New School Building and Gymnasium Dedicated at Morehouse
The Morehouse high school dedicates its new building and gym Monday September 4 with Dr. W W Parker State College president delivering the main address. Superintendent Lous Meyer introduces key figures from construction and public works including Henry S Miller and H W Harms. Clergy Rev Harold Ray gives the invocation and Rev M H Markley the benediction. School board members Fred Ledbetter R R Givens J M Barnett Charles B Albright Need Bledsoe Hershel Hellem W T Wofford Wendell Fox also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Parker
State College
Cape Girardeau
Morehouse High School
Parker
Lous Meyer
Morehouse Schools
Henry S. Miller
Public Works Administration
H. W. Harms
PWA
N. E. Wiles
Missouri State Building Service
O. L. Hines
Charles Hall
Harold Ray
M. H. Markley
Morehouse School Board
Fred Ledbetter
R. R. Givens
J. M. Barnett
Charles B Albnght
Need Bledsoe
Hershel Hellem
W. T. Wofford
Wendell Fox
Date for renewing driving licenses near
First renewals of state drivers licenses are due September 7. Mo tor Vehicle Commissioner W H Steward announced yesterday. All licenses issued after September 7 1937 will expire two years from issue date. Of 1 280 900 licenses issued 300 000 will expire during September per Percy B McMahan deputy commissioner. About 1 000 000 permits will expire before January 1. Renewal must be filed by expiration date with no grace period. License fee is 25 cents for two years. Zephyr Gas at less 74 octane C M Owl Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Steward
Steward
Percy B. McMahan
McMahan
Charleston Teacher Joins Horace Mann Faculty
Miss Lucy Shelby daughter of R L Shelby of Charleston has joined the Horace Mann Demonstration School faculty at Columbia University in New York after graduating from Missouri University Columbia. She taught in Los Angeles then moved to New York and has traveled abroad. she is now on vacation in Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Shelby
R. L. Shelby
Charleston
Horace Mann Demonstration School
Columbia University
New York
Missouri University
Columbia
Miss Shelby
Los Angeles
Calif
Bermuda
State probes possible irregularities in WPA aided project
A Missouri inquiry into irregularities in the 17 million dollar penal and eleemosynary building program looms after five of six state building commission members signaled support. Col E W Clark reported that a WPA inquiry uncovered numerous irregularities as the agency furnished seven million dollars toward the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State Building Commission
Col
E. W Clark
Public Works
Washington
WPA
PWA
Sikeston Osteopath on Program of State Meet
Dr E Reuber of Sikeston to report as chairman of the compensation laws committee and member of the editorial contact committee at the Missouri Osteopathic meeting in Excelsior Springs October 30 to November 1. Appointed by Dr Ottis L Dickey of Joplin at Hannibal convention. About 800 physicians and surgeons expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Excelsior Springs
E. Reuber
Sikeston
Reuber
Ottis L. Dickey
Joplin
State Association
Hannibal
Missouri Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Deed to Lincoln Home Stolen in Chicago
The deed to Abraham Lincoln s home and key Civil War era papers were stolen from a Chicago Public Library G A R room display. Police say the July 29 theft included Lincoln s original deed to Coles county and letters from Generals Logan and Grant along with Lincoln affidavits and a Grant Sheridan order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Public Library
Lincoln
Coles County
John A. Logan
U. S. Grant
Grant
Phil Sheridan
Conservation meeting set for September in Sikeston
The Scott County Conservation Federation will meet at the Rew Theatre Sikeston at 7:30 on Wednesday night September 6. The meeting unites representatives from New Madrid Mississippi and Scott counties. Ted Butler of Springfield Missouri, secretary of the State organization, will attend and bring a member of the State conservation committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County Conservation Federation
Rew
Sikeston
W. H. Sikes
Scott County Group
New Madrid
Mississippi
Scott Counties
Ted Butler
Springfield
State Conservation Committee
Sikeston Schools To Open Monday
Sikeston schools resume after a long summer break with about 1500 pupils set to return. Regular classes start Tuesday at 8 30 a m and run to 4 p m with a half day on Monday for orientation. Superintendent R A M Harper, secretary Ruth Bloomfield, school nurse Della Poe lead staff. lists include high school principal Tharon Stallings and a long roster of teachers and principals at South Grade Bailey and Colored schools. Mr and Mrs Hans Baasch and daughter Anna Katherine return from Wisconsin resort today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston School
R. A M Harper
Ruth Bloomfield
Della Poe
Tharon FE Stallings
Wm. E Mahew
Frances Burch
Helen Campbell
Margaret Clymer
Agnes Erley
Helen Flint
Vernon Green
Uriel Haw
Isabel Hess
H. L. Hughes
Lawrence Knepper
Mary McCray
Adilda McCord
Orville Nothdurst
Electa O'Hara
Raymond Palm
Demna Parker
Garland Parker
R. D. Sorrells
Josephine Vieth
Geraldine Young
Myra Tanner
Lielah Rickus
W Edwin Hartford
Sue Hinchey
Pauline Meredith Jewell Mouser
Lissa Davis
Gwendolyn Duncan
Helen Baker
Lydia Chaney
Irma Allen
