Amateur Fights Please Crowds at Local Armory
Amateur boxing at the armory drew 500 paid spectators with larger crowds expected for tonight’s eliminations. Contestants from Sikeston, Charleston, Morehouse, and Poplar Bluff vie for a team of 32 to regional and national championships, with multiple knockouts and decisions tallied in last night’s action.
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Armory
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
John Marshall
Sikeston
Kewanee
Virgil Shadd
Shada
Marshall
Randles Defeat Sikeston Truckers In Narrow Roadside Tilt
The Sikeston Truckers trailed 17 19 at halftime and were routed 51 34 by Randles. Randles star T Nance scored 15 while De voure 4 and Burniski 10 contributed. Sikeston players include Marshall 15 Ellis 3 Dean 6 Taylor 4 Wagner 4. Truckers schedule Caruthersville Woodmen Sunday afternoon.
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Sikeston Truckers
Randles
Sikeston
Marshall
Ellis
Dean
Taylor
Wagner
R. Nance
Willet O Schaeffer
Baker & Forwards
T. Nance
Hill
Devoure
Burniski
Caruthersville Woodmen
Kewanee Indians Beat Matthews Pirates for Sixth Straight
Kewanee Jan 16 Lynn Twitty led the Indians to a 31 27 victory over Matthews, with 11 points as Lynn Thompson paced scoring and Burchfield adding nine for the Pirates. Indian B team won 13 9. next they aim for seven straight vs Libourn High Friday.
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Kewanee
Lynn Twitty
Kewanee Indians
Matthews
Matthews Pirates
Indians
Lynn Thompson
Burchfield
Pirate
Pirates
Cedric Dooley
Lilbourn High School
Local boxing entrants listed by weights and camps
Douglas Tope and John Marshall head the open division lists with Poplar Bluff CCC Camp fighters Claude Thomas Jr Harold Smith Tom Brown and Henry Horace Brown. Novice boxers include Clifford Baker Luther Black Roosevelt Davis Melvin Thomas John Evans Albert Irons Rob ert L Crane. Other competitors span Gideon Paxico Bloomfield Morehouse East Prairie Blodgett Williamsville Dexter Kewanee and Kewanee area teams with weights from 112 to 205 pounds.
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James Taylor
Sikeston
Joe Steward
Morehouse
Homer Allen
James Mitchell
Duke Kellett
Pete Solano
Charles Turner
Douglas Coleman
Ross Milburn
Junior Chadd
Junior Mitchell
Harold Taylor
Charlies Mona
Douglas Tope
John Marshall
Poplar Bluff
Claude Thomas Jr
Harold Smith
Tom Brown
Henry Horace Brown
Clifford I. Baker
Luther Black
Roosevelt Davis
Melvin Thomas
John Evans
Albert Irons
Robert L. Crane
Doyle Billington
Gideon
Andrew Goedert
Essex
Buck Wills
Benton
Johnny Mac Selph
Kewanee
Trone Sanders
Dexter
Early Boaz
Eddie Fulkerson
Beverly Fenner
Billy Phelps
Paul Byers
Virgil Alexander
Element King
Walter Rhodes
Tenth Graders Clash In WOOP Game Win Narrow Victory
Two tenth grade basketball teams played at the high school on Wednesday afternoon. Bob McCoica scored 12 points to lead his team to a 38 to 17 win while Eugene Godwin topped the losers with 4 points. The victors advance to face another class squad tomorrow night in intra class play.
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Bob McCoica
Eugene Godwin
Sikeston couple held by Seattle police
Sikeston residents Mrs Roscoe Everton and Leslie Carraway were arrested in Seattle and held for extradition. The 1937 shooting of Roscoe Everton in Sikeston was cited. Everton later moved to Paducah and remarried. Local authorities await word from Prosecuting Attorney Blanton on extradition action.
