Sikeston City Hall second floor used for high school games
Thirty years ago Sikeston High School basketball was allowed to use the second floor of City Hall as a gym due to no school facility. The space later housed District Health and a magistrate court, while earlier it hosted public meetings and dances. Fire destroyed the Sikeston Greenhouses, Albritton’s stock, and funeral office equipment in the same week.
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Sikeston High School
Blum Department Store
Sikeston
High School
Basketeers
City Hall
Division No. 10
Missouri Highway Department
District Health Office
M. E Montgomery
John Albritton
Fire destroys farm house. man burned to death nearby
An unknown Negro man was burned to death in a fire that destroyed a small farm house near Tewanee. Chas Jenkins, Benton builder, received a county court contract to build a new sheriff’s residence in Benton with a bid of 37,500. Charles Harris, a veteran Scott county teacher, enrolled as a State College student in Cape Girardeau at age 51, while the eldest student was Mrs. L D Chamberlain of St. Louis, age 65.
City teletype installed and rail line changes announced
Twenty years ago on December 5 1929 Scott County Milling Co installed a teletype in its offices while the city council ordered city firefighting equipment to stay inside the city. The Cotton Belt railroad expanded by taking ownership and operation of several short line roads including the Deering Southwestern Blytheville Steachville and Arkansas Southern Gideon and North Island and the Arkansas Shortline.
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Scott County Milling Company
Cotton Belt Railroad
Deering Southwestern Railway
Blytheville, Steachville and
Arkansas Southern Railroad
Gideon and North Island
Arkansas Shortline Railroad
City bans future wooden hot dog stands in Sikeston
Fifteen years ago on December 6 1934 Sikeston city council prohibited future erection of small wooden buildings for hot dog stands and similar enterprises in the city. E P Coleman & Company began building a soybean oil mill in the western part of Sikeston the first of its kind in the district. A re employment office opened on the second floor of the city hall.
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E. P. Coleman & Company
Sikeston
City Hall Taps Kathleen Dover as Lead Official
Kathleen Dover is named to lead city hall operations with clear authority. The appointment places her in charge of municipal administration, coordinating departments and public services under the new oversight.
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City Hall
Kathleen Dover
Hotel Marshall Sold to Dunn and Son of Poplar Bluff
The C. D. Matthews Estate sold the Hotel Marshall to J. I. Dunn and his son E. A. Dunn of Poplar Bluff. The Board of Public Works reported November as the busiest month for the municipal light and power plant since its 1931 startup. Governor Lloyd C. Stark urged Missourians to buy cotton gifts for Christmas. Missouri recorded 25 rabbit fever deaths for the year by the State Board of Health. Loomis Mayfield Jr. injured his left eye when a pellet from another hunter’s charge struck it while hunting. Sikeston Parent-Teacher Association opened a lunchroom in the south grade school, serving 150 to 200 children daily.
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Marshall
C. D. Matthews
J. I. Dunn
E. A. Dunn
Poplar Bluff
Board of Public Works
Municipal Light and Power
Lloyd C. Stark
Sikeston Parent-Teacher Association
Sikeston Armetta Gray Nichols Killing Sentenced
Gobel Owings was sentenced to 30 years for the murder at a tavern called the Father Glass Place near Sikeston. The case had been before Scott County Circuit Court for four years as reports from the era chronicled battles and casualty lists.
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Gobel Owings
Armetta Gray Nichols
Father Glass
Sikeston
Roscoe Weltecke
Scott County
New booklet on state agriculture survey issued
Jefferson City Mo A survey of Missouri compiled by Ernest L Little for the Missouri Chemurgic Council has been published by the Division of Resources and Development under the title Agricultural and Industrial Survey of Missouri The 55 page booklet covers seven sections Agriculture crops and their industrial utilization Possible new crops Forest resources Industrial utilization of wood and wood waste Medicinal plants and projects for study and evaluation The survey was presented in 1949 and accepted by Secretary of State Walter H Toberman Single copies are available from the Division of Resources and Development Jefferson City Sikeston civic news Gust Zacher died at his Ruth Street home Sikeston residents hunted deer in the opening days of the deer season Local business news Mrs Murtis Limbaugh and son in law G C Baker Jr bought the former Putnams Grocery and Market south of the shoe factory Holiday cards ad by The Herald.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Ernest L. Little
Columbus
Ohio
Missouri Chemurgic Council
Missouri Division of Resources and Development
Agricultural and Industrial Survey of
Walter H. Toberman
Gust Zacher
Sikeston
Ruth Street
Murtis Limbaugh
G. C. Baker Jr
Putnam's Grocery
Charles Moose
Charles Bakers
John McMullin
Ozark Woods
Ozark Playgrounds Booklet Highlights Missouri Areas
A 36 page Ozark Playgrounds booklet from Missouri’s Division of Resources and Development showcases 77 photographs, eight in color, with Elk River on the cover. It surveys Jasper Newton McDonald Barry Lawrence Greene Stone Christian Taney Ozark and Douglas counties and parts of Towell Texas Wright Webster, focusing on the state’s southwestern region. Free copies available by writing the division in Jefferson City, with distribution to those responding to national ads and showing interest in the area.
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Jefferson City
Ozark
Missouri
Division of Resources and Development
Elk River
Gerald Massie
Jasper
Newton
McDonald
Barry
Lawrence
Greene
Stone
Christian
Taney
Douglas
Towell
Texas
Wright
Webster
Families on Farms Can Participate in Housing Benefits
The Housing Act of 1949 enables Missouri farm families to build or improve homes and farm buildings with long term loans and limited grants for extreme needs. Responsibilities span Farmers' Home Administration, USDA research, and Agricultural Extension Service for plans and technical help. Emphasis remains on research and planning with supervised loans. urban slum clearance consumes attention.
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Missouri
Farmers’ Home Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
K. B. Huff
Missouri University College of Agriculture
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Missouri College of Agriculture
Public schools need thousands of teachers nationwide
The National Education Association reports 80,000 more teachers are needed to educate the rising pupil population. Total teachers reach 943,761, up 20,000 from last year, with 88,260 on emergency or temporary certificates. Student enrollments have risen by 750,000 to 25,000,000, delaying脱 the shortage due to finances.
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National Education Association
N.E.A
News Is What Happens When People Move In Or Out
When you have visitors, go somewhere, have births or deaths, or move your residence that’s news. Tell The Herald about it and read the ads they publish as news.
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the Herald
Seal Show Quality coal ranges from $49.50 to $129.50
A brief public notice states that Seal Show Quality coal grades are priced from forty nine dollars fifty cents to one hundred twenty nine dollars fifty cents, indicating a tiered pricing range offered by Lair's.
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