Sikeston Attorney Heads Boy Scouts Southeast Missouri Council
Sikeston attorney George W. Kirk was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America at the annual meeting in Cape Girardeau. Supt. A. A. Hudson became Council Commissioner. three officers and multiple district heads were named amid awards and a major land gift for a permanent camp to Camp Lewallen on the St. Francis River.
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George W. Kirk
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri
Wilbur Ensor
Allen L. Oliver
Cape Girardeau
Ben Stricker
Charleston
B. E. Montgomery
Malden
Burwell Fox Jr
Herman Bremermann
Alvin Haas
American Legion
J. Morton Thompson
W. J
St. Francis River
Wayne County
Greenville
Albert Ward
Fred Lewallen
Public School of
Chafffee
Southeast Missouri Area Council
Lewallen
One Case In Police Court Monday
The sole case in police court Monday morning was Claudine Cox a Negro woman who pleaded guilty to drunkenness and peace disturbance and was fined 3 dollars plus costs totaling 10 dollars She told Judge Carter she had too much of that peer She paid part of the fine and arranged payment of the rest Judge Carter noted women often pay fines more readily Born to Mr and Mrs S L Rogers of Morehouse a son on Sunday January 19
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Claudine Cox
Sikeston District Recovers Full Deposit After Bank Closure
The Sikeston school district recovered its entire $20,379.67 deposit from the failed Sikeston Trust Company after a final $7,100 payment was received two years post closure. The district, declared preferred by the Scott County circuit court, faced a federal suit against Maryland Casualty Company, which guaranteed the deposit. Attorneys Bailey and Bailey represented the district, which was reimbursed for all litigation expenses.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Trust Company
Scott County Circuit Court
Maryland Casualty Company
Bailey
Wm Woehlecke to Attend Illinois horticulture course
Wm Woehlecke owner and manager of the Sikeston Greenhouse will travel to Urbana Illinois next Tuesday to take a short horticulture course at the University of Illinois. He was recently chosen district representative for Florist Telegraph Delivery covering Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. The F T D annual convention will be held in Sikeston in the spring.
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Wm. Woehlecke
Sikeston
Urbana
University of Illinois
Woehlecke
Missouri
Illinois
Legal Tangle May Halt Street Paving
City officials probe whether regular paving ordinances apply to Works Progress Administration funded work. Tax bills against adjoining property may be needed to cover owner costs. No progress on North Ranney street or other first ward paving as legal questions are reviewed. Meanwhile sidewalk relay on North New Madrid street between Malone and Front begins replacing months‑old deteriorated walks. Seventeen workers including foreman John Thompson and assistant Allen Swaim on the WPA project. City surveyors also work on Greer avenue and Scott street to plan paving.
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Works Progress Administration
Herald
Ranney Street
Ranney Street Or Other Streets In the First Ward
New Madrid Street
Malone Avenue
Front Street
John Thompson
Allen Swaim
Greer Avenue
Scott Street
WPA to Start Work on Dunklin County Court House
Work will begin Monday to repair the Dunklin County court house in Kennett. The project was announced by C. L Blanton Jr., district WPA director. The number of men to be employed has not yet been determined.
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WPA
Dunklin Court House
Dunklin County Court House
Kennett
C. L Blanton Jr
District Works Progress Administration
Ironton Fire Kills Couple in Home Explosion
Ironton, N. B. Berry, 74, was burned to death and his wife Mrs. Berry, 70, was critically burned when a small building they occupied burned after a heating stove exploded. They were trapped in the bedroom as flames swept through the structure.
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Ironton
N. B. Berry
Bonus Bill to The White House
A decisive House majority sped a bond payment measure to President Roosevelt for a decision within ten days. The bill would pay 3.5 million World War veterans in $50 bonds at full 1945 value, with 3 percent interest, and cancel unpaid interest since 1931. It lists past legislative votes and state allocations for Missouri counties and cities.
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House
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Burns
Garner
Coldest Weather Hits State With Snowfall
A frigid air mass drove temperatures to one degree above zero last night with a piercing wind. Snow fell this morning, and skies showed slight moderating warmth today. The week's high of 45 degrees occurred Tuesday January 21.
