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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
13
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday October 7 at Mrs Ducky Wofford’s Morehouse home starting 7 30 pm. Mrs Earl Malone and Mrs John Malone help, with Mrs H D Bashore presiding for the last time as president. Newly elected officers will be installed October 13.
The Apollo Group will hold its first fall meeting at the public library at 3 o clock Friday afternoon October 3 with Kathryn Clark vice president in charge. President Ralph Anderson cannot attend due to injuries from an automobile accident. Mrs Tom Allen will lead the program and the luncheon planned for the opening of the new club year is postponed until late October hoping Mrs Anderson’s presence.
The Woman's Civic Club will hold a breakfast at Palace Cafe on Monday October 13 with president Mrs Paul Hecke myer presiding. Mrs D L Seabaugh of Jackson district federation president will attend as a guest. Yearbooks are ready and the program for the year outlined. Regular meetings are Tuesdays but the first meeting moves to Monday to elect delegates for the Ninth District meeting at Malden October 14 and 15.
Twenty four Lions met yesterday at noon at the Dunn Hotel for a business lunch led by president Charles Dement. Guests included C R Steele postal inspector from Washington DC and Rev ER D Owen Baptist pastor who gave an engaging talk.
At a special meeting of the Woman's Club at the public library, Mrs. Ralph Williams Mrs. P A McDougal and Mrs A H Reese were chosen as delegates to the Ninth District Federated clubs annual gathering at Malden on October 14 and 15. Alternates named were Mrs Ernest Hedden Mrs Sayers Tanner and Mrs J A McCabe. Mrs Williams named chair of the Defense committee. The club will hold its first fall meeting on Tuesday October 28, postponed due to the Malden district meeting.
The International Education Society will discuss England and Wales at the public library on October 9 starting at 2 30. Mrs Ruth Powell leads the program. Last week the library meeting heard a six session plan for upcoming programs.
The president of the Missouri Division of the AAUW, Miss Lilian L Stupp, will dine with the Sikeston branch executive board on Tuesday night October 7. After dinner she will speak to association members in the public library auditorium at 8 oclock.
Mrs Hopkins hosted a surprise Thursday night birthday dessert bridge for high school teacher Bill Hopkins. Guests included Mr and Mrs Tharon Stallings, Mr and Mrs Keith Collins, Mr and Mrs R A Harper, Mr and Mrs Vernon Green, Mr and Mrs Maurice Stewart, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Knepper, Mr and Mrs Thurman Travelstead, Mr and Mrs Raymond Palm, Mr and Mrs Edwin Hartford, and Paul Roberts.
Miss Gwendolyn Kirk daughter of Mr and Mrs G W Kirk has been chosen by Luther T Spayde organ professor and choir director at Central College Fayette as a member of the A Capella Choir She will sing first alto as a junior at Central College
Mr and Mrs Kemper Bruton of Kennett hosted guests overnight after their marriage in Blytheville Arkansas last Saturday at 8 pm. The bride Barbara Baughn daughter of Albert and Mrs Baughn of Senath Missouri taught in Bragg City then Gideon Public Schools. The groom is an engineer with Kennett for the past year.
Major Charles J. Fogarty flight surgeon at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics will wed Miss Rena Sergel of St Louis on Saturday October 4 The couple will reside at Lindsay Apartments North Ranney Street after the ceremony Fogarty has been stationed at the local air school since its opening last September living with Mr and Mrs H J Welsh on North Kingshighway
Kiwanis clubs from Missouri Kansas and Arkansas send George W. Kirk and Mrs Kirk to Excelsior Springs for a Oct 5 to 7 convention. Delegates J A Sutterfield and L M Standley also attend. Sikeston club funds a central college quartet featuring Gwendolyn Kirk for key events.
Nadine Newell daughter of Mrs Britton Robinson of Matton Illinois and Luther Byrd of Chicago were united in marriage last Saturday night by Rev J T Self at his north Sikeston home. Attendants included Mr and Mrs John Edwards of Matton James Wilson Sikeston and Curtis Briley of Centralia Indiana. The newlyweds will make Sikeston their home.
Lingerie shower and dinner bridge in Cape Girardeau celebrated Miss Marie Esther Rigdon who will wed Sikeston’s W B Malone Jr on October 28. Hostesses Kathryn Harris Thelma McLane, Washington school teachers, led the event at Colonial Tavern with guests including Mrs. John Hux of Sikeston.
The State Conservation Commission warned Missouri milliners that possessing or selling wild bird plumage is illegal. Hats may use barnyard birds and seven unprotected wild species including English Sparrow and crow. Rules reference the Wildlife and Forestry Code sections 4 49 101 and 47 and applicable federal laws, with enforcement extending to imported plumage.
L W Bartels superintendent of Vancuser public schools and chairman of Scott county division of the National Society for Crippled Children announces the organization’s twentieth annual convention in Louisville Kentucky from October 4 to 8. The program features many doctors noted for successful treatment and cure of crippled children.
Two week old Billy Gene Ramsey of Parma is held by his great great grandmother Mrs J G Gulley. Seated with her is the great great grandfather Rev Gulley, retired Methodist minister. Standing are the baby’s mother Mrs Mildred Ramsey, her mother Mrs Sherman Ramsey, and grandmother Mrs Etta Mae Ramsey, all of Parma. They note all three Ramseys married men with the same surname but unrelated husbands. Rev and Mrs Gulley are parents of Sikeston residents who attended a Parma gathering: Mrs Jack Riley, Mrs Lillie Waters, Mrs Magnolia Waters, Mrs Robert Harmon, and Robert Gulley.
Sikeston residents plan to attend a large Arkansas Army homecoming as Company K of the Thirty-fifth Division returns from maneuvers in Louisiana and Arkansas on October 9. Major-General R. E. Truman has granted time off for soldiers to entertain guests amid a parade dances and other events. Arkansas Gov Homer Adkins designated the regiment as foster sons of Arkansas last month.
The Herald notes twelve states have statutes banning excessively slow driving. The piece urges readers to consider how such laws affect road safety and driver behavior across the Union.
Miss Audrey Chaney, on leave from the State Social Security Commission visiting staff, resigns effective Sept 30 due to her mother Alma Harris’s ill health. Under the Merit System, her name goes on the inactive register, giving first consideration if a vacancy arises.
Mrs J H Yount visiting Crosby near Houston endured eight hours of furious wind as a hurricane ripped through the Galeener home and wrecked the porch roof and ceilings. The family watched floodwater approach while remaining in street attire ready to flee. The residence sits over 100 yards from the river with a 50 foot drop to the water as the storm raged. No lightning accompanied the 24 hour gale but its ferocity shocked local residents.
Rev J J O Neill pastor of St Francis Xavier church announced the death of his sister Mrs Josephine Medden of Limerick Ireland, who died Friday September 5 after an unexpected illness. A Mass for her repose was set for 8 o clock Monday morning October 6 at the parish church.
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