Do School Purse Costs Shown In Local Buildings
Sikeston Senvol RBmaries noted as an example of cost saving in a September Readers Digest article by Holman Harvey. He argues schools should educate efficiently rather than be lavish and details Lee Hunter and Matthews schools built in 1955 1956 with low per classroom costs and back to back classrooms.
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Sikeston
Wiitier Ov Holman Harver
Ai. Har- Yexr
Harvey
Lee Hunter School
Lee Hunter
New Matthews St
Beiler
Matthews School
Paul Buchmueter
Artticle
Sineston
Lima Twittr
Board of Education
Rchitect
Food distribution begins at Pemerton building
Distribution of food to the needy in Mississippi county started Tuesday at the Pemerton building. About 100 people stood in line as the aid effort opened, reflecting local hunger relief activity.
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Charleston
Mississippi County
Pemerton
Sikeston Man Killed Monday in Chicago
Virgil Raymond Shelly of Sikeston was killed in a traffic accident in or near Chicago Monday afternoon. He was to be employed by a Chicago construction firm. Survived by wife Rosalie Shelly, mother Florence Shelly, sister Mildred Petty, and brothers Charles Shelly and John Sheily, all in various locations. Born August 1928 in Fisher, Arkansas.
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Virgil Raymond Shelly
Sikeston
Chicago
Shelly
Fisher, Ark
Rosalie Sheily
North Handy Street
Florence Shelly
Mildred Petty
North West Street
Charles Shelly
Grant's Pass
Oregon
John Sheily
Death claims Sikeston civic leader John J. Reiss
Obituary for John J. Reiss a prominent Sikeston businessman and dairy founder born 1877 in Flora, Illinois. Recent illness, funeral planned at First Baptist Church with services by Rev Owen. Survived by wife Ella Sellards, two daughters Audrey and Lilian, grandchildren Jo Ellen and Kev Standley, and several siblings. Reiss Dairy, a local landmark, employed many and produced homogenized milk since 1928, with expansions and community service noted.
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Mc Reiss
Mass Ella Sellards
Gaugnhiers
Audrey Reiss
Dallas
Texas
Lilian
Mirs
Reiss
Masonic Shriner
Scottish Rite
Scott County Farm Bureau
Sikeston National Farm Loan Association
Sikeston Production Credit Association
New Madrid County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Scott County Red Cross
Miner Community Club
Reiss Dairy
L. S. Standier
Sikeston
Red Mik
Daisx
Bulding
Highway 61
Reiss Daisx
Scott County
Healh
Jonn J. Reiss
Machines that Prepare Ard Cook Meal Possible
Kiwanians heard about future kitchen automation where a card selects ingredients and a machine cooks a dinner. Alepetar of Bell Telephone spoke on automation and electronics and noted future jobs will grow with new tech. He urged modernizing education to prepare youngsters for higher level work in a changing world.
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Dutton
W H. Xi. Alepetar
Bell Telephone Co
Wiwanis Club
Altopeter
Hawaii
Hayti
Altepeter
Tts
Correction notice on Sikes ton OES anniversary naming
A correction states Mass Anna Randol was mispelled in last week’s 50th Anniversary article. Emma Kendall Cape Girardeau, a charter member, was omitted and her membership pin was sent to her as she could not attend.
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Anna Randol
Sikeston Order of the Eastern Star
Emma Kendall
Cape Girardeau
Kendall
Field Day at Sikeston Malden Experiment Stations
Field Day will be held September 6 at the Sikeston and Malden Agricultural Experiment Stations. B E Nace announces tours of the Sikeston station from 9 p.m. to noon and Malden tours from 1:30 p.m. Guides from experiment station personnel and extension specialists will explain experiments. Farmers businessmen and others are invited to attend.
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Sikeston
Malden
Sikseton and
B. E. Nace
Sikeston School opens pre school workshop to ready new year
An orientation workshop at Matthews School runs Monday as Sikeston teachers introduce new faculty for elementary and high schools. Rev. Cecil King leads invocation and choir, with remarks by Board President L A Standley, Mayor Charles H Butler, and Chamber Manager James Beaire. Dr I M Dricker from Southeast Missouri State College speaks on American education aims.
