Sikeston notices highlight births travels and Navy service
George Tope enters U S Navy in St Louis while many local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Watts, and Snodgrass, visit kin in Jackson, Hayti, Malden, Kennett. Readers learn about patients, vacations, travel, and forthcoming weddings with numerous named individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Butler
Salem
Arkansas
Howard Turner
Decatur
Ddl
John Howani
Conn Armour
Armour
Army Air Corps
Taining
Columbia
S. C
Camp Grant
G. A. Dempster
D. W. Dobbins
Longmont
Colo
C. B. Mayo
Denver
Wallace Applegate
Emma Kendall
Sikeston
Former Chaffee Band director promoted to Captain
Laeut. Oscar T. Honey, former director of the 140th Infantry Band, connected with the Spokane Air Depot, has been promoted to Captain. He now commands civilian staff of 8,000 at the depot and oversees payrolls and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laeut
Oscar T. Honey
140Th Infantry Band
Spokane
Wash
Honey
Standley Loses Bicycle To Thieves On Monday
L. M. Standley, an early war bicycle adopter, reports his bicycle stolen Monday night from the front porch on Moore Avenue. No clues. Theft of bikes is rising. owners urged to mark wheels for easier recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Standley
Standley
Moore Avenue
Burglars Fail To Grab Cash At Band Box Cleaners
Would be thieves moved a railroad tie plate wrapped in a quilt and hurled it through the Band Box Cleaners front window on Center Street. They entered the shop but did not take any clothing or fixtures. owner Mrs. T. E. Yeargain reported. Police investigated, believing the aim was money which was not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Box
Center Street
T. E. Yeargain
Hess Perrigan
Roy Beck
Weekend Visit By Miss Freda Bryant In Jefferson City
Miss Freda Bryant employed in Jefferson City spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J H Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Bryant
Jefferson City
Mrs
J H. Bryant
Frisco Railroad Pays Heavy Taxes in 1941
Frisco Railway paid a total of 2 461 031 46 in taxes for 1941 across nine states. School taxes totaled 1 072 078 19, with state 171 836 02, county 536 385 77, road 273 565 61, city 232 435 36, license and franchise 112 275 86, and sewer drainage 62 454 65. The average cost per pupil was 41 57, meaning taxes would have supported 25 525 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Frisco Railway Pais
Frisco
Miss Paulina Fink Leaves for New York Visit
Miss Paulina Fink spent the past week with her grandparents, Mr and Mrs R E Bailey, and left this morning for New York to visit friends. Mr and Mrs Bailey accompanied her to St Louis and will return home tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H EL Reuber
St. Louis
Otis Fahrnkopf
Vandalia
Sikeston
Edward Matthews
St Louis
E. C. Matthews
Alene Cearnal
R. E. Cearnal
Geneva Alliston
Ivan Koch
T. F. Henry
Judson Boardman
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Bob Summers
Hannnibal
Tommy Marshall
Marshall
Dean Marshall
Jas. H. Wilbur
Clearwater Beach
Fla
L. J. Prosser
Civil Service
Washington, D. C
Chillicothe Business College
L. R. Burns
Peter
John Ensor
Martha Noyes
Lallian Righter
Burns
McEwen
Tenn
Claude King
Louie Largent
Paul Brown
Maryville
Brown
J. C. Penney
Clifford Gipson
Anna Lou
Lois Edwards
Kansas City
Gray Ridge
Ella Louise Lutz
Fred Tope Jr
Jack Shuppert
Evelyn Klein
Cape Girardeau
Purl Gladish
Virginia
Martha Susan
Barbara
Patricia Mills
Malden
Elmer Poage
D. D. MacAdams
Rochester
Minn
Meredith Lee
Poplar Bluff
Harold Brase
Carrie Nelle Bray
Helen Johnson
Pauline Husher
Muriel Edwards
Edna Pinnell
Rockaway Beach
Lake Wappapella
Harvey Johnson
State Highway Department
Indiana
Paducah
Floyd L. Murphy
Hillsboro
Don
Denver
Colo
Lynn Waggener
Jo Ann Waggener
Casper
Wyo
Waggener
R. G. Wazggener
Lawrence Boyce
Donald Bird
Charleston
Grover Baker
Cairo
Mae Pfotenhaver
Crystal City
Mims
Albany
N. Y
Scott
T. IL. Atkinson
E. H. Percy
Canaloa
George Washburn
Bloomington, Til
Sikeston Friends
Washburn
Percy
Martha Jones
F. L. Jones
Holcomb
Lexington
University of Kentucky
M. L. Canedy
Sara Sue
Columbia
Barbara Ann
Frank Miller
Martha Smokey
Jackson
Miller
Loomis Mayfield Jr
Jean Klein
Joe Arbaugh
University of Missouri
Mayfield
Milburn Arbaugh
Houston
Texas
J. H. Yount Jr
Lilly Heyde
Galeener
B. F. Marshall Sr
Wm. Northington
P A. Meriwether
Clarksville
Paulina Fink
R. E. Bailey
New York
Mrs. Bailey
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Tope
U. S Navy
John Cox
R. C. Finley
A. P. Bowman
Phil
J. E. Dover
North Street
O. N. Watts
Carol Sue Snodgrass
Hayti
Kennett
St James
Agnes Story
Boonville
Ind
Clayton Fisher
Jack Lancaster
Tharon Stallings
Misa Lena Matthews
M. C. Mill
Benson
Mill
S. Reese
Reese
Dorcather Miller
Bailey School
Marble Hill
Henry LaGrange
G. L. Farris
Walter Kendall
Maude Parks
A. H. Reese
Union City
Clyde Healy
Willard Sexton
Clyde Meredith
Baptist Church
Bloomfield
Sexton
J. R. Presson
East Prairie
Lester
Norfolk
Dan T. Atteberry
Crossville
Ill
J. T. Self
Athens
Guthrie
Northington
Paul Watkins Northington
Tennessee
P. A. Meriwether
Camille Klein
Mies Evelyn Klein
Co. B. Kinsolving
Grand Rivers
Archie Hayden
Frank van Horne
W. A. Myers
Paul C. Jones
Paul Jr
Dillon
Morehouse, MO
Roxie Hart
Ginger Rogers
George Montgomery
Twilight
Bill Boyd
OWL Show
Saturday Night
East End Kids
Son OF Fury
Tyrone Power Gene Tierney
Wm. Tracy
With
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
March OF
Wembley
Manhattan
Shainberg
Chaffee
Bettie Davis and
Sheridan Monte Wooley
Public Enemy
Philip Terry
Dude Cowboy
Tim Holt
Jim Kimbrough
Hope Schuyler
Mary Howard
Paris
Ann Dvorak
Kay Francis Walter Houston
Martin Eden
Glen Ford Claire Trevor
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Tis
Doane
Slit
Front Street
Bubeglaes
Herald
Frisco Railroad
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