Sikeston Considers Municipal Electric Plant Thirty Years Ago
A half century past recap outlines Sikeston debates over creating a city owned electric system due to poor private service. Citizens fear private lines from Cape Girardeau and seek bond financing, with Mayor Malone authorized to form a cost investigation and legal feasibility.
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Sikeston
Missouri Utilities Company
Cape Girardeau
E. J. Malone
Sayers Tanner
Western Military Academy
Alton
Una Vowels
State College
Jackson
Jack Harris
Big Island
Commerce
Mississippi River
Scott County
Nebraska
Aie
Missouri
Frank Ledbetter
Missouri School of Journalism
Navy
The
Herald
Ledbetter
Ilinois
E. F. Schorle
F. B. Mumford
Joe Stubbs Jr
Malone Theatre Building Sold in Gillespie IL Deal
O W McCutchen bought the Malone Theatre building from T W Stehlin of Gillespie Illinois. Harry Dudley rose to major of the Third Battalion of the 140th Infantry. Harry L Cole of Memphis bought the Hobbs building on North New Madrid Street for 18000 dollars. Sikeston cotton gins processed 5578 bales in 1923, about half of Scott County’s total. An advertiser offered a 75 cent bottle perfume with each 50 cent box of face powder and a safety razor with 50 cents of razor blades. Mayor Clarence Felker invited business leaders to discuss needed sewers for Sikeston. Twenty government boats were tied up in a Mississippi River harbor near Commerce due to ice.
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O. W. McCutchen
Malone Theatre
T. W. Stehlin
Gillespie, IL
Harry Dudley
National Guards
140Th Infantry
Harry L. Cole
Memphis
Hobbs
North New Madrd Street
L. M. Stallcup
Sikeston
Scott County
Clarence Felker
Mississippi River
Commerce
Caulfield Inaugurated Missouri Governor in 1929
Twenty years ago on January 17 1929 Henry S Caulfield was inaugurated as Missouri’s 37th governor. A southeast Missouri tornado near Blodgett killed three people Mrs W H Brown Marjorie Ellen and William Leon Hargrave children of Mr and Mrs Lorer Hargrave. Sleet and ice disrupted district highways hindering motor traffic.
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Henry S. Caulfield
Missouri
Blodgett
W. H. Brown
Marjorie Ellen
William Leon
Lorer Hargrave
Safety engineer named for State Highway Division No 10
Ten years ago on January 19 1939 Harry Dudley was named safety engineer for State Highway Division No 10. Roadside campers in the district were relocated by the State Highway Patrol. A jitter bug party was among the week’s social events. At Malone Theatre Loretta Young and Richard Greene starred in Kentucky a technicolor film.
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Harry Dudley
State Highway Patrol
Malone Theatre
Loretta Young
Richard Greene
Kentucky
Coast Guard Band Promotes War Bonds in Scott County
The Coast Guard Band of St. Louis spent a week visiting Scott and neighboring counties to boost War Bond sales, appearing in nearly every Scott County town and entertaining thousands. Norman Bugg reports 2400 Scott County men in military service. O W McCutchen bought land east of Kingshighway near the Del Rey Hotel. W H Carter, Sikeston merchant and former police judge, died at his daughter's home at 91. Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council meeting at Sikeston High School gym named John W Wolpers first Scoutmaster of the United States.
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United States Coast Guard Band
St. Louis
Scott
Scott County
Norman Bugg
Draft Board
O. W. McCutchen
Earl Riga
Kingshighway
del Rey
W. H. Carter
Sikeston
L. D. Randol
Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council
Sikeston High School
John W. Wolpers
Poplar Bluff
Car rolls celebrate golden wedding at Stoddard Street home
Judge and Mrs William L Car celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home on Stoddard Street. An influenza and pneumonia outbreak sickened thirteen inmates at the Scott County home near Benton, six over seventy. One former Negro slave among them could not recall his age.
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William L. Carroll
Stoddard Street
Scott County
Benton
Two Sikeston Men Killed in 4 Mile East Crash
Fifteen years ago Foster Shepherd and Louis S. Walker, two Sikeston youths, died in a traffic accident four miles east of town. The report notes Jack Lancaster purchased the Dudley Confectionery, now the Bow-.
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Foster Shepherd
Louis S. Walker
Sikeston
Jack Lancaster
Dudley Confectionery
The
Bow
Missouri 1948 Government Bond Sales Totals
Missouri residents bought bonds totaling 191,380,006 in 1948. County figures include Scott 762,079 for the year and 54,744 in December. New Madrid 416,137 and 16,287. Mississippi 480,519 and 42,687. Pemiscot 499,121 and 21,470. Stoddard 284,241 and 314,945. Dunklin 732,985 and 155,872. Butler 513,819 and 31,291. Cape Girardeau 1,127,664 and 82,575 for the year and December respectively.
