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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
3
Stoddard County buyers and sellers show robust real estate activity as regional optimism grows. The Southeast Missouri outlook predicts strong agricultural and industrial expansion, with population and farming increases driving demand for roads, schools, and utilities.
The speaker critiques current agricultural policies as vote driven and warns of past slumps, urging actions by government and the Federal Reserve to prevent a sharp downturn. He highlights Southeast Missouri's growth potential, the need to expand trucking, and notes land concentration among fewer farmers while projecting track farming could boost regional income and population.
Mrs. Christa Grace came back Wednesday night from Indianapolis where she visited her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Blake Gould. In Chaffee they planned a few days of visiting, with guests including L. M. Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jones. A Mason event in Marble Hill drew 57 men and 20 women. Mrs. Rus sell Barnes of Leavenworth and family helped their son and daughter in Hannibal settle into a new home. Barnes recently returned from overseas.
City of Sikeston versus unknown heirs involves condemnation and damages with Theresa Schafer death claim. Katherine Baker versus Kenneth Baker requests divorce on fault grounds with alleged jealousy and gambling. Collis Maltfin sues William Felker for $600 damages over allegedly improper tire mounting and auto wreck.
Jurors chosen for jury service for the Judger of Circuit Court include regulars from Sylvania township N A Tindall Paul Haller Jr with alternates Earl Robinson Arthur Dirnberger Moreland regular Gilbert Le Grand and alternate Nicholas Essner Wolser regulars Paul Varble Louis Essner Wood Dunger Dennis Hughes Paul Eifert Joe Thorp Raymond Reeth with alternates Otto Bollinger Troy Mont-
Readable lists name regulars and alternates by town including Richland Morley Commerce Tywappity and Sandywoods with player lines: Regulars and Alternates per site. Notable names include J. A. McGuire J. H. Bollinger Jr Henry Millering Mark Holland and Will Hawkins with others across districts.
May marriage licenses list several couples led by local pastors. Edwin Bartlett Lowe and Patsy Elizabeth Dock wed in Sikeston. Elonzo Masterson officiated in East Prairie with Oscar Emoinde Poke Jr. Ud. as a witness. Ernest James Clark of Oran wed Annie Lou Armstrong in Oran with Rev J A Byrd presiding. Hubert Aleyscis Scheeter of New Hamburg wed Agnes Cecilia Buecker of New Hamburg under Rev John Baker at St. Lawrence Church. Gaines B Beck of Sikeston wed Audrey Louise Adams of Sikeston.
The notice lists numerous wedding vows across Sikeston to Oran and Cape Girardeau, naming brides and grooms, ages, and officiating ministers at churches in Sikeston, Oran, Kelso, and Chaffee while noting a Bible verse about work and wealth. It names Rev. L W Cleland Rev. Jerry Statler Rev. A J Poepsel Rev. Thomas Geraghty Rev. E D Owen Rev. W Davidson McDowell Rev. C M Gentry and others as officiants.
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