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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1954

Page

8

My Trip to Stony Lake Michigan Youth Camp

Betty Brock describes her selection from Scott County to Missouri 4-H and a two week stay at Camp Minmwanca Stoney Lake Michigan. She details camp layout climate, age range, leadership ideals, tribal system with Susquehanna Dakota Crowfoot Navajo Iroquois Blackfoot, daily routines, fourfold development social mental physical and religious, activities from hiking to classes and vespers.

Betty Brock Scott County Missouri Camp Minmwanca Stoney Lake Michigan Minmwancea Lake Michigan Muskegon W. H. Danforth Holland Canada Hawaii China Puerto Rico Japan Inpost Outpost Florida Ohio Wisconsin West Virginia Tennessee Susquehanna Jesus U. S

Governor Urges Speed In Drouth Relief Work

Governor Phil M. Donnelly urged rapid drought relief for Missouri farmers facing feed and water shortages. He asked Agriculture Secretary Benson to start a hay transport program, Western railroads for reduced hay rates, and the Farmers Home Administration to deploy long term low interest water well loans.

Jefferson City Phil M. Donnelly Missouri Agriculture Benson Western Railroads Farmers Home Administration

Drought Cripples Missouri Corn and Hay Supply

A Missouri official reports a severe drought driving up losses and cutting corn yields 20 to 25 percent in many areas with complete crop failure in some. Farmers face dwindling roughage as winter hay supplies dwindle. a freight rate reduction is requested to ease import of hay from outside Missouri to support farmers statewide.

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Four Share Birthday Honors at Picnic in Capaha Park

Birthday honors were shared at a family gathering in Capaha Park, Cape Girardeau, Sunday by George Lufey of Sikeston, their son in law and grandson Robert L. Sloan and Bobby Sloan of Overland Missouri, and Mrs Lufey's sister Mrs W J McBride of Cape. Attendees included multiple Lufys Sloans Fevers tons MecBride Bew.

Capaha Park Cape Girardeau George Lufey Sikeston Robert L. Sloan Bobby Sloan Overland, Mo W. J. MecBride Gordon Eleanor Bunch Orville Seabaugh Brenda Barbara Byron Feverston Cape W. S&s. Webster Sloan Overland

Schuchart Cow Produces 724 Pounds Butterfat In Year

Schuchart Ormsby Fayne Regina, a registered Holstein owned by R. P. Schuchart of Morehouse, completed a Herd Improvement Registry production record totaling 724 pounds of butterfat and 18,831 pounds of milk in 364 days. Testing was supervised by the University of Missouri with cooperation from The Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Milking twice daily, Ormsby was six years five months old at test start, producing about 35 times the average US cow.

Schuchart Ormsby Fayne Regina R. P. Schuchart Morehouse University of Missouri Holstein-Friesian Association of America Schuchart Ormsby

Good Strategy for Parents to Plan School Wardrobe

A planning approach suggests parents shop ahead without children to assess wardrobe needs and budgets. The method helps visualize required clothing, gather price data, and speed up the actual shopping trip by improving preparedness and reducing impulse purchases.

Labor Believed Plentiful for District Cotton Picking

County extension agents in Scott New Madrid Mississippi and Stoddard counties report adequate labor for cotton harvest with many mechanical pickers purchased or planned. Some Mexican labor may be imported. in New Madrid county labor is expected to be short, bollworms infest heavily in eastern areas, clover leaf worm appears in soybeans but not yet serious. In Stoddard, farmers expect sufficient labor and machinery. rain is needed in the southern part.

Scott New Madrid Mississippi Stoddard Leon Garnett Missouri Division of Employment Security Texas Accord County Agriculture Extension Cotron Marston Lilbourn Tom Brown

Cotton crops suffer heat as bollworms scarce in county

Ove of Mistsippi county reports no bollworm issues yet while crops suffer under intense heat. Soybeans begin blooming and rain is overdue. Labor supply appears sufficient, with many cotton picker applications, and distributors prep for higher demand as machines and pickers roll in.

Mistsippi A. Q Ofice Boll Worms Stroun

Donnelly Buys Ticket for Senator's Day in Sikeston

Gov Phil Donnelly purchased ticket number 1 for the Senators Day banquet set for Sikeston Armory on Sept 1, with U S Senators Simington and Hennings likely to attend. Bootheel Democratic Club officials across 11 counties organize a large Southeast Missouri turnout, announcing other guests and key volunteers.

Donnelly Sikeston Charles L. Blanton Jr Bootheel Democratic Club Phil M. Donnelly Sikeston Armory Boothee Democratic Club 10Th Congressional District Missouri U.S Stuart Simington Thomas W. Hennings

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