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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
14
Sikeston High School presents the annual senior play The Mad March of Heirs in the school auditorium. The performance is scheduled for Friday night May 19 at 8 15 p m with tickets exchanged for reserved seating at Bowman's Drug Store.
Cadet Rae received a free telephone call to his mother in Medford Oregon on Mother's Day while members of the Ladies of the Eastern Star Chapter served refreshments at the U S O Center last weekend.
The Pre School club will hold its annual party Friday afternoon at 4 o clock in the Home Economics cottage at the high school. Mrs Bartley Schwegler, president, will preside.
Members from the local review travel to Jeffer son Hotel in St Louis for a week long WBA rally honoring founder Mrs Bina West Miller on her birth anniversary and the association’s 52nd anniversary. A banquet at Hotel Jefferson and a Pioneer banquet at the DeSoto Hotel are on the schedule.
A statistical note reports a surplus of 200000 single women in Switzerland. The data highlights demographic imbalance and potential social implications for marriage patterns and urban residence, with analysts urging further study and policy consideration.
Mrs A J Renner is named regent of the Kings Highway Chapter D A R after induction last Saturday at Mrs G P Van Arsdale Sr home south of Sikeston. Other officers include Arch S Russell vice regent and Audrey Chaney registrar. Guests Mrs Anna Winchester, Mrs Calvin Greer and Mrs W W Kingsbury attended the meeting.
At the American Legion Auxiliary meeting at the U S O Center on South Kings highway five past presidents summarized their administrations in commemoration of the 17th anniversary. Present were Mrs H E Dudley Mrs T C Dye Mrs Roy Wagner Mrs M B E Montgomery and Mrs C C Cummins. Cpl Cupsa of the Woman's Army Corps spoke for her unit and Mrs Cooper Lake of Jackson visited as president of the 14th District. District officers included Mrs H Cochran Cape Girardeau Eastern Division American Chairman Mrs H Tibbs Jackson district secretary and Mrs L R Lindsay Cape Girardeau. Hostesses were Mesdames Bill Shain W L Haters and Art Burrows. Miss LaVerne Yoffie won first place in the Americanism Contest for senior high and second in the state contest, receiving cash prizes.
Miss Ruth Hollingsworth, a popular Sikeston young lady, will wed Lieut. Charles H. Liles in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he is stationed with the Navy, June 4. Friends plan a series of events, including a Saturday shower hosted by Mrs. George W. Kirk on North Kingshighway and subsequent entertainments by Miss Frances Ann Sitzes and Mrs. W. H. Sikes, as the wedding approaches.
Miss Jewell Mouser, a prospective June bride and public school teacher, was honored Saturday night with a miscellaneous shower at Mrs. Wayne Bess home. Assistants were Dorothea Miller Helen Baker Nel Vanson and Margaret Clymer. Mouser will wed John Obert of Los Angeles a U S Maritime Commission auditor in June. Earlier Mrs Irma Allen hosted a party for her assisted by several teachers and friends. Mouser received a fine gift at the close of the evening.
Miss Mary Louise Montgomery will marry Allen Starrett Waters of Malden in June. She will receive two linen showers, one May 23 at the Greer home and another next Saturday at Mrs. J. P. Wallace’s North Ranney street residence. Cadet Waters completes U S Naval Academy studies in June and will receive his Ensign’s commission.
Miss Deronda Bird daughter of Mr and Mrs Euther C Bird of Senath and Lieutenant Warren Elwood Taylor son of Mr and Mrs C M Taylor of Sikeston announced their engagement this week. Bird is a music director in Malden and a Phi Beta member. Taylor, a pilot with wings and commission earned at Blackland Field, is stationed at Hondo Texas. A mid summer wedding is planned in a double ceremony with Lieut C M Taylor Jr and Miss Geraldine Mol of Poplar Bluff.
Miss Nora Callis of International Shoe Factory and Fred Farris of the Municipal Light plant wed in Blytheville on May 5. The couple established their home in Sikeston.
Sgt Joe Simmons recently back from England after 21 months service wed Miss Edith Eggiman a Bloomfield area ceremony at Rev Pulliam s home Esther Mo high school faculty member. Guests included Mr and Mrs Glenn Hyslop Sikeston. Sgt Eggiman to report to Lincoln Neb after assignment.
Miss Erma Rhoades daughter of Lonnie Rhoades and Wayne Brooks son of Mr and Mrs M G Brooks both of Matthews were married in Blytheville Arkansas on May 12 by the Methodist pastor. The bride is a Matthews high school senior. Mr Brooks drives the Matthews school bus and helps his father on the farm. They will live on the Brooks farm near Matthews.
The first of four Republican Women’s Clubs for Sikeston was organized Wednesday at Mrs. George W. Hirk’s North Kingshighway home. Edith Spidell, Republican Committeewoman for Richland Township, led the meeting and will organize Ward 3 next week. Ward 1 officers were named: president Mrs J L Hollenbeck, vice president Mrs J O Knupp, secretary treasurer Mrs Charles L Kirk.
London’s dog population is normally estimated at 500000. The port of New York has 650 miles of waterfront.
The American Legion at the Armory regular meeting voted 25 dollars to buy children's books for the library. Under Post Commander Bill Henington direction the post will again present Citizenship pins to the outstanding high school boy and girl and participate in the proposed Teen-Age Program for Sikeston.
Miss Virginia Proffer daughter of Mrs Sylvia Proffer and Lester Wright son of Mr and Mrs Claude Wright both of Sikeston were united in marriage by Rev J T Self at his residence in north Sikeston on Friday night May 12 Attended by the bride's mother and sister The couple will reside in the Smith Addition
A poem recounts the first rose of May and its delicate beauty. The speaker observes the bud unfolding its petals to the sun wind and rain, marveling at how such a tiny form holds the full glory of a rose in bloom.
Combine 2 cups bread crumbs 1 small onion finely chopped and 1 tablespoon minced parsley. Season with salt and pepper and moisten with hot water. Place a heaping teaspoon of dressing on end of each of 12 bacon slices. Roll slice around dressing and tassel finish.
A brief kitchen tip advises broiling meat or vegetables, turning frequently to brown all sides. The fragment emphasizes even browning and careful flipping during cooking.
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