Bank of New Madrid a People’s Bank Founded in 1934
The Bank of New Madrid in Missouri presents its community focus and evolution from its 1934 founding to modern days. S. L. Hunter Sr. serves as president with Sam L. Hunter Jr. as vice president as the bank expands services and upgrades its facilities. The article traces relocations, remodeling, and the creation of a state of the art banking room, night depository, and private offices, plus staff histories from founder to son.
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Bank OF
New Madrid
S. L. Hunter
The
Bank of New Madrid
S. L. Hunter, Sr
Sam L. Hunter
W. H. Coats
Bloomsdale Bank Building and Equipment Company
Bloomsdale
T. A. LaBrot
Hunter
Commercial Trust Company
Safe Depository
A. B. Hunter Bank
Kingshighway DAR Hosts Tony Heckemeyer Guest Speaker
The Kingshighway Chapter DAR held a regular session with Mrs Charles Barnett hosting. Guest speaker Tony Heckemeyer spoke on the history and use of the American Flag and wore a Boy Scout uniform. Members received silk flag favors for Flag Day and enjoyed his Scout work overview.
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Kingshighway
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charles Barnett
Tony Heckemeer
Tony
Caroline Hess
Sykeston
Wallace Crane
Distriet
Folio
Charles Rares
Teabell Hess
David Blanton
Wedding date set for Haney Halter in Cape Girardeau
Miss Kathryn Haney fiancee of William Joseph Halter, both named residents of Cape Girardeau area, will wed Thursday June 24 at St Mary's Church in Cape Girardeau at 9 a.m. Haney is a St Louis trained nurse leaving St Francis Hospital. Halter, a State College graduate and former high school teacher, will coach football and teach industrial arts in Anna next year.
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Girardeau
Rosemary Schacter
Kathryn Haney
William Joseph Halter
Silkeston
St Mary's Church
Cape Girardeau
St. Francis Hospital
DePaul Hospital School of Nursing
Engagement announced of Gail Bader to Kenneth Dement
Mr and Mrs Gerald L Bader of Webster Groves announce the engagement of their daughter Gail Diane to Kenneth Lee Dement son of Mr and Mrs Charles K Dement of Durango Colorado formerly of Sikeston The bride elect graduated from Webster Groves High School and attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau where her fiance recently completed his junior year His fraternity is Sigma Tau Gamma Dement is in Marine Reserve Officers Training at Quantico Virginia He is the brother of Richard Dement of Denver Colorado and Mrs Gerald McCollum of Boonville Missouri.
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Rlends
Hunter
Marston
State Commissioner of Finance
Marston Bank
New Madrid
Sikeston
C. D Matthews, Jr
Joseph L Matthews
Bank of Sikeston
Bank of Marston
New
Bank of New Madrid
Sam L. Hunter, Jr
New Madrid High School
Campion High School
Prairie du Chevn
Wis
Famous Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Missouri
St. Louis University
Sam Hunter, Jr
U. S. Navy
St Louis
Navy
Northwestern University
Atlantic
Pacific
Sicily
Ethele Powell
Marshall
Catholic Church
Rotary Club
Sam, Jr
Gerald L. Bader
Webster Groves
Gail Diane
Kenneth Lee Dement
Charles K Dement
Durango
Colo
Webster Groves High School
Southeast Missouri State College
Cape Girardeau
Sigma Tau Gamma
Dement
Marine Reserve Officers Training
Quantico
Richard Dement
Denver, Colo
Gerald McCollum
Boonville
Abernathy Goodin Engagement Announced
Cape Girardeau residents Elmer S. Abernathy and his wife announce the engagement of their daughter Carolyn Joyce Abernathy to James Oliver Goodin of Charleston. Carolyn is a Central High School graduate, State College attendee, and Steimle Business School alumna now employed with the Little River Drainage District. James is the son of Oliver and Mrs. Goodin of Charleston, a State College alumnus who studied physical education and history, member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. No wedding date is set. Also, Miss Trudge Carter of Memphis visited relatives Wayne and Mrs. Dickson and attended Odd Fellow’s Hall installation last weekend.
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Elmer S. Abernathy
Cape Girardeau
Carolyn Joyce, Abernathy
James Oliver Goodin
Charleston
Central High School
State College
Steimle Business School
Little River Drainage District
Oliver Franklin Goodin
Sigma Ph. Epsilon
Trudge Carter
Memphis, Tenn
Wayne Dickson
Miss Nora Lee Wilson Bride of Paul Walter
Miss Nora Lee Wilson wed Paul Walter in an afternoon Methodist ceremony. Rev. Edwin Short and Rev. M. G. Joyce presided before white gladioli and daisies. Attendants included Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson, twin best man Wayne Walter, and ushers from Kansas City and Lawrence. A reception followed at the church with a four tier cake. The couple planned a Colorado honeymoon and planned address thereafter. Out of town guests included Walter and Wilson families from Kansas and Memphis.
