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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1957
Page
5
The notice reports the marriage of Miss Wenzola Butler to Garlan McTernan performed in late December at a local venue. It lists attendees, family connections, and mentions witnesses and the wedding party, reflecting a formal community announcement with surrounding genealogical details.
Mrs Charles Schuerenberg and her daughter visited in the home of AG Schuerenberg. Mrs WC Edwards left for Michigan Center to visit her son-in-law and daughter. W Baker, Mel Creme, and families were noted guests or starters in local church and school circles.
Bob Kinred and the Stardusters Quintet are spotlighted for writing and recording a new song titled If You Love Me. Kinred, 28, is from Dexter and is related to Mrs Minnie Kindred and other locals. The Stardusters, a five‑member group from Little Rock and North Little Rock, formed at Little Rock Central High School and are set for nationwide distribution of their recording.
Store piles high with bargains featuring linoleum underlayment priced at 3.98 and 9.98, boat trailer items, kitchen sinks, bathroom outfits, power tools, and shoes with deep discounts. Names include Jacob and Sunbeam cookware, offers on drill, saw, and mixer sets, all marked down from higher prices.
Dr. Frank Sisson told Dunn Hotel Rotary Club about the Hospital for Crippled Adults in Memphis. The facility, funded by a $200,000 grant with about $99,000 raised by Rotarians from Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas, rehabilitates handicapped people at no cost. In 1956 about 30 patients were examined daily and 856 received extended treatment, restoring many to productive citizenship.
A C W Wilson Harder report notes University of Michigan and Richmond studies finding stamps do not attract new customers and that most shoppers would not leave a store if stamps stopped. The piece argues rising and falling stamp popularity, rising costs, thinner margins, and FTC enforcement gaps fueled by anti-trust laxity hinder stamp plans.
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