Handling Fall Crops Is Major Problem
Severe dry and hot weather drives Southeast Missouri to expect a large fall harvest of corn and soybeans. Government loan storage strains loom as farm and market facilities near overload. Farmers erect on site storage to cope, though rented farms face big limits. Eastern Iowa and northern Illinois face similar crunch with yet more corn stored on farms from last year.
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Southeast
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Matthews Elementary Opens as School Board Plans 1956-57 Term
With the Matthews elementary school ready, Sikeston plans the 1956-57 term starting next Tuesday. The district advances modernization to ease congestion but still faces substantial work including more elementary classrooms and a new high school. Public support remains essential.
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Matthews
Sikeston
Board of Education
Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Opens Its Four Day Stand
The fourth annual Jaycee rodeo opens Thursday with a grand entry at 8 pm and a downtown street parade. Top contestants from Texas and Kansas City arrive. calves from last year’s scramble go to auction Saturday at Sikeston.
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Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo
Highway 60
Ol Mill
Rustic Rock Inn
Billie Mbride
San Angelo
Tex
Peggy Harris
Faye Ann Horton
Kilgore
Sikeston Auction Co
Joe Cooley
Alton McCann
Police to guard Sikeston streets as 3000 children return to school
Sikeston the police chief and city force warn drivers to slow and be vigilant as over 3,000 students begin nine months of school commutes. Officers will enforce speed limits in safety zones and crosswalks while teachers, parents, and bus drivers reinforce safety education.
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Sikeston
Arthur Bruce
Mr Bruce
Chef Bruce
Gene Harris
State Highway Patrol
Set Harris
Well Known St. Louis Doctor Dies Tuesday
Dr Richard Payne 66 longtime St. Louis physician died at his home 6 Pointer Lane Ladue from a heart ailment He was a Fayette Missouri native WWI medical officer and practiced in St Louis He married Mary Matthews of Sikeston in 1918 and is survived by Mrs Payne and their two sons Richard Payne Jr of Lindell Trust and Dr Spencer Payne of Mayo Clinic Rochester Funeral arrangements are pending per Lyman Matthews Cane Grove сообщили
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Richard Payne
St. Louis
Mary Matthews
Sikeston
Pointer Lane
Ladue
Payne
Fayette
Central College
St. Lowe
Matthews
Gauthier
Mia
Mars
Richard Payne Jr
Lindell Trust Company
Spencer Payne
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Lyman Matthews
Cane Graideau
Blanton Heads Democrats of Tenth District
In a Tuesday meeting at the Rustic Rock Inn, Blanton was re elected district Democratic Central Committee chairman. New district officers include Mrs Irene Kasten as vice chairman and Mrs Beatrice Green as treasurer. State nominees included Warren Hearnes and J V Conran. Pat Patterson praised Bootsheel activity and urged planning for a fall campaign. Att. General John Dalton clarified voter re registration for November. Paul C Jones announced a Chicago meeting with Stevenson and Kefauver to discuss district issues.
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10Th Congressional District
Rustic Rock Inn
David E. Blanton
Democratic Central Committee
Ray J. Campbell
Hayti
Irene Kasten
Jackson
Beatrice Green
Doniphan
Warren Hearnes
East Prairie
J. V. Conran
New Madrid
Leo Fisher
Rt. J. Parma
Blanton
Flake McHaney
Kennett
Agnes Cunningham
Charleston
L. V. Stewart
Poplar Bluff
J Fo
Pat" Patterson
Bootheel Democratic Club
Bootheel
Democratic Club
Senator Symington
Hennings
Patterson
Attorney General’s Office
State Supreme Courts
Durine Yuestercar
Wil Blanton
Attorpes
John Dalton
Dalton
Nerald
Sikeston
Congress
Paul C Jones
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefanver
Cate
Jones
Lee Bowman
Citizens Advisory Committee For Schools
Harold Jones
Irma Allen
Evelyn Barnett
Margaret Cain
Susan Horner
Keith Collins
Harold Vogel
Gilbert Degenhardt
Perrys Ville
Rush Limbaugh
Cape Girardeau
Lottie Edmonds
Bernie
C. E. Stiver
Frank Carter
Merrill Spitler
Ken Wangelin
Dorothy Burford
Don
Weber
People Vn
Thal
Juate
Eisenhower
Baltimore dental school founded in United States
A dental school was established in Baltimore, marking an early milestone in U.S. dental education. The exact year appears as 189, indicating late 19th century origins for professional training in dentistry in the city.
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Dental School
United States
Baltimore
Impressive Kiwanis Meeting Highlights Boys State Visit
Kiwanis Club heard reports from Harold Tetley Robert Harwell and Charles Lynxwiler who attended Missouri Boys State. Tetley spoke on the state simulated government with ten cities and five counties and officials elected. Next speaker Ed Downs will discuss labor laws. The session also marked the formal dedication of the new Matthews School named for the Matthews family donors.
