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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
4
Many residents and relatives from Matthews and surrounding towns were noted visiting in Cape Girardeau Sikeston and nearby communities over the past weekend and week. Guests included families of Harr Daugherty Duffey and Mainard. illness and medical admissions mentioned for Frank Parson and Larry Gardner. quilting session at Bertrand. and a pending move for the Mills family.
Mrs. Orla Fansler is confined to her home due to illness. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed, including shoppings in Sikeston and family movements between Sikeston, Gray Ridge, and Danville. Community figures attend a Benton school board meeting while hospital visits and family outings populate the weekend notices. An advertising line promotes Frigidaire appliances with loyalty to LAIR'S.
Canalou news reports Billy Newman confined by illness last week and Mrs Ard Beardsley on the road to recovery. J B Conn visits from East Prairie. Patsy Peterson guests Miss Maxine Adams in Lilbourn. Ruby Frakes returns from Corning Ark. Mrs L A McCann and daughter visit Steele. Mr and Mrs J T Crow move to Canala. Mae Hood and Alva Polk wed last week and plan a farm near Miss Maxine Harrison. Kenny Johnson, from Chicago, visits family. Delberta Snyder and daughters visit from Dexter. Pete Smith and children from Sikeston visit Wes and family. L M Hunter called to Pocahontas Ark for father-in-law James Basinger. Ezra Cook and Myrtle Garner wed at Piggott Ark. George Hilton and daughter visit grandparents in Essex. Dorothy Miller returns home to Malden after recuperating from surgery. Osco Hunter breaks leg when chain snaps. N G Hewitt escorts him to Marion Veterans Hospital. Phillip Newman and L L Arbuckle visit Huricane Ridge with daughter Mrs Orval Jones. Jones family recently moved from Lilbourn to Ridge farm. Raymond Roberson of East Alton Ill accompanies his son Lowell Roberson visiting grandparents on the Ridge.
Local note from Blodgett describes Fletcher Withrow helping in his father’s Oran grocery while the elder Mr. Withrow was ill. Social happenings include visits among area families, banquets for teachers, and club gatherings with officer elections and programs. The high school girls’ basketball team earned first in B bracket at East Prairie event with standout players noted.
Radio canned foods are marketed as high quality with a catchy slogan. The copy notes some varieties are fancier than Radio, but emphasizes value and suggests you may skip paying a premium after trying Radio.
Mrs Pete Bradley was taken to the hospital in Sikeston. Gray Ridge stayed with relatives in Larimer Ridge as families hosted visitors from Essex Morley and Sikeston. Sunday school met in the new Larimer Ridge church led by Rev. Henry Smith.
Oscar Calvin aged 72 of Canalou died Tuesday morning at home after infirmities of old age. Born January 2, 1877, he lived in Canalou for years and belonged to Masonic Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star at Bell City. Survived by widow, sister Ethel Niblack of Jackson, brothers Herb Calvin of Parma and Clay Calvin of Granite City, Il. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Taylor Chapel with Rev. Albert Northhurst officiating. Interment followed in City cemetery with Taylor service.
LAIR'S promotes immediate purchase of Frigidaire refrigerators stoves automatic washers and water heaters while stocks last with limited time deals and in store availability.
In February Missourians bought 11,256,843 in Series E bonds and 4,654,652 in Series F and G bonds totaling 15,911,495. The month shows a near one million dollar gain from February last year with Scott county sales at 89,566 and other counties reporting varied totals across the state.
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