District Schools Are Closing In Diehlstadt Class of May
Denver Boyd of Diehlstadt high school Alaska? No the article notes he is in the graduating class. commencement exercises are set for Wednesday night May 16 with Forrest Wolverton State school supervisor as speaker per superintendent E. E. Crader. Baccalaureate on Sunday night May 18 with Rev J J Willis preaching. Other graduates include Joe Adams Sam Ashley Mary Ann Bagwell Cecil Baker J D Bateman Imogene Boardman and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Boyd
Germany
Diehlstadt High School
Forrest Wolverton
E. E. Crader
J. J. Willis
Bertrand and Blodgett
Joe Adams
Sam Ashley
Mary Ann Bagwell
Cecil Baker
J. D. Bateman
Imogene Boardman
Elwanda Bomer
Ernest Brown
George Bryant
Annie Lee Chappell
Charles Collier
Edwin Collier
Willajean Collier
Leroy Cook
Helen Council
Donald Cox
Neil Crader
Dorothy Crosno
Lillian Dempster
Ted Francis
Betty Gentry
Jean Hicks
Carl Hough
Francis House
Virginia Huey
Billy Inman
Harold Jones
Louise Linebaugh
Ralph Lingle
Joel Litchford
Victoria Lynn
Evonne McAdoo
Martha Martin
Robert Miller
Lucille Moulder
Charles Murphy
Freeda Palmer
Mattie Simpkins
Geraldine Sisk
Charles Spencer
Bettie Sturgeon
Willard Taylor
Altha Athoff
Aline Vanpool
Mervin Wied
Glenn Walker
Olga Watson
Glen Witt
Norma Jean Woods
Helen Chappell
Frances Welch
Fourteen to Graduate at Vanduser Tonight
Fourteen seniors will graduate from Vanduser high school at commencement exercises tonight. Rev. E. D. Owen, pastor of Sikeston Baptist church, will be the speaker. Baccalaureate was Sunday night with Rev. W. B. Parrot delivering the annual sermon. Valedictorian is Ralph Lee Ford and salutatorian is Allene Cherry. Other graduates are Bonnie Sue Cherry, Dorothy Christopher, Delcia Cook, Delcia Dial, Leonard Jeffries, Billy Layne, Carl Lufcy, Meta Mason, Maxine Millis, Silvia Phillips, Betty Lee Sherry and Billy Spann. Teachers for the coming year are J. M. Sitzes, Lloyd Ford and Mrs. Sarah Alfultis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanduser High School
E. D. Owen
Sikeston Baptist Church
W. B. Parrot
Vancluser Baptist Church
Ralph Lee Ford
Allene Cherry
Bonnie Sue Cherry
Dorothy Christopher
Delcia Cook
Delcia Dial
Leonard Jeffries
Billy Layne
Carl Lufcy
Meta Mason
Maxine Millis
Silvia Phillips
Betty Lee Sherry
Billy Spann
J. M. Sitzes
Lloyd Ford
Sarah Alfultis
Canalou High School to Graduate Twelve
Canalou High School will graduate twelve seniors and seventeen eighth graders at commencement on Thursday night May 18. The graduating class includes Frances Greenlee, Marilyn Sexton, Laverna Wilkening, Annabelle Ditto, Viola Jordan, Marscella Lang, Jeanie McCann, Norma Kelleg, Dale Geske, Billy Westerfield, James Roper, and Doyle Lesler who is stationed at Sheppard Field Texas with the Army Air Forces. Baccalaureate services Sunday May 13 will feature Rev. E D Owen of Sikeston Baptist Church. Music by the girls sextet and glee club. The Junior-Senior banquet is tonight in the high school gym with mothers preparing the meal and sophomores serving as waitresses. The banquet theme is The Last Round-Up and a dance will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canalou High School
Frances Greenlee
Marilyn Sexton
Laverna Wilkening
Annabelle Ditto
Viola Jordan
Marscella Lang
Jeanie McCann
Norma Kelleg
Dale Geske
Billy Westerfield
James Roper
Doyle Lesler
Sheppard Field
Texas
Army Air Forces
E. D. Owen
Sikeston Baptist Church
Glee Club
Commencement Tonight for Morehouse School Graduates
Commencement exercises for 1945 graduates of Morehouse high school begin at 8 p m with Dr Wesley A Denexe Flat River superintendent delivering the annual address Jacquelyn Cain is valedictorian Hilda Jo Hight salutatorian and LaRita Dillon and Gene Hendon receive honorable mention Other graduates include Bernadeen Bryant Carol Jean Clark W E Clay Jr Doris Ruth Crosno Gladine De Lena Gray June Gladys Midgett Betty Ruth Owings Peggy Joyce Rutledge Mary Ruth Vaughn and Elmo Hamilton Baccalaureate services were held Sunday morning Rev Curtis F Cook pastor Morehouse Church of the Nazarene preached The senior trip to St Louis follows with return Tuesday Teachers for the coming year are E E Street Otis Daniels Margaret Cain Mary Massey Lucille Hudson Ruth Seymour Thelma Bowman Helen Davis Nellie Reynolds Evelyn Barnett Willa Alsup and others Vacancies must be filled before fall term.
