Two Great Needs and the Power of Freedom in America
The text compares colonial economies under autocratic rule to the shift toward individual responsibility and private enterprise. It argues that government can help or hinder progress, cites Jamestown and Plymouth as early examples, and credits the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence with safeguarding freedom. It claims America now produces vast wealth with living standards far above Europe and Asia due to freedom and self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brill
Jamesican
P'smouth
Jamestown
Posmorncth
Great Britain
Asia
Europe
China
Mars
Russia
Plymouth
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
Ana
America
Eisenhower Aims To Solve Farm Problem In Five Year Plan
President Eisenhower and Congress clash over farm policy as Benson pushes a five year program to reduce surpluses and prop up farmer incomes. Key points include price supports, export subsidies, a soil bank, expanded farm research, and a development program for low income farmers plus a caution against reliance on a welfare state.
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Agricuure
Tate
Congress
Eisenhower
Evra Taft Benson
Benson
Mrs Scott Hosts Jolly Neighbors Meeting Nightly
Mrs Clyde Scott hosts the Jolly Neighbors club at her home with PP members and Miss Rebecca Nistendik present. President Mrs Marcus Roch opens, minutes read, and council meeting noted. Games directed by Mrs Howard Pearson. prize goes to Miss Louella Parker. Miss Nistendijk on mental health. refreshments served. Next meeting set for bets 260 at Mrs Willard Sanders home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clohome
Clyde Scott
Rehbecca Nistendik
Marcus Roch
EB Hall
Owas
Mas Watson Pearson
Alrs
Howard Pearson
Wits
Wloo Larkker
Nistendijk
Pave van Interfering Teson
Alps
Willard Sanders
Elton R. Cole R A Chapter Meets at Fast Baptist Church
Sixteen members of the Elton R. Cole Chapter of Royal Ambassadors met at the Fast Baptist Church Saturday. The meeting opened with the RO A Watchword, was led by Bailly Lankford, and included devotional thoughts from Psalm 66. A program on "Chinese in America" was presented by the group, followed by the Circle of Comradeship and the R A Pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Ambassadors
Fast Baptist Church
Bailly Lankford
America
Presbyterian Circles Hold January Meetings Report
Circles of the Presbyterian Church held January meetings last Thursday with Our Responsibility as the Bible Study topic. Circle summaries note eight members at Circle 1 under Mrs. Virgil Bryan, ten members at Circle 2 aiding White Cross relief, and others meeting at various homes with hostesses named. Refreshments and birthday observances occurred. February hosts are listed for each circle. yearbooks were filled out during a business segment. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Dodson visited Joe Dodson in Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Virgil Bryan
Jack Hunter
Edwin Short
J.T. Palmer
Gerald Howard
Lennie Whitworth
Circle Two
White Cross Relief
Paul Schuerenberg Baye
Robert Rawlings
Whitworth
Cvereld Howard
Circur 2
Dondanville
M. F. Corleck
Hemba Young
Robert Hope
Cartoonist Bill Killebrew entertains South Grade PTA
The South Grade Parent-Teachers Association met Monday night at 7:30 in the school with President Everett Weiss presiding. Bill Killebrew of Memphis entertained by sketching attendees and making remarks as he drew each member.
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South Grade
P.I.A
Bill Killebrew
Memphis
Everett Weiss
Avelte Williams
Stork Club Babies Reported at Missouri Delta Hospital
Newborns announced from Sikeston New Madrid and Oran in the St. Louis area births. A boy to Ernest O Dell Lacy and wife. a girl to Don Fields and wife. a son to Vincent Dirnberger and wife born at St Francis Cape Girardeau weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. Ta fitha Joy Griffin born January 21 in Adamsville Tennessee to John T Griffin Jr and Norma Gillham with Mae and R K Gillham as grandparents. First child for the Griffins.
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Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Ernest O'Dell Lacy
Sikeston
Don William Fields
New Madrid
Vincent Dirnberger
Oran
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
John T. Griffin Jr
Detroit
Mich
Tafitha Joy Griffin
Adamsville
Tenn
Hospital Notes Admits to Musouri Delta Community Hospital
Patients admitted include Clyde Duncan Sikeston Nancy Trail Matthews Jesse D Castleberrs Sikeston Alzie Duncan Sikeston Nanos Zeph Sikeston. Discharged January 22 include Mrs Philip Gibbs and Babs Gill Essex Mrs Rone Wilson and Baby Gul Portageville Mrs Geo W Haskins and Babs Gul Bell City Wilbur Briant Memphis Tenn.
