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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
16
Miss Elizabeth Ann Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom F Baker of Malden and formerly Sikeston will wed William Bastin Brown in a Christian church ceremony at Malden next Saturday afternoon at 4 30.
Miss Lillian Kirk travels to Spearfish South Dakota for about two weeks and will be joined by MBE and Mrs Geo Kirk who head west to Sikeston after a tour. Several local residents attended the funeral of Dean W A Trowbridge at the College of Agriculture in Columbia. Mr and Mrs Carl Diehle and son from Litchfield Illinois were guests of Mr and Mrs W Heath. Mrs Malcolm Stewart returned from Wickliffe Kentucky after visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Thos Bucklerby stayed with Mr and Mrs Ben Mills in Matthews last Sunday. Mrs Jim Gossett and Mrs Thos Holderby went to Cape Girardeau. Mr and Mrs A E Hemphrey and daughter of Jeffersonville Indiana visit J M Hatzell this week. Mrs Florence Farin of Charleston and Mrs John Farris and son John of Saint Louis were guests of Mrs L L Edger White earlier in the week.
Katherine Sullenwider daughter of Mrs Mae Fullenwider of Oran married Edward Rozier Leming of Cape Girardeau in a Benton Methodist church ceremony this morning. Miss Fullenwider taught in Oran and Scott County schools. Leming runs Leming Service Station in Cape Girardeau. They will live with the bride's mother near Oran.
Miss Ada Mae Snider daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Luper of Sikeston will wed Jimmy Lee Edmondson son of Rev and Mrs Jim Edmondson of Blodgett in a Baptist church ceremony next Sunday at 2 o'clock with the groom's father officiating. Betty Spurlock maid of honor. Dixie Edmondson flower girl. candle lighters Misses Norma Guiling Dorothy Hull Viola Herrington Ruth Bachus Jeanne Reed Jane Schillig. Schillig to sing with organist Miss Alice Martin. Best man William Paylor. ushers Bill Tetley Robert Poepplemeyer James Reed Carlos Tidwell. Snider, class of 1948 Sikeston High. Edmondson a Blodgett High graduate and farmer. They will live on a farm near Miner.
In Canalou a double ring ceremony united Miss Reva McCann and Robert J. Smith on Sunday May 30. The home was decorated with gladiola and larkspur as vows were exchanged in the presence of family. The couple will reside in Iowa City while he pursues his doctorate. both are graduates of Southeast Missouri State College.
Announcement of the engagement of Miss Mickey Whistle of Sikeston to Do. D. Van Patten of Searcy Ark. Miss Whistle is secretary to attorney Roger Bailey and a Sikeston High alumna. Van Patten studies at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and will graduate August 28. Wedding set for October 16.
Grace Ford formerly of Sikeston and Ray C. Wise of Great Falls Mont married in a double ring ceremony at the groom's home with Rev. E B Swinehart officiating Attendants included Shirley Mae Wise Patti Rhebb and Janet Sue Ford Best man was Jerry O Reilly The bride wore a white gaberdeen suit with talisman roses and will start work as office manager in St Louis The groom owns and operates Wise Rainbow Grocery in Great Falls After a wedding trip to Yellowstone and Glacier Park the couple will reside in Great Falls
Miss Mary Turner retired last Friday from Eltendale Minnesota where she attended the wedding of her brother Richard Homer Turner to Miss Barriett Sande. Richard Turner, a student at Central College in Fayette, is the son of Mr and Mrs H. A. Turner of Chaffee.
Miss Billie Sue Hollingsworth of Oran and Lawrence Boley from near Morley were married in a single ring ceremony Monday morning at Piggott Arkansas. Attendants were Miss Wiseman and LeRoy Waldo. The bride wore pale blue silk jersey. Wiseman wore a blue-flowered crepe dress. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs Lizzie Hollingsworth of Oran and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs C W Boley of Morley.
Members of the Eastern Star Birthday Club plan a pot luck dinner at Mrs. Elmer Poage home on 321 Mast Kathleen Avenue next Wednesday at 12 30 PM. Assistant hosts include Melva mer Childress L A Harris and Harry Buckles.
The Senior Youth Fellowship of the Methodist church will attend a picnic at Pelker Park near Benton this evening, with departure from the church at 5 30.
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