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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
11
A good beginning marks the St Louis Symphony's opening program at the high school auditorium Monday evening. The group sponsoring the presentation says the alternating numbers for the season are as pleasing as the first, and the season is expected to be successful.
A major farmers meeting centers on the annual State Seed Show and Seed Short Course in Sikeston next Wednesday and Thursday. Sponsored by Missouri State College of Agriculture and the Missouri Seed Improvement Association, the event draws strong local and interstate agricultural interest with displays of certified field crops seed and an extensive short course program.
At a Sikeston Boy Scout meeting officials announced record enrollment in the Southeast Missouri Scout and Cub program. Organizers praised volunteers for time and money well spent and urged continued financial support when the annual fund drive begins.
The St. Louis Sinfonietta under Paul Schreiber presented the first of three Sikeston Community Concert Association programs to about six hundred fans in the high school auditorium. The five hundred to six hundred musicians performed a varied program including old masters and modern favorites. Encores drew recalls for harpist Victor Salvi and the ensemble.
Three Sikeston youths two high school boys were fined five dollars each their licenses revoked ninety days and lectured by Magistrate M E Montgomery in city hall court for reckless driving and shooting Roman candles at passing cars during New Year’s celebration on Highway 60 between Sikeston and Morehouse Mothers attended but the judge told the youths to earn the money for fines. Sam Davis a Friars Point Mississippi man was fined twenty five dollars and jailed sixty days for driving a truck carelessly under the influence of alcohol the jail term stayed on good behavior. James Ray Washburn of near Benton was fined twenty five dollars for careless reckless driving while intoxicated and lacking a license with a sixty day jail term stayed upon payment of fifty dollars and twenty five cents in fines and costs. Washburn’s father promised a license would be obtained before the stay activated.
W A Myers of Sikeston Insurance Inan was named general agent for Continental Assurance Company covering Southeast Missouri Southern Illinois Western Kentucky and Northeast Arkansas. The firm operates in 42 states and Canada and Myers joins as district manager under a multi district system. Also in Sikeston citations include William Collins 27 jailed 60 days for climbing cars after drinking and John Warr fined 10 dollars plus costs for tire theft with a 90 day jail sentence stayed. James Powell fined five dollars for careless driving tied to a weaving tow setup.
Mrs Max Chandler will host a bridge club at her home on North Ranney Street next Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. J. R. Pinion died at his Caruthersville home following surgery performed days earlier. He is survived by his wife Oma Huters of Cape Girardeau. Mrs Pinion is sister to W. L. Huters of Sikeston who is in Caruthersville today.
City taxes on real estate for 1948 show $38,932.82 collected between October 12 and January 13, with total 1948 real estate taxes set at $43,199.54. Personal property payments through January 12 total $7,791.75 with $3,806.31 due. December collections on intangibles reached $3,548.49. Delinquency begins January 20. Last January 1947 real estate payments were $27,766.88 and personal property $5,661.39.
A total of 1,400 automobile license plates of the April series had been issued as of yesterday. Also 427 truck licenses and 264 trailer plates have been sold. The April series, offered first for sale January 3, is valid for 16 months and renewable in April 1950. Licenses are sold at Mattingly's Service Station at Center Street and North Kingshighway.
Rev and Mrs Leland Rogers returned missionaries from Trinidad will speak at the Church of the Nazarene Sunday evening at 7 30.
Admissions at Missouri Delta Community Hospital include Leslie Eugene Woodward Vancluser Glenda Cantrell Mrs Nina Calvin Mrs John A Young Sikeston T T Cannon Miss Eveline Galloway Matthews and Mrs Eleanor Parker Morehouse. Births reported include twin daughters Yvette and Yvonne Duncan Charter Oak and several other newborns across local towns with names and dates January 6 through January 13.
A temperance drama titled Death Takes the Wheel will be staged Sunday at 7 30 PM at Sikeston Methodist Church by the Anti Saloon League of Missouri. P A Tate of St Louis and N R Johnson of Kansas City star as Prosecutor and Father and defense attorney. Local residents play jurors and other roles. no admission charge. public invited.
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority met at Mrs. W. O. Dysart s East Gladys street home to discuss Table Service and Decorations. One new member Mrs. Charles Hicks joined. Visitors Mrs. M. E B Woods and Mrs. Fred Jones Jr. attended. The next meeting will be at Mrs. James Johnson Jr s South Ranney street.
Miss Virginia Erwin of Sikeston and John Butrum, a farmer north of Sikeston, will wed this evening at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev. J. W. Hoffert officiating. Miss Erwin works in the Sikeston Grocer Company office. they will reside on a farm near Sikeston.
Radio schedule KSIM lists daily全天 programming from 6:30 AM to 11:00 PM with morning devotionals, music blocks, news updates, farm features, and special guests Vernon Gutenfelter Dana Disc Derby Glenn Miller and Bing Crosby featured among many acts and segments across morning afternoon and evening.
Missouri's new Governor Forrest Smith names staff appointees and outlines highway study plans. A bipartisan 16 member board headed by ex Governor Lloyd Stark will review road problems with legislators and private sector participation. Proposals favor possible gasoline tax increase while officials from Scott County attend the inaugural including Mrs Welsh and Mrs Lair among others.
The Scott County Milling Company has closed its Dexter and Sikeston cast mills due to lack of orders. Dexter mill closed 30 days, Sikeston east Mill B closed six months, Sikeston main Mill A also closed. Dexter expected to reopen before Mill B. High wage costs and limited capacity blamed for unprofitability and competition.
Enos Slaughter former St. Louis Cardinals left fielder now with Manhattan Coffee Company spent a few minutes in Sikeston yesterday. Mrs. George Cain and Miss Claire Rowe of Charleston were guests of their brother Burt H. Rowe and family Tuesday and Wednesday, with Tuesday afternoon visits to Mrs. Ben Cowan and her infant son at Dexter.
Aduddell Frank Armstrong Billy Walker Melvin Dace W L Kirby L T Smith Ruby Martin Set E F Campf Mr and Mrs C E Felker Dr and Mrs F L Sisson Jr of Sikeston W Allan Hubbard and Harry C Watkins Benton and Oscar Buckstein of Chaffee.
James W. Forrestal will resign as Secretary of Defense on January 20, the day of President Truman's inaugural. He has led the unified defense department since the Army Navy and Air Force merged in 1947.
Britain concentrates warships and troops in the Mediterranean to deter further clashes after the shooting down of five Royal Air Force planes by Israeli troops. The move aims to curb trouble with Israel and possibly aid Arab states.
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