Minner and family welcome a baby son born June 3
Local notes from Blodgett list births illnesses visits and gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Minner are praised as parents of a son born June 3. Several residents including Miss Versie James Mrs. D. M. Jester and Mrs. J. Nunnelee host or visit during the week. Other entries mention trips to Cape Girardeau and visits with relatives in Evansville and St. Louis. Fifteen boys enjoyed a Sunday school picnic at Fair Grounds Park in Cape Girardeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Wofford
Sally
Wanda
Alabama
Tennessee
Brown Wofford
Ben Bowls
St. Louis
Herschel Grey
Bowls
Herschel Jr
J. W. Grey
Cecil Minner
Versie James
D. M. Jester
Methodist Missionary Society
Marshall Hirech
State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Harry Poe
Harry Gene
J. T. Huey
Buddy Marshall
Charleston
J. F. Nunnelee
Ben F. Marshall
J. P. Mooney
Miss Burke
Mooney
Local social notes and upcoming church event in Commerce
The column lists numerous visits and gatherings involving residents of Commerce and nearby towns including Lomax, Moore, Rhodes, Seaton, and Johnson families. An upcoming Sunday service with a children's day program, basket dinner and special singing is announced for June 12 at the local church. Garland A. Reynolds will graduate from the University of Tennessee medical department on June 13, and several residents travel, visit, or host relatives in St Louis, Matthews, Benton, Florence, and Nashville during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
James Lomax
Chester Stafford
Albert Moore
A. J. Heusser
Foster Lomax
Malden
Charles Rhodes
Matthews
Cledus Mathis
Lois Johnson
Herbert Warren
Randolph Kem
Warren
Francis Rhodes
Joe Seaton
Lilbourn
Mamie Johnson
Seaton
H. H. Blackledge
Mary Blackledge
Nona Wheeler
Elizabeth Bull
P. B. Held
A. T. Bom
B. R. Bom
Nashville
Tenn
University of Tennessee At
Memphis
Commerce
Cape Girardeau
State Colege
Otis Brissey
Auburn
Neb
Irs
Brissey
J . Clymer
B. B. Gaither
Ilness
Local notes from Oran and surrounding towns
Oran and area residents were mentioned in a sequence of visits births and relocations. Ed Estes of Pontiac and Charles Nations with CCC camp staff visited relatives. a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Chas Warren on June 5. J A Sikes changed employers to Conoco Oil Co. and Al C Meyer visited from Urina to New York City. Several locals attended a Spanish American War Veterans auxiliary meeting in Cape Girardeau. Many relatives and friends were noted in visits to Cape Girardeau St Louis Sikeston Morley Morley and other nearby places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nations
Gerald Lyne
CCC
New Madrid
Maxilean Graviett
Maurine Gately
Edith Rainey
Lula Ruth Ragains
Geneva Foster
Moriey
Chas. Warren
Bor
Mr. Warren
Warren
Oran Baptist Church
J. A. Sikes
New York City
New York City College
Social Notes From Sikeston and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Orman Dean Clayton transacted business in Sikeston Friday. Agnes Miller of Portageville was guest of Mrs John Wooley last week. Ida Bone went to Oran Sunday to consult a physician. Norval Cannon and Roy Ragans transacted business in Cape Girardeau Thursday. Mr and Mrs Bob Carter of Sikeston were here Sunday afternoon visiting friends. Mr and Mrs Ronald Ryan and son of Sikeston visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs John Zimmerman remains seriously ill and unimproved. Mr and Mrs Harry Tomlinson hosted guests last weekend, Mr and Mrs John Walternate of Doniphan. Miss Virginia Bachus of Ste Genevieve, guest of grandparents A E McDonough, returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Wambie
Essex
Harold Lina
Sikeston
Morehouse
Jake Shelby
Matthews
Helen Satterfield
Perryvile
C. H. Pease
George Boone
Canal
Jerry Barnes
Charlies Woods
Poplar Bluff
Helen Rogers
Salced
