Health Progress at Missouri State Fair Sets Health Standard
Missouri's State Fair has implemented a health program under Health Commissioner Harry B. Parker to keep food clean and free of vermin. Health inspections ensure screened concessions use fresh lemons and citric acid to prevent illness, a shift celebrated by the public. The piece argues for broader adoption and warns against overcommercialization and rigid admission fees that strain fair supporters and visitors.
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Missouri
Harry B. Parker
Harry Harnsberger
Missouri Educational Fair Exhibits And Projects
Readable listings detail numerous school awards across grades 1-8 in Sedalia Eldon Versailles and Sedalia schools. Projects include art posters color harmony maps crops and soils science models and handwriting displays plus poetry songs and citizenship posters reflecting Missouri studies.
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Ruby Brown
Eldon
Wray Silvey
Versailles
Sedalia PTA Plans County School Day Program
Pettis County PTA groups organize a county wide program with exhibits by Sedalia units and rural partner districts. The Sedalia council will host a September 4 meeting led by president Mrs. Paul Zink, as 1156 members across seven units, plus 111 study classes, prepare for the 1940 school year. County units meet bi monthly starting September 17 under the theme Know Your School and Community.
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Sedalia
Mark Twain
Norman Bockelman
George Curnutt
Broadway
E. W. Richardson
J. H. Marr
Horace Mann
W. F. Schwenk
Elmer Headlee
Washington
James Atkinson
Everett Momberg
Whittier
Garnett Haggard
Allen Cowherd
Jefferson
L. A. Salmons
C. H. Gehlken
County Council
Pettis County
William Reed
John Brown
Beaman
Milford Lewis
Green Ridge
Mamie Mccormick
Missouri State Fair Faces Competition and Patchy Attendance
The Fortieth Missouri State Fair shows lower attendance and many vacant exhibit spots amid competition from Illinois and favorable weather. Commissioner Jewell Mayes and Secretary Charles Green are lauded for effort as Missouri seeks self support and non conflicting dates with nearby fairs.
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Jewell Mayes
Charles Green
Missouri
Springfield
Illinois
Green
Advertising To Taxpayers Payoff For Tax Collections
The state of Michigan and Detroit along with other governments advertise to collect delinquent taxes and show strong results. Michigan spent 75000 in one year to promote an installment plan and collected 15000000 in cash. Local governments report similar success.
World Leaders Speak On Economy And War Readiness
A collection of quotes from defense and business leaders touches on wages, consumer prices, press freedoms, military preparedness, Monroe Doctrine policy, the Panama Canal, and national welfare. Notable names include William S. Knudsen Thurman Arnold L Guardia Guffey Bernard Burdick and Eugene C Grace.
German Day plans in Sedalia with mock rifle battle
Preparations run by the German Pioneer society for German Day set for October 4 at Liberty Park include a sham Sedalia rifles battle. Also reported is a fire damage incident at L H Archias residence and election of officers for the Pettis Rough Rider club.
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German Pioneer Society
Liberty Park
Sedalia Rifles
Sedalia Rough Rider Club
Pettés County Rough Rider Association
Flambeau Club
W. M. Johns
Charles Hobrecht
Walter B. Shirk
A. W. McKenzie
Harry O. Moss
Will H. Highleyman
Nearly Half Hundred City School Employes
A listing shows 49 public school system employees including Heber A. Hunt as superintendent and Byrd S. Tavenner as treasurer. Also named are principals, teachers, secretaries, and janitors with full roster of staff such as E. G. Kennedy, J. T. Alexander, Ruth Riley, Virginia Dugan, and H. G. Berger among others.
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Heber A. Hunt
Byrd S. Tavenner
Betty Field
Junita Berry
W. C. Housel
Cecil Glenn
Glenn Carroll Named Manager for Benton Theatres
Glenn Carroll former Fox Liberty Sedalia manager and Warwick Kansas City executive is transferred to manage two Fox theatres in Benton Illinois the Star and Capitol. He and wife and daughter Marjorie Ann traveled from Sedalia to Benton to begin his new duties.
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Glenn Carroll
Fox-Liberty
Sedalia
Warwick
Kansas City
Fox
Benton, Ill
The
Star
Capitol
Carroll
Marjorie Ann
Benton
Melbourne Hammers Cyclists For Riding More Than Two Abreast
Melbourne fines cyclists who ride two abreast or more on city streets as part of a new safety rule. The measure targets groups riding together and aims to reduce road congestion and collisions.
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Melbourne
Australia
Pettis County Rural School Educators List of Assigned Teachers
The following teachers have been employed to teach in Pettis county rural schools for the coming term. Schools and teachers assigned include Leatherman at Bunker Hill, Susie W Page at Lone Star, Juanita Morris at Pacific, Ruth Gieschen at Brushy, Imogene Putman at Pin Oak, Vera Hastings at Arator white, Ozelle Whitley at Arator colored, and many others such as Lillian Smith at Woodland, Wilma Weeks at Lookout, Roy L Potter at Scott, Eula Marie Duffield at Postal, Edna Wallace at Prairie Grove, Jean Funk at South Side, Joe C Donahoe at Walnut, and Mary Catherine Donahoe at Anderson, among numerous additional assignments across Pettis county rural schools. The list includes teachers with varying surnames across multiple named schools, indicating broad staffing for the upcoming term.
