Sikeston Church Folks Tour Old Folks Home Conditions
A Baptist Woman's Missionary Union group visited the Scott County Old Folks Home near Benton to cheer residents with cookies and fruit. They found a blind resident tending a coal stove, a long-term inmate with fragile health, and bleak, poorly kept rooms in the women’s area while men’s quarters were reportedly cleaner. They expressed concern over safety and care, noting a lack of courtesy from staff during the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Benton
Woman's Missionary Union of the Baptist Church
E. D. Owen
Waldorf Ham and Fruit Salad for Light Evening Meal
Waldorf ham with a fruit salad offers a light, nourishing option as heavy winter dishes fade. Simple to prepare, it reduces kitchen effort and provides satisfying protein and fruit content for a family snack or light supper.
Public invited to donate to VFW Welfare Fund drive
Public appeal invitations encourage donations to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Welfare Fund aiming to boost rehabilitation services for veterans and expand the National Home for widows and orphans of veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Welfare Fund
National Home For Widows and Orphans
Ham and Egg Ramekins with Cream Sauce
Make a medium thick sauce with butter flour milk and seasonings. Add ham and pile in center of platter and surround with baked eggs. Prepare eggs by dropping into buttered custard cups with minced parsley in bottom and baking until eggs are set.
Morley Rural News Visitors Return and Family Visits
Mrs Ira Jones returns to her parents near Morley after visiting relatives in Gainesville Texas. Mr and Mrs Fred Smithpeters and children of Detroit visit their parents Mr and Mrs J C Smithpeters at Matthews and Mr and Mrs M H Lund near Morley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
Ira Jones
Gainesville
Texas
Mr. Lund
Near
Fred Smithpeters
Detroit
J. C Smithpeters
Matthews
M H Lund
Rites Held Saturday for Mother and Infant
Funeral services for Mrs. Lester Williams and her infant son Lavester Lee were held Saturday at the Christian Church in Matthews. Rev. McElwrath and Rev. J W Wilson led the rites. Mrs Williams, born April 15 1919, married Lester Williams October 17 1942, and had been a Nazarene church member for three years. Survivors include her husband her parents and six sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wappapella
Juanita Pruitt
Bette Bankhead
Mary Virginia Henry
Paducah
J. W. Wilson
Church of the Nazarene
Methodist Church
Nelson Lumsden
Canaloa
Charles Lumsden
Cape Girardeau
Cpl Fred Mainord
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Charles
Courtney Mauinord
Alfred Byrd
Jane
Barney Cunningham
Sikeston
D N Powell
Tom Moore
Bridge Club
Powell
Neal Kornegger
Ida Step
Oran Rural News Highlights Local Social Visits
Oran area residents share weekend visits with relatives in Benton Morley and Cape Girardeau. People include Mr and Mrs Harry Lynn and sons Mr and Mrs EF Turner and sons of Fornfelt and Mrs Albert Adams of Benton. Also noted are travel to New York and St Louis for family duties and a marriage in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lucas
Benton
Harry Lynn
Allenville
Albert Adams
Ralph Maddox
EF Turner
Fornfelt
William Black
Morley
B. Greene
Walter Yokley
Sikeston
Willie Wallace
St. Loui
Potter
Wm Baker
Roy Miller
Armed Forces
Tyler
Texas
Harold Grice
New York
Ruddle Lee
Navy
Bryan Wade
Wade
Blease
Lawrence Oliver
Chaffee
Oliver
Lauie Kielhaffner
Clyde Poe
Joe Poe
Pressley
Bismark
Leota
Kansas City
Overland
St Louis
Jones
Camp Reynolds
Oran
Homer Carter
Tff Hicks
Buel Hicks
Blodgett
Jerome Graviett
Clark
Near Perkins
Floyd McConnell
Morehouse News Visitor and Travel Notices
