Contract Awarded for New Pavement North of Ancell
The State Highway Commission awarded a contract for 1.5 miles of new 24-foot concrete pavement on U S Route 61 in Scott County from Ancell to the airport to Frank Trager of Chillicothe Missouri. Cost about 371037 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Ancell
State Highway Commission
Frank Trager
Chillicothe
Odell S. Cruse
Nathan Cohan
Ramsey Creek
Commission
Division 10
Sikeston
M. S. Gwinn
A. E. Nance
Mississippi County
East Prairie
R. W. Beasley
Charleston
Stoddard County
Bernie
Powe
J. W. Githens
Poplar Bluff
Dunklin County
St. Francis River
Steinhoff- Kirkwood-Joiner of
Advance
Warm yesterday tops a hundred as week heatsoars
The thermometer reached and lingered above 100 degrees yesterday afternoon with four days of 90s recorded this week. The lowest reading over the past week was 56 degrees last Friday.
Sikeston Public Schools Open Sept 8 1953
Sikeston Public Schools will open the fall term on Tuesday September 8 1953. Enrollment is expected to set opening day records with nearly 200 freshmen and about 400 first graders. classrooms will be crowded and some rooms used for special education. First day is half day for elementary and high school with full day second day. eighth graders report at 8 06 am for homeroom assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Twitty
Sikeston Public Schools
Airport School
Sikeston
Conservation Agent Speaker for Rotarians Charms Club
Bob Hendricks a Charleston conservation agent spoke at the Rotary Club meeting on his work and handed out booklets. He cited the major fault in fishing as the prevalent practice of “Telephoning of Fish” in the area. Next week Rotary Anns visit with Harold Pitman in charge of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hendricks
Charleston
Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
Harold Pitman
Visit by the Laytons to Cape Girardeau
Mr and Mrs Alfred Layton and their children visited friends in Cape Girardeau Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Layton
Cape Girardeau
Dinner Planned for Durwood White in Sikeston
Mayor Charles H. Butler met with veterans leaders at City Hall to plan a welcome home dinner for Cpl. Durwood Waite, Sikeston’s sole Korea War prisoner. The Rustic Rock Inn event on September 10 aims to host about 250 people including Waite and his wife, with ex World War II prisoners and their spouses invited. Lynn Twitty to preside, Keith Collins to arrange a program, veterans auxiliary ladies to decorate, tickets via James McAnnery, and calls to 2199 for reservations. Proceeds fund a gift for the couple. listed ex prisoners include Guy Comer, Charles Branum, Ed Seymour, Harold Boardman, John Stancil, and Lloyd Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Butler
Cpl
Durwood Waite
Sikeston
Korea
Rustic Rock Inn
Durwood White
Lynn Twitty
Butler
Keith Collins
James McAnnery
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Comer
Charles Branum
Ed Seymour
Harold Boardman
John Stancil
Lloyd Williams
Holcomb Child Killed In Traffic Accident
A three year old Holcomb boy James Marvin Foster was killed instantly when struck by a car driven by Rufus Thompson as he crossed toward a field. Ronald Hopkins three of Bloomfield injured with a broken arm after being hit by a pickup driven by Everett Fowler while crossing a street. Bernard Glaspy of Flora involved in a separate transport truck crash near Cairo. James Carrol Hopper nineteen of Hammond lost an arm in a Highway 60 crash near Dudley involving companions Ennis and Harper en route to Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marvin Foster
Holcomb
Rufus Thompson
Landers
Campbell
Ronald Hopkins
Bloomfield
D. W. Hopkins
Church of the Nazarene
Everett Fowler
Doyle
Bernard Glaspy
Flora, Til
Mississippi River Bridge
Cairo
Highway 60
Dudley
James Carrol Hopper
Hammond
Ind
Eugene Ennis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ted Harper
Evansville
Las Vegas
Nevada
Doctors Hospital
Poplar Bluff
Durwood White To Land Saturday In San Francisco
Col. Durwood White, Sikeston’s only POW captured in Korea, will arrive in San Francisco Saturday, August 29. He will be met by wife Matte More White, mother Mrs. Ray White of Salcedo, brother Robert White of Sikeston, and sister Mrs. Lela Jo Pankey of Caruthersville. The group left Tuesday night to welcome him home. he wed Mattie Moore November 26, 1950, and went overseas December that year. He was captured April 23, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Durwood White
Sikeston
Korea
Eee Francisco
San Francisco
Matte More White
Ray White
Salcedo
Robert White
Lela Jo Pankey
Caruthersville
California
Cpl
Ground Breaking for Assembly of God Church
Ground was broken last Sunday for a new sanctuary of the Assembly of God church on South Kingshighway and Kathleen Street. The 60 by 115 foot structure will face west, with Hubert Sittes of Sikes ton drawing plans. Congregation members will do much of the construction, following the model of the educational building completed in October 1950 adjoining the west. The church, though new, has grown rapidly and had the largest Sunday school attendance last Sunday, making the new building imperative. The first floor of the educational building will be converted into classroom space for Sunday school use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
South Kingshighway
Kathleen Street
Hubert Sittes
Sikeston
Shelter House Under Construction At East End Park
Work has begun on a shelter house for East End Park north of the Country Club. Funds come from the Junior Woman's Club Coa lesce Club and American Legion Auxiliary with origin by the Women's Civic Club. The fashion show titled An Arabian Night on September 10 at 8 pm at Sikeston Armory aims to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Woman's Club
Coalesce Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Women's Civic Club
Sikeston
Sikeston Armory
Lions Club Meets at Rustic Rock Inn with Guest T G Miller
The Lions Club held a Wednesday noon gathering at Rustic Rock Inn with 38 members and one guest, T G Miller of Portageville. Robb Lee Monroe reported on his Egyptian Music Camp trip and gave a brief update on the Boy Scout Jamboree in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Rustic Rock Inn
T. G. Miller
Portageville
Robb Lee Monroe
DuQuoin
California
Newhall Visitor Traveled With Welcoming Friends to DC
Dellar Mott of Newhall California stayed Friday to Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. I G Lewis. He was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Sharron Pharris until St Louis, then flew to Washington DC and Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dellar Mott
Newhall
California
I. G. Lewis
Sharron Pharris
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Not a Window Broken In Moving Big House
Omar Johnson house-moving firm of Senath transferred the Sidwell residence from 204 South Kingshighway to the adjacent east lot without breaking a window. The firm, a family operation, uses long Cypress logs as booms and has moved several large structures without accident. The Sidwell house will be remodeled into four apartments, with work aimed for completion by December 1.
