Thirty Years Ago Travel Between Morehouse Gray Ridge and Connections
Thirty years ago motorists could travel eight miles from Morehouse to Gray Ridge and continue to Poplar Bluff without a detour. The Sikeston to Poplar Bluff road was a rough nonhighway, and the Morehouse Gray Ridge route was impassable in bad weather. The Little River bridge was unreliable and gumbo at its ends blocked travel. People recalled the bygone era. a five acre alfalfa field yielded over 20 tons in one cut. A Curtis trainer flew from Montgomery to Sikeston. lightning struck the Harve Roberson storm cellar during a storm. At Malone Theatre Priscilla Dean starred in A Silk Lined Burglar. Admission 11 and 17 cents.
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Moreouse
Gray Ridge
Poplar Bluff
Morehouse
Sikeston
Little River Drainage Canal
E. C. Matthews
W. B
C. L Malone
Curtis
Montgomery
Ala
Harve Roberson
Morkey
Malone
Priscilla Dean
Notable Sikeston Figures Involved In Fatal Car Crash And Musician’s Study
Fred Allard, a well known Sikeston man, was fatally injured when the car he rode in overturned on a curve and hit a tree on the road to Poplar Bluff. Miss Virginia Baker, a Sikeston musician and organist at the Methodist church, will resume studies at Brenau Conservatory in Gainesville, Georgia.
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Ruby Evans
T. C. Keller
Byron Bowman
Franklin Moore
Fred Allard
Sikeston
Poplar Bluff
Virginia Baker
Methodist Church
Brenau Conservatory
Gainesville
Four Day Showing Of The Covered Wagon In Sikeston
The four day run of The Covered Wagon at Ma fone Theatre drew the largest crowds yet for Southeast Missouri. At Sikeston Mercantile Co store, the season’s best sale is under way. Senator Robinson and Congressman Grady Miller of Arkansas, with Miller’s mother and grandmother, visited while returning from Washington DC, hosted by Miss Virginia Matthews. Mrs. Carrie Fisher hosted a birthday party for daughter Margaret Louise with guests including Virginia Mount and others.
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Mafone
O. W. McCutchen
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri
Sikeston Mercantile Company
Senator Robinson
Grady Miller
Arkansas
Washington
DD. C
Virginia Matthews
Carrie Fisher
Margaret Louise
Virginia
Carrie Nell Mount, Jr. Jr
Robert and
Frances Ann Sitzes
John Webster Bowman
Hbhita Clymer
Charles Vanson
Mary Tanner
Malone Theatre Shows The Old Fashioned Way Comedy
The Malone Theatre presents The Old Fashioned Way starring W C Fields. Young Jake Couch drank twelve root beers for a nickel, Billy Fox and Glen Sparks eight glasses. Misses Lucille Mount Electa Shankle Mary Lou Schroff and Billy Shankle return from a three week East tour visiting Washington Niagara Falls the World’s Fair in New York Quebec and Cleveland. Allen Swaim of Sikeston chosen as business manager of the 1940 Saga. Twenty five guests attend John Harper’s sixth birthday. Colleen Rayburn gave a piano recital at Sunday school with Scherzando Pomponnette Rococco.
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Malone Theatre
W .C. Fields
Jake Couch
Couch
Billy Fox
Glen Sparks
Lucille Mount
Electa Shankle
Mary Lou Schroff
Billy Shankle
East
Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
New York City
Quebec
Cleveland
Ohio
Allen Swaim
Sikeston High School
al Swaim
Southeast Missouri State College
Sagamore
John
J. E. Harper
Colleen Rayburn
Walter Rayburn
Methodist Church
Scherzando
Rolfe
Pomponnette
Durand
Rococco
Noelck
Sikeston Resident John O'Hara Dies at Home
John A. O Hara longtime Sikeston resident dies at his Center Street home after a long illness. Plumbers accidentally cut an underground cable that supplied service, causing outage and prompting investigation.
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John A. O'Hara
Sikeston
Center Street
Sikeston Citizens Noted for Wartime Honors and Marital News
In Sikeston reports Captain James E. Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. R C Matthews, is promoted to Major in the Army. Charles Allen Cook, a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, earns the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Thorton Wilson Jr. weds Grace Ellen Miller of Seattle, Washington, with his late father T A Wilson noted as a well known resident.
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Sikeston
James E. Matthews
R C Matthews
Army
Charles Allen Cook
Army Air Forces
Thorton Wilson Jr
Grace Ellen Miller
Seattle
Washington
T. A. Wilson
Vernon Auer stake sold amid Dysart-Auer Studio move
The Vernon Auer interest in the Dysart-Auer Studio was purchased by partner W. O. Dysart. Mrs Arch Russell was named as a representative of Scott County at a Missouri division UNESO meeting in St Louis. Invitations announced the August 28 wedding of Lee Bowman Jr and Cathleen Carpenter of Hamburg Iowa. Plans for a Sikeston Civics Club fall fashion show at the Armory with Elite Shop hats and gowns. Dr Wm C Critchlow opened offices in Stallcup building. Thirteen Sikeston Sea Scouts sailed from Cape Girardeau to Baton Rouge aboard a Simpson Oil towboat.
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Arch Russell
Scott County
Missouri Division
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
St. Louis
Lee Bowman Jr
Cathleen Carpenter
Hamburg
Iowa
Armory
Sikeston Civics Club
Wm. C Critchlow
Stallcup
Sikeston Sea Scouts
Cape Girardeau
Baton Rouge
Simpson Oil Company
Radio canned foods prompt premium pricing claim
An advertisement extols Radio canned foods as good quality with a motherly reassurance and notes that some rival brands are fancier but priced as a premium you may not feel worth paying after trying Radio. It argues Radio is enough quality for anyone.
What Others Say About Health Unit
Fred Lewallen explains the Scott County Health Council aims at health education and disease prevention. The long term program seeks to coordinate family physicians hospitals and public health services for Scott county. It emphasizes preventive medicine and self help over top down or emergency focused approaches.
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Fred Lewallen
Scott County Health Council
Scott County
Health Council
Washington
Sunshine and fresh air not enough for rural health
Albion Anderson, a Commerce civic leader, warns that farm health suffers from poor housing, ventilation, nutrition, contaminated water and milk, and lack of sanitation and pest control. He cites higher rural mortality from typhoid, pneumonia, and diphtheria and urges broader health programs, school clinics, inoculation, dental exams, and school meals to protect children and expectant mothers. He calls for action in Scott county and across similar communities.
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Albion Anderson
New Appointments for Missouri State Fair
Sedalia Missouri reports new appointments at the State Fairgrounds for the annual exposition August 21 28. A finished snow white inside fence surrounds the mile racetrack and a new judges stand. In line with Grand Circuit Harness Racing Association rules a new paddock for pacers and trotters near the grandstand is built of wire with steel posts and will be covered.
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Sedalia
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Society of Jesus
Jesuits
Klondike
Frederick the Great
Thousand Islands
Atwater Kent Foundation
Herman Henry
Buckner - Ragsdale
Pauline Plater
Everett Plater
Mississip Pi
Rev
Fims E Jones
Jones
Elmos Taylor
New City
Nacre
Bert
Sikeston, Me
Vernon Auer
Dysart-Auer
W. O. Dysart
America
Missouri
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