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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
3
A nationwide FCDA warehoused reserve holds 80,000 tons of equipment and supplies across 65 facilities. It includes medical supplies, blood expanders, portable hospitals, pumps, generators, water purifiers, and fallout meters. Warehouses lie 76 to 100 miles from targets, serving both disaster and flood relief efforts.
Scott County farmers are urged to inventory farm soils and tailor fertilizer use. University trials show corn cost per bushel drops from 64 to 38 cents with higher yields from plant foods. Eugene Glastetter of New Hamburg 4-H wins outstanding meat animal award for fattening a Hereford steer to market weight, 1185 pounds, at East St Louis event. Trophy funded by Gristo Feed Mill of Si heston, awarded annually.
The Farm Income Tax Institute will be held in Poplar Bluff December 13 and 14 from 9 00 am to 4 00 pm. Local tax professionals are invited with no enrollment fee. The program, organized by Extension Farm Management specialists with Missouri College of Agriculture and partners, will cover new tax forms, self employment taxes, record keeping, and include a question and answer period. a panel on client rights will close the event.
Eugene Effink of the Oran 4-H club won the Aberdeen Angus registered heifer from Harold Hill Angus Farm for Scott County's top 4-H project. At 13, he plans to establish a purebred Angus herd using the heifer as foundation stock and will show the animal at county and district fairs. The project emphasizes breeding, feeding, and management practices and includes a Scott County 4-H recognition letter.
East Prairie and neighboring communities report a series of visits and hospital contacts. Mr L I Denton and Mrs Denton visited Sikeston with Mrs Denton as a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Billy Sailors. Richard Falhoff was a business visitor in St Louis last Thursday. Howard Schneider visited Cape Girardeau and the St Francis Hospital. Arhe Hunter shows improvement at Missouri Baptist Hospital St Louis. The list mentions numerous visits to Charleston Matthews St Louis Cape Girardeau and related family gatherings and hospital calls.
In Mrs. Harold Hills absence the night honors were announced for a heifer to be presented at a later date. The award, pledged for next year, will go to the most serving 4-H boy or girl in Scott County.
Gold silver and bronze medals were awarded to 4-H boys girls and leaders for project and club work. Twenty four county winners in the national awards program received special recognition for work in canning clothing dairy dairy food demonstrations field crops food preparation girls home demonstrations meat animal and junior leadership. An Aber deen Angus heifer was awarded to Eugene Eftink. Eugene Glastetter received a gold cup for outstanding meat animal project record. A J Renner received a gold honorary pin and Harold Hill an alumni award for support to 4-H. Medals and certificates recognized project work by 4 H members in relation to the number of vehicles they have driven in 4 H. A social program with supper songs games and square dancing closed the event.
Mrs Scott Mainard and son Scot ty celebrate gifts while neighbors visit Marble Hut area. A birthday surprise for Mrs Taylor Hall marks an 8th birthday with cake and coffee. Sylvia Irene Denning and ASC Paul James Layton wed in Hermando with family attendance. Various church and community members attend Christmas events and district conference across multiple cities.
Lilbourn residents gather for Christmas Lighting contest plans sponsored by the Community Garden Club. The notes cover funerals visits relatives open house church events birthdays and school and club activities across Lilbourn and nearby Portageville Sikeston Gideon Malden and Piggott with multiple residents mentioned by name.
Ronald Yingus and James Thorne won state honors earning all expense trips to the 1956 National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, Nov. 25-29. Ronald, a junior leader in 4-H Electric, built a three way switch window fan and an electric fence transport, and disassembled and rebuilt an electric motor. James, active in 4-H Boyer Agricultural program, practiced farming with meat animals, sheep, cattle, and swine, and served as junior and senior leader at local and state levels. The Westinghouse Educational Foundation funded Ronald’s trip.
In BLOOMFIELD list shows names including Norma Jean Stoner Shirtes Ann Jenkins and others. in Dexter names include Larena Jean Crow Berne Jimmite Dale Kits Bernie and Donald Ora Henderson. Dexter also shows Patricia Arnolden Deater Jackie Max Jennings Ceater Alma Ruth Hart. The fragment indicates multiple marriage license records across Stoddard County with several individuals named in Dexter and surrounding areas.
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