Local News From Matthews Area Highlights Visits and Events
Matthews readers learn of visits by Roy and family to Bernie relatives, Morehouse guest Billy Deane staying with relatives, and multiple Sunday dinners with the Binford Sutton Deane and Reid families. It notes church events, a youth party, a Memphis hospital visit, a broken arm incident, a community club meeting, and Red Cross 4 H activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
M. H. Sutton
John Whitten
Cline T. Hope
Poplar Bluff
Ellis Reid
Clara Lou Sutton
St. Louis
J. H. Dickerman
Donald Story
Martha Ann
Elgin Davis
East Prairie
Mary Alice Critchlow
Christian Church
C. C. Buchanan
Sikeston
J. R. King
Buchanan
Wappapella
True Taylor
Cape Girardeau
Harold Lumsden
Essex
Nelson Lumsden
Canalou
Charles Lumsden
Clifford Reed
George Reed
Memphis
Baptist Memorial Hospital
D. N. Powell
Rosalie
Virginia
James Lomax
Wappapella Lake
Sue Carolyn
O. E. Critchlow
Methodist Church
Laurel E. Weddle
Red Cross
Commerce News Social Roundup Lists Local Guests and Moves
Bob Willis moves to St Louis for work. J A Hawkins travels to Jefferson City. Doris Abernathy visits the Ethertons. Price Knight and James Davis shop in Cape Girardeau. Herschel Hilt visits from Louisiana. Mrs Glenn Watkins and daughter join sister J B Wise in Cape Girardeau. Ed Johnson hosts his mother Mrs Henry Johnson from Chaffee. Albert Koch and son Larry visit Flat River home. Julia Bondurant spends summer with Bondurants. Arthur Wright hosts daughter in law and granddaughters from Bay City and St Louis. Earl Williams and Peck Baxter return to St Louis after visiting Lumm family. Jake and Jim Mutchler visit Mrs C C Foster. Foster accompanies sons home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Willis
St. Louis
J. A. Hawkins
Jefferson City
Doris Abernathy
W. G. Etherton
Price Knight
James Davis
Cape Girardeau
Herschel
J. B. Wise
Ed Johnson
Henry Johnson
Chaffee
Albert Koch
Larry
Flat River
J. T. Carlton
Julia Bondurant
Florida
A. J. Bondurant
Arthur Wright
Marshall Moore
Jeanard Kathleen
Bay City
Mica
Earl Williams
Peck Baxter
Wm. Lumm
Jake Mutchler
Jim Mutchler
Butler, Qr
C. C. Foster
Died Suddenly While Visiting Children Here
William Henry Cowan age 69 of Mounds Illinois died suddenly last Saturday night around seven while visiting his son William Harvey Cowan and daughter Mary Juanita Cowan. Cause thought to be heart attack. Body sent to Wickliffe Kentucky for funeral and burial after services at his brother Sam Cowan's home. Survived by two sons and two daughters: William Harvey Cowan of Sikeston, Mary Juanita Cowan of Sikeston, Albert Henry Cowan of Knoxville Tennessee, and Mrs Janie Lee Lloyd of Sheffield Alabama.
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William Henry Cowan
Mounds, Ill
William Harvey Cowen
Mary Juanita Cowan
Wickliffe
Welsh Ambulance
Sam Cowan
Cowan
William Harvey
Sikeston
Albert Henry Cowan
Knoxville
Missouri Expenditure Survey head resigns effective July first
Keeton Arnett, executive director of the Missouri Public Expenditure Survey, resigns after several years. He will become mid western manager for the Fred A Eldean Public Relations Organization of New York, with Chicago headquarters. No successor named.
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Keeton Arnett
Missouri Public Expenditure Survey
Arnett
Fred A. Eldean Public Relations Organization
New York
Chicago
Funeral Services Held for Canalou Resident Zona B Westerfield
Funeral services were held at 2 30 pm yesterday at the Church of Christ in Canalou for Zona B Westerfield who died Monday night at his parents home in Vanclyser after a long illness. Evangelist Carl Ketherside of St Louis conducted the rites. Burial followed in Memorial Park cemetery Sikeston with Albritton service. He was 45 and had lived in Canalou over eight years where he ran a restaurant. Survivors include his widow Lala and six children Margaret Smith Imogene Westerfield James and William Westerfield Hammond Ind Philip and Patsy at home. a granddaughter Margaret Fay Smith. and three sisters Harley Barnes Vancuser Joe Thornton East Prairie and Kenneth Averett Charter Oak.
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Church of Christ At
Canalou
Zona B. Westerfield
I. C. Westerfield
Vanclyser
Carl Ketherside
St. Louis
Memorial Park Cemetery
Sikeston
Albritton
Westerfield
Rites Held At Dexter For Man Killed Monday
Lynn Hudson, 29, Coca Cola Bottling Co. salesman from Sikeston, died in a collision near Carrier Mills with a construction truck. His cousin Carl Hudson survived with minor injuries. Services were attended by Sikeston plant manager Milburn Arpaugh and all employees.
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Dexter
Lynn Hudson
Carrier Mills
Ill
Hudson
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Sikeston
Carrier Millis
Carl Hudson
Rites Held for Infant Henry Ray Denning
Funeral services were held last Friday at the family residence for Henry Ray Denning infant son of Mr and Mrs J W Denning. He died shortly after birth June 8 at Sikeston General Hospital. Burial followed in Carpenter Cemetery with Taylor service.
