Community Visitors and Local Family Updates
Oran notices list many relatives and guests visiting in Oran and nearby areas. Names include Mrs. Carrie Winchester’s funeral cousin ties, Rev Gene Reeves and children in Lindan Tennessee, Mrs Veneeda Northrup in Indianapolis, Mrs Esther Reams, Mrs Sophie Heisserer, and numerous trips to St Louis Cape Girardeau Belleville and Alton for hospital visits, visits with relatives, and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Stuckey
Dongola
Carrie Winchester
Gene Reeves
John Bond
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Mack Wright
Oran
Mary Nance
St. Louis
Dre- Ea Nance
Jack Formby
Piggott, Ark
Marvin Ward
Billy Ray
J. W. Kneezle
Farmers urged to guard corn reserves for coming crop
The speaker warns that corn reserves could drop below 450 million bushels before this year’s harvest, down from 860 million two years ago. He asks farmers to act, implying the outcome depends on their decisions and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Farmer
Old Fashioned Strawberry Preserves Guide
A compact home canning note explains making strawberry preserves using Ball Mason Jars and Dome Caps. It covers berry selection medium size firm-ripe, batch cooking limits, and a Ball Blue Book recipe calling for two quarts of berries and seven cups of sugar, with steps from mixing to sealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Blue Book
National Youth Program and Birthday Club Gatherings
McBride’s door revealed a table of gifts and an angel food cake as twelve ladies and one baby attended a birthday party for Mrs Hedger and Mrs Harman Sr. at the Hedger home on June 14, with games, prizes, and refreshments. The Charleston Association’s Southern Baptist Convention hosts its annual Youth camp at Unity Baptist Church, girls’ camp daily with a Chinese missionary speaker, followed by a boys’ camp next week with services and a missionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist Convention of the
Charleston Association
Unity Baptist Church
China
Maia
Long list of Oran area residents with births, travels, and service
Community notes from Oran include births Connie Sue Cummins at Masters Merrill Clinic Advance and a Milwaukee discharge for Charles Groves Navy veteran. Visitors attend funerals, family reunions near Sikeston and Jefferson City, naval service updates from French Morocco, Camp Gordon, and Pearl Harbor. Local families share meals, illnesses, and travel as area residents keep in touch. Budge Patty defeats Morea in final of Paris tennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boro
Tenn
C. L. Halford
Shirley
Clara Anderson
Topeka
Kan
Nick Brucker
Perkins
Guardian Angels
Oran
Church Cemetery
Charles Cum Mins
Masters-Merrill
Connie Sue
Mary Strebler
David Paul
St. Louis
Set
Laurence Seyer
Augusta
Camp Gordon
Ted Glascock
Phillip Seyer
Martin Menz
Leo Wagoner
National City
Charles Groves
Milwaukee
Harry Lynn
Navy
MccCoy
Pearl Harbor
Dean Smiddy
Springfield
Rube Smiddy
Truman McMillan
Smiddy
Jewell McMillan
Oran. Y. N. S
Douglas Groves
Charles Smith
Douglas
Charles
Norfolk
Naval Air Base
Africa
Elbert McBride
Paul Brindley
Budge Patty
Morea
Paris
Junior Chamber of Commerce Officers and Directors Named
The document lists JCC officers and directors including President Jim Hannahee First Vice President Marty Lynn Second Vice President Bill Sikes Nat Watkins Ast Vice President Bill Begs G. B. Greer Secretary Bob Mitchell Recording Secretary Bill Swacker Tail Twister and Treasurer positions with names for each role, alongside multiple directors Frank Van Horne Don Paxon Lynn Twitty and A C Wilm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hannahee