Georgia Houchens
Ruth Bateman
Lucille Mount
Lucille Finley
Wil
Hans Baasch
Anna Katherne
Wisconsin
Catholic School to Open Tuesday Morning
The Herald announces the fall term opening of St. Francis Xavier school under Sister Mary Florence with Rev. John J. O’Neill as titular head. Sister Mary Peter leads kindergarten, with two new teachers Sister Mary Cleophas and Sister Mary Consuela joining to replace Sisters Mary Orlando and Mary Lorenzo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
St. Francis Xavier School
Mary Florence
Thos. R. Woods
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
John J. O'Neill
Mary Peter
Mary Cleophas
Mary Consuela
Mary Orlando
Mary Lorenzo
Webster Groves
Formation of Civic Band for Sikeston Explored
A Sikeston civic band plan is under consideration after a survey shows many possible members. If formed, the group could grow to include musicians from nearby towns. Prospective members include Dellar Mott saxophone Loomis Mayfield drums Milbhum Arbaugh drums and bass Merritt Beck Jr drums Carl Schorle saxophone and clarinet Melvin Kornegger clarinet Jack Shelby clarinet John Dover trumpet Euart Taylor trumpet Joe Mathis baritone Paul Slinkard trumpet Gene Firschberg trumpet Ed Edelen cornet Ward Denman cornet Maurice Armstrong trombone Luke Baker trombone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Dellar Mott
Loomis Mayfield
Milbhum Arbaugh
Merritt Beck Jr
Carl Schorle
Melvin Kornegger
Jack Shelby
John Dover
Euart Taylor
Joe Mathis
Paul Slinkard
Gene Firschberg
Ed Edelen
Ward Denman
Maurice Armstrong
Luke Baker
Many Young People of Sikeston Will Be in College This Year
A Sikeston Herald list details thirty two high school graduates and other local youths bound for universities and colleges nationwide this fall. Names include Joe McCord Ben Bowman Edward Matthews at Westminster College Fulton Mo Bob Matthews Rollins College Winter Park Fla Eleanor Harty John Bailey Missouri University Columbia Peg Donnell Centenary Junior College Hackettstown N J Charles J McMullin Missouri University law junior Bill Donnell Missouri University master’s degree applicants Maryville Teachers’ College Carroll Davis U S Naval Academy Annapolis Md John Webster Bowman Clay Mitchell Jr U S Military Academy West Point N Y Joe Dover Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Md P D Malone Northwestern University Chicago Arch S Russell Jr The Herald list also names Bill Van Horne Charles Tanner G C Baker Jr Moore Greer Jr Betty Belle Donnell Martha Jane Myers State College Cape Girardeau Charles Graham Lindley Billy Bess Larry Adams Allen Fannie Swaim Norman Schwab Ruth Malcolm Helen Vera Dudley Mary Lowie Montgomery Emily Kendall Central College Fayette Ed wood Taylor Eddie Leech Eddie Crear Malden Ruth Hollingsworth Gwendolyn Kirk Lois Hales Lucille Hales Christian College Columbia Miss Betty Jo Gross Stephens College Columbia Marvin Rayburn Vanderbilt University Nashville Tenn Bulry Van Arsdale Sullins College Bristol Esther Jane Greer Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Cincinnati Ohio Leonard Colley State Teachers College Maryville Missouri Miss Helen Fisher Morehouse Duke University Durham NC.
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Charles J. McMullin
Missouri University
Bill Donnell
Maryville Teachers
State College
Cape Girardeau
Charles Graham Lindley
Billy Bess
Larry Adams
Allen
Fannie Swaim
Norman Schwab
Ruth Malcolm
Helen Vera Dudley
Mary Lowie Montgomery
Emily Kendall
Central College
Fayette
Edwood Taylor
Eddie Leech
Eddie Crear
Malden
Sikeston High School
Ruth Hollingsworth
Gwendolyn Kirk
Lois
Lucille Hales
Christian College
Columbia
Betty Jo Gross
Stephens College
Mary Jane Sikes
Washington University
Louis
Marvin Rayburn
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Bulry van Arsdale
Sullins College
Bristol
Esther Jane Greer
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Cinncinati
Oho
Catherine Anne Cook
Brother of Mrs. Davis Named to Commission
Glen E. Stoner a Springfield business man was appointed by Gov Lloyd C Stark to the State Conservation Commission succeeding John F Case of Wright City He is the brother of Norman Davis a former Sikeston resident now in Vincennes Indiana Stoner will serve until June 30 1945 The commission controls the states game and fish program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen E. Stoner
Springfield
Lloyd C Stark
State Conservation Commission
Ing John F Case
Wright City
Stoner
Norman Davis
Sikeston
Vincennes
Ind
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Zephyr
C. & M Owl Company
Horace Mann
Sikeston Osteopath
Chicago
H. W. Humbert
Terre Haute
FORD
Pontiac
J. Wm. Foley Motor Co
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Mo
NDC
Catholic
Civic Band
The
Joe McCord
Ben Bowman
Edward Matthews
Westminster College
Fulton, Mo
Bob Matthews
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Eleanor Harty
John Bailey
Peg Donnell
Centenary Junior College
Hackettstown
the Herald
Missouri University, Columbia
Bill van Horne
Charles Tanner
G. C. Baker Jr
G. B Greer
Moore Greer Jr
Betty Belle Donnell
Martha Jane Myers
State Teachers College
Maryville
Leonard Colley
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Miass Helen Fisher
Sikestom High School
Firestone Sentinel
Zephyr Gas
C. & M. Oil Co
Sikeston, Missouri
Home Oil Co
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