Dogs Win No. 10 By Besting Jays
The Bulldogs win their 10th straight game with a 46 to 39 victory over the Jays in Charleston. DePriest leads Charleston with 12 points while Nickens tops Sikeston with 14. Davis adds 10, Lee 9, Cox 8.
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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
16
The Bulldogs win their 10th straight game with a 46 to 39 victory over the Jays in Charleston. DePriest leads Charleston with 12 points while Nickens tops Sikeston with 14. Davis adds 10, Lee 9, Cox 8.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Jane Goins aged 77 were held at the Welsh Funeral Home this morning conducted by Mrs. Pearl Rhodes of the Libourn Church of God. Interment followed in Memorial Park Cemetery. She died at her daughter Mrs M G McCoys home 212 North Prairie yesterday morning from injuries after a fall. She was a native of New Madrid County and is survived by two daughters Mrs James A Stoker of Libourn and Mrs Sikeston, a son Charles Goins of Marshall Mo and three grandsons.
Diana Lou Shaver two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Quinton L Shaver of Miner died yesterday morning Funeral rites were held this afternoon at Welsh Funeral Home conducted by Rev Harland Hurd of the Church of Christ South Kingshighway Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery Surviving are the parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs J M Shaver of Sikeston and Mr and Mrs Ed Brewer of Matthews
The list names seniors juniors sophomores freshmen and younger students achieving all grades S or above for the second quarter. Notable honorees include Lucy Aufdenberg Jack Bowman Bar bra Ann Canedy Phyllis Garner Mary Anne Hitchcock Bill Hodges Jerry Jones John Kendig Richard Lewis Pat Rafferty Graham Sadler Bobbie Scobey Sue Stowe Leonard Vaughn Carolyn Wilkinson Dick Young Marilyn Yoffie and many others across grades six to first.
The list presents students by grade levels from Eighth through Senior, highlighting those achieving S grade or higher in solid subjects. Notable names include Laquitta Branum Bobby Crawford Mary Humes Archie Ray Mona Scobey and others across seventh, junior, sophomore, and freshman cohorts.
Elementary students across grades appear on honor and proficiency rolls with S level or above in all subjects and no grade below M in Fine Arts and Health. Second Grade names include Clem ents Murback Standley Baugher Dismuke Lair. Proficiency lists feature many names across grades, from Allard to Terrell and Parker, plus pre primer and lower grades. Mr and Mrs Welter vacationing in St Petersburg, Ernest Cox and Eyxnest Taylor attend a large dealers meeting in St Louis.
Six Sikeston high school debaters earned the most points at a Morley practice tournament by winning eight debates. Oran and Morley posted mixed results as fifteen squad members participated with several veterans and newcomers listed by name. Debaters traveled to Jackson for a regional in the Semo Debating League as driver training tests were praised by Coach Kenneth Knox with ten boys completing the course.
Sikeston High School plans an annual this year. A bulk of 393 subscriptions were sold during the allotted time. Veterans in the Veterans Training Program were not asked to deposit while a page was reserved for them in the annual. Sales to others closed Jan 14. Carroll Fox led with 38 sales for 10B, as a contest between long term and short term student council members determined the winners who will host a party for the losers.
Two new half year subjects are offered this semester. Business law is taught by Miss Electa O’Hara with twenty-one pupils enrolled. Business arithmetic, taught by Miss Almaretta Sidwell, has twenty students and covers bank transactions and practical business arithmetic.
The Ohio State University psychology test given to seniors Wednesday assists educators in gauging potential for college work. Missouri University distributes questions and computes each student's percentile by combining high school grade rank with top results.
Class of art students created classification posters for the Missouri Seed Improvement Association Seed Show now underway at the Sikeston Armory.
The King Ambassador Quartette and Bell Ringers performed for students, sharing a two year group with a US and Mexico City tour and plans for a Virgin Islands trip this summer. The Swiss Bells from England, one of three sets in the country, require high coordination. The show featured songs like Sunday Morning in London, Sweet and Low, One Alone, Ah Sweet Mystery of Life, Stout Hearted Men, The Sailor Boys, The Sleigh, and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.
In Miss Almeretta Sidwell's typing class last Wednesday seven students posted perfect ten minute timings. The pupils were Howard Branum 23 wpm Glenda Humphrey 27 wpm Leta Faye Sutton 30 wpm Bob Porter 19 wpm Ned Tanner 14 wpm Mary Elizabeth Stevenson 28 wpm and Sally Sadler 28 wpm.
Admissions at Delta Community Hospital include numerous patients from Sikeston and surrounding towns. The list covers names such as Mrs. John A. Young Kathryn Jackson Joan Cravens Carl Walker Patricia McElyea and others. Birth announcements note adds to families in Morehouse Bertrand Sikeston Blodgett Essex Sikeston Charleston and Oran with several January dates. J F Fox Jr attends a Studebaker dealers meeting in South Bend Indiana.
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