Sikeston Schools face cuts after governor vetoes funding
Sikeston Board of Education president L M Standley says a $9.25 million veto slashes will hit all schools, with Sikeston facing a $22,500 per year teacher salary cut for 1953 54 and 1954 55, unless new funds arise. The district would need roughly 40 cents extra per $100 assessed valuation to restore the cut, while state surplus money remains untouched and shortages of about 3,000 teachers loom statewide. The board urges a special legislative session to finance public schools.
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Missouri
Phil Donnelly
L. M. Standley
Sikeston Board of Education
Jefferson City
Sikeston
Donnelly
R&g
Tame
District Men Return From Military Duty in the Far East
A Sikeston resident and 12 area men were among servicemen who recently arrived home from the Far East. Named are Pfc Bob G Moore and Sgts Frank C Bertrand James F Bolen and Charles J Engleman of Cape Girardeau. Sgt Carl Bradley of Holland. Cpls Fred M Ethridge Gobler Lynn R Gentry Fornfelt Delbert R Faire East Prairie. Sgt Charles D Hood Morehouse. Cpl Lewis C Martin Sgt Richard L Reynolds Oran. Sgt Hubert R G Sitz Dexter.
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Sikeston
United States
Far East
Bob G. Moore
Frank C. Bertrand
James F. Bolen
Charles J. Engleman
Cape Girardeau
Carl Bradley
Holland
Fred M. Ethridge
Gobler
John L. Ward
Delbert R. Faire
Gray Ridge Farmer Brings First Cotton Boll
Charles Morse of Gray Ridge delivered the first cotton boll to The Herald office yesterday morning. He operates 36 acres of land owned by Mrs. P. F. Johnson where the crop is grown, and he said he planted the cotton on the 15th of April.
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Herald Office
Charles Morse
Gray Ridge
Morse
P. F. Johnson
Bids Called for Four Bridges on Highway 61 Pemiscot County
Jefferson City State Highway Commission issued a call for August 27 bids totaling about 2.2 million dollars for 62.2 miles of Missouri highways. Projects include 55.3 miles of supplementary road work and 5.7 miles of major system plus urban improvements. The bid package covers stage construction for four bridges on U S Route 61 in Pemiscot County, including a 181-foot structure over Drainage Ditch No 3 and a 165-foot and a 160-foot bridge at main drainage ditches in District 6.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Highway Commission
Steele-Holland
Pemiscot
Summers Family Visit From Center Missouri
Mr and Mrs Ralph Summers and four children from Center Missouri visited from last Friday to Monday morning with Mr and Mrs Robert Summers and their son.
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Ralph Summers
Center, Mo
Robert Summers
New Arm Signals for Missouri Drivers Effective Aug 29
Missouri drivers must adopt new hand signals for turns and stops starting August 29, aligning with common practice in other states. Signals 1 up for right turn, 2 straight for left turn, 3 down for stop or slow. Hand signals not required if lights used.
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Missouri
The
Highway Patrol
Hugh H. Waggon
To Vote on Wheat Quotas Tomorrow
The Production and Marketing Administration of Scott county sponsors an election Friday to decide wheat market quotas. Polling places in each township include Richland Sikeston high school Commerce Commerce school Kelso George Essner's Store Moreland Benton court house Morley Morley high school Sandywoods Blodgett high school Sylvania Oran city hall Tywappity Lusk school with two judges per site and secret ballot voting.
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the Production and Marketing Administration
Scott County
Richland
Sikeston High School
Commerce Township
Commerce School
Kelso
George Essner
Moreland Township
Benton Court House
Morley Township
Morley High School
Sandywoods
Blodgett High School
Sylvania
Oran City Hall
Tywappity Township
Lusk School
New teachers chosen for Sikeston schools
At a school board meeting the district added Ada Johnson Evelyn McCrea Jack Sullivant and Alyce Jackson to the staff. A new high school cafeteria has been completed and will serve Bailey and high schools. Overcrowding prompted extra classrooms and shifts with 8th grade classes at Tanner Street Church of God and the Bailey and high schools. The Lee Hunter school’s completion next year should ease crowding.
