4 H Club Calves Shown by Buckeye Youth in St Louis
Six boys and one girl from Buckeye community near Sikeston show Angus and Hereford calves at National Stock Yards Illinois for the St Louis Livestock Exchange Calf Club Show. About 1000 pound yearlings, 378 calves from 70 counties entered. They travel from Buckeye Plantation with W H Sikes and Robinson of Mississippi County. Radio broadcasts scheduled from KMON at 6 40 and 6 10 Saturday.
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Buckeye
Sikeston
National Stock Yards
Ill
St. Louis Livestock Exchange
Tommy
W. T. Woods
Harold
J. W. Godwin
Buckeye Plantation
Roy Shoemaker
Howard
Virginia Stauffer
Virginia
St. Louis
WH. Sikes
Robinson
Mississippi County
St Louis
Last Week Sets Record for Sikeston Auction Company
Sikeston Auction Company reports its three weekly sales sold nearly 4000 head of livestock, a record. About 3000 hogs were sold, 800 cattle, 145 horses and mules, with a few goats. Tuesday and Saturday sales focused on hogs and cattle, while Thursday handled horses and mules.
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Sikeston Auction Company
Corn Loans Available in Scott County
R L Galemore corn loan inspector samples and seals corn cribs as growers apply for loans at the Scott County Association office. A loan of 57 cents per bushel may be made on corn grading No 3 or better with moisture 14 44 percent or less. Cribs must protect corn from weather and rodents. Inquiries directed to the county office at Benton per Evin Burke, county association chair.
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R. L. Galemore
Scott County
Scott County Association
Galemore
Benton
Evin Burke
County Association
Cotton Referendum Set For Next Saturday in Scott County
Cotton growers in Scott county will vote next Saturday on the 2 cent per pound cotton marketing quota for the 1955-39 crop year. Voting places are listed in each township with election committees in charge. If approved, a cotton loan and allotments under the 1959 Agricultural Conservation Program will apply, with a 2 cent tax on excess production. Voters from all 55 farms that exceeded allotments in 1935 qualify to vote, with polling hours 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Locations include Richland city hall Sikeston Morley office Vanclyser high school Moreland county courtroom Benton Sylvania Oran Sandywoods Blodgett Commerce Diehlstadt Kelso Oran or Benton voting options, plus New Madrid County polling sites and hours.
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Scott County
Evin Burke
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Association
Richland Township
Sikeston
Morley Township
H. F. Emerson
Morley
Vanclyser High School
Moreland Township
Benton Sylvania Township
Oran
Sandyvwoods
Bank
Blodgett
Commerce Township
Commerce Tywappity Township
Diehlstadt
Kelso Township
Benton
New Madrid
New Madrid Court House
Portage Township
Portageville
St. John Township
Barnes Ridge
West Township
Canalou
Calf Club Organized At Hooe School House
A 4 H calf club formed at Hooe school house with sixteen members from the Hooe community. Officers include Velma Elsperman president and Norman Elsperman treasurer with Henderson Howard leading the group. Scott County Farm Bureau sponsored the meeting where Assistant County Agent James Meyers outlined 4 H aims. Local bank plans to assist by offering loans at 4 percent to buy registered bred heifers for projects.
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Whooe School
Hooe
Scott County Farm Bureau
James Meyers
Henderson Howard
Velma Elsperman
Phillis Howard
Norman F Elsperman
Daisy Skinner
Henderson Howard Jr
George
Harry
Roy
Lee Skinner
Mildred Witt
Eugene Sneed
Charles Jones
Charles Wipfler
Lowell Spain
Hope School
Meyers
Agricultural Extension Service
W. O. Bowman
First National Bank of
Cape Girardeau
Bowman
John Nevitt
Freak Accidents Ranked by National Safety Council in 1938
The National Safety Council lists odd mishaps from 1938, including oil refinery workers stranded atop a Beaumont storage tank after a ladder and explosion, a calf operation where a student caused the injury, a New York car plunge from a railing, and a fire station match ignition in Sapulpa. Also noted are a tire detour incident in Berwyn and a family visit to Hayti.
