Local News of Nearby Towns in Cape Girardeau Region
Local items report visits and travel among residents of Cape Girardeau Morley and surrounding towns. Captain Carlton made a business trip to Cape Girardeau. Numerous guests visited family homes in Commerce and Cape Girardeau including the Welshman and Rankin households. A box supper by the Methodist intermediate league netted over 26 dollars. A trip to Dayton Ohio marked by Joe Kent’s family departure. Triplets funeral noted for Delrene Totty’s infant. Several extended visits between families in Morley, Crystal City, Ste. Genevieve and Rockview plus St Louis and Plainfield connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Carlton
Cape Girardeau
Arthur Mills
Wm. Wills
P. B
Walter Post
August Hifert
Buddy
Addie Bee
Caldwell
Tillman Anderson
Commerce
Grand Lodge
The
Masonic Order
St. Louis
Commerce Lodge
Clyde Dickson
Plainfield
N. J
Andrews
Morley
Local social notes reflect wide guest visits across Cape Girardeau area
Mr and Mrs Gil Wilson and Mrs Eva Coy of Cobden visited friends Sunday. Many relatives from Cape Girardeau Sikeston and Delta spent weekends with kin. High school carnival planned for October 31. Obvious travel and family activity dominate this Oran segment with multiple engagements, visits, and local milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil Wilson
Eva Coy
Cobden, Til
Herbert Eudy
Arona
Detroit
Mich
Willis Walton
Sikeston General Hospital
R. C. Marshall
Raymond Lee
Charleston
R. A. Green
Dean
Cape Girardeau
Florence Green
Tom
Phil Mooney
St. Louis
Ben F., Marshall
Louise Nuenstedt
Leming Hall
E. J. W Nienstedt
Louise
Thelma Thomason
L. F. Evans
Walter Evans
Frank Altom
Wallie
Sikeston
Vicksburg
Natchez
Miss
New Orleans
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Atlanta
Ed Shirley
Dexter
Allen Magner
Birmingham
Ala
Jake Smith
Norma Jean Baty
Dick Hopper
Helen Meeks
W. F. Baker
Charles Carter
J. A. Sikes
Gordon Reynolds
Bagnell Dam
Ozarks
Paul Kittles
Rolla, Mo
Oscar Kittles
Bob Driskell
Delta
Price Marshall
P. P. Marshall
Ed Graviett
Seibert Smith
Harlie Carter
Ardell Warren
Lilbourn
C. E. Warren
Ona Snider
Nellie Troutman
Nona Crafton
C. C. Richardson
Martha Ann Mize
Pulaski
Henry Trost
Joe Hoechele
Marie Heisserer
Paul Hoechele
Patsy and
Paul Jr
Perryville
Leo Dannenmueller
Janice Inman
Warren Inman
Leo Hunt
Vanduser
Jackson
Hunt
Lacy Bernard
Ebbie
Michigan
Laddius
Bill Clubb
Patsy
St. Lews
Jerome Westrich
Glenda Ruth
Anna Lucas
Anna Lee Lucas
Benton
West Virginia
Warren Kyle
Kyle
Russell
Glenn
Charles Harrison
Jack Braniff
Bob Forbus
Flint
John Stull
Perkins
Chas. Harrison
Javada Jean
Patsy Bachman
Betty Kil
Oran Rural News Local Notices and Visits
Oran residents report social visits and family events. Mr O J Bingley transacted business in Benton. Mr and Mrs Jeff Roberts relocate to Oran. A daughter Joy Jean born to Leon Bailey and wife. Several visits to and from Oran include Graviett, Witt, Purdy, Seitman, Reynolds, Jansen, Trost and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
O. J
Kentucky
James Harmon
Sikeston
Henderson Howard
Rowena Purdy
Marvin Purdy
John Seitman
Bennie Seitman
Herschell Wagner
Howard Evans
Osceola
Ark
Leon Jansen
St. Louis
Ben Jansen
Gordon Reynolds
C. M. Reynolds
Audie Bain
L. A. Cook
Frank Stone
Roy Goodwin
Jackson
Mae Fulenwder
Lovana Fulenwider
Fred Trost
Bob Trost
Julius Trost
Henry Trost
Tom Powell
Local residents visit. various social notices listed