Mrs Manuel Taylor visits relatives in California this week Miss Mary John Massey leaves for Baltimore for a relatives visit Mr and Mrs Hart Midgett depart for California to join defense work Miss Margaret Crabtree operates the Blodgett beauty shop during Mae Brown’s absence Mrs Ida Parrish travels to Portland to visit son Jack with Louise of St Louis Mae Brown Tom Sheeter Jr and Coleman Burgess leave for New Orleans for two weeks of visits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Taylor
California
Mary John Massey
Baltimore
Hart Midgett
Margaret Crabtree
Blodgett
Mae Brown
Ida Parrish
Portland
Ore
Jack
Louise
St. Louis
Tom Sheeter Jr
Coleman Burgess
New Orleans
Local drink fines totaling 39 dollars paid this week
A total of 39 dollars, in addition to drink costs, was paid this week by John Barleycorn addicts. Those arrested and who paid fines were Ed Harmon and John O Newton, arrested by Chief Harold Wallace and fined 8 dollars each. Marshall Gunter, arrested by Roy Beck and fined 8 dollars. John Manly, Negro, arrested by W H Nelson and fined 8 dollars. and Wm Jordan, arrested by Chief Wallace and fined 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barleycorn
Ed Harmon
John O. Newton
Harold Wallace
Marshall Gunter
Roy Beck
John Manly
W. H Nelson
Wm. Jordan
Chief Wallace
Graham Cracker Chiffon Torte Recipe For Dinner
A Victorian era style dessert combines graham crackers with cinnamon butter crust and a lemon cottage cheese filling. The Graham Cracker Chiffon Torte layers a whipped cream topping and a light gelatin custard, using unflavored gelatin, cottage cheese, lemon juice and vanilla to set the filling.
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Iit
Southeast Missouri News Briefly Told
Kennett high school will award 34 diplomas at the Wednesday night commencement on May 17. Three graduates are already in military service. Campbell Sgt Michael W Fieser, son of Charles Fieser, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement as a ball turret gunner over Germany and occupied Europe. Cape Girardeau: 100 trucks and other vehicles moved 1400 Illinois militiamen housed at Harris Field with hangars used as barracks and Army bedding. Gideon: L B Hoy re-elected superintendent of public schools for the 26th year. Chafer: Miss Josefa Ervin and Dr Barker married in Hernando, Miss., July 18, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
New Madrid
Albert Sutton
Oran
M H Sutton
John Whitten
F. E. Sibley
Morey Pell
Kennett
Sibley
Joe Pell
Charles Goolsby
Jean Chloe
Mary Alice
Cape Girardeau
Hugh James Rogers
Bill
St Loui
Clifford Sutton
Earline Weddle
New Madrd
Herschel Yates
O. E Critchlow
Alfred Byrd
O K Mainard
Paul Jones
James Lomax
Clifford Reid
W. D. Kelso
John R. Spradling
Kewanee
Harley Scholts
Charles Cox
Ste Genevieve
Noah Cox
Ernest Cox
Jerry
Sikeston
J. L Cox
Cox
Kennett High School
Campbell
Michael W Flieser
Charles Fieser
Near
Germany
Europe
Eighth Air Forces
Harris Field
Dessert Assembly Guidance Not a News Item
Beaten whites and whipped cream folded into prepared shell. Pour into shell, chill three or four hours before serving, then sprinkle top with reserved crumb mixture. Yield: high servings.
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Ness
Owen
P. H. Stevenson
Clarence Keathley
J. H. Tyre
Edith Spidell
Rekekk
Veterans
Sefefertestet
Hesterfesteete
W. W. Hooker
Adam Hooker
J. E. Freshour
Morehouse
James
Robert Frey
Maxine Glastetter
Stella Stubenrouch
Frank Glastetter
Ameil Stubenrouch
Oran News
Morehouse News
Southeast Missouri News
Gideon
L. B Hoy
Chaffer
Josefa Ervin
H.l Ervin
Barker
Memphis, Tenn
Hernando
Miss
War Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
State Extension Services
Dairy Industry Committee
Sia
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