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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
2
Washington coverage notes a planned visit by American church leaders to the Soviet Union and vice versa as both sides seek avenues for world peace through religious dialogue. The exchange aims to show church state separation in Russia and advance rights, justice, and broader freedoms as essential to any lasting peace.
Lowell’s meditation on earthly cost and spiritual value contrasts commerce with Heaven. The poem declares Heaven is given freely while earthly gains come at a price, then shifts to a luminous June scene where life, light, and nature reveal a divine abundance in grass, flowers, birds, and the open world.
Walking through Boeing’s Wichita facility, a visitor sees massive tools and a B-52 wing skin being shaped by a single operator. The piece cost the firm hundreds of thousands, and workers earn high weekly pay. The passage argues that heavy tool investment boosts productivity, lowers costs, and raises living standards, contrasting American private enterprise with Chinese ship-to-rail logistics of the era and noting the high capital per job across industries.
The Country Club will host a members only event Thursday evening starting with a 6:30 buffet supper. A fashion show covering bathing attire from 1914 to today will follow, featuring Mary Ann Walker's water skit and a band led by Jerry Throgmorton. Masters of ceremonies are Paul C. Meyer and Ted Kirby, with Elite Shop and Buckner-Ragsdale’s providing outfits. Mrs. Joe Baker and Mrs. Ben Bowman lead arrangements and dancing is planned.
Friends in Sikeston report the marriage of Jackson Lee Stubbs son of Mr and Mrs Jack Stubbs to Marilyn Jean Hull daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Walon Hull The couple now reside in Pasadena California The ceremony took place Saturday May nineteenth at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Mr and Mrs Phillip Sadler hosted a family dinner Sunday at 529 Sikes Avenue. Attending were sons and daughters in law Phil Sadler Rebecca Lynn Phillip Burk from San Antonio. Graham Sadler Ricky Susan Cape Girardeau. Milton Sadler Sharon Paul Sikeston. Mrs Sadler’s sister Dessie Hydrick Sikeston. James T Hydrick Pensacola Florida, brother of Mrs Sadler and Miss Hydrick.
A speaker argues that American railroads invest heavily in tools and capital, enabling faster freight and higher wages. He contrasts with Chinese workers, noting American wages of 10 to 15 dollars daily and a freight rate under a cent per gallon per hundred miles, attributing the disparity to tool investment and private ownership driving better jobs, products, and living standards.
Christine French bride elect of Brad Shain was feted at a Monday evening shower hosted at Mrs. Larry Shain’s home with co hosts Mrs. James Spivey and Mrs. Wendell Shain. The decor featured spring blooms and a blue net umbrella centerpiece on the gift table. Refreshments of cupcakes iced with Chris and Brad, sherbet, and tea. An original poem by Mrs. Bill Shain Sr. was read as entertainment. Attendees included Mrs. Robert French, Miss Jaymita French, and many relatives from Portageville and area. Gifts from numerous friends were sent by a long list of well wishers.
St. Paul’s Auxiliary held its June meeting at the church and opened with a prayer from the Prayer Book. Mrs. T. L. Chidester, president, presided over the session. Delegates Mrs. Kenneth Smitten and Rev. Harlow Donovan reported on their roles at the May Annual Diocesan Convention in St. Louis.
June 5 admissions list includes Louie McDonald Matthews Willie Prince Sikeston Ronald Cobb New Madrid Wanda Bond Sikeston Clifford Bailey Dudley Law Coots Bertrand Discharged June 5 Albert Purser New Madrid Reece Mason Sikeston Lucille Fisher Parma Murel Gosnell Sikeston Mrs Bobby Ralph and baby boy 401 Benton St
Stork Club reports the birth of a baby boy on June 5 at Missouri Delta Community Hospital to Mr and Mrs James Bailey of 307 Greer Sikeston. Amy Allen of Sikeston and Bob Lamkin of Cape Girardeau left Sunday for a two week business trip to New York City for Buckner Ragsdale stores. Mrs Mary Williams and her daughter Mrs Arvil Nickell visited Deal's Nursing Home patient Mrs R C Finley in Jackson on Tuesday.
Mrs Ada Harris and her daughter Mary Evelyn from Champaign Illinois arrived Tuesday for a two week visit with her sisters Mrs H E F Blackburn and Mrs John Malone both of Sikeston and other relatives near Charleston Mrs Roy Ludwig and children Tommy and Janie of Cape Girardeau are also mentioned in the Illinois Missouri visitation notes.
City of Sikeston Missouri invites bids by June 30 1956 at noon for all materials equipment and labor to construct an asphalt pavement on Tanner Street from Highway 61 Main Street to Applegate Blvd about 983 feet long. Proposals must state contractors will accept special tax assessments against abutting property. City reserves right to reject all bids. John W Vaughn City Clerk.
Notice of an application by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to erect and maintain a telephone line along State Highway 61 in Scott County Missouri with a hearing set for July 6 1956 in Jefferson City. Objections or suggestions may be filed with the State Highway Commission prior to that date. Also includes a Sikeston city paving resolution for Greer Street with concrete pavement and special assessment details.
Phyllis Ann and John Wayne Newman children stayed with Leon Sarg Wood while parents away. Tommy Alberson spent a week at Lake Wappapella cottage. Frank Park of Memphis visited with Mrs Park’s parents, C D Irby Sr. Denver Sanders and daughter Judith Ann of Cape Girardeau visited Les H Sexton and wife.
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