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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1944

Page

10

Treston Mall Talk

Energy Coal-Ferrell Oj Co on Highway 60 hosts. A B Woodbury of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics is a business visitor in Washington D C this week. Mr and Mrs S B Hardwick spent the first of the week in Memphis for her health. Mrs S E Reed and granddaughter Jan Reed visited Monroe La last Friday for two weeks with Mrs L A Fourmy and Wayne Reed families. Dr J H Kready left Saturday for St Louis to visit his daughter E L Werner and family then Perth Kansas for two months. Mrs R C Finley recently visited her husband in St Louis and then Lynn Finley in Overland and sister Mrs Barney Forrester in Clayton Mo. Harry Kirk, a former Sikeston citizen, visited friends here last weekend. He is visiting relatives near Columbia and will return this weekend. Kirk has worked for the Sherwin-Williams Defense Corporation at Carbondale, IL for several months.

Ferrell Oj Co A. B. Woodbury Missouri Institute of Aeronautics Washington, D. C S. B. Hardwick Memphis S. E. Reed Jan Reed Monroe L. A. Fourmy Wayne Reed J. H. Kready St. Louis E. L. Werner Perth Kansas R. C. Finley Lynn Finley Overland Barney Forrester Clayton, Mo Harry Kirk Sikeston Columbia Kirk Sherwin-Williams Defense Corporation Carbondale Ww. C. Dennis Wendall Hall Joyce Taylor Cape Girardeau Frank Drouet Chaffee Bert Engram Maggie Totty Marston Ferrell Oil Co Highway 60 Ray Marsh Wortha Bishop Cairo Bernice Chaney John Vaughn Arvilla J. R. Hill New Madrid Phillip Schaefer Florida Sgt. Haug Fort Myers Bill Shuppert Churchill Slack Della Weaver George Stuppey Bloomfield Undss Ladies Altar Society The Catholic Church E. B. Moore Elzie Boardman Rita Faye S. F. Duckworth Lead Belt W. Ward Texas Rio Grande Valley Carl Meredith Carlton Buck W. D. Bates F. M Meredith Dean Marshall Lawrence Welch Barnes Hospital Grace Farris Cape Cod Miss Bonnie Schaeffer

Local visitors and guests noted across Sikeston area

Ww C Dennis, a district farmer, and other residents were seen on business and social visits Monday. Among those visiting relatives or staying with friends were Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Hall in St. Louis, Miss Joyce Taylor in Cape Girardeau, Mrs. Frank Drouet in Chaffee, and Mrs. Maggie Totty in Marston. Several families hosted guests from New York, Dexter, Cairo, Dollar Bluff, Bloomfield, and St. Louis, with exchanges at farms, churches, and family gatherings.

Social Guests Report From Bloomfield to Blytheville

A roundup of visits and stays shows Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Quick of Bloomfield hosting Elvis Eaton. Mrs. Margaret Myers of Los Angeles visiting the Deneke family. various relatives and friends from Poplar Bluff Cape Girardeau Cairo Doniphan Kennett Malden Sikeston and Detroit visiting or hosting across the region. Notables include Geraldine Moll and Donnie Bird of Malden, Theta Grace Tucker of Poplar Bluff, and Mrs. William Check touring from Oakland.

Clyde Quick Bloomfield Elvis Eaton Margaret Myers Los Angeles Calif BE. F. Deneke Walter Rayburn Lloyd Rayburn Poplar Bluff Reese Gillooly Charleston Leroy Leslie Cape Girardeau G. A. Gatewood Daisy Haley Christopher, Il L. M. Hollenbeck Ted Kirby John Hux Ralph Potashnick W. P. Hunter St. Louis Lawrence Tucker Theta Grace S. H. Rohald Garwood Sharp J. G. Sharp C. E. Felker Harold Pitman T. M. Solomon L. B. Ervin Kennett Harry Lynn Harry E. Dudley Chris Francis J. W. Foley Cairo Elbert Ross Detroit Mich Bill Seabaugh T. M. Travelstead E. K. Ponder W. G. Hastings William Check Oakland Cal Navy A. L. Burgess Sikeston Ted Lewis Washington, D. CC W. T. Warford Eldorado Ill Carl Brannon Harrisburg George L. Hale James Guard Blytheville

Political Announcements for Scott County Candidates

The Herald announces George W. Kirk as a Republican candidate for Congress subject to the August 1, 1944 primary. Ralph Hutchison Lynn A. Ancill seek Democratic renomination for Assessor. S. Lee Lawrence seeks nomination as L. P. Les Miller for Scott County Sheriff on the Democratic ticket subject to the primary. Joe Anderson and Sam Foley also singled for primary consideration.

George W. Kirk Congress Ralph Hutchison Lynn A. Ancell Scott County S. Lee Lawrence L. P Les) Miller Sam Foley

Prominent Civic Worker Candidate for Congress

George W. Kirk of Sikeston announces his Republican bid for Congress. A longtime lawyer and former Sikeston and Charleston school leaders, he held roles in the Veterans Administration and Kiwanis and led Southeast Missouri Boy Scouts. He is a Methodist with eleven years on his church board.

George W. Kirk Sikeston Congress Kirk Mississippi Scott Missouri University of Missouri Charleston Public Schools Veterans Administration Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council Boy Scouts Mr. Kirk Methodist Church

Missouri Constitutional Convention Family Ties Highlight

Mr Kirk, married with two children, Charles Leonard Kirk a Sikeston businessman and Mrs Harold L Lane wife of a Coast Guardsman, are named in the Missouri Constitutional Convention coverage noting family connections.

Lee Lawrence As County Assessor Candidate

Sikeston resident Lee Lawrence seeks the Scott County Assessor post after twenty years in the area. He runs a local printing business and has served three terms on the City Council representing the third ward. His son serves in the U S military.

Lee Lawrence Scott County Sikeston Lawrence Third City

One Good Reason for Gasoline Rationing in Britain

Geoffrey Lloyd declares at the Birmingham Unionist Association that Allied air forces in Britain consume in twelve days as much aviation gasoline as Germany used in all oil categories in 1940. He cites British American cooperation in production and distribution as key to this output, calling energy the government’s best test.

Birmingham England Britain Royal Air Force Geoffrey Lloyd Oil Control Board Birmingham Unionist Association Lloyd United Nations Germany

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