Morehouse Happenings and Mother's Day Gatherings
A long list of social visits and Mother's Day dinners in Morehouse and surrounding towns highlights a weekend of family gatherings. Guests include the Jordans of Dexter, the Cooks of Morehouse, and numerous relatives from Malvern Pine Bluff Sikeston Memphis and St Louis, with multiple dinners and visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Thornburgh
Matthews
Bob “Thornburgh
Claude Hunt
Carl
Police
E. Stinnett
Launius
Morehouse
Sikeston
Free Merchandise Draw and Local Stork Shower
Annie Pitman won free merchandise last week from Morehouse merchants Ernest and Schindler for a matching number. This week Wayside Store offers $5 in merchandise. readers should check today’s ads for the winning number. A Stork Shower honored Barbara Griffin Coleman on May 6 at Mrs. Pat Schuchart’s home with attendees from Morehouse Sikeston and others, while Junior Girls Auxiliary met with Ruth Ann Gurley leading a South America themed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Pitman
Ernest and Schindler
Morehouse
Barbara Griffin Coleman
Pat Schuchart
Shirley Thompson
J. W. Bryant
Lola Griffin
Alma Heusser
Fredia Wyrick
Dick Bryant
Ruth Leija
Wayne Jackson
George Cambron
Everett Scales
Robert Schucha
Nina Wyrick
Fred Laminack
James Coppage
Joann Umfress
Joann Jackson
Pat Schuchhart
F. M. Jackson
Ruth Ann Gurly
South America
Patsy Jackson
Ruth Ann Gurley
Betty Hargrove
Jo Ann Beck
Eighth Grade Graduates Number 45 at Morehouse
Morehouse eighth grade commencement lists 45 graduates for the class of 8th grade. Names include George McCain Robert Black Ronnie Ford Jane Bryant Bonnie Stinnett Wanda Goodwin Garry Bolen Elizabeth Todd Joyce Pennell Lloyd Seagraves Shirley Copeland Sonny Bryant Gerald Stinnett Bobby Barnett Helen Albright Johnny King Margie Absher Charlene Jones Elsie James Charlilyn Stunrett Jane Whitson Wanda Brewer Carolyn Wetfall Bill Marcus Weymain Hiemker Donald Sarno Audrey McNew George Crider Gayle Binford Gary Kasting Troy Buckley Bonnie Case Rudeila Grimes Daniel Kinder Pete Taylor Larry Harris J W Reasones Shirley Hileman Robert Crenshaw Neva Vandemark Barbara Sawyer Carolyn Abernathy Judith Dodge Mildred Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McCain
Robert Black
Ronnie R. Ford
Jane Bryant
Bonnie Stinnett
Wanda Goodwin
Garry W. Bolen
Elizabeth Jane Todd
Joyce Pennell
Lloyd Donald Seagraves
Shirley Ean Copeland
Sonny Bryant
Gerald Stinnett
Bobby Joe Barnnett
Helen Albright
Johnny “Chick” King
Margie Absher
Charlene Jones
Elsie Simpson
Charilyn James
Geraldine Stunrett
Jane Whitson
Wanda Lee Brewer
Carolyn Sue Wetfall
Bill Marcus
Weymain Hiemker
Donald Sarno
Audrey McNew
George Crider
Gayle Lynette Binford
Gary Kasting
Troy Buckley
Bonnie Case
Rudeila Grimes
Daniel Kinder
Pete Taylor
Larry Harris
J W Reasones
Shirley Hileman
Robert Crenshaw
Neva Mae Vandemark
Barbara Sawyer
Carolyn Abernathy
Judith Dodge
Mildred Patterson
New Members Join Meeting Ceremony
Annette Roberson opened with prayer as Barbara Wilson and Laura Lee Sparks were welcomed as new members. Wanda da LaRue Saundra Adams Judy Bryant also attended alongside existing members Nette Roberson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nette Roberson
Wanda
Glenda LaRue
Saundra Adams
Judy Bryant
Barbara Wilson
Laura Lee Sparks
Annette Roberson
Morehouse Man Fractures Left Hip After Incident
James Morris, 76, of Morehouse, was admitted to Missouri Delta Community Hospital after being knocked down and fracturing his left hip. He was transferred to a Poplar Bluff hospital for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Morris
Morehouse
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Poplar Bluff Hospital
Last Rites Sunday For Ralph Conyers
