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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1954

Page

13

Parma Highlights Mrs Irva Lee Kerr

Mrs Irva Lee Kerr featured in Parma society notes. The Parma club met at the Husted home with 25 members present. Dr Geo Husted spoke on Building Bridges and Rosa Hall presented Homemade Crosses. A sacred quartet and duets performed, with Alma Heirtz at the piano. A surprise shower for teacher Dora Marshal Calvin followed gifts. Next meeting planned at Woodside home.

Geo. Husted Rosa Hall David Shaw Hall Christian Herald Reid Woodside Elmer Gratz di Geo Husted Maurine Conatser Anna Woodside Alma Heirtz Dora Marshal Calvin H R Woodside

Harter Oak News Community notices and visits

Local residents share visits across Cape Girardeau and surrounding towns. Families from Canalou, Dexter, Bernie, Parma, and New Madrid attend gatherings including a large Wakefield reunion and church events. Funeral notices for Anna J Medlin reflect local service details and family survivors.

Bertrand News Social Visitors Appear Across Counties

Mrs Willett Thomas hosts visitors from Arlington and Caruthersville families. Mr and Mrs Moray Gary and daughter Gwendolyn call on Mrs Jerry Galloway in Fredericktown. Oscar Eggers and George Eggers families from Leplante Ark join J S Richardson and family. Dinner guests include Oscar Delk of Farmington Ky and Mrs Harold Delk. Golden wedding anniversary celebrated by Walter Stanley. L W M L meeting in Paducah cited. Mrs Charles Lee and daughter of Charleston with Mrs Frank Elliott visit Cape Girardeau.

Ivah Wooley James Whitlock Arlington, Ky Vico McGil Moray Gary Gwendolyn Jerry Galloway Fredericktown Alfred Cain Caruthersville Oscar Eggers George Eggers Leplante Ark J S. Richardson Oscar Delk Farmington, Ky Harold Delk Walter Stanley Blodgett Stanleys Luther Krewson Earl Singuefield Augusta L J. Schwab Clara Bangert Paducah Charles Lee Charleston Frank Elliott George Elliott Cape Girardeau G W. Fenimore

Weekend Visits Reported Across Cape Girardeau Area

Friends gathered in Parma on Thursday while Mrs. Wm Bagby of Ilma and Mrs. Robert Andrews of Cape Girardeau visited Mrs. W A Haman. George Elliott of Cape Girardeau joined Frank Elliott and others for a local singing event.

Parma Wm. Bagby Ilma Robert Andrews Cape Girardeau W. A. Haman George Elliott Frank Elliott Sikeston W. M. Brown J C. Peters G R Taylor Salem, Hil Norman Ellert Jack Conyers Kentucky Lake

Portageville News Notes Highlights Local Life

Portageville residents attend a Golden Wedding anniversary for John and Mrs Schelter while community groups plan Ladie's Night. Local families share visits to relatives in Morehouse St Louis and Fort Worth. a Portageville couple mark 1904 marriage with a large gathering. Miss McKagg enters Missouri State Sanatorium. others visit kin and travel to Kentucky Lake for fishing.

Lawrence Hahn Chaffee John Schelter Ladie Marvin Niblack of Steele Elvis Koon Otis Kyle Morehouse Hoyt Kyle Air Force Hoyt Portageville Lowry Air Force Bagg Denver Colo Savannah Clyde Fisher, Jr St. Louis John Myers Joan Clyde Fisher Meyers Granville Jones Goreville Mattie Fisher Jeanette Han Poplar Bluff Leo Hahn Kenneth Babb San Francisco Calif John Babb Jake Swift Joyce Burgess Ben Rowell Elbert Douglas Georgia Lee Brown Dub Marshal June McKagg Missouri State Sanatorium Mt. Vernon Joe LaVigne Anna Workman Henry Workman Bragg City

Social notes from Risco area residents and visitors

Risco residents and families from Rockford Illinois to Memphis Tennessee shared weekends and holidays with kin in nearby towns. Guests and travelers included Mr. and Mrs. Odell Long, Mrs. Celia Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Walker, and many others visiting relatives in Marston, Sikeston, St. Louis, Kennett, Poplar Bluff, and Blytheville.

Odell Long Rockford Illinois Celia Stevens Eli Walker Luther Bailey Hershal Bailey St. Louis Lowell Peddigrew T. J. Conrad Ney Bone Gibson J. Morrison Adam Shaffer Quinn Yancy Caffey Pamella Jimmie van Memphis Tennessee John Gibbs Y. M Caffey Kenneth Bird C. L. Martin Kewanee Martin Delta Hospital Sikeston Gaston Brown Jannette Jimmie Louis Woodard Brown R. W. Pagerson Van Marie Weston W. D Lutesville Donald Greggory Camp Chaffee Arkansas George Nettleton Robert Duckworth Mary Duckworth Pvt Duckworth Camp Chafee Firit Albuquerque New Mex Campbell-abd Garry Kennett Don Brewer Albert B. Weathers Alfred Scott Walter Ivy Joe Jackson Freddie Thrasher Mary Thrasher J. H. Marshall John Zarecor Wappepelle Dam Evelyn Thresher J. W. Thresher the Baptist Lester Jackson Terre Haute Indiana Blytheville Doctors Hospital Poplar Bluff Keith Sheehan Navy New Orleans Lousiana Matt Sheehan George Murphy Pontiac Michigan Tom Davis Hershall Bailey O. T. Story O. L. Story Steele Howard Lalk Detfit Ervin Lalk Francis McAnally Columbia Lester Kimbrell Donald Cochran W. M. A. Association Cardwell Brewer Cochran Beope W. M. Webber Francis McAnnally Ralph Porter Campbell S. S. Holmes Curtis Ark

New Disease Pancreatic Fibrosis Identified in 1938

The article explains the discovery of pancreatic fibrosis by Dr Dorothy H Andersen at Columbia University after years of study. It notes the disease affects one in 600 infants, with a double attack on lungs and pancreas, and that a four-doctor Boston study of 49 patients over 46 months found broad-range antibiotics like tetramycin improved survival and growth when combined with proper diet.

Dorothy H. Andersen Columbia University Boston

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