Drivers Held Responsible for Fatal Accident
A coroner inquest in Cape Girardeau concluded the July 24 crash that killed Phillip Bowman and Miss Elizabeth Burchfield was due to the negligence of both drivers. The inquest heard testimonies from witnesses including Charles Vaughn, Alfred Thomas, and Trooper Little about liquor, speed, and road conditions, with Prosecuting Attorney Buerkle noting possible charges of careless and reckless driving depending on evidence.
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Haman
Cape Girardeau
Phillip Dover Bowman
Sikeston
Elizabeth Burchfield
Matthews
Cape Girardeau County
Robert H. Buerkle
William G. McReynolds
Hubert P. Norman
Girard, Til
David Blanton
McReynolds
Norman
Freeland L. Jackson
Finch and Finch
Robert A. Dempster
Miss Burchfield
Dempster
Morley S. Swingle
Vaughn
McReynold
Burfordville
Thomas
Oak Lodge
J. F. Sigmund
Sigmund
Little
Gallup
Jackson
Highway 61
McReynold’s
Swingle
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Rabbit trapping a profitable Missouri industry
Jefferson City reports the commercial rabbit harvest as a durable Missouri industry. Technicians of the Conservation Commission note the past winter yield nears one million rabbits with about 700 000 to the meat trade and 250 000 sent to other states for restocking. Yearly hunter kills reach nearly two million.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
The
Conservation Commission
Tanner News Highlights Local Visits and Incidents
Miss Joyce Long of Dexter visited her sister Mrs Glenn Bond on Saturday. Ernest Jones and wife of Wyatt visited last week in the Herbert Guiling home. A B Cates and Mrs Cates mother vacationed in Hall Tennessee. Larimer Ridge school began August 2 with Miss Mary Ellen Bridges as teacher. Bruce Rushing and wife of McGee visited their daughter Mrs Omer Suitt Sunday morning. Eugene Spears and daughter Love returned from a ten day tour of California and New Mexico. Arnie Utley and Mrs Philip Glueck and Mittie Nickle visited in Sikeston Sunday. They were called to Bloomfield Thursday for Mr Spears mother’s illness. Grady Bailey and Elaine with Bud Woodhouse spent days near Blytheville. Wesley Hodges and sons Lee and Dale visit Archie Goatcher and Gloria in Elsa Texas. Norma and Willard Guiling of Draughon’s in Memphis spent weekend with parents A Guiling. Mrs Albert Norman of Sikeston and Mr and Mrs W E Norman and daughters of Poplar Bluff visited. Mrs Bernard Johnson and infant were brought from Sikeston General Hospital to the Hill home Friday. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Hayward Brewer and sons Miner, Miss Dorothy Hill Sikeston, and Mr and Mrs James Hill. B L Bridges store was robbed last week via window break. about 75 dollars cash and some merchandise taken. Sonny Hodges, Willard Guiling, Jack Milford, Glenn Bond and son Larry, Joyce Long Dexter, and Dorothy Hill Sikeston enjoyed a chicken fry on Big Island near Commerce Saturday night. The home of Mr and Mrs Henry Smith was destroyed by fire Sunday at 10:30 am while they were at church. nothing saved. The house belonged to Herbert Guiling.
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Joyce Long
Dexter
Glenn Bond
Ernest Jones
Wyatt
Herbert Guiling
A.B. Cates
Cates
Hall
Tenn
Larimer Ridge
Mary Ellen Bridges
Bob Rushing
McGee, Mo
Omer Suitt
Eugene Spears
Love
California
New Mexico
Arnie Utley
Phillip Glueck
Crowder
Mittie Nickle
Sikeston
Bloomfield
Spears
Grady Bailey
Elaine
Bud Woodhouse
Blytheville
Ark
Wesley Hodges
Lee and
Dale
Archie Goatcher
Gloria
Elsa
Texas
Norma
Willard Guiling
Draughon’s Business College
Memphis
A. Guiling
Albert Norman
W. E. Norman
Poplar Bluff
B. L. Bridges
Bernard Johnson
Sikeston General Hospital
Bri
A. D. Hill
Hayward Brewer and Sons
Miner
Dorothy Hill
James Hill
Sonny Hodges
Jack Milford
Larry
Big Island
Commerce
Henry Smith
Smiths
Gray Ridge Schools to Open Monday August 9 1948
Gray Ridge public schools will open Monday August 9 with a full faculty including Supt. R. L. Rasche and various teachers in English commerce music and physical education. New courses chemistry art and journalism planned for the high school. Bus routes and cafeteria staffing listed along with summer improvements and a new elementary room. Public invited to visit the school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Ridge Public
R. L. Rasche
Prins B. J. Dowdy
Ruth G. Dowdy
Helen Bass
Ola K. Irby
Robert Jones
Minnie M. Julian
Mary Wilcox
Virginia Tharp
Margaret “Fekan
Pauline Baker
Mabel Newby
Eunice Lepchenske
Ellen Bailiff
Myrtle Williams
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri towns receive surplus stock aid and updates
MAIN STREET, CAPE GIRARDEAU and IRONTON report airport supplies from Sedalia Army Air Base surplus. POPLAR BLUFF prepares for Southeast Missouri Band Association festival with 11 bands and 300+ members. CARUTHERSVILLE reports infantile paralysis case and patient sent to State Crippled Children’s Home.
