Old Age Pensions for Relief Only Test Case Ruling
Judge Frank Kelly in Benton upheld the Missouri Social Security Commission view that old age assistance is for those with no other means of support. The ruling followed an appeal by Mrs. Almeda J Dean of Chaffee after the commission denied her application. The case, first of its kind in Southeast Missouri, may be carried to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Commission of Missouri
Frank Kelly
Benton
Missouri
Almeda J Dean
Chaffee
Cape Girardeau
Dean
Social Security Commission
Scott County
Circuit Court
Kelly
Wm. Oliver
State Supreme Court
Neosho
School Held Here for Former Service Men
About 75 ex-service men attended an armory meeting to discuss compensation hospitalization medical care burial allowance and other veteran benefits. The event plus a general service officers school was led by Ed Weiland L L Leach and Dr Fleck with numerous officers and Legion representatives from St Louis Sikeston Chaffee Jackson Poplar Bluff Cape Girardeau Hayti Charleston Caruthersville and Sikeston. Major C L Malone led the session in the absence of District Committeeman George Seybold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Weiland
L L. Leach
Fleck
Veteran’s Administration
John S Cannon
American Legion Hospital Committee
St. Louis
al J. Westing
J. J. McMahon
State Service Office
Luther Felker
A. B Jewell
Ww. O . Carroll
Sikeston
F. M Mirler
Chaffee
S. T. Daley
Jackson
Fred W. Norden
Poplar Bluff
A. T. Baldwin
Joe Woods
Cape Girardeau
Wm Russell
Hayti
John Gilbert
George Lucas
Charleston
J. E. Gibson
Leonard Washington
Caruthersville
C. L. Malone
George Seybold
Veterans’ Hospital
Memphis
High School Pupils in Easter Vesper Service
Pupils of Sikeston High School presented an Easter vesper service in the auditorium last Sunday afternoon. Music instructor R D Sorrells directed the program, guiding the pupils in their vocal numbers. The display pleased parents and friends and suited the Easter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston High School
R. D. Sorrells
Jesse Crawford
Union Good Friday Service Set for Tomorrow Afternoon
Final plans for Sikeston union Good Friday services were approved by the Sikeston Ministerial Alliance. The three hour program at the Baptist church begins at noon and features seven 25 minute segments with messages on the seven last words of Christ by local pastors and clergy from Morehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Alliance
W. J. Clark
Lawrence Ray
Morehouse
Christ
E. W. Milner
Welter business house under construction on East Center street
Work started Monday on the new Welter business house at East Center street adjoining the present Welter building. Ben Welter says the brick two story structure will be 40 by 100 feet with a 40 by 54 feet upper floor, two storefronts on the first floor, a rear room for the Welter Bakery, two living apartments on the second floor, and a 23 by 23 feet basement furnace room serving both buildings. The Triangule Lumber Company is the general contractor.
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Welter
East Center Street
Ben Welter
Welter Bakery
Triangule Lumber Company
Kellett Motor Company Announces Its Opening
The Kellett Motor Company owned by Ernest Kellett announces its opening this Friday and Saturday at the southeast corner of Legion Square. The building is being repainted for the new tenant. A free picture show will be shown each evening, with display of Plymouth and DeSoto cars and Plymouth half-ton pickups. Representatives from the manufacturers will be on site for the opening.
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The
Kellett Motor Company
Ernest Kellett
Herald
Plymouth
DeSoto
Legion Square
Kellett
Federal Court Hears Pleas in Cape Girardeau Cases
In the April term led by Judge George H Moore, multiple pleas of guilty were heard. Notable defendants include Jason J. Hendrix of Bell City, sentenced to five years for possessing counterfeit-making molds, and Pearl Noland of Catron, jailed for one year and a day for false crop loan applications. Other figures include Kelly Sumpter, W. B. Cope, Raymond Ward, and Dale Masters, with sentences ranging from short terms to years, and various charges from embezzlement to forged checks and WPA payroll padding.
