Blodgett News Community Clean Up Day and School Outings
Community activities fill Blodgett pages with May 25 set as Cemetery Clean Up Day. Local students and families planned picnics and bus trips to Cape Rock and St Louis, with the high school and junior classes cited among outings. Baccalaureate services featured a 13 girl glee club and a sermon by Wade Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Clippard
Jackson
Aubrey Lee Davis
St. Louis
Fairground Park
A. E. Davis
Robert Graham
Charleston
Audrey Lee Davis
Kenny
Clinton
Blodgett High School
Anna Sue Cline
Wade Cochran
Bailey
Birth of a son reported for Mr. and Mrs. L. D. King
Mrs. Mary Purcell correspondent notes a son born May 8 to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. King. The piece lists numerous local in and out of town visits, movements, and family gatherings among residents and guests from St. Louis Madisonville Sikeston Jerseyville and Cape Girardeau with several trips to Rock Island Hancock and Flint. It mentions interment attendance at Sikeston and visits to Morehouse and Clay City among social and familial events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
Mike Friga
Graham
Kroger
Gene Wills
Leon Diebold
Mary Purcell
B. E. Williams
Memorial Park Cemetery
Sikeston
Morehouse
Elmer Ross
John Thompson
Clay City
Ind
Marvin Thompson
Gene Lowe
Tanner News Highlights Local Social Visits and Moves
Clarence Cecil spent Saturday night with Junior Kelso. William Wood house moved to Buffington. Allie Arnhart of Morehouse visits her father L. C. Winkle. Curtis Guiling family to move into new home soon. Bobby Hesselrode of Charleston visits Bennie Hesselrode. Noble Bowen of Sikeston visits Earl Newell. Marge Lemon and Mrs Norman business in Cape Girardeau. Jimmy Young family weekend with Wm. Newman. Dick Selph and daughter visit Guiling. Herman Newman family visit Bowley in Buffington. Ernest Springs and Frank Hutchason of Sikeston visit Mrs Hutchason. Willie Hughes of Sikeston visits D. M. Douglas parents over weekend. Roy Phillips and Earlie Phillips of VanDys er visit James Hill. Opal Curry and children weekend in Manila Ark with mother Lillie Curry. Roy Hutcheson stationed with Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Cecil
Junior Kelso
William Woodhouse
Buffington
Allie Arnhart
Morehouse
L. C. Winkle
Curtis Guiling
Charles
Bobby Hesselrode
Charleston
Bennie Hesselrode
Noble Bowen
Sikeston
Earl Newell
Marge Lemon
Norman
Cape Girardeau
Jimmy Young
Wm. Newman
Dick Selph
Herman Newman
Grady Bowley
Ernest Springs
Frank Hutchason
Charles Hutchason
Willie Hughes
D. M. Douglas
Roy Phillips
Earlie Phillips
Vandyser
James Hill
Opal Curry
Manila
Ark
Lillie Curry
Roy Hutcheson
Army Air Corps
Charters Oak Socials and Family Visits Round Region
Charter Oak residents share a weekend trip to Big Spring. Eva Lusk travels with Canalea High juniors and seniors. Mrs Jim Stewart visits her daughter in Sikeston. Canala and St Louis visitors seen with local families. Johnny Roberts visits grandmother in the area. W G Norman discharged from Missouri Delta Community Hospital. Mrs Marvin Wyatt and Miss Mary Wyatt visit Mrs Hutcheson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Hessling
Charter Oak
Big Spring
Eva Lusk
Canalea High School
Jim Stewart
Frances Kelley
Sikeston
T. A. Garner
Canala
J. L. Garner
O. H. Roberts
St. Louis
Texas
Charles Hutcheson
W. G. Norman
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Marvin Wyatt
Springfield
Mary Wyatt
Local Social Notes From Larimer Ridge Area
Mrs R C Cherry reports visits by many neighbors over the weekend including Hurley Ramsey Myles Stone Darrell and more. Families travel to Kenton Mount Vernon and Dexter while local gatherings feature club meetings and a cradle shower for Mrs Hessling.
Top Hat Tavern Fire Destroys North Highway 61 Site
Fire destroyed the Top Hat Tavern on Highway 61 north last Friday morning, origin undetermined. Loss estimated at 16 000 dollars. proprietor Earl Wilson reports 1400 dollars uninsured. Building owned by Mrs Alf Carr, partially insured. Fire first spotted about 10 am by Dave Drake of Drake's Furniture nearby, whose shop suffered smoke damage.
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Top Hat
Highway 61
Earl Wilson
Alf Carr
Dave Drake
Drake
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Hubert Bond
A. D. Parks
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Phillip Newman
Lyman Whitten
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Ed Dart
California
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C. D. Greer
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Paul Saulsburg
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Claud Latham
Ross Latham
May Barr
Fran Harr
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Lair’s
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L. D. King
Frank Neal
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Theodore Strebler
Wm. Grice
Marlean Barlow
Pavy Hawkins
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Fred Withrow
Leon Lane
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Harold Grice
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Pearl McCallister
Cora Moore
Hettie Bryeans
Clyde Tidmore
Harold Matthews
Frank Mier
Denzil Bernard
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O. J. Bingley
Betty Ventres
Robert Griffin
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R. Z. Wetz
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Arnold
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Bob DeMatti
Harry Thurston
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Ida Thurston
Blanch Pelate
Vanduser
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Parma
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Missouri Seed Improvement Association
C. F. McMullin Estate
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Lloyd Merrick
Myles Stone
Darrell
R. C. Cherry
Marshall Northcutt
John Kyle
Arvid Christopher
Shawn
Estel Duncan and Sons
Theodore Culp
Guy Linsman
Shirley McArthur
W. E. Hesselrode
Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Zachary
Dexter
Haly
Speedy” Walden
Portageville
O. Lusk
Theodore McConnaughhay
Paragould
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Kennedy
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