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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1953
Page
6
Local ads from LAIR'S advertise home furnishings for every budget with easy terms and frequent mentions of low down payments. The notices name multiple guests visiting from surrounding towns, holiday card promotions, and a broad mix of furniture lines and brands while highlighting regional connections and seasonal offers.
Funeral services were held last Friday for Albert Preston Fant retired farmer and Blodgett resident who died Thursday afternoon at Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau. Rites at Blodgett Baptist church with Rev Charles Marshall and Rev James Edmondson officiating. Burial in Morley cemetery with Taylor service. Born December 12 1879 in Clinton Kentucky he is survived by two daughters Mrs Trene Byers Evansville Indiana and Mrs Lillian Franks Sedgewickville Missouri two sons Walter and Norval Fant both of Sikeston and a step daughter Mrs Walter Douglas of St Louis.
The notice urges readers to share local news by calling the listed numbers 74 or 75. It reflects a community practice of quick exchange of neighborhood information.
Wilbur Stalcup state March of Dimes chair announces Mahlon Aldridge Jr. as state radio chairman for the 1954 polio campaign. Aldridge, longtime Missouri broadcaster, will lead a network effort to boost polio prevention fundraising and awareness through KFUO and related stations.
If you do not receive your copy of The Herald, please call the numbers 74 or 75 to arrange redelivery or service assistance.
King's Highway Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held Saturday afternoon October 10 at Mrs A J Renner's Tanner Street home. Regent Miss Caroline Hess presided as reports and district meeting plans were shared. Members donated to School of the Ozarks and arranged a memorial book for the Methodist church library.
Between 4 45 and 6 00 o clock Thursday evening Herbert R Wynn owner of Wynn s Store in Portageville was hit over the head with a hammer by an unidentified man who fled with a wrist watch and a cigarette lighter The description given was a 25 year old about 160 pounds and five feet ten inches tall The assailant had made some purchases at the store.
Readers are urged to send news items to The Herald by mail or telephone. The notice outlines submission methods and contact options for timely inclusion in upcoming editions.
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