Chaney Couple Welcome Son at Sikeston General
Local news notes the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chaney at Sikeston General Hospital on June 7. Other items mention Leo Bruce visiting relatives while in medical training at the University of Missouri and planning to finish studies in Memphis. Major Joe Fenimore and wife guests of his parents before reporting to Fort Leonard Wood for military duty. Local Boy Scouts encamped at Camp Lewallen in Wayne County for a week, listing seven scouts. Funeral services for Mrs Arch Hall were held at the Methodist church with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Carl Chaney
Sikeston General Hospital
Leo Bruce
University of Missouri
Columbia
Memphis
Joe Fenimore
Fenimore
George Fenimore
Fennimore
Fort Leonard Wood
Armed Forces
Camp
Canalou Social Notes Move Between Towns
Mrs Norma Roberson stayed with Ola Mae Rogers in Sikes ton last week. Mr and Mrs Ernest Atchley of Parma visited Roy and Mrs Roy Johnson on Sunday. Nelson Lumsden Olen Harris and Oval Arbuckle did business at Chaffee last week. Mrs Edna Harwood visited her grandparents Denver and Vera Lacy near Charter Oak Sunday. The Jones family and children visited Parma as did Mrs Edna Taul Joyce and Mrs J T Crowe with Miss Euna Faye Harris at Morehouse one day last week. Delia Ellerbrooks hosted a farewell party for her son Buddy and friends Bernice Seagraves and Samuel Cook who left for Jefferson Barracks Wednesday night. All enjoyed a delightful evening.
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Norma Roberson
Ola Mae Rogers
Sikeston
Ernest Atchley
Parma
Roy Johnson
Nelson Lumsden
Olen Harris
Oval Arbuckle
Chaffee
Edna Harwood
Denver Lacy
Charter Oak
Orval Jones
Alton Blankenship
Oran News contains local visits and society notes
Harry C Watkins and son visited Benton on business. Mrs Harold Wright and her sons visited Rev and Mrs J C Reid. Mildred and Bernice Wallace from St Louis spent the weekend with their parents. Mac Wright hosted guests including Mrs John Brammock and her Knoxville husband. Mrs R Stone and children visited her Jackson relatives. Mrs Allen Magner returned to Birmingham after a week here. Mrs Mary Denton and granddaughters spent the weekend in Memphis with Ralph Boone. Mrs Tom Ervin and children returned to Michigan after visiting Nick Scheeter. Mrs Oscar Kittles accompanied them. W M Hartman elected War Duds president with several vice presidents and officers named. meeting at Oran high school. Ragain Harris and Don Harris visited Sikeston. Mrs Vincent Roth of Tucson visiting her parents. Luther Felker and family from Chaffee visited T E Hicks. Amil Stubberrauch and son from Bryeans district visited Joe Laux. Ragain Harris hosted Don Harris and daughter Cecil Doweger of Morley. Guss Cauttrell received word of birth of a daughter to Everett and wife in Jerseyville.
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Harry C. Watkins
Harry Jr
Benton
Harold Wright
Flat River
J. C. Reid
Mildred
Bernice Wallace
St. Louis
Willie Wallace
Mac Wright
John Brammock
Knoxville
Tenn
R. ©. Stone
Lef Jackson
A. O.carr
Freda
Allen Magner
Birmingham
Ala
Jake Smith
Mary Denton
Marvin Purdy
Mary Edna Boone
Memphis
Ralph Boone
Tom Ervin
Nick Scheeter
Michigan
Oscar Kittles
W. M. Hartman
War Duds
Leo Tenkhoff
James R. Smiddy
A. J. Bailey
Albert F. Loehlig
George W. Pearman
W. D. Maddox
Paul Halter
Elmer Hencey
George K. Patterson
Rev
C. E. Warren
Oran High School
Ragain Harris
Sikeston
Vincent Roth
Tucson
Ariz
C. L. Graviett
Luther Felker
Chaffee
T. E. Hicks
Amil Stubberrauch
Bryeans
Joe Laux
Don Harris
Cecil Doweger
Morley
Guss Cauttrell
Everett Rogers
Jerseyville
Morehouse Citizens Propose Street Re-Surfacing Plan
Morehouse civic residents plan to resurface streets with black top using about 5200 from the Sewer Bond Issue as a private contractor option replaces WPA labor. A June 26 special election will decide the Proposition. Mayor Dillon notes Morehouse is bonded to its limit and tax payers deserve benefit from available funds.
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Morehouse
Dillon
Vagabond King to Open at Municipal Opera June 19
The Vagabond King, a lavish operetta based on Francois Villon, returns to St. Louis Municipal Opera for a June 19 to June 25 run. Edward Boecker stars as Villon with a notable company including Trudy Brooks, Lorna Byron, Eduard Franz, and Marina Svetiova. The production follows Good News and features classic melodies like Song of the Vagabonds and Love For Sale.
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St. Louis
Wilson
Edward Boecker
Rose Marie
Desert Song
Trudy Brooks
Lorna Byron
Zamah Cunninghan
Eduard Franz
Inez Gorman
Philip Kinsman
George Lipton
Billy Lynn
John Brooks McCormack
Municipal Theater
Rudolph Frimli
Municipal Opera
New York Metropolitan Opera Company
Marina Svetiova
Leon Varkas
Paris
Francois Villon
Villon
Louis XI
France
Camp encampment prep and travel notes from New Mexico
Scoutmaster John Spence left Sunday for the camp located 50 miles south of Raton New Mexico to shape the encampment with the Morehouse Troop. The army reports about 80 billion dollars in National Service Life Insurance applications by personnel.
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Mittee
John Spence
Raton
New Mexico
Morehouse
Caruthersville Flyer Destroys Nazi Flak Tower
Captain John B. England of Caruthersville, a leading fighter pilot with seven Nazi planes destroyed, strafed and disabled a German flak tower over occupied Europe while leading a mission of P-51 Mustangs from an Eighth Air Force station in England. The crew also reported bombing a locomotive, an airfield, and a factory in the same sortie. England is the son of Mr and Mrs B H England of Caruthersville.
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Hitler
John B. England
Caruthersville
Europe
Eighth Air Force
England
B. H. England
Falls from windows kill about five hundred yearly
A Metropolitan Life Insurance report cites 500 deaths annually from falls out of windows, with around 400 occurring in homes and many linked to summer months and risky habits like washing windows or sitting on sills. The Missouri Victory Farm Volunteer program will deploy 167 high school students to 160 farms across 32 counties this summer, per Parker Rodgers of the University of Missouri extension service.
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The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Missouri
Victory Farm
Parker Rodgers
University of Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Silk Stockings Said Worn by King Henry II in 1547
A historic claim notes silk stockings were first worn by King Henry II of France in 1547, according to traditional accounts.
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Henry II of
France
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Set. Anderson
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Freddie Laminick
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C. F. McMullin Estate
Sikeston, MO
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Powell Insurance Agency
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