Sikeston Herald details and contact info
The Sikeston Herald notes publish every Thursday from 119 West Malone Avenue Sikeston Missouri with telephone contacts 74 and 75. It lists CLINT H. DENMAN as Contributing Editor and identifies a publisher and staff.
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Clint H. Denman
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Missouri
Spillway fears drive floods evacuees in Southeast Missouri
In Sikeston and surrounding communities residents assist flood refugees from the Spillway of the Mississippi County area. The exodus is orderly with some Red Cross aid, while soil-rich lands face potential inundation to shield other regions. Local officials urge unchanged newspaper delivery.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Mississippi
Spillman
Red Cross
Mississippi County
State Highway Department
America
Gulf of Mexico
Ol’ Man River
Matthews News Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs Glenda Conrad reports numerous visits across Cape Girardeau Dexter Bell City and New Madrid with couples and families listed. The piece also notes illnesses church activities a bridge party prizes and community club meetings with details on polio fund drives and extensions work.
Tanner News: Social Roundup in Tanner Community
Mrs A D Hill hosts Luth eran Ladies Aid with numerous local and visiting members. Spotted are Mr and Mrs Roy Phillips from Vandyser visiting, families from Morley Malden Diehlstadt Poplar Bluff and Greenway share weekend visits, and many others gathered for church society duties.
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Claud Cecil
William Newman
Morehouse
Roy Phillips
Vandyser
James Hill
Herman Newman
A. B. Chapman
Wyatt
Warren Horton
Morley
Fred McWilliams
Marion Hughes
Faye Guiling
Herbert Guiling
W. P. Fowler
Malden
Curtis Guiling
A. B. Cates
Near Benton
Bennie Hesselrode
Sonny
Melvin
Cletus Goodberry
Rossill
Jackie
Norman Newell
Glenn Bond
Earl Newell
A. Guiling
Florence Bowling
Campbell
John McCown
Greenway
Ark
A. D. Hill
Ladies Aid Society
Lutheran Church of
Matthews
Wm. Wilkening
Canaloa
Paul Buchholz
W. Klein
R. Kiehne
A. Pederson
Ralph Williams
Paul Mueller
Sikeston
Esther Gruen
Laverna Wilkening
Canalou
C. Pederson
Omaha, Neb
E. E. Weis
Local notes highlight social visits and club events
R. H. Mackley was honored at a surprise party. Paducah visitors attended Benton health council. Ralph Scudder and family moved to Charleston. G. B. Clippard visited Gideon relatives while Wallace Clippard’s wife is ill. Cape Girardeau and Des Arc guests joined the Clippards. Mrs. Bessie McDonald visits from St. Louis. Mrs. Mattie Scott also visited. Mack Dodson and Dodson family moved to Ora Jolley’s home. A new Baptist minister and family moved into Dodson house. Hubert Ivy and Annis Marshall attended the joint Rebekah and Odd Fellows installation in Sikes ton. Waeman's Club met with Mrs. Ben F. Marshall hosting. 14 members and one guest attended. County Home Economics Council discussed Valentine party plans for Feb 11. Club members to bring sandwiches. sodas provided. A. L. Davis read the program. hand-made articles shown. social hour followed with refreshments.
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Malcolm Radcliffe
Cape Girardeau
Roy Herndon
Gideon
Wallace Godwin
J. F. Thornburg
Lem Medlin
Dexter
George Oakley
Bell City
Dale Shumaker
J. R. Boyer
Kewanee
Irbie Burdh
Clifford Sutton
J. T. Williams
Lyle Bird and Sons
Lloyd Eby
Bruce
Charles Gardner and
Hershel Yates
Alfred Byrd
Tom Moore
Homer Greene
F. E. Sibley
F. E. Story
Margaret Hunott
Gobel Owings
James Owings
Morehouse
Owings
Lester King
Carl Romines
J. R. King
Robert King
Cody
Wyo
Janet Lynn
Albert Sutton
B. B. Conrad
D. B. Harris
Frank Parson
Glenn Waters
Wm. Depre
Roy K. Stanley
Clifford Reed
C. A. Critchlow
Dennis Parson
D. N. Powell
Lester Hing
L. D. Waters
Archie Burch
Ellis Reid
Lyman Whitten
W. D. Gaines
Wm. C. Critchlow
Ernest Kellett
Richard Gaines
Lois Curtus
Colleen Moore
Evin Gilpin
Rebecca Nistendirk
New Madrid
County Committee
Greene
Denmark
R. H. Mackley
Charles Taylor
Paducah
Scott County Health Council
Benton
Ralph Scudder
Charleston
Scudder
G. B. Clippard
Wallace Clippard
Mary Naeter
Earl Blackwell
J. D. Barks
A. K. Wallis
Des Arc
Bessie McDonald
St. Louis
WH. Rister
Rister
Mattie Scott
Crystal City
Mack Dodson
Ora Jolley
The
Baptist Church
Dodson
Hubert Ivy
Annis Marshall
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Lodge
1.C.C.F. Hall
Sikeston
Ben F. Marshall
Waeman’s Club
Bessie Scarbrough
A. L. Davis
Oran News Roundup of Local Movements and Deaths
Mrs Mary Purcell reports on moves and visits across Oran and nearby towns. Frank Chastain and family moved to a farm near Catron while John Forshee visited Conway. Several locals traveled for business or to visit relatives in Hayti Caruthersville Clover Murray Center Ridge and Phoenix. A death note covers Mrs Jane Maxwell of Center Ridge while other families share duck hunting tragedy updates.
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R. E. Emerson
Artemis Miller
Morehouse
Paul McCulloch
Hayti
Caruthersville
Buddy” Elderbrook
St. Louis
Bill Elderbrook
Jim Poe
Lester Poe
Clover
O. Jennings
George Hilton
Marcia
Essex
Major Jordan
Artie Scott
R. E. Wilson
Margaret
Dorothy Hewitt
Phoenix
Ariz
Bert Moore
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Jane Maxwell
Center Ridge
Ark
Ettie Scraggins
Maxwell
A. O. Flowers
Arly Flowers
J. W. Ogle
Murray
Gene Slocum
Leonard Baughn
Donald
Flat River
Slocum
The Country Store By Grace Manor Weathering the Route 3 Mail
Luther E. Moore, Rural Route 3 carrier from Sikeston, covers 65 miles daily with detours adding up to 20 miles, delivering 345 boxes to 421 families and 2,122 individuals. He and his route endure mud and high water, yet he ensures doorstep delivery and night handling of telegrams or perishables, earning local gratitude. The column blends community notices, travel tidbits, local visits, and upcoming church and lodge events with a warm, small-town tone.
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Grace Manor
Luther E. Moore
Sikeston
Moore
Route 3
True Happiness and the Value of Solitary Joy
Addison contrasts true happiness with false happiness. True happiness is retired, enjoys solitude, and is self-sufficient, thriving in shade, groves, and quiet conversations. False happiness seeks crowds, applause, admiration, and existence only when seen by others in courts, theaters, and assemblies.
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Addison
President Truman urged to act on coal crisis now
The author denounces President Truman for refusing to use Taft-Hartley to settle the coal industry dispute. He argues the nation endures a prolonged coal shortage and calls for decisive leadership without regard to election prospects, invoking figures like Andrew Jackson or Theodore Roosevelt as examples.
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Truman
Andy Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt
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