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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
9
A joint gathering of the Association of School Administrators for Scott and Mississippi counties and the Public Relations Committee of the State Teachers Association discussed county board relations, teacher retirement, school reclassification, and certification. Twenty two men from fourteen systems attended at Sikeston High School.
A meeting of the New Madrid County Schoolmasters was held at Kewanee Monday evening to discuss public school topics. Attendees from Sikeston included Superintendent Bremen Van Bibber and high school principal R J Genins, with guests from Kennett and Cape Girardeau including Paul Jones and Dean Forrest Rose. Van Bibber and Genins plan to attend a Butler Stoddard County administrator meeting in Dexter this evening, featuring a discussion on public relations service and school reclassification.
Sheriff Kraus has seized all punchboards in operation in Cape Girardeau County and notified former operators and others that there will be no more use of gambling devices in the county if officers can prevent it.
Anniston Charles Scott and Harl Williams. Benton Marshall Arnold and Marshall Jackson Chaffee Fred Lewallen. Charleston P. L. Pruett, G L Roberts and H C Williams. Cooter J. E. Godwin. Deering R. E. Jonakin and J. F. Taylor. Delta H. W Bohnstedt and M. Cc. Runnels. East Prairie J. Hugh May. Hayti C M. Bell. Slimo Fornfelt Irvin Wheeler and A. W Wright. Matthews Dee Norman Powell Poplar Bluff George R. Loug head. Sikeston Robert J. Genins and Bremen Van Bibber. Wardell Max Timmons.
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce officials met at the Dunn Hotel and announced a larger next year Christmas party for Sikeston children. The group will sponsor eight 15 minute radio talks on a state wide Good Government and Good Citizenship program, each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. George W. Kirk will speak tonight, Frank Miller next Thursday, with six more speakers to be announced. Reverend Vernon Guttenfelder addressed the meeting on The Spirit of Christmas.
Funeral services for Otto Blat tel, 57, of Ancell, were held Tuesday at St. Augustine's Catholic church in Kelso with Rev. Joseph Keusenkothen officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Death from carcinoma occurred Sunday morning. A native of north Scott county, he spent his life there. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Adeline Hess of Kelso.
Commercial and residential growth accelerates as Lloyd Huffman plans five additional Huffman residences in the Jones subdivision near the Airport. Cline Ables completes a four room home with floor heating for Huffman and will build five more. Mike's Supply House expands, doubling its quarters to 60 by 60 feet on Highway 60 east of Sikes, with cement composition walls and roof and a concrete floor.
A new 32 by 60 foot cinder block building on Moore avenue at the east end of Center street nears completion. Built by W. T. Crowe, it will house J. W. Stone's dry cleaning plant with concrete floors and new machinery. Stone formerly operated South Side Cleaners for Alfred Taylor near the shoe factory. The project is expected to be finished by January 1.
The text lists a 1915 marriage and large family network including five children Har old Donald and Marvin Blattel at home, Mrs Ervin Urhahn of Benton, Mrs Ralph Scheper of Ancell, a stepson Edward Hess of Rockview, one brother, four sisters, and 10 grandchildren.
A four room wood frame house is being erected on the north side of the 400 block of Matthews avenue by Harry Sexton, owner of the adjacent residence to the west of the new building.
Walls for an addition to Sikeston municipal electric power house near completion under Sutterfield Architects. The brick structure on the west side covers 21 by 84 feet, will match the main building, with concrete floor and roof pending. It will house a 3250 horsepower engine to be shipped from the factory early next year.
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