Weekend guest list fills Sikeston area with visitors
Miss Imogene Davis visited Cairo relatives while Lieut Jean Klein spent a 45 day furlough in Detroit. Knox, Smith, and Vowels family members from Memphis, Kennett, and Arkansas joined local kin for open house and gatherings. Several locals planned summer stays, work moves, and travel from Sikeston to Dallas, Little Rock, and Wapapello Lake with many relatives and friends noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene Davis
Cairo
Jean Klein
Detroit
Karen and
Curtis Smith Jr
Kennett
Grover Lewis
Jess Vowels
Memphis
Nettie Bartlett
Cora
Florence Vowels
Prince MacDougal
North Kingshighway
Marjorie McCoy
McKnight-Keaton Grocery Company
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Defense Plant Corporation
Harvey Parks
Margaret Harris
North Texas Teachers College
Denton
Texas
Sikeston
Katie Harris
Roy Beaird
Arkansas
Beaird
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Camden
Little Rock
Society Notes From The Ozarks Base
Local social round up lists guests and travelers visiting across the region. Tom Turner travels to Santa Fe for an open ended stay with Dr. M. L. Clodfelter while families and friends plan visits to DuQuoin St. Louis Lake Wapappello and Doniphan. Other entries include Campbell camp plans for Marcia Sue and Barbara Williams at Pevely Camp and a Marine Sam Henry Bolding visiting from New Orleans with ties to Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Turner
Santa Fe
New Mexico
M. L. Clodfelter
R. A. McCord
Joe
Ray Marsh
DuQuoin
Harry Hambrick
Mattie
Stanford Frey
Charles
St. Louis
Hallagan
Ronnie
Lake Wapappello
Doniphan
James L. Guard
Blytheville
Ark
Rowan
Okoloma
George Hale
Jean Baker
Marion Baker
Memphis
Jim Pitman
Harold Pitman
Jane
Leland Hill
Joan
Wapappello Lake
Jack Johnson
Oak Ridge
Dixie Ann Hays
Blodgett
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Irena Gimlin
Sam Henry Bolding
Merchant Marines
New Orleans
O. T. Bolding
Alabama
Bruce Wilson
Aleutian Islands
Wilson
John Hux
E. C. Matthews
Hux
Geo W. Kirk
Kate Kornegger
Neal J Kornegger
Laura Katherine
Paxico
Kenneth Kornegger
W. E. St. John
Jean
Forth Worth
Texas
J. W. Reynolds
A. B. Harris
Vienna
Ill
F. E. Mount
St. John
Reynolds
Glenn Clippard
Molly Clippard
Tuscaloosa
Pearl Altman
Matamoras
Penn
Dorothy Floyd
Beatrice
Laguna Beach
Lillah James
Local Social Notes From Nearby towns and cities
Mrs Murray Phillips after a three week New York visit returns home. Mr and Mrs George Stuppy of near Bloomfield were here on business last Saturday. Mrs Anna Winchester’s illness shows improvement. Mrs Katie Greer, treated at St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau for an infected foot, returns home. Dr and Mrs A L Bomer and daughters Margaret and Janette of Poplar Bluff were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs C H Denman. Mrs Grover Baker, visiting her daughters in Wichita and Kansas City, returns home. Chief Petty Officer Albert Sloan and wife Kathleen Sloan visiting from Norfolk spent several days with sister Mrs C R Foster and husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Myers
Memphis
Dollie Hocker
Carlyle, Ill
Juanita Williams
Blair Dalton
New Albany
Miss
R. A. Scott
Matthews
Roy Alsup
St. Louis
A. B. Moll
Dennis Parsons
Evelyn Klein
Elizabeth
Frances Woods
Rome
Harry Minton
Ralph Williams
J. Alvin Anderson
C. R. Foster
W. W. Wilkison
Sedalia
Birch Moll
R. A. Moll
Charles L. Kirk
Wapappello Lake
Jim Law
Sue Anne
H. E. Johnson
Poplar Bluff
C. R. Auten
Clyde, Matthews
Auten
Sikeston
Harry Young
Harry Dover
Edna Johnson
Wapappelia Lake
Avis Bishop
Board of Public Works
Beloit
Wis
Johnny Hitt
Carol Dick
Tommy Shain
Hitt
Lem Bollinger
Slimo
C. P. Smith
Ida Bone
Lon Ables
Meta Jean Mason
Vanduser
Ables
John Edwards
Jack
Herb Walton
Norma Jean
Herb Walker
Ray Audeddell
Wayne Bess
Albert Keith
Big Spring
van Buren
Murray Phillips
New York
George Stuppy
Near Bloomfield
Anna Winchester
Katie Greer
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
A. L. Bomer
Margaret and
Janette
C. H. Denman
Wacs
Norfolk
Sikeston Woman's Father Victim of Bank Robbery
Frank Hill cashier and father of Mrs. W. A. Myers of Sikeston was tied and gagged by two robbers who took 2042 dollars from Farmers Bank of Braggadocio last Friday afternoon. The men, wearing colored glasses, fled. police search ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hill
W. A. Myers
Sikeston
Farmers Bank of
Braggadocia
Hill
Pemiscot
Funeral services for infant held at Taylor Chapel
Brief services conducted Friday morning at Taylor Funeral Chapel for the baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Cook who died a day after birth at Sikeston General Hospital The Reverend E W Bartley of Sikeston Methodist Church presided and the infant was buried in Sikeston City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Earl Cook
Sikeston General Hospital
E W. Bartley
Sikeston Methodist Church
Sikeston City Cemetery
Lumber Company Names New District Manager in Jonesboro
A M Jackson longtime head of The Sikeston Lumber Company has been promoted to district manager for The Barton Lumber Co based in Jonesboro Ark effective July 1 He will supervise yards at Parma Malden Portageville Kennett and Sikeston with headquarters here No Sikeston yard manager has been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Jackson
Sikeston Lumber Company
Barton Lumber Co
Jonesboro
Ark
Mr. Jackson
Parma
Malden
Portageville
Kennett
Sikeston
Sikeston Men Fined After Airport Inn Fight
