ANNIVERSARIES
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Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Newell of Tamms will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at the Tamms Community Center on February 5 (1984) from 2 to 4 p.m. Glenn and the former Mildred Sheffer were married on January 31, 1934 at Ullin. The event is being given by their daughter, Mrs. Dorothy (Melvin) Smith of Tamms, and sons, Raymond of Anna, James of Tamms, David of Noble, and Michael of Cape Girardeau, Mo. The couple has 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mildred and Glenn celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1994 with a family dinner at Porky's Restaurant in Ullin.

Mr. and Mrs. Sid Thomas Celebrate 55th Anniversary
Contributed by Donna Dailey Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Thomas of Cairo celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary Sunday with an open house at their home.
Their two
children, Mrs. Beulah Griffith and Capt. Sid E. Thomas, Jr., and their
families were present for the celebration. Mrs. Griffith makes
her home in St. Louis and Capt. Thomas lives in Lone Oak, Ky.
Thomas is a retired rural mail carrier. He worked for the U. S. Post Office Department for 39 years and eight months.
Before moving
to Cairo 51 years ago, the couple made their home on the old Thomas
farm south of Elco. They have lived at their home at 3609 Elm
Street, Cairo, since that time.
The couple attends the 37th Street Assembly of God Church.
Others
attending the celebration were Mrs. Joe Whitely and her husband of
Poplar Bluff, Mo., Mrs. Pansy McCrite of Tamms, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
McCrite and family of Tamms, Mr. and Mrs. Melton McCrite of Olive
Branch. Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Crosnoe and children of Cape
Girardeau, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Griffith and family of Bridgetown,
Mo.
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