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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
9
Members of the Eastern Star club enjoyed a luncheon meeting Tuesday at Rustic Rock Inn with Mrs F E Mount presiding. After lunch the group played games. Social hour hostesses were Mesdames O L Spencer E J Nienstedt and Paul Trotter.
At the regular Auxiliary meeting of the American Legion Tuesday night at the Palace Cafe president Mrs Sid Schillig announced the membership as 95. The large roll early in the year signals enthusiasm and a strong program ahead. Hostesses were Mesdames R A Green W A Myers and J R Turner A $10 contribution to the War Chest fund was approved during the business session. Seventeen members attended.
The Kings Highway chapter will gather next Saturday at 2 30 pm at Mrs Arch S Russell's home on South Kings Highway. Rev R M Talbert pastor of the Christian church will speak on Missouri and the War. A new line of Christmas Greeting cards is on display at The Herald office.
E. C. Robinson Lumber Co. of Sikeston Missouri advertises galvanized pipe available in 6 to 12 foot lengths with quick pickup and phone contact 284 for inquiries and orders.
Miss Rubie Kelley daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Kelley became the bride of Staff Sgt L I Mouser son of Mr and Mrs B B Mouser in a ceremony at Paducah Kentucky on Sunday October 15 The couple were attended by the brides uncle and aunt Vernon and Mrs Kelley Sikeston The bride wore winter white with black accessories and a bouquet of red rosebuds After the ceremony the couple began a brief honeymoon Sgt Mouser recently returned from six months overseas duty and will report to a base in Utah after a fifteen day furlough.
Miss Mary Mahy of Cape Girardeau married Pfc. Rolland Moll of Sikeston in a ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Moll will join his wife in Klamath Falls Oregon after furlough. Moll is the son of Mrs. Stella Moll and recently returned from nearly two years with the Second Marines in the Southwest Pacific.
Mr and Mrs A L Robinett announce this week the engagement of their daughter Sylvia to Pvt Bill Greer who has just returned home after months overseas and is now a patient at Chick General Hospital Clinton Iowa Plans for the wedding have not been completed.
Sikeston Lions Club detailed plans at their weekly luncheon to take Boy Scouts of Troop 43 to Cape Girardeau for the district roundup. Thirty members attended yesterday at the Dunn Hotel. The group will meet again on Wednesday October 25.
Dr and Mrs W S Sidwell observed their 45th anniversary with a surprise party hosted by daughters Miss Almaretta Sidwell and Mrs E B Weinands of Farmington. The couple, longtime Sikeston residents, have three daughters Mary Sidwell Alton Ill Almaette Sidwell on Sikeston High School faculty, two sons Bill Sidwell in New Guinea and Joe Sidwell Glendale Calif, and two grandchildren Alma Nell and Ernest Weinands Jr. Twenty guests attended the anniversary gathering at their Sikeston home.
Sikeston Kiwanis Club heard J T Allen United States Navy Electrician's Mate First Class recounting submarine duty and wartime action since 1939. He noted a motorcycle wreck after returning home. his father attended as guest along with other members. Next meeting at the Dunn Hotel on Friday October 20.
The Herald office urges readers to select Christmas cards at once as supplies are limited.
Thomas H Berryman, now living with cousins Arch Russell, observed his 92nd birthday yesterday in Sileston. A former Bellevue Valley farmer near Caledonia, he supervised a Methodist Sunday school for over 25 years, influencing hundreds of youths. A longtime Democrat, he jokes he would not hike to change politics.
Henry Mel drum Post of the American Legion reports its membership at 156 this week led by the MacArthurs three points ahead of the Eisenhowers in a contest that ends November 11. Bill Shain Jr becomes the first Son of the Legion to join as a full adult member. The district meeting is set for November 11 in Malden and the post’s next regular meeting is Tuesday November 7 at 7 45 PM at the Sikeston National Guard Armory.
Three new members Coy Hazel Paul Cope and Harold Pitman were received into Company D of the Missouri State Guard at the Armory Monday night. Sgt Cleo Feverston was honorably discharged and the fourteen present engaged in calisthenics close-order drill and a manual of arms led by Sgt Earl Cook and Pvt Leo Russell.
Representatives of the Bank of Sikeston and Sikeston newspapers met in Cape Girardeau for a Group 6 Missouri Bankers Association dinner. Attended by 154 including bankers, wives, agents, and publishers, speakers covered the Sixth War Loan running Nov 20 to Dec 16 with a 14 billion dollar national goal.
Demonstration on the use and maintenance of the Thompson submachine gun conducted by Sgt. Charles Loback. The session covered loading, safe handling, cleaning, and basic field maintenance steps for efficient operation and reliability.
Sikeston Boy Scouts and Cubs travel to Cape Girardeau for the Southeast Missouri Area Council annual round-up. They report at Courthouse Park at 4:30 pm, receive supper at 5:30 pm funded by Cape Girardeau business leaders, then parade to Houck Field Stadium for the football game between State College and Missouri Valley College. Scouts mass with colors and pledge the flag, with a Tumbling Act by Troop 11 Jackson during halftime.
Ramon A. Evans, VP of the First National Bank of Cape Girardeau, was elected chairman succeeding C. G. Ross of Caruthersville. Harry Bushman of Kennett became secretary and W. Deering of Farmington named to the nominating committee. Jackson chosen for the 1945 meeting location. Massive sea walls now guard Galveston from a repeat of the 1900 tidal surge.
J. R. Nolen who has led the Sikeston unit’s office will depart for Washington to visit his daughter Mrs. J. S. McAfee. Charles Bethune, returning to Sikeston after two years as chief clerk at Sweet Springs, Mo., will assume Nolen’s post at the local International Shoe Company factory.
Harris N Draughon, longtime Sikeston resident since 1924, will relocate to Memphis with Mrs Draughon and establish a Harris N Draughon Company sales office there. He plans to devote most time to the Memphis office and may visit Sikeston one or two days weekly. Harry Frank will remain in Sikeston, handling classing and loan service for two years with the company.
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