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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
2
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Lunsford marked her 101st birth anniversary last Friday. She resides with her son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Watkins, north of Commerce, with niece Mrs. Alice Young among the day’s visitors.
A sequence of social visits reports from Advance and Dexter with residents and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Mabry, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Smith, Mrs. Emmerson, E. P. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Fannie Belk and Bob Miller, Linus Huck party, the Reese family, and gatherings by the Christian Service Club. Also noted are travels to Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Henderson, and Memphis plus a birth announcement for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ray James and a pneumonia case involving Jerry Roy Varnon.
Lee Taylor of Chaffee visited here Saturday. Loretta Daugherty spent the weekend visiting relatives. Mavoureen Cummins of Jefferson City also spent the weekend visiting relatives. James and Mrs Nelson of near Brewer's Lake called on Wallace family. Doc Smith of Chaffee visited his mother Mrs Billa Smith and other relatives Sunday. Hal May traveled to Milan Tennessee for a construction job. Mrs Garrett Verhines, Mrs Harry Daugherty and Mrs J J Young shopped in Cape Girardeau Thursday. Mrs Melvin Englehart and her daughter Ruth Laverne of Fredericktown were guests Sunday. James Mangan and son Jimmie of St Louis spent a short time Sunday with Mangan relatives.
Navy sailor Henry Bugg visits Norfolk native kin while Morley high School juniors, led by Miss Billie Looney, attend a weiner roast. Teachers Supt S E Seabaugh and others join a Scott Mississippi Schoolmasters meeting and fish fry at East Prairie. Cape Girardeau opera trip, Chaney school picnic at Cape Rock Park, and Arcadia Senior Day in the Ozarks feature local students and staff.
Mr and Mrs EB M Stanfill and daughters visited at Hayti Saturday. Mr and Mrs O B Allen and family spent Sunday at Millerville with Mr and Mrs F M Hardle. Mrs F M Forbis attended a Columbia school of instruction for educational assistants. Mr and Mrs Paul Clark and children of Benton and Mr and Mrs E T Hicks of Oran were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Yewell Hicks. The White Oak Helpful Neighbors met Monday with Mrs J H Cantrell. Miss Fikuart led the discussion on Human behavior as a factor in family harmony. Meeting date changed from the 4th to the 2nd Monday.
Fioi Nelson and Maxine Voss of Matthews were guests of Helen and Doris Crosno Sunday. Ruth Townsend of Cape Girardeau visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Townsend last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Heusser and children and Miss Betty Joe Crowell visited friends at Salcedo Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witt and children shopped in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. L. C. Cooke of Bragg City spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Crosno. Relatives from Florida are spending a few days here with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Deschamp and their parents.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of our husband and father. Gratitude to Barrett Funeral Home of Hickman Kentucky for services and to Masonic Lodge No 761 and Rev Porter for messages of comfort. Mrs Joellah Polamus. Mrs Mary P Engel.
Funeral services were held at the Assembly of God church for Grant Adams 73 a native of Tobinsport Ind and father of Miss Maud Adams of Sikeston He died April 25 after a paralytic stroke at his general merchandise store at Canalou Interment was at Memorial Park Adams was Canalou s first mayor serving 1920 1922 and 1926 1928 He is survived by daughter Maude Hazel and son Clarence of Canalou two sisters and a brother plus extended relatives from nearby towns.
Scott County real estate transfers record transfers from Joe Pelly to H W Gieger and others. Entries show property descriptions such as sections, townships, ranges, lot and block numbers, with prices like 951 62 and 350 dollars. Includes transfers from First State Bank of Fornfelt to Youal Corn and Prudential Insurance to Carlisle Bradford among numerous parcels in Fornfelt Ancell Commerce and Tilmo.
Matthews news items record social visits across St. Louis Cape Girardeau and Sikeston. Families such as McGee Mainard Gruen Lindenschmidt Atchley and Suttons are highlighted along with church society events and upcoming commencements at State Teachers College Cape Girardeau.
A catalog of used cars with multiple year models from 1936 to 1940. Listings include Ford Deluxe and Tudor sedans, a DeLuxe tractor truck, Chevrolets, Dodges, and Plymouths with prices ranging from 175 to 885 dollars. Mentions repossessions, mileage notes, and a few guarantees.
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