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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
10
A long list of travelers and guests fills Sikeston society notes. Families visit relatives in Alton Jackson St Louis and Jonesboro while residents attend events in Cape Girardeau Poplar Bluff and Memphis. Several locals move or plan moves to Ash Flats Memphis and Sikeston with teaching posts in Fayette Jefferson City Sedalia and other towns.
Mrs J H Yount and son visit St Louis. Moonlight Dance Trip on the Steamer President advertised for Tuesday September 12 leaving Cape Girardeau at 9 00 p m. R A McCord and sons with Bill McCord of Tupelo attended two baseball games in St Louis weekend. Several local residents and visitors spend weekends with host families and at Hotel Del Rey.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Hedden returned Monday from Paris Missouri where they spent the weekend with relatives A reunion of Mrs Hedden s family was held at Mark Twain Park Florida Missouri with seventy five relatives and friends present The Hedden family members included Roy and his wife and sons from Sundance Wyoming who were guests of the Hedden grandparents after the visit the Hedden son Bill will join his parents in Wyoming Engraved and Printed Wedding Announcements can be supplied by The Herald.
Earl Boardman celebrated his ninth birthday on August 31 with a party at his East Acres home for fourteen young boys who played games and enjoyed refreshments prepared by his mother Mrs. Edward Boardman. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Tom Logan hosted a buffet supper at Park Avenue for guests including Mr and Mrs Roy Cronin and Lynn Parker of Detroit. Twenty four friends attended as Michigan visitors departed Tuesday. Croquet Club members, twelve couples, enjoyed a buffet supper at the Francis Club House Monday night.
The Sikeston chapter Beta Sigma Phi held its first fall meeting Tuesday night September 5 at president Mrs. Paul Heckemeyer's home on North Ranney. Plans for the year were set and the next meeting scheduled for Monday September 11. Regular meetings will be the first and third Mondays. Attending were Mesdames E. R. Putnam Jr, Edward Allard Jr, Garwood Sharp, John Wilson, Walter Ancell and Miss Helen Virginia Kelth.
Neil C. Larimer of Kirkwood Missouri assumed leadership at the Band Box Cleaning plant on Center Street Tuesday. He previously headed the Chenoweth Dyeing and Cleaning Company plant in St. Louis for eight years and brings broad cleaning and dyeing experience. His wife joined him, and their 18 year old daughter Betty Larimer stayed in St. Louis for secretarial studies while Mrs. Larimer and Neil are now together in town.
Reiss Dairy salesmen are easily recognized by clean white uniforms. They are selected for politeness courtesy and efficiency as well as for driving ability. In Sikeston the axiom holds that once a customer becomes a Reiss Dairy customer they stay. The company prides itself on leadership and high product ratings.
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