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Zono
Sikeston Herald celebrates twentieth anniversary issue
The Herald prepares a February 6 building review of Sikeston’s past year with photos of new and remodeled structures. Extra copies will be printed for subscribers. the issue marks the paper’s twentieth anniversary under current ownership begun February 4, 1916, and notes Sikeston’s growth and building program.
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Building Review
Herald
Sikeston
The
Dentists to Meet Here Next Month Sikeston hosts Southeast Missouri Dental Association event
The Southeast Missouri Dental Association will hold its annual meeting in Sikeston on Wednesday and Thursday, February 5 and 6. A detailed program will be announced next week.
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Southeast Missouri Dental Association
Sikeston
Russell Bros Sell Implement Firm in Sikeston
The Sikeston Tractor and Implement Co. has purchased the Russell Brothers implement business of Sikeston and will operate it starting next Monday. Ernest Heddin of Cape Girardeau will manage the new firm, with W. O. Scott remaining on. The firm’s history traces back to Farmers Supply Implement Co. and Russell Whitener, then Russell Brothers. John, Arch, and T. P. Russell own farms nearby and will shift focus as the business changes hands.
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Sikeston Tractor and Implement Co
Russell Brothers
Sikeston
Ernest Heddin
Cape Girardeau
Southeas
Missouri
John Deere
The
Herald
W. O. Scott
Russells
Farmers Supply Implement Company
Farmington
Whitener
Fredericktown
Russell- Whitener Implement Company
Whiteners
T. P
Arch
John
John Russell
Hayti
Three Tiny Fires Hit Sikeston This Week
Sikeston fire department responded to three small fires caused by defective flues on North Ranney Olive and Moore avenues. All blazes were controlled quickly with no damage and no injuries reported.
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Sikeston
J. B. Campbell
North Ranney Street
J. Ankers
Olive Street
BE. E. Arthur
Moore Avenue
Missionary Rally At Baptist Church Draws 350 Local Attendees
About 350 people from across Southeast Missouri gathered at the Baptist church for a missionary rally led by Dr. Charles E. Maddry and Southern Baptist missionaries. Speakers included Dr. Maddry, Rev. I V Larson, Dr. George Green, and Dr. John W. Lowe, with delegations from numerous towns, discussing foreign missions, idols in Africa, and China’s need for Christian support.
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Missouri
The
Baptist Church
Charles E. Maddry
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist
John W. Lowe
Tsingtao
China
Ivan V. Larson
Laiyang
George Green
Ogibomoso
Nigeria
Africa
Charles Maddry
Richmond
Maddry
I. V. Larson
Green
North China Mission
Lowe
Charleston
Portageville
Marston
Chaffee
Kennett
Poplar Bluff
Cape Girardeau
Millersville
McMullin
Jackson
Limo
Yornfelt
Puxico
Trenton
Doniphan
Hayti
Morehouse
Caruthersville
Steele
Oran
Senath
Holcomb
Risco
Kansas City
Morley
Braggadocia
Lington
New Madrid
Elvins
Flat River
Four arrested for small-change crime near New Madrid
Four persons arrested by State Highway Patrolman Melvin Dace on Highway 61 near New Madrid on Sunday faced charges of larceny after $310 in coins 200 in traveler's checks and 200 in currency were found in a halted car. Names given were W. H. Ballard and James L. Ballard of Ventura California and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Swift of Rouge River Oregon. They were held until Butler Missouri officers arrived, who alleged involvement in slot machine robberies across Missouri Illinois and neighboring areas.
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Melvin Dace
New Madrid
Butler
Dace
W. H. Ballard
James L. Ballard
Ventura
Calif
Writers death shocks London as Indian tales author dies
London, England Rudyard Kipling, famed British writer of tales and poems of India, died suddenly at Middlesex Hospital shortly after midnight Friday at the age of 70. Death followed an operation for a perforated stomach ulcer. Wheat and corn market figures from SiKeston Markets are listed with prices.
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London
England
Rudyard Wipling
India
Middlesex Hospital
Bernie Woman Holds License as Chauffeur
Hazel Gormon of Bernie visited Sikeston to have a chauffeur license photo taken at Bach's Studio. She owns and drives a bus, transporting workers to a Dexter factory and delivering newspapers to outlying communities.