F E Story remains home ill. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Clifford Sutton in Cape Girardeau. Several guests and trips noted among local families. Alfred Hill and family near Sikeston. Sibley and Greene families visit. hospital and medical events. five year old Jane Byrd discharged after tonsillectomy at Southeast Missouri Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Story
Clifford Sutton
Cape Girardeau
R. P. Basler
Methodist Church
Roy Alsup
Sikeston
Robert Binford
J. M. Hill
Alfred Hill
Frank E. Sibley Jr
St. Louis
D. A. Greene
Harley Barnes
Vanclyser
A. McCollum
Canalea
W. L. Giddens
Alfred Deane
Deane
Barnes Hospital
Jane
Alfred Byrd
Southeast Missouri
Local Social News Highlights From Sikeston Area
Bob Joyce of Chaffee hosted by Mr and Mrs Paul Jones. Various guests including Mrs Hester Depro of Sikeston and Mrs C Puckett of LaForge. Community Club potluck, Stamps Baxter program at Nazarene Sunday school with 254 attendees. Military drafts, college students, and family visits noted with multiple households and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Joyce
Chaffee
Paul Jones
Hester Depro
Sikeston
William Depro
Wade Tucker
C. Puckett
LaForge
Robert Weeks
Harold Depro
Byron Kelly
Kay ‘Francis
Caruthersville
St. Francis Hospital
Nazarene Sunday School
Stamps-Baxter Quartet
Memphis
W. G. Ashworth
Ben Mills
J. W. Waters
Paragould
Ark
Rev. Waters
Ind
Charlie Shelby
Jefferson Barracks
David Radcliffe
W. C. Moore
State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Malcolm Radcliffe
Radcliffes
Frank Radcliffe
E. M. Radcliffe
Charles Lumsden
Herbert Lumsden
Barbara Ann
Mary Kathleen
Champaign
Ill
B. W. Overby
Murray, Ky
Harold
Morley News Highlights Local Family Happenings
Miss Lora Murphy visits home in Morley from St. Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau. Local property transfers: Grant and Paterson families swap houses. E M Murphy sells to Paterson and moves to Cape Girardeau. Birth: Ray Johnsons welcome son Charles Cleason September 25 at home. Various visits and social events involving Emerson, Swaim, Taylor, Hatfield, Totty, Murphy, Watson, Adams, and Foster families noted. Dora community gatherings include a surprise handkerchief shower for Mrs. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Murphy
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Grant Andrews
Hillary Patterson
E. M. Murphy
Ray Johnson
Charles Cleason
George Oneal
General Hospital
Sikeston
Wm. Foster
Oneal
H. F. Emerson Jr
Carolyn
Stephan
Mary Taylor
Cairo
Miss Emerson
Dick Swaim
H. B. Green
Mary Rush
Fornfelt
J. R. Lee
Mrs. Hatfield
Bell City
F. M. Murphy
Morley
Rites Held Monday for Morehouse Matron
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in Blytheville for Mrs Gladys Overton 23 of Morehouse who died Sunday of nephritis She leaves husband Elmer a daughter Mary six and a three month old son Leon Five brothers Ernest W D Russell Larence and L C Koonse all of Morehouse Also survivors Funeral notes mention church life events and regional Methodist conference details with local members listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville
Ark
Gladys Overton
Morehouse
Morehouse Methodist Church
D. L. Fisher
Board of Stewards
F. B. Rauch
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Charles Barnett
St. Louis
Union Methodist Church
Missouri
Marvin T. Haw
Rites Held Today for Adam Essner
