Oran News Highlights Local Visits and Weddings
Oran community notes Mrs Mary Purcell reports guests from Memphis and Clarkton, a wedding at Guardian Angels church Miss Gladys Blattel and Ed Thompson of Benton, and Miss Harriet Pobst with Billy Graviett. Mother's Day services at local churches, baptist women meet, and a Trinity Methodist singing convention highlighted by the State College quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Schlosser
Baptist
Blattel-Thompson
Gladys Blattel
Oran
Ed Thompson
Benton
Guardian Angels Church
Herman Macke
Martin Blattel
Harriet Pobst
Billy Graviett
Guardian Angels Pavilion
Mathilda Willett
Perkins
Smalle of
Church
Trinity Methodist
Morehouse News Sees Local Visits and Illnesses
M J Taylor is on the sick list. Pearl Tarpley seeks treatment in St Louis. Gene Crady visits his parents. Sikeston visitors Ivan Phillips and Earl Honeycutt. Fisk residents Tan Reeves visit relatives here. East Prairie couple Alton Clark visits L B Clark. Rev Grady Anderson and Mrs. Grady dine with the Vaughns. Latham family hosts Donald Savage in Sikeston. Shop goers Hershell Hellum Marion Clark and C D Savage shop in Sikeston. Claude Sanders of California visits relatives here. Claude Hunt and sons from St Louis return home after a visit. Powell family Hershell and children from Dudley visit Verne Simmons’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Taylor
Pearl Tarpley
St. Louis
Gene Crady
Les Crady
Ivan Phillips
Earl Honeycutt
Sikeston
Tan Reeves
Fisk
Alton Clark
East Prairie
L. B. Clark
Grady Anderson
Carol Vaughn
C. D. Savage
Donald
Steve Latham
Mesdames Hershell Hellum
Marion Clark
Claude Sanders
California
Jim Sanders
Claude Hunt
Two Sikeston Men Reenlist in Navy
A Navy recruit report confirms two Sikeston residents reenlisted. Manuel L. Farris of 314 Kendall Street serves as Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class while Joseph M. Waters from Route 2 holds the rating of Engineman Third Class. The Navy vocational school program aids high school graduates in selecting a field and pursuing schooling after recruit training. The recruiter plans to visit Sikeston each Tuesday afternoon at the city hall enlistment station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Broadway
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Manuel L. Farris
Kendall St. Aviation
Joseph M. Waters
Henginman
Missouri
Navy
U. S. Army
City Council Meeting Yields Bond Renegotiation
The city council in a called session Monday re negotiated a general revenue bond for $15,000 with Bank of Sikes ton payable December 15. It voted to cash treasury notes of $5,000 to fund general revenue and avoid issuing another bond until merchants taxes are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Sikeston
Treasury
General Revenue Fund
Age of Electricity Notes Coal Surges in Power Mix
The report states that coal provides more than half of the nation’s electricity generation, highlighting coal’s dominant role in the country’s power supply and the ongoing shift toward fossil fuel energy.
High School Grads Enlist in Army and Air Force
Local recruiter S/Sgt John W Gaunt reports rising enlistments as high school graduates use the school program to choose fields of study before Army or Air Force service. Notable area enlistees include Elmer Loggins Braggadocia Hosea Flynn Wardell Glenn Cecil Caruthersville and others joining various divisions and specialties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Air Force
John W. Gaunt
Army
Air Forces
Elmer Loggins
Braggadocia
Hosea Flynn
Wardell
Glenn Cecil
Caruthersville
Lindiel Tate
Sikeston
Ralph Scudder
Robert Winters
Vanduser
USAF
O. C. Chism
Walter Kappler
Galma
Lowell Fish
Zalma
Marvin Lashley
Pleasant
James Cooper
Lee Willams
Kennett
Robert Davis
E Kennett
Eugene Boulton
Eng
Robert Church Jr
Ft. Riley
Kan
Charles Phillips
Harviell
FENED ON PEACE DISTURBANCE CHARGE FENED ON PEACE
Marshall Gunter of Sikeston was fined 25 dollars and costs in city police court for disturbing the peace while drinking. He was arrested after complaints at Deal's Furniture Store and Swaim's Barber Shop in Frisco where he allegedly used abusive language and created a general disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Gunter
Sikeston
Gunter
Harold Wallace
Deal
Swaim
Frisco
Cape Girardeau Golfers Hit Sunday Matches