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Bernie
Hazel Gormon
Sikeston
Bach
Twenty five seek civil service post for substitute clerk
A total of 25 candidates including one woman sat the civil service examination for the substitute postal clerk carrier job at the high school last Saturday morning. The local post office position is now open with candidates listed: Alfreda Denton Ned Tanner John Hitt Ewart Taylor James Law Paul Engram Kennett Williams Chas L Sutton Robert Struwe Wm C Sutton Harold Ragans Paul Layton Herbert Francis Frank Clinton Harry Young Jesse Chapman L J Langley Walter Hughes Arman Clayton Weldon McDonald Louis Flewelling Sires Woods Willard Mount Thomas Lett Frank Sibley Jr.
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Alfreda Denton
Ned Tanner
John Hitt
Ewart Taylor
James Law
Paul Engram
Kennett Williams
Chas. L. Sutton
Robert Struwe
Wm C. Sutton
Harold Ragains
Paul Layton
Herbert Francis
Frank Clinton
Harry Young
Jesse Chapman
L. J. Langley
Walter Hughes
Arman Clayton
Weldon McDonald
Louis Flewelling
Sires Woods
Willard Mount
Thomas Lett
Frank Sibley Jr
New Sikeston Implement House Opens by Matthews Brothers
Ben and Fred Matthews take the Oliver farm implements dealership in Sikeston. They plan to open Matthews Wagon Yard Implement Company, named for the former hitching lot and livestock sales center run by their father John A. Matthews. The east room of the brick building will serve as office and sales space. the rest houses Matthews Garage run by A. Jack Matthews. Ben will manage the new firm while Fred continues in Blytheville wholesale groceries.
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Ben
Fred Matthews
Oliver Farm Implements
Sikeston
Matthews Wagon Yard Implement Company
John A. Matthews
Wagon Yard
Matthews
A. Jack Matthews
Fred
Ben Matthews
New Implement
Blytheville
Ark
Mrs Taylor Buys Anne's Beauty Shoppe
Mrs Alvis Crandall Taylor announced this week that she purchased Anne's Beauty Shoppe from Miss Anne Taylor who ran it for thirteen years. Taylor will operate the shop with assistance from Mrs Colleen Converse Hargraves. Miss Taylor rests at her Morehouse home and has not announced future plans.
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Alvis Crandall Taylor
Anne
Anne Taylor
Miss Taylor
Morehouse
Missouri Farm Bureau to hold annual meeting in Columbia
The Missouri Farm Bureau Federation will hold its annual meeting in Columbia on January 28 and 29 with about 500 attendees expected. The report also notes a waffle supper enjoyed by Rev. and Mrs. H H. Crerar and their sons Ernest and Eddie at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. W. Kready on Wednesday.
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Columbia
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
HH. Crcar and Sons
Ernest and
Eddie
J. HW. Kready
Policeman Died Suddenly Today in Sikeston
William Braswell Robison a Sikeston police officer for two years died at his Prosperity street home at 10 30 this morning after a heart attack overnight He was 1876 born in Eddyville Kentucky and had lived in Missouri since youth He is survived by his wife Mrs Sarah Isom Robison a daughter Irene Buchanan and brother Robert Robison Funeral plans list Methodist church services Saturday afternoon.
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Wiliamb. Robison
Sikeston
Prosperity Street
Robison
High Crossing
Missouri
Sarah Isom, Robison
E. G
Irene) Buchanan
Robert Robison
Manilla
Ark
Methodist Church
New Madrid Police Judge Comants death by own action
New Madrid police judge Frank Basham 46 shot himself at home after a roof fall injuring him. He had fractured his arm and hip while repairing attorney J W Connran’s roof and declined hip surgery. Coroner’s verdict noted self inflicted wound with revolver. he died instantly. Survived by widow and children Wilma Francis TH and Matthew.
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Frank Basham
New Madrid
Judge Basham
Atty
J. W. Conran
St Mary's Infirmary
Cairo
L A Richards
Basham
Wilna
Mr. Basham
Wilma
Francis
Matthew
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Boy Scouts
Geo. W. Kirk
Southeast Missouri Council
S. L. Rogers
Spaperrn
Illinois University
Senate Finance Committee
Scott County
Washington
Dunklin
Mississippi
Pemiscot
Stoddard
Russell Bros. Sell Implement Firm
Sikeston Markets
Gorman
New Implement House
Mrs. Hargraves
Graham
W.B. Robison
Comants
Luke Barker
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