Local News Updates From Nearby Towns
Mrs Alford Bryant shopped in Cape Girardeau Wednesday. Floyd Hitt in training camp at Rantoul Nines visited relatives Mr and Mrs Boyd Crafton of Wentzville and Mrs Lacy Bernard of Oran Saturday. Families from Miller and Paducah visited local residents. Commencement exercises held at high school with Prof A C Magill speaking. Various locals reported hospital improvements, a house fire, and guest visits across Cape Girardeau Sikeston Morley and Morehouse communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford Bryant
Cape Girardeau
Floyd Hitt
Rantoul
Nines
Boyd Crafton
Wentzville
Lacy Bernard
Oran
Ralph Vaughn
Miller
Forest Watson
Matthews News highlights local visits and events
Mrs Britt McGee and Arlene and Mrs WmHelms visited relatives in Cape Girardeau Sunday. Charles Hawkins and Clifford Sutton returned from Texas vacation. Community Club cut garments for Red Cross at high school. John A White, recently training as a flying cadet, returns home before reporting to Denver for bombardier training. Miss Marell Ezell and Joseph Henry, injured in a recent automobile accident, show improved condition in Cape Girardeau hospital.
Canalou Social News Highlights Local Visits
Miss Capitola Bell of Lilbourn visited Mrs Lenora McCollum here last Friday. Mr and Mrs H G Cathey and daughter June were in Sikeston Saturday on business. Miss Selma Gruen, who teaches in Matthews schools, spent the week end at her home here. Lloyd Roberts and children of Essex were guests of his sister, Mrs James D Kochel, Friday. Miss Norma Lynn of Kennett and Mrs Albert Appleby visited relatives in Peoria Ill Friday. Mrs Wm Landers has returned from the Baptist Hospital in St Louis where she had been a patient. James Coppage, returning from Arkansas State College, came home for the summer. The Canalea school teachers enjoyed a pinochle party at the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Parks on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Victor Potashnick and daughter of Farmington spent the week end with Mrs Less Allen and family. Dan Melton, who had been at the business college at Chillicothe, spent the week end with his parents. he left for Kansas for Santa Fe Railroad Co employment. Mr and Mrs Gaylord Muffett and little daughter, Mrs Laura Muffett and Mrs Sue Baughn of Hammond Ind, visited Mr and Mrs Ernest Muffett and relatives. Mrs Laura Muffett will remain for an extended visit.
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Harris Foster
Willard Sullivan
Cape Girardeau
Phoebe Black
Wm. Black
Montgomery
Sikeston
Tom Anderson
Detroit
Mich
Melle Anderson
Cyntha Cummins
C. C. Cummins
U. S. Ragains
Wilma Ragains
Palace Cafe
Howard Miller
Evelyn
Farmington
A. C. Magill
State College
Dale Foster
Wm Foster
St Francis Hospital
J. D. Eskridge
Wm Black
Mark Twain Society
Hotel Marquette
Black
H F. Emerson
Cairo
Dick Swaim
Emerson
Barbara Foster
Alma Sherrard
Myrtle Dickerson
Martha Morns
Lester Crady
Morehouse
Jeff King
Jackie
Ilkeston
Roscoe Foster
George Foster
Woodrow Foster
Mamie
Dorothy Mae Foster
Morley
Britt McGee
Arlene
Wm.helms
Paul Bryant
Charleston
Arthur Clayton
Vera Tetley
Laval Byrd
John White
W. O. Turnage
Lillian Spalding
Charles Spalding
Helen Deane
Lindsay
Cal
A. and M. College
Jonesboro
Ark
Charles Hawkins
Clifford Sutton
Texas
South
Red Cross
C. A Critchlow
Mary Alice
B. B. Conrad
Bonnie Ruth
W. C. Critchlow
O. E. Critchlow
Excelsior Springs
Critchlow
B. Daugherty
Albert Daugherty
Tollie Warren
Patsy
Hayti
Trentis Vaughn
Jacqueline Zarecor
Risco
Burl Bullington
Wanda Waters
Fern Thompson
New Madrid
William Depro
L. D. Waters
W. C. Moore
Pearl Green
Norman Powell
Clifford Proffer
Lester King
Elizabeth Shanks
Selma Gruen
John A. White
Stamford
Air Corps School
Denver
Colo
Dora Wilmarth
Bertrand
Charles Lumsden
Nelson Lumsden
Charter Oak
Harold Lumsden
Essex
Lumsden
John W. Huckstep
James Gossett
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Capitola Bell
Lilbourn
Lenora McCollum
