The Dexter Messenger from Dexter, Missouri • 1

0 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 00 000 THE DEXTER MI MESSENGER Our Our Policy--More Local News- -More Local Advertisement To More Stoddard County Readers First 70 SMATTER BOX The Brown Mabry Post, No: 153, of that city, will be host to hundreds of Legionaires from Southeast Misson that day. State Commander Perry Compton and his wife, State President of the Ladies Auxiliary, will have a part in the Armistice program. Other added features will be a street parade, banquet, dance and other amusements. Bert Pruitt, Jr; enlisted in the air corps and left Tuesday for Army Jefferson Barracks where he will recieve training. 3 Clyde Vaughn of San Obispo, Calif is spending his furlough here with his parents, Mr and Mrs Bill Vaughn Mrs Jewell Van Bibber has chased the Ideal Cafe from Mrs Merle Moore Received a letter from Hubert 0 Sorinkles who is stationed some- where out of the states, He says.

'Army life is great in a garrison but where he is He states, 'he hasn't seen a girl since May and the nearest town is 400 miles. Hubert to give his regards to all and says keep 'em flying. Lyman Sprinkles who enlisted in the Navy is stationed at Great Lakes Ill. He is a pharmacy mate 3 class. Pork deliveries to the United Nations under the lend lease bill since April 1941 to September amounted to 941,715,760 pounds which accounts for the fact many families are unable to purchase their usual amount of bacon and other pork products during these days Sherman Boone formerly of Dexter is with the Navy and is stationed at Sampson camp in New York returned last week after a ten day furlough with his wife and son at Sikeston and relatives here Mrs McCormick and daughters Wanda and Imogene spent several days in St Louis last week while there they saw the Veiled Prophet Parade.

Out of town visitors attending the District meeting at the Methodist church Wednesday were Mr and Mrs Henson, Mr and Mrs Sam Overby, Rev and Mrs Wasson, Mrs A Price, Mrs George A Allison, Mrs CT Bloodworth, Mrs Maddox, Mrs Ponder, Mrs Spalding, Miss Mattie Moore and Rev and Mrs O'Rear of Poplar Bluff, MrsHenry Bailey and Rev and Mrs Brown of Bernie and Mrs A Biggs of Neelyville. Fred Cole was a business visitor in St Louis Thursday and Friday. Mrs Edwin Langdon and daughter, Sara Jean of Hornersville are visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Medcalf. Mrs Mable Looney and daughter, Donnie for Jean and Mich; Glenna where Dale letting Friday Flint, will make their home. Mr Looney is employed at the A Company there.

Mrs Hal Ratcliffe and Mrs Ratcliffe were StS Louis visitors Tuesday and Thursday Mrs McQuary who is a patient at the St Francis hospital at Cape Girardeau is reported improving. Mr and Mrs Loren Lewis and family returned Thursday from a two weeks visit with relatives at Savenna. Harold Shadoin spent the week end at Rolla. Rev and Mrs Archie Holt and Alspaugh were in Jefferson city last week where they attended a Methodist meeting Miss Helen Harper spent Sunday with Mrs 0 Hux at Essex. Dr and Mrs Custer of Piggott, Ark; were guests of Mr and Mrs Eugene Phillips Saturday.

Mrs W' Littell of Texarkana, will arrive the first of the week for a visit with Mr and Mrs Everett Swinger and family and Mr and Mrs Maxwell Swinger and family. Miss Violet Fortner spent with her parents at Puxico. Mr and Mrs Henry Scheerer took their dughter. Miss Helen Jane, Miss Mary Jane Cowan and Andy Atkins to Cape Girardeau Sunday where they are attending college. Mrs Atwood is confined at her home because of illness Why scrap collection is as vital as gunpowder: of last year's iron and steel came from scrap, as did of last year's antimony, of it's aluminum, of it's rubber of it's lead, of it's copper, of its nickle and tin, of its zine.