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Kiwanis Club
Rustic Rock Inn
Missouri Boys’ State
Harold Tetley
Robert Harwell
Civics Club
Charles Lynxwiler
Rotary Club
Tanner Dye
Kiwanians
Boys’ State
Tetley
Wayne Davis
Jake Wolf
Kirkwood
Ed Downs
Cape Girardeau
Scott County Nets $5 725 In Tax Sales
Scott County reports a total of 5 725 dollars from tax sales on over 100 parcels at the courthouse in Benton. County collector Clarence Daddy Felker notes the largest bid was 68204 for the Kelso lot as 40 to 50 attendees observed the proceedings. Bidders received tax sale certificates valid two years, with post sale procedures described for redemption, costs, and transfer to the treasurer if unredeemed.
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Scott County
Court House
Benton
Clarence
Daddy" Felker
Mother of Oren Dahl Dies in Minneapolis
Mrs Ho WN Dahl, 75, mother of Oren Dahl, died Tuesday morning in Minneapolis after surgery four months ago. She is survived by her husband, three daughters Mrs Gordon Lindner and Mrs Walter Nant of Minneapolis, and Ais Wallace Whitcomb of Tucson, Ariz., plus two sons Oren C of Sikeston and H E of Minneapolis. Mr Dahl works as a blackman for Allis-Chalmers Equipment Co.
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Oren Dahl
Minneapolis
Minn
Ho WN Dahl
H. E
Dahl
Blackman
Allis-Chalmers Equipment Co
Truck Overturns Near Highway 61 Injures Driver Minor
James L Brase 28 drove a Reiss Diary Truck when he braked to avoid a car stopping suddenly. The vehicle left Highway 61 three miles south of town and overturned in a field. Brase had minor injuries and was treated at Missouri Delta Community Hospital before discharge. Janet Estes, 14, treated for cuts after falling from a horse. Steve Harbison, 4, treated for a cut while playing.
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James L. Brase
Reiss Diary
Highway 61
Brase
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Janet Estes
Steve Harbison
Sikeston
Seek Successor For State Resources Post
Two top officials at the state department of resources and development are viewed as the frontrunners to become acting director after Prentiss Moones resigned. Tusl Jeffrey and Howard Morris are named as leading candidates, though Jeffrey reportedly resists taking the role.
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Jefferson City
MPA
State Department of Resources and Development
Prentiss Moones
Tusl Jeffrey
Howard Morris
Moonexs
Jeffrey
Attendance in Sunday School Sunday August 26
The report lists Sunday School attendance totals for several churches ledgers: First Baptist 446 First Assembly of God 415 First Methodist 407 Church of the Nazarene 296 Tanner Street Church of God 226 Second General Baptist 131 First Presbyterian 92.
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First Baptist Church
First Assembly of God Church
First Methodist Church
Church of the Nazarene
Tanner Street Church of God
Second General Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Highway Dept to Give Pay Raises to 2804 Employees
The Missouri State highway department will raise pay for 2,804 employees totaling 51,343 dollars a month starting September 1. Chief engineer Rex M. Whitton says the revised schedule will compare favorably with commercial salaries and exceed ranges for most classifications, mainly benefiting engineers and technical staff. 78 percent of the department’s 3,577 workers will see increases, averaging 18 to 19 dollars monthly. The move aims to retain trained engineers amid expected demand from private construction tied to the federal highway program.
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Jefferson City
Mpa
State Highway Department
Rex M. Whitton
Highway Department
Scott County ASC Office Announces Results of Election
Scott County ASC announces township committeemen and chairmen results from Commerce Kelso Moreland Morley Richland Sandywo ods Sylvania Tywappity and Sikeston townships. Chairmen meet Friday in Benton ASC office to organize county ASC and elect officers.
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Scott County
ASC
Benton
Milton Gehrs
Commerce
Roy Proctor, Jr
Wroe Bonifield
Edward Gage
Harold Springer
Ite
Farm Day Spotlight at Benoit Highlights Delta Agriculture
Sikeston and Dexter farm managers led a Farm Management Field Day at the 18 000 acre Dahomey plantation in Benoit. Jim Moffett and Alvin South oversaw the program noting 1947 60 000 dollar gross to last year 500 000 through improved practices and detailed cost records across cotton corn oats wheat soybeans rice beef cattle and more. Rex Batley discussed Southeast Missouri Delta farming prospects amid rising output 40 percent in 15 years and per man production up 91 percent. Glen Griffin of Sikeston stressed management amid new tech and market pressures with plans for a similar tour in Southeast Missouri.
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Tion Jim Moffett
Tony
Deater
Delta
Rex R. Batley
Missouri
Bailes
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Kansas City
The
Missouri Jaycees
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On Boys
New Matthews School
C. D. Matthews, Jr
Charles Matthews II
L. M. Standley
Lee Hunter
Rex. Harlow Donovan
J. E. Butler
Gordon Beavers
Louis Clark
Dolan Rogers
Lynn Twitty
Matthews School
Charles Davis Matthews Jr
Harold Courtney
Ross Lemons
James Handy Moore
Charles Davis Matthews IV
Citizens Advisory Committee
Ronald Buchmueller
James Hands Moore
Courtney
Co. D Matthews
JL M Standles
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Standley
Highway Dept
Wegenhardt
GOP
Matthews Elementary
James Mandy Moore
Harlow Donovan
St. Paul's
Episcope Church
Marell Jones
Matthews Scheel
Dexter
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