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United States Court
Cape Girardeau
George H Moore
Jason J. Hendrix
Bell City
Hendrix
Scott County
Cape County
Pearl Noland
Catron
New Madrid
Treasury
Kelly Marion Sumpter
Fisk
Butler County
Sumpter
W. B. Cope
Kennett
Cope
Raymond R Ward
Poplar Bluff
WPA
U. S. Reformatory
Dale Masters
Charleston
Sen
J. C McDowell
Legion clubhouse interior rededication near Sikes ton
The American Legion clubhouse on the airport grounds east of Sikes ton has been redecorated and is ready for occupancy. The Legion will host a dinner for the Ladies Auxiliary on April 25 with further entertainment details to be announced later.
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American Legion
Sikeston
the Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Master Masons Honor 50 Years Of Service In District Meeting
50th District Masonic Association held at the Metrodist church last night honoring J. W. Baker Sr G. A. Dempster W. L. Carroll and Dr J A Hess of Sikeston with membership 50 year buttons. The event included a banquet served by Eastern Star Srheston Chapter 137 and musical selections by Paul Slinkard's orchestra with remarks by Dr Arthur Mather grand secretary.
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Masonic Lodge
J. W Baker
G. A. Dempster
W.L Carroll
J A Hessall
Sikeston
50Th District Masonic Association
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Srheston Chapter No
Paul Slinkard
C. A. Powell
Dexter
E. Reuber
Ruth Hollingsworth
H M Zarker
G. W. Marshall
Dr. Hess
Sikeston Lodge
Lodge
John Chaney
O. EF. Kendall
W. H. McKnight
R. G. Applegate
F. M. Sikes
E. J Malone
A. A. Harrison
W. L. Carroll
Calvin Greer
J. W. Baker Sr
Sikeston A. F. & A. Mf. Lodge No
O. E. Kendall
R. G Applegate
Bob Johnson
Henry Smith
Ben Hunter
McKnight
Baker
Stallcup Grain Co
Dempster Furniture and Undertaking Company
Brazeau
Perry County
Missouri
Ava, Jr
Nude Woman Found On New Madrid Street
A demented woman wearing only a hat and shoes wandered a New Madrid street last night, was taken in by Deputy Sheriff Albert Henderson, and identified as the wife of Charles Coon of Chicago. The couple, living and traveling in a Model A Ford, planned to continue to Chicago. The woman had been ill for six years and offered no resistance.
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New Madrid
Albert Henderson
Charles Coon
Chicago
California
Weather week shows wide temperature swing and frost
The past week featured a high of 82 degrees on Wednesday and a low of 28 degrees on Sunday April 10, with about half an inch of rain and a heavy frost Sunday night. The forecast calls for slightly cooler conditions and scattered showers over the next several days.
Parole Revoked for J Shenwood Smith After Fraud Claim
The parole of former County Clerk J Shenwood Smith, granted December 4 1957 after two embezzlement convictions, was revoked by Circuit Judge Frank Rely. Fraud in obtaining grand jury recommendations led to the revocation and Smith was remanded with bond set at 1000 while seeking habeas corpus in the Springfield Court of Appeals.
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J. Shenwood Smith
J C. McDowell
Charleston
Scott County
3Rd County
Frank Rely
Smith
Anderson
Springfield
Court of Appeals
Huis
Wade Muller
John Spalding
Benton Smith
McDowell
Kelly
W. P. Wilkerson
City Officials Chosen By Aldermen Monday
Sikeston city council at a special April 11 meeting chose Roy Beck street commissioner A G Schuerenburg and Walter Hughes night policemen W O Ellis day policeman E L Tongate truck driver for fire department Dr H M Kendig city health officer Gust Zacher chairman of the board of alderman Fire chief and city engineer posts not filled Salaries set for policemen at 90 dollars monthly plus 10 dollars car expense Walter Hughes 90 dollars per month.
