Spillway flood threat eases as evacuees relocate
January report from Charleston notes rising Mississippi and Ohio rivers prompted an orderly exodus of about 8 000 residents from the Spillway area east of the Setback Levee with 1 000 registering at Red Cross stations in Charleston and East Prairie. Army engineers considered breaching the levee only if necessary while Coast Guard, National Guard, and highway crews prepared for contingencies and the thermometer swung between 10 and 65 degrees amid rainfall totals of 2.43 inches for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Mississippi County
Bird’s Point
Mississippi
Ohio
Army Engineers
Memphis
American Red Cross
East Prairie
Charles Burkett
Red Cross
St. Louis
Air Force
Malden
National Guard
Cape Girard
Forrest Smith
Army
Virgil Thomas
P Wyatt
Highway Patrol
Wyatt
Highway Patrolman Board of
Cape Girardeau
Scott County Families Honored At Kiwanis Dinner
The Kiwanis Club of Sikeston will honor Scott County families who won in 1949 Balanced Farming and Plant to Prosper programs at a special meeting Tuesday night January 24 in Sikeston. Honorees include Louis Pabst Huston Duncan Theodore Dohoge Otto Schlitt Bennie Walker and S R Schuchart. The event highlights their farm practices and aims to inspire others to adopt better farming methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club of
Sikeston
Scott County
Louis Pabst
Huston Duncan
Theodore Dohogue
Otto Schlitt
Bennie Walker
S. R. Schuchart
Kiwanis Club
Merger of Two Clothing Stores Announced
The Waggener Clothing Store at 130 E Front Street and Meyer's Men's Wear on Center Street merge to form Waggener Meyer Clothing Store with a full line of men and boys apparel. A merger sale offers bargains this week and next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggener Clothing
E. Front Street
Meyer’s Men's Wear
Center Street
D. E. Waggener
Paul C. Meyer
Waggener-Meyer Clothing Store
Waggener's Clothing
Waggener-Meyer Clothing
Tragedies Reported in Mississippi County Area
In eastern Mississippi County an exodus of nearly 8000 people continues as floods threaten. At East Prairie region a 16 year old farm boy Andy Clarence Walters is missing and believed drowned in river backwater. Earlene Whitney two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Whitney dies from accidental shotgun discharge by her 10 year old brother Preston Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi County
Near East Prairie
Andy Clarence Walters
Four Corners
Mississippi River
Earlene Whitney
Charles Whitney
East Prairie
Preston Whitney
Insurance man assigned to Hawaii transfer announced
Howard Miller of the Prudential Insurance Company Sikeston office since June 1948 is transferred to the Honolulu office. He and Mrs. Miller plan to move to Hawaii with departure from Los Angeles on February 20 after a February 10 departure date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Miller
Prudential Insurance Company
Sikeston
Honolulu
Mrs. Miller
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Funeral Today for Retired Farmer John T Williams
Obituary note reports John T Williams 75 retired farmer of Matthews died at home after 7 15 p m Tuesday Born July 27 1876 in Tennessee he lived in Matthews 26 years Funeral 11 a m today at Little Vine Baptist Church Burial Matthews cemetery Albritton service survivors include wife four sons a daughter a brother and three sisters Also mentions hospital fund contributions and Finland president re election context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Williams
Matthews
Tennessee
Little Vine Baptist Church
G. A. Griffin
Albritton
Willams
Marcus
Fred Williams
Sikeston
Val Williams
Kewanee
Delmar Williams
Memphis
Tenn
Sam Binford
Health Council Officials Re-Elected in Benton Meeting
Fred Lewallen of Chaffee was re-elected president of the Scott county Health Council at the Benton court house meeting. E. L. Corbin of Siketon was re-elected vice-president and Mrs. R. Clinton Scott was re-elected secretary-treasurer. A senior and junior nurse for the health unit were approved for hire. Rosemary Glaus of New Hamburg is clerk-stenographer. Fred Winters of Sikeston was accepted as county health engineer pending release from the State Health Department. The 1950 tentative budget was reviewed, with two potential sites announced for the health unit headquarters. Mrs. Scott highlighted the year and invited associate membership in the Missouri Health Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lewallen
Chaffee
Scott County Health Council
Court House
Benton
E. L. Corbin
Sikeston
R. Clinton Scott
Rosemary Glaus
New Hamburg
Fred Winters
State Health Department
Scott
R. J. Mellies
Former Mississippi County Official Dies
Charleston Missouri January 19 Henry S Cochran aged 79 retired farmer of Charleston died of cerebral hemorrhage in St Marys Hospital in Cairo after a week long illness. He was Mississippi county collector, Baptist deacon and prominent Mason. Survivors include wife Mayme Crenshaw Cochran two daughters A Frank Leathers Winona Minnesota and Bertha Welsh St Louis one grandson and brother T E Cochran of Danville Kentucky. Funeral at Baptist church with Masonic rites, burial Odd Fellows cemetery. Nunnelee Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Henry S. Cochran
St. Mary's Hospital
Cairo
Nunnelee Funeral Home
Baptist Church
Conley Scott
J. C. Montgomery
Methodist Church
Odd Fellows
Cochran
Mississippi
Masonic Lodge
Bullet County
Mayme Crenshaw Cochran
A. Frank Leathers
Winona
Minn
Buford Welsh
St. Louis
T. E. Cochran
