Sikeston Herald Publisher and staff details
The Sikeston Herald lists Cline H. Denman as publisher and Ward Denman as assistant. Published each Thursday at 119 West Malone Sikeston Missouri. Yearly subscriptions are $1.50 in Scott and adjoining counties and $2 elsewhere with advance payment required. Entered as second class matter March 9, 1908 at Sikeston post office.
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Malone Sikeston, Missouri
Scott
Adjoining Counties
Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston Cadets To Be Invited To Christmas Dinner
Sikeston residents plan to host cadets from the Sikeston Air School for a noonday Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. Many homes have registered, with a call for more volunteers to provide home care for those serving in the armed forces during the holidays. Every cadet will be offered a Christmas dinner in a Sikeston home. The initiative stresses generosity and hospitality.
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Sikeston
Air raid guidance published in The Herald
The Herald prints the government's civil defense guidance in full page form at the urging of Mayor F L LaGuardia and the U S Office of Civilian Defense. Readers are urged to preserve and study the page for quick recall during air raids. The paper will publish further defense information in future issues.
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The
Herald
F. L. LaGuardia
New York
United States Office of Civilian Defense
We Serve in Our Field Herald Mission Statement
The Herald outlines limited war coverage and weekly summaries from war zones. It commits to cooperation with state and federal guidance while remaining a local newspaper. The paper pledges to portray community life and activities in its columns.
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Herald
The
The Enemy Within Our Gates
The Missouri State Highway Department urges all Missourians to act as a line of defense on roads to save lives in auto accidents. Citing Pearl Harbor and rising fatalities, the piece calls for collective effort to curb reckless driving and prevent needless deaths nationwide and in Missouri.
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Missouri State Highway Department
Pearl Harbor
National Safety Council
Missouri
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri students to spend holidays with families Friday
Loomis Mayfield Jr. Jean Kien Floyd A. Matthews Virgil Vanehn and G. B. Greer, students at Missouri University Columbia, will be here Friday to spend the holidays with their respective parents.
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Loomis Mayfield Jr
Jean Kien
Floyd A. Matthews
Virgil Vanehn
G. B. Greer
Missouri University, Columbia
Sikeston Herald 1916 year in review round up
The Sikeston Herald recalls 1916 events including a two day strike by Fernfelt round house and yard men ending in a wage raise from 1.40 to 1.75 per day. Co. F Bruton becomes Sikeston Commercial Club president with R. F. Anderson as secretary. An editorial notes cars make winters milder for travel and bolster American hardiness.
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Sikeston Herald
Roundhouse
Fernfelt
Co. F. Bruton
Sikeston Commercial Club
R. F. Anderson
Sikeston area news notes and holiday happenings
Walter E. Derris gave a Victrola to public schools yesterday morning, a large horned instrument. Sikeston Woman's Club plans a January 2 reception for Sikeston Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Marshall. Local residents Bowman and Matthews returned from Western Military Academy to spend holidays. Johnnie Welter visits Clayton school for Christmas holidays. State Highway Department Sixth Division staff held a surprise party for division engineer M S Murray in Sikeston Saturday evening.
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Walter E. Derris
Marshall
Sikeston Woman’s Club
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Jack Bowman
Charles Matthews
Western Military Academy
Alton
Johnnie Welter
Clayton
Christmas visits and park tree in Railroad Park
Miss Lilian Bone of Monroe Louisiana returned home for Christmas holidays to visit her parents Mr and Mrs R B Bone. Congressman R E Bailey arrived from Washington with his daughter Honora who has been studying voice in Philadelphia. The municipal Christmas tree was delivered last Friday and set up in Railroad Park on Saturday.
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Lilian Bone
Monroe
R. B. Bone
R. E. Bailey
Washington, D. C
Honora
Philadelphia
Railroad Park
Weather lows and highs. bank reopening planned
Ten years ago note: past week low of 25 degrees and high of 76 degrees. Plans are under way to reopen the First National Bank at Chaffee, which closed on November 28.
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First National Bank
Chaffee
Beautification work on Highway 61 disrupted by evergreen theft
State Highway Department officials report that beautification plans for Highway 61 north and south are being disrupted as completed work is damaged by the theft of evergreen trees. The week saw a low of 19 degrees and a high of 59. A ceremony at Sikeston Methodist Church on Sunday December 20 will unite Miss Mayme Jean Wilbur and Elmer Poage.