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Henry Ray
J. W. Denning
Sikeston General Hospital
Carpenter Cemetery
Taylor
Washington man would come to this district
Jack Musgrove, once of Missouri and now in Yakima, reports good land around Sikeston and hopes to return after the war to grow a crop. He says in his note that he plans to leave the fruit country where water is scarce. Three-fifths of Cuba’s land yields sugar cane.
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Jack Musgrove
Missouri
Yakima
Sikeston
Cuba
Weekend Police Court Nets City Treasury Boost
Sikeston’s city treasury gained 122 dollars over the weekend as fourteen citizens, white and colored, faced court after drinking and fighting in public. Police Judge Frank Smith listed arrests and fines including James Weaver eight dollars for fighting and several others for drunkenness with eight to ten dollar penalties.
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Sikeston
Frank Smith
James Weaver
Harold Wallace
William Cowan
George Seufert
Thomas Johnson
Wallace
Richard Siggers
Les Bond
John Kelley
James Cook
Harl Wilson
James Ward
Freddie Chafin
Marshall Knight
Robert Jones
Arresting Drivers Without State License Plates
State Highway Patrol cracked down on motorists with no 1944 state license plates. Three drivers appeared before Justice of the Peace Frank Smith: Orlesta Blair fined 11 dollars, James Anderson 13 dollars, and Gilbert Clinton 12 dollars. W. C. Fulkerson of Norris City Illinois was fined 15 dollars for careless driving after a collision at the Highway 60 and 61 intersection in Sikeston.
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State Highway Patrol
Justice of the Peace
Frank Smith
Orlesta Blair
James Anderson
Gilbert Clinton
Sikeston
Murray Lane Residence Damaged by Flames
A five room home on Murray Lane owned by Mr and Mrs Edward Kindred was badly damaged by a fire caused by an oil stove in the kitchen. Mrs Kindred left briefly and returned to find the interior aflame. The Fire Department responded quickly preventing greater damage. Insurance partially covers the loss.
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Murray Lane
Edward Kindred
Southeast Missouri Drownings and Accidents Reported
Campbell James Earl Griffin 13 and Oliver 4, sons of Oliver and Mrs Griffin near Campbell, drowned in a drainage ditch as family prepared a surprise dinner. Cape Girardeau boy 4, hit by auto driven by 18-year-old Charles H Young Jr. of Fornfelt, suffers leg and hip injuries. Steele residents raise 70000 in war bond drive in 45 minutes. Hayti truck driver Arvey Watkins held on manslaughter charges after 20‑month-old Ronald James killed by truck. driver claimed he did not see the child. Cape Girardeau over subscribes 109865 in Fifth War Loan drive. 3355 pledges totaling 759,863.25 in bonds. Senath Imogene Hallett, daughter of William and Mrs Hallett near Senath, accepted into Woman’s Army Corps and to report for Air Corps Ground Forces training in Des Moines Iowa June 27.
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Campbell
James Earl Griffin
Oliver
Oliver Francis Griffin
Cape Girardeau
Bobby Smith
Albert Smith
Smelterville
Charles H. Young Jr
Fornfelt
Young
Kelsey Kelly
Silmo
J. Hester
Leroy Hodgkiss
Benton
Hayti
Arvey Watkins
Liberty
Ronald James
Hollis James
James
Watkins
Senath
Imogene Hallett
Wm. E. Hallett
Near
Woman’s Army Corps
Air Corps
Des Moines
Supreme Court upholds county collector's deed in Missouri case
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a deed issued by Scott County Collector C. E. Felker under the Jones-Munger law is legal and may stand as issued. The deed, tied to the third sale of 70.03 acres east of Blodgett formerly owned by J. T. Burris, was first challenged in Benton circuit court on July 14, 1948, where Judge J. C. McDowell voided it. Felker noted the case’s wide statewide interest, affecting deeds across Missouri. Counsel were J. Grant Frye for Felker and Steve Barton for Burris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Supreme Court
Scott County
C. E. Felker
Felker
Circuit
Benton
J. C C. McDowell
Blodgett
J. T. Burris
Missouri
J. Grant Frye
Steve Barton
Burris
Campbell veteran wounded in Italy and awarded Purple Heart
Pfc. Robert D. Borders was wounded in Italy on May 8, as reported by his wife Mrs. Melba Jean Borders of Campbell. He received the Purple Heart on May 30. His parents Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Borders, also live in Campbell with their son Ronnie. Meanwhile in Dunklin county farmers paid up to 5.25 a day for cotton choppers, including boys 12 and 13, with some plans using as many as 200 workers at 5.10 daily. the wage scale dropped Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Robert D. Borders
Italy
Melba Jean Borders
Ronnie
R. H. Borders
Kennett
Dunklin County
Sikeston Juniors rout Jackson Legion in Sunday game
Sikeston American Legion Junior Baseball team crushed Jackson Legion Juniors 24 to 4 on the Jackson field. Pitcher Arnold limited Jackson to eight scattered hits as Sikeston collected 18 hits. Myers hit two home runs, one with two aboard in the sixth and another with one on in the ninth. Players listed include Inman, Hayden, Scobey, Bryant, Greer, Arnold, Beal, Carroll, Ensor, Rowe and Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston American Legion
Jackson Legion
Jackson Field
Arnold
Sikeston
Jackson
Myers
Inman
Hayden
Scobey
Byrant
Greer
Beal
Carroll
Ensor
Rowe
Canada Allocates 70 Percent of Munitions to UN Partners
Seventy percent of Canada’s munitions output is pledged to other United Nations bodies, signaling a major shift in wartime defense logistics. The move prioritizes international relief and security missions, affecting domestic production and supply chains amidst ongoing global tensions.
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Canada
United Nations
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