Funeral services for Ralph Conyers of East Prairie were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Christian Church in East Prairie with Rev. Melvin Bryan officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at W.O.W. Cemetery. He died Thursday night of creeping paralysis at the Cotton Belt Railroad Hospital in Texarkana Arkansas. A longtime telegrapher and station agent for the railroad, he was born in East Prairie. He was the uncle of John and Jean Nunnelee, owners of Nunnelee Funeral Home in Charleston. He was survived by a daughter Mrs. Nelson Walwyn of East Prairie, two sons Charles of St. Louis and Rev. Ralph D. Conyers Jr. of Indianapolis, two sisters Mrs. J. Fred Nunnelee of Blodgett and Mrs. W. B. Harris of St. Louis, and four brothers Arthur of East Wis, Eugene of West Memphis Arkansas, and Roy of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Volz
Dale
Sheila
T. A. Jordan
Dexter
Don Cook
Robert Cook
A. C. Sullivant
Morehouse
Memphis
Charles A Sullivant
Mineral Wells
Texas
Fred Launius
Tom Launius
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ben Carr
Malvern
F. M. Jackson
Patsy
Ellen P. Gray
Forrest City
Ralph Whiteside
Charleston
Lorena Alley
Sikeston
Thomas Smotherman
Leslie Frazier
Laddie Shaffer
Raymond Frazier
R. L
Alice Joe Barnett
Josie Gale
Hopkir Bier
Bonnie Hart
Ann Gaveton
Acon
Jack Maddock
Opfar
Bluff
Joe. Barnett
Mo K
Bobby Rash
Cape
Josie Keeling
Alton Clark
East Prairie
L. B. Clark
M. A. Shipman
Martha Holmes
Jean Petty
St. Louis
Ida Taylor
Sarah Jean Taylor
Conyers
C. C. Conyers
Nelson Walwyn
Charles
Ralph D. Conyers Jr
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Fred Nunnelee
Blodgett
W. B. Harris
Recent Court Action In Stoddard County
BLOOMFIELD The Circuit Court presided by Judge Arthur A. Goodman heard cases last week. Rosa Hester Lane was convicted of gery and ordered committed to Missouri State Penitentiary for four years. William Lancaster pled guilty to petit larceny and received one year in jail with parole on condition. Earl Presnell was sentenced to two years at the Intermediate Reformatory at Algoa for grand larceny with parole denied. Chester Eaton and Mildred Knight were granted divorces to the plaintiff. City of Puxico et al vs Fidelity & Casualty Co and William C. Hardy moved to Butler county for damages. Eula Faye Wattle and Maude C Williamson were granted divorces. David Theodore Fisher pled guilty to petit larceny and was paroled after one year. R. C. Blackman won a $5,000 damages verdict for the plaintiff in a jury trial. ith Graders Go Skating The seventh grade pupils enjoyed a skating party at Dexter Monday night with chaperones Otis Daniels, Harold Ralph, James Coppage and Lavern Sexton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Arthur A. Goodman
State
Rosa Hester Lane
Missouri State Penitentiary
William Lancaster
Earl Presnell
Algoa
Chester Eaton
Ortha Mae Eaton
Mildred Knight
Conrad Knight
City of
Puxico
Jack Riggins
Fidelity & Casualty Co
William C. Hardy
Butler County
Eula Faye Wattle
Elmer Wattle
Maud
Ith
Dexter
Otis Daniels
Harold Ralph
James Coppage
Lavern Sexton
Stoddard County Primary Sets Ballot With One Unopposed Judge
Bloomfield reports the Stoddard County August 3 primary will feature all contested races except for Charles C. Oliver Jr. unopposed for probate judge. The article lists candidates for state representative, county offices, circuit clerk, recorder of deeds, prosecuting attorney, and GOP and Democratic committeemen and committeewomen across multiple precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard
Bloomfield
Charles C. Oliver Jr
John F. Winchester
James Henderson
Otto Richmond
Claude Fulkerson
Judge County Court
H. D. Stroup
Albert Long
Jake Harper
John M. Capps