James Robert Neal
CCC
New Madrid
W. K. Neal
Oley Treece
Ray Crowley
Jonesobro
Sam Melbourne
Culver
Ind
D. L. Fisher
J. C. Sizemore
Helen
Dyersburg
Tenn
Sizemore
Lizzie Glass
Russell Alexander
Pentecostal Church
Edna Boswell
Wilma Jean
Walter Glass
Patty Lou
Loran
Harry Glass
E L. Glass
Metropolis
Elmer Carter
John D. Barnes
Evangelist Thurman of
Steele
Church of Christ
W. M. Hartman
Chaffee
Lon Mitchell
St. Louis
J. W. Ogie
Jake Powell
Near Parma
Charlies Asa
Clifford Pinkstaff
Jimmie
Pinkstaff
Dudley
Neil Aslin
Aslin
Herman Bandy
Bandy
W. H. Werner
Dorris Deem
Virginia McLaurin
Clifton Arbuckle
Abe Landers
Owen J. Taul
Charles Shroat
Murray
Teachers College
Taul
Dimple Wright
Gerald Goins
Goins
Wayne Wright
C. D. Cummins
Tode Yeakey
George Jacobba
Kenneth Stallings
Charles A. Stallings
Rfr. L. Buck
Benton
M. L. Taylor
O. R. Elmore
Charleston
Betty
Mary Watson
Forest Watson
Marie Vaughn
Miller, Mo
Mae Stanley
New York City
Ab Adams
Mary Sue Finney
Ruth Finney
Cape Girardeau
J. W. Allen
The
Missionary Society
Vanclyser Methodist Church
Annie Beardslee
Emma
Clarence Beardslee
H Patterson
St Louis
John Patterson
Leroy C. Leslie
Orman Dean Clayton
Agnes Miller
Portagevile
John Wooley
Ida Bone
Oran
Norval Cannon
Roy Ragains
Bob Carter
Ronald Ryan
John Zimmerman
Harry Tomlinson
John Walternate
Doniphan
Virginia Bachus
Ste. Genevieve
A. E. McDonough
Wilson
Zalma
Carl Rowe
Phoebe Black
Bobby Montgomery
M. E. Montgomery
Bobby
Shnkard
Billa Smith
Vandyser
Allen
Vandyser Methodist Church
A. T. Hatley
Lula Ruth Ragains
Methodist Sunday School
W. R. McDonough
Mary
E. W. McDonough
Arthur Eachus
Ralph McCullough
Justine
New Madrd
East Praine
C. F Porter
Wilma Ragains
Jerry Young
Uriel Haw
Apollo Group
Hotel Marshall
John R. Lee
Co. D. Cummins
Mavoureen
June Cummins
Woman's Missionary Union of the
Charleston Association
J W Aiken
Morley Methodist Church
Fayette
J. W. Critchlow
Cecil Rhodes
Beatrice McMullin
Billy Dean Foster
Southeast Missouri Teachers College
Bud Lacy
Romayne
Boss Lacy
Mary Carter
Betty Wood
Virginia Hale
Erma Cunningham
Mary Lou Swanagan
Elmer Oliver
Community Notes From Sikeston Area Social Roundup
Local residents visit relatives in Zalma and Sikeston, with gatherings at the Methodist church and a meeting of the Apollo Group at Hotel Marshall. Attendees include Mrs. J W Allen, Rev J W Aiken, Beatrice McMullin, Billy Dean Foster, and several Ragains, Beardslee, and McDonough families.
Gray cap causes man to be shot during squirrel hunt
In Perryville, Robert Roy, dairyman, was shot dead by Emanuel Boxdorfer who mistook Roy’s gray cap for a squirrel. Boxdorfer fired from a repaired rifle in dim woods. coroner’s jury called it accidental death. Roy survived by his widow and three children. Boxdorfer has a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Roy
Perryville
Emanuel Boxdorfer
Boxdorfer
Roy
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Joyce Taylor
Ralph W. Taylor
Joyce
Sharon
Werner
Taylor
Blodgett News
Laredo
Buffington School House
R. A. Moore
Hone
Landers Ridge
Commerce News
Mrs. M. Bull
A. N. Ellis
Patterson
A. G Bondurant
Hugh Finley
J. P. Haden
Edna Vantreese
Wade Ross
Robin Ross
Edgar Schott
W. W. Smith
Pauline Anderson
Brayton
Norval Goddard
Eureka
Jennie Worsley
Velma Cable
Florence
Miss
Frank Sibley
Rosa Lee Schober
H. M. Zarkor
E Soto
DeSoto
R. H. Smith
Kellett Motor Co
Plymouth
Oran News
Ed Estes
Pontiac, Mich
Ross Sullivan
Roy Kilmer
Clarence Aaron
Dexter
Elmer Grant
Marilyn and
Donald
McMullin
Morley News
Mra
L. E. Bowman
H. D. Ragains
Leah Little
Emma Beareslee
Morley
Telephone
Gray Cap
Herald
Standard Oil
Mount & Aingore Center St
Kingshighway
Gene
Highway 61
Matthews Ave
Jack Lancaster
Lon Nall North
Co. C. Kendred
L B. McNew Morehouse
C. R. Foster
WM. Moore
Caveeno
Canalou
J. F. Dickerman
Noxall
Blodgett Mercantile
Blodgett
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