Dennis Is Given Nomination for Sheriff's Spot
Dennis Is Given Nomination for Sheriff. John Dennis of Benton edged out Sheriff Early Malcolm for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff of Scott County by 297 votes according to unofficial election tabulations. Dennis received 3278 votes with strong support in the north part of the county. Malcolm had 2971 votes countywide. Other results include Alfred Halter beating Marshall Moore for assessor, Clyde Poe defeating J. C. Burt for coroner, J. S. Wallace winning the representative nomination, T. F. Henry edging Ernest Springs for County Court judge in the first district, and incumbents Black and Dempster winning their county offices. Nota Ables defeated Lula Martin in the committeewoman race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dennis
Benton
Early Malcolm
Scott County
Dennis
Chaffee
Malcolm
Joe Anderson
Alfred Halter
Marshall Moore
Commerce
Clyde Poe
Sikeston
J. C. Burt
Oran
J. S. Wallace
Ridgar Barbe
Ulmo
T. F. Henry
Ernest Springs
R. Q. Black
Robert A Dempster
Ralph Mattocks
Alex
Waters
Thomas F. Rafferty
Richland Township
C. E
Daddy) Felker
Nota Ables
Lula Martin
Sikeston Faces Critical School Space Crisis
Postwar growth leaves Sikeston with overcrowded classrooms and dwindling options as inspectors threaten loss of high rating. Lincoln first grade houses 82 students. 71 present the inspection day. Airport school has exhausted expansion, leaving no room for new pupils this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Board of Education
Lincoln School
Sunset Addition
Airport
Work Progress on Bell Building Expansion
John Donaho of Southwestern Bell announces progress on the Bell Telephone exchange in Sikeston. SEMO Construction has knocked out most of the rear garage floor and will raise the floor level for an added southwest corner lounge for operators. Plans include second floor expansion with equipment to serve up to 1000 more subscribers, converting the garage to an equipment room. Estimated cost may exceed 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donaho
Sikeston Group
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Semo Construction Company
Donoho
Leroy Rotiman Resigns as County Agent
Leroy Rotiman, county agent for New Madrid County, resigns effective September 1 after two years. He has accepted a farm manager position in Ste Genevieve County. No replacement has been named yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Rottman
New Madrid County
Ste. Genevieve County
Sikeston district school levy to cover 225000 bond
The Sikeston A-6 district tax at 2.40 per 100 real estate would not exceed 25 cents more next year to raise 225000 for school buildings and improvements. With average property valued at 800, the typical homeowner would pay about two dollars annually, a value received for two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
A-6
Citizen’s Committee
Nazarene Church District Meeting Opens at Fredericktown
The Missionary Convention of the Nazarene Church began a district meeting Tuesday at Fredericktown with district president Mrs J W Hoffert presiding The assembly will run Monday and Tuesday night The young people held their convention Delegates from here include Mr and Mrs Neely Leigh and son Don and daughter Katie Evelyn Don Bohannon Mr and Mrs W W Hendley and Rev and Mrs J W Hoffert
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Convention of the Nazarene Church
Fredericktown
J. W. Hoffert
Sikeston
Neely Leigh
Don
Katie Evelyn
Don Bohannon
W.W. Hendley
Carolyn Corlew Cast in Universal Color Film Mississip Gambler
Sikeston resident Carolyn Corlew Miss Missouri in Miss United States third place joins Universal International Technicolor production Mississipp Gambler with Tyrone Power Piper Laurie and Julie Adams. Seven Miss Universe contestants under contract debut in the picture. Corlew daughter of Emory and Mrs. Corlew, attended Missouri State College and acted in a Black Mask stage production Summer and Smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Corlew
Sikeston
