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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1952

Page

9

Canal and County Folks Gather for Visits and Varying News

Canalou residents welcome relatives and military personnel visiting from Biloxi Mississippi Wichita Kansas and Saint Louis Missouri. Family movements include weddings travels and hospital updates plus local church events and a funeral service for Victoria Bounds in Poplar Bluff. Names at gatherings include Shorter Lasters Coppage Pearson Newman Reeves and Newmans among others with multiple occasions from May through spring weeks.

Faye Shorter St. Louis Calvin Shorter Wichita Fas Kansas Tony Shorter Therwin Fleetwood Harbor City Calif Clarence Lasters Cleo Smythe Gideon Phillip Coppage Biloxi Miss Widnie Silkworth Gulfport Jim Coppage James Coppage Morehouse Martin Scott Charles Scott Fort Leonard Wood Fonzo Scott Joyce Pearson Sherwin Pearson Jimmy Newman Air Force Aymon Newman Johnny D. Smith Lilbourn School Phillip Newman L. L. Arbuckle Will Walden John Reeves Jim Poe W. E. Hammock Bert McWaters Charles Walden Reelfootlake Joe Hill Ray McCann Lloyd Newman Oran Mode Newman Frank Graham Artie Scott Ernest Muffeet Ivan Chappel Piggott Arkansas Jennie Peck Sikeston George Reeves Ard Beardsley Pentecost Lilbourn Victoria Bounds Lucy Lee Poplar Bluff Methodist Church Lownes A. C. Sullivant Canaiou Howard Lasters Betty Newman Ernest Muffett Ernest Ytaul Don Kochel Robert Emerson Mat Metcalf Lester Carroll

Hitchhiking Couple Thanks Sikeston Residents

A New Orleans to Oklahoma hitchhiking pair, stranded for three nights, thanked Sikeston residents for help. Chief Harold Wallace fed them, Rev. E. D. Owen found overnight lodging, and Mrs. Dale Frazier provided shoes. The man praised local welfare leaders.

New Orleans Oklahoma Sikeston

English IV Reviewer Meets Redheaded Roberta

Roy Wilkinson, correcting mid year English IV reviews, is besieged by a whistling alley nuisance. A redheaded girl named Roberta Cameron confronts him to stop Bertha the parrot from being moved. She offers a librarian's eye for editing the papers, sparking a job offer and intrigue.

Roy Pert Bertha Rome Roberta Cameron

Bertrand First Class Air Seaman Edgar Jobe Visits Dallas

Bertram Jobe and Charles Peters of Dallas visit their parents while families in Sikeston Charleston and Bertrand host gatherings last Sunday. A parade of relatives from Dexter Snow Lake St Louis and Forest Park shared meals picnics and dinner invitations during a busy weekend. The narrative also includes a short fiction excerpt about Roy Roberta Bertha and a pet bird.

Edgar Jobe Dallas Texas Harvey Jobe Charles Peters Charley Peters Leo Bruce Sikeston Dick Bethune Harrison Collier East St. Louis Ill Harry Collier Marcus Willliams Salcedo Jim. McCubbins John Lee Charles Lee Charleston Frank Elliott Charles Weakley Raymond Blackburn Frank Wilson Poplar Bluff T. L. Lett Jessie Hopper Loss Skelton Alice Tabor Raymond Bridges Eugene Broyles Charley Barley Dexter W. A. Hannan Chester McDowell Wesley Henderson Albert Voelker J. O. Ensor Wm. McKinley Jackie Skelton Great Lakes Til Harrison Jobe Snow Lake Ark Alice Byers Kewanee C. B. Jobe Will Jobe John Wooley Norman Elfert Ald Son J. D. Wooley Bill Foster St. Louis Forest Park Cpl Charles E. Hayes Wichita Falls Raymond Hayes W. Foster A. Hayes Norman Bifert Bertrand Kenneth Hayes Thyre

Community Visitors Report Weekend Travels

Charter Oak and surrounding areas note a sequence of visits as residents hosted friends and relatives from Cape Girardeau Memphis Sikeston and nearby towns over the past weekend. Members of the Averett family were seen hosting and visiting, while others traveled for business and recreation including fishing at Reel Foot Lake in Tennessee.

Everett Volz Cape Girardeau Ara Asher Mary Lou Files Jane Averett Memphis A. O. Flowers Louise Shock John D., Barnes Canalea Paul Barnes Roy Merritt West Charter Oak School Dexter Drive-in R. M. Hood St. Louis Troy Little and Son O. C Hill’s Store Dan Cartmer W. J. Jenkins Elbert Asher Reginald Elbert Dallas Brown Near Parma Vernon Baker Kenneth Averett Jr Sikeston Kenneth Averett Charter Oak Joe Thornton East Prairie Pete McCann Reelfoot Lake Tennessee

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