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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1957
Page
2
The Sikeston Herald’s Farm Week 4B section dated January 17 1957 highlights agricultural notes and rural updates. It summarizes crop status livestock trends and local farm market activity with day by day guidance for farmers.
A household guidance piece from University of Missouri extension home management specialists offers resolutions to reduce effort and boost energy for homemakers. It urges doing only necessary tasks, avoiding perfectionism, organizing tools and spaces, and taking regular rests to maintain spirit and efficiency.
Scott County notes the New Hamburg Homemakers announce a J 17 1957 meeting at 7 30 p m in the public grade school to reorganize the Extension Club. The group has earned state certificates for several years and invites interested women to join, while continuing homemaking education and local activities.
The Missouri coal fields are assessed to hold an available supply of at least 84 billion tons. This figure reflects the region's potential for long term energy production and industry activity.
Sikeston plans a Farm Profit Clinic on January 17 at the Rustic Rock Inn starting 1 p.m. The event, hosted by Planters Bank and Doane Agricultural Service, covers buying selling credit and farm management with insights from Doane experts. Local farmers report high yields and discuss soil tests irrigation and market opportunities to raise incomes in Southeast Missouri.
In a busy period last week in New Madrid County Magistrate Court Judge Eric Wright bound over two to the Circuit Court and fined several others for misdemeanors and truck operator violations. Alvie Hampton waived a preliminary hearing on exhibiting a weapon with bond set at 500 dollars. Harry Thomas faced burglary and larceny charges with 1000 dollar bonds on each count. Seven motorists paid fines for careless and reckless driving, including Leroy Bailey and Clintonton Dolph among others, with amounts from 20 to 385 dollars. Additional fines were levied for hunting without a license, improper parking and registration, no operator’s licenses, trapping in a closed season, and overweight trucks totaling 703 dollars across four cases. Marshall Myers announced three new draftees sent to St. Louis for induction January 9. Theon Exssner of Kelso, Thomas L. Griffin Jr. of Vanduser, and Claude Driver Jr. of Sikeston.
A call for donations to CARE Christmas Food Crusade urges readers to mix practical sense with the milk of human kindness and mail $1 to CARE to deliver one 22 pound package of milk powder flour rice cheese and U S farm products to a needy family abroad. The appeal promises to reveal the donor name and address on each parcel to show friendship from the reader and America.
The Mississippi County Two Bale Cotton Club reports 1956 yields of 2.17 bales per acre from T. Ro and H. M. Larkins. The group details fertilizer practices, soil tests, and seed choices. Leaders announce membership records due by Jan 22 and discuss field experiments, cattle lice control, hog fencing, and new seed varieties from the Sikeston meeting.
The New Madrid County Extension Club met at Lilbourn Methodist Church for the first quarterly council session of 1957 despite bad weather. Mrs. Willard Sanders led as chair with plans for Play Day, Young Homemaker's School, and a five week Time and Money Management course while committees announced outreach, public affairs, and health initiatives for clubs across Lilbourn Bisco Baderville LaForge Canalou Parma Kewanee Matthews East Gideon and more.
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