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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1941 THE SIKESTON (MO.) HERALD PAGE THREE "BIRTH OF THE BLUES" JBi SBV DILLON THEATRE ADMISSION lOc and 28c MARY MARTIN MOREHOUSE, MO. Vernon D. Lucy spent the weekend with his sisters in Poplar Bluff.

Mr. and Mrs. C. 'j. Stevens visited friends in Cape Girardeau Sunday.

Have a son at school or in Army camp? Send him The Herald for Christmas. Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lambert were Bob Petrie of Augusta, and T. C.

Pinkley of Portageville. Miss Lee Corbin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.

Corbin of Sikeston and a student at State College, Cape Girardeau, underwent an appendectomy at Southeast Missouri Hospital this morning. Miss Daisy Garden, former resident of Sikeston and for the past several years a resident of Memphis, came yesterday for a visit with Mrs. Margaret Harper and Miss Florence Baker and other Sikeston friends. Mr. and Mrs.

J. R. Harwell and children, Robert and Lila Regina, and Mrs. Nellie Bugg, mother of Mrs. Harwell, will be dinner guests on Christmas Day of the former's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. Harwell, in Poplar Bluff. Mr.

and Mrs. C. E. Golladay and son, Bill, and D. B.

Waggener will attend the football game at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, January 1. between the University of Missouri and Forham University of New York. James Sidwell of the Ford Garage will also attend the game. DILLON A MOREHOUSE, MO. Box office opens at 6:45 p.

m. Show Stars at 7:15 p. m. Thursday and Friday December 18 and 19 SMILING THROUGH Jeanette McDonald Admission: lOc and 28c Saturday, December 20 ARIZONA CYCLONE Johnny Mac Brown Serial: "Jungle Girl," No. 13 Comedy Admission: lOc and 22c OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT TOP SERGEANT MULLIGAN Admission: 22c Sunday and Monday December 21 and 22 CHARLIE'S AUNT Jack Benny Kay Francis Admission: lOc and 28c Tuesday, December 23 CHARLIE CHAN IN RIO Sidney Toler Admission: lOc and 20c Wednesday, December 24 BUY ME THAT TOWN Lloyd Nolan Admission: lOc and 22c Mrs.

Mary Boyce of Anna, 111., was the week-end guest of her son, Charley Boyce, and family. Mrs. Chris Frances and Mrs. F. S.

Winford, the latter of near Morehouse, were business shoppers in Cape Girardeau last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. S.

Britton of Cairo will be here Sunday for a visit during the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Earl Allen, and husband. Mr. and Mrs. A.

E. Dunagan and son, Danny Lee, spent Sunday in Thebes, 111., with Mrs. Dunagan's sister, Mrs. Alvie Waddell, and family. Mr.

and Mrs. J. E. Childress and son, John Ross, will spend the Christmas in Cairo with Mrs. Childress' parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. W. Stokeley. Mrs.

Pauline Zaricor of St. Louis, who is visiting her son, H. M. Zaricor, and wife, at their home near Sikeston, will extend her visit through the holidays. Mr.

and Mrs. R. T. Couey left Sunday for San Diego, where they will visit their son, R. T.

Couey and family. Mr. and Mrs. Couey expect to be in California for several months in the interest of their health. Mrs.

A. G. Gatewood returned home Sunday night from Christopher, 111., where she had been called Friday by the illness of her father, W. T. Haley.

Mr. Gatewood went to Christopher and accompanied her home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

A. Hutchason and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wm. A. Hutchason and Mr.

and Mrs. E. P. Aldrich and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jack Shelby, visited their sons and husbands in Little Rock, Sunday.

Mrs. Charles Pinnell received a radiogram Sunday from her husband, who is in Honolulu, stating that he was safe an4 working hard. Mr. Pinnell. a Naval Reserve, is overseeing the installation of a light plant for a Navy hospital in Honolulu.

Miss Mary Hinchey, who holds a responsible position in the office of the registrar at Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., will be here the first of the week to spend the holidays with her mother. Mrs. Sue Hinchey, and grandfather, J. W. Baker and other relatives and friends.

