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VLVXttX Volume 63 The Current Local, Van Buren, Mo. Thursday, May 13, 1948 Number 50 Van Buren Crushes Baptist Church Notes My Week Winona Visitors The Van Buren Baseball League Hey! We received some fan mail Well, anyway, mail. We're sorry we have neglected some of you good Twenty-Five Graduates Finish ElLsinore High Twenty-five members of the senior class of the Ellsinore High School received their diplomas at the Commencement exercises here last Thurs officially opened the baseball season The Helen Sams Young Women's Auxiliary of the Missionary Baj-' Church were hostesses to their on Monday evening at a dinner held at the El Leon Cafe. Those present were: Rose Mary and Mis. Faye Frazier, Mary Jane and Mrs.

of 1948 here last Sunday by down citizens but if you had as many child ren to take care of as Sally has, you ing Winona 9 to 3. The Van Buren boys decked out in their new white uniforms somewhat resembling a big wouldn't get around much either. How about sending us some news an, I day evening. league team thri'hd the fans with we'll put it in this column. Of course Bessie Coleman, Joyce and Mrs.

Reva Lena and Mrs. Minnie Nichols, Peggy and Mrs. Carrico, The class members were: Anna you may not recognize it after we Lee Ballard, Ruth Littrell, Norma do a rewrite job. Ruth and Mrs. Minnie Shaw.

Alice We always thought that Shelby Jean and Mrs. Daisy Coleman and Mrs, Mary Ruth Walsh and Mrs. Steger was a pretty smart gal. Looks like she isn't bo good at guessing, Jean Ballard, Lorene Webb, Iva Jane Seacrease, Wilma Yates, Winfred Wallace, Floyd Yates, Avery Smith, Hartsel Lee Patterson, Vernette some extra good baseball which seemed to meet with the approval of the baseball hungry people of this vicinity who had waited so long for their home team to play a game here. Allen on the mound for Van Buren went the distance limiting the Winona boysto five hits and striking eight.

Winona really had a better team than the score will indicate, but the Van Marietta Smith. though. This week, May 9 to 15 was Sun We want to know, did Earl Kinder, Waites, J. L. Taylor, Charles Long- beam Focus week in all Baptist fchurches.

The Band composed of Because Someone Has Faith in Me Because someone has faith in me I cannot fail though all the way Winds up the hill. My staff in hand, and cheerily, I can but fare me forth each day With right good will. Because someone has faith in me I need to keep my heart quite true, My own faith strong, My vision clear, that I may see, Undaunted by what meets my view, And sing a song. God help me sing the song, I pray, God keep me clean and strong to go, Clear-eyed to see The untrod, upward-winding way, For fail I cannot one I know Has faith in me. Grace Noll Crowell our conservation agent (ok, then, game warden) get a new black car bottom, Maxiqe Carnahan, Charles youngsters between the ages of four Martin, Mary Jane Eddington, Robert because he thought it less conspicu and eight years for the purpose of Mams, Wanda Walton, George Jor ous or because the colour goes better Christian Missionary education, wei with those plaid shirts of his? Buren boys went to work on Allman the Winona pitcher in the third inning when they pushed over five runs thereby icing the game.

dan, Wanda Brewer Zella Schaffer, Robert Kelly, David Conrad, Ronald given special recognition at the morn Last week we managed to roam a ing worship service last Sunday. On Moss and Cleta Julian. little. Got clear over to the north Van Buren Veterans housing project Tuesday the Women's Missionary Union was hostess to the Sunbeams Miss Majry Jane Eddington was Birch Tree will call at Van Buren this coming Sunday May 16th. This und their mothers at a tea held in Valedictorian and Miss Hartsel Lee Patterson, Salutatorian.

The Eighth should be a really good game as Birch Tree has a very hard fighting young the church dining room. Twenty, (Trade graduates were: Mattie Brown, were present to enjoy refresh team. Lehman will be on the mourn: Viola Carter, Maxine Eddington, and saw Deacon Johnson planting tobacco back of his barracks. Tells us he wants to save money by raising his own cigars. Do they grow ready wrapped and complete with cigar ring? And what part does the dry kiln play? mtnts and a brief program.

Then Shirley Jameson, Reva Bowman, Wil for Van Buren trying to keep the team in the running for the Big the children filled colorful baskets ma Leach, Sonnio Sisco, Robert Jop of flowers and delivered them to the Springs Championship. Don't this game. sick and shut-ins of the community. lin, Sonny Morlen, Donnie Black, Joe Stevens, James Yates, Ronald Ran-dall, Bing Holland, David Segestrom. Cuba Kester, titian haired product An interesting opening assembly feature at Training Union last Sun of Chilton and now living in St.

