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Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1939

Page

8

Kewanee Indians win four team invitational final

Kewanee Indians upset Cape team 27 to 21 to reach finals of a four team invitational. Right Guard Thompson led with 8 points as King and Bird added 7 each, Tollison 3, Cates 2. Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Fruitland Greyhounds 23 to 21 in another game as Lambert sparked Sikeston with early scoring.

Kewanee Indians Lynn Twitty Crounr Cape Twitty Thompson King Bird Tollison Cates Keller Wessel Brase Nussbaum Sikeston Bulldogs Kewanee Fruitland Greyhounds Russell Lambert Sikeston Bulldogs Swacker Simmons Aldridge Davis Swacker-Simmons Koenance F Tollison Bud Newborm Ervin F Wessel C Nussbaum Steston Lumsden F Simmons F Aldridge F Lambert Ze Davis McDowell F Walker Beare Harris Whitledge C Brown Ahagare Aha teatanSs F Russell F Smith Yancey G. Johnson G Brown Walker Harns Hobbs Newburn McNeal R Wessell C Gr Neusbaum

Sikeston Bulldogs top Gideon in 25 to 22 battle

Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Gideon High 25 to 22 after trailing through three quarters as the B team won 20 to 14. Coach Green faced early trouble but Grieur scored four field goals and one free throw in the opening period while Gideon led 14 to 11 at halftime.

Sixeston Bulldogs Gideon Green Scomne Grieur Skeston Sikeston Gideons Srekston Peaches Davis We x Lumsden Bulldog Fore Gordon Gideon Forwart Simmons Montgomery Aldridge Diehl N Davis S Bowman Lambert Hale Si ” Mann Davidson A. Gordon Daniels White

Ditch Work Completed by CCC Enrollees

The Speeder dragline finished work on Ditch Nos. 45 and 46 of the Little River Drainage District on December 28. Operators Claude Jones of Lilbourn and Howard Latimer of Marston led the project, with future work planned on Ditch No. 47 by Claude Jones, Leo W. Nelson, and Almon Reagan. Reagan is an enrollee operator at the New Madrid CCC drainage camp.

Little River Drainage District Claude Jones Lilbourn Howard Latimer Marston Leo W. Nelson Missouri Valley Iowa Almon Reagan Brownwood

New Madrid CCC Enrollee Accepts Dragline Oiler Post

Leo Fill, an enrollee from the New Madrid CCC drainage camp, has been discharged to take a dragline oiler job on the machine operating at Big Otter Slough in Drainage District No. 59. Oilers on all shifts were trained by the New Madrid camp. The Herald aims to report news accurately.

Leo Fill New Madrid CCC Big Otter

Bulldogs Meet Fruitland Five in Local Clash

Sikeston high school Bulldogs face Fruitland Greyhounds on the local court tomorrow night with a B team game before the main tilt. The teams are evenly matched and met once this season in a tournament consolation bracket, Sikeston winning 25 to 21.

Fruitland High School Greyhounds Bulldogs Sikeston High School Sikeston and Fruitland Sikeston

Lilbourn Boys and Canalou Girls Share Vanduser Honors

Lilbourn boys beat Anniston 23 to 21 to win boys division at the Vanduser high school tournament. Canalou girls defeat Delta 45 to 25 for girls division crown. Ten boys teams and six girls teams competed with four all star selections named by officials including Meyer and Miller.

Lilbourn Anniston Vanduser Louis Meyer Morehouse Charles Miller Blodgett Lesler Latham Canalou Smith Delta Adams Morley N. Robinson Dunning Thomas Robinson Rhodes Arbuckle McFall Mayor Gray Ridge Weaks Shanks Sexton Canaleu Griffith Radcliffe Matthews Chambers Harris Blackwell Jones Guards Moore

CCC in Missouri to be reduced

Jefferson City Missouri A CCC enrollment quota of 937 youths is set for January 1 to 20 in Missouri The state CCC selection supervisor Arthur W Nebel notes 1400 Missouri youths will leave the corps at year start The move aligns Missouri with the national trend and reallocates the 30 dollar monthly allowance 8 dollars to enrollees and 22 to families instead of 5 and 25 respectively

Jefferson City Civilian Conservation Corps Missouri Arthur W. Nebel Commission CCC Nebel

State sales tax tops Missouri revenue in 1938

State Auditor Forrest Smith reports 1938 total revenue of 40.35 million, with over 32.47 million from sales incomes and liquor taxes. Sales tax alone exceeded 20 million, income taxes surpassed 7 million, and liquor taxes over 5 million, yielding a 3 million general revenue surplus. Also notes a National machine demo and a children's birthday party on Greer avenue with eight-year-old Hugh Allen and six guests.

Forrest Smith Missouri Hugh Allen Sid Johnson Greer Avenue Jimmy Sexton Ronald Baker Billy Murphy Ralph Bartholomew Glenn Atkinson Roy Jimmy Nall

Visual education in Sikeston grade schools currently in use

In Sikeston grade schools a visual education program is presently in use. The article notes ongoing adoption of visual teaching aids and methods to enhance classroom learning and student engagement across grades.

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