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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
11
The Sikeston Herald confirms Clint H. Denman as contributing editor, noting his ongoing role shaping local coverage and opinion pieces in the newspaper.
The notice indicates a weekly publication schedule every Thursday at 119 West Malone Avenue Sikeston Missouri with telephones 74 and 75 for contact.
Sikeston shines for its summer baseball squad with a strong home record. The VFW athletic field provides a smooth, well lighted diamond and convenient amenities, boosting local attendance and pride in the team’s achievements.
Tom Evans of Memphis general contractor for two new bridges on Highway 60 east of Sikeston began preliminary work last weekend. One bridge spans the St. John's drainage ditch near the airport property and the other crosses the Northcut ditch about a mile east of Miner.
Medical patients listed include Mrs Rose Litchford Norvel Emerson Sikeston infant Mitchel Clemons Mrs Leora Newman Mrs Thelma Lucy Calamou Mabel Robbins New Madrid David Mims Catron Walter Comer Morehouse infant Alice Ellis Portageville. Expired Aug 8: Lucille Turner Bernie Floy Dewberry Oran infant Oliva Montalva Conran infant Bernadean Thompson Parma Robert Joyce Chaffee Icy Warren Marston. Surgical patients: Hershel Deal Lavelle ONeal Elwood Pickett Sikeston John B Haughton John M M Haughton Poplar Bluff Loran McCollum Bloomfield Miss Louis Howell Marston. Multiple births noted: Elmer and Mrs Russell baby girl Aug 5. Joe Cravens baby boy Aug 7. Max Ellison baby girl Aug 7. Charles Gunter baby girl Aug 7. Marshal Northcaste baby girl Aug. Baby J Hughes baby boy Aug. Leroy Cook couple from Sikeston. Dean Russell baby daughter Brenda Dean Aug 6. Russell’s former Laura Kornegger. Other parents: Raymon Tees Bloomfield baby boy Aug 4. Roscoe Hazel baby boy Aug 4. Kari Chaffee baby boy Aug. Brot tes Portagville baby girl Aug 7. Eime Stut ler Matinew Aug 9. Archie dee Ti tur Portagville baby girl Aug 9. Welton Toa vaile New Madrid baby girl Aug 1. J T Carter Bloomfield baby birth Aug 10. Elsie Lawrence Lilbourn baby boy Aug 10. EWSPAPER RALHT
The largest 4-H Achievement Day was held at Oran high school on August 6 with higher attendance and larger exhibits. Leaders and parents volunteered, driving quality 4-H work. Representatives for district contests in Clarkton on August 13 included Gayla Daniel, Joyce Nesler, Lola Bollinger, George Stevens, Jerry Freshour and others. Awards covered food, clothing, home furnishings, and agricultural exhibits with numerous blue, red, and white ribbons. Judges were Mrs. Wallace Morgan, Mrs. Adiel Anderson, A. D. Arnhart, and Avin Boise.
Mr and Mrs Dick Baldwin welcomed a baby girl. Visits and family gatherings cross state lines with relatives in Memphis Joiner and nearby towns. Emma Garner returns home from Memphis and Joiner after visiting relatives. Various local families, including the Faughn and Garner households, hosted or visited kin over the past weekend.
An additional $2,000 has been allotted in Scott county under the 1BAAA program to encourage more acreage of improved pasture land. The funds are restricted to payment at approved sites as listed. The report notes Portia Ore and Seagraves among other towns, and mentions a baby becoming the first grandchild of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt.
A reader tours the Sikeston Warehouse and Storage Company east of the city on Highway 60. The 800 by 125 foot building, once wartime barracks, houses government stockpiles including powdered milk and synthetic rubber. The facility, leased in 1948, stores 175 carloads of powdered milk and supports stockpile programs with a Hyster forklift lifting loads.
The body of Pfe Laurence E. Chadd, killed in action in France on August 14, 1944, was reburied in the Baker Cemetery near Litesville today. Services were conducted by Rev Leo Thurston. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Pimwat Chadé, born January 28, 1927 in Mole, and spent his life in Telleswile and Lut oe. He was survived by his wife Miss Mae Harns and by his parents, two sisters and brothers.
At the Sikeston district Court of Honor held Monday night at the Sikeston public library, multiple scouts from Troops 43 44 49 and Explorer Post 242 received rankings and merit badges. Life Scout honors went to Lewis Blanton and Joe Fox with several others earning first or second class ratings and badges in canoeing cooking first aid and more.
Blodgett News reports on residents visiting relatives in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, remodeling at local properties, and multiple family trips to St Louis and Wisconsin. It notes school starts August 22, a hospital stay for J F Nunnelee, a baptism? vacation for Rev Bailey, and Willis Reynolds elected Sunday school superintendent. The piece lists many moving plans, travel and a family death from poliomyelitis.
Donna Jean Burch of Cairo Illinois visits Linda Lee Burch. A string of visitors from Sikeston Vanduser LaCenter St. Louis and more stop by. Includes 4-H picnic attendees and a funeral party from Lilbourn. Family and friends share weekends and trips to Detroit Smoky Mountains and other locales.
Donald Newton of Marston visits relatives this week. Mr and Mrs Mac Culp and son Ponale visited relatives in Pare Gould Arkansas last weekend. Len Comstolk and children spent Sunday with the latter's parents. Darrell Notmen Sterne and Dale Barnett, Mr and Mrs Ted Culp and others spent the weekend at Wappepels Tas.
Fifteen Scott county farmers attended a demonstration at Huston Duncan’s farm near Vanduser on August 2 showing reusable concrete septic tank forms built by Roy Phillips and Extension agents. The 500 gallon tank measures 6 by 3 by 5 feet, uses 15.5 sacks cement and 2.5 cubic yards gravel, and leaves a smooth interior surface after form removal.
Attendees of the Balanced Farming Field Day on August 16 at Roy V. Evans farm south of Blodgett will see how fertilizer and lime boost sandy soil productivity. Evans reports spreading 35 tons of lime on 118 acres and using fertilizer yearly, with 1949 figures noting 7 1/2 tons on 63 acres. rye and vetch were turned under for green manure, and legumes were planted on each corn and cotton acre. Pasture for dairy cattle is sought to support hay farming. additional plots and demonstrations are planned for the event.
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