Cape Girardeau golfers will play Sikeston here Sunday while Charles ton travels to Dexter in the northern division. In the south Kennett meets Poplar Bluff and Malden visits Paragould Arkansas. It is the second round for all teams, with Sikeston losing to Charleston in their opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Charleston
Dexter
Kennett
Poplar Bluff
Malden
Paragould
Ark
Bertrand News Social and visit notes highlight local ties
Mrs Frank Elliott correspondent reports a flurry of visits and greetings across Bertrand and nearby towns. Residents such as Miss Margaret Russell, Mrs Fred Cryder, D W Mott, and families including the Voelker and Elliott clans were mentioned with guests from Sikeston Cape Girardeau Caruthersville and St Louis. One student sustained an eight stitch foot laceration during a school picnic at Cape Girardeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt
Ross Childress
Sikeston
Margaret Russell
Fred Cryder
Frank Elliott
Clarence Patrick
Cape Girardeau
Tom Elliott
East Prairie
Bertrand
Wallace Groves
Rush Ridge
D. W. Mott
Indianapolis
Ind
Jake Couch
Tom Lett
Army veteran Robt Hardwick visits hometown
Robt Hardwick arrived Friday after a year in the U S Army of Occupation in Japan. He received his discharge at Chanute Field Chicago. Guests of Mrs Mary Mason Sunday included Mr and Mrs Paul Hinton and daughter from Charleston Mr and Mrs Woodrow Glass and family Mr and Mrs Bill Glass and family Mr and Mrs Hampton Mason and family. Eighth grade diplomas were awarded to Alvie Dennings Matilda Foster Charles McKinley Bruce Patrick Joan Peters Clifford Thompson Jean Stults Maurice Wright. Bertrand school seventh and eighth grades had a picnic at Cape Rock near Cape Girardeau supervised by teacher Mrs Wim Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. Hardwick
U. S. Army of Occupation
Japan
Chanute Field
Chicago
Mary Mason
Paul Hinton
Charleston
Woodrow Glass
Bill Glass
Hampton Mason
Alvie Odell Dennings
Matilda Rebecca Foster
Charles Lee McKinley
Bruce Wilson Patrick
Joan Peters
Clifford Morton Thompson
Jean Stults
Maurice Wright
Bertrand School
Cape Rock
Cape Girdeau
Wim
Baker
Case Dismissed On Carrying Concealed Weapon Charge
The case against Robert Woods for carrying a concealed weapon was dismissed by the state in magistrate court yesterday. Woods faced the charge after an earlier acquittal in the fatal shooting of Leon Warfield in Sunset Addition. Other items note R. R. Buchholts fined for license violation, Elmer Kochel fined for disturbing the peace at a barbecue stand, and Charles Harold Jones case dismissal. Mr and Mrs Earl Allen plan weekend visit to Canton, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woods
Woods
D. W. Gilmore
Leon Warfield
Sunset Addition
R. R. Buchholts
Chaffee
Elmer Kochel
Sikeston
Charles Harold Jones
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Calif
Air
Bart Jones
Camalou
Willis Branch
Ted Smith
Sgt
EB. D. McGinnis
Carthage
Joe Tyler
Judy
Fulton
Alfred
Ventres
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Mich
S. P. Smith
Frank
Myrtle Ore
Bud Shoulders
Albert Messmer
Gladys Blatter
Oran High School
Arthur McCray
Osceola
Ira Davenport
Lows Preze
Mae Parker
W. E. Riley
Norma Bond
Perkins School
H. H. Stone
Blytheville
Joe Stone
Luanna Wagner
Muss Cathryne Fulenwider
Mae Fulenwider
Pabst Graviett
Girls’ Auxiliary and
Sunbeam Band
Sunbeam
Oran Baptist Woman’s Mission Union
Mesdames Claud Wood
Charles Wagoner
Women’s Missionary Union of the
Oran Baptist Church
Missouri Baptist Hospital
C. E. Warren
Claud Wood
Roy Harper
Lam Miller
Morehouse News
Lois Heaton
City Council
Pfister
Sikeston Farm Equipment CO
Bertrand News
Dorothy Davenport
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Johnstone
Charles W. Johnstone
Yokohama
Zelpha Dewitt
L . Voelker
Boyt Willis
A. H. Voelker
Ed McDowell
Fruitland
Greenville
S. C
Cryder
Robert Pearson
Deering
Revy McKenney
Wm. McKinley
C. E. Lankford
Paul Barnett
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Earl Trousdale
Alton
Tih
L. L. Voelker
Margaret Martin
Moray Gary
Ann Prosser
James Blackburn
Raymond Blackburn
Earl Allen
Canton
Rembrandt
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Clay County Gin Co
America
Stran
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Wall Ot National Stee Corporal
Sikeston Steel Building Co
Tanner C. Dye
National Steel Corporation
Ray
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