Successful 4-H Club Achievement Day In District
At Sikeston high school last Saturday the district 4-H club Achievement Day drew nearly 2004 members and leaders from Scott Ripley Pemiscot Dunklin Carter Bollinger Butler Cape Girardeau Mississippi and New Madrid counties. Five blue ribbon Scott County girls led in Grooming Dress Revue Food Demonstration and Foods Demonstration with district winners named for Agriculture Team and Individual events. District officials from Columbia and Dexter attended as did local chamber leaders and club members.
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Sikeston High School
Scott County
Ripley
Lester Akers
Dexter
Anita Dickson
Columbia
B. W. Harrison
Joe Flory
Helen Barnard
Alfred Byrd
New Madrid
Tom B. Stroup
Scott
Mildred Crumbaugh
North Rockview
Betty Albrecht
Slimo
Rebecca Cochran
Diehlstadt
Ella Marie Schiwitz
Commerce
Vernell Green
Benton
Richard
Kirkpatrick
Lola Mae _ Bollinger
Time
Misses Albrecht
Bollinger
Miss Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Maxine Harrison
Dovie Jo Kochel
Glen Priest
Joan Pendleman
Stoddard
Phyllis Schwarts
Z. E. McAmis
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Miller
Glenn Priest
Cape Girardeau County
Betty Jane Albrecht
Illmo
Aleta McDowell
Katherine Hennedy
Dunklin County
A. D. Arnhart
Elvira Sellars
Pemiscot County
Julia Hagemann
R. Q. Brown
Mississippi County
Butler County
Willard James
Miniature device tracks Aerobee flight data to ground observers
A small electronic unit gathers and transmits 24 different types of information about Navy Aerobee high altitude rockets. The rockets travel at nearly 3000 miles per hour as observers on the ground monitor the flights.
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Navy
Aerobee
District Winners of 4 H Club Events at Sikeston Meet
Pictured are district winners from 12 counties in the 4 H Club Achievement Day at Sikeston High School. Winners will represent the district at the State meet in Columbia on October 2. From left to right Jeannette Haubold and Jean ice Haubold of New Madrid County excel in Agriculture and other events.
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Sikeston High School
Columbia
Jeannette
Jeanice Haubold
New Madrid County
Mary Emma Hulshof Elected Farm Bureau Queen at Picnic
Mary Emma Hulshof of Portageville won the Farm Bureau Queen title at the Canalou picnic on August 11 with a wide margin among eleven candidates. Mary Alice Critchlow and Patsy Peterson followed, while Wm. Dawson Jr. crowned the queen. The event drew about 600 members and featured a fish dinner, a Matthews Band concert, and a 4-H dress review.
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Mary Emma Hulshof
Farm Bureau
Mary Emma M Hulshof
Portageville
Canal Oa
Mary Alice Critchlow
Matthews
Patsy Peterson
Canalou
Wm. Dawson Jr
New Madrid
Peterson
Canaloa
Rozann McCulloch
Lola Chaney
Davie Jo Rochel
Patsy Hopper
Joann Laird
Nancy Mac Riley
Peggy Joyce Stewart
Ruth Cummins
Risco
George Mize
New Field Man for Employment Office Named in Sikeston
Bill Shepherd of Ilimo, formerly with the Division of Employment Security in Cape Girardeau, joined the Sikeston game service office last Monday as field representative after resigning as steel mill supervisor in Granite City Illinois. He previously worked as supervisor in Granite City before moving to Sikeston.
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Bill Shepherd
Ilimo
Division of Employment Security Office
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Shepherd
Granite City
Til
Lair's 60th Anniversary Sale Shines With Best Values
The ad proclaims best values in many a moon during Lair's 60th Anniversary Sale highlighting significant discounts and featured items across the store.
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Lair’s
Simpson Oil to distribute Dayton Tires in Missouri
Simpson Oil Co will serve as franchise distributors for Dayton tires across southeastern Missouri from Flat River to the state line and between Poplar Bluff and the Mississippi river. About 100 dealers attended the Tuesday night meeting with Dayton Rubber Co officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Oil Co
Missouri
Dayton Tires
Dayton Rubber Co
Dayton
Ohio
H. G. “Chili” Simpson
Charleston
Howard Teak
James Brown
H. G. Simpson Jr
Chas. G. Doty
Flat River
State Line
Poplar Bluff
Mississippi River
Grant & Owen
Sikeston
High railroad official tours Sikeston area Saturday
Robert C. White, vice president and chief operations officer of Missouri Pacific Railroad, inspected southeastern Missouri railroad property in Sikeston last Saturday. He met with C. H. Denman regarding a Missouri Press Association trip on the Missouri Pacific to Mexico City and other sites planned for next November. White, a Berkeley native, visited briefly with his brother J. Edgar White during the stop.
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Robert C. White
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Sikeston
Missouri
C. H. Denman
Missouri Press Association
Missouri Pacific
Mexico City
Mexico
Mr. White
Bertrand
J. Edgar White
Drift down the Mississippi with Simpson Oil Co Boat
A group of twelve boys and their writer return from a weeklong voyage traveling about 1500 miles by boat train bus and foot from Cape Girardeau to New Orleans and back aboard the Simpson Oil towboat F B Walker They tour the ship meet Captain Holland Nance and Bly and Mr Burnett and describe the engine rooms pilot house and sunset over the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
New Orleans
Sea Scout
Sikeston Bright
Simpson Oil Co
F. B. Walker
Mississippi River
Captain Holland
Holland
Nance
Bly
Mr. Burnett
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J. ©. Schuette
Joann _Rendleman
Stoddard County
Phyliss Schwartz
Mulshof
Portageville High School
Farmers Bank of
Sam Avery
V. E. Hammock
Hugh Rogers
Josh Davis
Dale Geske
Dysart-Auer
Edgar Stephens & Sons
Cairo, Illinois
General
Webb Electrical CO
Paul Buchmueller
L. T. Davey
High Railroad
Mississippi
Leonard Vaughn
Neo
Cairo
Thordered
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