Stories from Thursday, November 5, 2015

Doris A. Elder, daughter of the late Lester M. Jones and Dollie Clark Jones Jenkins, was born on Oct. 4, 1939, in Randles and died on Nov. 3, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau at the age of 76. Mrs. Elder was a member of the Gospel Assembly of Dexter. She worked for more than 20 years as an apartment manager for Carl Bien and was a resident of Dexter...

Estelle Marie Allen Martin, daughter of the late Frank J. Haba and Sophie M. Supak Haba, was born on Sept. 17, 1930, in Moulton, Texas, and died on Nov. 4, 2015 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 85. In 1948, Estelle was united in marriage to Donald Allen in Witting, Texas and to this union seven children were born...

The stage is set the Fisk seventh and eighth grade boys basketball tournaments. The eight-team tournaments take place Nov. 9-12 at Fisk Junior High. Neelyville is the No. 1 seed in the seventh grade bracket and Bernie is the No. 1 seed in the eighth grade bracket...

Boots and warm costumes were the order of the night on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, as colorfully-clad children and adults wandered the streets in north Stoddard County, celebrating Halloween. Approximately 110 children visited the Advance Community Library location, where volunteers were set up outside between the library and the gym, distributing candy and pencils...

The Advance Board of Aldermen met on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 to consider city business for both October and November. Of primary consideration was the approval of the city budget, which was contained in the aldermen's binders. With a vote of 4-0, the budget was approved for 2015-2016...