DEXTER. Girl Scouts October 31st is the birthday of Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts In her memory the Juliette Low memorial Fund was established. This fund was originally used to take girls from different countries all over the world to their camp in Switzerland Now this fund is used to help children in war torn countries and represents the contributions in pennies from Girl Scouts all over the USA The secretary of the treasury has designated the Girl Scouts as the min ute maids of 1942. They have recently established the Victory fund. Each girl scout buys at least one stamp and sends this to National Headquarters.

If every girl scout does this there will he a fund of $70, 000 to buy guns and tanks, which after the war will be used to help suffering children. Girl scouts are buying war stomps, if every girl scout bought only one 10 cent stamp a month, Girl scouts would save $840, during the year. This would buy 17 pursuit planes or 2, 270 beds, If they saved 10 cents a week, they could buy four times as many. Girl Scouts are buying war stamps, the Volunteer for Victory Pageant soon, which is dedicated to the war Savings program. They are making and selling Victory bouquets.

Help them to put across a good sale of war stamps in Dexter during November. This sale in sponsored Mr. Gilbert Hill Women's Division, War stamps and bonds SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT Oct. Oct. year 25 18 ago 1st Gen.

Baptist 92 100 97 Nazarene 201 212 120 Essex News Mr and Mrs Gene Madcalf baby daughter, Dixie Marie and Mr and Mrs Kirkpatrick of Dexter visited Mrs Caldwell Sunday Rev Blan Goldsmith and McKay with about 20 others came over from Dexter Sunday, afternoon and had services their former, pastor Rev Virgil Wilson Rev Casey is holding a revival at' the Penticost church. Sunday after after the eleven o'clock services there will be an old fashioned basket dinner Everyone come and bring your dinner and enjoy the fellowship Mrs John Hauley of Plesant Valley neighborhood visited Mr and Mrs Goedert and her daughter in law, Mrs Leo Hauley of Lansing Michigan Sunday afternoon. Mrs Hauley and home for a few days visit Mrs Nora Irons and daughters, Willene and Wanda Lou were in Sikeston Friday Dr Hux and Melvin Hux made a business trip to St Louis last week Mrs A Denny of Bloomfield and Mrs James Hugh Willis and son of St Louis visited the formers sister, Mrs Parrott, Monday Ross Kimbrell left Tuesday for Mississippi to visit relatives and lookafter some land interests there. Mr Charles Ellis Sr. and Byron Lankford started working at Malden Friday afternoon.

Gene Launius spent the weekend at Columbia Mr and Mrs Jerry Hux and son, Stephen were Sunday dinner guests of his parents, Dr and Mrs Hux Mr and Mrs Charles Ellis Sr. had 9 letter from their son, Paul he has been transfered from Foster Field, Texas to Eagle Pass, Texas. and Owal is at camp Forest Tennessee Mr and Mrs Byron Lankford and children went to Poplar Bluff Sunday Mrs Charles Smith is reported to be improving at this writing Joe Young and Parrott transacted business in Bloomfield Saturday SCHOOL NEWS The Essex Teachers attended the Teachers meeting at Cape Girardeau last Thursday and Friday Charles Kleiffer broke his foot playing soft ball Monday The boys began practicing basket ball this week; and the girls began practicing volley ball The High school queen and prince charming are Imogene Musgraves and Edgar Worthing. The grade school queen and prince charming are Mary Lou Hampton and Bob Coffy. The date set for the carnival is November 6th.

In the school gym Every medium tank is made up of 25,000 Zeces, 5,000 of them different. -Advertisers reach more Stoddard county readers through the of the Messenger than any other publication on earth. STODDARD COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1941 NUMBER 20 Coffee Will Be Rationed November 28 Coffee will be rationed sarting midnight, Nov.28, at a rate of one pound every five weeks for each person over the ageof 15. The office of Price Administration announced today.

On the basis of 35 to 40 cupi to the pound, the ration means slightly more than a cup a day per person. Retail sales will be halted at midnight, NUov. 21, for a week long freeze during which grocers will stock their shelves for the start of rationing The first rationed coffee will be purchased on the last stamp in the sugar ration book, stamp no. 28. Subsequent rations wll be issued by working backwards through the sugar book, using stamps No.