H. G Cathey
June
Matthews
Lloyd Roberts
James D. Kochel
Norma Lynn
Kennett
Albert Appleby
Peoria
Ill
Wm. Landers
Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
James Coppage
Arkansas State College
Canalea
Albert Parks
Victor Potashnick
Less Allen
Dan Melton
Chillicothe
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad Co
Gaylord Muffett
Laura Muffett
Sue Baughn
Hammond
Ind
Morehouse News
Bill Dillon
Viola Boone
Louisville
A. J. Stanley
Bill Phillips
Jo Ann
Sadie Brock
Mae Brown
Shirley Jo Dillon
Vesta Hinkle
Ed Treece
Edgar Todd
Houston
Henry Hart
Vanita Edwards
Jefferson City
O. D Edwards
Arthur Wallace
Hazel Lou
Myra Solly
Gideon
Denver Westbrooks
Dorcey Mae
Jack
James Hackett
Cecil Crabtree
Susie
Margaret
Blodgett
Darcy Brown
Arnold Crain
CCC
Central City
John Crain
F. W. Leming
Christian Church
Floyd Crowley
Ruth Ellen
Dick Fisher
University of Missouri
Columbia
Glen Fisher
G. C. Darby
Fassett
L. S. Brock
Benton
Estelle Bondurant
St Louis County
A. G. Bondurant
Harry Brewer
Bonnie Lee
Brentwood
Marvin
John Penn
Arthur Penn
Commerce
Clyde Daily
St Louis
California
Commerce High School
Methodist Church
R. A. Harper
W. B Sanders
Local Social Notes From Southeast Missouri Towns
Hansel Laster of Commerce visited in Matthews during the weekend. Mr. and Mrs Paul Witt and children were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton in Sikeston Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stafford and children visited friends and relatives in Portageville Sunday. Miss Ruth Townsend of Cape Girardeau spent the weekend with Polk Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansel Laster
Commerce
Matthews
Paul Witt
Atherton
Sikeston
Chester Stafford
Portageville
Ruth Townsend
Cape Girardeau
Polk Townsend
Morehouse News Local People Connected Across Regions
A roundup of neighborly visits and travels across New Madrid, Sikeston, Commerce, and Cape Girardeau. Notable mentions include Viola Boone in Louisville, Mae Brown and Shirley Jo Dillon in Sikeston, and Arnold Crain visiting from Central City CCC. Community events touch Mother's Day, church services, and school commencement plans.
I Won’t Go Out With You Again Bill Until You Drive Responsibly
The speaker warns Bill that reckless driving risks injury and pleads for decency and responsibility before sharing his car. The message emphasizes personal safety, accountability, and respect for others in a pointed, cautionary tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Military operations linked to twenty one accident fatalities
Twenty one accident fatalities this year are traced to defense and military operations, marking a continuing pattern of deadly incidents connected to armed services activities.
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Paducah
Matthews News
Canalou News
Landers Ridge
Pennzoil
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Oil City
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Sikeston, Missouri
Success Oil Company
Chaffee, Missouri
Walton & Wiclliams Motor Company
Ancell, Missouri
Juno
Bertrand, Missouri
Sta. Morley
Alice Mae Page
Helen Rose Stewart
Ben Stewart
Harry Dillon
Methodist Women’s Society
Rev
M. Haw
Charles Allbright
M. A. McClain
San Gabriel
McClain
Mary Dunfee
Adelaide Dunfee
William Ralph
G. O P
New Madrid County
F. B. Rauch
Mesdames
Belle Dillon
Frances Barnett
Zella Legate
Elsie Sherrard
Commerce News
Fillmore Sanders
Illmo
F. A. Smith
Benton, Ky
Buddy Hawkins
Lloyd Simpson
Harold
Imo
Ruby Nenninger
Tian
Cletus Foster
Billy
Preston Baxter
Barbara
Florence Lumm
al Rowland
Wm. Lumm
Ira Wright
Wm. Trickey
Oriole
Omer Trickey
Cross
O. E. Gearing and
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St Lews
Bud Wright
Sammy Burford
Chevrolet
FORD
O. K
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Chevrolet CO
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Buick
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Daint
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