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State Highway Department
Sikeston
Mayme Jean Wilbur
Elmer Poage
First peace time M Day mobilization begins Monday
Four officers and enlisted men of Company K 140th Regiment and 20 National Guard members will be mobilized here Monday December 23 for the first peace time M Day. Loomis Mayfield elected captain of the Home Guard at Armory meeting last night. Five hundred farmer friends of Sikeston Tractor and Implement Co attended the fifth annual farmers day in Sikeston Tuesday, sponsored by John Deere.
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National Guard of the
United States
Home Guard
Loomis Mayfield
New Protective Group
War secretary urges draft act extensions for broad pool
Secretary of War Stimson urges the House military committee to promptly approve far reaching extensions of the draft act to provide a great pool of men for any eventuality. He calls for registration of all men 18 to 64 and liable service for 19 to 44. Brig. Gen. Hershey, selective service director, says those 21 to 45 may be called before 19 to 21.
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Stimson
House Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service Director
Sikeston Forms Local Defense Committee Leaders Name Members
Following State Defense Committee instructions Mayor Presnell appoints Sikeston’s Local Defense Committee with F E Mount as chairman. Members include W H Sikes Grover Baker E P Coleman Jr H L Harty Loomis Mayfield James S Kevil Earl Allen LeRoy Heisserer BE F Schorle and Charles Dement. A statewide meeting for all local defense councils is set for next Tuesday across 10 highway divisions to select a strong volunteer group and organize local defense efforts.
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State Defense Committee
Local Defense Committee
G. W. H. Presnell
Sikeston
Mount
Presnell
W. H. Sikes
Grover Baker
E. P. Coleman Jr
H. L. Harty
Loomis Mayfield
Jas. S. Kevil
Earl Allen
LeRoy Heisserer
BE. F. Schorle
Charles Dement
Defense Council
Rites for L. W. Culp Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for L W Culp of Sikeston will be held at 2 30 PM Friday at the Baptist church. He died in Benton from a paralytic stroke suffered last Monday. Burial is in City Cemetery. Born January 29 1861 in Kentucky he married Fannie Bryant fifty years ago who preceded him in death. Survivors include two daughters a son three step sons a grandson reared by him and nineteen other grandchildren.
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Baptist Church
L. W. Culp
Sikeston
Benton
Sid Schillig
E. D. Owen
Culp
Kentucky
Fannie Bryant
Scott County Milling Co
Henry Smith
Mary Ferguson
Farmington
Hollis Clup
J. H
New Arrivals Born to Local Families
Mr and Mrs Edwin R Schrader welcomed a son Eddie Ray born last Friday at St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Peggy Sue was born December 11 to Mr and Mrs Ragain Harris of Oran at Sikeston General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Harold Cox welcomed a son James Allen born December 14 at Sikeston General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Andrew Kappler Jr welcomed a daughter Andrea Elen born at their home here December 11. Melba Fay named daughter born December 16 to Mr and Mrs A J Houser of Matthews. Mr and Mrs Ike Jenkins of near Sikeston welcomed a son Carroll Dean born December 13 at their home.
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Edwin R. Schrader
Eddie Ray
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Peggy Sue
Ragain Harris
Oran
Sikeston General Hospital
Harold Cox
James Allen
Andrew Kappler Jr
Andrea Elen
Melba Fay
A. J. Houser
Matthews
Ike Jenkins
Sikeston
Carroll Dean
Bobby Byrne Band to Play Holiday Dance at Sikeston Armory
Bobby Byrne and his 15 piece orchestra will perform for a holiday dance at the Sikeston Armory on Saturday night December 27, under the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The band, noted nationwide, appeared on the Raleigh Cigaret NBC program and featured in Collier's Magazine. They have recorded twelve features with Decca and are touring on CBS. George Hale Jr. handles table reservations at 686.
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Bobby Byrne
Sikeston Armory
Junior Chamber of Commerce
NBC
Collier's Magazine
Decca Record Co
CBS
George Hale Jr
County Agent Honored at Columbia Conference
Miss Anne Sillers Home Demonstration Agent for New Madrid county was elected president of the Missouri Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi at the Annual Extension Conference in Columbia last week. Membership requires ten years in Extension work.
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Anne Sillers
New Madrid County
Columbia
Missouri
Epsilon Sigma Phi
Attended Rites Held in Texas for Sister
Dr H M Kendig returned home from Hereford Texas after attending the death of his half sister Mrs R B Miller aged 43 at her home there last Saturday from a complication of diseases. She had visited Kendig and his family here on several occasions and was known to Sikeston friends.
