Local News Roundup From Nearby Towns
Mrs W Zimmer transacted business in St Louis last Thursday and Friday. Mr and Mrs Dean Baugh of Paducah visited Mrs W Zimmer. Cpl Fred Mainard of Camp Tyson Tenn guest here last weekend. Miss Frankie Deane visited sister Miss Alice Deane at Kennett. Mrs Arthur Clayton of Cairo visiting sister Mrs Evin Gilpin. Lieut and Mrs Lee Shelby guests this week of former's parents. Sunrise Easter service planned at Christian church. Mrs Elgin Davis and daughter of East Prairie dined with Mr and Mrs Donald Story. Mrs O E Critchlow and Mrs Alfred Bryd entertained club at Mrs Critchlow's home. Gaither Daugherty, convalescing in Memphis, visiting parents. Pvt Jimmy Denbow visiting sisters and families. Herbert Lumsden of Biloxi week-end guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Lumsden. Mr and Mrs Harry Buckles of Louisville guests of Mr and Mrs Paul Jones. Cpl Herbert Randolph, formerly in Africa and Sicily, visiting parents. Mrs Warren Harber came from Baltimore to visit parents. Lieut Harber sails for overseas. Other Beck guests included Mrs Jerry Humphreys and children and Lenzie Beck and daughter Sandra. Home dry cleaning demonstration at Mrs Charles Lumsden's. next club meeting demos by local leaders. Piano recital at Matthews High School gym by instructor Miss Juanita Pruitt featuring Blanche Marler and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Zimmer
St. Louis
Dean Baugh
Paducah
Cpl
Fred Mainard
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Frankie Deane
Alice Deane
Kennett
Arthur Clayton
Cairo
Alfred Bryd
Estes Yount
Arthur Hampton
Herbert Lumsden
Biloxi
Charles Lumsden
Paul Jones
Buckles
Louis Jones
Charles Jones
Herbert Randolph
North Africa
Sicily
New York
Claude Randolph
Warren Harber
Baltimore
Richard Lewis
Lencil Carrothers
Matthews
Juanita Pruitt
Local residents and visitors listed in Oran News notes
A long list of local people and visitors is reported, detailing arrivals, departures, and weekend stays in Cape Girardeau, Osceola, Sikeston, and nearby areas. Names include McGee, Rosalie Powell, Lave Kelso, Martha Ann Story, Frances Sue Stone, Marilyn Ward, and many others, with mentions of trips to Benton, Oran, St. Louis, and Patton. The column notes family updates, social visits, and hosting relatives through the week.
Morehouse War Era Social Notes Reach Across The Nation
Mr and Mrs Guy Owings visit Mr and Mrs Walter Chandler in St Louis during the weekend. Mrs Ella Cambron and Mrs Orville Sanders left Friday for the West Coast. J W Ferrell reported for Jefferson Barracks and left with his wife for St Louis. Walter Taylor family returned to Morehouse after six months in Oakland California. Sgt Woodrow Lacy in New Guinea but progressing well. Miss Wanda Wofford spent weekend in Morehouse now living at Wappapello Lake with her mother. Boy Scouts Troop 49 spent weekend at Wappapello Lake with Thomas Sheeter. Carl Richardson of the Navy stationed in Pensacola on leave. Several locals, Werner Baker, Harry McFarling, Jack Grimes, Hunter Black, Buck Carmack, Leander Buckley, have enlisted and await final orders within 90 days. Bessie Hutson visited ill mother Maude Patterson. Lola Maye Harkey back from California planning to stay through the war. Bobby Fisher, long in New Orleans hospital, discharged from Navy and hospital and returned to Morehouse with his wife. Elva Carrington and Gerald Lloyd Carrington visited Ellis Agee and in-laws. Pvt Lloyd Carrington stationed in San Diego expected home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Owings
Walter Chandler
St. Louis
Ella Cambron
Morehouse
Orville Sanders
West Coast
J. W. Ferrell
Jefferson Barracks
Walter Taylor
Oakland
Calif
Joe Lacy
Sgt
Woodrow Lacy
New Guinea
Wanda Wofford
Wappapello Lake
W. T. Wofford
Boy Scouts