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Morehouse High School
Wesley A. Denexe
Flat River
Jacquelyn Cain
Hilda Jo Hight
LaRita Dillon
Gene Hendon
Bernadeen Bryant
Carol Jean Clark
W. E. Clay Jr
Doris Ruth Crosno
Gladine de Lena Gray
June Gladys Midgett
Betty Ruth Owings
Peggy Joyce Rutledge
Mary Ruth Vaughn
Elmo Hamilton
Curtis F. Cook
Morehouse Church
St. Louis
E. E. Street
Otis Daniels
Margaret Cain
Mary Massey
Lucille Hudson
Ruth Seymour
Thelma Bowman
Helen Davis
Nellie Reynolds
Evelyn Barnett
Willa Alsup
Bloomfield High Class Holds Commencement Exercises
Commencement exercises for Bloomfield High School’s graduating class were held last Thursday night with students in charge of the program. Valedictorian Dora Irene Cooper and salutatorian Colleen Cates led the class along with honor students Albert McGlothlin Mary June Compay and many others. Rev Sam Pulliam of the Broomfield Methodist church preached the Sunday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield, High School
Dora Irene Cooper
Colleen Cates
Albert McGlothlin
Mary June Compay
William Parker
Donald Skelton
Donald Corbin
Gene Jackson
Gene Kruse
Stanley Poe
Jane Worley
Lois Rhodes
Lois Sifford
Robert Jamar
Delene Walker
Katherine Ward
Graduation Exercises Tonight for Local Class of 1966
Graduation at tonight’s commencement exercises features graduates Dickie Joe Alfultis Charles Bernard Laydus Bernard Joseph Bisher Joyce Davis John Dohogne Jr Mary Halter Mary Harmon Dorothy Harper James Inman Jane Keiffer Lindell Lee Clifton Mercer Patricia Pearman Laverne Pabst Paul Seyer Clyde Sietman and Patricia Shy. Baccalaureate services were Sunday night with Rev C E Warren delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie Joe Alfultis
Charles Bernard
Laydus Bernard
Joseph Bisher
Joyce Davis
John Dohogne Jr
Mary Halter
Mary Harmon
Dorothy Harper
James Inman
Jane Keiffer
Lindell Lee
Clifton Mercer
Patricia Pearman
Laverne Pabst
Paul Seyer
Clyde Sietman
Patricia Shy
Rev
C. E. Warren
Morehouse Public School Awards and Local News
Jacquelyn Cain, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Cain, received The Reader's Digest Association seventh annual award as class valedictorian for leadership potential, earning a year’s subscription. Teachers noted her scholastic ability and citizenship. Defense stamps and bonds purchases by teachers and students totalled $5407.75 since December 15, 1944. Memorial services marked V-E Day in the high school auditorium, with classes continuing as Truman urged business as usual. Morehouse public schools close May 11 with a morning assembly and report cards day. bus service limited. School head E. Street spoke at Kiwanis on public schools operations. Gladine Gray received a small gift. Local families and servicemen visits are noted, including Melvin Sullivant’s discharge and neighboring residents’ travels. Eighteen Oran seniors will receive certificates of honor.
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Jacquelyn Cain
Margaret Cain
Morehouse
Reader's Digest Association
E. E. Street
Miss Cain
Truman
Morehouse Public Schools
HE. E. Street
Kiwanis Club
State Department of Education
Gladine Gray
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Lowery Field
C. L. Crider
Needles
Calif
Crider
Santa Fe
Herald
Sikeston
Oran
California
Doherty to address New Madrid seniors
Graduates of New Madrid High School will hear Professor W. T. Doherty of State College Cape Girardeau deliver the principal address on Thursday night May 17. Rev H F Schuermann of St Marys Cape Girardeau will speak at baccalaureate services at 11 oclock Sunday morning May 13. Junior senior banquet set for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid High School
W. T. Doherty
State College
Cape Girardeau
H. F. Schuermann
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Anna Marie Beaher
Betty Jo Lennon
Geraldine Masterson
Helen Mourning
Murray Newsum
Leroy Nunn
Ethel May Ransburgh
Patsy Ruth Simpson
Lindy Smith
Louise Stepp
Nadine Steward
Oran Resident Ralph Maddox Died at 40
Ralph G. Maddox, a 40 year old Oran resident, died Sunday night in a Cape Girardeau hospital from a heart ailment after months of suffering. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Baptist church with Rev. C. E. Warren presiding. burial followed in Friend Cemetery. He was a Standard Oil re seller agent, native of Oran, and survived by his widow, two sons Finley and Richard Lynn, his father W. A. Maddox, two brothers W. D. Maddox and Irvin Maddox, and a sister Mrs. Ava Dudley. He belonged to the Morley Masonic lodge and the Scottish Rite in St. Louis and served as a Gran Baptist church trustee.