Edward Matthews, Dick Tongate, James Martin and Harry Gross, students at Westminster College, and Misses Rose Mary Putnam and Mary Em Donnell, students at William Woods College, Fulton, will be home tonight to spend the holidays here with their respective parents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morris, whose marriage occurred on the night of December 10, at the Baptist church at Morley, left Wednesday for Pittsburgh, where the former has employment. Mrs.

Morris is the former Miss Ruby Healy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Healy of near Sikeston. C. D.

Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Butler-of Sikeston and a member of the freshman class at Central College, Fayette, is a member of the senior men's debate team of the college, which took part in the Midwest Debate Tournament held at Kirksville last Friday and Saturday.

C. D. and his colleague won three out of four to tie for second place. During his high school days, C. D.

was an outstanding member of the Sikeston high school debate team. His twin brother. J. E. Butler, is also an active student at Central James L.

Murphy and son Ralph, of Bernie were business visitors here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. S. F.

Duckworth spent the week-end in St. Louis with relatives and friends. Harry Young and son, Dick, were business visitors in Memphis Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.

M. T. Tinder were guests last week-end of their son, Mac Tinder, and family, in Collinsville, 111. Mr. and Mrs.

Howard Christian will spend Christmas Day with the former's relatives in Paragould, Ark. Mrs. Evelyn Caudle of Kimmswick, is the guest this week of Mrs. Nellie Estes and daughter, Mrs. C.

M. Taylor, and family. Mr. and Mrs. L.

F. Hatfield and daughter, Miss Margaret Ann, spent the week-end with the former's brother, Jim Hatfield, and family, in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs.

M. M. Beck and daughter, Mrs. Robert Mow visited, their' son and brother Corporal Merritt Beck, at Little Rock, on Monday. Mrs.

John Stokes and children, Anne and John of Mayfield, were guests Saturday of the former's mother. Mrs. Anna Winchester, and other relatives here. Miss Adilda McCord will leave Monday for Danville, to spend the holidays with her sisters, Mrs. A.

J. Stevenson and Mrs. Ray Steele, and their families. Mrs. Ray Marsh has been confined to her home the past ten days because of illness.

Her mother, Mrs. Addie Abell, of Bertrand has been with her the past week. Jack Layton was complimented on Thursday night of last week when a dinner party was given for him at the home of Marshall McGill by members of the Thursday Night Club. Mr. and Mrs.

T. Fletcher Ellis of Evansville, are expected here next week for a holiday visit with the latter's mother, Mrs. Lacy E. Allard, and brother, L. E.

Allard and family. Miss Lois Edwards, who has been employed in Washington. for the past several months arrived Sunday night for a week's visit with relatives in Sikeston and at Gray Ridge. Miss Betty Jane Taylor, who has been attending' Central College in Fayette. will be home this week-end to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. C. M. Taylor. Mr.

and Mrs. John Wilson and daugher, Penny, visited relatives in Carlinsville, 111., Saturday and Sunday. They returned by way of St. Louis, where they visited relatives Monday and Tuesday. Mrs.

J. M. Sitzes had as her guest Saturday night and Sunday her sister, Mrs. J. A.

Robinson, of Portageville. Her daughter, Marie, was the week-end guest of Miss Shirley Dillon at Morehouse. Mr. and Mrs. C.

H. Butler will go to Columbia tomorrow night to bring their twin sons, C. D. and J. home for the Christmas holidays.

Jimmy Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Turner, will accompany them here.

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Keith and daughter, Miss Helen Virginia, left Tuesday for Los Angeles, where they will spend the holidays with their daughter and sister, Mrs.

Norman Gocke. and family. They will also visit Mrs. Keith's niece, Mrs. Eddie Pancoast, and family, before returning home.

Thursday and Friday December 25 and 26 BIRTH OF THE BLUES Bing Crosby Mary Martin Admission lOc and 28c The Management of the Malone Theatre Presents Its Annual FREE SHOW! To the Kiddies of Sikeston WEDNESDAY MORNING, December 24 Beginning At 10:00 O'clock There will be ten reels of comedies and cartoons including the following: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Our Gang Have a son at school or in Army camp? Send him The Herald for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Diehl and Ruth Margaret, will be week-end guests of friends in St. Louis.

