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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
3
A crowded list of visits and updates spans Sikeston and nearby towns. Residents include Mrs. Leroy Leslie hosting in Charleston, Mrs. Foley in St. Louis, and Miss Marie Marshall entertaining a bridge club. Health notes cover heart attack recovery, flu, and surgeries. Business visits unfold in Cape Girardeau and Kennett, with a Bremerton naval posting for Harry Harty Jr. and ongoing campus and school activities.
Dill of Carbondale and Joliss of Centralia visit Dill's convalescent mother Mrs A B Dill. Dexter visitors Leon Groves and daughter Carolyn stay with Mrs Jennie Stubblefield. Lucille Hahs to Fayette Mo for Central College studies and graduation this spring. W F Smith taken to Cape Girardeau hospital for observation after a fall. Harshbargers attend uncle Leo Kuntz’s funeral in Centralia. Ruth Anne Struwe improves at home from St Francis Hospital. Higgins of Decatur to attend wedding of Lewis Conley and Freda Lankford. Chicago banquet of Chili cothe Business College alumni at Great Northern Hotel. other banquets planned in KC, St Louis, Washington, Tulsa, Jefferson City. Watts attend funeral of Dr H L Cordrey in Cape Girardeau. Archie Beasley of J C Penney out ill at home.
Maurice Armstrong owner and manager of the Sikeston Maytag Company and Emory Corlew attended a General Electric sales meeting in St. Louis last week. Armstrong reports GE refrigerator, their ranges and sweepers are right up to the minute in perfection.
Town businessmen are invited to join a men’s gym class meeting at 7 30 p m each Monday and Thursday at the high school gymnasium. W Edwin Hartford and Thurman Travelstead of the public school faculty will lead the two hour sessions featuring volleyball and other games. A similar group last winter drew a large turnout.
Evansville Ill Jan 25 George Fenimore Jr son of Mr and Mrs George W Fenimore Bertrand was elected social chairman of Delta Sigma Pi at Northwestern University This junior in the school of commerce also plays in the school band A Charleston Mo high school graduate Patronize Herald advertisers.
Sikeston Public Schools coordinator Wm E Mahew will addresses the Sikeston Parent Teacher Association at 3 30 o'clock Thursday afternoon February 1 in the South Grade School music auditorium. His topic is The Challenge of the Public School. Founder’s Day will be observed with a brief program directed by Mrs W E Mahew. Miss Adilda McCord will preside over the business session.
Mrs Ruby Marshall presided over the Wo mans Benefit Association local unit Monday night at the I O O F hall. A regular business session was followed by a social hour with games and entertainment. Refreshments were served at the close.
The Apollo Group will host a birthday party Friday afternoon February 2 in the library auditorium starting at 3 o'clock. Members and guests are asked to bring pennies equal to their age to fund a piano. Mrs. H. G. Sharp leads the program with assistance from Mrs. H. A. Baasch who will speak on Lily Strickland.
Mrs Jack Lancaster and Miss Ruth McCoy hosted a Tuesday night dinner honoring Miss Wantona Watson whose marriage to Harry Stacy is set for Sunday afternoon A miscellaneous shower followed the meal Guests included Mrs Linn Sutton Mrs Charles Simpson and Misses Helen Johnson Lillian Belle Taylor Lucille Hahs Pauline Husher and Muriel Edwards
John Donaldson of Sikeston Lumber Company will marry Miss Jane Weathersby of Osceola Arkansas at the First Methodist church in Osceola on Wednesday January 31. Donaldson, from Little Rock, has lived in Sikeston for weeks and will establish a home here with Mrs Alva Vaughn on Shelby street. They will honeymoon briefly and reside in the Kilgore apartment on Kathleen avenue.
The Woman's Club voted substantial funds at its Tuesday meeting in the public library to support a fund supplying glasses to children in public schools whose families cannot afford them. Additional contributions will be sought, with Mrs. P A McDougal and Mrs. Della Poe coordinating screening for eligible cases. The club also formed a committee to plan observance of the federated clubs golden jubilee. A program featured Mrs L M Hollenbeck on spending, with excerpts from American Chamber of Horrors and music by Mary Emma Allen. The next meeting is February 13.
Members of the Gleaners Class of the Methodist church hosted a potluck supper at the church with Mrs John ny Hitt in charge. After the meal they enjoyed games and contests as Mrs I G Lewis, whose home burned recently, received a surprise miscellaneous kitchen shower.
Thirty five Sikeston Lions Club members gathered at Joyner's Cafe for the weekly noon luncheon. A M Jackson, club president, chaired the meeting.
The Herald advertises formal stationery printed or engraved at prices that will please customers, highlighting affordable quality for letters, invitations, and business use.
The Herald asserts that forty three U S secretaries of state have been lawyers and invites belief in its reporting. The remark frames the legal background common among senior state officials.
Sikeston Kiwanis Club will host a Friday dinner January 26 with Roswell Rennie as the principal speaker to mark Kiwanis International 25th anniversary. L M Standley leads the education committee, with Bartley R. Schwegler C H Denman and E R Putnam assisting. Wives and friends are invited to attend the birthday party with cake and candles. Kiwanis clubs total 2060 in the United States and Canada with about 105000 members as of today.
Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Association holds its monthly meeting Sunday January 28 at the New Madrid CCC Camp. Major C L Malone of Sikeston, president, announces a 12:30 luncheon with wives invited. Capt Robert G Johnston will speak on The Company in Attack Defense, and Lieut E S Thurston on Mobilization of Corps Area Service Companies. A business session will follow.
Seventy five Master Masons from sixteen southeast Missouri lodges attended the quarterly meeting of the Fiftieth District Masonic Association in Sikeston at the Methodist church. Rev R L Allen of Bloomfield presided. Attorney Roger A Bailey gave welcome, followed by song by Honora Bailey Fink and a reading by J R Harwell. Rev John L Taylor of Sikeston Methodist delivered the main address.
Sikeston peace officers and colleagues from Southeast Missouri gather in Poplar Bluff for an all day Southeast Missouri Law Officers Association meeting. Trooper Percy Little of Cape Girardeau leads as president with Trooper John Tandy of Sikeston as secretary and Frank Jones of Sikeston as sergeant at arms. An educational program is planned for most of the day.
Last week announced marriage occurs after a December 24 1939 wedding. Helen Rhodes a Keene high school senior set to graduate in May. Willie Tollison a student at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau. Tollison a former star athlete at Keewanee High School and CMTC boxing welterweight champion.
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