Prosperous Southeast Missouri farmer beat odds on way up
J A Alexander, a 59 year old Mississippi native who moved to Missouri in 1937, built a 240 acre rental operation near Matthews with 2600 in bank and 8000 plus in property and only 1000 debt. He earned 86 bales of cotton on 41 acres in 1939 and grew crops and livestock for years, supporting four sharecropping families and six boys and three girls. He keeps an exact inventory of his assets and emphasizes hard work and the Golden Rule.
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Missouri
Matthews
J. A. Alexander
Alexander
Mississippi
Meridian
Miss
Meridian Academy
Tom Chisholm
Morehouse News Carries Local Life and Events
Mrs Gale Parmley and her husband welcomed a son named Roger Lee born November 27. Eugene Smith on furlough from the U S Navy visits the Ira Smith family. Novella Allen and Red Harrison wed at Benton. they will live in Morehouse. Eastern Star members meet in Sikeston as the Red and White Store reports a burglary with a long list of stolen goods and a $15 reward. The PTA plans a December 11 home talent show Grandpas Twin Sister with Fred Ledbetter as Grandpa. Eastern Star officers elected for the coming year include Thelma Reynolds as worthy matron and Don Kochel as worthy patron.
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Gale Parmley
Roger Lee
Eugene Smith
U. S. Navy
Ira Smith
Novella Allen
P. Allen
Cline Island
Red Harrison
Morehouse
Benton
Parent-Teacher Association
Grandpa
Fred Ledbetter
Needola Bledsoe
Frank Parrish
Joe Todd
Burna Poe
Marshal Spence
Zora Gunterman
Lloyd Treece
James Robert Neal
Beulah Riley
Eastern
Eastern Star Chapter
Don Kochel
Marshall Spence
Averett
Neil Aslin
Mildred Sheeter
Poe
Neil C. Aslin
Rosie Previtt
Thelma Reynolds
Juanita Dillon
E. H. Percy
S. M. Sarno
Mae Brown
J. F. Nunnelee
Charleston
L. F. Evans
Leonard Green
Wyatt
Paulyne Stanfill
C. H. Stanfill
J. J. Willis
Bertrand
Blodgett Methodist Church
Guy Cobble
A. G. Penzel
Jackson
E. J. Nienstedt
Women's Club
B. F. Marshall Jr
Wm. Northington
Sikeston
Charles Murphy
Cape Girardeau
Charles
G. B. Clippard
Frankie Altom
Altom
Wallie
Wallis Clippard
Jack Johnson
Helen
Irene Altom
Louie Nienstedt
Cope
Minnie Austin
Frank Brown
Frank Daugherty
A. H. Daugherty
A. B. Daugherty
R. B. Daughtery Jr
Larry Daugherty
Bobbie Daugherty
Steers Bring Top Price for Local Buckeye Plantation Sale
W. H. Sikes sold thirty six Angus steers at National Stockyards Illinois for Armour Packing Company. They averaged 1080 pounds and brought 12 1/4 dollars per hundred, netting 128 dollars per head. Sikes notes this year’s steer market is somewhat lower than last year.
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W. H. Sikes
Buckeye Plantation
National Stockyards
Illinois
Armour Packing Company
Sikes
Farmers Plan For Membership Drive In New Madrid County
An enthusiastic New Madrid County Farm Bureau group representing nine townships met at the Masonic hall to plan a two week membership campaign aimed at 350 quota set by the State Executive Committee. Arline Avery directed the meeting. The county split into north and south halves with co captains named for each side to manage solicitations. The losing side will treat the winners at a Farm Bureau rally after the holidays.
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New Madrid
Farm E Bureau
Masonic Hall
New Madrid County
Arline Avery
Farm Bureau
Anderson, Como
Portage, LaFont
LeSieur
Lewis Township
Lilbourn-Catron Road
Big Prairie
St. John
Hough
Lilbourn-Catron
W. E. Hammock
C. O. Hawkins
Bert Femmer
Harold Sloas
Judge D B Deem Dies at 81 Incurable Disease
Butler county historian and public official Judge D B Deem died in a St. Louis hospital Sunday morning after several days in critical condition. He was 81. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon.
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Poplar Bluff
D. B. Deem
Butler County
St. Louis
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Morehouse News
Fox
Mr. Fox
Blodgett News
Oscar Spencer
Agnes Evans
Mayme Linbaugh
Mary Huey
Mary Hayden
Louise Nienstedt
Credit Dept. Store
Cape Girardeau, MO
the Herald
Powell Insurance Agency
Welch Building
Wspalpe
Farmers
Tal
Rembrandt
Permalux
Grand Rapids
General Motors
Lane
the Lair Company
Center Street
Sikeston, Missouri
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