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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
7
Campers stranded along the highway were partially frozen and exposed. They refused to move when told to leave their waiting camps, and were eventually forced to depart to clear the roadside.
Charles Alph eus Stellings 56 longtime Morley postmaster died Sunday afternoon January 14 after a protracted illness. Funeral held Tuesday at Morley Baptist Church with Rev S D Aubuchon officiating. Interment in Morley Cemetery with Welsh service. Stellings survived by widow Ella Staines and six children, plus siblings and in laws. Sikeston schools dismissed for funeral. Stellings served Morley area as civic figure.
Local leaders gathered last Friday afternoon for a bot control training meeting in New Madrid. County Agent Broom discussed bats and parasites, life cycles, contact risks, and control plans with charts and photos. A list of community nurses was provided for treatment inquiries and outreach.
Parma Calvin Envin, 17, died in a Cape Girardeau hospital Sunday of a gunshot wound from a younger brother’s accidental discharge with a small calibre rifle last Friday. Poplar Bluff Knights Templar install new officers led by Dr. W. Spaulding and W. C. Brewer. Cape Girardeau Nazarene church to build brick building costing about $20,000. New Madrid David Henley and Alfred Harris sentenced to 10 years each for the slaying of Ben Wright and Willie Wisdom after an argument on a farm.
Mr and Mrs J E Robinson entertained members of the Croquet Club at the club house on Wednesday night with a chicken pie supper. Twenty four of the twenty eight members attended the pleasant social gathering.
A. D. Reed, a Sikeston Negro, posted $500 bond for a January 25 justice court appearance on charges of disturbing the peace and assault with a knife after an argument at Martin Ou Company. Fred Thomas, another Negro, also faces a January 25 drunken driving charge and was jailed after failing to post $500. One week, George Johns was arrested for drunkenness and released after an $8 fine. Officer McManus notes a general drop in city drunkenness.
Brief services were held at the family residence north of Sikeston at 11 this morning for Bernard G Laseter infant son of Mr and Mrs Louis L Laseter who died shortly after birth. Interment followed at Matthews Cemetery with Albritton service. Herald advertisers are worthy of your patronage.
Arden Ellise Funeral Service announces a Lilbourn branch opening Monday to provide funeral and ambulance services. Mr Elise said the new establishment will serve the community. Mr and Mrs C L Malone returned home from a month long vacation in Texas and Mexico.
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