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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
11
Public notice lists addresses at 119 West Malone Avenue Sikeston Missouri with telephones and ad rates of 200 dollars elsewhere 2.50 terms in advance. It notes second class matter status entered March 9 1908 at Sikeston post office under March 3 1879 act.
A St Louis pastor Rev. Holland B. London highlights gambling and illegal liquor selling as public dangers. He faces threats from thugs and violators while calling for practical support from citizens to sustain his anti vice campaign and civic righteousness effort.
The junior and senior bands at Sikes ton High School gave a Friday evening concert in the auditorium. Director Keith Collins deserved praise for guiding his pupils. Those present formed the largest crowd yet for one of these annual concerts.
Sikeston city council last Monday voted to license all dogs and require rabies vaccination along with tags indicating payment and vaccination. The measure aims to improve safety and urges citizens to help enforce the new dog law, with hopes for peaceful nights by muzzling at night. The notice also includes a memorial message for soldiers and a reading of handwriting by Violet Hunt R 3 Box 275 Charkiston Mur.
One hundred sixty five men from Cape Girardeau district churches attended a dinner at the Masonic hall in Charleston last night. Sikeston church sent 46 delegates and Charles A Stuck of Jonesboro Arkansas delivered the principal address. The session highlighted churchwork and community leadership.
The eighty third annual dinner of the Missouri State Historical Society will be at the Statler in St Louis on May 14. Henri Bennett, French ambassador to the United States, will be principal speaker. Mrs George H Moore chairs the arrangements.
Surgical patients at Mussour included Joe Barnett Matthew Mrs Margaret Schnaarc Mrs Effie Lane Joe Malone Miss Pearl Trout Mrs Nora Grabendike Sikeston Berta Jane Mc Waters Canalou Mrs Louis Bevins Conran and Mrs Betty Abernathy Morley Those receiving medical attention included Mrs Nora Atherton Mrs Cora Parker Elmer Grant Dorothy Cornelius Mrs Stella Freeman Mrs Donnie Thomas Hosie Taylor Jr Thomas Holderby Sikeston Mrs Ina Feltner Morehouse Mrs Bernice Cates LaValle and Glenda Ray Brock Anniston Thomas Howard Dunaway son of Dr and Mrs H A Dunaway fell on both hands while pole vaulting and sustained bilateral wrist collis fracture A cast was applied and he returned home Sue Littleton Sikeston fell from a bicycle injuring her right ankle and received treatment for abrasion and contusion of the ankle Mrs Geraldine Davis was treated for minor injuries in a car accident on Highway 61 south of here Monday with chest contusion Norva Sparks Sikeston fell on a stick and lacerated the roof of her mouth Patricia Ann McGehee Sikeston fractured her right arm in a fall at home
A long column records births at Delta Community Hospital including a son born April 29 to Mr and Mrs Carl Burgess and multiple other births in late April and early May to families in Sikeston Bent on Matthews Bloomfield Essex New Madrid and Dex along with a daughter born to Mr and Mrs DeWint Zarkor at Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau.
At the monthly Newcomers Club meeting at Rustic Rock Inn plans were made for a dinner party on Wednesday evening May 18. Husbands of members will attend as guests. Committees for decorations, program, tickets and hosting were named by president Mrs. James Bonner. New members Mrs Basil Compton and Mrs Lawrence McLain attended. Following business, bridge and pinochle were enjoyed.
Ninety members and mothers attended a Mothers Day dinner hosted by the Junior Women's Club at Rustic Rock Inn. Mrs. B F Blanton gave the invocation and Dorothy Jean Soulen delivered A Tribute to Mothers. Mrs Elmer Poage led group singing and accompanied on the accordion. A dance specialty was performed by Mrs John Marshall and Mrs Don Pasaka. Guest speaker was Mrs. Roger Bailey.
Fifty-eight members of the Woman's Civic Club attended the bridge luncheon at the Rustic Rock Inn Tuesday at 1 15 o'clock. President Mrs Keith Collins presided and plans were completed for the September style show. The club voted to continue the dental project in the schools. Retiring president Mrs W Hoover Jr received a set of silver ash trays as a token. Bridge prizes went to Mesdames Murback Ponder Swan and Ferguson. Hostesses included Mrs J J Lair Thornton Muller McCord and Baker. Guests at the Holderby home last Saturday and Sunday included several out of town visitors. Mrs Frank Keith underwent surgery at Barnes Hospital in St Louis yesterday.
Miss Bettye Jean Buckles daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Buckles Sikeston and Julian J Kersey son of Mr and Mrs R D Keirsey Braggadocio were married at the First Methodist church in Corning Ark last Saturday morning The ceremony was conducted by Rev McDonald with attendants Mr and Mrs George Proffer Matthews After the ceremony the couple left for a short trip to Springfield Mo They will reside at 520 Poplar Street Poplar Bluff Mrs Kersey formerly worked in the Pauls Inc office and is Sikeston High School class of 1942 graduate Mr Keirsey a graduate of Braggadocio High School is a resident engineer with Hill Construction Co in Poplar Bluff
Grace Mary Sanchez and Thomas Dalton Turner wed at St Annes Church in Santa Fe on April 19 in a lily decorated ceremony. Attendants were Rosalee Lucario and Larry Joe Turner. After a breakfast at Ramon Morales home, the couple honeymooned in Albuquerque and reside in Santa Fe. Lula Craft becomes Mrs Joe W Dye after marrying April 26 at Blytheville First Methodist Church.
Founders Day banquet held at Rustic Rock Inn last Friday for Beta Sigma Phi sorority chapters Sikeston East Prairie New Madrid Charleston and Hayti with 70 members and guests. Fred Jones Jr. served as master of ceremonies and entertainment came from sorority members. Mrs James Howle sponsor and Miss Edith Phillips president spoke briefly. Following the banquet dancing was enjoyed. The Fellowship Class of the Methodist church hosted a steak fry at Felker Park in Benton Monday evening with fifty in attendance. Make Sikeston shine in '49.
Charles Noyes of Sikeston High School was chosen by the Lions Club to attend Boy's State at Boonville this summer. The club approved the sponsorship at a luncheon meeting at the Rustic Rock Inn with President Keith Collins presiding. Robert Thornton led the program and showed an army film titled What A Battle Is.
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