Deserved Recognition For Useful Service
The Sikeston Herald congratulates Lonnie Standley on being named man of the year by the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce. As head of Reiss Dairy and former Sikeston Board of Education president, he guided local schools through testing times, helped open a new grade school, and outlined plans for future growth including a high school and vocational training.
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Sikeston Herald
Lonnie Standley
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Reiss Dairy of
Sikeston
Standley
Area Towns Approve Special Election Issues
Morley district voters approved a 1.40 levy and a 10 cent building fund with light turnout of 173 ballots. In Risco a large turnout passed a 90,000 bond for a water distribution system, split into 60,000 general obligation and 30,000 revenue bonds, with clear margins.
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Morley
B-6
Vancluser
Crowder
McMullin
RISCO
Gaston Brown
Haskins, Riddle and
Sharp
Kansas City, Mo
Brown
Armstrong Home Appliances Opens Three Day Open House
Armstrong Home Appliances announces a three day open house at 112 S New Madrid starting Thursday. Maurice Armstrong invites customers to register with no obligation to buy and a chance to win valuable attendance gifts. Friday and Saturday feature free food samples and Skelgas demonstrations with discounts on select open house specials from major manufacturers.
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Armstrong Home Appliances Company
S. New Madrid
Maurice Armstrong
Skelgas
Armstrong
East Malone Avenue
Kingshighway
Front Street
Mrs Lena Young Dies at 67 in Memphis Area Home
Lena Young 67 of 539 Greer St died at home after two and a half years of ill health. Born March 5, 1888 in Monroe County Mississippi, she married Tom F. Young April 8, 1909. Survived by husband, two sons Cecil of Memphis and Isaac of Stockton, two daughters Grace at home and Mrs Robert Holloway of 615 Greer, 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body to lie in state at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel with funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives.
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Lena Mae Young
Greer St
Monroe County
Miss
Tom F. Young
Cecil Young
Memphis
Nunnelee Funeral Chapel
Mass polio inoculations advance in Scott County
The Sikeston area begins Salk vaccine shots for first and second graders at Lee Hunter School with 772 eligible. Health officer Dr Thelma Buckthorpe reports 66.61 percent of the census vaccinated across four clinics, with daily sessions 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to finish.
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Lee Hunter School
Sikeston
Thelma C. Buckthorpe
Scott County
Morley
A. B Smith
Fornfelt
A D Martin
New Hamburg
Perkins
T C McClure
Benton
W. C. Critchlow
Oran
L A. Bruce
A. P. Satgeht
E . Throgmorton
E. D. Urban
Buckthorpe
Kelso
Diebold
Finney
Chaffee
W. O. Finney
Outstanding Christian Layman LeTourneau to Visit Sikeston
Robert G. LeTourneau, famed Longview inventor and Christian philanthropist, will make four appearances in Sikeston on May 7 and 8. He devotes most income to Christian works, travels by private plane for talks, and will speak at a dinner at Colonial Inn and at First Baptist Church, Methodist Church, and Sikeston Armory with all sessions free except the dinner.
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Robert G. LeTourneau
Longview
Tex
Sikeston
LeTourneau
America
United States
England
Colonial Inn
Spousacee
Methodist Men’s Club
First Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Sikeston Armory
Inter-Church Council
Eight Sikeston Boys to Attend Missouri Boys State
Eight Sikeston boys have applied to attend Missouri Boys State in Warrensburg June 18 to 25. Sponsors include Henry Meldrum Post No 114 American Legion and local civic groups. fees are paid. Names: Walter Floyd Carr Abe Hunter Don F Keller Charles L Limbaugh James E Ponder Harry G Sharp III Russell Tanner John Allard Watts.
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Sikeston
Henry Meldrum
American Legion
Missouri Boys’ State
Warrensburg
Tanner C. Dye
Walter Floyd Carr
Abe Hunter
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don F. Keller
Charles L. Limbaugh
First Baptist Church
James E. Ponder
Rotary Club
Harry G. Sharp III
Lions Club
Russell Tanner
First Methodist Church
John Allard Watts
Kiwanis Club
Standard Employee Injures Finger At Work
Missouri Delta Community Hospital reported several emergency cases over the past 48 hours. Gene Crow, 40, linotype operator, had a finger caught in a machine Monday and was treated and dismissed. Judith Ann Staggs, 12, East Prairie, fell from a bicycle and was treated. Mary Adams, 30, Rt. 1 Sikeston, cut her hand on a broken dish and was treated. Nedie Foust, Sikeston, had a fishbone stuck in his throat and was treated. Jerome Weems, Rt. 2 East Prairie, swallowed rat poison and was treated.
