Benton Boy Scouts Dedicate Cabin in Two Day Program
A Benton area ceremony marks the dedication of a 30 by 50 foot log cabin built from Ozark timber. The two day program includes a camporee with Scouts from Southeast Mussouri. The 20 by 30 assembly room dominates the interior with adjoining kitchen workshop and laboratory. The building will host band practice and serve as a community center with plans for a picnic ground park and surrounding woodlands equipped with oven tables seats and swings.
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Benton
Mussouri
Ozarks
Sikeston Library News Notes Highlights New Board and Best Sellers
Miss Blair Law reports a new maple bulletin board and strong circulation. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck leads requests with about forty names on the waiting list. over 165,000 copies sold in three months. The religious collection grows with mission books, Bible studies, and four lives of Christ. Mrs G A Dempster donates The Inevitable Dawn and other works on devotion and race relations.
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Blair Law
John Steinbeck
John
Christ
Fimil Ludwig
Hall Caine
Ernest Renan
Charles Foster Kent
G. A. Dempster
Arthur C Baldwin
Bruce Hardy
Millvale
Christian Herald
Dempster
Johnson
Cook
Dearmont Suggested as Candidate for Governor
Reports say former State Senator Russell L Dearmont of Cape Girardeau is urged to seek the Democratic nomination for governor to heal party rifts after a clash between Goy Lloyd C Stark and the Pendergast faction in Kansas City. Dearmont has not committed, but is said to be weighing the proposal seriously. He recently became attorney for the Missouri Pacific railroad trustee with headquarters in St Louis while keeping his Cape Girardeau residence and law office.
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Goy Lloyd C. Stark
Pendergast
Kansas City
Russell L Dearmont
Cape Girardeau
Nent Vear
Dearmont
Francis M. Wilson
Platte City
Guy B Park
Dearmont Uw
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St Louis
Pump House Destroyed in Fire Saturday
A short circuit in the motor caused a blaze that completely destroyed a small pump house at the National Butane Gas Corporation warehouse in Miner Switch. The fire, which left only the pump house and motor damaged, was put out within minutes with Fire Chief Milburn Arbaugh aiding employees. the fire truck was not needed.
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National Butane Gas Corporation
Miner Switch
Milburn Arbaugh
Palmyra Spectator to mark centennial edition this fall
The Palmyra Spectator, a weekly Democratic paper now 100 years old, plans a fall centennial issue. Publisher Donald D. Sosey, a Palmyra postmaster and third generation owner, follows his grandfather who founded the Mussouri Whig and General Advertiser after moving from Staunton, Virginia.
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Palmyra Spectator
Donald D. Sosey
Sosey
Marion County
Staunton
Mussouri Whig and General Advertiser
How to Tell Heat Exhaustion and Care
Dizziness and dazed behavior signal heat exhaustion with pallor, nausea, chills, sweating, or clammy skin. Seek medical help, move to fresh air, keep the person lying with the head low, loosen clothing, keep warm with blankets, rub limbs to aid circulation, and offer salt solution or salt tablets if drinking is possible, avoiding alcohol.
Fire destroys Foemer parsonage at 666 Park Avenue
Fire engulfed the Foemer parsonage nine room residence at 666 Park Avenue. Belongings of two families were ruined and the interior damaged beyond repair. The Newport Arkansas Rev Walker property served as district Methods parsonage and later rental. Fire originated under the stair center, windows broken to fight flames. Occupants Mr and Mrs Herbert Fox and Mr and Mrs W Joyce were away. Fire reported by Mrs W A Anthony around 1 00 am. Firefighters navigated thick smoke and cars on the street as they attempted containment. The house, built about thirty years ago, involved local church leaders in its planning and use. A separate note mentions Southeast Missouri Jubilee planning at Scott County chapter session in Benton.
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Park Avenue
SV. TL Walker
Newport Ark
Milburn Arbauga
Herbert Fox
W. Joyce
W A. Anthony
Looclock
Dr. Anthony
Tront
Southeast Missouri
Scott County
The
Soul Conservation Federation
Benton
T C McClure
Sikeston
Missouri Pacific Freight Wreck at Dexter Junction
Eleven cars of a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed at Dexter Junction where the Missouri Pacific and Cotton Belt lines converge near Priddy. A broken wheel is believed to have caused the crash, with several cars splintered and some injuries reported. Tracks were cleared within two hours. the wreck damaged homes and disrupted service to Poplar Bluff.
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Accice
Dexter Junction
Juredam
Cotton Belt
Missouri Pacific
Poplar Bluff
C. W. Pace
Mew
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Boy Scouts
Sikeston Library
Palmyra
Bob Dover
Whiteway Service
Foemer
Rorenen
Eartier
Lewis D Baker
Reece Applegate
F. M. Sikes
H P. Crowe
R L. Russell
Atlanta
Jubilee
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Dexter
Teerp
Cane Girardes
Cane Char x Powell
Oa Rerio
Aupus PY
OK Union Church
Bessville
Imo
Treey Council
Belure
Tryad
Tanner Street
RED Crown
the Whiteway
Niewipa Perrhlchive
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