Thomas Sheeter
Carl Richardson
United States Navy
Pensacola
Florida
Carl
Werner Baker
Harry McFarling
Jack Grimes
Hunter Black
Buck Carmack
Leander Buckley
Army
Bessie Hutson
Maude Patterson
Patterson
Lola Maye Harkey
California
Bobby Fisher
G. R Fisher
New Orleans
Canalou men meet on duty in England
Lieut Barney Blankenship and Lieut Maurice Thornburg of Canalou, brothers in law and Army Air Corps officers, met in England for a two hour visit before resuming duties. Blankenship also met an old school mate en route to England and spent the night with him. The note recalls various local visits and travels of residents and relatives, including furloughs and wartime movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Blankenship
Maurice Thornburg
Canalou
Army Air Corps
England
Blankenship
Alton Bohannon
Bohannon
Morehouse
St. Louis Visitors and Local Duty Calls Across Canalou
Truman Shrum and sister Lena Myrtle Shrum visited their Shrum parents in Canalou last week. Florence Deem of Alton visited the Charles Asa family here. Clifford Pinkstaff and son Jimmie from Morley spent the weekend with Mildred Parks. Pete Smith, stationed in Michigan, visited his parents Wes and Mrs. Smith. Jim Poe and family visited Cape Girardeau relatives. Bertice McWaters and daughter Bertie Jane left for Long Beach California where Mr. McWaters serves in the Navy. Amiel Decaul, civilian electromics instructor in Florida, visited New Madrid relatives. Taul, former Canalou schools superintendent, now at Chanute Field NJ, planned to return to Florida. Funeral services for former Canalou resident Tom Newton held at Canalou Baptist Church. burial in Sikeston Memorial Park. Frank Boren, former Morehouse resident, visiting. Army surplus: 10,000 trucks offered for civilian sale by sealed bids through regional procurement offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Dunsmore
Potosi
Mattie Shepherd
Cape Girardeau
L L Arbuckle
C. Faughn
Charter Oak
Clarence Peterson
Luis Newman
Salem
Jane Averett
Iona Westerfield
Delberta Hewitt
QO D_ Blankenship
Howerton
Sikeston
Mildred Parks
Patsy Westerfield
I. C. Westerfield
Vandyser
May
Merrit
Newport
Ark
Cole Blankenship
Seaman
Charles Olen Walz
Corpus Christi
Texas
Charley Walz
Albert Parks
Zula Ogle
Jenny Peck
Orval Jones
Norma Roberson
Dimple McWaters
Hershel
Sallie Calston
Herman Haywood
Delma Williams
St. Louis
Earl Byers
Mr. Williams
Mat Medcalf
L. J. Harwood
Anna Harwood
J. J
Farragut
Idaho
Tom
Pacific
Truman Shrum
Lena Myrtle Shrum
Fred Shrum
Florence Deem
Alton
Charles Asa
Clifford Pinkstaff
Jimmie
Morley
Mildred. Parks
Pete Smith
Michigan
Wes Smith
Jim Poe
Walter Poe
Bertice McWaters
Bertie Jane
Long Beach
Cal
McWaters
US Navy
Amiel Decaul
Army Air School
Florida
New Madrid
Taul
Canalou
Chanute Field
Baptist Church
Canal
Tom Newton
Revised American Standard Version ready for publication
A new version of the New Testament called the Revised American Standard Version is complete and will be published once wartime conditions permit. Dr. Luther A. Weigle of Yale Divinity School states the revision returns to the King James style while removing archaisms and excessive footnotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Ross
International Council of Religious Education
Luther A. Weigle
Yale Divinity School
International Council
Weigle
Egypt
Puxico Student Paralyzed After Car Crash
J T Cookson, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Odus Cookson of Puxico, was seriously injured Thursday night when his car overturned after losing control. The Puxico Junior High student suffered paralysis from the hips down. Four other high school pupils in the car escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puxico
J. T. Cookson
Odus Cookson
Cookson
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