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Clyde Duncan
Sikeston
Nancy Trail
Matthews
Jesse D. Castleberrs
Alzie Duncan
Nanos Zeph
Philip Gibbs
Babs Gilll
Essex
Rone Wilson
Baby Gul
Portageouille
Geo W. Haskins
Babs Gul
Bell Citys
Wilbur Briant
Memphis
Tenn
MCPA urges calm over soybean cyst nematode scare
Missouri Cotton Producers Association urges members to avoid alarm over the soybean cyst nematode. President Jake Weaks says control measures can protect farming in Southeast Missouri without harming operations. A Jan. 31 USDA hearing will be attended by MCPA representatives. no quarantine is deemed useful now.
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Portageville
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
Jake Weaks
Wweo
Missouri
Weaks
U.S. Department of Agriculture
MCPA
Near East
Korea
Japan
Manchuria
North
Caroline
Tennessee
Hay- M. Mo
State Department of Agriculture
Hayti
US Department of Nerculture
North Carolina
Piercy Kin Of Sikeston Area Dies In Illinois
Mrs. James E. Piercy aged 85, cousin of Sikestonians, died Sunday night at a son’s residence in Illinois after living with him since her husband’s death less than a year ago. She was daughter of late Capt. James Wade Posey Barnett and sister of the late Flavia Bell Paterson. Numerous cousins and relatives noted, including Barnett and Arnold families from Sikeston, Morehouse, Essex, and California.
Social Roundup From Charleston and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Paul Graham and children Kathy Paul Jr and Carla Sue of Charleston visited her parents Mr and Mrs Elvis Eaton Sunday. James A Jackson admitted to St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau for medical treatment. Mrs Kay Harvey and Karla Miller spent Sunday in Fornfelt with Mrs Millers sister and OCis Reed family. Mrs Hershel Hellem and wife visited Marion Clark in Morehouse after her release from Missouri Delta Community Hospital. Mrs Fred Jones Sr visited Cape Girardeau with her son in law and daughter M E Bone Martha Ann and Carol Jane. Mrs Luther Smith admitted to Southeast Missouri Hospital for surgery.
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Paul Graham
Kathy
Paul Jr
Carla Sue
Charleston
Elvis Eaton
Eaton
Bland Eaton
Sikeston
James A. Jackson
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Chas. E. Miller
Kay Harvey
Karla
Fornfelt
Miller
Luther Smith
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Tommy Eaton
Charles Eaton
George Stuppy
Bloomfield
Bob Ralph
Ste. Genevieve
Ralph
Mirs
Kennet Roth
Nat M. Snider
H. S. Harper
Pay
Lowell Greer
Gene Westerfield
Mount Vernon
Taylor
Greer
Westerfield
Taft Laster
Indianapolis
Ind
Laster
Weekend visits reach across Missouri and beyond
Local residents spent weekends with relatives in Bloomfield Ste Genevieve Cape Girardeau and Sikeston. Travel included visits to parents and in laws with several plans to relocate or host gatherings and a birth announcement. The column lists numerous names and small town trips reflecting social ties in the region.
Service News Items From Great Lakes And Fort Campbell
Arm forces notes list Sikeston residents J C Jones and Shirles Denton completing nine weeks at Naval Training Center Great Lakes with boat camp training. Army Pvt Bruce Davenport and Sgt Herbert Crabb of Parma and East Prairie, Missouri, prepare for Presidential Inaugural Parade duties with the 101st Airborne Division before resuming duties at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
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Great Lakes
J.C. Jones
Barnes W. Jones
Murray Lane
Shirles Denton
Camel St
Sikeston
Naval Training Center
Fort Campbell
Herbert Ll. Crabb
Parma
Washington, D.C
101St Airborne Division
Crabb
81St Rocket Battery
Listle FO Crabb
Army
Parma High School
Bruce M. Davenport
East Prairie
Washington, D. C
Local Navy Recruiting Officer Urges Youths To Finish High School
Chief Petty Officer Edward Kel Jer of the US Navy Recruiting Service in Sikeston urges youths who have not completed high school to reenter school at the earliest practicable date. He notes education provides the knowledge and skills required for the nation’s expanding workforce, in cooperation with labor health and education leaders.
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Keller
Navy
United States
Edward Kel Jer
US Navy Recruiting Service
Sikeston
U. S. Navy
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health
Essex Visitors Rally To Colfax Relative Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Decker and daughter of Colfax Indiana are visiting her mother Mrs. P P Estes and other relatives while enroute to their next destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Decker
Colfax
P. P. Estes
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Joe Dodson
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Kenneth Vinson
James Arnold
Horace Byrd
Scotty Taylor
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John Marshall
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James E. Piercy
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J. H. Wicker
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Bridgeforth
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Divsion
Amos J. Davenport
Route 1
Fort Leonard Wood
Hast Prairie High School
Essex News
By Imogene Hayer
J. R. Little
John Donohe
Sikeston, Missouri
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Ezio Pinza
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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