28 to No. 19, in sequence. Eligibility will be determined by the age shown on war ration book No. 1- the sugar book. If the age shown when the book was issued in May was 15 or older, the holder is entitled to coffee rations; if 14 or younger, the book is not valid foor! coffee purchases.

Use of the book for sugar will continue as in the past. DEXTER CIVIC AND STUDY CLUB MEETS The Dexter Civic and Study Club. met Monday evening at the High School for lesson in Red Cross. Home Nursing Later the membersi went to the home of Miss Alberta Schnakenberg for a short business. session.

The hostess served hot punch, and doughnuts. Flavors were black cats in keeping with the Halloween motif. Pension Checks To Be Mailed By State on Nov. 1 Missouri's old age pension checks will be mailed Nov. at their will be mailed Nov.

Ae present size averaging less than $141 each- without waiting for a possible? special session appropriation to increase them. If the legislature, which convenes Nov. 4, votes the $600,000 new money to restore last year's 30 cent. cut, the increased payments for November will be mailed to the pensioners later. The new appropriation would boost the monthly average for the last 2 months of this year to about $19.

METHODIST DISTRICT MEETING WEDNESDAY Methodist Ministers of Southeast Missouri and Lades of the Missionary Societies met at the Methodist church Wednesday for an all day meeting Luncheon was served at the noon hour First General Baptist Church Rev. Bland, pastor. Elmer Wharry, S. S. Supt.

Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 Jr. Christian Endeavor, 5:30 Christian Endeavor, 6:30 Evening Service, 7:30 If you do not have a church home, you should choose one. We all need God very much and the Church will help us to know Him and cooperate with Him in the plans of our life. We cordially nvite you to worship with us every Sunday Church of the Nazarene A.

C. ROWLAND. Pastor D. L. Nanney, Supt, Church school, Sunday 9:45 Preaching service at 11 a.m.

NYPS at 7 p.m. Message 8:00 You are invited. Mr Naney is overjoyed with the progress of the school having 261 and 212 the Sunday before bringing the average to 198 for the month. His goal for November is an average of 200. Let every one rally and help this good Supt.

to accomplish bis goals. While our young men are fighting to retain our freedom let us fight to 1 build the Church of ahe Living God. IN PS 6: 45 Musical program for this service. You are nvited to all or any of these services. RED CROSS KNITTING NOTICE All Red Cross knitting must be given to Mrs Hal Ratcliffe by Novist An over sized version of the electric heating pad has been developed by an air plane plant to eliminte 1 the hitherto unavoidable wrinkling and buckling of the skins of wing structures while undergoing riveting Wayne Goddard Plays on Naval Air Eleven Friday October 9th, Wayne Goddard former Dexter High School Coach played with the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla, against the Navy Pre-Flight School of Athens, Wayne played the left tackle position on the Pensacola a team which was defeated 26 to 0.

He staetd the game after being out of uniform four weeks, with chipped bone on his left foot: On the Georgia Pre-flight team were such players as Suffridge, formerly of Tennessee, Filchock, professional player, Jack Crain, former University of Texas player, Patterscn a former Baylor University player, and Tully and Poole, both fessional players. Goddard has been in Pensacola about Six months. Methodist Church REV. ARCHIE HOLT, Minister Harry Vernon, General Supt. Church School at 9:45 Morning Worship and Sermon, 11 Youth Fellowship at 6:45 p.m.

Evening Worship and sermon "When trouble comes" is the o'clock sermon subject for the eleven service Sunday. This is an appropriate subject for these times. And we invite all who are in any trouble to hear this message which is based upon God's word. "Things That are Vital" is the evening sermon title. We invite you to the 7:30 service also and hear this sermon on the most important things in life.

More than 50 churches of the Poplar Bluff district were represented at the plan meeting held in our church on Wednesday. Reverend The district superintendent, O'Rear, had charge of the meeting. Plans were outlined and goals set for the church work during the church year which has just begun. Optimistic reports were given outlook from many of the pastors and the for great gains is bright. The week of prayer service will be observed in an all day meeting at the parsonage next Thursday.

