Sons, Inc
Cairo, Illinois
Highway 61
South
Gladys St
Reiss Dairy
I. As
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