Mrs. Elmer Grant and daughter, Marilyn, and her son, Sherman Grant, transacted business in St. Louis Monday and Tuesday. J. H.

Yount prominent farmer of the Sikeston district. will spend the Christmas holidays in St. Louis with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J.

H. Yount. Mrs. Lizzie Ferrell expects to spend the Christmas holidays in St. Louis with her son-in-law and daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson. The condition of Mrs. R.

K. Bone, who has been confined to her home the past two weeks because of illness, is reported improved. Mrs. Charles Steams and sons. Bill and Bob.

Mrs. C. C. Pinnell and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Pinnell, visited relatives in Illinois Sunday.

Mrs. Tanner C. Dye and sons, Joe and Bob, and Mrs. John Russell spent Sunday and Monday in Little Rock, with the former's husband. Major Dye.

Miss Maxine Crader, an employee of the Southeast Missouri Telephone Company, will go to Jackson today for a visit until the first of next week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Crader.

Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Fourmy and son, Carroll, and Mr.

and Mrs. Wayne 'S. Reed and daughter. Ann. of Monroe, are expected here for a holiday visit with their parents and grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. S. E. Reed. Mr.

and Mrs. L. M. Hollenbeck and children, Anne and John, expect to spend a part of the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Hoilen- beck's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. V. B. Simpson, at Eldon. Mo.

They will leave the latter part of next week. Mrs. E. G. Tipp is making satisfactory recovery from a five weeks' illness of pneumonia and complications.

Her mother. Airs. Olto Bloom, who has been with her during that time, left Wednesday for her home in Portland, Oregon. Miss Esther Mill, home economics instructor in the public schools in Carbondale, 111., and her sister, Miss Margaret, who is a student at the State College in Cape Girar.deau, were guests of their parents, Dr. and Mrs.

M. C. Mill, last week-end. Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd Ingram of Wolf Lake, came last Friday for a brief visit with the former's mother, Mrs. Emma Watts, and brother, John Watts, and family, in Sikston and with his sister, Mrs. Ben O. Matthews, and family at Miner. T.

M. Solomon, a surgical patient at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, for the past several weeks, will be brought to his home here the latter part of the week. Mrs. Solomon and daughter, Mrs.

Ruby Newsom, will go to the city to accompany him home. Ensign and Mrs. Claude Henley of Ithica, N. will be here next week to spend the Christmas holidays with the latter's mother, Mrs. Georgie Donnell, and her sisters, Miss Peggy Donnell, a student at the University of Missouri, and Miss Mary Em Donnell, a student at William Woods College, Fulton, Mo.

J. W. Baker Sr. and daughters, -Mrs. Lacy Allard.

Mrs. Margaret Harper and Miss Florence Baker returned home Sunday from St. Louis after a visit since last Thursday with their daughter and sister, Mrs. T. B.

Dudley. Mrs. Georgie Donnell returned home from Mount Ayr, Sunday, where for two weeks she had been the guest of her brother, Phil Renner, and family. Another brother, Don Renner, met her in Columbia and accompanied her to Sikeston. Mr.

and Mrs. W. W. Ensor and children, John and Joan, will go to Old Hickory, next week to spend the Christmas holidays with the former's parents. Rev.

Jo. O. Ensor, pastor of the Methodist church at Old Hickory, and Mrs. Ensor. I Mrs.

Ralph Anderson returned home Sunday from Chicago, where she underwent an operation on her left arm, which was injured in an automobile accident three months ago. Doctors removed foreign particles from the in- juried member, which had caused infection. Two operations were necessary to insure complete recovery. Mrs. Anderson reported that her brother-in-law.

Col. Arthur Ewert, is now stationed at Fort Sheridan, north of Chicago, and is engaged in training chaplains for the Army. MCA PRESENTS THE NATIONALtY FAMOUS "MUSIC IN THE MORGAN MANNER" BUSS MORGAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN PERSON At the Charleston Armory Dedication Dance FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26th Adm. $2.75 Advance $3.30 At Door (Including Tax) LIONS CLUB FREE SHOW ON Saturday, December 20 9:30 a. m.

