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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
9
John Van Gulider urges photographers to limit groups to six or fewer, focus on natural conversational clusters, and ensure a center of interest. He advises consistent distances for flash indoors, favoring color film for versatile daylight or flash use, and notes parties brighten daily life with lasting mementos.
Jetacaux District announces Cub Pack 87 at Bragg Cay with J. T. Martin as Cubmaster and Troop 58 at Archord with Albert Lee Scott as Scoutmaster. Osage District adds Cub Pack 162 and Troop 163 sponsored by local clubs, with respective committees named. Sioux District adds Scout Troop 199 sponsored by Dexter Presbyterian Men. Property transfers and land parcels in Dexter and surrounding areas are also listed with multiple owners and values.
Real estate transfers listed include Glen and Maxine Pippins Jr and Lenora Blankenship with parcels near Dexter including a 175 foot lot line and adjoining properties. Transfers show sale prices of 5858 and 4000 dollars to Harold A and Joan Aarant and to Marshall C and Elizabeth W.
Health For All lists new titles including Beyond the Black Stump by Nevil Shute set in Oregon and West Australia, The Case of the Gilded Lily, Cap tain Rebel by Frank Verby, and Condon's Treasury of Jazz edited by Eddie Condon and Richard Gehman. Also noted are 16 mm films.
Local community brief lists film showings at Crossroads and Suttons Store, plus a parade and circus preview. It reports Charles Stumpy Morris's hospitalization, birth of Ruth Ann Owings, and church mission events with attendees from Morehouse and surrounding towns.
Willie Mays leads a star major league lineup including Frank Robinson Elston Howard and Monty Irvin in a barnstorming game against minor league and Negro American League stars at WW F W Memorial Stadium Monday Oct 15 game time 8:00 p m Also Missouri teen taps chair Caroline Jackson presides over Teens Against Polio March of Dimes campaign and Viola Tanner discharged from St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau
Bob Stewart and his brother Ellis operate a farm near Fast Prairie. Tuesday Bob lost two fingers reaching for corn tassel while Ellis drove the corn picker. The machine had to be run backward to free his hand. Bob was treated at Delta Community Hospital.
Mrs. J. A. Frisby visiting daughter Mrs. Lannly Byrd in Hickman Kentucky broke her hip Friday. She was taken to St. Marys Hospital Cairo for treatment.
Mr and Mrs W A Bohnsack of Cape Girardeau were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs A F Lindsay in a cordial family visit highlighting local social ties and hospitality between residents of the two cities.
Local Girl Scout staff including Ilena Aslin Doris Brown and Donna Sie Matthews head to St. Louis for the 24th Regional Conference of Girl Scout Adults at the Hotel Statler. Sikeston members J. M. Standley Kay Standley and Mr and Mrs Schumacher join as guest speakers and panelist. About 600 adults are expected. keynote by Lorena B. Hahn US representative to the UN Committee on the Status of Women.
Four emergencies at Missouri Delta Community Hospital. Junior Turner, 8, Sikeston, admitted for a fracture of the right arm after being struck by a car on Highway 60 W. Those treated and dismissed include Clarence Crutcher, 7, Essex, with a contused left ankle. Charles Morgan, 26, East Prairie, with injury to the ring finger of the left hand. and J. H. Taylor, 25, Gray Ridge, with a laceration over the left eye.
State officials from Jefferson City will attend the Blair Dinner on October 20 in Sikeston, with Senator Stuart Symington and Governor Blair among those invited. A Dollars for Democrats cash receptacle will be at the door, led by J W Conran. The event, expected to draw the largest crowd yet, has $5 tickets and is organized by the Bootheel Democratic Club with Frank Armstrong and Sheriff John Dennis coordinating arrangements.
Army Specialist Third Class Lee A. McClain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McClain of Omaha, finished a 12 week explosive ordnance disposal course at The Ordnance School. He trained to supervise locating and destroying unexploded ordnance. His wife Mary lives at 310 S Heggie St Charleston Mo. He entered the Army in 1952 and trained at Fort Riley Kan. He was a 1953 graduate at Tancoma High School in Charleston.
A brief notice announcing proposed amendments to the Missouri Constitution to be submitted to qualified voters at the General Election on Tuesday, November 6, 1256. The document calls for voter consideration of constitutional changes and outlines the election date and jurisdiction.
The document outlines multiple Missouri constitutional amendments submitted by the 68th General Assembly. It covers changes to Article II regarding legislative session dates, salaries, and mileage. Sections 16, 16a, 20 and 20a replacement with new Sections 16 20 20a. salaries and per diem for senators and representatives. automatic adjournment rules. and a 1956 election submission. It also includes amendments to Article X Section 12 about county road and bridge taxes and an investment measure. Secretary of State certifies the contents and the November 1956 general election date.
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