New Madrid 4-H Club Achievement Draws Large Crowd
New Madrid county 4-H members gathered for the annual Achievement program in Lilbourn on Friday and Saturday August 6 and 7. About 600 leaders members and friends attended. Davie Jo Kochel and Maxine Harrison of Canada won the winning team demonstration while Delores Bailey from Cox-Baderville was named top girls’ demonstrator from 24 home economics demos. Jeanice Haubold and Jeannette Haubold of Marston won the winning agricultural team demonstration. C G Scott of Pharris Ridge was the top individual after a year. Charlene Smith of Risco won the Girls Dress Revue as 30 girls participated. 31 made aprons and many received ribbons. Demetra Yarbro Cox-Baderville was the best groomed girl and Edward Becker Shamrock Club Portageville got the top boy grooming honor. County winners advance to District 4-H in Sikeston August 14 and then on to Columbia in October. Exhibits totaled 71 cotton 19 corn 17 soybeans 152 clothing 82 food prep and preservation 23 vegetables 17 home grounds 2 in electricity 2 in poultry 2 in entomology 15 in home service plus tractor maintenance and 1 in ropework. Names of participants will be released next week.
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New Madrid County
Lilbourn
Davie Jo Kochel
Maxine Harrison
Canada
Delores Bailey
Cox-Baderville
Jeanice Haubold
Jeannette Haubold
Marston
C. G. Scott
Pharris Ridge
Demetra Yarbro
Edward Becker
Shamrock Club
Portageville
Sikeston
Columbia
New Requirements for Colored Teachers in 1949 50
State board mandates that all high school teachers hold 120 semester hours by 1950. Teachers with 60 to 119 hours must gain 8 hours annually. beginners from 1948 to 1950 face progressive hour targets. Elementary teachers need elementary certificates and high school teachers need high school certificates. Marie J. Branche, Area Jeanes Supervisor.
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State Board of Education
Child Parent Education Speaker in New Madrid
Miss Marjorie Momyer, renowned child education authority, will speak at the Home Economics Council meeting in New Madrid high school auditorium on August 19 from 1 30 to 3 30 p m. Parents and interested citizens are invited to attend.
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Marjorie Momyer
Home Economics Council
New Madrid County
New Madrid
Miss Momyer
Stephens College
Columbia
Columbia University
New York
Rebecca Nistendirk
July Traffic Accidents Reported by Troop E
July figures from Troop E of the State Highway Patrol show 89 accidents investigated, nine killed, 101 injured, and vehicle damage estimated at 38,049 dollars. Counties including Southeast Missouri items list fatalities and injuries by county such as Scott with two killed in 15 accidents and Cape Girardeau with three killed and 19 injured in 11 accidents.
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State Highway Patrol
O. L. Wallis
Missouri
Scott County
Mississippi
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Butler County
Cape Girardeau
Ripley
Stoddard
Bollinger
Carter County
Iron County
Madison County
Perry County
Reynolds County
Wayne County
Charter Oak Residents and Visitors News Notes
Charter Oak community news lists dozens of local residents visiting relatives and traveling on business to Memphis Sikeston Canalou Morehouse and Cape Girardeau plus school start details. A final line notes that 45 percent of personal planes sold in 1947 had factory radios versus under 9 percent in 1946.
Blo dgett News Social Notes and 4 H Events
Mrs Wm Beggs Jr correspondent reports family reunions visits from Mrs Hosea Cantrell and daughter and other relatives from Oklahoma California and St Louis Several 4 H clubs meet at Chaffee Felker Park and Benton including a picnic theater outing and a baby boy born August 2 Radio prize ruling looms FCC hearings set for September 10 likely ending prize contests in broadcasting and sponsorships across the region
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John Taylor
Ilinois
Hosea Cantrell
Oklahoma
Anna Miller
St. Louis
Lloyd Johnson
Salinas
Calif
Fletcher Withrow
Jimmy
Cape Girarneau
Paul Graham
Kathy
Billy Lee Graham
Benton
Phil Harris
Hayti
Charles Miller
Lorene Hubbard
Reno Lambert
Ben Berendes
Lennis James
Tax bill totals and per family burden across US
The total tax bill of the United States is 57 billion dollars, with 1,610 per four person family. The federal share is 45 billion dollars, 78 percent of the total, while state and local taxes total 12 billion dollars.
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United States
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Charlene Smith
Risco
Marie J. Branche
Jeanes
U. S
Goodyear
WSH Praper Bamltiyp
Charter Oak News
Eva Luck
Gene Barber
Michigan
Will Lloyd
Bloomfield
T. C. Faughn
Mickey
Larry Fitzgerald
Blytheville
John
Jerry
Mick
Memphis
Reginald Asher
Jewell Asher
Canaloa
Jane Averett
Larry Joe
Bragg City
Bill Hendrix
Gilbert Asher
K. A. Garner
Roy Meritt
Gray Ridge
Allene Lee
Marshal Kersey
Charter Oak
Elbert Asher
Everett Ray
Morehouse
Charter Oak School
Hazel Baldwin
Kenneth Averett
A. C. Barnett and Sons
Alfred Payne
Fisk
W. A. Pearcy
K. A. Garner and Sons
Betty Faughn
Ambrose Greenlee
Canalou
Eugene Gisi
Near
Essex
W. L. McWaters
Gisi
Hershell McWaters
Ara Asher
W. F. Fitzgerald
Robert
Veda Asher
Ona Asher
Edward Flowers
Near Lilbourn
Billy Carl Flowers
Bob Emerson
A. O. Flowers
L. J. Garner
M. L. Garner
Mona Gains
D. D. Garner
Silverthorne
Near Matthews
Everett Volz
George Volz
New Hamburg
Ura Asher
Blodgett
Wm. Beggs Jr
Ray Evans
Carolyn
Norman
Billy Howell
Chaffee
E. R. Rister
W. A. Beggs
W. C. Graham
Felker Park
Joe Dodson
Bertha Dodson
Ora Jolley
Federal Communications Comission
the Workman Studio
Tracy
Kansas City, Mo
Sikeston, Mo
FOX Furniture Company
Morehouse, Missouri
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