Rites conducted at St Dennis Catholic Church Benton for Adam Essner lifelong Scott County resident and farmer who died Tuesday from a paralytic stroke. Born Canton Ohio March 10 1857 he retired six years ago moved to Benton. Survived by four daughters Mrs Welter Mrs Bertrand Mrs Diebold and Mrs Halter and two sons Leon C Essner and Lawrence Essner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Dennis Catholic Church
Benton
Adam Essner
Scott County
Herman Macke
Mgr. Essner
Essner
Canton
Ohio
Charles Welter
Ancell
Zetta Bertrand
Cape Girardeau
Joe Diebold
Andy Halter
Leon C. Essner
Lawrence Essner
Near Benton
Hospital Notes From Sikeston General Hospital
Miss Delma Hill of Poplar Bluff received emergency head and face laceration treatment after a vehicle collision near Sikeston in heavy rain. Frank Turnage, driver of the car carrying Miss Hill, reported limited damage. Mrs A D Martin was released after a minor operation and is convalescing at home. Donna Kay Standley, daughter of Mr and Mrs L M Standley, was born at Sikeston General on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delma Hill
Poplar Bluff
Sikeston General Hospital
Sikeston
Frank Turnage
Miss Hill
Turnage
A. D. Martin
Vernon Avenue
Donna Kay
Daghter
L. M. Standley
P. V. Branum
Margaret Fontaine
A. B. Woodbury
Anna Foster
Morley
Mildred Long
Braggadocia
Paul Moore
Near Matthews
Robert Rucker
George O. Neal
Ruth Paschel
Blodgett
New Arrivals at Sikeston Area Homes
Birth notices from Sikeston area families list several infants born at Sikeston General Hospital and local homes. Rudolph Michael Chitten den and Barbara Jean Key are among newborns on September 25. Other families include Carver Morley Griffin Carter Duke Bohanan Page McIntyre and more with birth dates and locations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Chittenden
Rudolph Michael
Sikeston General Hospital
Paul S. Carver
East Prairie
Sikeston Hospital
J. H. Griffin
Morley
Doy Lee
Doy Alfred Carter
Ray B. Key
Barbara Jean
LaForge
Edward Duke
Wm. L. Bohanan
Sikeston
Brenda Gale
R. A. Page Jr
Kathleen Avenue
Ferl McIntyre
Tag Day for School Cafeteria Benefit Set Oct 4
A tag day fundraiser will be held on Saturday October 4 to support the school cafeteria. Organizers urge students families and residents to contribute by wearing or purchasing tags at designated locations. Proceeds go toward meals equipment and student nutrition programs.
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Rose Mary Vogel
Kay Alfultis
Hillene Mattingly
Mary Lou O’connor
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Matthews News
Morley News
H. M. Andrews
Audrey Totty
M. L. Taylor
Betty Watson
Mrs
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Ada Camille Adams
Albert Adams
Charlotte Elaine
Robert Foster
Howard Miller
Evelyn Miller
Farmington
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Gene Daugherty
Morehouse News
Butch Collins
Maggie Porter
Parma
Elizabeth Hart
Claude Williams
J. M. Sanders
Darcy Brown
Cecil Crabtree
Susie
Margaret
F. W. Leming
Ruby Brock
Charity Hart
Ernest Shaw
Elizabethstown
Ethel Hart
Burma Poe
Earl Vaughn
Matthews
Quality Circle
Egg Coal Ton Sikeston Fuel CO
Stoddard Street
James McCullough
N. Hendeson
Cape Girardeau, Mo
WARD
Riverside
Ferrell Oil Company
Sikeston and Morehouse
Sikeston Firestone
Malone Ave
E. Malone Ave
Sikeston, Mo
Sikeston Fuel CO
Sikeston Herald
Watson’s
Miner Switch
Sikeston Street
Herald Office
Sidwell, Jeweler
Center St
W. L. Holden
Moore Ave
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