Danville, Ky
Bids Sought for District Highways in Southeast Missouri
Southeast Missouri's Division 10 plans road work next year with bids asked on 23 projects across 11 counties. The program includes 27.5 miles widening on US 61 from Sikeston to near Portageville, 5.2 miles on Route 25 toward Dexter, 0.8 mile alignment on Highway 60 near Fisk, 3.9 miles on Route BB near Harviell, plus 93.7 miles of oil aggregate surface on 22 sections. Total program about 73.2 miles and oil surfacing in 40 counties, estimated at $2,000,000. bids due February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State Highway Commission
Jefferson City
Scott
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Sikeston
Portageville
Stoddard County
Bloomfield
Dexter
Mingo Ditch No. 15
Fisk
Butler County
Harviell
Cape Girardeau
Stoddard
Mississippi
Dunklin
Funeral tomorrow for aged Charleston man
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Charleston at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon for Charles C. Chamberlain 88 retired farmer who died in St Marys Hospital Cairo Illinois yesterday morning Rites will be conducted by Rev J C Montgomery and interment with Nunnelee service in Oak Grove cemetery He will lie in state at Nunnelee Funeral Home until the funeral Survivors include his wife four daughters and one son Rev Ray W Chamberlain a Methodist minister now stationed in Jamaica West Indies He was a native of Terre Haute Indiana and resident of Charleston for 65 years
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Charleston
Charles C. Chamberlain
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Ill
J. C. Montgomery
Oak Grove
Nunnelee
Chamberlain
Terre Haute
Ind
Barbara Chamberlain
R. L. Fowlkes
H. E. Whipple
W. D. McCormick
Paul Jones
Tucson
Ariz
Ray W. Chamberlain
Jamaica
West Indies
New Magazines Arrive at Public Library in Walnut Ridge
Announcement notes purchase of Byars Chevrolet agency by O D Clayton of Sikeston and his immediate management move to Walnut Ridge. Clayton’s theater interests sold to R B Potashnick. two local residents receive jail terms for disturbances. Library adds The Saturday Evening Post and The New Yorker with a note on circulation and new readers. annual contributions urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byars Chevrolet
Walnut Ridge
Ark
O. D. Clayton
Sikeston
Clayton
O. D Clayton Motor Co
Sikeston Drive-In
R. B. Potashnick
Cape Girardeau
Elizabeth Cook
Saturday Evening Post
The
New Yorker
Post
Library Board
Roger Bailey
Robert Dempster
H. E
Missouri Seed Show Seeks Record Entries and Prize List
A. J. Renner reports more samples entered than last year’s 175 exhibits for the annual Missouri Seed Show. Wheat King title may shift from current holder Al Voss. $500 in total premiums across hybrid and open pollinated seeds, soybeans, wheat, rye, barley, oats, legumes and grasses. 4-H classes offer $100. program features tests, talks, and a seed production focus with demonstrations and an evening film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Renner
W. F. Woehlecke
Florist
Sikeston
W. A. Cochel
Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Missouri
Alta
Veterans insurance refunds start at Sikeston post office
Loomis Mayfield Jr became the first World War II veteran to receive an insurance dividend check, with about ten checks daily at the local post office. Nationwide, $2.8 billion will be distributed to 16 million veterans, with amounts ranging from 90 cents to 528 dollars and most around 125 dollars. checks go out by the last three digits of service numbers and mailings are expected to finish by June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis Mayfield, Jr
Sikeston
Mayfield
Uncle Sam
the Herald
Washington
Highest scout enrollment reported in district
Boy Scout Executive Clyde M. Clark announced to the Southeast Missouri Council executive committee in Morehouse that 4 076 boys are now enrolled in Scouting in the district, the largest member total in the council’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde M. Clark
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri Council
Morehouse
Shoe Plant to Close for Six Day Period
W L Huters announced the Sikeston International Shoe plant will shut for six working days starting Friday January 20. Shoes in process will not be completed and the schedule adjusted upon reopening January 30, shifting to a five day week. The Cape Girardeau factory is closed for a hike period this week. President Truman’s Vatican representative in Rome Moore-Taylor has resigned. Mr and Mrs Joseph L Matthews left for Miami to spend a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L Huters
International Shoe Plant
Sikeston
International Shoe
Cape Girardeau
Truman
Vatican
Rome
Moore- Taylor
Joseph L. Matthews
Miami
Florida
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Danger Point
Wabash
Vincennes
Ilinois
Newspapernabei
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
H. B. Throgmorton
Mayme
J. W. Broadaway
Little Rock
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Russia
Health Council
Chevrolet Agency
Walnut Ridge, Ark
Henry A. Hard
Chicago
M. E. Montgomery
Hard
Harold Wallace
Frisco
Sunset Addition
Annice Davis
Davis
Emma Davis
Loomis Mayfield Jr
E. Lb. Tongate Jr
Daytona Beach
Armory
al Voss
Higginsville
A. J. Anderson
Sikeston Chambers
Commerce
J S. Kevil
Paul Hardman
Polo
P. B
W. L. Davidson
Kennett
Mr. Cochel
Ross Fleetwood
Wm. J. Murphy
Southeast Missouri
W. R. Langford
Southeast
J. R. Paulting
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