Work Begun on Sikeston Armory
Construction on Sikeston's new armory began Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce park. The project cost exceeds 53,000 dollars, funded by the city state and Works Progress Administration. The two story brick building includes a large drill room, auditorium stage, offices, supply rooms, and restrooms, with site provided by the city and a project committee led by Mayor N. E. Fuchs and Major Harry Dudley supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Chamber of Commerce
City
State
Works Progress Administration
J.A. Sutterfield
Sikeston Contractor
N. E. Fuchs
J. F. Cox
Board of Public Works
Harry Dudley
National Guards
Big Oak State Park edging toward final land deal
The Big Oak Commission, appointed by Governor Lloyd C. Stark, says negotiations to acquire about 1010 acres around the Big Oak in Mississippi County are near completion. Funds include an anonymous gift for 80 acres, gifts totaling 530 acres, and about $3000 from school children and civic groups for 480 acres. title transfer details to be worked out with the Governor, Attorney General Roy McHittrick, and conservation director Irwin T. Bode. A celebration at the Big Oak may be held next spring with the Governor in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Oak Commission
Lloyd C. Stark
Mississippi County
Jefferson City
H. G. Simpson
Charleston
State Highway Commission
Roy McHittrick
Irwin T. Bode
J. C C. McDowell
Simpson
Big Oak
Ford resumes 10,000 workers after layoff
Ford Motor Co. brought 10,000 employees back to work on Monday after a layoff that began December 23. The company said fewer than 25,000 of the 87,000 normally employed at the Dearborn plant were idle during the shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Co
Dearborm
Last Rites Held For Ned C. Tanner
Ned C. Tanner died Thursday afternoon after illness, funeral at 404 Tanner Street Sikeston with Rev. John L. Taylor. Interment Memorial Park. Welsh service. Born 1901 in Sikeston, survived by wife Ailleen Mae Warner and two children Dona lee and Ned Warner, mother Mrs Ella Tanner, brothers Sayers and Harrison, sister Mrs W C Sutton. He lived in Sikeston most of life, worked for Lambert Robertson in St Louis and Federal Phoney Peach program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned C. Tanner
St. Luke's Hospital
St Louis
John L. Taylor
Methodist Church
Tanner Street
C. S. Tanner
Memorial Park Cemetery
Tannner
Tanner
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Sikeston
Ned Comley Tannner
Charles Samuel
Ella Tanner
Western Military Academy
Alton
Missouri University
Columbia
Mr. Tanner
Lambert-Robertson Company
Ailleen Mae Warner
Dona Lee
Ned Warner
Sayers
Harrison Tanner
W.C Sutton
Grade School Lunchroom Opens Friday
The south grade school lunchroom opened Friday serving 125 to 135 Sikeston pupils daily. A kitchen was set up in a grade school room with Mrs. T. A. Martin and Mrs. G. C. Baker in charge, aided by four WPA workers. Meals include milk or hot cocoa, with serving costs averaging five cents per child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Sikeston
T. A. Martin
G. C. Baker
W. H. Sikes
Works Progress Administration
J. L. Sutterfield
P T A Wins National Round Up Award
The Sikeston Parent Teachers Association received a National Congress of Parents and Teachers certificate for completing the health project Summer Round Up The effort included checking children entering school last fall and correcting many physical defects Milan J Farr of Oshkosh Wis lodged at Jack s Y tour ist camp south of Sikeston was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau with pneumonia Mrs Farr remained with her husband in Cape Girardeau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Parent-Teachers Association
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Milan J. Farr
Oshkosh
Wis
Jack's “Y
Sikeston
Soils Conference Next Tuesday in Benton Courthouse
Delegates named by Scott County court will convene next Tuesday at the Benton Courthouse for a soils and crops conference. County Agent F. B. Veatch invites all men and women interested in crops pastures soil improvement or soil conservation to attend, with emphasis on farmers needing better pasture forage and permanent pastures.