Three Sikeston men Warren York Harry Holden and Louie Watson pleaded guilty and were fined 13 each by Judge Frank Smith for a Friday night Airport Inn fight. Ted Lynch, tied to the incident, was later fined 10 after another downtown park altercation and arrest by Officer Sherman Terrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Frank Smith
Warren York
Harry Holden
Louie Watson
Ted Lynch
Airport Inn
Lynch
Sikeston Kiwanis Club holds mini convention night
The Sikeston Kiwanis Club held a Friday dinner meeting at the Dunn Hotel acting as a mini convention with Rev. R. M. Talbert in charge of Kiwanis Education. International president Ben Dean's message was read by Z. E. McAmis. Reports showed Kiwanis growth and solid finances. Guests included Cpl. Frank Stevens and Sgt. Max Harper. Next meeting set for Morley High School at 6:45 with families invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Kiwanis Club
Dunn Hotel
R. M. Talbert
Kiwanis
Earl M. Allen
Franklin Struwe
O. E. Peterson
United States
Canada
Talbert
John W. Bowman
C. J. Stevens
Cpl
Frank Stevens
Sgt
Max Harper
Clinton Scott
Herbert Fox
Morehouse Club
Bob Combs
J. T. Palmer
Morley High School
Ralph D. Williams
Joe C. Caldwell
Hazel B. Evans
Scott County
Joint Meeting of County Medical Societies in Portageville
A joint meeting of the New Madrid and Pemiscot Medical Societies in Portageville drew 20 physicians to discuss the regional malarial control program. Officials announced a government owned x ray bus would visit the counties to aid tuberculosis detection. Drs. Herbert Tygett Baldwin and Sarno presented papers. Dr. Sarno presided at the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Portageville
Charles T. Herbert
Glen Tygett
Cape Girardeau
Paul Baldwin
Kennett
Samuel Sarno
Morehouse
Sarno
New Madrid County Medical Society
Mississippi Attorney General Sent Two Cent Tax Refund
James T. Kendall received a two cent income tax refund check. An attached Treasury form says the refund is his to do with as he pleases, highlighting an odd courtesy in a public fiscal matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Kendall
Mississippi
Secretary of the Treasury
Mary Nickell Bride In Sunday Ceremony
Miss Mary Nickell daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Nickell became the bride of Kermit Dollar in a Sunday afternoon ceremony at the Baptist parsonage. Rev KI D Owen officiated. The bride wore white eyelet embroidery. The groom is a Sikeston native who returned from three years in the South Pacific with the Marines and now works at the Sikeston post office. They reside at 210 Mast Gladys Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Nickell
Jim Nickell
Kermit Dollar
KI. D. Owen
Sikeston Baptist Church
Sam Dollar
Near
Sikeston
South Pacific
United States Marines
Dollar
Mast Gladys Street
Miss Coats Bride of Corporal Kennedy
Marquis Coats daughter of Mr and Mrs Horace Coats of Sikeston and Cpl Charles Kennedy of the Army Air Corps married at the bride’s parents home on William street last Friday night Rev E W Bartley officiated Attendants were Cleonard Coats and his wife After a brief visit the couple will return to Sedalia Kennedy’s base where he is stationed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Coats
Horace Coats
Sikeston
Cpl
Charles Kennedy
Army Air Corps
Sedalia
William Street
E. W. Bartley
Methodist Church
Cleonard Coats
Cpl. Kennedy
Malden
War Wives Club Meets at Armory Social Night
The War Wives club held a 7:30 pm meeting at the Armory with Mrs. John R. Cowell as hostess. The group, formed for social purposes, reported a membership of 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAR Wives Club
Armory
John R. Cowell
Routine business for Scott circuit court July term begins
Scott county circuit court opened its July term with routine business and several financial matters. The jury is summoned for Monday July 30 unless needed earlier. The next court day is Monday July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County Circuit Court
Drownings seen to rise with summer heat
One person will drown in the United States every 35 minutes this month, about 40 daily, per the National Safety Council. July is the peak month. Tips urge swimmers not to swim alone, pace season, avoid postmeal swimming, and dive only where depth is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Safety Council
Point values adjusted in July rationing period
Margarine points rise from 12 to 14 per pound this week while canned fish gains two to three points. Meat mostly unchanged and cheeses drop two to four points. No changes for canned fruits vegetables or other processed foods. Lard shortening and oils stay at 12 points through July. Office of Price Administration notes movement should let supplies last until new packs reach stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Highway patrol cites speed in Missouri rural fatalities
The Missouri highway patrol reports excessive speed was a factor in 36 of 102 fatal crashes in rural areas during the first four months of this year. The statistic highlights speed as a leading cause amid ongoing road safety efforts across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
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McCoy-Tanner Bldg
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George W. Birk
Applegate Bldg
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Front Street
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F. L. Sisson
Optometry
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Roy Rogers
Abbott & Costello
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