Miss Sally Hunter Engaged to Wed Damon Dale
Miss Sally Hunter of Caruthersville engaged to Damon Dale of Sikeston in a Fresno? announced by Mr and Mrs Jackson Hunter of Sikeston. Both graduates of Sikeston High School class of 1953. Sally works at First State Bank Caruthersville and plans Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau this fall. Damon also class of 1953 and will continue studies at Southeast Missouri State College. Wedding plans uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Hunter
Route 4
Sikeston
Sally
Caruthersville
Damon Dale
Lyman Dale
Hunter
Sikeston High School
First State Bank of
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Dale
Twenty Four June Marriage Licenses Reported
During June the following marriage licenses were issued in the area. George H. Effink, 23, Lutesville, to Lucille A. Blattel, 22, Chaffee. Roy Raymond Laster, 26, Sikeston, to Hazel Morrison. Donald Joe Daniel to Jane F Ha ofhig nr. David H. Berry, 25, Essex, to Gladys Gilgen, 26. Samuel Edward t pplet, 17, Oran, to Rosalie canes 17, Oran. Robert A. Hilleman, 69, Albuquerque N M, to Hi 4. Sanders, 61, Fornfelt. James R. Holt, 26, Bell City, to Olive Burton, 27, Vandyser. Willie Lane, 19, Sikeston, to Bernice Turner, 21, Sikeston. Christian Reischman, 37, Oran, to Helen Diebold, 39, Oran. Jimmie H. Rodgers, 21, Sikeston, to Flora Bantwell, 18, Sikeston. Anthony, 21, Oran, to Gienda Clark, 17, Painton. Clyde Bequette, 32, Cape Girardeau, to Mary Bequette, 31, Cheyenne, Wyo. Hilbert Jones, 16, Chaffee, to Dorinda Dees, 19, Chaffee. Harold Alvey, 26, Chaffee, to Wanda Brown, 17, Delta. Sherman Greenlee, 18, Sikeston, to Valene Taylor, 18, Sikeston. Phillip Cox, 18, Sikeston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Effink
Lutesville
Lucille A. Blattel
Chaffee
Joseph J. Keusenkothen
Kelso
Roy Raymond Laster
Sikeston
Hazel Maxine Morrison
Donald Joe Daniel
Jane Charlee
Ha Ofhig
David H. Berry
Essex
Gladys Pauline Gilgen
W. Griffth
Benton
Samuel Edward
Bell City
Olive Irene Burton
Vandyser
C. W. Griffin
Willie Nathan Lane
Bernice Turner
R. N. Ward
Christian Wm. Reischman
Oran
Helen Mary Diebold
A. J. Poe
Mary Adams Bequette
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cape Girardeau
Homer A. Tomlinson
Hilbert Monroe Jones
Dorinda Lee Dees
L. E. Haupt
Harold M. Alvey
Wanda June Brown
Delta
Floyd E. Heady
Sherman Dennis Greenlee
Valene Jenet Taylor
EB. D. Owen
Sikston
Phillip Jerome Cox
Sikes
Cape Girardeau Woman Seeks Miss Universe Title
Cape Girardeau’s Alice Porritt, Miss Missouri, will represent Missouri in Miss Universe at Long Beach. She travels from St. Louis to Los Angeles by nonstop TWA flight and will later return July 25. Porritt, a State College junior majoring in education, drums for the college band and teaches swimming. she is engaged to Bradley Adams of Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girardeau
Alice Porritt
Capa -Girardeau
Missouri
Long Beach
Calif
Cwentorta
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Ona
TWA
Miss Porritt
Miss Missouri
State College
Central High School
Wisconsin
Bradley Adams
Jackson
Howard
Melton
Delta Community Hospital
Bon Voyage Party Honors Mrs McMillan
Mrs J L M McMillan and her son depart for New York then England and are saluted with a Bon Voyage gathering at Mrs Jack Miller's home. Bingo prizes go to Mrs Charles Beal Mrs Ray Clinton Mrs Bud Carr and Miss Susan Crabtree. cakes with Bon Voyage adorn the treats. Several guests listed and others sent gifts but could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J L/M. McMillan
New York
England
Jack Miller
Bynum Puckett
Charles Beal
Ray Clinton
Bud Carr
Susan Crabtree
Roger Ree
