SIKESTON - Mrs. J.H. Welsh entertained at a buffet supper and cards Wednesday evening at her home on North Kingshighway in compliment to G. Raymond Crews on his birth anniversary.
MATTHEWS - A crowd of 1,100 composed of stockholders and their families attended the 30th anniversary of the Production Credit Association meeting held in Matthews High School Thursday night.
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SIKESTON - In its endeavor to minister to the Sikeston area, the East Side Church of the Nazarene is establishing a nursery school for preschool-age children.
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Aug. 3, 1983
CAPE GIRARDEAU - The Missouri Bootheel Flight of the Confederate Air Force is planning an air show Aug. 16-18 from 2-8 p.m. daily at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport.
NEW MADRID - The city council narrowed their alternatives in dealing with trash disposal to three choices: reduce expenses, increase fees or get out of the business. Whatever their final choice is, the users, they agreed, should expect higher fees.
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CHARLESTON - Temporary repairs have been made to the broken water well at the city's water treatment plant, according to City Manager Brian Donovan, however, the well is still not pumping to full capacity. Watering of lawns is still banned, Donovan said, until full repairs can be completed. Donovan asked that water still be conserved with watering of trees or plants and washing of vehicles be kept to a minimum.
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CHARLESTON - Samuel Stacy and Cynthia Louise Moore are the parents of their first child, Taylor Austin Moore, born July 27.