Scott County Farm Activities and Defense Food Drive
In Scott County farm life faces insect damage to stored grain, with fumigation using carbon disulfide proposed for boats in bins. The report also covers temporary silos built from snow fencing and paper, a large Farm Bureau picnic with talks on defense and farming, and guidance on fall garden planning for Central Missouri including planting windows from August 1 to 15 for various vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Paul Heckemeyer
Sikeston
Solomon Heisserer
Kelso
Benton
Missouri
North Missour
South Missouri
State line opens new employment office for cotton pickers
An emergency Employment Service tent at the Arkansas Missouri state line offers job information for cotton picking in Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri. G B Pearson of Sikeston Missouri urges workers to register at their home office first to avoid wasted trips and to use clearance procedures for cross state work during the harvest season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Missour
Missouri
G. B. Pearson
Sikeston
Missouri State Employment Service
State Employment Service
Pearson
Local News of Nearby Towns Brightens Weekend Visits
A string of short visits and family gatherings highlight the weekend in the area. Charley Asa and friends spent time in Parma, Walter Gree returned home from Alton after a week away, and many others including the Nelsons, the Moores, the Tauls, Muffet family, and Stephens family visited relatives here and near Hartford and Fort Worth. A Columbia University graduation drew Mrs. Aslin and others, while Doris Deem spent a week with Wickliff relatives and plans to teach in Florida again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Asa
Parma
Walter Gree
Alton
Ill
Ronald Nelson
Bragg City
Dora Baughn
Bobby Harrison
Benton
W. M. Moore
Lester Poe
Charleston
Poe
Caroline Robinson
Dee Gregory
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gregory
P L McLaurin
Ben Wagoner
Melton Malone
Bridge Church of Christ
Dexter
Church of Christ
Neil C Aslin
Columbia
University of Missouri
Ashn
Ernest Muffet
Chicago
Mauffett
Naomi
W. A Taul
Barbara Jo Turner
Hartford
Muffett
Laura Muffett
Doris Deem
Hess Stephens
Wickliff
Stephens
Marguerite Stephens
Doris
Canalea
Matthews News Narrowly Records a Busy Social Week
Charles Goolsby visited St Louis on business. Miss Mary Alice Critchlow frequented Cape Girardeau shopping with Mrs. C A Critchlow and daughters. Dozens of local families hosted guests, attended picnics, ball games, and fishing outings at Keener Springs and nearby towns. Several residents traveled to Memphis, Indianapolis, and Denver while others visited hospitals for medical care and family gatherings. Several illnesses and a paralytic stroke affected local residents with continuing family support and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goolsby
St. Louis
Mary Alice Critchlow
Jean Chloe Goolsby
Clifford Reid
W. D. Gaines
Carl Romaines
Romaines
Ila Jean Revelle
Morley
Clarence Sutton
Pete Brooks
Vada Ann
Wallace Godwin
Keener Springs
C.A. Critchlow
Mary Alice
William Depre
Cape Girardeau
Alfred Deane
Ollie Warren
Gene
Willam Deane Jr
Billy
Near Morehouse
W. Zimmer
Lou Roberts
Essex
Walter Bocock
Sidney, Il
Edna Baldwin
Russell Bocock
Indianapolis
Ind
D. A Green
Nelson Gruen
Barney Blankenship
Canaleu
Maurice Thornburg
Mexico
Southwest
W C Critchlow
Olen Critchlow
Sue
Greta
Colorado
Wyoming
Charles Thomas
George Proffer
St. Francis Hospital
Kenneth Sullivan
Cairo
Til
Arthur Clayton
Sullvan
Mary Clatyon
Little Ezell
St Louis
Frank Radcliffe
Nelson Lumsden
Charter Oak
Vincent Weissman
Perryville
Lathaan Spalding
Charles Spalding
Spalding
W. E. Shuper
Wm. C Critchlow
Woman Amputates Arm Citing Lord Command
Mrs. Ellen Lonery, 42, a resident of Hadley Missouri and member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, is in serious condition at Poplar Bluff hospital after she amputated her right hand with an ax Saturday night saying the Lord told her to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Ellen Lonery
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Hadley, Mo
Poplar Bluff Hospital
Highway 60 bridge bid advertised by Missouri State Highway Commission
The Herald reports bids are invited to build a bridge on Highway 60 between Sikeston and Morehouse. The $ bid project is one of 33 highway works totaling about 54 miles of new construction and 832 miles of granular work across 18 counties. Nine bridges are included, the largest a 383 foot crossing over Moniteau Creek on the Boone Howard line as part of the Route 40 relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Missouri State Highway Commission
Sikeston
Morehouse
Boone
Howard County
Moniteau Creek
Columbia
Boonville
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Farm Bureau Service Company
Morley City Park
C. C Schuttler
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Julia Rochford
Missouri College of Agriculture
National Defense
Sikeston High School
Wm Limbaugh
America
Miss Rochford
U . Ss
T J Talbert
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
NEW Employment Office
State Line
Matthews News
Farmpower
Tan
Haks Machine Works
J. Otto Hahs
Telephone
Frisco
Sikeston, Mo
Allard & Matthews Insurance Agency
Budgeters
New Westinghouse
Westinghouse
Sikeston Airestone
Westiise Tcu
Isk
Conoco NZ Motor Oil
Death Valley
Conoco
Covery Mule
Conoco N& Long
Demon Death Valley
Continental Oil Co
Emma
Jeconoco
Certif |Ed
Purdue University
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