Radio Station Application and Local News Roundup
Main Street Poplar Bluff receives FCC filing for a new standard station led by Dr. W L Brandon E K Porter and O A Tedrick. Dexter president Truman nominates Howard Dickerson for postmaster. Bloomfield portraits dedicated for McAnally Wear. Steele honors standout Soldier Hampton. Eminence five generation group includes 88-year-old Jane Haynes Bell. Bonne Terre boy Charley Stewart lost and found after following horses. Leadwood announces new dial telephone service. Farmington clergyman Rev John D Doherty dies. Poplar Bluff police sentence four men to weed cutting. Kennett checker tournament in Poplar Bluff Aug 11. Poplar Bluff fire destroys dog pound. Peach Festival in Campbell with queen contest. Charleston man bitten by copperhead near Boy Scout Camp Lewallen. Cape Girardeau pilot Starr Nelson, 83, oldest pilot in nation, lands for fuel en route cross country. IUMO funeral honors for Albert E Bentley. Bloomfield jurist Robert Lee Wilkinson convicted for murder of Thomas Cooksey, sentenced to 30 years.
Charter Oak Man at Scott Air Force Base
Pfc. Willie R. Jenkins graduated this week from the Air Force Communications School at Scott Air Force Base Illinois. The base commander Brigadier General John F McBlain announced his graduation as an air force radio mechanic. He will install and maintain ground and airborne communications equipment and joins the U S Air Force. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Willie J Jenkins of Charter Oak Missouri and has been on active duty since 1948. He previously completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas.
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Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Willie R. Jenkins
Air Force Communications
John F. McBlain
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Pfc
Jenkins
Willie J. Jenkins
Charter Oak
Pfc. Jenkins
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
WANTED MALE HELP WANTED FARM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Two salesmen will be hired by major feed company for permanent full-time work in this county. Home nights. No stock or credit to carry. Better-than-average earnings. Thorough training on job. Must have dependable car. Age 25 to 50. Only sober serious minded reliable men will be considered. For confidential appointment reply to Salesman P. O. Box 271 Sikeston. WANTED Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools. Must be proficient in shorthand typing and bookkeeping. Short office hours and good salary. Call No. 454 between 8 30 and 4 00.
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P. O. Box
Sikeston
August Sale Offers Furniture and Appliances at Special Prices
Lair's announces furniture floor coverings and beds at special August sale prices. Good Year Service Store at 114 South Kings Highway Sikeston lists an outboard motor priced at 45 dollars.
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Lair’s
Outboard Motor
Goodyear Service
Kingshighway
Sikeston
Goodyear Service Store
St. Kingshighway
Pond Work and Farm Leveling Report
Farm levee grading and ditching work described with pond preparation and land leveling. Includes tasks for leveling fields, terracing, bush and bog disc, and general drainage improvements on farmland. Local project notes emphasize soil control and water management for crop readiness.
Heavy Rise in Missouri Unemployment Shown
Jefferson City reports show unemployment claims rising sharply in Missouri. The State Division of Employment Security recorded 163,624 initial claims in the first half of the year, up 42.7 percent from 1948, with continued claims totaling 918,047, up 38.5 percent. In June alone, 25,119 new claims, up 42.5 percent from 1948, and 158,931 continued claims, up 49.4 percent.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Division of Employment Security
Funeral Service for Essex Man Held Today
Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM at Taylor Funeral Chapel for J. W. Bramlett who died yesterday at his son Cleve Bramlett farm in Route one Essex. Rev Henry Smith officiated and interment followed in Taylor cemetery. Bramlett, born December 10, 1880 in Georgia, was a Pentecostal church member at Ozark Arkansas. Surviving are one daughter Nadine Hanshew of Fort Smith and one son Cleve Bramlett of Route one Essex.