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Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Gene Crow
Judith Ann Staggs
East Prairie
Mary Adams
Rt. 1
Sikeston
Nedie Foust
Jerome Weems
Rt. 2
Local Churches Listed by Street and Denomination
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous church names and street numbers including First Baptist First Assembly of God First Methodist Church Church of Nazarene Tanner Street and Second General Baptist Church among others, indicating a catalog of local congregations and locations.
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Firstaptist Church
First Assembly of God
First Methodist Church
Church of Nazarene
Cee Tanner Street
Church of God
Second General Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Childs Named New President For Jaycees
In a lively session the Junior Chamber of Commerce elected Mark Childs as its 19th president at the Country Club. Louis Jones became first vice president, B I Swink second vice president, Bob Porter secretary, Laddy Shaffer treasurer, and Jim Johnson keeper of the rolls. The group also noted the annual Jaycee golf tournament June 1 at the Country Club and a joint noon luncheon May 9 with other service clubs for Boys and Girls Week activities. Guests included Gaither Marshall of Ashtabula and Jake Weaks. Lillard Wheeler joined as a new member.
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Junor Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Mark Childs
The
Jaycees
Louis Jones
B.I Swink
Bob Porter
Bob Nowell
Laddy Shaffer
Norman Spitzmiller
Jim Johnson
Jack
Bill Bess
Bill Sikes
Couny Club
Lillard Wheeler
Gaither Marshall
Ashtabula
Jake Weaks
Emergency case report from Missouri Delta Hospital
One emergency case in the past 24 hours. Billy Wratt, 16, of Sikeston Rt. 4, was treated for cuts and bruises from a tractor incident. He was released.
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Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Billy Wratt
Rt. 4
Sikeston
SEMO Highway Spring Clean-Up Shows Urgent Cooperation Need
The SEMO district report details cost per mile and loads from right of way trash removal across 12 counties. Averages 15.09 dollars per mile over 127.2 miles with 120 loads, noting higher costs in Bollinger and Ripley counties and citing ongoing annual cleanups of more than 26 000 miles of highway.
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Semo Highway
Bollinger High
Bollinger County
Ripley
Macon
Jefferson City
Joplin
Springfield
Zalma
Bollinger
Marble Hill
Lutesville
Doniphan
Butler
Poplar Bluff
Cape Girardeau
Cape Gaurardeau
Drinklin
Kennett
Madison
Fredericktown
Mississippi
Charleston Area
New Madrid
U. S
Sikeston
Pemiscot
Hayti
Caruthersville
Scott
Sikeston Area
Stoddard
Dexter Area
Wayne
Piedmont Area
Second Wind Brings Loss To Estimated $1 Million
Howard Grant opened his Sikeston architectural office in the Bess Building on Highway 61 South. He trained at University of New Hampshire and Oklahoma, studied in England, and worked in Boston before settling with his wife and two sons at 531 Vernon Ave. The second windstorm caused widespread damage across Sikeston and surrounding counties, with insured and uninsured losses mounting into the millions. Roughly 150 phones were knocked out, several roofs ripped, and numerous structures damaged. precise totals remain uncertain as claims adjusters work through many cases.
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Howard Grant
Bess
Highway 61
Grant
Sikeston
Marblehead
Mass
Paul Buchmueller
University of New Hampshire
Phi Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Armed Forces
102Nd
Europe
Germany
England
Warton School
University of Oklahoma
Bruce Goff
School of Architecture
Boston
Saltonstall and Morton
Vernon Ave
Sikeston Drive- In
Farm Equipment Company
Allis- Chalmers
John Donoho
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dexter
Donoho
Carson Courts
Paul N. Fauchot
Butcher
Kelly Bros. Wrecker
Canalau
Widine
Canaloa
Chaffee
Benton
Oran
Vancyser
Tom Stroup
Kelso
Kennett Doctor Seeks Lions District Governor Post
Southeast Missouri Lions District Governors race gathers two candidates Dr Harry E Goddard of Kennett and Keith Tolliver of Cape Girardeau. Goddard a veteran Lions leader and dentist, has chaired Kennett Lions and earned multiple honors while Tolliver brings Cape Girardeau Lions ties. The contest unfolds at the state Lions convention in Springfield with no slanderous tactics amid active campaigning.
