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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1952
Page
3
A long list of area families and guests visited relatives and attended events over the Fourth of July weekend. St Louis Cardinal games, Maplewood fireworks, church and hospital visits, and multiple dinners and picnics are noted. Several servicemen and family members from Sikeston, East Prairie, and nearby towns are mentioned with travel and furlough updates.
Diehlstadt residents report visits across Arkansas Missouri and Illinois over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Idis Ashmore and boys traveled to Arkansas relatives while Mr and Mrs Lawrence Burton and Dr and Mrs R A Button returned from St Louis. Several couples staged weekend trips to Kentucky Lake Parma and Cape Girardeau with various relatives and friends. The Diehlstadt Missionary Baptist youth hosted a weiner roast and the community extended church invites for ongoing services.
Matthe ws and Rhodes families from Parsons Tennessee visit St. Louis with Mrs. Francis Bishop. Higgs and daughter Carolyn join the Marlers in Wardell. Orr relatives from Portland Indiana spend weekend with Mrs. Thornburg. Orr is her nephew. EB Clayton leaves for a month in Stockton California. Albert Moore Rhodes family visit Steele with Billy Allen. Christian Women's Fellowship to meet July 17 at Mrs. Carl Romines home. Greene family vacation plans to Nashville. Albert Stephens family visits relatives in Bevil Kentucky. Crockett Bell visits Waverly Tennessee. Gerald Payne and son from Marked Tree Arkansas with Robert Throop. Payne is Throop's sister-in-law. Alfred Byrd hosts Irma and Delia Cunningham and W B Cunningham from Sikeston. Melvin Kasten and son Mark Charles of Pittsburgh arrive to visit C A Critchlow. Dr Kasten to serve as resident physician in St Louis for a year. Family to reside in St Louis during that period. Mrs. W E Shupe and son also mentioned.
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