Richard Armond
Ghester . Wiles
Mass
Re. Puckett
Karl Addenticc
Doris Long Weds Dean Riley in Boonville Miss
Miss Doris Long daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Long of Sikeston married Dean Riley son of Mr and Mrs Riley of Blodgett Monday evening in Boonville Miss The bride wore an orchid dress with no attendants They will live with his parents while Riley works at Gene s Conoco Station Long attended Sikeston High School Riley is a Blodgett High School graduate and veteran who served three years in the Army including time in Germany
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Long
Don Long
Sikeston
Dean Riley
Riley Dean Riley
Blodgett
Boonville
Mr. Riley
Gene
Conoco
Miss Long
Sikeston High School
Blodgett High School
Army
Germany
Extension Club Outing at Reelfoot Lake Tennessee
IMcMullin Extension Club members and guest Thelma Buckthorpe enjoyed a five dayer and swimming at Reelfoot Lake Tennessee Wednesday. Attending were Mrs. John Hodges Mrs. Leon Garnett Mrs. Harold Rogers Mrs. Ed Roberts Mrs. Sterling Marshall Mrs. James Marshall Jr. Mrs. Gene Grant Mrs. Everett Wheeler Mrs. Harold Hill Mrs. Ray Marshall Mrs. James Burris and Mrs. Will Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
McMullinettereee Club
Thelma. Buckthorpe
Reelfoot’ Lake
Tenn
John Hodges
Leon Garnett
Harold Rogers
Ed Roberts
Sterling Marshall
James Marshall Jr
Gene Grant
Everett Wheeler
Harold Hill
Ray Marshall
James Burris
Will Simpson
Presbyterian Circle Meets in Essex Church Ladies
Two members of the First Presbyterian Church met July 12 at Mrs. Paul Schuerenberg’s home in Essex with spouses and children. After a lawn picnic a business meeting followed, Audrey Goddard gave the devotional, Betty Willis presented the conversation piece, then all enjoyed television. The Hunter and Jackson families returned from a visit to the Smoky Mountains and Homespun Valley in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle. 2
First Presbyterian Church
Paul Schuerenberg
Essex
Audrey Goddard
Betty Willis
Jackson Hunter
John J. Jackson
Smokey Mountains
Homespun Valley
Tennessee
Couple Celebrating 66th Anniversary in Dongola
Mr and Mrs Grandison M Bridges of Dongola Bollinger County quietly observed their 66th wedding anniversary. Married July 15 1888 near the bride’s father’s farm Rev James Revelle officiated. They have six children and 30 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren.
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Grandison M. Bridges
Dongola
Bollinger County
Bridges
Martha E. Revelle
James Revelle
Baptist Church
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Toledo
James A. Bridges
Otis Bridges
L. W. Bridges
St. Louis
Milford Luebbers
Alfred Pontious
Ola Cato
Madeira
Calif
Notable Bridges Family Missing in Ark and Ohio
In Jonesboro Arkansas a sister living in Toledo is noted among surviving relatives. Mr. Bridges is the sole survivor of four children born to his parents, marking a family with two living branches and a single remaining kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
Toledo
Mr. Bridges
Davis-Brown Engagement Announced
Mrs. William Hays announces the engagement of her daughter Patricia Davis of Paducah Kentucky to A/3c Edwin Brown son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Brown of Metropolis Illinois Airman Brown is stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois The couple plan an early fall wedding
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William Hays
Patricia Davis
Paducah, Ky
Edwin Brown
Delbert Brown
Metropolis, IL
Brown
Chanute Air Force Base
Ilinois
Bills of The City For tune Okayed By Council