For Sikeston Kiddies At Malone Theatre All children of the public and the Negro school in Sunset Addition may attend. Price of admission a can of vegetables or fruit or bulk vegetables or fruit. Food will be used for baskets which the Lions Club members will deliver to underprivileged children on Christmas morning. Mrs. C.

T. Old was called to Troy, Sunday because of the critical illness of her sister. Shad Old, who is a student at the University of Ohio, will be home Saturday to spend the holi- days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.

T. Old. Guest for the Christmas holidays of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lambert will be the former's mother, Mrs.

C. F. Lambert of Omaha, who will arrive Saturday. Her son and daughter-in-law will meet her in St. Louis.

Rev. and Mrs. E. D. Owen will have as guests during the holidays their daughter, Mrs.

H. W. Dahlor. and children, Owen Clark and Jo Ellen, of Jefferson City and their son, Frank Owen, and wife of Louisville, Ky. Miss Almaretta Sidwell, commercial teacher in the public schools in Jefferson City, will be here Saturday to spend the holidays with her parents, Dr.

and Mrs. I. W. Sidwell. Mrs.

Sidwell and her daughter will go to Alton, 111., on December 23, to accompany home another daughter, Miss Mary Sidwell, an instructor the public schools there, who will also spend the holidays with her parents. Mrs. Thos. Holderby returned home Sunday from Camp Polk, near Leesville, where she had spent several days. She was accompanied by Mrs.

Anna Maulding of McLeansboro, 111., and Mrs. Mavis Hunter of Alton, 111., who visited their son and brother, Drexel Maulding. at the camp. Have a son at school or in Army camp? Send him The Herald for Christmas. Dr.

J. H. Kready and daughter, Miss Kathryn Clark, will spend the Christmas holidays with the former's Mrs. E. L.

Werner, and family in Ladue Village, St. Louis county. KUSS MORGAN TO PLAY AT DANCE PROGRAM FOR REX THEATRE Center Street--Sikeston Thursday and Friday December 18 and 19 FLYING CADETS William Gargan Admission: lOc and 22c Saturday, December 20 APACHE KID Don (Red) Barry Serial, "Riders of Death Valley," No. 13 Matinee and Night Admission: lOc and 25c Sunday and Monday December 21 and 22 THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan News Comedy Admission: lOc and 22c Tuesday and Wednesday December 23 and 24 SAILORS ON LEAVE Shirley Ross Wm. Lundigan Shorts and Comedy Admission: lOc and 22c Opening of Charleston's new $57,000 armorj' building on December 26 will be celebrated with a dance at which Russ Morgan and his famous orchestra will furnish the music, it was announced this week by the sponsors of the entertainment, the Charleston Junior Chamber of Commerce.

In conjunction with the dance, there will also be a short dedication program for the opening of the new structure. IV Thursday and Friday December 25 and 26 ZIS BOOM BAH Grace Hayes Peter Lynn Hayes CONTINUOUS SHOWING BOTH DAYS Shorts Comedy Admission: lOc and 22c PROGRAM FOR MALONE THEATRE Malone Thursday, December 18 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON Ronald Regan March of Time No. 4 Admission: lOc and 36c Afternoon: lOc and 22c Friday. December 19 ICECAP ADES Jerry Calona Dorothy Lewis News Comedy Admission: lOc and 30c Saturday, December 20 RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE George Montgomery Serial: "Sea Raiders," No. 5 Cartoon Admission: lOc and 30c Sunday and Monday December 21 and 22 SKY LARK Claudette Colbert Ray Milland News Comedy Admission: lOc and 36c Tuesday and Wednesday.

December 23 and 24 SWING IT, SOLDIER Frances Langford Ken Murray Shorts Comedy Admission: lOc and 22c Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26 YOU BELONG TO ME Henry Fonda Barbara Stanwick CONTINI'OVS BOTH DAYS Admission: lOc and SGc A i lOc and '22c.