Canalou Schools Open With Sixth-Year Leader
Canalou schools began August 13 under head Neil C. Aslin in his sixth year. Enrollment totals 404 in elementary and high schools. A month-long cotton vacation is planned for late September. Summer renovations include a one-room addition to the central building and journalism added to the curriculum. Judge K Caverno heads the board of education. Faculty includes Aslin Amel D Taul Ben Caldwell Lenore McCollum W L Giddens Frances Conrad Rosalie Shober Helen Duckett Taul Mar Generite Wells Agatha Weaks Parks Ellis V Reid.
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Neil C. Aslin
Canalou
Judge K. Caverno
Canalea Board of Education
Mr. Aslin
Amel D. Taul
Ben Caldwell
Lenore McCollum
W.L. Giddens
Frances Conrad
Rosalie Shober
Helen Duckett Taul
Margenerite Wells
Agatha Weaks Parks
Ellis V. Reid
Jackson High School enters 85th year with new vocational agriculture course
On September 2 the Jackson high school will enter its 85th year as a first class high school. Since its founding more than 1100 pupils have graduated and enrollment has grown from 16 to 400. This year a new course in vocational agriculture will be offered covering livestock crop rotation plant diseases farm management and marketing problems.
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Jackson
Jackson High School
Farm News From The Herald
The Herald reports on farm news with updates likely covering planting, weather, market prices, and local farm activities. Details focus on crops, livestock, and seasonal agricultural steps affecting area farmers.
Sikeston native Maehew heads Kewanee schools career
Former Sikeston man Wm E Peg Mahew becomes superintendent of schools at Kewanee after ten years in Sikeston. He was nine years high school principal and coach here and last year coordinator. Active in civic life, he now leads Missouri State Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Sikeston
Wm. E
Peg”) Mahew
Kewanee
Mahew
Missouri State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Third Year For Head Of New Madrid Schools
Sept R A Edmundson begins his third year as head of the New Madrid public schools with the fall session starting Monday Sept 2. Enrollment is forecast at about 180 in the high school and 325 in the grade school, following a summer clean up. Faculty includes C B Huber high school principal Albert Best Carson Green Evelyn Poe Josephine Bunch Grace Dalton John M Hobbs grade school principal Mrs Helen Jones Mrs Walter Weekley Virginia Volkerding Mabel Mecklem Mildred Grant. T B Howard leads the Negro schools with an expected enrollment near 300 and the Negro system employs seven teachers.
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C. B. Huber
Albert Best
Carson Green
Evelyn Poe
Josephine Bunch
Grace Dalton
John M. Hobbs
Helen Jones
Walter Weekley
Virginia Volkerding
Mabel Mecklem
Mildred Grant
T. B. Howard
New Madrid
New Madrid County
Dexter district cattle meeting slated for August thirty first
Dexter A district beef cattle meeting will be held at Dexter on Saturday August 31 according to RB W Harrison county agent W W Fuqua president of the Producers Livestock Marketing Association will discuss marketing problems.
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Dexter
RB. W. Harrison
W. W. Fuqua
Producers Livestock Marketing Association
Kewanee Public Schools Open Under New Leader
Sept introduces William E. Mahen as the new head of Kewanee public schools, starting August 12 with a fall opening. Enrollment reaches 303 with 189 in the colored school. Summer repairs included graveling the road and two new buses. Faculty lists Mahen, Weiss, Crabtree, Rice, Harmon, Dutton, Bohle, Keller, Boyd, and Jones. High school class officers and sponsors are named for seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen.
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Kewanee
Mahen
A. A. Weiss
Bill Crabtree
Geriie Rice
Christine Harmon
Margaret Dutton
Pauline Bohle
Alma Keller
Mary Boyd
Mary Margaret Jones
Kewanee High School
Carl Jones
Paul Lewis
Earl Dooley
Dixie Schuerenberg
Arnold Weiss
Girnie Rice
Garner Cates
Gertrude Brotherton
Weba Ross
Paul Halford
Hal Thompson
Beatrice Brotherton
Wm. E. Mahen
Marginette McGuire
Dewey Thompson
Nora Rodgers
Thompson
Mary Jones
Large Delegation to State Legion Meeting
Local American Legion post and Auxiliary will send their biggest group to the State convention in Sedalia Saturday through Tuesday night. Representatives include Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Malone, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Langley, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rabb, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cummins, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wagner, Mrs. Kathryn Johnson, Mrs. Sid Schillig, Tom Lett, Loomis Mayfield, Harry Kirk, and Dr. W. Limbaugh.
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American Legion
Sedalia
C. L. Malone
L. J. Langley
A. T. Rabb
C. C. Cummins
Roy Wagner
Kathryn Johnson
Sid Schillig
Tom Lett
Loomis Mayfield
Harry Kirk
Co. W. Limbaugh
Buffalo Herds Halt Trains For Hours on Plains
In early days buffalo herds blocked railway lines across the plains, delaying trains by as much as three hours at a stretch. The long travel era saw freight and passengers stalled while wildlife movements dominated the routes.
Lynn W Twitty Named Superintendent at Lilbourn
Lynn W Twitty appointed new superintendent of schools at Lilbourn Missouri praised as a popular Southeast Missouri sports official prior to his Lilbourn post he spent five years as superintendent at Kewanee.
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Lynn W. Twitty
Lilbourn
Missouri
Mr. Twitty
Kewanee
Chaffee Votes Bonds for School Buildings
Chaffee voters approved a 15000 bond issue for a new manual arts building at Chaffee High School by a 247 to 53 margin. The project, part of a WPA effort, will begin soon with a brick two story facility costing about 35000. Ground floor includes heating fuel quarters finishing and music. main floor houses commercial and home economics departments.