City council approves accounts listed by departments and vendors including Allard Matthews Insurance Agency 1549.31 Andres General Repair 15.96 4.42 Associated Natural Gas 4.42 Bank of Sikeston 335.40 Cooke Tractor 55.12 C H Service Station 0.75 Chuck's Radio Maintenance 40.60 Dysart Studio 21.47 Daugherty's Cafe 52.30 Faurot Inc 52.29 Ferrell Oil 340.00 Group Hospital Service new car 393.09 Hi-Way Motors 29.00 Home Oil 2.25 Harwell Auto Parts 14.64 Jackson A M Hardware 9.63 Kelly Bros Nash 15.20 Kirby's Cafe 7.20 Lathom Printing 25.15 Lincoln Life Insurance 70.00
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allard & Matthews Insurance Agency
Andres General Repair
Associated Natural Gas Co
Bank of Sikeston
Cooke Tractor Company
Chuck’s
Dysart
Daugherty’s
Faurot, Inc
Ferrell Oil Company
Group Hospital Service, Inc
New Car
Hi-Way Motors
Home Oil Company
Harwell Auto Parts Co
Jackson, A. M. Hardware
Kelly Bros. Nash
Kirby's Cafe
Lathom Printing Co
Lincoln Life Insurance Co
Sikes Hardware Co
Superior Office Supply Co
Skinner & Kennedy Co
Sikeston Paint & Wallpaper Co
Sikeston Lumber Co
Sikeston Herald
Sikeston Standard
Standard Printing Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Schuerenberg, W. L
Walton & Williams Tractor Co
Wallace
Harold
Fraize Family Reunion Held in Arkansas
ESSEX July 16 The Fraizes held their annual reunion at St Charles Ark on the Fourth of July with a picnic at Fraize s Lake and visits to relatives in and around St Charles A group of 37 attended including George Eaton and two grandchildren Lucy Huff and grandson Charles Huff Bill Bills and W C Fraize and family Henry Marks Annie Cook and families Clay Fraize and Calvin Fraize and others At Sikeston Hambrick treated for electric shock and dismissed Louise Landers 15 Capalou treated for concussion and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Fraizes
St. Charles
Ark
Fraize
Benought
Miss
Frank Fraize
Annie Cook
Clay Fraize
Round Lake
Calvin Fraize
Hambrick
Sikeston
Wedge
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Louise Landers
Capalou
Electric Shock Knocks Workmen From Ladders
Two workers at the new Masonic Temple on South Kingshighway were knocked from a ladder while handling electrical wiring. Joe Duncan and Harry were injured in the incident as crews assessed the wiring and the building work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Masonic Temple
South Kingshighway
Joe Duncan
Harry
Stranded Family Receives Help From Local Public
A family of eight, traveling through Sikeston toward Illinois, arrived at railroad park early Wednesday hungry and without fuel. Coca Cola drivers bought them food at a nearby store, and a kind stranger offered to pay for their gas if they rode with him to Illinois, highlighting acts of local generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Railroad Park
Illinois
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Sally Hunter
Jen
Norma Jean Kinsey
O. S. Harris
Terrell Eugene Johnson
Cobden
Mary Ruth Holderfield
Joseph J. Vogel
Charlett Hale
D. W. Gilmore
Ervin S. Glueck
Joanna Kluesner
A. J. Poepsel
Wm. Lee Cook
Morley
Dorothy Jane Gunn
Dexter
Robert Carrow
George Jones Waters
Barbara Leah Chidester
J. J. O'Neill
DeWayne Henry Welter
Barbara Ann Andrews
John W. Baker
New Hamburg
Thomas J. Powell
Point Arenas
Cal
Nina Shields
Vernon Guttenfelder
Cape Girl
Mer
Ben Ashley
New Madrid
Mrs. McMillan
Imcmullin
Extension Club
Presbyterian Circle
Neccss
Ranney Street
Sikestoa
Allard-Matthews Insurance Agency
East Center Street
Sikestonians
Davis-Brown
Mac’s
Malcolm
P. M
United States
Arkansas
Carroll
Packard
Ath
Ash ‘Tai Cafe
Clipper
Packerd
Highway
Sikeston, MO
Wery
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