Ernest S. Miller
Herb Crites
Elmer J. Garner
Francis M. Walker
M. P. Estes
Pres Hearn
Ben Vaughn
John F. Edmundson
Clyde Henson
Jimmie Trammell
James Q. Donaldson
Robert L. Brannock
Jess Perry
Raymond (Speck) Stacy
Clint Edwards
Adolph Mohrstadt
David Holland
Robi E. Wilkinson
Pike
Fred B. Pollock
Jack Morgan
Eva C. Moore Richland
W. J
Dub) Crutcher
Lonnie Fulkerson
Gladys McDaniel
Castor
T. Kermit Bess
Ernest McCollum
Nell B. Blemeyer
Duck Creek
Cletis Cox
Gertie Clark
Elk
L. Coffey
Mary Creed
New Lisbon
Harry Bedwell
Arlen Bess
Gertrude Potter
Real Estate Transfers in Scott County Summary
Real estate transfers listed include multiple property swaps and sales among residents and couples such as Louis C Yarbrough to Earl Sanders Jr and Charles W Connell y to Joe A Rawkins with nominal sums. Other transfers cover parcels in Chaffee Murphy and Wall additions Illmo Ancell and Clayton additions plus rural acreage in sections townships and ranges. Also listed are 12 marriage licenses including Nelson Bragg Simmons Davis and Fay Parker with partners in towns like Bragg City Dexter Bernie Poplar Bluff and Advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Yarbrough
Earl Sanders, Jr
Dame First
Chaffee
Charles W. Connelly
Joe A. Rawkins
Murphy and Wall
Arthur Haverport
Floyd E. Hughes
Frank B. Matthews
Toney E. Crites
Albert L. Cummiins
Eugene L. Simpson
Ned Tanner
Charles S. Tanner
Sue Tanner Huber
Robert H. Capshaw
Ray W. Garner
J. Ernest Harper
Ernest C. Oldham
Clayton Addition
Sikeston
Stoddard County
Ruel D. Nelson
Bragg City
Doris L. Simmons — — —Dexter
Johnnie B. Davis
Bernie Mary Ellen Fay — Friendly, Mr
James A. Parker
Poplar Bluff
Norma J. Dickerson
Herbert Gaines — — — —— Dexter
Juanita Gallant — — — Dexter Dalphon
W. Foust — — Broseley
Emma Jean Hayes
Bernie Bertis
Leroy Cray
Lyndia Faye Eakins
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. L. Freeman
Blytheville
C. Berry
Kewanee
Polly Fauller
Bill Bryant
Ruth Ann
Robert Scott
Charley Bryant
Bill Brant
Veterans Hospital
Lon Colliers
Gene Launius
Joe Crady
Junior Coatney
Don Givens
St Louis
Air Force
J. V. Ferrell
FE Paso
Paducah
Sikeston and
Kinnard Dillon
Cape Girardeau
Betty Cornell
James Cornell
Mayer
Betty
Cocker
Homed
Ose
Chrolgh
Cape College
S. Tate
Bert Worth
Tegts
J Val Baker
Tate
Morehouse First Baptist Phecea
Sis
Tyrus Whitehorn
Jackie
Arlen Upton
Virgil Owings
Grays Ridge
Sue Owings
Gloria Culbert
Haiti
Gloria
R. L. Gilbert
T. P. Alliston
Barbara
Nancy
Springfield
Rose Camille Trevillion
St. Loui
Alvin Simmons
Margaret
Aquilia Grimes
Gladys Grimes
Alice Winsted
Grimes
Barbara Grimes
Bowling Green
Mamie Givens
J. W. McNabb
Charles Wilder
Johnny
Piggott
Margaret Trevillien
Mignon Morrison
Sam Kelley
Ripley, Tenn
Sam Dement
Oley Treese
Ethel Shelby
Bob McRenolds
Fairbanks
Alaska
Jeff McReynolds
Bryce Bell
Seymour
Walter Chandler
Farmer
Rose Powell
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Chandlers
Joe Lacey
Walter, Jr
Sharon
Herschel Powell
Dudley
Edd Goodwin
Virgil Ford
Bernadean Lowe
Lola MacCeatney
Ola Mae Goodwin
Earl Landers
Lena Roberson
Saynon
Roberstin
Wood River
Intel Eae
Anno
Netionel Board of Fire Underwriters
F.bj. Uniform Crime Report
Amos
Scott Insurance Agency
Stallcup
Sikeston, Mo
Jack Carson
Rosemary Clooney
Guy Mitchell
Paramount
Gene Barry
Pat Crowley
Cyc3 Daley
Joanne Gilbert
Pat Duggan
Malone Theatre
Ralph Conyers
Scott County
Cape Storm Window & Weatherstrip Co
Good Hope Day
Cape Girardeau, MO
Fox Furniture Store
Morehouse, Mo
Pune
Fox Furniture
Wesk
Bugs Lot
Lineteum
Apex Weed Norge Wacher
Stono
Nerce
Ueed
Geawer
Shaw Walker
Wood's
Linzie Beck
Joe McCord
Victor
R. Co. Allen
Therm
Jacobs
Fame
Marshall Craig
YY Sear
Pepe Presegien
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