Local News Roundup From Nearby Towns
E. M. Radcliffe did business in St. Louis last week. Barbara Alsebrook visited Wanda Waters in Marston last Friday. Wallace Waters recovering from a tonsil operation in Columbia. Several families attended the Caruthersville fair Sunday. Church and club events prominent with bake sale plans in Marston and missionary meetings scheduled in Cape Girardeau. Extended visits and hospital stays noted for residents of nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Radcliffe
St. Louis
Barbara Alsebrook
Marston
Wanda Waters
Wallace Waters
Columbia
Clifford Sutton
Evan Gilpin
Caruthersville
Clarence Dance
Sikeston
Menda Atchley
van Robbs
Near LaForge
Lillie Graham
C. E. Critchlow
Greta
Sue
J. R. Boyer
Cape Girardeau
Alfred Deane
Barnes Hospital
W. C. Critchlow
Excelsior Springs
Critchlow
Robert Thornburg
Judy
Otila Headley
Morehouse
J. F. Thornburg
Lyle Byrd
New Madrid
Elon Proffer
Alfred Byrd
Jane
O. E. Critchlow
Tom Moore
St. Francis Hospital
J. R. King
Betty
Mary Lou Stroud
Arcadia
Gordon Stroud
Lester
Charles Lumsden
B B. Conrad
Charles Hawkins
Norman Powell
W. Zimmer
Horace Dalton
Billy Dean
Vina McKenzie
Joe Duckett
Advance
Amel Taul
Ed Warren
W. Garrett
Osceola, Alk
Olie Warren
Local residents and guests share weekend visits
Mrs. Fred Hickson shopped in Sikeston Friday. Max Bollinger of St. Louis visited Roy Ragains Sunday. Dr and Mrs Frank Sisson and Sikeston children called on relatives Sunday. Elmer Daugherty and family of Herculaneum spent the weekend with Geo Miles, Wm Foster, and Fred Jones. Cap Girardeau shoppers include Mrs Lizzie Margrethe and Ed Margrethe family. Edna Irvin and J R Murphy wed at the Baptist church. John Bugg of Tunica and Tom Bugg family hosted visitors from Vanclyser. Reitzels and J Curd spent the weekend in Texarkana with husbands. Gladys Cummins visited Cape Girardeau relatives Harris Foster family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hickson
Sikeston
Max Bollinger
St. Louis
Roy Ragains
Frank L. Sisson
Elmer Daugherty
Herculaneum
Geo. Miles
Wm. Foster
Fred Jones
Cape Girardeau
W. N
Marvin Taylor
Hawkins
Taylor
John Bugg
Tunica
Miss
Tom Bugg
Vanclyser
Ernest Reitzel
James Curd
Texarkana
Ark
Gladys Cummins
Harris Foster
Sunday visits and a sewing machine clinic in Morley
Mr and Mrs Harold Duncan of Morley spent Sunday with J A Duncan. Marjory Lee Hendricks and Geraldine and Wanda Hicks visited J B Smith's. Hubert Strauser and Claude Strauser visited Bloomfield relatives. Lyndell Seabaugh and daughter Lynette stayed with Henry and Mrs Smith. Forbis hosted Sunday gatherings with Forrest Chappel and Arthur Shelton families. White Oak Extension Club meets Monday at F M Forbis for an all day sewing machine clinic. C A Boardman of Dexter and Hughes Blake with Caroline of Granite City Tl visited Raymond Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Duncan
Morley
J. A. Duncan
Marjory Lee Hendricks
Geraldine
Wanda Hicks
J. B. Smith
Hubert Strauser
Claude Strauser
Bloomfield
Lyndell Seabaugh
Lynette
Henry Smith
Forrest Chappel
Arthur Shelton
J. A. Shelton
F. M. Forbis
White Oak Extension Club
C. A. Boardman
Dexter
Hughes Blake
Caroline
Granite City
Raymond Dame
Marriages Reported in Local Section This Week
Mrs Nora Smith hosted by Mrs Leo Barnes in Poplar Bluff. Mrs Jessie Verbeck of East St Louis visiting sister Mrs Harrison Fox. Mr and Mrs Bud Joiner and Mr and Mrs Bob Boone attended the Caruthersville fair. Archie Barbeau and son Denny from East St Louis were weekend guests of Harrison Fox. Evelyn Nix and Kinnard Neighbors of Sikeston wed by Justice Dan Baker. Flora Mae Guthrie of Crest View Tenn and Jas E B Pratt of New Madrid wed by Dan Baker. Ila Kim and Alfred Hostler of Morehouse wed, bride daughter of J M Kim, couple to live in Morehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Smith
Leo Barnes
Poplar Bluff
Jessie Verbeck
East St. Louis
Ill
Harrison Fox
Bud Joiner
Bob Boone
Caruthersville
Archie Barbeau
Denny
Til
Evelyn Nix
Kinnard
Sikeston
Justice of Peace
Dan Baker
Flora Mae Guthrie
Crest View
Tenn
Jas
EB Talmadge Pratt
New Madrid
Justice of the Peace
Ila. Kim
Alfred Hostler
Morehouse
J. M. Kim
Hostler
A. Hostler
Holiday Bags Opened by Commerce Sunshine Circle