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Taylor Funeral
J. W. Bramlett
Cleve Bramlett
Route One
Essex
Henry Smith
Taylor Cemetery
Bramlett
Georgia
Pentecostal
Ozark
Ark
Nadine Hanshew
Fort Smith, Ark
Notice to Contractors Sikeston concrete pavement bid call
Bids will be received at the Sikeston City Clerk’s office until 5:00 p.m. Monday August 15 1949 for furnishing all materials equipment labor and engineering for a concrete pavement on Kathleen Street from East Street to Warner Avenue about 400 feet long. Proposals must state acceptance of special tax bills against benefitting property. City reserves the right to reject all bids. A C Barrett City Clerk.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Kathleen Street
East Street
Warner Avenue
A. C. Barrett
Bids Sought for Edmondson Street Concrete Pavement Sikeston MO
City Clerk’s office in Sikeston Missouri will accept bids until 5:00 p.m. on August 15 1949 for furnishing and constructing concrete pavement on Edmondson Street from Prairie Avenue east line to Warner Avenue west line. Work to be bid as a whole with approximately 758.6 feet of pavement. Plans and specs are on file at City Hall. Special tax bills apply.
Busses join in move to secure gas tax referendum
The Missouri Bus and Truck Association announced it will join the Automobile Club of Missouri, Missouri Petroleum Industries Committee, and Missouri Petroleum Association in circulating petitions to place Governor Smith's bill to double the gasoline tax on the ballot. Goals are to gather signatures before October 14 and to defeat the proposal at the 1950 general election. Governor Smith had sought to forestall the referendum, with signatures likely starting after August 30.
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Smith
Missouri
Missouri Bus and Truck Association
The
Automobile Club of Missouri
Missouri Petroleum Industries Committee
Missouri Petroleum Association
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E. K. Porter
O. A. Tedrick
Dexter
Truman
Howard Dickerson
U. S. Senate
Steele
George W. Hampton
82D Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Frank Wright
Eldon
Jane Haynes Bell
Bonne Terre
Joe Stewart
Charley
Here
Leadwood
Farmington
John D. Doherty
York Chapel
Perry County
Claire Headrick
Murphy-Long Methodist Church
Poplar
William Ginger
Kennett
Ark-Mo Checker Association
Dunn Hotel
Campbell
Charleston
Herbert Marshall
Lewallen
Marshall
Cape Girardeau
Starr Nelson
Delta
Colo
Sturgisby
IUMO
Albert E. Bentley
Care Girardeau Hospital
Bisplinghoff
Howard E Conner
Methodist Church
Bloomfield Robert Lee Wilkinson
Bath
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
MOG
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas County
Arkansas
Beard
H. A. Stormes
Bertrand, Mo
L. C. Felker
CAR Motors
Felker
Clinton Excavating CO
Gilbert Clinton
NEW Waltham Watches
J. L. Voelker
Western Auto Store
Front Street
Sikeston, Missouri
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Phone
Sikeston, MO
College Town
Blanton & Blanton
Attorneys-at-Law
Derris
E. J. Menstedt, M. D
H. A. Dunaway, M. D
Carroll
Clayton
Lajir’s
McCoy-Tanner Building
Sikeston, MD
Drchester J. Mellies, M. 1
Stallcup
Park
WM. C. Critchlow
M.D
LAIR
G. S. Hampton
S. Ranney
Herald
Dade
Dodge
Ford
Chevrolet
Edmondson Street
Prairie Avenue
Wati
Laibe's
L. A
Hahs
Machine Works
Hiway
F.L. Sisson
Highway
Optometry
W. M. Sidwell, D. D
McCoy-Tanner
Sutterfield
Associated Engineering Service
Kaiser
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Sikeston, Missour
Crown Finance
Buckner Ragsdale Building
Industrial Finance Co
Young Building
General Contract Purchase Company
Sikestor
Scott County Abstract Co
Barris D. Rogers
Benton, Mo
Have It Abstractes
W. J. Cleary
L.D
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Missouri State Highway Department
Highway No
Tri-County Sand Corporation
Post Office
Telephone Us Collect—Telephone
Dead Animal Disposal Company
O. D. Clayton Motor Company
Clayton Barn
O. D
Atlanta
Powell Insurance Agency
Firestone
de Lune
Scott Sts
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