Louis was a recent visitor. That cowboy WINONA CITIZENS FORM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE day evening was a musical number Among the eighth grades, the high ranking student was Ronald Randall and the second was Shirley Jamison. outfit really had the eyes bugging out. brought by the Keathley family, Ellsinore News Freeland Notes Wm. Standley went to Winnni Eight members of the family were present to sing, "Beautiful Garden of If Earl Standley has to keep de Wednesday night where he addressed corating his car, why doesn't he use Among the out of town folks who EMINENCE GIRL GIVEN 20 YEARS FOR SLAYING FATHER a mass meeting of citizens gathered picture of Janie? We think she's Metmbers of the Botherhood and to organize a chamber of commerce are back home for mother's day the cutest thing in these parts.

Royal Ambassador Chapters met were, AnciJ Link, Massey Morlen Mrs. Russell Joplin has been having quite a bit of pain with an abscessed tooth. Miss Betty Littrell has been visiting friends and relatives in St. Louis for the past two weeks. Say, Rosemary, were your shoes' The trial of Betty Jane Kroeger of Monday evening and prepared the and incidentally, to enjoy a fish fry.

During recent months the citizens of Winona have shown signs of Lewis Ketcherside, Glen Marlin, Ray slippery Saturday night or were you Eminence, accused of murdering her yard just behind the Queen Ann Club burn Marlin and their families all falling for a uniform? parents about the first of last March, house for use as a play ground. from St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Chas POLITICAL FORECAST The Southern Baptist Convention progressiveness that, if continued, will put it on the map as one of the Ozark's best towns.

It is fortunately Carnahan from Potosi, Mr. and Mrs, Mrs. Lela Clark, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Luther Boyer and daughter, Diana will meet next week in Memphis, Waldo Kingen, Clinton rites and Lee and Mrs.

Rose Lawson were Roy Alcorn from Cape Girardeau and Tennessee. Several from Van Buren and surrounding communities plan to POME by Sally Snoop See, Saw, politicians all Some candidate will have a fall. For each position there is a mob Who seem to really want the job. located in this new age of highways at the junction of highways 60 end Mr. and Mrs.

Willie Leach from Pop guests in the Mrs. Bill Skaggs Jr. home Wednesday. attend. 10,000 messengers from was held in Shannon county circuit court Tuesday, and after about two hours deliberation, the jury found her guilty of killing her father and Judge Gordon Dorrla fixed the punishment at 20 years in the penitentiary.

When arrested, Miss Kroeger signed a confession, stating that she shot her mother in the home nad later went to their store and killed her 19 and is in the center of a farming lar Bluff. Mrs. Ora Roark still has to take section that is ideal for small fruit, Mrs. Burl Dobbs and Mrs. Bertha churches in the Southland are ex pected to be in attendance.

treatment at the Poplar Bluff hos Until November we'll be wooed by all In print, on the air, and by personal Roberts from St. Louis visited here stock raising and dairying. The city has just installed a water system and pital. the past week with their mother, Mrs. call.

Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Stucker and Queen Ann Club other civic improvements are planned.

Frank Helton. family attended church services at Until November we'll hear their pleas I wonder what's the fare to the South Miss Mary Ellen Joplin and M'ss father. She repudiated this later and The Queen Ann Study Club inter Hallorn Sunday. Joan Gaines from Poplar Bluff weve Good Neighbor Club tained the Senior Class at 12 o'clock Miss Letha Stucker has employ, Seas? Adios for another week on the stand claimed she killed her father, in fear of her own life, after visiting home folks here Sunday luncheon Thursday, May at the ment at one of the large department Mr. and Mrs.

Junior Holland and Sally Snoop he had shot her mother during a club house. The 27 seniors, one hon stores in St. Louis. Mrs. Virginia Schupp and Mrs.

Matter Smith, were hostesses to the Good Neighbor Club at the home of ored mother and the class sponsor, small son from Neelyville, visited here over the past week-end with his Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Joplin and family quarrel.

There were no eye witnesses to the deed. Mr. Wm. Pribble, art teacher, were Poppy Day, May 29th children were week-end guests in the seated at four tables decorated with parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Wal'er Hoi land. Mrs. Mae Smith home. Approximately 150,000 women have Grandin News Miss Veta Barcliff and Guy Bar Gene Aubuschon and wife from volunteered to distribute American yellow tapers and sun hat cip favors filled with mints. The tables were in white with yellow napkins bearing cliff spent the week end at the home Goose Creek, Texas, spent part of Legion Auxiliary Poppies in cities Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth Wanxelin of their mother, Mrs. Viva Barcliff. ast week here at the home of Mr, the name of the club. About the room and towns through out the country and daughter, Jude, of Poplar Bluff Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Kindrick and and Mrs. C. O. on Poppy day Saturday May were baskets of lovely peonies and Mrs.