All the women are invited. The emphasis in our church during November will be placed upon Church Loyalty. We call to all Meth- to odists heed this challenge Church Loyalty. URGES ALL TO VOTE President Roosevelt has issued an to every American to vote in appeal the nation wide elections this year. He says: I trust that every voter, not only in NewYork State, but throughout the country, regardless of political affiliations, will register.

and on November 3 exercise the of the ballot. This is one of right the essential privileges and duties of our democratic way of life for which we are fighting." AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION AT POPLAR BLUFF, WEDNESDAY NOV. 11th The annual Fourteenth District convention of the American Legion will be held at Poplar Bluff on Wednesday, November 11th. WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT DAY The Women's Home Economic Extension Club will meet Saturday October 31, for their annual Achievement meeting at the Christian Church of Dexter, at 10:00 A M.I Each club will exhibit its ing Achievement of the year. In addition, other displays of interest will be arranged for the interest of those participating.

For members and their special guests. a basket dinner will be at noon. Any one interested in seeing the work of the clubs, and the dress revue and candle lighting ceremony for the new officers is cordially invited to attend the afternoon program which will begin at 1:30 M. HOSTESS TO THIMBLE CLUB Mrs Bert Pruitt will be hostess to the thimble club at her home Saturday afternoon HIGH SCHOOL BAND The Dexter High School Band under the direction of Miss Alberta Schnakenberg is making a good record They particiuated at the Bloomfield Homecoming and have contributed their services in he Dexter Fall Festival parade and varjous, football games. These young people are to be commended for their ef.

fort and time spent on giving Dexter a band. COUNTRY CLUB SUPPER Mrs Ben Cowan, Mrs Dewey Sigler and Mrs Farmer will be hostesses to members of the Country Club with covered dish supper Thursday night, Nov. 19th Munger's Answer To Reinbott There Was once an ambian have shed no tears yet, but I have felt like it a hundred times when; face to face with the injustices done them by those who do not Does he care? Read these words written I and published by I am any and all cock-eyed schemes to bleed the treasury." Does he mean that attempt made by m3 to restore the thirty per cent is a "cockeyed scheme to bleed the He says he is in favor of the public schools. So are we ali, but i in this matter you do not lave to choose between the schools and the old folks- you do not have to rob Peter to pay Paul. Perhaps he does not know it, but there is money ough for all the public education system of Missouri will get over two million dollars more this year than it has ever had in one year heretofore and I voted for that bill.

Yet, there will remain in the treasury of the state five million dollars surplus money this year after the schools and all other departments of state have been fully and generously taken care of. If that 5,000,000 had gone where the taxpayers intended that it should go, to the support of the and needy, Uncle Sam would gladly have matched it thus making ten million dollars available for the care of the pensioners that they have not had the use of and will never get. But. maybe this is a "cock-eyed scheme to bleed the I stood for a full and fair nvestigation of the votes cast for both Donnell and McDantel to ascertain it fraud had been practiced either for or against either of the two. stand for just that and nothing more nor less now.

If that be treason, make the most of it. Every pensioner would have been at least eighty dollars better off to day had just a few voters voted differently two years ago and there are well over a red thousand of them still on the pension rolls- an army strong enough in working together, to control this election by sending only tried and true friends (not those who boast that they are "against any and cock-eyed schemes to bleed the treasury to the legislature. Yes, I am for the right of the people to elect their officers, all of their officers, including Supreme Court Judges. The right to vote for or a gainst those who would be our vants may seem to some to be "a cock-eyed but to me it is my dearest privilege, right and duty. That is plain English and easily understood and I fear no charge of treason of disloyalty when I make this declaration.

There are seven thousand lawyers in Missouri, at least one half of whom would make as good Supreme Court Judges as those now drawing $800.00 a month not a one of whom can ever run power to make or break Judicial aspirants, can control them when on the bench. If we, the people, have enough sense to select at the polls our Congressman both representatives and United State Senators, our Governors and our Presidents why should we not also choose our Judges? Is there anything peculiarly sacred a- bout a Judgeship. for one, say no. Most of them are good and learned wen, but they are not hedged about by Divinity. Finally, I am said, by this gentleman, to have "guts" pardon the indecent word.