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Ada Johnson
Morley
China Lake
Calif
Evelyn McCrea
Webster Groves
Jack Sullivant
Morehouse
Ironton
Alyce Jackson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Lincoln
Bailey
Tanner Street Church of God
Bailey School
Airport
Lee Hunter
Guardsmen Return From Two Weeks of Field Maneuvers
Sikeston National Guardsmen completed two weeks of annual training at Camp Ripley Minnesota. The 140th Infantry units sent 63 men home by train while about 90 others traveled by a convoy of 84 trucks two airplanes and the same number by last Thursday. Air support helped trucks avoid accidents this year unlike eight mishaps last year. Rain drenched the camp August 2 to 7 with tents blown down yet no Sikeston injuries beyond a train accident en route. Capt Bruce Lewis called the encampment a success.
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Sikeston National Guardsmen
Camp Ripley
Minn
Ripley
Sikeston
Minnesota
140Th Infantry
Missouri
Bruce Lewis
Lewis
Godberry Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the Godberry residence at 113 North Third Street late Monday night. The blaze began after a gas valve leak near Mr and Mrs Cecil Godberry and was noticed about 745 pm. Firefighters battled for about two hours and declared the house a total loss per Fire Chief L Tongate.
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Cecil Godberry
North Third Street
L. Tongate
The Herald Joins Nationwide Highway Safety Drive
The Herald joins over 9,000 newspapers in the 1953-54 National Newspaper Highway Safety Program to push police and court action against speeders. Thomas N. Boate cites rural highway deaths rising from 22,000 in 1949 to an estimated 31,000 in 1953, starkly warning that speeds and insufficient control threaten thousands more lives. He urges public cooperation to curb speeding and protect rural roadways.
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Thomas N. Boate
The
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
Boote
Pennsylvania
Boate
Superintendent Twitty Returns to Sikeston Schools
Sikeston public schools chief Lynn Twitty resumes duties after 15 months in Marine Corps service. He, his wife, and daughter Emily Lynne reside at 410 Tanner Street. Twitty served as Lieutenant Colonel with Marine Air Reserve Training, with postings at Glenview Naval Air Station and tours including atomic warfare training at Yucca Flats.
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Lynn Twitty
Sikeston
Marine Corps
Twitty
Emily Lynne
Tanner Street
Marine Air Reserve Training Commission
Glenview Naval Air Station
Glenview
Frenchman's Flat
Nev
Yucca Flats
Catron Man Killed in Last Days of War
The Department of Defense reports Pvt. Robert L. Nickson son of Mrs Leona Nickson Gary Indiana was killed in action in the final days of the Korean War.
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Catron
Department of Defense
Pvt
Robert L. Nickson
Nickson
Leona Nickson
Gary
Ind
Thermometer Shows Wide Range This Week
The week saw a high of 95 degrees last Friday and a low of 58 degrees last Sunday morning.
World War II service of Twitty noted in South Pacific
A Southeast Missouri native, Twitty served in the South Pacific during World War II. He studied at the University of Missouri, Peabody College, Southeast Missouri State College and Northwestern University.
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Twitty
South Pacific
Southeast Missouri
University of Missouri
Peabody College
Southeast Missouri State College
Northwestern University
Civil Defense Urged For Sikeston Amid Global Threats
An editorials calls Sikeston residents to form Civil Defense groups highlighting hydrogen bomb fears from Russia and looming wartime draft end concerns. It argues defense planning protects against floods fires epidemics and other local emergencies, noting Sikeston’s factories and processing plants as key assets.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Pastor Hurt in Traffic Accident
In Paducah Kentucky a head on collision at 12 30 a m injured four Sikeston people. Rev Vernon Guttenfelder pastor of Tanner Street Church of God sustained multiple broken ribs a fractured collar bone and facial lacerations needing about 50 stitches. Mrs Guttenfelder broken nose. Bob Harlan suffered several broken ribs. Mrs Harlan jaw broken and teeth knocked out. The couples were returning from a singing convention at Brooks Stadium Paducah.
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Sikeston
Paducah
Vernon Guttenfelder
Tanner Street
Church of God
Guttenfelder
Bob Harlan
Gut
Missouri Cotton Report Indicates Lower Missouri Yield
Missouri production for the year reaches 370000 bales, down from 394000 last year and above the 1942-51 average of 345000. The drop is due to lower yield from hot dry weather and late planting despite a slightly larger harvest acreage.