Commerce Missouri October 8 members of the Sunshine Circle hosted a birthday party October 1 featuring the opening of the holiday bags which netted the treasury over 47 dollars. The bags represented funds earned or donated by members. Readings were given by visitors from Benton Cape Girardeau and others. Over thirty attendees enjoyed the program. Various local social notes follow including guests, moves, and a hot tamale supper fundraiser that raised 12 dollars. Also reported: birth of William Jr at Sikeston General Hospital and local clergy activities in St Louis Grandel Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haden
Benton
E. Hutton
Cape Girardeau
Jack Collins
Canalou News Social Roundup of Visitor People
Aymon Newman and other locals travel for business and visits across Missouri and nearby states. Names include Clarence Adams, C W Harris, Wes Smith, John and Bert Melton, Delois Mitchell, Doris Deem, Florence Deem, Ruth Wright, and local figures like Mayor Lewis W Stone. Weekends feature visits to Cape Girardeau, Jefferson City, Caruthersville, and Excelsior Springs with Kiwanis and college students noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aymon Newman
Sikeston
Clarence Adams
St. Louis
C. W. Harris
Lilbourn
Wes Smith
Paducah
John D. Barnes
Cape Girardeau
Bobby Taul
Bernie
Clifton Seagraves
Caruthersville
Fonsie Poe
Clyde Reaves
Delois Mitchell
R. H. Weaks
Jefferson City
Dan Milton
Woodriver
Ill
Bert Melton
Doris Deem
Virginia McLaurin Lee
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gerald Goens
Alice
Chaffee
Ruth Wright
Florence Deem
Alton, Sr
Charles Asa
Lewis W. Stone
Owen J. Taul
Excelsior Springs
Mo.-Kan -Ark
Rachel Coppage
Earleene Smith
Rayburn Butler
State Teachers College
Leap years and the rule for 4 100 400
The leap year does not occur every four years. A year divisible by 4 is typically a leap year, but years divisible by 100 are not leap years unless they are also divisible by 400.
Slices of ham to eggs and bread to beans
A busy lady lacking time to steam brown bread can buy canned brown bread or order from her favorite bakeshop, drawing a parallel with ham to eggs and beans to bread.
Arkansas 35th Division Homecoming Parade in Little Rock
Eight thousand soldiers from the 35th Division will lead a parade through Little Rock with governors of Kansas Nebraska and Arkansas, Army mothers in jeeps, and veterans units. A massed bands program, speeches, and a large dance follow at the Mardi Gras event honoring the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Robinson
Ark
35Th Division
Arkansas
Little Rock
Main
Ross D‘ehl
35Th
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Homer M. Adkins
R E Truman
American Legion
Army Mothers’ Clubs
Mothers’ Organzations
Ebraska
Homer M
Joseph T. Robinson
Civilian Military Council
Silent store holdup ends with firing pin snaps
In Evansville Indiana Charles E Williams faced a gunman in his grocer shop. The suspected bandit fired twice, but the weapons jammed or misfired, leaving both men unharmed. Williams returned fire as the suspect fled and was later captured. Authorities found both guns loaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Charles E. Williams
Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tollie Warren
Claude Mize
Claude Allen
Parma
Ollie Warren
Amanda Long
Christian Women’s Council
Lara McCloud
H. E. Sullivan
Dallas
Texas
J. H. Dickerman
R. H. Ashmore
Clara Lou Sutton
Robert Weeks
Dickermian
Frank Parsons
Albert Jameson
Marengo
Iva Robison
Edwardsville
Owen Jameson
St. Peter, Minn
John Longest
Memphis
Jameson
Longest
Parsons
True Taylor
Christian Church
J. J. Young
Clyde Black
Morriston
H. M. Andrews
Andrews
Margilee
Zalma
Alma Andrews
Floyd Pyles
H. F. Emerson Jr
Stephan
Cairo
Dick Swaim
Emerson
Morley News
Spape
Pleasant Valley
Morehouse News
Commerce Society
Other Commerce News
Commerce
Ward Smith
L. S. Brock
Ivan Ward
Roy Sanders
Harold
Lla
George Johnson
Andrew Alexander
James Ross
Albert Koch
Silmo
Elizabeth Bull
New York
Darien
Harry Brewer
Bonnie Lee
Lewisburg
P. B. Held
Glenn Beardslee
Glenda Rae
Michigan
Collins
St Louis
Union Methodist Church
Grandel Square
Charlie Beardslee
Ft. Knox
Paul Beardslee
Beardslee
Jim Ross
Albert McFerron
Mr McFerron
Ast Evrolet
International
FORD
International Truck
Chevrolet
GMC
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Building
Sikeston, Mo
Canalou News
Adkins
Payne Ratner
Dwight Griswold
Frederick E. Unl
Seventh Corps
Alexander D. Surles
War Department
Lear
Frank Richmond
Walter C. Cole
Herald
Yural
Chrysler
Bowes
F. S
Garner-Dement Motor Company
Chas. K. Dement
Alva A. Garner
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