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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1952
Page
4
Carmelia Jones left Friday for Lake Charles Louisiana to spend a week with her son Set. Jerry Jones who is stationed there with the United States Air Force.
Hershel Patterson of Portageville spent Wednesday afternoon with his mother Mrs H Patterson at 311 East Gladys. Mr and Mrs Louis Kem of Sikeston Rt 1 returned from a week in St Paul Minn with their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Edsel Kem and family. Mr and Mrs Milford Estes and daughters Judy and Janet left Friday for Jefferson City to visit Mrs V A Estes and Mr and Mrs Robert Collier. they returned Sunday while the girls will stay two weeks. Mr and Mrs Ernest Reynolds and two children Ronnie and Sheila Kay left Friday after visiting with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Richard Vaughn and family. Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Vaughn spent Wednesday in Cape. Mr Reynolds attended a ball game in St Louis Thursday. En route home the Reynolds will visit Jackson Miss with her mother Mrs C G Prouty.
Mr and Mrs R L Guthrie welcomed guests Wednesday and Thursday including his mother Mrs T H Guthrie of Greenville and Mrs Charles Jennings with Mr and Mrs Jennings of Rockford Illinois. Also visiting were Mrs Fran Lazarov and daughter Shirley of St Louis and Mrs Jennings and Mrs Lazarov are sisters of Mrs Guthrie. Wednesday guests included her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Bill Hulen of Waukegan Illinois and Mrs J K Cashion of Chicago who were returning home from visits in Dallas Texas and Lawton Oklahoma.
Mrs. W. B. Shirley and two daughters Sheila and Susie of Marietta Georgia arrived Saturday for a week visit with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Tidwell. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holloman and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holtzhouser, all of whom had a picnic Friday afternoon at Felker Park.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Bush and their daughter Charlotte entertained Mrs Lillian Skages of East Prairie last weekend. On Sunday the party traveled to Memphis to visit Mrs W A Bush for a few days.
Alle Travis Jackson and Ash Buell Gimlin return to Lackland Air Force Base after a 20 day leave with their parents, while Mrs C D Matthews III and son Charles head to Virginia Beach for two weeks. Guests include Miss Doro Va visiting Matthews, Miss Pat Hayes and Miss Barbara Breisch from Columbia, and Dr. and Mrs. John Stokes of Mayfield, Kentucky. Mrs M C Cope hosted Pearl Porter of Lincoln and Carrie Moss of Blodgett for two days.
Mrs John Crews of Jefferson City attended the funeral of Mrs W H Thompson in Sikeston and joined Miss Nedra Vaughn for lunch. Margaret Tetley visits parents in Puxico as 18 relatives stay. The Clayton family and Patsy Alberson return from Michigan and Canada. Rita Ann Mathis visits St Louis with Hazel Mathis. S S Rohald and daughter Linda plan a New York trip. Doolittle family heads to St Francis River for a vacation near Knob Lick. C A Doolittle, stationed Chanute Field, awaits 15 day furlough before Great Falls Montana posting.
The Arkansas-Missouri Power Company of Blytheville Ark has been authorized by the Power Commission to construct about 140 miles of pipeline to provide natural gas service to 18 communities in Arkansas and Missouri. The $2,000,000 line will serve Missouri Hayts Steele Caruthersville Holland Campbell Arkansas St Francis Pigott Greenway Rector Monette Blytheville Leachville Manila Dell Luxora Osceola Wilson Eivadale.
Mrs Stewart Hoover and Mrs O V McReynolds spent Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. Miss Peggy Baker left Friday for St Louis to spend the weekend with her aunt Mrs Virginia Malone and school friends.
Mr and Mrs Marion Alberson and baby Wayne return to Pulaski Virginia after visiting his parents and other relatives. Opal Alberson and Lana also visited and head to Eureka California. The Rt 1 area hosts William and Ova Bowman and Aileen Tucker from Lilbourn with connections to the Bowman family. Wilma Cullins and Marshall visit Ina Nichols in Birmingham while Clara Jane Cullins visits Truman Bennett in Cape Girardeau. Allison and Marvin Cullins attend a St. Louis baseball game. R H Wagner and son Bill return from Fulton Trenton St Louis with sisters Will Helm Betty and Will Matthews Wyatt Burford visiting from Fulton and Lutesville.
Judy Layton visits her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Layton in Kansas City for a three week stay.
Mr and Mrs C H Harrison of 302 East Gladys returned Tuesday from Rockton Michigan where they visited their son Charles Harrison and his family.
Miss Marilyn Grant came back Thursday from a trip to St. Louis that began Sunday. She was accompanied by her cousin Miss Barbara Schubel.
Mrs J N Hitchcock Sr left Saturday for St Louis to visit her sister Mrs Celia Robinson. She plans to return in September.
Alfred H. Harth a 34 year old Chicago shipping clerk was arrested Friday morning on a charge of driving while intoxicated after his car struck the right side of the first concrete bridge west of the Brown Spur bridge on U S 60 west of Sikeston He told state patrol he thought he was on the way to Chicago Harth received cuts to head face and legs and his new sedan with 3000 miles on it was damaged in the crash
Lizzie Moore Jones 74, a longtime Mississippi county resident, died Thursday in St Mary's Hospital Cairo after a two week illness. Born August 29, 1877 in Concordia, she was the widow of Sam Jones. Survived by two sons Marion of East Prairie and Harold of Colorado, three daughters Edna Walker Charleston Adell Club Missouri and Dorothy Jones Charleston, three half brothers Ike Ed Rosco Pollock, a half sister Maud Pollock of Kentucky, and five grandchildren. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Lt and Mrs Robert Allen were en route to Panama City Florida from Kansas City and spent Friday in Blanton. Mrs L A Pickard of Kennett and her guest Mrs Mattie Utley from Virginia were Thursday with Mrs Maurice Armstrong.
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