Georgia Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Schupp, Tuesday evening, May 11. Meeting was opened with the members singing several selections from the year book, accompanied at the piano by Mrs.

Margaret Boyer. Roll Call was answered by giving a Mother's Day poem or other selections. Each member responded with a lovely poem or interesting quotations taken from writers of renown. Mrs. Lela Carnahan, club president, children were week-end visitors Mr.

and Mrs. Glen Jordan of Mem irises. The menu was ham, creamed the home of their parents. all will serve as unpaid voulnteers. Disabled veterans worked side by Virgil Goes were Sunday dinner guest of Rev.

Wangelin and wife. phis, spent Sunday here with her new potatoes, peas, cabbage salad, The Harmony Sunday School dis parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A.

Moss. ot rolls, ice cream, cake, and ice tea. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rongey and son, missed its services so those who wish side in Veterans hospitals and convalescent workshops throughout the W.

M. Miller and Donald Kelley In the evening the club held its re and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rongey and ed to could attend the Mothers Day program in Ellsinore. Everyone had country during winter and spring gular meeting at the club house, com phildren visited their parents, Mr.

and their wives from St. Louis, were here on Mother's Day to visit with the ladies parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. making the memorial Poppies which, and Mrs.

Eng Rongey over the week ing at 5:30 for an informal supper very enjoyable time. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Turner were end. the American Legion Auxiliary will together.

Present were: Hannah Cole T. Skaggs. distribuute on Poppyday to be worn man, Vera McClintock, Mariam Mc- Mrs. Mary Jorden of Nalor visited week-end visitors in the Jasper Kear- in honor of the war dead. Spadden, Verna Pewitt, Mabel Mc Clarence Matin from Balboa California, is visiting here at this bey home.

More than 25,000,000 Americans Clintock, Carrie Brokaw, Octa Hen time ith his brother, W. H. Malin. will wear the American Legion Aux son, Rada Mann, Bessie Coleman, Dorothy Smith, Dalhla Price, and Joe Stephens arrived home Satur iliary Memorial Poppy on Poppy Day day from a weeks visit with his concluding with the presentation of a gift to Mrs. Schupp as a "going away gift" from the club.

Mrs. Schupp will be greatly missed from our ranks and we are hoping this proves to be a short visit rather than a long stay. Mr3. Verna Pewitt was project leader for the evening. She chose for her subject "short cuts to illustrating as she talked.

The in as their individuatl tribute to the Pearl Carter. mother, Mrs. Burliss Smothers at We have a new mail carrier, Mr. Ernest Carnahan. Here's wishing Mm lots of luck and success in his new duties.

Miss Dorothy Davis was home from college for the week-end. Mr. Lawrence Crowley was visiting home folks this week-end. dead of both wars. Mrs.

Aubry Miir Texarkana, Texas. ray, chairman of Marchbanks Main Mrs. Karl Schupp from Van Buren 333 unit of the Auxiliary estimates After supper, Mrs. Smith presided over the business period. Since last club meeting a number of the women had responded to the invitation to the club to visit with our past mem Money earned by hospitalized vet, her daughter, Iva Wilds and family the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jolly and son, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Joplin, had supper at Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Gunter on Beaver dam Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Pyles of Granite City, Illinois, have moved back to the old Swigert farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lassen of Good Hope visited Mrs. Lassen parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Myrick. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Joplin and children visited Mr. and Mrs.

Slim Gibson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Cooper and children of Fredricktown visited their par ha3 been visiting here the past week at the A. S.

J. Carnahan home. Eugene Sutherlin of St. Louis was erans making Memorial Poppie to be worn in honor of their fallen com visiting friends and relativ-js here ber, Mrs. Rohlfing of Licking.

They had a lovely trip there and back and Tommy Roark spent the week-end with home folks. Several from our community attend ed the ball game at Ellsinore Sun rades goes largely to help support their families at home more than were entertained at tea in the school stallation of a jiffy-zipper was of supreme interest to the entire club. She demonstrated the ease in which they can be inserted. Mrs. Elbertine Kirtley gave a discourse on the origin of the Poppy and its' signifigance to the Veteran Sunday.

Gene tells us that the Annual Carter County Picnic will be held again In Forrest Park in St. Louis this year on the second Sunday in auditorium from 3 to 5 meeting some $300,000 will be earned by there this year according to American Legion day afternoon. The game was between Hunter and Ellsinore. 60 or more representative women of Auxiliary estimates. Licking.

After looking over the large Miss Joyce Hill was a visitor in June. In fact Gene gave us an invite, The Memorial Poppy is a crepe public school system of Licking they the Mrs. Hazel Hillis home Sunday retired to the home of Mrs. Rohlfing paper replica of the wild Poppy and his welfare. It is said to bloom profusely in Flanders Field, bravely afternoon.

ents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard McDowell and family Sunday. so we rpay be there. Walter Stevens from St.

