This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
14
Local residents report visits and gatherings across nearby towns as families travel for Sunday visits and alumni banquets. Events include seniors at Big Spring near Van Buren, biographical mentions of graduates, and a damaging burglary at the Conrad home, with residents urging community action to curb thefts.
A parade of names and short visits shows Sam Dement and Gale Parmley in New Madrid on Monday while Mrs. Claude Crowley and others shopped in Sikeston Saturday. The item names many locals visiting friends or relatives across Missouri and nearby states, including births and family gatherings.
Pleasant Valley will observe Mother's Day with all day church services. Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Walker and their children spent Sunday at Chaffee with friends. D. A. Merrick and daughter Betty were slightly injured in the Tuesday storm. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith and others visited the Strausers at Bloomfield on Thursday. Mrs. Strauser joined them for a visit back home.
Morley begins a ten day floor covering sale at Lair's this Saturday. Local social notes list numerous visits and travels among Morley residents including Mr. and Mrs. Jake R hi en of Malden and Rev. H M Andrews returning from St Louis. The Morley high school earned first rating in the district and sent drama contestants to Columbia.
Mr and Mrs Barney Clark and all children moved to Morehouse. Chester Stafford and family drove through the storm area Sunday. Wm Weber joined Charles Green at Canalou for a Sunday visit. Sunday school here shows strong progress nearing standard status. Louise Harkey hosted friends on her birth anniversary. Rev Ray conducted a Sunday service with the sermon God Our Burden Bearer. Sidney Vaughn and family visited his parents then returned to St Louis. Richard Hill and Bert Stanfill and families joined Chester Stafford for a Sunday at his home. A Heusser family and Russell Crosno party explored storm ruins in Tanner district. The recent Tuesday storm caused damage in the area.
A portion of the Landers Ridge church roof and flue were blown away, while the Russell Crosno farm saw a demolished house and the loss of 250 chickens. Other buildings on that farm were damaged. On the Jennings farm a barn and house were blown down, and buildings on the Charlie Crosno farm also suffered damage.
A compilation of community notices lists births, weddings, engagements, visits, and gatherings across Benton and nearby towns. It records a son born to Mr and Mrs Roy Warnen on April 30, plus numerous visits between residents of Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Commerce, Morley, Benton, Dupo, and other locales, with church and civic events noted. The items name dozens of individuals and families including Otis Finley, H H Blackledge, H M Zarkor, Eugene Granneman, Louis Totty, W W Smith, Marvin Taylor, Lester Gaines, Alline Ham, Dave Vinson, Vir ginia Lee Albert, Vir ginia Lee Albert, Norval Goddard, Percy Elridge, Grace Gaither, Olga Sander, Lawrence Neumeyer, Oscar Caldwell, and Rev. Morgan among others.
Kennett Mrs Orville Zimmer man wife of Missouri's representative from the Tenth District underwent gall bladder and appendix removal last Friday at Emergency Hospital in Washington D C Elmer Green of Jackson who was shot at home Sunday is reported improved at Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau Also noted is a claim that Chinese is spoken by more people than any other language
Mrs George Haws and Dolly Ruth shopped in Charleston Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Scott of Cape Girardeau visited with Mr and Mrs Jasper Miller. The Millers, Ben Spears and Destie visited Benton friends. A L Crosno hosted a party for friends Saturday night. J A Schneider recovered from a serious illness. Several residents traveled to Cape Girardeau for business. Mrs Larena Chappell stayed with relatives in Diehlstadt. Sunshine Extension Club to meet May 15 with bandaging and first aid program. The 4th annual Speech Varieties show at Kewanee High School drew 50 students in skits about school life.
Roy Rhodes transacted business in New Madrid Tuesday. B L Morrison and R C Dooley visited Chaffee last Saturday. William Holdman of Portageville guests of daughter Mrs. R C Dooley. Mrs Matt Holdman of Micola spent the weekend here with Mr and Mrs R C Dooley. Charles Brigance and family guests of Mrs Mary Haynes at New Madrid. Frank Tollison of Mrs Willie Tollison last weekend. Glen Brigance of Charleston spent the weekend with his parents. Otto Lennon family of New Madrid spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Ollie Shooks. Virgel Bixler of Catron visiting sister Mrs Noble Dooley. Mrs B H Fleming and Dorothy and Mrs E J Morse guests of Walter Hughes in Sikeston Sunday. Missionary Baptist youth group sent members to Cane Creek Association meeting. Kewanee high school juniors and seniors plan a three day trip ending with May 17 start to St Louis to visit Shaw's Garden Forest Park and Jefferson Memorial and then Jefferson City State Capitol.
Weekly notices cover social visits among Harris, Greer and Taul families in Lilbourn and Memphis, plus Canalou Parma baseball results 5 to 2 for Parma. The New Madrid county tennis tournament at Canalou sees Atwill Portageville win singles and the pair Atwill Broadhacker take doubles. Commencement May 15 at Canalou with 9 graduates and Dr. W W Parker speaker. Oran school gains Oran-R H Henson as superintendent. Dippell family wins $16000 settlement in Portageville auto crash case. suit by Central Packing insurance company.
N A C Owen, formerly general assistant manager in St Louis, has been named district manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance office at 200 South Main Street Poplar Bluff Missouri. He will oversee a district serving 35 communities in the southeastern part of Missouri and parts of Arkansas with a staff of 23 including three assistants, sixteen agents and four clerks. Communities include Poplar Bluff Clarkton Gideon Holcomb Maden Bernie Dexter Bloomfield Kennett Bragg City Caruthersville Cooter Deering Holland Hornersville Pascola Portageville Senath Steele Campbell Sikeston Anniston Matthews Morehouse New Madrid Parma Risco Rector Corning Piggott in Arkansas.
The fifth annual garden show will be held at Houck Field House on Saturday and Sunday. The event opens to the public at 1 PM Saturday.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.