Home Grounds of the Cavernos Mesmerize with Beauty and Trees
The Caverno family near Sikeston, Missouri, showcases a 3.5 acre home grounds filled with giant oaks reaching 120 feet, a rare Chinese Silk tree, a seven-foot hollow cypress trunk repurposed as a playhouse, and lush plantings including magnolias, maples, peonies, irises, and roses. The grounds feature a bluegrass lawn, bordered gardens, and multiple orchards with nut trees and climbing roses, forming a celebrated Southeast Missouri landscape.
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Sikeston
Eliz
Caverno
Margaret
Sikeston High Band Concert Before Softball Game
Sikeston high school band directed by R D Sorrells will perform a brief concert at 6:50 PM before tomorrow night's softball game. Sorrells seeks an old victrola and a 16x60 inch trailer chassis with wheels for band use. Judge Caverno and Mrs Caverno are active in New Madrid county farming and livestock dealings.
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Sikeston High School
R. D. Sorrells
Sorrells
Graduates Complete Sixth Session of Modern Merchandising School
Chevrolet sponsored Post-Graduate School of Modern Merchandising and Management held graduation for 32 students in Detroit after an eight week course covering retail automotive management. Three graduates were from foreign countries. most are sons of dealers and will return to hometown dealerships. A photo shows graduates with diplomas. Val Sharp of Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet, Sikeston, Missouri, is identified near center.
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Automotive “College
Sons of
Detroit
Arrow
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Company of
Sikeston, Mo
Stubborn Bees Refuse to Leave Sikeston Porch Pillars
Thousands of bees made two pillars on North Kingshighway home their hive for 12 years. Workers and owners tried cementing openings and removing hives but the industrious bees persist, finding tiny crevasses to reestablish colonies despite every device used.
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Sikeston Residence
Mrs. Home
North Kingshighway
Ofis LO
Summer Term Ends At State College Today
The 1959 summer session at State Teachers College concludes at noon today after a one week session enrolling INQ students. Most stayed for the full term while others joined for five weeks. Some teachers will begin rural school duties and classes next Monday. The fall term opens September 11. Sikeston faculty members Lilian Putnam, Helen Baker, and Nell Vanson will be home this afternoon.
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State Teachers College
Sikeston
Lillian Putnam
Helen Baker
Nell Vanson
Reiss Dairy Installs New Milk Clarifier
Reiss Dairy added a 6000 pounds per hour milk clarifier to remove dirt and impurities, with a cream separator unit and a milk pump. Stainless steel piping with curved joints replaces older lines at the modern dairy plant.
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Reiss
Benton Scouts to Dedicate Cabin in Benton
The Bow Scout troops of Sikeston join Scout Executive Frank Chase of Cape Girardeau and Benton leader Lyman P. L. Foulh to dedicate the Benton Boy Scout cabin on Wednesday and Thursday, August 9 and 10. The two day program includes campfire stunts, tests, and a court of honor for advancement with Allan Oliver of Cape Girardeau chairing. Music by the Benton Scout band and invited acts accompany sessions in the 59 by 50 foot Ozark log cabin, a highlight for Scouts, parents, and friends.
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Sikeston
Frank Chase
Cape Girardeau
Lyman PL Foulh
Benton
Benton Boy Scout
Ana
M. FE. Montgomery
Allan Oliver
District Court of Honor
Ozark Mountain
Southeast
Friends of Scouting
Aged Negro Dies in Sikeston at 72
Sullivan Stokes, a 72 year old African American man and native of Brooklyn Mississippi, died August 1 from age infirmities. He had lived in Sikeston for many years. Funeral services were held this afternoon with interment in Sunset Addition Cemetery by Ellise service. Mrs. W R Burks returned home from visiting daughter near Charleston. Mrs Marshall Jackson and Mrs Harry Gilts visited and spent the day with the Burks family. Conscience is the highest of all courts. Victor Hugo.
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Sullivan Stokes
Sikeston
Ellise
W. R. Burks
E. T. Burke
Charleston
Marshall Jackson
Bridges
Harry Gilts
Burks
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Cavernos
Xenophon Cavermo
Canalou
Herald
Minssour
Asad
Gark
Caverino Gardens
Val Sharp
State College
Reiss Dairy
Francisco
York
Likeston Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Bentons Boy Scout Band
Oscar Daubman
Alton, Sh
Charles Leonard Kirk
Brooklyn, Miss
Victor Hugo
Fender
Henington
Paint and Trim Shop
Highway
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