State Parks Set New Attendance Record in Missouri
Missouri state parks report nine month attendance of 2,440,114, nearing 2.6 million by year end. Parks at Bennett Springs Lake Ozarks Meramec Roaring River Thousand Hills led visitor counts. renovation work on Arrowrock and Alles Simming sites nears completion with exterior repairs and re roofing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Joseph Jaeger
Bennett Springs
Lake Ozaths
Meremac
Kaiser
Fred Beade
Missouri State Park Board
Bender
Arrowrockh State Park
Bineham House
Alles Siming State Path
Community concert guests and local visits noted in Lilbourn
Lilbourn residents hosted and visited relatives during a weekend, with many Cape Girardeau and Malden connections. The Civic Improvement Club met at the Memorial Library, approving a junior club committee and planning a progressive dinner for November 12th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Johnson
Phavilis
Judy
Jimmy
Poageville
Amos Riles
Ernestine Parrett
Civic Improvement Club
Monde- Qing
Memorial Library
Parrett
Hansen
Midsdames
Dim Dambach Gladis
Charles Simpson
Homer
Local notes from Diehlstadt and area visitors
Diehlstadt and nearby residents are listed visiting relatives in Rock Island TH and St Louis Mo as well as Challaton Coluitts and Miller City Fl. Several hospital and school events are noted with community members Mrs Moyitle Nichols recovering from a hip fracture, a new Sunday School car organizing with officers and teachers, and a long list of local ladies making trips and greeting friends and former classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mi Gus Hay
St Tours
Mr O
Mis Joe Boh
Mis Siednes
Rock Island
St Loum Mo
Mis Lee Reta
Granne City
Able
Tatty Bagwell
Judy Shanley
Vi Te Ae Kay Lane
Challaton
Coliiits Mo
Christmas for Tad by Helen Muller at New Madrid Library
New Madrid County Library presents Christmas For Tad by Helen Topping Muller about Tad Lincoln and a 1863 White House Christmas. Also featured are calls for Dr Barton by Elizabeth Setter and The Heart Has Its Reasons by Duchess of Windsor with photographs, plus Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead praised by Atlee and Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad
Helen ‘Topping Muller
Mars
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Washington
Tad Lincoln
Lincoln
DR Barton
Flzabeth Setter
Grady Barton
Duchess of Windsor
Mwius
Gallipoli
Alan Moorehead
Clement Atlee
Army Warrant Officer Dunaway Assigned to 33rd Company
Army Warrant Officer Thomas H Dunaway, son of Dr and Mrs Howard A Dunaway of Sikeston Missouri, assigned to the 33rd Transportation Company at Fort Riley Kansas. He entered the Army in November 1954 and trained at Fort Chaffee Arkansas after graduating in 1953 from Sikeston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kan
Thomas H Dunaway
Howard A Dunaway
Kingsiighwas
Sikeston
Moorecenth
33Rd Transportation Company
Kan Dunaway
Army
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Sihea
Local Obituaries and Marriages Tie Area to Army Service and Weddings
A Missouri area page lists Sgt William O Cogdill son of East Prairie and his wife Lena Ann of St Louis as helping set an Army European record with a 260 mm gun in Germany. It also reports numerous marriages across Sikeston Benton Cape Girardeau and nearby towns with officiants named Rev A D Stanley Rev J W Hoffeit Rev Robert Bingenheimer Rev A J Stevens and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Brownes
John ST. Brower
St Louis
Russell Brower
Bssox
de Tu Corkia
Sampon Brower
Wayne
Wappapella Lake
Charles Lott
Howard Sherms
San Francisco
Navy
Lilbowin
Dub Lowers
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Harry Campbell
New Madrid
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
W. H Ice
Charles
Howard
Columbia
Orph A. W. Cogdill
East Prairie
Army
Sikeston
Gracie B Nabors
S M Gayles
Jordan Theon Robert
Benton
Evelyn Marie Henes
Cepe Girardeau
C A Schmalle
Marriage Licenses Recorded in September 1956
The office of John J. Bollinger, Recorder of Deeds, lists marriages in September 1956: James Merrill Hays, 34, Sikeston, to Ruby Amner Blackwelder, 44, Sikeston, married by Rev. Jimmie Edmondson. Fred M. Gilmore, 36, Sikeston, to Yolanda R. Petrucelli, 32, Washington DC, ceremony performed by Rev. M. G. Joyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Bollinger
James Merrill Hays
Sikeston
Ruby Amner Blackwelder
Jimmie Edmondson
Fred M. Gilmore
Yolanda R. Petrucelli
Washington, D. C
M. G. Joyce
Five Divorces Granted In Court of New Madrid
Five divorces were granted by Judge Fred L. Henley in the New Madrid County Circuit Court during the September Term session here Tuesday. Custody rulings and child support were noted in the actions of Norma Jean Hawkins, Bonnie Lenderman, Reba Joy Benson, and Roma Dell Hastings against their former spouses. The next term session was set for Monday, Oct. 22, designated law day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Fred L. Henley
New Madrid County
van H. Sharp
Norma Jean Hawkins
James Bobby Hawkins
Bonnie Lenderman
Herebert
Charles Lenderman
Charlene Ponder
Charles Ponder
Reba Joy Benson
Frank Samuel Benson
Roma Dell Hastings
Tedford Hastings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lilbourn News
Burthowe Mesdames
Bisler Ed Issers
Glen Wiitesides
Cape Guardeau
Braler
Aly
Paul LaVietle
Karen and
Dale
Fypueon
Charles A Shelby
Richards
Carol LaVeille
Lou Johnson
Martha Carroll
Siters
Malden
Raymond McPherson
Pocahonta Ark
Buster Lott
Flow Lott
Covington Tenn
Jim Dambach
Cape Guardeaun
Park Board
Diehlstadt
New Madrid County Library
Chevrolet
Burr Mill
Knoedler
Sikeston Farm Equipment Co
N. Ranney
Sikeston, Missouri
Jack Damon Wilson
Tulsa
Okla
Betty Lou Graham
A. D. Stanley
Donald Ray Johnson
Villa Grove
Ill
Jean Ann Lee
J. W. Hoffeit
Walter Earl Foster
Flint
Mich
Jo Ellen Sarff
Robert Bingenheimer
Sllmo
Danny O'Neil Collier
Ancell
Ella Jane Stause
Lutesville
Francis P. Donovan
Glennon
Dean Sesco Tiaw
Stheston
Marilyn Joan Daugherty
Oran
Morley
Howard Ray
Martin Henry Welter
Kelso
Cecilia Six
Ilmo
A. J. Stevens
Marcus Albert Scherer
Commerce
Maggie Josephine Myers
Chaffee
Chas A Schmalle
Merriott Gist Wilbur Jr
Lawrence Lampley
Carbondale
Anna Marie Starnes
Imo
Ulma
P. Marshall
Thomas Jean Con
Mary Jane Whittle
A C. Sullivant
Lloyd DeWitt Cutright
Nadine Mansker
Thomas Raber Buford Baldwin Baker Jr
Baltimore
Ruby Sara Servatius
M G_ Joyce
Billy Jack Plunk
Erma Jane Rowland
Sikes
Ton
Tommy Kidd
William A Riehl
Louise Daniels
Cleland
Cape Gurardeau
Cam Hep
Ance
Day
Powell Insurance Agency
E. Center
Seow Syva Perrabriye
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