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Chaffee
Chaffee High School
Fred Lewallen
Chaffee Schools
Anniston Schools Opened Monday Morning
Anniston public schools opened on Monday August 26 for the fall term. Three new teachers join the faculty Miss Dorothy Hodges Vearl Harris and Marshall Jackson. Superintendent E Koerber Margerie Ballinger Catherine Goodin Margaret Hahn Martha Jackson Norman Faucett Veda Kinder and C B Lane remain on staff. Improvements to the school plant include painted interiors and exteriors a new electric water pump and tank and new typewriters in the commercial department.
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Anniston Public
Dorothy Hodges
Vearl Harris
Marshall Jackson
Supt. E. Koerber
Margerie Ballinger
Catherine Goodin
Margaret Hahn
Martha Jackson
Norman Faucett
Veda Kinder
C. B. Lane
Gideon Leva Billington Dies After Auto Crash Injuries
Gideon Leva Billington, 13, daughter of M. V. Billington of Gideon, died in a Poplar Bluff hospital Sunday two hours after injuries from a motor vehicle collision near Malden.
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Gideon
Leva Billington
M. V. Billington
Poplar Bluff
Malden
Chaffee Schools to Open Tuesday After Labor Day
Chaffee schools will open Tuesday September 3 the day after Labor Day Fred Lewallen serves as principal with a staff including Albert Thompson Wayne Savins James Smith Vernon LaVal Arthur Clark Willard Bagwell William Loy Mabel Sharp Mary Frances King Mayme Odom Eileen Smith Thomas St Clair Marie Davis Opal Allen Tom Witt and Virginia Finney Extensive summer repairs have refreshed the grade and high school buildings both in excellent condition for the new term Plans call for a home economics and manual training cottage to be used by high school students this year
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Chaffee
Fred Lewallen
Albert Thompson
Wayne Savins
James Smith
Vernon LaVal
Arthur Clark
Wilard Bagwell
William Loy
Mabel Sharp
Mary Frances King
Mayme Odom
Eileen Smith
Thomas St. Clair
Marie Davis
Opal Allen
Tom Witt
Virginia Finney
Record Enrollment at Lilbourn Public School Opens
The Lilbourn Consolidated School opened Monday morning August 26 with a record registration of 275. New courses include practical mathematics and journalism. The faculty honors go to Supt. Lynn Twitty and a large list of teachers. Class officers for eighth through senior levels were named with multiple sponsors and student leaders.
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Lilbourn
Lynn M Twitty
Supt
Lynn Twitty
Owen Taul
Linde Bagley
Gladys Hart
Floyd Liley
Freda Sickery
Geneva Croell
Enoch Tolleson
Harriett Riley
Ira Rubottom
Roberta Pollock
Bessie Lloyd
Ethel Bagley
Ruth Stearns
Appalone Taul
Stella Lewis
Mary Emma LeSieur
Rosalie Tinsley
Miss Sickery
Katherine Davis
John Hardy
la Violeth Manse
Mrs. Croell
Sue Shelby
Bill Crosno
Elizabeth Littleton
Doris McBride
Mekenia Baker
Mr. Bagley
Eugene Spates
James Porterfield
Maxine Taylor
Mr. Liley
Reedie Hillis
Almeda Wilson
Peggy Dalton
Nadine Adams
Monroe LeSieur
Mrs. Hart
Marjorie Houser
Hugh Smith
Betty Greene
Allan Pollock
Marianne Stiles
Joe Hill
Miss Miller
Christine Spain
Charles Carroll
Harry B. Allstin
Dana Lewis
Navy Band to Perform in Kennett Three-Concert Series
Final arrangements wrap in Kennett for the United States Navy Band three concerts under Lions Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsorship. The closing show starts at 2 30 PM on Tuesday October 15 and will be attended by Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas schoolchildren, with at least a quarter of Dunklin county’s 26 500 pupils expected.
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Kennett
United States Navy Band
Lions Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Arkansas
Dunklin County
New Superintendent for Matthews Schools Named
Dee Norman Powell appointed new superintendent of Matthews schools in Missouri. Powell holds a master's from the University of Missouri and a science degree from State College, Cape Girardeau, and previously led Thayer schools for five years. He and his wife and two daughters relocated to Matthews just before the current term.
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Southeast Missouri
Dee Norman Powell
Matthews
Powell
University of Missouri
State College
Cape Girardeau
Thayer
New Head for Matthews Schools
Dee Norman Powell, graduate of State College Cape Girardeau and the University of Missouri, began work as superintendent as fall term opened. New faculty include Joe Spradling and Elbert Felton. Bus routes remain mostly unchanged while plans for possible improvements are reviewed.
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Dee Norman Powell
State College
Cape Girardeau
University of Missouri
Matthews
Joe Spradling
Murray Teachers College
Elbert Felton
Cape Girardeau College
Matthews School
Board of Education
B. B. Conrad
Joseph Henry
Clifford Proffer
Elizabeth Shanks
Lester King
Morell Ezell
Lillie Zimmer
Selma Gruen
Frankie Deane
Glenda Conrad
Helen Deane
Thelma Conrad
Willa Alsup
Donald Story
Joe Spalding
District Farm Bureau plans membership campaign meeting
Farm Bureau officers committee members and solicitors will plan an extensive membership drive in Scott New Madrid Pemiscot and Dunklin counties at Sikeston Library Auditorium. R W Brown president Missouri Farm Bureau Federation will direct the meeting on Monday Sept 2 in Sikeston.
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Farm Bureau
Scott
New Madrid
Mississippi
Stoddard
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Sikeston Library
R. W. Brown
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
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Peg” Mahew
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