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Cape Girardeau—T
Sedalia Army Air Base
Poplar Bluff
Southeast Missouri Band Association
Caruthersville
Dexter couple marks fiftieth wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liles observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary last Sunday with family celebration and well wishes from friends in the Dexter community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Charles Liles
Fredericktown youth event at church draws crowd
Over 300 young people from the Church of the community gathered in Fredericktown for a youth program featuring music, talks, and community service projects. Organizers said the turnout surpassed expectations and highlighted engagement among teens and young adults.
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Fredericktown
The
Church of the
Nazarene church Opens District Camp Near City
BUCODA Theodore E. Collins Sr aged 51 was fatally injured last Friday near Cardwell when his car struck a concrete culvert. He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Theodore E. Collins Sr
Cardwell
Poplar Bluff Man Hospitalized After Arm Amputation
Wade Bradford, 28, a Black man from Hope Arkansas, is in a local hospital with the loss of his left arm after a traffic crash at the junction of Highways 60 and 51 last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Wade Bradford
Hope
Ark
T4-year-old retired farmer dies. funeral at Baptist church
William A. Sanders, a 4-year-old retired farmer of Commerce, died Monday. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church yesterday. Burial followed at Oakdale cemetery with Masonic services at the graveside. He is survived by his wife and a step-daughter, Mrs. Gustav Sanders of Commerce.
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Commerce
Wiliam
A A. Sanders
Baptist Church
Oakdale
Gustav Sanders
A. W. Aubuchon Ends 45 Years on Frisco Train
A W Aubuchon completed his final run as locomotive engineer on train No 808 from Memphis Tennessee Saturday marking 45 years of service with the Frisco Railroad He will remain living in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
A. W. Aubuchon
Memphis
Tenn
Frisco Railroad
Twenty six New Madrid farmers tour cotton processing
A group of twenty six New Madrid county farmers and ginners toured cotton processing from Dyersburg Tennessee to Delta Experiment Station Stoneville Mississippi. The tour explained each step from bale to cloth and showcased machinery at Memphis International Harvester Works including how raw steel becomes a machine part.
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New Madrid
New Madrid County
Dyersburg
Tenn
Delta Experiment Station
Stoneville
Miss
Dyersburg Cotton Products, Inc
Dyersburo
Memphis
International Harvester Works
Pemiscot County Bridge Work Closes Rt P Section
Rt P remains closed between Route A and Route K due to bridge construction and oiling operations in progress from Hayts north. Motorists should avoid the area if possible and seek alternate routes.
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Cape Girardeau County
Rt. V -Ciling
Dunklin County
Rt. FF
New Madad
Rt. E— Ozing
Rt. F
LaForge East
Pemiscot County
Rt. P
Hayts
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Jos. A. Leslie
Insurance Agency
Casualty
Hartford
Conn
Missouri State Highway Condition Bulletin
U. S. Rt. 60
Stoddard County
Fisk
Dudley
U. S Rt. 61
Millerville
Gray Ridge
Roy Meritt
Hanford Garner
Paul Rankins
Theodore Johnson
John H. Lawrence
John Dillon
Gray Ridge Board of Education
Russell Long
Ted Davis
B. C. Berry
Alvin Miller
C. C. Allen
Sam Tarrants
Stella Bruce
Hazel Julian
Elizabeth Julian
Lulu Tribbey
Ruth Scowden
Tina Hatchett
Floyd Anderson
Scott Counties
Benton
Butler County
Wayne County
Intervale
Madison
Wayne
Butler
U. S
Main Street
Ironton
Nazarene
Church
Goodyear
Pcan
FORD
Welton & Williams Motor Ca
W. Malone Ave
Sikeston, Missouri
Isok At
Bia
Goodfvear
Lady Dover
Polaroid
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