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Sikeston City
Seattle
Washington
Roscoe Everton
Leslie Carraway
Sikeston
Carraway
Associated Press
O. Bodin
Missouri
Everton
Sikeston Frisco
Si Everton
State Patrol
Paducah
Sikaston
Church of God
Dyersburg
Tenn
Murchigan
David Blanton
Annual Scout Meeting Set for Sunday in Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri area Council reports 11 more Boy Scout troops in the Cape Girardeau district, boosting total to 47 with a goal of 56 by year start. Cub packs rise from seven to nine as Scouts increase to 1039. funds raised in 1959 total 6115.55 with projected 6673.50 if goals are met. اجتماع plans include Marquette Hotel gathering at 2:30 Sunday January 21 with C Arthur Bruce as speaker and sessions led by district leaders.
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Cape Girardeau
Scout
Chase
Southeast Missouri Area Council
Marquette Hotel
C. Arthur Bruce
Memphis Cout Council
National Counci
Col
Harry Dudley
George Euk
W. W. Enso
Sikeston
Ruth Anne Struwe Sent To St Francis Hospital
Small daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Struwe was taken to St Francis hospital Cape Girardeau on Wednesday for medical treatment.
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Ruth Anne
Robert Struwe
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston Bulldogs crush East Prairie 40 to 7 in league tilt
Sikeston Bulldogs run to a fifth straight win and sixth in seven as they overpower East Prairie Eagles 40 to 7. Lumsden, Swacker and Bowman pace scoring while Simmons and Montgomery contribute. East Prairie struggles with solid Sikeston defense. The B team also dominates 20 to 2 as Hank Engram leads East Prairie with 11 points.
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Sikeston Bulldogs
Hugh May
East Prairie Eagles
Eagles
East Prairie
Bulldogs
Morris
Sikeston
Dave Lumsden
Billy Simmons
Bobby Montgomery
Dogs
Art Swacker
Simmons
Carl Diehl
Lee Bowman
Diehl
DeWitt Lambert
Hast Prairie
Swacker
Bowman
Montgomery
Hank Engram
Lumsden
Rafferty
D. Wageener
Wapeener
Lambert
Engram
East Prairie Rg
Thornton
Brown
Allen
Mayfield
Ford
Emerson
Need for Farm Labor Disclosed in Missouri Eviction Report
Whitfield warns that landowners control committees denying sharecroppers rights to crop program benefits. About 1500 sharecropper families in seven Southeast Missouri counties received eviction notices this year, up from 500 last year. Delegates from several states attended a Washington conference, including Whitfield and Moore, with reports listing co delegates as Negroes.
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Whitfield
Missouri
Stark
Sikeston
The
Herald
Washington
LaForge
Kirkwood
Blanchie Fisher
W. M. Jones
Foplar Bluff
John F. Moore
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Kayo
Charles Monan
Monan
Duke Kellet
Jimmy Lawson
Blodgett
Kellett
Lawson
Willard McMickie
D. C. Duval
McMickie
Anchierate
J. A. Stennett
Western Union Telegraph
Clint Denmmar Jr
Lyman Mulburn
District Golden Gloves
C.¢Rege
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Krandles
Truckers
SFATH
Porvver Sikeston
Scott County Milling Company
T. P Rafferty
Bloomfield
Caleb Smith
Malone Avenue
Crush Visitors
Moore
Sikeston- Simmons
Snacker
East Prairie—Morris
Bandy
D. Waggener
Old
Felker
Stallings
Baker
Black
Eers Youngblood
MecMichel
C Watson
Russell
Green
S. B. Hardwick
Elise
Maxson
South Street
Mear
Ruth St
Iva Gestering
Wm. R. Clutts
Thebes
General Electric Refrigerator
Sikeston Maytag Co
Timothy
Lespedere
Hoyt Mothershead
R. R
Salcedo
Electrolux
Cali
New Street
Leonard McMullin
Sikeston, Mo
Sidwell, Jeweler
Center St
Walton and Williams Motor Co
Wm. Woehlecke
J. H. Vowels
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