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Scott County
Benton
F. B. Veatch
Soils and Crops Committee
Stoddard County men injured in collision
Roland Lee Vaughn 19 of Dexter and Walter Smith 36 of Bernie were seriously hurt Tuesday night when their car rear ended a hay truck driven by O L Denton of Sikeston on Highway 25 south of Dexter. Gene Bailey 17 of Dexter was less injured. Denton uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Lee Vaughn
Dexter
Walter Smith
Bernie
O. L. Denton
Sikeston
Highway 25
Vaughn
Poplar Bluff
Smith
Brandon
Bluff
Gene Bailey
Denton
Trozzees
John Tandy
Wade Shankle
MHF
Paris
President's Ball At Benton January 29
The Scott County Birthday Ball, a charity event for Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday, will be at the Benton community hall on Saturday January 29. Gill Wilson's orchestra will provide music. Proceeds support infantile paralysis relief and the new National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis with national trustees and regional representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benton
Gill Wilson
Roosevelt
National Foundation For Infantile
New Manager for Chevrolet Service
Edward Boardman, formerly assistant service manager at Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet, began duties as manager of the service department on Monday. He replaces Earl Limbaugh, who has moved to Limbaugh Service Station on Malone Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Boardman
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Company
Boardman
Earl Limbaugh
Limbaugh
Malone Avenue
New Building Edition Promises House Showpiece
Work on The Heralds annual New Building Edition progresses and will feature a pictorial survey of Sikeston’s new houses from the past year with brief descriptions. A few hundred extra copies are being printed and most have already been taken. readers should file requests at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Sikeston
Kentucky Lawyer Appointed to Supreme Court
Solicitor General Stanley Reed, a Kentucky lawyer, has been named to the Supreme Court to replace the resigning Justice George Sutherland. Reed, 55, served in the Kentucky legislature 1912 to 1916 and holds degrees from Kentucky Wesleyan, Yale, and Virginia. He studied at the Sorbonne and spent time with the Federal Farm Board as general counsel, including during Hoover’s presidency and as RFC counsel in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Reed
Kentucky Wesleyan
Yale
University of Virginia
Sorbonne University of Paris
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
RFC
Sikeston Golf Club Elects New Officers
C L Malone named president at the Sikeston Golf Club re organization meeting held Wednesday night. L M Stallcup as vice president C C Scott as secretary Jos L Matthews as treasurer. Malone succeeds T A Martin and Dr Wm Sidwell who will close the old course. The club will abandon the western course to focus on the new one at the recreation park on the Municipal Airport site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L Malone
Sikeston Golf Club
L. M. Stallcup
C. C. Scott
Jos. L. Matthews
Malone
T. A. Martin
Wm. Sidwell
Sikeston Production Credit Association to Meet at Marshall Hotel
The Sikeston Production Credit Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting at 10 o clock Tuesday morning January 25 at the Marshall Hotel. Attending will be W P Oliver of St Louis vice president of the Production Credit Corporation and Joseph R Cosgrove president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank. E P Coleman Jr is association president with G E Spitzer of Parma vice president and John R Gary secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Production Credit Association
Scott, Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Stoddard
Mississippi
New Madrid
Marshall Hotel
John R Gaty
W. P. Oliver
St. Louis
Production Credit Corporation
Joseph R Cosgrove
Democratic Women Hold Meeting In Scott County
About fifty members of the Scott County Democratic Women's Club attended the monthly luncheon Saturday in the Weltecke building. Audrey Chaney of Sikeston, club president, led the meeting with Mrs. O. L. Spencer of Benton and Mrs. Ed Preston of Chaffee directing the program.
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Scott County
Democratic Women's Club
Weltecke
Audrey Chaney
Sikeston
O. L. Spencer
Benton
Ed Preston
Chaffee
Weather turns wet with rain and cold snap
A Frisco weather observer reports steady rain since 7:10 am with cloudy skies. The week’s high reached 60 and the low sank to 25. Forecasters expect continued rain, possible snow, and rising temperatures in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John LaFont
Frisco
One Killed in Traffic Accident
Richard Davis, 33, killed Saturday night on Highway 60 near Brown Spur in a passing attempt. Funeral at Church of the Nazarene Monday at 3:30 p.m. Interment in Memoril Park cemetery. Coroner ruled death an unavoidable accident. Davis survived by his mother, brother, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrere
Church of the Nazarene
Richard Davis
Highway 60
Brown Spur
C. F. Transue
Memoril Park Cemetery
Davis
Morehouse
Fred Moser
Champion Lane
Alfred
Wanda Browning
Louise Freeman
Amett Burrow
Potter Broom Factory
J. F. Nunnelee
Welsh Funeral Home
Roscoe Foster
Cape Girardeau
Foster
Ernest
Barbara Ann Foster
Morley
Gideon
Chaffee
Carrie Davis
Greer Avenue
Marie Davis
Sikeston
Ora Clinton
Isaac Parks
Gazelle Davis
Collision Near Kluge Hill Injures Several People
Saturday night two cars, a white and a black sedan, collided near Kluge Hill on Highway 61. Miss Mary V. Johnson of near Charleston drove the white sedan. Willie Lessey of south of Sikeston drove the black one. Both drivers escaped with minor injuries. In Johnson’s party were Everett and O T Johnson, G Padgett, George Powell, and Billy Sturgens, all near Charleston. Lessey was with Nathan Johnson, Patton Martin, and Marvin Martin, residents south of Sikeston. Johnson said she attempted to pass another car when the collision occurred, destroying her car and slightly damaging Lessey’s. Early Sunday a mobile owned by Milllem Limbaugh driven by Berit Shuffit struck a curb and a telephone post on East Malone Avenue, injuring Shuffit and causing damage. An unknown second car reportedly crowded him onto the curb. Shuffit suffered multiple missing teeth and minor injuries.
