Governor Smith urges full support of March of Dimes
Missouri Governor Forrest Smith proclaims January 16 31 as a time for every citizen to support the 1950 March of Dimes. The statewide drive aims to raise funds for care of polio victims and for national research, with Dr. Homer E. Rainey as campaign chair and state chapters enforcing the effort across 114 counties. The proclamation notes polio cases in 1949 and a national toll of 43000, urging Missourians to donate to meet a 31 million care bill and fund ongoing research.
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Missouri
Forrest Smith
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Smith
Homer E. Rainey
Stephens College
Columbia
March of Dimes
Rainey
United States
National Foundation of
National Foundation
Body of Advance high school teacher found in Kentucky Lake
The body of Talmadge W. Burkeen, Advance High School teacher, was recovered from Kentucky Lake near Murray Ky after a duck hunting boat accident January 1. Two companions drowned. Coast Guard found their bodies last week. Burkeen’s funeral was held in Murray with local faculty in attendance. he left a wife and three year old daughter. Gene Slocum, a Murray college student, was among the drownings. Mrs Slocum is Eloise Weaks, niece of Mrs J W Ogle.
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Talmadge W. Burkeen
Advance
Kentucky Lake
Murray
U. S. Coast Guard
Burkeen
Presbyterian Church
L. S. Evans
Advance Schools
Evans
Blodgett Schools
Corporal Abernathy Dies at Fort Benning
Cpl. Fred B. Abernathy 23 formerly of Canalou died last Thursday in Fort Benning Georgia hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services were held at Albritton Funeral Home with Rev. A C Sullivant officiating and burial in Matthews Cemetery. He served temporarily at Fort Benning. his unit was the 31st Food Service Squadron at Turner AFB Albany Georgia. Born March 7 1927 in Mississippi he enlisted June 1945. Survived by wife Grace of Albany. parents Mr and Mrs Lauralha Abernathy Canalou. four brothers Charles Marcus R L Abernathy Canalou and Lee Abernathy Kansas IL. one sister Mrs Louise Renfrow St Louis. CAPE GIRARDEAU Health officials report a Negro woman confined five weeks in her room who refused food or visits showed improvement this week after deciding to eat and allow visitors.
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Cpl
Fred B. Abernathy
Canalea
Fort Benning
Albritton Funeral Home
A. C. Sullivant
Morehouse
Matthews Cemetery
Cpl. Abernathy
31St Food Service Squadron
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Mississippi
Grace Abernathy
Albany, Ga
Laurerha Abernathy
Canalou
Charles
Marcus
R. L. Abernathy
Lee Abernathy
Kansas, Il
Louise Renfrow
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
State polio year 1949 worst in Missouri history
The State Division of Health reports 1949 as Missouri's harshest polio year with 1,327 cases and 127 deaths, mostly among children. August saw over 400 cases. previous high was 1946 with over 1,200. County counts include Scott 19, New Madrid 23, Pemiscot 76, Dunklin 24, Butler 15, Mississippi 1, Cape Girardeau 4.
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State Division of Health
Missouri
Scott County
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Butler
Mississippi County
Cape Girardeau
Walter Rayburn Family Takes New Home At Sikes Avenue
Mr and Mrs Walter Rayburn and their daughter moved into a stone faced five room residence at 310 Sikes Avenue last Saturday. The house features plaster interior walls and an oil furnace for heat. Lair's advertises January Savings on innerspring boxes.
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Walter Rayburn
Sikes Avenue
Clayton Addition to Get Mail Delivery Service
Authorization has been received for city delivery to the Clayton addition. Delivery to this area will start once houses are clearly numbered and mailboxes provided, with a target not later than February 1, 1950. Post slips and change of address must be filed to ensure prompt, accurate service. Read the ads theyre news.
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Washington, D. C
Clayton
M. Malcolm
Malcolm
News of His Death Had Been Exaggerated
Festus Missouri recounts a mistaken burial of Russell Scaggs once identified by the FBI as Harver R. Scaggs who died by his own hand in a Nebraska jail last October. The real Russell Scaggs, a World War II veteran, arrives alive from Iowa, saying he has been working on a railroad and is not dead. Insurance and military honors are noted in the confusion.
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Federal Bureauf
Harver RB. Scaggs
Nebraska
R. S
Festat Scaggies
Russell Scaggyg
Russell Scagge
Iowa
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Corporal Abernathy
Lair’s
Herald
Waggener’s Clothing Store and
Meyer’s Men’s Wear
National
Waggener-Meyer Men’s Store
Front Street
Amag
Sikeston, Missouri
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