Louis, spent several days here lately visit which grew on the World War 1 and for a buffet supper and an enjoyable Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boyer and hiding the scars of battle, so it was 2 battlefields in France and Belgium, evening with her. ing with homefolks. daughter, and Mr.

John Clark were callers in the Danny Wilder home The Winona Federated club had Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Hood and daughter, Anna Mae and Mr. and Mrs. Truman Hood and daughters chosen to represent the disabled Veteran, and to bring to the minds Zelma Watkins and nephew from Sunday afternoon.

of all Americans, the need of wear McCleanshoro, Illinois, are visiting here this week at the home of his they are all made by disabled vets. Honor the dead and aid the Wars living victims by wearing a Poppy on Poppy Day, May 29th. Mrs. A. Murray, Poppy Chr.

spent the week-end in St. Louis visit Mr. and Mrs. W. R.

Clark spent tt ing a Poppy on Poppy Day. ing relatives. week-end at their farm mother, Mrs. C. 0.

Hilterbrand. Those that attended the Sunday At the conclusion of the program, Mrs. Schupp assisted by Mrs. Mpttie Mrs. Goldie Crowley is visiting her Through a very regretable error, Smith, served delicious refreshments invited our club with Eminence and Birch Tree clubs for a meeting together.

The women attending reported an evening of lovely entertainment and a profitable time as to club work. After taking care of some important committees for near future activities of the club the president turned the meeting to Mrs. W. E. McClintock who lead us in a very enjoy to the following membevs: Mesdarxes, school convention Sunday at Ellsinore were: Mr.

and Mrs. H. A. McKinney, Mr. and Mrs.

Cochran, Mr. and Mi. A. V. McKinney, Mr.

and Mrs W. E. McKnney, Rev. J. R.

Welch and fam the name of Frank Gaines was not listed among the Scout Councilors at Lake Wappappcllo in last weeks items Now Frank was not only there, but he was the head chief and any one sister, Mrs. Zelma Rash at Williams-ville. Franklin Carnahan spent a couple days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boyer and daughter.

Mrs. Ora Roark was a caller in the Mrs. J. H. Clark home Saturday afternoon.

who has never eaten any of Franks VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL The Annual Daily Vacation Bible School sponsored by the Missionary Baptist Church will begin Monday, May 31 and continue every week-day morning from 8:30 to 11:30 through June 11. The principal, Mrs. Billic McDowell, will have a corps of 14 persons assisting in the school. Besides the Bible and character study Virginia Hunter, Elsie Bowen, Ber-nice Turley, Margaret Boyer, Verna Pewitt, Frances Ring, Mae Folsom, Helen Hunter, Beatrice Hurt, ElSer-tine Kirtley, Lottie Christine, Lela Carnahan and Irene Nichols. Guest for the evening, Mrs.

Naida O'Dell. cookin has yet to live. able program. She read two selections from "Ford Times" magazine, A good crowd wa in attendance here Sunday at the Sunday School Convention, and everyone seamed to enjoy the day very much. one, Tail Tales rrom Arkansas Dy Prospects for a bumper crop of all products of the soil continues is this Bob Burns, the other, Ozark Vituals, offered, the school features handwork by Margaret Lions.

county. Just enough rain to keep the crops growing, yet not enough to keep music and recreation. Every ooy and ily. Mrs. Paul Joplin and sons of St Louis visited Mr.

and Mrs. Spencer Joplin over the week-end. Mrs. Millie Woolard and sons, Tow-send Woolard and family and Athal Woolard and family of De Sota, attended church and Sunday school at congregational church Sunday after church they drove to Woolard farm for a surprise birthday dinner for Mr. Lewis Rush.

Mrs. Leo McDaniel had a major operation at Poplar Bluff hospital Saturday. The program was concluded with girl in the community up to 18 years of age is invited and urged to attend. Mrs. Bob Dudycha and infant son of East St Louis are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. C. D. McKinney, of Big Spring Park. the farmers out of the fields more than a day or two at a time.

A light frost was reported in spots Friday morning but no damage to fruit and two guessing games. First, was a picture or an object which reminded you of a nursey rhyme or a fairy tale heard in childhood. Second was SOME PIGS! L. S. Keaster, farmer of the Dry (Valley community, comes up with a pig story that he challenges anyone in the state to beat Recently one of his Duroe sows gave birth to a litter of 21 healthy pigs.

This is the sow's third litter and brings the total score for the three to 52. Watch the Current Loeal for announcement concerning Preparation Day when the boys and girls are to measure or two of an old song crops. Corn planting is well along and meadows promise a maximum It's a fact that, in late age groups, cancer of the skin is more commut among whites than among Negroes. come to the church to register for the school. played by Mrs.

Brokaw at the piano for your guessing. yield. I.