Long Beach
Calif
Universal International Technicolor
Tyrone Power
Piper Laurie
Julie Adams
Universal-International Studio
Jackie Loughery
United States
Judy Hatula
Michigan
Missouri
Valerie Jackson
Montanna
Ruth Hampton
New Jersey
Jeri Miller
Renate Hoy
Germany
Miss Corlew
Emory Corlew
Missouri State College
Black Mask
Charleston High Names New Football Coach
Leon Underwood of Piggott Arkansas is announced as the next head coach for Charleston High School football next season. He has led Piggott for five years with a strong winning record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston High
Leon Underwood
Piggott
Arkansas
Charleston
Underwood
Bechtold Installed As Legion Comdr
Dr L E Bechtold was installed as commander of the American Legion in joint installation with the Auxiliary. New officers include J T Barnhill as first vice commander Paul Culbertson as second commander F A Poe Jr as adjutant Marshall Myers as historian Marshall Craig as finance officer and Carl Elam as service officer Tanner C Dye was the installing officer A M Riggs Kennett 14th district commander and J C Williams district vice commander Dexter attended the ceremony Commander Riggs spoke briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Bechtold
American+ Legion
J. T. Barnhill
Paul Culbertson
F. A. Poe, Jr
Marshall Myers
Marshall Craig
Carl Elam
Tanner C. Dye
A. M. Riggs
Kennett
J. C. Williams
Fifth Trooper Joins State Patrol Here
James H. Dickson of Caruthersville has joined Troop E Sikeston after graduating the July 25 Sedalia patrol class. A Navy World War II veteran with sea duty, he holds a degree from State College Cape Girardeau and is married with two children. He will reside at 213 Edmundson St. The local office now has a staff of five patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Dickson
Caruthersville
Sedalia
Sikeston
Dickson
State College
Cape Girardeau
Dara
Donna
Edmundson St
Aubusl 1
Scott County M. A. Grads at Missouri Commencement
Five Scott County students graduated among 457 at the University of Missouri August Commencement closing the 1952 Summer Session. Degrees conferred by President Frederick A Middleton and the ceremony featured an Academic Procession, music, invocations, and the Pledge of Allegiance, with Scott County honorees William Rothwell Sapp Roy William Ragains Ida Hoff Baker Robert Keith Collins Courtney Carl Mainard Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Scott County
University of Missouri
Frederick A . Middlebush
Brewer Field House
Field House
Douglas Breitmayer
Department of Music
John Clayton
First Presbyterian Church of Columbia
Herbert Gould
Pigrim
Tschaikowski
Bus Entsminger
Sikes Ave
M. Ed
Sikeston
Courtney Carl Mainard, Jr
B.S
Sikeston Chamber Forms Probe to Boost Industry
George Kirk chairs Sikeston Statistics and Research Committee which reviews a 20 page industrial survey of Sikeston and plans improvements and a mailed questionnaire to local industries and distributors to aid expansion and problem solving. Members include W. A. Myers Pleas Malcolm J. S. Wallace Rev. M. G. Joyce and Charles Jollff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
George Kirk
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Kirk
Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston Boy Dies After Bicycle Crash on Lake Street
George Raymond Tope, 9, son of Fred and (Mrs.) Tope of 939 Lake St, died after a bicycle collision with a car on Lake Street. Driver Jack Bowman Jr., 18, and passengers Mrs Bowman and Melvin Dace Jr. were present. Tope, born November 21, 1942, was treated at Delta Community Hospital but died at 8:45 p.m. Services were held at the Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Raymond Tope
Fred Tope, Jr
Lake St
Lake Street
Delta Community Hospital
Wallace
Jack Bowman, Jr
Jack Bowman
Green Meadows
Young Bowman
Bowman
Melvin (Mitz) Dace, Jr
Sikeston
Pamela Tope
Fred Tope
Siikeston
Ella Shuppert
Methodist Church
Plans completer for Farm Bureau and 4-H fair
