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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
10
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore of New Madrid welcomed a baby boy on Christmas Day at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The birth adds joy to the family during the holiday season.
POPLAR BLUFF J H C Anderson longtime Poplar Bluff shoe man named superintendent of the new International Shoe Company factory in the city. KENNETT P Holloman 32 pool hall and grocery operator jailed as preliminary trial planned on assault with intent to kill his wife Pauline and Gale Fields 26 found together in a parked auto near a tavern Christmas Eve. both are expected to recover. CHAFFEE Three Chaffee youths injured in a Christmas day crash in St Louis County remain in critical condition at a St Louis County hospital Lucy Belle James James Slayden 21 and Freeman Schott 20 were in the car that collided head on with another. PARMA S F Boling farmer charged with murder in the death of Night Marshal W T Warmack and the shooting of Deputy Marshal Ezra Allen and Jim Westfall waived preliminary hearing and will be tried in the January term. trial date set January 20 by Judge Louis Schultz.
Nancy Jane Glore of Doniphan, Ripley county's oldest resident, marks her 99th birthday on Saturday January 4. Her children include County Judge S. E. Glore of Doniphan, Abbie M. Lewis of Bennett and Ada E. Ertl of Overland. She has 39 grandchildren and 90 great grandchildren. East Prairie couple George Staples Jr and wife celebrate birth of a daughter born Christmas day at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
John W. Berryman 71 longtime Poplar Bluff banker and former mayor died Tuesday morning after a stroke of paralysis he suffered the previous Saturday afternoon. Surviving are a daughter Mrs C R Gibbs of Cape Girardeau and three sons George an attorney for Shell Oil in New York City David of Mount Vernon Jr and Jerome of Poplar Bluff.
Major Williams, a Black farmer from East Prairie, was killed last Saturday night during a penny poker game. The assailant, another Black resident of East Prairie, remains at large.
Mrs J J Mc Hardy of Baton Rouge sustained a scalp cut after her southbound car overturned on the Highway 55 viaduct approach near here. She rested overnight but continued southward after the accident.
NEW MADRID Sid Manheim er, former merchant here, died Monday at his home in St Louis. KENNETT-ER D Erwin of Kennett suffered a severe spinal injury Friday when he fell from a truck used in stump pulling operations at Camp Robinson Little Rock Ark which is being made ready for a training station for members of the Missouri National Guard.
S. W. Matthews aged 59, longtime Chaffee resident, died of carcinoma at 4 a.m. December 26 after yearlong ill health and a stay in a St. Louis hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. J. B. Jordan, and interment followed at Union Park cemetery. Born October 11, 1888, he married Elizabeth Owens of Chaffee. nine children survive: Edwin, Edith, Gloria, Mrs. John Bond, Mrs. John Schott, Mrs. Leo Halter, Mrs. Harry Ostendorf, Mrs. Edwin Unnerstall, and Bertha in New York. All children were home for the funeral.
State Administrator D M Casteel orders Missouri WPA projects closed January 6 and 7. About 63 000 workers told to seek private employment during a two day moratorium while drastic reductions in WPA rolls are warned for spring. Exceptions apply for defense and property protection roles.
Funeral services were held in St. Augustine's church Kelso for Mrs Louisa Heisserer who died Saturday morning in St Louis after residing there two years. She was born in Ohio September 16 1848 and lived in Scott county from childhood. She married John Messmer in 1865 and after his death in 1901 wed Chas Heisserer who died in 193. Surviving are five sons and daughters nine grandchildren 38 great grandchildren four great great grandchildren and three brothers Mike Joe Welter of Kelso and Peter Welter of Ancell.
State Auditor Forrest Smith plans to urge the next Legislature to enact a 2 percent use tax on out-of-state purchases by Missourians and to shift Missouri’s fiscal year from January 1 to July 1 to align with the national period. He estimates the use tax could raise about 3 million dollars with adequate enforcement personnel. A similar proposal died in committee last session. He also seeks broader auditing powers over school levies and drainage districts.
Indoor plants require a resting phase of two to four months each season. During this time water should be kept minimal to prevent soil drying out and maintain plant health.
Floyd C. Shoemaker chronicles William Sherley Williams known as Old Bill Williams a leading mountain man and trapper who ranged from the Gila to the Columbia. Born 1787 in North Carolina his life intertwined with Osages Pueblo Navajo Apache and various expeditions shaping Santa Fe Trail surveying and fur trade. He died in 1849 after guiding Fremont and surviving harsh winters and conflicts with Ute Indians. His name lives on in Bill Williams Mountain and related Colorado and Arizona places.
A reader asks how to handle road hogs and tests options about honking or yielding. The piece notes trucks in Missouri hauls have a 10 mile per hour limit and poses true false statements on driving safety.
Detroit Chevrolet sales of new passenger and commercial cars for the calendar year surpassed 1,000,000 on December 20, announced by William E. Holler, general sales manager. He said this marks a historic peak for the division with 1929 and 1936 as previous years over one million. Chevrolet dealers have held top automotive sales in nine of the past ten years, Holler noted.
A Herald notices engraved and printed wedding announcements available to couples seeking formal notices. The item highlights customized typography, archival quality paper, and traditional card presentation for marriages announced in the community.
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