Scout Field Director Back in Cotton Bell
Miss Edith Reaves of Matthews rejoined the Cotton Bell Area Girl Scout Council as Field Director after two months as water front director at Camp Latonka on Wappapella Lake. She holds a BA from Harding College 1952 and taught seven years in Missouri schools, including three years as elementary principal. Her parents live near Mat rye. she can be reached at the Sikeston Girl Scout office.
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Matthews
Cotton Bell Area
Girl Scout Council
Ilena Aslin
Latonka
Wappapella Lake
Cotton Bell
Sikeston
Miss Reaves
Harding College
Searc
Plans For CAP Fisk Fry Held Aug 27 At Appell
Civil Air Patrol plans a first annual Cat cion Div event on August 27 at the Appell location. Cadets received tickets priced at $1.95 for adults and 74 cents for children with proceeds supporting the cadet program and operating fund. Charles Hubner lectured on navigation and the group viewed training films as part of the event preparations.
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Sion
Bose Cdr
Pam
Atl
T- Chaarles Hubner
Fisk
Lost Rites Friday For Charlestonian
Ruth Lillian Noise 44 a Missis sian County resident for 25 years died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. Funeral 2 30 p m Friday at McMikle Chapel with Rev Owen Sherill officiating burial in ICCF Cemetery. Born November 3 1904 in Detroit Michigan she was a Methodist. Survived by husband Russell Norseworths two sons James A Murray East St Louis Illinois and Claude Woodard of Charleston a daughter Mrs
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Methodist Church
John Surline
Russell Norseworths
James A. Murray
East St. Louis
Claude Woodard
Detroit Family Mourns Loss Of Evelyn Baker
Evelyn Baker of Detroit is mourned by a half brother James House also of Detroit two sisters Mrs Evelyn Elmore and Mrs Myrtle Dye both of Detroit and four grandchildren. The body lay in state at McMikle Funeral Home.
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Evelyn Baker
Detroit
James House
Evelyn Elmore
Myrtle Dye
McMikle Funeral Home
County Welfare Office Monthly Report Shows Fewer Applications
The Scott County Welfare Office directed by Ruth B. Scott shows a slight decline in public assistance applications in June and July compared to April and May. July saw 33 new applications split among Old Age Assistance 16, Aid to Dependent Children seven, and Permanent and Total Disability five, with totals and averages provided for state and federal funds and notes on child welfare cases and their in-home or foster placements.
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Scott County Welfare Office
Ruth B. Scott
Scott County
Cane Arsonist Son Sentenced for Fire Set to Claim Insurance
Henry A Steinhoff and his son Melvin C Steinhoff were sentenced for arson and attempted arson in Cape Girardeau. The elder Steinhoff received five years, the son two years with parole possible for the younger. Fire damage occurred at the 18 year old Stein hoff home when firemen found a fuse rigged with kerosene cans.
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Jackson
Henry A. Steinhoff
Cape Girardeau
Steinhoff
Melvin C. Steinhoff
D. W. Gilmore
Algoa Reformatory
Liberty
Charleston News Items Show Community Club Activities
Local citizens share a busy schedule of luncheons, bridge games, and church circle meetings. Mrs. Ercell Drinkwater hosts a luncheon with 12 guests and needlework, while Mrs. Drinkwater’s bridge club gathers with prize notes. Several Baptist church circles and the Fidelis Class meet for devotionals, programs, and social hours, with guest speakers and solo performances.
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Ercell Drinkwater
W. R. Chron Sr
First Baptist Church
Frank Hequembourg
John Lee
Alice Faris
Fidelis
First Baptist
Rex Lambert
Mary Jackson
James Reeves
Herbert Roach
Margaret Hopper
Prince Moxley
Clifford Vowels
John Vowels
Donald Williams
Marvin Walker
Hunter Raffety
Bennett Redman
Yonkers
N. Y
Redman
N. F. Sitzes
W. R. Chron
W. J. Kies Jr
Cape Girardeau
O. F. Stzes Sr
Belleville
W. A Chron Jr
Frances -Daniel
W. J. Simmons
Charlestonian
Simmons
Owen Stader
Raymond Skyles
East Prairie
Dave Tinnell
Mae Hequembourg
Frank Brown
Donald DeLine
Gene Slaten
Jeff Kings Celebrate 49th Wedding Anniversary Reunion
Mr and Mrs Jen Fong celebrate a silver reunion on August 8 with their three dozen descendants and extended family. The King home hosted sixty five relatives for a picnic dinner while children Buck Row and others from Peoria San Pablo Denver Gary and Richmond gathered with spouses and grandchildren for the first time in five years.
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Jeff Kings
Silver
Jen Fong
Chhldren
Agee Peoria
Kedward
Cuzette
Dodd
Denver
Colo
Cecil
Evelyn Avra
Gary
Ind
Dallas
Bernice
Buddy Pulliam
Missouri cotton crop forecast tops ten year average
Missouri cotton crop is forecast at 390000 bales based on August 1 conditions. This is 13 percent below last year but 14 percent above the ten year average. Prospective yield per acre is 416 pounds, the largest since 1948, with widespread replanting after the May freeze. The principal states show 12680000 bales vs 16465000 in 1953 and a ten year average of 12448000.
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Missouri
Attendance Area Boundaries Named for Elementary Schools
Sikeston schools set attendance zones for five elementary schools under Superintendent Lynn Twitty. Boundaries aim to balance enrollments but may shift pupils if overcrowding or safety requires. New Lee Hunter School to open Sept 7 eases overcrowding. pre enrollment for first graders at Batley School Aug 24.
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Sikeston
Lynn Twitty
Twitty
Board of Education
Batley
National Bean Festival Kiddies Day With Reduced Rates
Portageville officials announce Sunday September 3 as Kiddies Day at the National Soybean Festival with reduced ride prices and a kiddies parade. The parade starts at 2:30 p.m. with cash prizes for best groups, while the Junior King and Queen revue Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. selects winners based on poise and beauty.
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Portageville
Harold Jones
Southeast Missouri
Rone
Byron Delisle
DeLisle
Caruthersville
Hayti
Poplar Bluff
Lick Athlete's Foot Cure at White's Drug Store
Keratolytic fungicide T-4-L promises fast action in one hour with a money back offer. Exposes fungi by sloughing tainted outer skin and claims the product leaves skin as smooth as a baby. Available today at White's Drug Store.
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White's
Leaders Pow Wow Set in Sikeston for Cub Scouts
Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council announces a Cub Leaders Pow Wow in Sikeston on Oct 10 with Judge D W Gilmore as chairman. More than fifty packs are expected to participate in four sessions plus a blue and gold banquet.
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Boy Ward
Chaffee
Southeast
Missouri
Gilmore
Lynn Twitty
Sikeston
J. F. Patterson
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