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Missouri
Southeast Missouri
Lions Clubs
Lions
Springfield
Boothee
T. J. Watkins
Flat River
Goddard
Kennett Lions Club
Lions International
Kennett Club
Washington University
School of Dentistry
St Louis
Kennett
Més
Red Cress
Dy Goddard
House Defeats Anti Filled Milk Proposal
Missouri House defeated an anti filled milk bill 75 to 59, four votes shy of passage. Sponsors may seek reconsideration in days ahead. The proposal would bar sale or manufacture of milk with butterfat replaced by soybean or cottonseed oil, seen as dairy industry protection by supporters and consumer wholesome by opponents.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Lovett Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Ida Caroline Lovett aged 76 were held at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel at 10 am followed by services at Liberty Methodist Church near Marquand with Rev. Loren Wooten officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Born October 9, 1878 at Marquand she died Sunday morning at Barns Hospital St Lews after eight weeks as a patient. A Charleston resident she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Timothy Reagan. She leaves two sons Roy and Ray both of Charleston two daughters Mrs Norma Wicks of Charleston and Mrs Dorothy Martin of Sikeston and nine grandchildren.
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Charleston
Ida Caroline Lovett
Mississippi County
Nunnelee
Liberty Methodist Church
Marquand
Loren Wooten
Barnes Hospital
St Lews
Timothy Reagan
Roy
Ray
Norma Wicks
Dorothy Martin
Sikeston
Agee Rites Tuesday Date set for Mrs Agee services
Mrs Maude Elizabeth Agee 63 died at 704 Matthews St at 6 30 am Sunday She born April 14 1882 Rector Ark survived by husband C A Agee four sons Cecil Agee Gary Ind Lawrence Agee Peoria I Ellis Agee Morehouse Raymond Agee Sikeston two daughters Mrs Elva Carington Detroit Mich and Mrs Velma Latham Laguna Calo The body in Welsh Funeral Home Chapel for 2 pm Tuesday services with Christian Science reader Jessie LaRose Cape Girardeau in charge Burial Garden of Memories Supt Lynn Twitty guest speaker at St Henrys High School Annual Athlete Banquet Charleston 6 30 pm Sportsmanship topic.
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Maude Elizabeth Agee
Matthews St
Rector
Ark
C A Agee
Cecil Agee
Gary
Lawrence Agee
Peoria
I. Ellis Agee
Morehouse
Raymond Agee
Sikeston
Elva Carington
Detroit
Mich
Velma Latham
Lagunta
Calo
Christian Science
Jessie LaRose
Cape Girardeau
Garden of Memories
State Farmer Degree For Bell City Student
Marvin Lindner a Bell City High School senior was named to receive the state farmer degree at the FFA convention in Columbia last week He also led breeders of purebred and grade Hampshire sheep James Swindell earned a group 1 rating in animal husbandry judging while Larry Strobel was rated group 2 for the same event William H Davault the vocational agriculture instructor notes the hail damage locally with roofs torn and structures shifted Supt Lyynn Twitty reports Airport School buildings suffered notable damage including a damaged cafeteria chimney and bent basketball goals
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Bell City
Marvin Lindner
FFA
Columbia
Hampshire
James Swindell
Larry Strobel
William H. Davault
Supt
Lyynn Twitty
Airport School
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J. Standley
Jrley
Levy
Hornersville
Alva Davault
Glenn Drew
Bonsack and Pierce
St. Louis
Ruary
Brockman Motors
Lena Young
Sikestonians
Childs
Wante
Canalou
Harry E. Goddard
House
Supt. Twitty
Lynn Twitty
St. Henry's High School
Mr. Twitty
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