It is not mine) So has he, but I do not use mine to think with. Now, my aged and unfortunate friends and your friends as well, there are 808 of you in Stoddard county. If you stay away from the polls next Tuesday or fail to bunch your votes behind a man who has been your friend and advocate with out price or hope of reward, you may wake up the next morning with a relization that you have elected a man to represent you for the next two years who looks upon your claims AS 'cock-eyed schemes to bleed the I ask you to go to the polls early, stay all day, ifyou can, see all your friends before they vote and ask. them to help you to elect the man you think will do you the most good. It you are not a Demercat and want to donkey.

He wanted to be king of beasts. By putting on a loin's skin he fooled all the animals until he! undertook to roar. His bray betrayed him and then he was known for what he realy was. Moral: If you are not a lion don't try to roar. This fable is dedicated to the amiable but slightly irritated gentlenan who "papered" me last week in the Messenger and Statesmen.

He insinuates that I have wept over the plight of the old folks. 1 The Bible Auditorium Lectures in 1OOF Hall The Bible Auditorium lectures are progressing nicely and those who attend regularly are finding their interest deepening It been said that these are the first lectures of its kind ever held in the city of Dexter. The lectures for this coming Saturday night takes up the subject at salvation, or Three Steps to Heaven. Evangelist I Schmidt says that in order to go to Heaven, it will not suffice to take the first and second steps only, but the third is also ab. solutely necessary.

For this coming Sunday night the "Mystery of is the subject of the evening When death is reaping such large harvest of souls these days, the public 13 entitled to know something about its mystery. tributed their services in the Dexter detailed knowledge of the Holy Script ures, to handle this and other related topics. Preceding this lecture Sunday night, here will be an opportunity of hearing and seeing some things from the Island of Java, where Mr and Mrs Schmidt spent twenty years in Missionary service, Both old and young will be greatly interested in this phrase of the program which starts at 7:30. Come and bring your neighbors. Gas Rationing form Distributed Tuesday The Office of Price Administration began Tuesday the distribution of forms which America's 27,000,000 motorist under nation wide gasoline rationing which begins Nov.

22. Car owners listing more than five tires for each car will be told they must dispose of the excess tires before receiving a gasoline ration. Each car owner must certify that he will not drive more than 35 miles an hour All Truck Owners Must Have U.S. Form Stoddard county operators who did not register before December 31, 1941 and who have not recieved a form for their federal truck certificates are requested to secure an application for a Certificate of War Necessity from the County Farm immediately. A truck owner possessing two trucks but who recieved only one form should obtain an additional form at once.

CALL MEETING Call meeting for all members and friends of the Lone Star Church or better known as the Taylor church and cemetery to be present the first Sunday in November at 2:00 o'clock. There will be a pie and box supper lat the Sweet Prospects church Tuesday November 5th. for the benefit of the church Everybody welcome. Presbyterian Church Charles B. Marrs, Minister Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.

Morning worship, 11:00 Young People, 6:30 Evening Service, 7:30 Choir Practice 7:30 Wednesday The furnace has been completed and is working very well indeed. We feel safe in promising a warm building for all our services. FORMER COUNTY JUDGE DIES RE Edmonson, 78 years old, formor presiding judge of this county died at the Poplar Bluff hospital Monday after a lengthy illness. Two sons, John and Jess survive. NOTICE NOTICE We will be open Sunday from now on until further notice.

Also we will be open each morning at 5:15 to serve breakfasts. WELKERS CAFE vote for me ask the election judges, any of them, and they will assist you to vote as you want to in this and other matters. If you elect me and want my services as many of you have in the past in pension matters, come right along. There will be proper attention and no charge, just as in the past. If you defeat me come along any way with your problems and they will be looked after just the same, without question and charge just as in the past.

Meet me at the polls. George Munger. Adv..