Line-up Completed For Political Offices
Deadline for filing closed at midnight Tuesday, yielding a Democratic ticket with six contests and four unopposed Republican contenders. Key races include sheriff, county court judge, assessor, coroner, surveyor, and prosecuting attorney, with Sikeston- and Benton-area figures noted among candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Henry
Ralph Tucker
L. H
Les) Sexton
Arl
Sikeston
Charles Faker
Alfred A. Halter
Benton
Orville Taylor
Clyde Poe
Poe
Lyman ‘Harrison
Alex C. Waters
Harrison
Robt
A. Dempster
R. Q. Black
Oran
Nina Bradford
James S. Hodges
Louie Largent
BE. A. Dye
Leona Tirmenstein
Moreland
A. H. Boller
Freda. Carr
Sylvania
H. D. Miller
Ida Hawkins
Commerce
O. L. Duncan
Morrey
W. L. Tomlinson
Kelso
Ray Coliflower
Tywappitty
Democratic Party
Democratic Party Committee
Irene Buckles
Page Hight
VFW Plans Fund Drive to Light Memorial Stadium Field
Cooperative effort by Sikeston groups follows VFW meeting to raise 6000 dollars for stadium lighting at VFW Memorial Stadium. Ticket sales and fence advertising to fund installations, with a goal potentially reaching 8000 dollars for baseball and softball lighting. Committee includes Floyd Matthews C E Felker R A Puckett and others. lighting aimed to meet national tournament requirements and city needs in September.
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Sikeston
V. F. W. Memorial
Floyd Matthews
Martin
Burl Heath
Kendall Sikes
C. E. Felker
R. A. Puckett
Ewart Taylor
Ballpark Committee
Justifiable Homicide Verdict Returned
Judge M E Montgomery ruled that the State failed to prove Woods bound over to circuit court and dismissed charges. The case stemmed from the April 9 fatal shooting of Leon Warfield at a Sunset Addition cab station amid a feud with Robert Woods who claimed self defense. Woods faced prior incidents including a city court fine and an automobile confrontation with the Warfields. He remains jailed on a $2,500 bond awaiting separate concealed weapon proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Montgomery
Robert Woods
Leon Warfield
Woods
Leon
Sam Warfield
Addition Cab Co
Montgomery
Scott County
D. W. Gilmore
Jack O. Knehans
Cape Girardeau
A. Dempster
Gilmore
Warfield
Harold Wallace
Benton
Liberty
Delta Community Hospital Nears Completion at McCarthy Builders
Delta community hospital progress speeds toward near completion after two years of construction begun October 2, 1946. Officials say furnishing and equipping will still take substantial effort though funding delays lengthened the project beyond the build phase.
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Delta Community Hospital
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
John D.mccarthy
Mccarthy Brothers Construction Company
Vote Fraud Trials Set For Cape Girardeau Next Tuesday
Judge Rubey M. Hulen refuses to dismiss the Southeast Missouri vote fraud indictments and warns against improper evidence gathering. Trials are slated in Federal court at Cape Girardeau for next Tuesday May 4, starting with three Sikeston Democratic party figures accused of buying votes. Also listed are 11 Butler county Republicans facing bribery charges in Poplar Bluff from the same election.
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Missouri
Rubey M. Hulen
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Democratic Party
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Hulen
Congress
Scott County
Charles L. Blanton Jr
Grover Co, Baker
N. B. Fuchs Jr
Eleven Students Named for Missouri Boys State Trip
Eleven high school juniors have been selected to attend Missouri Boys State June 12 19 sponsored by Henry Meldrum Part 114 of the American Legion Commander Chas H Butler announced the group will study citizenship at Kemper Military School Boonville selections were based on leadership character scholarship and service Local groups will sponsor the representatives contributing 25 for expenses and 10 for transport costs Individual sponsors include the Chamber of Commerce Lions Rotary Kiwanis Optimist Junior Chamber of Commerce Baptist church American Legion and the 40 and 8 Two more sponsors are being obtained The program aims to teach practical government and citizenship with the slogan Democracy Depends on Me Facilities at Boys State will expand to accommodate over 150 boys including new maternity and children wards and nurse living quarters in the main building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meldrum
American Legion
Chas. H. Butler
Kemper
Boonville
Bill Northington
Cecil B. Batchelor
Dick Young
John Caverno
John Kendig
Richard Lewis
Bill Lester
Jay Dowden
Graham Sadler
Bill Pratt
Leonard Vaughn
Sikeston
Chamber of Commerce
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Optimist
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Baptist Church
The
40 And 8
Harry Kirk
Legion Service
Boys State
Missouri
Missouri Department of the American Legion
Crop Planting Pushes Across Sikeston District
Sikeston district and Southeast Missouri farmers work around the clock to plant cotton, corn, and beans as favorable weather accelerates efforts. Lighting shows widespread night plowing and planting, with corn acreage estimates from 25 to over 50 percent and cotton taking precedence amid drying topsoil and recent rain only delaying small areas on heavy land.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston City Council Forms Committee to Study Extension
Mayor M. Carroll appoints Jos L. Matthews Wm L Huters and C C Scott to study extending Sikeston city limits. Committee will review areas adjacent to city and owner preferences. Council revises zoning ordinance and approves paving part of Benton street while issuing tax bills to Sikeston Concrete Products Co. for 5 inch pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Street
Sikeston Concrete Products Co
Sikeston Student Wins State Legion Essay Contest
Sikeston high school ninth grader Charles Davis Matthews IV won state honors in the American Legion Auxiliary Americanism essay contest for Our Great American Heritage Liberty. He earned Division I and district state awards and will compete nationally for a 100 prize. judges included Southeast Missouri State College professors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
State Legion Auxiliary
Charles Davis Matthews IV
Sikeston High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Liberty
Missouri
Young Matthews
Quarrig Corporation
Matthews
H. ©. Gravel
Helen Uhl
Lynn H. Harris
Southeast Missouri State College
Cane Girardeau
Stephen J. Penrod
Sikeston Legion Ausiligry Wo
Ilf
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Ancell
C. E
Daddy) Felker
H.L. Camp
Chaffee
J. S. Wallace
Felker
Wallace
VFW
Bob McCord
Jaycee
Paul Cannon
Loomis Mayfield Jr
Keith Patterson
Baker Garrison
Southeast Missouri
State College
Fielding Potashnick
Earl Boardman
Joe Blanton
Buell Gimlin
Travis Jackson
Louis Spivey
John Waters
Lenora Lewis
Jean Baker
Jackie Craig
Alice Martin
Emily Lair
Margaret White
Howard Weekley
Betty Wald
Dysart-Auer
Photo
By Dysart-Auer
Cape Tuesday
Commonwealth Foundation
Commonwealth
Cotton
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