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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1949
Page
10
Morehouse notes list visits and travels among residents and friends from Griffin to Sikeston. Local events include a W M S supper at the Morehouse Baptist church, and a Brotherhood meeting at Miner Baptist church. The high school won first place in the Sikes ton Cotton Carnival float contest, with Miss Ann Todd as queen candidate and attendants named.
Canalou residents share visits from relatives across states including Hammond Indiana Downey California and West Virginia Meanwhile Baysinger preaches in Canada and Canaloa church urges youth to join Sunday study trip with Jerry Norman and local families attend services and recovery updates noted for Rose Lawson and Emma Patton.
Mrs. Glenda Conrad reports on visits across Missouri and Arkansas including Anniston Rector and Diehlstadt. Guests include Florence Graupner from St. Louis and Greta Burch from Gray Ridge. Carla Jo born to Mrs. Carl Romines at Sikeston. 4-H leaders from New Madrid attend Columbia state meet with Rosalie Powell and Frank Allen Stanley among participants.
Rufus Cherry was in Dexter on business Monday. Barbara Brown of Gideon visited her uncle and aunt Myles Stone and family. Harold Merrick and children of Grant City joined Mrs. Lloyd Merrick for last Sunday. Frances and Betty Christopher visited Mary and Charlene Barramore. Walter Davidson and Ted Culp dined with Leon Culp. Gordon Taylor and son Barry of Kenton Tenn spent Saturday with niece Shirley McArthur. Visitors to R C Cherry weekend included Leon Shelton family Cheryl Rutherford Tenn, Annie Taylor Marson Mo, W E Hesslerode Cape Girardeau, Shirley McArthur family Morley, and Barbara Ann Cherry Morley. Gordon Deason of St Louis spent the weekend here. Bessie Scarbrough shopped Sikeston. R H Mackley was in St Louis on business. Bill Tolbert of St Louis visited Mrs Cal Hodge. Mrs Brooks Brashear of Cape Girardeau visited J B Peal. Charles Taylor returned from Paducah Ky. Marguerite Campbell works at J C Penney Sikeston office. Minnie Austin and Crista Paschal families visited relatives in Kentucky. Elvis Evans of Dayton Ohio visits with his father Tom Evans and others. Edward Jolley of Alton Ill brought his mother Ora Jolley home last weekend. Tommy Marshall home from Columbia. Ben F Marshall family visited relatives in St Louis. Local residents attend Sikeston Cotton Carnival parade. Dorothy Lambert represented Blodgett high school in the queen contest. Otis Williams, working in Detroit, visited his family.
Beautiful breakfast sets offered at special fall prices by Lair's. A brief promo noting affordable values for kitchenware with seasonal display.
A fragment mentions Mrs. Williams and children staying home and not going to Detroit. It also warns to remove a match before tossing it into wooded areas, indicating a safety note or incident nearby. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations beyond Detroit and a warning about fires.
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