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Columbia
Missouri
Credit Association Meeting Attended by 650 at Sikeston Armory
Over 650 people registered for the twentieth annual Sikeston Production Credit Association meeting at the Sikeston Armory. The event opened with group singing led by Mrs Elmer Poage and Mrs M L Cand y, with Sherman Grant welcoming guests. Officers reported growth to 1258 members as of June 30 and more than 32 million dollars loaned in total.
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Sikeston Production Credit Association
Sikeston Armory
Elmer Poage
M. L. Canedy
Sherman Grant
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
E. L. Corbin
Thatcher Scism
Scism
Raidt
Bardley
Armory
Taylor Circle No. 4
Ww. S.C. S
Methodist Church
Ernie
Ariene Heldman
St. Louis
Heldmans
Ksd-Tv
St Lemns
Sikeston Association
Benton
Charleston
New Madrid
Bloomfield
E. P. Coleman Jr
Scott County
W. H. Sikes
L. N. Stallcup
Fred Hetlage
New Madrid County
William Holloway
Mississippi County
George C. Bates
Production Credit Association of
Fulton Warren
Farm Credit Administration
Paul Jones
Ford Family Plans Weekend in St. Louis
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ford with daughters Sandy Kay and Lillian Ancell and Miss Janet Stevens will spend the week end in St. Louis.
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Leonard Ford
Sandy Kay
Lillian Ancell
Janet Stevens
St. Louis
Southern Missouri Disaster Designation Expands Aid
All of Southern Missouri is designated disaster territory with special five percent interest livestock emergency loans for Scott and Mississippi counties. Loans, up to three years, require applicant certification of disaster damage and inability to obtain credit, with Farmers Home Administration handling issuance and service.
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Missouri
Congress
Scott County
Cyril W. Owen
Benton
Secretary of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
Scott
Mississippi
Scott County Drouth Committee Forms Policy Rules
The Scott County Drouth Committee held its first meeting to set eligibility rules for emergency feed aid. Rules cover lack of financial strain, farming as main operation, feed supply limits, and eligibility of foundation cattle. A special livestock loan committee, appointed by Ezra Benson, will approve loans for Scott county applicants.
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Scott County Drouth
Evin Burke
Scott County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Tom Stroup
Cyril W. Owen
George W. Pearman
Otto Buge
Ezra T. Benson
Roy M. Johnson
Sikeston
Emil A. Sprenger
Commerce
Otto L. Theissen
Chaffee
Scott County
Congress
Dr Kready Observes Birth Anniversary at Festive Event
Old friends gathered to mark Dr J H Kready's birth anniversary last night. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Oscar Carroll, Mr and Mrs Fred Geske, Mr and Mrs Chris Francis, Mr and Mrs Earl Allen, Mr and Mrs John Russell, Mr and Mrs Frank Allom Jr, and Mrs Frank Schulte. Punch and cookies were served on a lace tablecloth, with a lighted birthday cake on the refreshment table.
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J. H. Kready
Oscar Carroll
Fred Geske
Chris Francis
Earl Allen
John Russell
Frank Allom Jr
Frank Schulte
Rustic Rock Inn Debuts Electric Sign in Sikeston
Rustic Rock Inn in Sikeston unveils a new electric sign about 12 by 12 feet rectangular. The sign, lit across the driveway with about 300 bulbs, uses neon for the name in gold. Canedy Sign Company built the sign in roughly two weeks.
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Rustic Rock Inn
Sikeston
Rustic Rock
Lane
Canedy Sign Company
Lube Family Weekend Visit in Indiana
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lube and their two sons were weekend guests of Mr Luber's brother Powell Luber in Indiana. They were joined on the return trip by another family member Charlie who had spent part of the summer visiting Indiana.
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Mrs
Lawrence Lube and
Mr. Luber
Powell Luber
Indiana
Charlie
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Highway
Pemiscot County
State Highway Patrol
Sikeston Schools
Godberry
the Herald
Russia
Missouri River
Boone
Howard
Stuart Symington
Drouth
South Missouri
Scott County Drouth Committee
DR. Kready
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