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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1958
Page
2
The Sikeston school system prepares for the 1958-59 year with 3,000+ students returning. Open houses cover elementary to high school, with schedules from 8 am to 3 pm, new principals, enrollment estimates, health and safety measures, and a $450 high school enrollment fee.
Farmers planning an alfalfa seeding should start with a soil test from the local extension office. Apply lime and fertilizer per the test to improve stand, increase tonnage and quality, and extend stand life. the test often pays for itself in the first year through higher yields and savings on unnecessary fertilizer.
A long list of social visits fills the Vancuser community notes. Surprises for Ola Nichols mark family gatherings. Jubilee minstrel at the high school, and a Saturday picnic by the Vancuser Community Improvement Club are featured. Names include Nichols, Stacy, Griffin, Owens, Verble, Perry, and Harbarger among many others.
Jake Ward former secretary of the Springfield Missouri Fair and assistant manager of the Lake Front Fair in Chicago will be the speaker at the 1958 Missouri State Fair annual Missouri Country Ham Breakfast. The event is Monday Aug 18 at 8 30 a m at Smith Cot ton High School in Sedalia. Ward long connected with fairs since boyhood in Indiana and Illinois. He is known as a witty after dinner speaker and expected to be a highlight of the breakfast.
Scott County Ramblings critiques rising living costs, citing editor Jack Sampier on farm value shifts versus consumer prices. It notes farm value increases lagging behind consumer costs, with figures on meat, bakery, and dairy, and references milk price parity and supports.
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