Baker Garrison
Marty Lynn
Max Chandler
Frank van Horne
Don Paxon
Lynn Twitty
A. C. Wilm
Bill Sikes
Nat Watkins
Bill Begs
G. B. Greer
Bob Mitchell
Bill Swacker
Officers and Directors of Sireston Lions Club
The Lions Club listing shows officers and directors including Marshall Craiz as President and R J Genius as First Vice President. Also named are Kenny Knox Second Vice President C W Limbaugh Third Vice President Bob Mitchell Tail Twister B D Tatum and assistants Johnny Wilson L M Swan Loomis Mayfield Sr Vodrel Kirby. Other members include Kenneth Layton J E Robinson Marshall Craig 2nd Ed Matthews Jr Charles Jolliff Charles Conn Tom Baker T A Martin Lee Bowman and L M Standley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Craiz
R. J. Genius
Kenny Knox
C. W. Limbaugh
Bob Mitchell
B. D. Tatum
Johnny Wilson
Charlie Moose
Alex Waters
L. M. Swan
Loomis Mayfield Sr
Vodrel Kirby
Kenneth Layton
J. E. Robinson
Marshall Craig
Ed Matthews Jr
Charles Jolliff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Purcell
Emma May
F. M. Withrow
Homer Whitson
Detroit
Mich
Jess Moore
Albert Dannen Mueller
Robert Dimberger
Abertine
Alton
Joe Vogel Sr
Adam Keifer
Mike Urhahn
Ben Dietz
Belleville
Roy Graviett
New Port
Ore
Elizabeth Menz
A. J. Schlossen
Thanas Irwin
Judy
Flint
Nick Scheeter
Near Oran
W. G. Irwin
Rose Swafford
Memphis
F. M. With
Ball Bros. Co
Nurwspap
Heads National Youth Program
James E. Goodman
Fisher Body
General Motors
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
W. S. McLean
George J. Fisher
Boy Scouts of America
Guild
Blodgett
Florence Baty
Charlie Baty
Annie Marshall
Bessie Scarbrough
Pvt
Johnny Scarbrough
Ft. Benning
Billie Lee
Isaac Marshall
Rebecca Robinson
Annis Marshall
Sllmo
Kelso
Glenda Rister
Rex
Tennessee
Boojie
Hosea Cantrell, Jr
Camp Crowder
Brenda Rister
Fornfelt
Elmer Compas
Brenda
Rister
Otis Williams
Willams
Chicago
Charles Rister
Little Rock Ark
R. O. Minner
Bobby
Jimmy
Ray Evans
Carolyn
Minner
Felker’s Park
Lanus Propst
Lillie Minner
Sikeston
Co. B. Alsebrook
New Madrid
Beulah Sweeny
Morley
Bill Ryckman
Griffith, Ind
T. Y. Adkins
Morehouse
Finns Beggs
Parma
Charlie Adkins
Woman’s Club
Arena Park
Tommy Evans
Camp Breckenridge
Cony Gort
Joe Cravens
Board of Aldermen
Firos
P. Rafferty
W. L. Kirby
Cline Abies
Earl Cook
Orville Taylor
Jess Chapman
Sikeston Kiwanis Club
Chamber OF Commerce
Chas. H. Butlers
Realtors
Harms
City Property
Sikeston, Mo
Mac
East Center
Necchi
Hampton Sewing Machine Store
Sireston Lions Club
Sikeston Masonic Lodge
Gaz H. Cline
W. M. Chris Francis
A. A. Harrison
Commer
Charles Conn
Tom Baker
T. A. Martin
Lee Bowman
L. M. Standley
Kingshighway
Dunn Hotel
Malone
Officers and Directors
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Almaretta Sidwell
Dorothy Garnett
Jewell Harris
Opal Joyce
Helen Hopper
Sikeston Rotary Club
L. A. Harris
Bob Morgan
Darwin Creek
John Hubbard
S. F. Duckworth
Maurice Armstrong
Bill Modersbach
Sgt. At Arms
Boyce Bazzell
City OF
Harold Wallace
Fire Department
Dick Tongate
Delta Community Hospital
R. J. Genins
Malcolm
Dace
Highway 61
North
Donut Shop
West
Jos. A. Leslie
Telephone No
Welter Bldg
Atma Casbalty Gaktions
Sikeston’s
West Front Street
Oakes
Thomas
Elam’s
Ansco
Kodak
Andres
East Kathleen
East
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