Alfred Byrd, H Agent, reports plans are well underway for the fair at Risco on August 8 and 9. The program includes many events expected to draw a large countywide crowd, with the feature part of the program Friday afternoon and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Byrd
Risco
Rotary Club meets on August 4 at Colonial Inn
The Rotary Club held its regular meeting on Monday August 4 at the Colonial Inn with president J R Harwell presiding Leonard Schumacher led a program on the history of insurance from origin to the present day Dr F L Sisson district governor attended on an official visit Gene Cunningham joined as a guest of the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Colonial Inn
J. R. Harwell
Leonard Schumacher
F. L. Sisson
Rotary
Gene Cunningham
Hospital News From Delta Community Hospital Admissions
Patients admitted last week span numerous communities and include multiple medical and surgical cases. Names listed cover Dix ie Sikeston Charleston New Madrid Dexter Lilbourn East St. Louis and more with numerous births noted for several local couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Community Hospital
Dixie
Ray
Mildred Cockrel
Helen York
Daisy Mainard
James A. Withrow
Priscilla Phiffer
Lafe Riggs
Sikeston
Jewell Foster
Morehouse
Lillian M. Burns
Charleston
Lily Oliver
Morley
Geraldine Sandage
Essex
Gus Wessels
Oran
Mary E. Leonard
Catron
Homer Hisey
Nashville
Tl. Surgical
Lelia G. Smothers
Albert Love
House
Kiwanis Club Backs School Bond Endorsement
The Kiwanis Club voted to support a $225,000 school bond issue to go before district voters on August 12. The Colonial Inn meeting featured Don Paxson presenting on education, plus five films including Tale of Two Cities about atomic bomb damage. Guests included Louis Blanton Eddie McAmis Noah Gray and Phil Dave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Schol District
Colonial Inn
Don Paxson
Citizen's Advisory Committee On Education
Fivo
Kiwanians
Army Signal Corps
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Louis Blanton
Eddie McAmis
Noah Gray
Sikeston
Phil Dave
St. Joseph
Sikeston Production Credit Association Plans August Meeting
Plans have been completed for the nineteenth annual stockholders meeting of the Sikeston Production Credit Association to be held August 13 at Sikes ton Armory from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Secretary-Treasurer Thatche Seism said reports will cover business and progress with election for a three year director term as Lester H. Bishop’s term expires. The association’s June 30 1952 figures show loans down 7.3 percent and loan volume up 10.5 percent, with membership up 3.4 percent and farmer-owned capital at 84.5 percent of net worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Production Credit Association
Sikeston Armory
Thatche
Seism
John M. Zarecor
Risco
R. E. Aycock
Parma
Lester H. Bishop
East Prairie
Paul Bradley
Matthews
Edgar Kirby
Bloomfield
Essex Summer School Session Set to Begin
The Essex Consolidated Schools open August 11 with pupil enrollment Monday morning and faculty meetings that afternoon. Lunches start Tuesday with a 20 cent charge.15 cents of lunch money will be used to cover a deficit from incidental funds. Teachers for grades 1-6 include Miss Golda Arnold and Mrs. Beatrice Smuither among others. Grades 7-12 teachers include Raymond Potts and Loy N. Dycus. Music by Miss Mary Ann Flannigan. Bus drivers include Ed Kaiser. Lunch prep by Mrs Hawley and others. Janitor is George Adom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Consolidated Schools
Board of Education
Golda Arnold
Beatrice Smuither
Edith Kirby
Dallas Wallace
G. H
Mary Ann Flannigan
Flannigan
Manila
Ark
Leachville
Arkansas State College
New Dog
Ed Kaiser
Hawley
Patterson
Astons
Geores Adom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheriff
Demo
Leroy Rotiman
Sikeston and Its Schools
Nazarene Church
Bechtold
Legion Comdr
State Patrol
M. A. Grads
Statistics and Research Committee
Stuart Symington
U. S
Howard Elliott
Repub
James PL
WEA
Eyroy
Phil M. Donnelly
Farm Bureau
Hospital News
Credit Group
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