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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
8
Swann and Mrs Swann Frank Swirles return to Sicago Illinois after visiting Mr and Mrs Thomas B Aten. K H Smitten of San Francisco and his family visit Memphis with Wood family. Louise McCoy and family join Woods family during weekend visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shepherd and family and Gene Meyers of Springfield Missouri spent the weekend with the Meyers and Hushers. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Robey and son John and Mrs. Earl Robey from Wooster Ohio visit the Hushers. Mrs. Clarke Robey is the Hushers daughter in law. Miss Dottie Matthews returns from Louisville Kentucky after attending the derby. In St Louis she was met by sorority sisters Lucille Thompson Evelyn Fuller and Sonja Johnson. The group flew by plane from St Louis to Louisville.
Mrs Walter Pitts and Aletha with Miss Carol Sue Wilson and Miss Shirley Swank of Charleston visited Columbia for twirl contest and a fraternity dance at the University. George Lufcy returned to Poplar Bluff hospital for care. Mrs A H Reese travels to Houston after sister Maude Park’s death. Kingshighway Chapter D A R set meeting at Mrs F W Van Horne’s May 10. Ross Hunter leaves for Philadelphia as Piasecke Helicopter service engineer. Mrs John Sikes and Mrs L M Hollenbeck visited William Woods College for Mother’s Week-end. Mrs Robert Lillard visited Arlington Kentucky. Mrs W O Larker and family, plus Mrs J B Yarbrough and family, depart Cotesville Iowa to visit Clarence Collins Jr.
Miss Wanda Marie Jones wed Richard Neil Keller in a First Methodist ceremony. Relatives and friends attended as baskets of gladioli and palms graced the sanctuary. After a reception, the couple departed for a Kentucky Tennessee motor trip and will reside in the Slack Apartments. The bride, a Cape Girardeau Central High graduate, worked at Bell Telephone. the groom, Sikeston High School 1950 grad, later attended State College in Cape and works at A&P Sikeston. The story notes the National Home Demonstration Week observance by fifteen Extension Clubs and the Scott County Tea.
Bill Huff is in Fort Smith Arkansas this week visiting his mother who lies in a local hospital.
Kiwanis Reporter Al Graggett recovers from hernia surgery at the local hospital and should be out in a few days. Paul Smelser joins Kiwanis with wife Virginia, new to Sikeston since September from St. Louis. Smelser is Area Supervisor of Adult and Veteran's Education for the State Department of Education. The Smelseres live on U S 60 in east Sikeston. Paul, a former Southeast Missouri boy from Poplar Bluff, earned an AB from William Jewell College and studied law at Missouri. The couple attend Baptist and Methodist churches. Also, Jim Macabee and Mabel plan a two month trip to Europe, likely returning early July.
Starling Guinn reports Henry Chatelain will produce 78 acres of rice on the Frank a. Bridge farm near Lusk in Scott county. Contours were surveyed last week to maintain even water depth. Small dikes control water on varied elevations along the field.
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