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Sikeston City
G. W . Presnell
A.C. Barrett
Roy Beck
A. G. Schuerenburg
Walter Hughes
W. O. Ellis
E. L. Tongate
H. M. Kendig
Gust Zacher
Parma arrests spark Buick theft case from Marcellus
Ernest Dunning and Clarence Bonham both 28 were arrested at Parma yesterday charged with stealing a 1928 Buick from Marcellus Michigan. They are held awaiting Michigan officers to take them back for prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dunning
Clarence Bonham
Parma
Marcellus
Mich
Michigan
Let Contract For Rural Power Line To Be Opened
A contract for 171 miles of rural distribution lines for the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association will be let at the Hotel Marshall on Thursday April 28. Bids will be opened under the supervision of E T Archer and Company of Kansas City, with H M Zamacor of Commerce announcing details.
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Scott-New Madrid- Mississippi Cooperative Association
Marshall
H. M. Zamacor
Commerce
E. T Archer and Company of
Kansas City
Electric Cookery School Attracts Many Women
The Missouri Utilities Company hosted an electric cookery demonstration at the high school home economics cottage on Wednesday afternoon drawing about 100 housewives and others. Mrs. Ann Hoefle of Cape Girardeau, the company’s home economist, demonstrated the Hot Point range cooking with oven and top elements and showcased the “thaft cooker.” She had earlier demonstrated the range to home economics classes at the high school Tuesday morning and to Matthews public school students on Wednesday.
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Missouri Utilities Company
Ann Hoefle
Cape Giardeau
The
Utilities Company
Reserve Officers Meet in Southeast Missouri
A brief meeting of the Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Corps gathered Tuesday at Major Lyle Malones office. Attending were Major St. Orgel from Caruthersville Capt P Allen Capt J L Lindsay Lt O L Walls from Poplar Bluff Lt P E Moore Lt Martin L Roth from Cape Girardeau Capt H S Howes from Cape Girardeau and Major Malone with Lt R Wilson of Sikeston. After business the group attended a service officers school at the armory.
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Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Corps
Lyle Malone
St. Orgel
Caruthersvile
P. Allen
J. L. Lindsay
O L. Walls
Poplar Bluff
P. E. Moore
Martin L. Roth
Cape Girardeau
H. S. Howes
Omaha
Neb
Malone
R. Wilson
Sikeston
Service Officers
Armory
Illinois man freed of burglary charge
Scott county circuit court opened yesterday after adjournment. Arthur Keys an ex convict on parole from the Illinois penitentiary was acquitted of burglary and larceny. He was charged with entering a residence in Chaffee and stealing clothing a radio and other merchandise. The case went to the jury at 5 10 and the acquittal report was made to Judge Frank Relly last night.
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Scott County
Arthur Keys
Illinois
Keys
Chaffee
Frank Relly
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Union
Paradise
D. D. Ellis
Presbyterian Church
Rev Cc. F. Transue
Church of the Nazarene
Rev
W J. Clark
Morehouse Methodist Church
Morehouse Baptist Church
R .S. Rains
Christian Church
John L Taylor
Sikeston Methodist Church
Sikeston and
Bob Couch
Paul Buchholz
Edward Broshears
Moore Avenue
Wallace Street
J. A
J L Sutterfield
Marvin Carroll
Joe Bowman
Park Avenue
L E. Estes
M. P. Estes
June Marie Estes
Essex
Clarence A. Powell
A. F. Asa
Lee R. Warren
Thomas J Ross
O L. Spencer
H. F. Kirkpatrick
Emil Steck
Paul Bray
Ralph Hoffmeister
B F_. Holley
George L Fopay
E. I. Summers
J. Kermit Bess
Scott Reed
E. A. Mooney
J. A. Poe
Bloomfield
G. C. Blocker
Thomas H. Lett
Morley
Fred Lewellen
W. E. Morris
E. H. Gettings
M. H. Stubblefield
G. A. Sample
J. A. Chromister
Ben Hill
Alvin Klages
J. W. Rickman
G. Stovall
J. O. Dick
Fort Towson, Okla
Wowan
Masons
J. A. Hess
Franklin Moore
Wm. Mason
Joel Cook
Louis Block
Walter Darnell
Carroll
Sikeston Masonic Lodge
Scott County Court
G A Dempster
DR J A. Hess
J W_ BAKER Sr
Mr. Crawford
Crawford
Charlotte, N.C
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