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Johnny
Mary
Sikeston
Matthews School
Cecil King
Sikeston Inter-Council of Churches
Helen Loud Jones
L. A. Standley
Board of Education
Charles H. Butler
Champ of Commerce
James Beaire
Linn Twittr
Willie
Richard C. Powell
Forrest E. Brown
I. M. Dricker
Southeast Mussouri State College
Sikeston Community Teachers Association
Violetta McGee
Cape Girardeau Man Dies at Local Hospital
Robert H. Hargraves of Cape Girardeau died of a heart ailment at 10 o clock Tuesday evening at Delta Community Hospital after becoming ill while visiting his daughter Mrs William Proffer of Sikeston. He was born July 26, 1878 in Dunklin county and lived in Cape Girardeau, Michigan, then returned to Cape Girardeau. Survivors include three sons Olen H Lance Herschel Hargraves and Mrs Herman Lipps of Cape Girardeau and Mrs Proffer of Sikeston. seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body is at Ford and Son Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Robert H. Hargraves
Cape Girardeau
Delta Community Hospital
William Proffer
Sikeston
Air
Hargraves
Dunklin Country
Michigan
Ada Hays
Olen H. Lance
Herschel Hargraves
Herman Lipps
Cape Giardeau
Profier
Free Food Distribution Scheduled For Scott County
Scott County officials announce a surplus food distribution next Friday at the old Bentom high school gymnasium from 9 am to 4 pm. County Clerk Phil Waldman urges applicants to follow distribution rules and submit application forms promptly. Applications are available at the County Court, County Welfare Office, city welfare officer Mrs Jewall Allen, Sikeston City Clerk John Vaughn, or the county clerk's office in Bentom.
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Phil Waldman
Scott County
Bentor High School
Waldman
Jewall Allen
John Vaughn
Sikeston
Bentom
Wappapelle Resident Electrocuted Fixing Washing Machine
Merri K Nelson age 44 of near Lake Wappapellc died Sunday afternoon from an electric shock while attempting to fix a washing machine at home eight miles north of Highway 60 Route T two miles south of Rockwood Point. Coroner Grover Gree of Butler county investigated. no inquest decision yet. Born 1913, he had worked in St Louis and moved to Poplar Bluff on July 4, buying the home where he died.
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Merri K. Nelson
Lake Wappapellc
State Highway Patrol
Nelson
Afr
Rockwood Point
Grover Gree
Butler County
St Louis
Poplar Bluff
Mrs. W. E. Sasseen Dies in Charleston
Julia Scotts Sasseen, 74, longtime Charleston resident and Nazarene Church member, died Tuesday afternoon after a two week illness. Born March 26, 1885, she was daughter of Abel Baker. Survived by three sons Claude Charleston Dewer Cairo Garner Sasseen St. Louis one daughter Ralph K. Hill Charleston nine grandchildren four great grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral at Nazarene Church Thursday 2 p.m. with Rev. Marion Holloway officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Charleston
Julia Scotts Sasseen
Mrs. Sasseen
Concord
Church of the Nazarene
Abel Baker
W. E. Sasseen
Claude
Dewer
Cairo
Garner Sasseen
St. Louis
Ralph K. Hill
Elzia Baker
Shafton
Calif
Lawrence Baker
Bertrand
Silas Baker
East Prairie
Deca McIntyre
Chicago
Inl
McMikle Funeral Home
Nazarene Church
Marion Holloway
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Mrs. Charlotte Crider Dies After Illness at Home
Mrs. Charlotte Crider, born September 24, 1887 near Commerce, Missouri Delta area hospital patient, died Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at her home 402 West Glades Street Sikeston. She married Perry Crider in 1907 and is survived by two nieces reared, Martha Horton and Louise Riley. Funeral arrangements are being prepared at Nunnefee Funeral Home. she was long a Scott County resident and Methodist church member.
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Perry Crider
West Glades Street
Josephine Gordon Hardin
Martha Horton
Lake Charles
Louise Riley
Bowling Green
Retired Bell City Farmer Dies Tuesday
Ed Walker, a 67 year old retired farmer from the Bell City community, died at his home Tuesday morning at 7:45. Born December 15, 1890, he will lie in state at Smith Funeral Home on Maud Street in Sikeston until funeral services on Sunday.
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Ed Walker
Bell City
Smith Funeral Home
Maud Street
Sikeston
Morley High School Alumni Banquet Arranged
Morley High School will host an alumni banquet on Saturday evening with a social period at 5 and banquet at 7. Program chairman is Mrs. Frank Sisson of Sikeston and master of ceremonies Sen. Floyd Patterson of Caruthersville, both Morley graduates. All alumni are invited. reservations to Mrs. Gene Kiefer in Morley.
