Sikeston's postwar building boom totals 437 permits
Since V-J Day Sikeston issued 437 building permits through three years, totaling about $2,147,456 for 333 homes 82 commercial structures and 22 garages. Permits rose from 35 late 1945 to 4121 in 1946 and 189 in 1947, with 69 residences and 16 commercial projects so far in 1948. The boom reflects nationwide postwar demand and rising costs amid material shortages.
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California
Maine
Times Square
Sikeston
Frome Town
Won Air Trip For Best Paper On Aviation
Jefferson City Mo Aug 26 Doris Stuart 22 of Brookfield Mo a high school teacher won an air trip to Washington DC and New York City for writing the best paper on the correlation of aviation and education Judges from the State Department of Education Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Division of Resources and Development selected her The trip will start Aug 29 Doris was a student at Northeast Missouri Teachers College at Kirksville this summer Mrs Harold Wright Esther Mo won a 100 mile trip in a personal type plane for writing the best paper from Southeast Missouri State College Cape Girardeau
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Jefferson City
Doris Stuart
Brookfield
Washington, D.C
New York City
State Department of Education
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Division of Resources and Development
Northeast Missouri Teachers College
Karksville
Harold Wright
Esther
Southeast Missour State College
Cape Girardeau
Campbell company seeks Arkansas plant under Missouri law
Campbell The St Francis Electric Generating Co of Little Rock Arkansas organized under Missouri laws asks the State Public Service Commission to permit building an electric generating plant four miles southwest of town. The project would cost about four and a half million dollars.
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Campbell
St. Francis Electric Generating Co
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri
State Public Service Commission
Vast List Of Scott County Land Transfers In Sikeston Area
A long column lists dozens of property transfers across Scott County including Olds, Howertons, and Senciboys with parcels in Sikeston Chaffee and Benton. Total sums range from $1 to $14 000 with many lots, outlots, additions, and acreages recorded, showing active real estate activity in the region.
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E. C. Oldham
Herman Poe
Prairie Addition
Sikeston
A. J. Kappler
W. A. Myers
W. D. Botter
J. E. Harper
East Acres
H. C. Blanton
Chamber of Commerce
Julia Wade
M. P. Grogan
A. B. Cates
K. T. Edens
W. N. Alsup
Heartsill Daniel
Co. c. Scott
J. H. Barksdale
B. P. Coleman Jr
C. D. Irby Jr
Frisco
E. L. Nicholson
Edgar de Ro
Raymond Heisserer
John Schlosserer
John Schlosser
Edmond Schlosser
Hugh Taylor
John Howard
Crowder
Fellowship Baptist Church
Oddie Andrew
Fellowship
Rosa Trapp
Leo. J. Trapp
J. A. Winder
Jessie May
L. H. Groseclose
John A. Groseclose
Chaffee
Er J. Shoemate
J. M. Thorn
Hardy & Kelley
D. L. Goff
Walter O’neal
O. T. Jeffry
W. R Bennett
Mitchell- Sharp Chevrolet Co
McCord
Delia Rabb
M. C. Elam
Edmondson
Ira Simmons
Nelson
Fred Dyer
Karl Kelso
Leslie Humes
S. R. Vinson
McCoy- Tanner
Laughlin
W. C. Chapman
Sikeston East
Ella Love Hutton
George Hopper
Minnie Cline
Groseclose & Keller
John Sailer
E. L. Welter
Kelso
John Foulk
J. J. Simpson
Hillemann
W. J. Kraft
Annie Hutson
Benton
R. P
Albert Sanders
R. A. McCord
Louie Heath
J. O. Johns
Mattie Houser
Smith Subdivision
Paul Kish
Edith Depp
Orville Smith
Jerald
John la Font
Price Knight
Cletus Foster
C. A. Lawson
Geo. W. Sherrell
Rockview
Homes for Sale in Sikeston One Block From High School
One of the finest old homes in Sikeston in a choice location just one block from the high school. Hardwood floors basement furnace shade trees. Lot 174 by 251 feet. Could have other houses built on the lot. Six room house can be duplex. Paved street two blocks from downtown. Four room house bath 831 E Kathleen. Loan can be assumed with two cash payments. Call 407 or 474.
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Sikeston
Bath
E. Kathleen
Chas. H. Butlers
Rustic Rock Inn
Hiway
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Workman Studio 331Ah
Tracy
Kansas City, Mo
AIR Trip
Scott County
Fred Old
Claud Old
M. G. Randol
R. C
C. B. Howerton
van Hawkins Jr
Lake Subdivision
W. T. Lytton
Mary Senciboy
McPheeters
Robert Kneezle
Commerce
Ralph Pattengill
M. Ames Jr
Leafy Cravens
L. Waldschmidt
Harold Sietman
Henry Brashears
McCoy-Tanner
Lee Price
G. N. Hubbard
Lillian A. Smith
Andy Pfefferkorn
E.L. Welter
Everett Masters
Eddie Nobles
M. R. Sipes
Rockview Junction
Nettie Johnson
Velma Bartholomew
Henry Bartholomew
J. E. Hollingsworth
Verlin Jackson
Stubblefield Jr
W. E. Binford
Crowe
T. M. Lancaster
Mary Lancaster
Ralph Isaacs
A. C. Diggs
Morley
C. L. Gipson
East’ Acres
Robert Foster
Gilbert Mitchell
Harold Gage
J. E. Marper
Vernon Kelley
Cc. P. Hatfield
S. C. Beeson
Paul Decker
W. C. Poe
J. F. Cox
Glen Fish
Mary Alsup
McCoy
Trotter
John Couch
Herbert Lynxwiler
Highway 60
Home Matrials CO
Home Materials CO
R. L
Bob) Guthrie
Homes For Sale
No. Kingshighway
The
Realtors
Likeston Lumber CO
G. I. Loans
Metropolitan Farm Loans
Scott Insurance Agency
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