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Sidwell
Omar Johnson
Senath, Mo
Senath
South Kingshighway
Fulton
Conran
Johnson
Johnsons
Greer and
Wm. M. Sidwell
Jaycees Prep For Rodeo With-State Entries Expected
Junior Chamber of Commerce members met at the Country Club on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming rodeo. Rodeo general chairman Louis Jones reported entries are arriving from several Midwestern states with about one hundred riders anticipated over the four day event. New appointments included scrap book chairman Dale Schumacher and co chairman Wm Hahs replacing Shad Old, plus dunking stands crews for the Cotton Carnival and a new calling committee. Seven new members were added Vernon Stallings Dale Alcorn Dub Crutcher Frank Ferrell Mike Dysart Fred Elfrank and Floyd Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Louis Jones
Midwest
Dale Schumacher
Wm. Hahs
Replacig Shad Old
Harold Boardman
Charles Mtchell
Pat Groves
Vernon Stallings
Dale Alcorn
Dub Crutcher
Frank Ferrell
Mike Dysart
Fred Elfrank
Floyd Matthews
Mrs. Huse Granted Discharge After Cape Girardeau Hospital Surgery
Mrs. Arthur Huse was dismissed Saturday from St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau after undergoing surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Huse
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Meeting This Afternoon to Settle Telephone Strike
A townwide effort aims to settle a two week long Southwestern Bell telephone workers strike. Negotiations in St Louis involve company officials union leaders and Federal conciliators. The outcome could affect Sikeston and six states served by the company, with non union staff filling calls but not fully satisfying patrons. The piece also reports the death of Clyde Wayne Groves in Charleston when struck by his father’s car, with funeral plans set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Sikeston
Southwestern Bell Company
Congressman Jones speaks to Kiwanis on farm price support
Congressman Paul Jones was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club meeting at the Rustic Rock Inn. Forty-two members attended with several guests while Jones outlined the recent Congress, noted votes, and stressed the Farm Price Support Program as a key future issue for Southeast Missouri. He stayed afterward to answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Kiwanis Club
Rustic Rock Inn
Tve
Robert Dempster
Billy Walker
Charles Butler
Harold Hill
Thomas Stroup
Jim Pitman
Mr. Martin
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Mr. Jones
Missouri
Dr Charles Barron Stroke Reaches Pine Motel Owner
Raymond Crews departed yesterday for Atlanta to escort Dr. Charles F. Barron home after a stroke struck him while visiting his son in Atlanta. Dr Barron owns the Pine Motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Crews
Atlanta
Charles F. Barron
Barron
Dr. Barron
Pine Motel
Wyatt Man Ends Life By Shooting
Robert L. Brown aged 23 shot himself behind the right ear with a .38 pistol at his Wyatt home after an argument with his wife earlier that day. He celebrated his sixth wedding anniversary a week earlier and is survived by his wife Julia Ann Brown, two children Ronald and Patty, his parents, two uncles, aunts, and grandmothers. Funeral services were held at the Wyatt Baptist church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Brown
Wyatt
Brown
Ollie P. Brown
Robert
McGraw Construction Company
Kevil
Kentucky
Baptist Church
A. B. Cooper
Charleston
Oak Grove
Julia Ann Brown
Ronald
Patty
Phil Rothchild
Anna
Tlio
Willis Rothchild
Cairo
Marguerite Reeves
Urbandale
Ilinois
Ethel Brown
Bertha Rotachild
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sikeston Public
Johnson Firm
Assembly of God
East End Park
Jaycees
Clyde Wayne Groves
Clyde Groves
Marshall Street
Charleston Drive-In
Tre
Nunnelee Funeral Chapel
Oak Grove Cemetery
Oliver P. Farley
Illinois
Congressman Jones
Wyatt Man
Loren Wooten
Artst Everett Hurley
William Laub
Thomas Jackson
Everett Hurley
Leonard Baker
Everett Akirich
Peper
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