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Beaumont
Texas
Verne A. Scott
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Scott
William DeLorenzo
New York
Connie Holmes
Palestine
Sapulpa
Okla
John Brix
Signing Oil Leases in Scott County
Amid an Illinois oil boom, land in Scott and nearby Missouri counties is being leased by parties hopeful for oil west of the Mississippi. About 60,000 acres under contract across Scott Cape Bollinger Stoddard and Mississippi counties with test drilling planned soon. Leases grant landowners one eighth of produced oil while the lessee handles drilling and expenses. land ownership stays with the titleholder. Across the river in Southern Illinois most land remains under lease.
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Iilinois
Scott
Missouri
Mississippi River
Scott, Cape, Bollinger Stoddard
Mississippi
New
Illinois
Christmas parade canceled in Caruthersville this year
Due to cost concerns the annual Christmas parade will not be staged in Caruthersville this year. Streets business district and homes will still be decorated and prizes awarded by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and other service clubs for best decorated store and residence.
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Caruthersville
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri to change color scheme for 1939 license plates
The 1939 Missouri plates will feature a black background with ivory numerals reversing the 1905 style. The state name and year will be placed under the number, with plans to move the text over the number next year. Convict workers at the state prison are completing 835000 licenses for 1939 and 15000 applications for special numbers.
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Missouri
Associated Press
State
Motor Vehicle Department
Miner Residence Destroyed by Fire
A five room residence in the Miner community belonging to C. W. Smoot was destroyed by fire of unknown origin Wednesday afternoon. A volunteer Miner fire brigade aided by district school children saved most furnishings. Mr and Mrs Richard Lutz occupied the frame dwelling and were away. neighbors and children helped prevent total loss. Insurance partially covers the loss.
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C. W. Smoot
Richard Lutz
Russell-Bradley Meet Tuesday At Home of Mrs Kirk
The Russell-Bradley Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet next Tuesday at the home of Mrs George Kirk with Mrs O T Elder as assistant hostess. Mrs L R Burns is president of the society. W D McClurkin Blytheville city schools superintendent and relative of Rev and Mrs J T Self will take a four month leave to attend Peabody College Nashville to work on his PhD. He will leave January 1 for Nashville. Patronize Herald advertisers.
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Russell-Bradley Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
George Kirk
O. T. Elder
L. R. Burns
W. D. McClurkin
Blytheville
Ark
J. T. Self
Sikeston
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
McClurkin
Cotton Growers Form National Council in Memphis Meeting
The National Cotton Council of America formed in Memphis after a November gathering to boost U S cotton consumption. Oscar Johnston led the council with a ten point plan including advertising and research while a two million dollar campaign fund and a $250,000 missionary fund were proposed. Missouri Illinois unit and delegates from Sikeston Caruthersville and Chicago joined the advisory committee with N W Helm guiding the effort alongside others.
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SCOTT
Cort
Cotton
United States
Memphis
National Cotton Council of America
Eine
Oscar Johnston
Mississippi
The
Cotton Council
America
Assembly
National Cotton Council
N. W. Helm
Caruthersville
Mr Helm
Drew Wardell
Kennett
Chas. B. Baker
Deering
E. P Coleman
Sikeston
Merchant
P. B. Bartmess
Crusher
Edward O'Neal
Chicago
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Iowa
Salova
C. H. Vanson
Howard Stauffer
Hereford Calf
Angus Calf
Harold Godwin
Tommy Woods
Cape Girardeau County
New Hamburg
National Safety Council
Louie Sargeant
H. B. Masterson
Jackie
Hayti
Scotty County
East Front ST
Sikeston, MO
Vogue
Russell-Bradley
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Reiss
Reiss Dairy
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