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Kluge’s Hill
Mary V. Johnson
Charleston
Willie Lessey
Sikeston
Miss Johnson
Everett
O T Johnson
G. Padgett
George Powell
Billy Sturgens
Johnson
Lessey
Nathan Johnson
Patton Martin
Marvin Martin
Lesser
Milllem Limbaugh
Berit Shuffit
East Malone Avenue
Shuffit
Righter Trucking Case Postponed To January 29
A hearing in Cape Girardeau on the Righter Trucking Company reorganization was continued to January 29 by special master Judge O A Knehans. The Sikeston firm, operating under the Federal Debtors Act, seeks time to obtain creditor acceptances for a plan to pay small creditors, cover costs, and issue preferred stock callable in two years.
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Cape Girardeau
Righter Trucking Company
Sikeston
O. A. Knehans
Atty
George W. Kirk
Big egg laid by miner switch hen
An unusually large egg laid by a Rhode Island Red or Plymouth Rock hen at Mrs Bev O Matthews farm home Wednesday. The shell was thin and measured 2 1/2 inches in longest circumference and 7 inches around the middle. Inside the large shell was an ordinary sized hard shell egg with a large amount of white between the shells.
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Rhode Island
Plymouth Rock
Bev O. Matthews
Charleston
Sample Houses Built on LaForge Project
Construction started Monday on two sample cottages for the Farm Security Administration project at LaForge. One uses ready made parts assembled at the mill, the other from specially cut lumber. A 6700 acre tract will use the faster method later. M S Layton leads the experiment in LaForge, connected to FSA headquarters in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
LaForge
Hans Baasch
M. S. Layton
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tear-Gas Demonstration Declared Successful
The Bank of Sikeston installed tear gas by Federal Laboratories in Pittsburgh and tested it at 4 50 pm last Saturday. Twenty one suns for gas ejection were located around marble counters and set off by three triggers. Spectators and staff witnessed a rapid gas release as employees and onlookers moved to the door blinded and gasping. The test reinforced bank protection claims that would deter would be robbers who would face the gas and law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Sikeston
Federal Laboratories Inc
Pittsburgh
Treasury official resigns in Washington
J. F. T. O'Connor, Comptroller of the Currency for five years, resigns today in Washington and is expected to return to California. He is said to seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. F. T. O'Connor
California
O’connor
Salcedo farmer held for killing in Missouri county
Preliminary hearing set for Howard DeWitt of Salcedo on a manslaughter charge after the fatal shooting of John Deal, a Salcedo sharecropper, last Thursday. Deal died Saturday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau after being shot in the hip and stomach. Deal, 51, had been a sharecropper for ten years, married with two daughters and a sister and two brothers surviving. Funeral services were held Sunday in Sikeston with interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. DeWitt posted bond of 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard DeWitt
Salcedo
John Deal
Court of Justice of the Peace
Wm S. Smith
DeWitt
Deal
Marie Hobbs
Sikeston
Virginia Deal, Jr
Fannie Andrews
Floyd
Joe Deal
Floyd Deal
North Handy Street
Finis Jones
Memorial Park Cemetery
AE Britton
Matthews Woman Injured by Michigan Car Tuesday
Mrs Lavella Cox of Matthews mother of three was injured Wednesday afternoon on Highway 61 south of Sikeston after being struck by a car owned by Kate McMillin and driven by Robert D McMillin both of For Du Lac Michigan. She was treated at Dr C McClure’s office with a deep cut above the left eye and facial injuries plus chest injuries with no broken bones. She was taken home by Mrs John Henry Turmage. Troopers absolved the McMillins of blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavella Cox
Matthews
Highway 61
Sikeston
Bu Kate McMillin
For du Lac
Mich
Robert D. McMillin
Cox
Michigan
Tennessee
Cape Girardeau
C. McClure
John Henry Turmage
Marshall Family Unhurt In Sunday Auto Accident
J W Marshall and children Buly and Misses Jene and Wilma escaped injury when a tire blew out Sunday morning causing their car to overturn nine miles south of Mount Vernon on a road with steep embankments. They were returning to Sketon after visiting Mrs Charles Harrison Jr a patient at the sanatorium there. Marshall braked hard to avoid falling off the edge, then the vehicle rolled onto its side. none of the occupants were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Marshall
Chidrem Buly
Jene
Wilma
Mount Vernon
Skeston
Charles Harrison Jr
Marshall
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Sikeston Armory
Big Oak State Park
FORD
P.T. A
Stoddard County
United States
Chevrolet
Sikkeston Golf Club
Redit Association
Righter Trucking CO
Treasury
Missour
Southeast Missouri
Albritton
McMillin
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