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Ralph G. Maddox
Oran
Cape Girardeau Hospital
The
Baptist Church
C. E. Warren
Friend Cemetery
Maddox
Standard Oil Company
Dunn Hotel
Sikeston
Masonec Lodge
Morley
Scottish Rite Order
St. Louis
Gran
Finley
Richard Lynn
W. A. Maddox
W. D. Maddox
Irvin Maddox
Mrs
Ava Dudley
Roy Miller
St. Lous
Dc. R. Mancell
Charleston
Willene McCray
Freda Mae Bryant
J. O. Bingley
Cape Girardeau
Mack Wright
Norma Jean Baty
Tom Baty
Dwayne Heney
Flint
Michigan
Delbert Williams
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ancel Menz
Eura Dudley
Ralph Maddox
R. G. Riggleman
Des Moines
Iowa
Bud Mason
Wilma Cox
Fon
Lindell Pearman
Flat River
George Pearman
Oran High School
Patsy
Charlie Oliver
Blanche Hopper
Twenty One Seniors To Graduate From Fornfelt School
Twenty one seniors will graduate from Fornfelt High School at commencement exercises Wednesday night May 17 F E Wolverton state supervisor of schools will be the speaker. Class will be held Sunday morning May 13 with Rev M A Garrison pastor of the Fornfelt Methodist church preaching the sermon.
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Fornfelt High School
F. E. Wolverton
Rev
M. A. Garrison
Fornfelt Methodist Church
Gloria Faye Ingvalson
Betty Rae Lipps
Luella Anderson
Florence August
Patricia Bertrand
Rites Held Sunday for Aged Oran Woman
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Baptist church in Oran for Mrs. Martha Ann Wilson who died early May 4 at her daughter’s home. Rev. Charles Warren officiated and burial followed in Morley cemetery. Mrs. Wilson, born September 25, 1866 in Mayfield Kentucky, had lived in Vandyser and later Oran. Surviving daughters Mrs. Norval Tindall and Mrs. Forest Eales, sons Porter Wilson Essex Ralph Wilson Vanduser Larney Wilson Vanduser, and several grandchildren.
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Baptist Church
Oran
Martha Ann Wilson
Norval Tindall
Charles Warren
Morley
Taylor
Wilson
Mayfield
Missouri
Tindall
Forest Eales
St Louis
Porter Wilson
Essex
Ralph Wilson
Vanduser
Larney Wilson
Canalou News Social Roundup Links Residents and Visitors
Miss Mildred and Wanda Bean traveled to St Louis to seek work. New arrivals include Mr and Mrs V O Strickland formerly of Akron. Mr and Mrs Leslie Powers visited More house last Thursday. Ernest Muffett and guests of Allen Greer in Sikeston last Saturday. Mrs Glenn Rogers of Chicago stayed with her Muffett parents last week. Truman Shrum and son from St Louis recently visited his parents J F Shrum. Elvis Harrison and Parma relatives visited Norval Harrison's family here last week.
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Mildred
Wanda Bean
St. Louis
V. O. Strickland
Akron
Ohio
Leslie Powers
Morehouse
Ernest Muffett
Allen Greer
Sikeston
Glenn Rogers
Chicago
Truman Shrum
J. F. Shrum
Elvis Harrison
Parma
Norval Harrison
Local residents and families visit relatives across Missouri and Arkansas
Mrs. Orville Krapf and daughter return from Arkansas where they visited relatives. Several families from Sikeston Advance and Poplar Bluff visited relatives in Arkansas and Missouri over the weekend. Attendees include Mrs. Flora Mays, Mrs. Averett, Mrs. McCollum, Mrs. Newman shopping in Sikeston. Crain and Holland guests of Shrum family. Graham and Dunn with relatives. Greenlee, Johnson, and Gillian visiting relatives. Daughtery visiting Hopper family. and a Pentecostal Church fellowship meeting attended by multiple residents in Morehouse.
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Orville Krapf
Arkansas
Walter Greer
Oscar Nichols
Manila
Ark
Flora Mays
K. Averett
Alva McCollum
Phillip Newman
Sikeston
F. D. Crain
Chester Holland
Gabler
Pearl Johnson
Donna Mae Gillian
Poplar Bluff
Grant Gillian
Lillian Jefferies
Kenneth Sexton
St. Louis
G, GC
Hillis
Leslie Denton
East Prairie
Lois Newman
Jim Sexton
Dorothy Daughtery
Phyllis Jean
J. W. Hopper
Daughtery
Bessie Turner
Dora Phillips
Cordin Evans
Lizzie Garner
Hazel Adams
W. C. Penn
Christine
Pentecostal Church
Morehouse
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Morehouse Public School
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Sam Miller
Orville Hanselman
Gene
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Buford Carter
W. T. Wilson
Honora McCarty
St Louis County
J. P. McCarty
Jesse James
Jackie
Jean
Claude James
M. B. Moore
George Sendboy
Miss Opal
Rey Pratt
Dave Pratt
Blackwell
Gosche-Liebele
Almaretta Liebele
Wm. Liebele
John Gosche
Tony Gosche
St. Francis Xavier Church
Hoorman
Dorothy Liebele
Sam Gosche
Scott County Oil Company
Fornfelt School
F. H. A. Loans
JOS. A
Sikeston, MO
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Oqran News
Canalou News
R. D. Clayton
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Cement Motor Company
Chrysler and Plymouth Motor Cars
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