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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1949

Page

12

Dogs Meet Jackson Here Friday Night

Sikeston high school gym hosts a Sikeston Jackson basketball clash with a 7:00 p.m. B game followed by the A game as Sikeston pursues its ninth win. Davis led scoring with 21 points, Nickens 17, Smith 11 in the latest victory over Gideon.

Jackson Sikeston High School Sikeston-Jackson Sikeston Bulldogs Rollin Gideon Davis Nickens Smith Seer Enenner Buckles Harris Peters Wilkerson Brown Wren Nweenane Coleman Hawkins Bradshaw Patten Hopper Busby

Golden Glove Tourney Opens Monday at Lilbourn

The 1949 Golden Glove Tournament begins Monday January 17 in Lilbourn high school gym with nearly 100 amateur boxers from Southeast Missouri entering a week of eliminations to form the team for St. Louis. Matches run January 17 19 20 and 22 with trophies for best boxer in each division and bronze gloves for champions.

Lilbourn Lilbourn High School Braggadocia Bragge City Holcomb East Prairie Parma Risco Canalou Sikeston Caruth Kewanee St. Louis Campbe Lynn Twitty C. A. Shelby Neil Henderson Floyd Liley Clyde Collier J. W. Leonbergre Sam Hunter Jr New Madrid County Veterans of Foreign Wars

Frigidaire meter miser on display at our store

See the Frigidaire meter miser on display at our store now and you will understand why Frigidaire appliances are 3D economical quiet efficient and long lasting. LAITR'S

Laitr’s

Sikeston High School News Highlights Student Fundraising

Sikeston High School details how student fundraising supports facilities and activities. Expenditures include cyclorama 636 dollars, football-field fence 1066, south grade bell system 306, bleacher work 1300. Football costs totaled 3369.35 this season. music and debate often run red. Carolyn Wilkinson named DAR Pilgrimage candidate after faculty-selected nominees Lawanda Calhoun and Bobby Scobey.

Carolyn Wilkinson Lawanda Calhoun Bobby Scobey Carolyn

High School Library Books Purchases Expand Funds

About 300 dollars is allocated for new books in the high school library, already ordered from the library account in the general activity fund. Enlarge efforts extend to other Sikes ton schools with 100 dollars for Bailey, 200 for South Grade, and 100 for Lincoln.

Sikeston Bailey Lincoln

Money donated for new cyclorama

The cyclorama cost is shared by class of 47 contributing 215.77, class of 48 contributing 117.45, and the general improvement fund covering the remaining 302.78, improving the gym stage appearance.

General Improvement Fund

Debating Ch

Debaters prepare for first season debates next week with events in Morley and Jackson. A select group will travel to Morley on Monday for competition. On Thursday Miss Mary Ellen Bailey will guide debaters to Jackson for a day tournament and evening debates. Robert Walker will attend the evening sessions.

Morley Mary Ellen Bailey Jackson Robert Walker

King Ambassador Quartet and Bell Ringers Present Assembly

An assembly will be presented Monday at 10 a.m. by the King Ambassador male quartet and Bell Ringers. The Ambassador Quartet will interpret Negro spirituals, popular and operatic selections and dramatize renditions. The Bell Ringers plan several Swiss Bell songs including Bells of St Mary.

Ambassador St. Mary

Students Debate Private Practice vs Socialized Medicine

Twenty six juniors and seniors wrote themes for the Medical Association Women’s Auxiliary contest. Most students opposed socialized medicine with only three favoring it.

Women’s Auxiliary of The Medical Association

Larimer Ridge Social Notes From Cherry Correspondent

Mrs R C Cherry logs a week of visits and gatherings in Sikeston Dexter and Essex. Local residents including Lorene Fitts Glenn Bond and family connected with Miss Joyce Northcutt and several social calls at Merrick Cherry and Reynolds homes.

Lorene Bernice Fitts Sikeston Leon Cherry Glenn Bond Joyce Northcutt St. Louis Lloyd Merrick Myles Stone Carmen Brenda New Betty Frances Christopher Marshall Northcutt W. EB. Hesselrode Cape Girardeau R. C. Cherry Arvid Christopher Dexter R. B. James Ethelyn James Essex Roscoe Reynolds

Latter Rain Tabernacle Services Schedule

The Latter Rain Tabernacle lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. Sunday morning preaching at 11 and evening sermons by the pastor. Undenominational Bible School Tuesday night. Regular services Tuesday Thursday and Sunday nights and Sunday morning.

Matthews School News Highlights Poems and Sports

Matthews juniors and sophomores see poems selected for the Missouri Kansas Annual Anthology by the National High School Poetry Association. The paper notes student transfers, a Pirates loss to Marston, and upcoming Canalou and Morehouse games. Also listed are immunization plans, library additions, veterans programs, vocational home economics notes, and a 4-H pig projects tour led by Charles Gardner.

Matthews National High School Poetry Association Los Angeles California Nelson Curtis Billy Jake Happe Theda Frohock Geraldine Ayers Betty Lou Cockrell Helen Harmon Marston A Canalou Morehouse New Madrid Matthews School Evadine Parker Parker Charles Gardner

Sikeston High seniors choose royal blue gowns

The class of 1949 will graduate in royal blue robes and mortar boards with white tassels, departing from the gray gowns used in prior years to brighten the ceremony.

Sikeston High School

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