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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
3
Local notes list numerous visits and events in Metropolis and surrounding towns. Morley high school defeated Blodgett 5 to 3 on Friday afternoon. Other items include hospitalizations, relocations, church activities, and family news across Morley, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, and nearby communities.
Mr and Mrs Paul Witt and children attended a U S Navy Band concert in Kennett on Tuesday. Grace Hight and daughter Lena of Dalton City were guests of Mr and Mrs Russell Crosno on Wednesday. Raymond Marshall and son of Charleston Nora Atherton and Stone Witt of Sikes ton were guests of the Witt family Sunday. Margaret Crosno and Helen Crosno visited relatives in town. Reverend Huey of Charleston preached at the local church Sunday. Armie Heusser and children were dinner guests of the staffords. Local residents joined a singing convention at Morehouse on Sunday.
Mrs. Guss Hillman of Timo u the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barnett. Mr. and Mrs. Paul foster o Morley were guests Sunday of Mir and Mrs. H. M. Gateley. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wagner were guests last Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Finis Hogg at Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clubb and daughter Patsy of St. Louis visit-
Delta CCC camp announces an open house tentatively set for Sunday October 27. Public invited to view a completed demonstration on Ditch No 35 at G L Heyde’s farm near Perkins Missouri and ongoing work on H C Clayton’s farm with six concrete structures and two sod flumes to improve drainage and reduce weed growth.
Bartley R. Schwegler, district manager of the State Farm Insurance Companies, was in Columbia the first part of the week to attend the annual convention. His expenses to the convention were paid because of record sales in this district, which ranked second in the state in fire insurance premium volume.
GREENVILLE The first lots for the new Greenville were sold this week and moving plans are underway. Streets are laid out and named with several signs erected. The State Planning Board placed streets to swing through the residential district, and the business district is confined to two blocks from 67 northward. SENATH Dunklin County Fair queen chosen Miss Mattie Lou Wilson, daughter of Nathan Wilson, a Senath high school graduate, crowned Goddess of Agriculture from twenty contestants. Miss Eva Conrad retires. STEELE Mrs. Earl Johnson, 26, dies after being shot while sleeping at home near here. husband says he was cleaning a gun and it discharged. A small child survives.
The fall horse show at Spalsbury Show Track in Fredericktown is set for Sunday October 20 with Southeast Missouri showing strong interest. Officials expect over one hundred horses to compete.
Frank M. Daniels, 72, retired farmer from East Prairie, died at home last Saturday. Funeral services were held Sunday at the residence. He is survived by his widow, one son, and three daughters.
Eighty schools from Missouri Arkansas and part of Tennessee attend the Western District Teachers Conference of Lutheran Parochial Schools in Cape Girardeau as part of the district sessions at Trinity Lutheran School. Paul Koenig of St. Louis president of the district is among the prominent educators present.
Louis La Forge of Caruthersville was named to the board of directors of the Missouri Morticians Association at the close of the second annual convention in Springfield yesterday. Ww. D. Coon of Cassville is the new president.
Contractors labor around the clock to heighten earthen barriers at the Wappapella dam on the St. Francis River. Engineers warn a serious flood now could cause substantial damage as crews flood the site with equipment to avert disaster.
The annual cotton carnival continues through the week in East Prairie with Miss Benita Bard crowned queen. Her court includes Margaret Jones Dorothy Zilafro Marguerite McMickle Mera Ben Barker Ruth Revil Weldon Erle Zimmerman and Emma Lou Shelby.
Archie Garner of near Matthews was arrested by State Trooper John Tandy for driving while intoxicated after an accident on Highway 61 Saturday night. The International pickup overturned after rear ending a Ford coach driven by Glen Alexander of Sikeston. Alexander and Smith Johnson were uninjured. Garner and a passenger Betty Harris were hurt. Garner pleaded guilty to careless and intoxicated driving and was fined $50 and costs.
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