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Missouri
Scott County
New Madrid County
Mississippi County
Pemiscot
Stoddard
Dunklin County
Butler County
Cape Girardeau County
Air Force Radio School Graduate Named at Scott AFB
Private First Class Robert Merick has completed training at the Air Force Communications School on Scott Air Force Base Illinois Brigadier General Emil C Kiel announced Merick 19 is the son of Mr and Mrs Louis Merick Sikeston rural route 1 He entered active duty August 20 1947 after basic training at Lackland AFB Texas
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Robert Merick
Air Force Communications School
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Emil C. Kiel
Merick
Louis Merick
Sikeston
Morehouse
Vanclyser
Air Force
Pfc
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Sikeston Engineers Honored In Southeast Missouri Chapter
M. S. Gwinn named president of the Southeast Missouri Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. Lon Swanner elected president of the Southeast Missouri Chapter of Missouri Water and Sewage Conference. Mrs Zeta Haynes, 28, of Sikeston, killed in a collision when her car was struck by a Frisco freight train.
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M. S. Gwinn
State Highway Department
Southeast Missouri
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
Lon Swanner
Sikeston
Missouri Water and Sewage Conference
Zeta Haynes
Frisco
Contracts Made for New Road Building
State Highway Commission approved 136.6 miles of highway work in 19 counties across 44 projects totaling about 2 million dollars at its regular January 11 meeting. Bids opened January 4, with 88 miles on the farm to market system. all federal funds require Public Roads Administration approval. Southeast Missouri highlights include Mississippi Route CC 0.2 mile at Ash Slough Ditch bid by J. W. Gitchens Co. for 13,663 dollars, Pemiscot Route Z 4.1 miles to Steele bid by R. W. Beasley for 20,541 dollars, and Stoddard Route A 8.5 miles to Hunterville bid by R. W. Beasley for 25,845 dollars.
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State Highway Commission
Public Roads Administration
Missouri
Mississippi
Former Sikeston Boy Critically Injured in Auto Crash
Sergeant Elmo Matthews, a seven year U S Air Force member and former Sikeston resident, was critically injured December 23 in a car accident near his Alamogordo base in New Mexico. He remains unconscious from head injuries at an Army hospital as doctors warn recovery could take weeks or months. Vernon Matthews of Quincy Illinois, his brother, visited Sikeston last week en route home from Alamogordo.
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Elmo Matthews
Sikeston
United States Air Force
Air Force Base
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Army Hospital
Vernon Matthews
Quincy
Vernon
The
Herald
Frigidaire ads and social notices fill Sikeston page
Local social calendar shows Mrs A F Dunagan hosting a card party on East Gladys Street. Numerous visits and dinners accompany updates on families including Dickerman, Weaks, Waggener and Wagner. Frigidaire appliances promoted. Lair's displays and local owners highlighted. numerous bridge clubs and family events noted with scattered travel between Sikeston and nearby towns.
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Lair’s
A. F. Dunagan
East Gladys Street
J. H. Dickerman Jr
J. H. Dickerman
St. Louis
Dale Alcorn
Near Sikeston
Jake Weaks
Moore Avenue
A. A. Waggener
Kennett
D. B. Waggener
Lynn Waggener
Roy H. Wagner
Charles Rogers
Faye Henderson
James Johnson
Sikes Avenue
Bartley R. Schwegler
L. A. Harris
Hayti
Allen Fite
Philippine Islands
C. G. Ziegenhorn
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Front Street
Maxine Seabaugh
Frank Seabaugh
Matthews
Dave Gayman
Roy Eldon Hamilton
New Madrid
Arthur Cashion
Trotsky
Rutherford Hayes
U.S
Detroit
Michigan
Te Picsangel Woolcott
John Marshall
Supreme Court
Carrie Nation
Wichita, Kas
Great Britain
France
Spain
Russia
Independent
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
AIR Force Radio School
Steele
R. W. Beasley
Charleston
Hunterville
Max Chandler
North Ranney Street
Beulah Frissell and
Simon Thrower
Salem
Mos
W. L Thrower
Wm. Cotten
Dexter
Harry Stacy
Homer Spradling
Nelson ‘Lumsden
Canalea
Bill York Jr
Jonesboro
Agh
York
Bill York
Velma Taylor
Malcolm Robinson
Cairo
Ira ‘Taylor
William R. Wy
Lata
Ward Warbington
Joey
Ernest Wood
Delmar Avenue
Irwin Brown
Sam Seabaugh
Laverne
Ora Ramsey
Portageville
Ward Warhington
Ray Pollack
Virginia Avenue
David Allen
Jane Stacy
Greg Comer
David McCellan
Charlotte Hill
Prrnicedoy
Center St
Allard-Matthews Insurance Agency
Newspapern AbHivye
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