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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
9
Weser takes interim command while Larsen is away. Married with a son who will graduate from Sedalia High School next May, Weser will not move his family immediately. He serves as a captain in the Civil Air Patrol and plans a transfer to the Sikeston unit at once.
The Agriculture Department on Tuesday estimated the corn crop at 2,824,078,000 bushels and wheat at 198,000,000 bushels. The corn forecast is 487,415,000 bushels below last month, amid drought affecting key growing areas. Last year’s corn production was 3,176,615,000 bushels, with the ten year average at 3,057,464,000. Wheat was pegged at 198? million bushels, down from prior months and well below last year’s 1,168,536,000.
In Scott Stoddard Mississippi and New Madrid counties township elections selected members of ASC committees. Scott County lists show chairmen vice chairs regular members and alternates for Commerce Kelso Moreland Morley Richland Sandywoods Sylvania Tywappity and others. Mississippi and Stoddard Counties report multiple townships with names of elected officials. New Madrid incomplete returns remain.
In Circuit Court Judge Arthur Goodman Jr heard cases. Walter Morlan pleaded guilty to disturbing peace and received 30 days in county jail. Huston Reynolds pleaded guilty to grand larceny and got two years in the Intermediate Reformatory at Algoa. Parole requested for Reynolds. Logan Green pleaded guilty to disturbing peace with a $25 fine and costs, and felonious acts with witness rest, at the defendant’s cost. Perry Holman pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, confined to county jail for one year, licenses revoked. Alex Goodman pleaded guilty to crime against nature public indecency, six months in jail. William Brantley pleaded guilty to molesting a minor female child, two years in State Penitentiary, parole sought. Calvin Bolin pleaded guilty to driving drunk, six months in jail, licenses revoked.
New Madrid County health officer Paul Sherrard announced a typhoid vaccination clinic at the Risco school house. Clinics will occur Fridays for three weeks with single shots, aimed at inoculating about 600 students and 200 parents amid two suspected cases but no epidemic expected.
Ten year old Henry Nath aniel Dowdy son of James T. Dowdy died of leukemia at Jewish Hospital St. Louis after six weeks as a patient. Born Oct 28 1943 he is survived by three brothers, two sisters, and maternal grandfather Finis Goodin. Funeral at 2:30 pm Thursday at McMikle Chapel East Prairie with Rev Cecil King. burial in Dogwood Cemetery.
The Agriculture Department forecasts this year's government controlled cotton crop at 12,680,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, versus last year's 16,465,000 and the 10-year average 12,448,000. A reserve of about 9,650,000 bales exists Aug 1 from prior crops, with crop condition at 78 percent of normal. Average yield per harvested acre is projected at 31.33 pounds, below last year's 32.42 and above the 10-year 27.21. Principal states include Missouri at 84 pounds per acre and 416 bales, with Arkansas at 77 and 359 pounds per acre and 1,300,000 bales.
At CAP headquarters the Sikeston Civil Defense and Disaster Agency auxiliary police were updated by Sheriff John Dennis who issued deputy sheriff cards to 20 members. Cards grant arrest power when serving with the unit but do not allow serving civil papers. Cards can be recalled for abuse. First aid training and a committee for courses were named, with Raymond Ford chairing. Tom Sims heads a fish fry planning committee. Guests included Sheriff Dennis and James L Green.
At the organization meeting of Sikeston Production Credit Association the board re elected Paul Bradley president and Carl Raidt vice president. Thatcher Scism was named secretary treasurer. Bradley and Raidt join the executive committee with Lester Bishop as alternate. Kirby Zarecor and Bishop named as members for a committee. Directors depart for a two day conference in St Louis.
The Sikeston Production Credit Association re elected John M. Zarecor of Risco and Edgar Kirby of Dexter to three year terms. Zarecor won 131 votes to 94 for Elvie Love of Risco, while Kirby tallied 157 to 62 for Jesse Mohersbaugh of Dexter after sectional meetings in Sikeston Risco and Dexter.
Melvin H Weiser will run Blum's Department Store in Sedalian during Larsen's one year leave of absence in Denmark. Weiser, native of Brooklyn, has managed Rosenthal's and worked with Rice-Stix and P N Hirsch firms across Indiana and Missouri, joining the Interstate chain before returning to Hirsch last week.
Over the weekend at the Masseur Delta Community Hospital treated five young patients Jackie Lee Gilbert aged 5 from Route 3 Sikeston nailed foot Ceraldine Stinnett 14 from Morehouse stepped on a needle in her foot Corless Mays 8 from Route 2 Sikeston fractured his right clavicle John Facett 15 from Sikeston lacerated left wrist trying to catch a broken Coke bottle Lary Abbott 5 from Route 1 Essex lacerated a fingertip and suffered a chip fracture on finger after sticking it in a lawn mower All were discharged after treatment.
Mr and Mrs James F Bryant and their children visited Mr and Mrs Ira Davenport in Caraway Arkansas over the weekend. Mrs Bryant’s parents Mr and Mrs Arthur McCray of Oran joined and stayed for a week.
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