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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
3
Local diary notes reflect numerous visits and trips across Missouri and neighboring states. People from Sikeston Bernie Charleston and Cape Girardeau travel to Cape Girardeau Boonville and Flint Michigan to visit relatives and enjoy vacations. The column also notes hospital updates and a large Vacation Bible School program shortened by polio concerns.
Community notes cover visits and travels among Blodgett residents. Mr and Mrs Tomason moved to Oran last Saturday. Revival at the Baptist church closed last Friday evening. Several residents visited relatives in Sikeston Cape Girardeau St Louis and California. Local employment changes and family moves noted. Furniture sale announces bedroom suites at reduced prices with bold discounts.
Mrs A D Hill reports a week of social calls and visits across Tanner and nearby towns. Numerous residents including Miss Joyce Hill Miss Betty Lou Rhodes and Mrs Florence Bowling hosted or visited relatives friends and neighbors from Sikeston Buffington Campbell Hall and Memphis with gatherings at the A G Griffin Cates and Hill households and a church event at Crowder.
Char ter Oak residents share weekend visits with family in Charter Oak Clarksdale and Lambert. Eva Lusk and Norman Wilkerson wed July 19 in modest ceremony. The Charter Oak Community Club held its regular meeting with 16 members, completed an auction sale raising 1000 for Cancer Fund, and heard a reading titled Was It Yesterday. Next gathering set for August 10 at Mrs Ed Bridges.
Governor Smith appoints M. R. Rowland S. P. Reynolds and Neil W. Helm of Caruthersville to sign an interstate compact with Tennessee officials for a new bridge over the Mississippi River near Caruthersville. A ferry currently links the two states at Caruthersville.
Equipment is being set up and materials have begun to arrive for the rebuilding of the Illinois Central Railroad bridge across the Ohio River at a cost of 6,800,000 dollars. The contract for the superstructure has not been awarded. Illinois Central will do a large part of the renewal work and the job is expected to take three years to complete. The present bridge opened to traffic October 29, 1889.
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