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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
7
The Sikeston Herald lists yearly rates for Beott and adjoining counties at $1.50 and elsewhere at $2.00 with terms strictly in advance. It notes entry as second class matter March 9, 1908, at Sikeston post office Missouri under the Act of March 5, 1879.
In Missouri the Democratic primary pits Judge James Billings of Bennett against Judge James Douglas of St Louis for the unexpired Supreme Court term. Boss Tom Pendergast backs Billings while Governor Stark favors Douglas, with Southeast Missouri divided in support. The race centers on political machine influence, not clearly on judicial records, and mentions efforts to secure W P A votes and local county actions in Scott County.
Mr and Mrs C C White and Mrs Harvey Morrison attended a reception in the Poplar Bluff high school auditorium Tuesday night. Hosted by members of the Rebekah Lodge and friends to honor Miss Lula Thomas recently elected warden of the Rebekah State Assembly.
Mrs. C. C. White, district deputy of Rebekah lodges, installed the recently elected officers of the Morehouse Rebekah Lodge at Morehouse on Monday night. A social hour followed the installation.
Mr and Mrs F E Mount attended the quarterly meeting of the 50th Masonic district Tuesday night in Bloomfield High School gymnasium where about one hundred Masons and wives gathered A banquet by Eastern Star chapter members opened the program Clarence Powell presided as district president Congressman Orville Zimmerman of Kennett was guest speaker The Bloomfield high school band, a top Southeast Missouri ensemble, provided music for the program
The Junior Progress Club entertained with a picnic and swimming party at Dexter Monday evening. Members present included Misses Muriel Edwards Pearl Edwards Pauline Hushner Lois Edwards Selma Milford Della Wright Margaret Bowman Opal Crouthers Edna Pinnell Lucille Mattheus Marie Marshell Katherine Burke and Mesdames L O Whybark and J H Hayden Jr.
Sikeston Kiwanians and Kiwanis queens will go to Blodgett tomorrow night for their regular weekly meeting. Dinner to be served by the ladies of the Methodist church. A club program will be presented with president L M Standley in charge.
About one hundred gathered for the Stheston American Legion picnic on the Cassor River near Fredericktown. Legionnaires, wives, and children enjoyed swimming and a meal of fried chicken, baked ham, and varied foods at noon and in the evening.
Five year old Ben Scott son of Mr and Mrs C Clarence Scott celebrated his fifth birthday with a party at their North Ranney Street home. About thirty children attended and played on the lawn before refreshments were served.
Last Friday Miss Mayme Marshall hosted a luncheon for Miss Mary Phillips of Portland who visited Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tanner and relatives here during the week. Phillips, Mrs Tanner attended various gatherings including a dinner with Sikes Rodgers family and a breakfast hosted by Mrs. E C Matthews. Edith Elmore Myra Tanner and Phillips visited Paducah after a bridge afternoon for Miss Phillips. Prior, Phillips and Daisy Taylor of Columbia were guests at a Thursday dinner hosted by T A Slack on North Kingshighway.
A Fields family reunion and joint birth anniversary was held last Sunday at Apple Gate Grove east of Sikeston. Honorees included John and Boss Fields and several relatives, with a noon basket dinner and attendees from DeSoto Paxico Cape Girardeau Morley Risco Gideon and Sikeston. Kate Dill age 92 was the oldest guest and Marcia Lee McKinney aged five months the youngest present.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Stovall entertained Sunday for the 75th birthday of Mrs Nancy Stovall his mother in Sikeston with a large gathering of relatives and friends including Enos Pool Fort Pierce two sisters Mrs Wm Kindred MacMullin and Mrs Hillary Patterson Morley and many grandchildren and great grandchildren with attendees from Sikeston Catron McMullin St Louis and other nearby towns.
Tuesday morning a group of friends hosted a breakfast at the Francis Club House for Mrs W R Huckeby of Jacksonville and her daughter Mrs Arthur Ewert of Danville Illinois who were guests of their daughter and sister Mrs Ralph Anderson and family.
Miss Gerie Rice of Sikeston, a Teachers College student, was named to the ticket sales committee for the annual all school summer picnic at Arboretta north of Cape Girardeau. The event, sponsored by the college Social Life committee, is a standout on the summer program.
Nathan Sims of Advance will start Monday as field representative for Union Central Life Insurance Company in Stodard County, replacing W. P. Renner who leaves Sunday for Mount Ayr Iowa to join Community Mutual Life Insurance Company as farm field representative.
Dora Congleton, longtime Morley resident born in Port Hudson, La., died at home after a week with a complication of diseases. Funeral services were at Morley Methodist Church with Rev. J. W. Allen and Rev. D. M. Margraves officiating. Burial in Morley cemetery, Albutton Undertakers assisting. Survived by six children, including Mrs. C. C. Bryeans, Mrs. Otto Shorter, and Roy Congleton. husband J. E. Congleton preceded in 1924. Thirteen additional relatives and many others attended the rites. The Congleton family were prominent in the Morley area for decades.
Hans H. Baasch, community manager of the Farm Security Administration project at La Forge, left early this week for a visit with friends and relatives in and Nebraska. During his absence Miss Marian Neprud, formerly stationed in Sikeston, now of Indianapolis, 15 in charge of the project.
The New Madrid County Farm Bureau executive board met on July 12 and planned a county picnic for August 11 at Bullock's Grove on Highway 61 north of Marston. Invited are farmers, their families, and others interested in farming, with a noon basket dinner and each family to bring a well-filled basket. Leon Lane was named recreational chairman and Mrs. Ralph C. Hubbard is publicity chairman.
Keith Real Estate praises B F Chaney Subdivision between two concrete highways in Sikeston. The ad touts East Acres as a growing area with many houses under construction, notes lots for sale in Smith Addition and East Addition, and mentions plans for drainage outlets. It cites potential investments, new businesses, and local booster efforts led by the Chamber of Commerce to expand Sikeston’s trade area. The piece highlights opportunities for out of town buyers, coal and refining interests, and local job prospects amid a “low mood” elsewhere in the U S.
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