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Nora Lee Wilson
Paul Walter
Ig. m. Mondife
Stn
Mid .Paul, Wilson
George Walter
Lawrence
Kansas
Edwin Short
M. G. Joyce
H. J. Welsh
Barbara Lennox
Thebride
Joseph R.wilson
Kansas City
Lucy Walter
Emily Lair
Sikeston
Wayne Walter
Joseph R. Wilson
Don Manley
William Pulham
Frances Mattingly
Janet Stevens
Marjorie Diemund O
Mrs. Walter
Colorado
Mr. Walter
C. H. Waldo
Warren Robinson
Lucille Walter
Bill Pulliam
Kan
Marvin Engram
Murray Engram
Ralph Diemund
Margie
L. H. Gibson
Cape Girardeau
F. W. Segerson
Ann Lewis
Memphis
Summer union services set across three churches
The Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian congregations begin weekly Sunday night union services led by Rev. Edwin R. Short. The schedule through September 26 assigns hosting duties to Presbyterian Rev. M. G. Joyce, Christian Rev. Short, and Methodist Rev. Wayne Davis on alternating dates across six churches with openings by Rev. Aug. 1 and Sept. 12 serving at Christian and Presbyterian houses respectively.
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Christian, Methodist and
Presbyterian Churches
Edwin R. Short
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
M. G. Joyce
Christian Church
Wayne Davis
Coleman Attends Fortieth Harvard Class Reunion
E P Coleman Jr left Monday for Cambridge Massachusetts to join his Harvard class of 1914 at its fortieth reunion activities this week. He is a Harvard graduate from the class of 1914.
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E. P. Coleman
Harvard
E. P. Coleman Jr
Cambridge
Mass
Coleman
Miss Scott Heads West For Summer Theatre Season
Miss Jacqueline Scott of New York City spent two weeks visiting her mother Mrs. Maxine Scott. She joined Mr and Mrs Richard Balser to Des Moines Iowa for a Saturday guest stay and continued to Lincoln Nebraska for a 12 week summer theatre season.
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Jacqueline Scott
New York City
Maxine Scott
Richard Balser
Betty Lou Knox
Des Moines
Iowa
Lincoln
Nebr
W. P. Sieyice Honored on 90th Birthday
Dr. W. P. Clayton, among Southeast Missouri's oldest residents, was feted at a Sunday dinner on Malcolm Street for his 90th birthday. Attendees included relatives and friends from Cape Girardeau, Walnut Ridge, St. Louis, Norfolk, Morley, Commerce, and nearby areas.
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W. P. Sieyice
W. P. Clayton
Southeast
Missouri
Malcolm Street
Walter Pitts
Tom Myrick
Addie Lawrence
Commerce
Clarence Owen
Wilma Adrian
Walnut Ridge, Ark
Johnny Lyons
Eddie Clayton
Norfolk, Va
Leonard Vaughn
Cape Girardeau
F. L. Sisson
Robert Foster
Margaret Marshall
Claren Clayton
St. Louis
O. D. Clayton
Dorothy
R. D. Clayton
Wayne
Ralph Vaughn
Rubye
Jim Ogden
Morley
Cecil Rudy
Eddie Seehousen
Marvin Carroll
Chief of Staff Dies From Personal Safety Gunshot in Kennett
Dr J C Cofer 54 chief of staff at Dunklin County Memorial Hospital Kennett Missouri died Sunday from a self inflicted gunshot wound coroner Dr Quinton Tarver reported. He shot himself near the heart with a .32 revolver at his home. He had lived in Kennett 22 years and is survived by his widow one son three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held Tuesday.
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Kennett Hospital
Kennett
J.C. Cofer
Dunklin County Memorial Hospital
Quinton Tarver
Tarver
Cofer
Lilbourn Woman Wounded by Falling Shot Gun
Ella Mae Jones, 22, was treated for a gunshot wound to the foot after a shotgun fell from a rack at home. She received emergency care at Missouri Delta Community Hospital and is listed in good condition. Miss Dorothy Stephens, Miss Gwen Shy and Miss Ava Lou Anderson spent Saturday in Cape Girardeau.
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Lilbourn
Ella Mae Jones
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Dorothy Stephens
Gwen Shy
Ava Lou Anderson
Cape Girardeau
Hospital Notes From Missouri Delta Community Hospital Saturday to Monday
The Missouri Delta Community Hospital admitted Lula M. Martin Kewanee Charles Truitt Oran Carmen Basham Sikeston on Saturday Discharged Saturday Mrs Lawrence Tate and baby boy Sikeston Eddie Weeks Negro Sikeston Webb Gilmore Benton Admitted Sunday Arline Ola Faye Ligons Talapoca William O Dysart Jr Sikeston George A Dublin Matthews Lewis Jones East Prairie Robert Weaks New Madrid Charged Sunday Mary Berry Sikeston Elsie Lutes Morehouse Joseph Melvin St Louis Lee Freeman Benton Carl Deschamp Sikeston Betty Sue Bush Portageville Mrs Louis M Thomas and baby girl Dexter Admitted Monday Eileen Corrigan Poplar Bluff Tump Corbitt East Prairie Charged Monday Mrs Willard McCain and baby girl Sikeston James Edwards Sikeston Billy Dysart Sikeston
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Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Lula M. Martin
Kewanee
Charles Truitt
Oran
Carmen Basham
Sikeston
Lawerence Tate
Baby Boy
Eddie Weeks
Negro
Webb Gilmore
Benton
Arline Ola Faye Ligons
Talapoca
William O. Dysart Jr
George A. Dublin
Matthews
East Prairie
Willard McCain
James Edwards
Billy Dysart
Baker Appointed to Highway Commission
Tom Baker, operator of Trail back Plantation southeast of Essex, was named to the Stoddard County Highway Commission to fill the vacancy created by the death of Henry Cain. Buenos Aires reports rain totals up to 200 inches yearly in tropical Amazon jungles.
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Buenos Aires
Amazon Jungles
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