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Morley
Morley High School
Frank Sisson
Sikeston
Floyd Patterson
Caruthersville
Gene Kiefer
Sikeston Man Burned to Death in Missouri Truck Collision
James E Wyatt, 43, of Sikeston, died at dawn near Waynesville when his Complete Auto Transport Co truck collided with an ammonium nitrate truck and caught fire. Harry Fertig, 30, of Kansas City, driver of the other truck, suffered severe burns trying to free Wyatt. Wyatt leaves a large family and is survived by his mother and several siblings and children. In the same 14 county Troop E area, 20 accidents produced one fatality and 25 injuries over the weekend, including a multi-car wreck near Peach Orchard and a later collision south of Poplar Bluff injuring several teens and adults.
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James E. Wyatt
Willam Street
Sixseston
Warnesville
Auco Transport Co
Atte
Mr. Wrac
Waynesville General Hospital
Sikeston
Old Lee Hunter School
Mass Elsie Nelsos
Maggie Wyatt
Smith Addienz
Elsie Wratt
Jimmy Wratt
U. S. Army
Germany
Jerry
David
Marvin
Dale
Darrell
Ellen
Aaron
John
St. Louis
Carl
U_ S_ Army
Washington, D. C
Bonby
U S_ Amny
Mary Ellen Underhill
Wanda Brown
Memphis
Tesn
Lola Nelson
Sue Glasscock
Lucy Bradshaw
Troop E
Hisaway
Fredericktown
Jesse W. Hodge
Poplar Bluff
Hoehead
Poplar Blhiff
Highway 67
Larry J. Woods
Neelyville
Earl R. Hunt, Jr
Little Rock
Ark
E. R. Hunt Sr
Peach Orchard
Charles 5
Haru
Sharon Desarev
Rt. I. Holcomb
Lillian Ridgeway
Bess Milsap
Dexter
Om Rt
Robert Rogers
Jack Latimer
Jackson
Rogers
Ruben Bolling
Bloom&eleé
Latimer
Funeral Friday for Virgil Raymond Shelly
Funeral services for Virgil Raymond Shelly of Sikeston will be at 2 p m Friday at Assbritton Funeral Chapel. The Rev J W Hoffert will officiate with burial at Pleasant View cemetery near Advance. Veterans from Sikeston and Morro will provide pallbearers and graveside rites. Shelly, 28, died after being struck by a car while crossing North Shore Drive in Chicago. he served in World War II and Korea. He is survived by wife Rosallie Shelly, mother Florence Shelly, sister Mildred Petty, and brothers Charles and John Shelly.
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Assbritton Funeral Chapel
Virgil Raymond Shelly
Sikeston
North Shore Drive
Chica
J. W. Hoffert
The
Nazarene Church
Pleasant View Cemetery
Advance
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Sixeston
Shelly
Fisher, Ark
Rosallie Shelly
North Handy Street
Florence Shelly
North West Street
Mildred Petty
Charles Shelly
Grant's Pass
Ore
John Shelly
Chicago
Fire Warning Flasher Lights Erected Near Malone Ave Station
New warning lights have been installed on West Malone Ave near the fire station to aid in fires. One flasher is about 38 feet west of the station on the south side. another about 75 feet east on the north side. Motorists must pull over when active to allow fire trucks passage. Caution signs will appear farther away and similar signals planned at Greer Street and Highway 6, and at Highway 66 E and Elm Street.
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West Malone Ave
Greer Street
Highway 6
Highway 66
Elm Street
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Guttenfelder
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Kiwanis Club
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Karla Rae
Gien Davie
Edmonds
Nev
Gullenfelder
West Coast
Death Takes
John J. Reiss
Sefton Fost
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Faising
D Owen
First Baptist Church
Mgr. Reiss
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Lywila Ann Reiss
Flat River Nxio
Matthews
Ford & Son Funeral Home
Wappapelle
Percy Crider
Waynesville
Jefferson City
Kenneth Cruse
American Legion
William H. Cain
Butler
Missouri Executive Committee
Carl Elam
Foreign Affairs Committee
Adolph Cowan
Crystal City
J. C Williamson
Back To God
Jack Lail
Baseball Commission
Jack Ward
Boy Scouts
Joseph Grojean
Dave Girardeau
Civil Defense Committee
Thomas A. J. Anslem
Festus
Ralph J. Hutchinson
Home Commission
Manuel Goldman
University City
Finance Commission
Walter Hemman
Leadwood Guard of Honor
Cecil Day
LeBert Perry
George Scott Jr
Oscar Kaiser
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