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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1936
Page
3
A long list of personal visits fills a Sikeston area week with travelers from Cape Girardeau, Charleston, Dexter, and St. Louis. Guests stay with relatives, attend club events, and participate in bridge parties as new residents arrive and local plans unfold.
Mrs Calvin Greer returned home Monday after several weeks visiting St Petersburg and other Florida cities. She toured Pan American Airways in Miami and the Giant Clipper plane, Mountain Lake Sanctuary at Lake Wales, and the Singing Tower. A memorial service marked the third anniversary of Edward Bok's death, honoring the tower and sanctuary he established.
Charles Wynn of Poplar Bluff joins the WPA district staff as district supervisor of the National Youth Administration to assist youths aged 16 to 25 in finding work for relief families. Hazel Dilliard of Sikeston starts as stenographer to Markey Davis responsible for tools and supplies.
B N Wright who had managed the Sterling Store for a year was succeeded Monday by J W Atkinson who had been connected with the store since last November. Mr Wright left for Jonesboro Ark to manage the Sterling Store there while Mr Atkinson came from Clarksdale Miss. Mrs Atkinson is with him and their son is in school in Louisiana.
The Woman's Club met at Mrs. C. D. Matthews home with president Mrs. H. B. Reuber presiding. Routine business and committee reports followed as civics and welfare committees announced community beautification and food aid plans.
Jefferson City reports a record vehicle license sale last year yielding 8.31 million dollars in state revenue, while Washington notes a Treasury cost of 44 thousand dollars to prepare a Kentucky safe storage for national gold reserves. The Apollo Group met January 10 at Mrs Geo Kirk with a program on Paderewski Tschaikowsky Boheme and a Bohemian dance finale. Next meeting set for January 24 at Mrs BE Crear's home led by Mrs CD Matthews 3rd.
The 50th District Masonic Association held its quarterly meeting in East Prairie with 125 masons and wives attending a premeeting banquet. Rev E H Crear delivered the Masonry address at the Christian church basement, welcomed by Rev D T Morrison and response by Frank Kirkpatrick. musical numbers featured local performers and a whistler Arlena Russell impressed the audience with bird-call imitations.
A science forecast in THE AMERICAN WEEKLY projects future human appearance and living patterns. The piece blends speculative science with social evolution, imagining daily life, technology, and societal structure 20 000 years hence, as presented in the Chicago Herald and Examiner magazine supplement.
Mr and Mrs Virgie Willard and their four children John 7 Andy 5 Jimmy 3 Claude 2 died in a farm house fire near Taskee Missouri caused by Poney Willard attempting to start a stove fire with oil taken from a nearby natural gas pipeline concentration point.
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