New Matthews School Opens August for White and Colored
Matthews Consolidated Schools plan a August opening for white and colored buildings with complete finishing, cleaning, and floor treatment ready for session. The vacancy from Ellis W. Reid remains, while Vocational Agriculture, Vocational Home Economics, and new grade duties are outlined. Principal and superintendent assignments are listed as Lillie Yimmer, Enton B. Conrad, and Dee Norman Powell. Parents urged to enroll day one and maintain attendance through September harvest break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews Consolidated
Ellis W. Reid
Reid
Jess
Darwin BE. Harris
Lee Norman Powell
Frances Anderson
Sehod
Lillie Yimmer
Enton B. Conrad
Dee Norman
Concord Elementary School to be Enlarged Near Hayti
Architects Sutterfield Brothers drawn plans for enlarging Concord elementary on Highway 61 five miles north of Hayti. The brick building from 25 years ago will gain two standard classrooms at each end. Additions include fireproof stairs and a new heating plant, plumbing, wiring, and lighting. bids were rejected as too high. bond issue in May raised 29000 of 45000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Highway 61
Hayti
Sutterfield Brothers
Occupy New Home by Mr and Mrs Critchlow
Mr and Mrs W C Critchlow, formerly of Matthews, occupied their new home at Gladys and Scott streets on Monday. The house was purchased a few weeks ago from Mrs F M Mount who is living in a home she bought on East Kathleen. Critchlow is remodeling the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Critchlow
Matthews
Gladys and
Scott Streets
F. M. Mount
Opening of Matthews Consolidated School Page Plan
The term emphasizes attendance and effort for pupil progression. Children aged six by December 31 may start. those six on or after Jan 1, 1949 wait until August 1949. First-time entrants must present a birth certificate to Mrs. Zimmer. Bus routes remain similar. lunch program planned with a parent letter in the first week. Board members include Critchlow, Roberts, Goolsby, Hull, Moore, and Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmer
Matthews Consolidated School
C. A. Critchlow
W. N. Roberts
Chas. Goolsby
Jim Hull
W. C. Moore
C. O. Hawkins
Attractive Bungalow at Moore and Wakefield
Mr and Mrs R H Weaks own a modern oak bark pattern brick bungalow at the southeast corner of Moore street and Wakefield avenue. The six room home with one and one half baths was finished last May and includes a 23 by 15 living room and a 12 by 15 dining room. It features a forced hot water oil heating system, a large basement with a recreation area and laundry, all steel windows and doors, steel floor joists, and rubber tile floors in baths and kitchen. Weaks farms near Sikeston’s north corporate limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Weaks
Moore Street
Wakefield Avenue
Weaks
Sikeston
New Medical Clinic Opens in Sikeston Soon
A remodeled residence at 217 S Kings Highway will become the McClure Ferguson medical and surgical clinic. The facility will have 10 rooms including two consultation rooms two treating rooms an operating room a K ray room a dark room a recovery room a physical therapy room and a waiting room. Owners are Dr T C McClure and W J Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
McClure- Ferguson
S. Kingshighway
T. C. McClure
W. J. Ferguson
Charles Noble
Sutterfield Brothers
Addition of Rooms to Kingshighway Residence
The residence of Jackson Davis at 1002 North Kingshighway is being remodeled with an addition of one bedroom and bathroom downstairs and two bedrooms and a bath upstairs. The home is expected to be ready for occupancy within 30 days by the Davis family, who reside at Matthews. Davis is a partner in the Allen-Davis Gin Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Davis
North Kingshighway
Davis
Matthews
Allen-Davis Gin Company
Sutterfield Brothers
Texans Begin Anti Meat Buying Campaign
Spreading across the nation the anti meat buying campaign started in Texas cities Dallas Orange Corpus Christi and Austin. Housewives in those cities formed a boycott of high priced meat. The movement has reached Atlanta New York and other places with retailers cutting prices in anticipation. A resident in Evanston Illinois noted meat shops posted a 10 percent price decrease during a recent visit to Sikeston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Orange
Corpus Christi
Austin
Atlanta
New York
Evanston
Sikeston
Social Security Agent Here Next Tuesday Sikeston City Hall
Louis Stone of the Cape Girardeau field office of the Social Security Administration will be in Sikeston at City Hall Tuesday August 10 at 10 00 a m to provide information and assist with filing retirement or survivor benefits. He will not handle questions on Social Security taxes unemployment compensation or state old age pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Stone
Cape Girardeau
Social Security Administration
Sikeston
Stone
Girls Nominated as Farm Bureau Queen for 1948
Eleven candidates named from various Farm Bureau families compete for the Miss New Madrid County Farm Bureau title at the Canalou annual picnic. Voters will cast one vote per eater, selecting from Mary Emma Hulshof to Ruthie Cummins among Matthews, Portageville, Canalou, Lilbourn and other towns. The event promises fish and fun, with crowd support at the gathering.
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Farm Bureau
Canalou
New Madrid County
Mary Emma Hulshof
Portageville
Joann Laird
Matthews
Amney Mae Riley
New Madrid
Dovie Jo Rochel
Mary Alice Critchiow
Peggy Joyce Stewart
Rozann McCulloch
Patsy Peterson
Patsy Hopper
Lala Chaney
Ruthie Cummins
Lilbourn
Parachute Troop Trains in Japan With 188th Fi
Private First Class John H. Greer, son of Mrs Eleanor Fee of Sikeston, completed a week long Air Transportability course in Matsushima, Japan. The training covered loading and lashing in C 46s, knot tying, weights and balance, and tactical flight drills. He volunteered for parachute duty with the 11th Airborne, later joining the 188th Parachute Infantry near Sendai as a rifleman in F Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Sendai
Japan
John H. Greer
Matsushima Army Airdrome
Yamato
Eleanor Fee
Sikeston
Pfe. Greer
Air Transportability School
Army
Fort Ord
Calif
11Th Airborne Division
188Th Parachute Infantry
Charleston Soldier Joins Eighth Army in Osaka Japan
Private First Class Robert L. Dixon of Charleston has been assigned to Company F, 24th Infantry at Camp Gifu Japan. He joined the Army in 1947, trained at Fort Knox, and went overseas in May 1948. Dixon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ozark of 308 Vine Street.
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Eighth Army
Osaka
Japan
Robert L. Dixon
Ozark
Vine St
Charleston
24Th Infantry
Camp Gifu
25Th Infantry
Everett E. Brown
Pfc
Dixon
Army
Fort Knox
Pfc. Dixon
Thompson Bend School
Robersons guest in Lilbourn before returning home
Mrs Norma Roberson visiting her parents Mr and Mrs L L Arbuckle was a guest Tuesday night of her sister Mrs Orval Jones and family in Lilbourn. She returned to East Alton on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Roberson
Whites Barred From Enrolling at Texas State University
When Jack Coffman a white man from Iowa tried to enroll in the Texas State University for Negroes the Texas attorney general ruled that state law forbade whites enrolling in schools for Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Coffman
Iowa
Texas State University
Texas
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Louis
Gallagher
Occupy
Housewives
Pestroy
Sikeston Paint and Wallpaper: Co
Center Street
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Moore and
Wakefield
Ronan
Glidden
Home Materials CO
Bob Guthrie
Mgr
Sikeston, Mo
John Greer
Canalda
Goodyear
Goodyear Service Stores
Reiss Dairy
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