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Pettis County
Ringen
Dorothy Leatherman
Bunker Hill
Marie Hampy Brauer
Lone Star
Susie W. Page
Pacific
Juanita Morris
Brushy
Ruth Gieschen
Pin Oak
Imogene Putman
White
Wm. Finley
Maplewood
Maurine Wetzel
Arator
Vera Hastings
Ara
Joe C. Donahoe
Anderson
Mary Catherine Donahoe
Mosby
Mary Beth Kesterson
Liberty
Henrietta Smith
Striped College
Nina M. Yeager
Gladys Ferguson
High Point
Irene Flammang
McVey
Jewell Miller
Oak Grove
Blanche Gilmore
Sunny Side
Madeline Bruce
Tanglenook
Marguerite Schild
Georgetown
Nola V. Smith
Dunbar
Ruth E. Shepard
Smelser
Miriam Nell Rages
Fristoe
Christine Leftwich
Prairie Ridge
Pauline Chamberlin
Pleasant View
Verna la Rue
Bennett
Maxine Christian
Manila
Jean Marsh
Cottage
Ethel Davis
Brown
Gladys Bennett
Quisenberry
Mary
Lou Daniel
Camp Branch
Edith Blynn Ringen
van Natta
Virginia Lower
Glover
Lois Crole
Prairie Hill
Mildred Lowrey
Jackson
Jewel Taylor
Dresden
Lula Wheeler
Walnut Grove
Dorothy Dee Carter
Oak Point
Edna V. Buffon
Hazel Hill
Louise Grinstead
Elm Branch
Mary E. Blew
Swisher
Louise Schott
Hope Dale
Mary Emma Harpham
Maple Grove
Ethel Dale Harvey
Hickory Point
Marjorie Burke Curtis
Prairie View
Vesta Young
Lone Elm
Anna M. Swearingen
Bethel
Emma Pearl Curtis
Crystal Springs
Opal Lee Wallace
Allen
Jane Elliott
Pleasant Green
Dorothy Farley
East Prairie Grove
Susan Higgins
Eden Valley
Elsie Peterman
Sunny Dell
Velma Sparks
Bleak Mound
Lucille Waybright
Higgins
Dunksburg
Adelia Wallace
Stokley
Oma Peterman
Elder Ridge
Delores Weeks
Centerview
Arvilda Murphy
Bryson
Henrietta Stevens
A. B. Burke
Public Schools Of Sedalia Open Sept 3 With Detailed Rules
Sedalia announces 1940 41 opening on Tuesday September 3 at 9 a.m. Smith-Cotton High opens 1 p.m. All other schools start Tuesday with enrollment and book distribution to follow. Textbooks free for first eight grades. high school pupils provide their own books. Birth certificates and smallpox vaccination required. Transfers possible in first week. Annual calendar outlines holiday dismissals and commencements. Tuimlila the tortoise remains in good condition despite bush-fire scars.
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Sedalia
Smith-Cotton High School
Oacsc Secs
State Teachers’ Association
Kansas City
Warrensburg and Independence Couples Granted Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued to Vernie Seaman and Merle Markham of Warrensburg. Noel William Fields and Maxine Ray of Independence. Oscar O. Craig and Annabelle Ford of Sedalia.
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Vernie Seaman
Merle Markham
Warrensburg
Noel William Fields
Maxine Ray
Independence
Oscar O. Craig
Annabelle Ford
Sedalia
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Brandt
State of
C. F. Scotten
Scotten
Science
C. F Scotten
Hy,e
F. Scotten
Booth
C. Scotten
PTA
C. C. Hubbard
H. L. Drew
Bunceton
Reading
Jettie L. Lawson
Jettie Lawson
F. D. Brown
Marshall
Platte
Pettis
Phelps County
Monireau
Cass
Dallas County
Associated Press
William S. Knudsen
Gen
Thurman Arnold
L. Guardia
New York
England
James W. Hook
Geometric Tool Co
Senator Guffey
Pennsylvania
Cucaracha Slide
Bernard Burdick
Panama Canal
Eugene C. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
L. H. Archias
South
Osage Street
E. G. Kennedy
C. H. Gooch
Violey Kinney
Catherine Ferguson
Harold William Powers
Minnetti White
Alma Lee Alexander
Sadie Henderson
Clara N. Hord
Eulalia Hubbard
Princess Hubbard
Georgia Mae Jackson
Beatriz Moore
Ollie Lee Tutt
Virginia Dugan
Nola Lee Wright
Helen D. Scotten
Kathryn Miller
Mary F. Staley
Dorothy Bockelman
Mary Ellen Merrill
Sara Hilton
Mary White
Mary Lura McCluney
Minnie A. Schaffer
Lelia Shortridge
Belle Steele
H. G. Berger
W. D. Cramer
Ed Hallahan
H. F. Jones
Wm. Vaught
Dave Cramer
Wm. Beckley
Wm. H. Walker
John Gareletta
Fred Moon
Homer R. Ruffin
Henry Carter
L. B. Franklin
Benton Theatres
Pettis County Rural School Educators
Public Schools of
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Friendly Islands
Cook
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