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H. M. Kendig
Hereford
Texas
R. B. Miller
Why Germans Are Called Heinies
A schoolboy asks why Germans are called Heinies and another replies that it’s because that is the only side of the Germans which the Russians have seen lately.
Portageville Visitors Help Family in Missouri
Mrs F A Wright and daughter Mildred of Portageville visited Tuesday with her former brother in law Tom Gardner. They then traveled to Cape Girardeau to see sister Mrs Mary Gardner of Lilbourn who is receiving treatment at St Francis Hospital after breaking her right leg in a fall.
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F. A. Wright
Mildred
Portageville
Tom Gardner
Cape Girardeau
Mary Gardner
Lilbourn
St. Francis Hospital
Horses In Use In London After Gasoline Restrictions
More than 50 000 horses are in use in London since gasoline restrictions were imposed due to the war. The measure compels reliance on animal power for transport and work, changing daily life and urban logistics.
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London
Morehouse W C T U Honors Older Women Christmas Party
Morehouse W C T U hosted a Christmas party for women over 70 at Mrs. F B Rauch home. Rooms featured holly bells and wreaths. a tree with gifts for the honored group and others. Readings games and stories followed. refreshments fit the season.
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Morehouse
Dec
Women's Christian Temperance Union
F. B. Rauch
J. F. Grant
Piedmont
L. H. Blackley and
Son
Donnie Gene
Grape Vine
Ark
Mesdames Rockanna Howard
Etta Chambers
Liza Stokes
Mary
Herald Birth Announcement Sale At The Herald Office
The Herald announces a baby birth celebration service offering customized birth announcement cards. Customers may visit the Herald office to order elegant, personalized cards for newborns with local design options and printing details.
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Herald Office
An Ox Has Half the Carrying Power of a Camel
An old saying notes that an ox can carry only half the load of a camel, reflecting traditional beliefs about draft animal strength and efficiency in transportation tasks.
Admissions and injuries at Sikeston General Hospital
Last week at Sikeston General Hospital patients included Mrs John FE Wood seriously ill with pneumonia instructor W F Lair from Missouri Institute of Aeronautics and Mrs Ruby Spencer of Matthews. Mrs John Peters of Bertrand and C J McFarland of Morehouse were admitted for observation. Simeon Sturgeon of near Sikeston was treated for injuries from being struck by a car. Doyle Heckert of Bertrand and Jim Flanigan of Kewanee were released to home.
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John FE
Wood
W. F. Lair
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Ruby Spencer
Matthews
John Peters
Bertrand
C. J. McFarland
Morehouse
Simeon Sturgeon
Sikeston
Doyle Héckert
Jim Flanigan
Kewanee
Taylor Ambulance
Judicial War Board Aims to Audit Rather Than Punish
A Supreme Court associate justice and four retired military leaders form a board to study and recommend actions without disciplinary powers. Hong Kong rejects a second Japanese surrender overture as it endures siege pressure. Across Europe, Russian forces push Germans back toward Moscow in a winter offensive targeting Leningrad and Sevastopol, as Hitler’s troops retreat.
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J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Joseph M. Reeves
United States Fleet
Frank R. McCoy
Jos P. McNarney
Army Air Corps
Wm. H. Standley
Naval Operations
Hong Kong
Hamil
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Sevastopol
Adolf Hitler
Mrs Ruth McCoy Returns Home From Jefferson City
Miss Ruth McCoy, long employed in Jefferson City, has returned to her home this past Friday. Her mother, Mrs Dan McCoy, who was undergoing treatment at St John’s Hospital in St Louis, is scheduled to come home tomorrow.
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Ruth McCoy
Jefferson City
Dan McCoy
St. John’s Hospital
St. Louis
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Alice Sullivan
Mildred Dockins
Raymond Robinson
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Charleston
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Harry Dillon
John Inman
Ed Buser
Herbert Sliger
Earl Cheats
Lee Hileman
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Ann
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Thelma Macabee
Bill Dillon
Kinnard Dillon
Thomas Shecter Jr
Lloyd Cox
Mayfield
Eastern Star Chapter
Rosie Previtt
Neil C. Aslin
Stoker
Jewell Coal
Philippines
Bailey & Bailey Attorneys-at-Law
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McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris Malcolm
Howard A. Dunaway
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
F. L. Sisson
North Kingshighway
Optometry
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Optometrist
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