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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1940

Page

12

Local News Roundup From Nearby Towns

Poplar Bluff visitor Bert Budd stops by Monday. Many townsfolk visit relatives in New Madrid and nearby places. Miss Naomi Ferrell returns to St. Louis. Miss Maxine Tanner attends a WPA teachers meeting at Hayti CCC camp. Several families relocate, host, or visit across Sikeston, Doniphan, Chaffee, and Cape Girardeau.

Bert Budd Poplar Bluff Nora Smith New Madrid East Prairie Dent Tanner Palestine Dent Jr C. H. Pease Wyatt George Sullivan St. Louis Margaret Sutton Barney George Sikeston Bee Minich Orville McClain Bloomfield Adelaide Dunfee Fred Scott Leming Cottage K. H. Grant John Spence Jr Maxine Tanner WPA CCC Hayti Wm. Graham Barbara Jane Sanders Jackson R. D. Rone Naomi Ferrell P. P. Ferrell Pauline Kingsolving Elaine Detroit Frank Hale Pete Johnson Royal Oak Mich F. W. Sherrard Phillips Canaleu Ethel Mulder Fred Patterson Freddie Jr Maude Patterson Willard Bagwell Chaffee Chaffee High School A. T. Welsh Woodriver

Social visitors and guests fill local families

Co. F Porter and other neighbors visited Sikeston on Tuesday while multiple guests stayed over weekend at Advance and nearby towns. Visitors included Wilson Allen of Bourbon, Hugh May of Hast Prairie, Miss Peggy Lou Harris of Sikeston, Miss Mary Shoemaker from St Louis, and many relatives from Benton to Cape Girardeau. Families hosted guests from Racine Wisconsin to Kennett Missouri, with several travels to Malden Ash Grove Independence and Gideon for family events and memorials.

Harold Hight Denver Colo Morehouse Drug Co M. H. Mackley Columbia Pete Sherrard Mary Ella Wm. Hillman Royal Oak Mich Raymond Johnson Muriel Barnes George J. Johnson Springfield Mamie Johnson Morehouse Maxine Tanner Bessie Lee Parmley Pauline Summers Dorothy Lee Dunfee Josie Chenweth St. Louis J. Val Baker Baker Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau F. W. Leming Washington D. C New York Mrs. Leming J. Marshall Peer Chicago Canada Nora Sullivan S. J. Wade Benton Henrietta Daugherty Dave Mize Oscar Mize van~ Diser Clarence Yokeley L. E. Ford Hubert Andrews Grant Andrews Arthur Carter Racine Wisconsin Lita Foster Ada Camille Adams Albert Adams Virginia Bachus Ste. Genevieve BE. W. McDonough Vonda Jean Brasher J. Q. Brasher Sr John Matthews Cypress, Ill Addison Corzine Karnak Ill Tedie Porter Ernest Mize Doris Grady Marietta Malden Eddie Vaughn Mary Harris R. L. Harrison Wilma Ragains Ash Grove Independence Kansas Erma Hall Kennett Ragains Richard Evell Hayti Ewell Mavoureen Barbara Foister Mayme Dorothy Mae Foister Gideon Jo Nell Claude Files Wilson Dickey Los Angeles Calif C. D. Cummins Miss June Rex Boyce Hollywood Liza Foster Geo. Englehart Leadwood Bennett Taylor Miss Sue Kansas City Harris Foster W. R. Sullivan Mary Maurine Sally

Good News at St Louis Muny Opera

The outdoor Municipal Theatre in Forest Park hosts the musical Good News from July 15 to 21. Cast includes Wynn Murray and Harry Stockwell with Audrie Christie in a lively college life comedy featuring hit songs such as The Best Things in Life Are Free and Varsity Drag.

Kuucky Murray Flo Fred Allen Rudy Vallee New York Boys Syracuse Stockwell Tom Marlow Prince Charming Walt Disney

Local notices and visits from Mississippi to Arkansas

Porters, family and friends visit across Missouri River towns. Mrs. New of Mississippi is seriously ill at her son's home. Christine Ferguson stayed with Mrs. Gibbs at Benton. Mrs. Warren of Bemis, Tennessee visits daughter and family. Olsen Malone and Andrew Ohmes of Charleston visit George Haws. Mrs. Gibbs of Benton guests of Mrs. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Miller and children visit Monroe McClain near Chaffee. Ed Chappell and children from Pollard Arkansas guest here. Sunshine Extension Club meets with Mrs. Crosno on July 17 to discuss Cheese Making. Mrs. Branson and Mrs. Miller visit Benton. Arsenia Chappell accompanies them home for a week.

H. W. New Mississippi Christine Ferguson Algie Gibbs Benton Warren Bemis Tenn Everett McClanahan Olsen Malone Andrew Ohmes Charleston George Haws H. B. Ferguson Jasper Miller J. L. Chappell Arsenia Chappell

Malden Hosts Southeast Missouri Municipal League Meeting

Sikeston mayor Dr G W H Presnell and other city officials fly to Malden for the first regular Southeast Missouri Municipal League meeting. Formed May 22 in Sikeston as an affiliated Missouri Municipal League group with Presnell as temporary chair and R P Sullivan as temporary secretary. Permanent officers will be elected and plans for future meetings set.

G. W. H. Presnell Sikeston Malden Southeast Missouri Municipal League Missouri Municipal League Dr. Presnell R. P. Sullivan Poplar Bluff

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Bomber Details Released

The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley is described as a British heavy bomber powered by two 990 horsepower motors capable of 245 miles per hour with a tail turret mounting four guns.

Drivers License Revocation Causes and City Rural Safety

The quiz states the most common cause is drunken driving. It also notes urban driving is riskier overall, though rural crashes tend to be more fatal. True False items label 1 as drunken driving and 2 as false.

Plane makers boost output to over one thousand four hundred monthly

American manufacturers report a total monthly output near 1406 aircraft. Of these 306 are light flivvers and 100 are larger civil types. About 200 are built for the army and navy, leaving around 800 for military export.

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