Sikeston Bulldogs trounce Charleston Bluejays 69 to 37 in rivalry clash
Sikeston Bulldogs dominate Charleston on the Mississippi County court 69 to 37 to win their sixth straight. Lee Bowman Art Swacker and DeWitt Lambert spark scoring as Sikeston connect on 28 field goals and 13 free throws. Two players ejected per team for rough play. Charleston exits with four fouls for two players. Reserves win seventh straight as Clement Beal leads with 8 points. Local farmer Fordek-Buren Long dies after head injury from a pool hall incident in Wardell. investigation ongoing.
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Lus
Sikeston Bulldogs
Charleston Bluejays
Mississippi
Vernon Green
Bulldogs
Cape Girardeau
Charleston
Lee Bowman
Art Swacker
DeWitt Lambert
Dogs
Glen Brigance
Jays
Sikeston
Clement Beal
Femme
B. Simmons
Lumsden
Beal
Swacker
Diehl
Lambert
D. Wagegener
Bowman
Montgomery
HH. Simmons
Harvey
Cockman
Friedman
Simpson
Chronister
Davis
Marshall
Brigance
Grisham
Noel Hansel
Truckers Top Caruthersville 26 to 21 on Road Return
The Sikeston Truckers upset Caruthersville 26 to 21 Sunday afternoon as they led 20 to 13 at the half. Buddy Aldridge paced Sikeston with 11 points including five field goals and a free throw, while Caruthersville’s Robinson and Jones led with 4 and 4 points respectively. The Benton girls’ independent team fell 20 to 8 to Caruthersville in the opener.
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Sikeston Truckers
Caruthersville
Caruthersville Rebels
Truckers
Buddy Aldridge
Sikeston Center
Benton Girls
Caruthersville Sextet
Southwest Sportsmen Show Opens in St Louis
The first annual Southwest Sportsmen's Show will run January 27 through February 4 at the Municipal Auditorium. It features ski jumping, canoe tilting, log rolling, archery, pow pows, wood chopping, Eskimo huskies, bait and fly casting, retrieving, water events, badminton, log sawing, trap shooting, indoor fox and coon hunts, and displays from Missouri fox and coon hunters. The State Conservation Department sends its wild animal, game and fish display, and a hunting and fishing license booth will be offered for attendees.
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ST. Louis
Municipal Auditorium
Fox Hunters’ Association of Missouri
St. Charles
Sikeston Chicks Face Benton in Triple Bill at Vanduser
Sikeston Chicks travel to Vanduser to clash with Benton Independents in the final game of a triple bill at nine. Earlier, Local Truckers meet Vanduser Mohawks at seven and Diehlstadt Chicks face Benton girls at eight. Mohawks debut for Truckers. Sikeston lost to Benton 31 28 on January 4 while Diehlstadt beat Benton 14 7 that day.
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Sikeston Chicks
Vanduser
Benton Independents
Vanduser Mohawks
Benton
Diehlstadt Chicks
Mohawks
Benton Sextet
STATE COLLEGE HOOP TEAM TO PLAY ROLLA
The Teachers College Indians basketball team, not winning all games, has provided thrillers. After a 42-40 two overtime loss to Murray Kentucky and a 33-30 defeat by Maryville, they beat Kirksville Teachers 36-33 in OT. Next up Rolla on Jan 26 and Carbondale Jan 30.
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Cape Girardeau
Teachers College Indians
Murray
Kentucky
Indians
Maryville
Kirksville Teachers
Rolla
Carbondale
Illinois
Tragedy Ends With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Near Hayti
Sophie Shirley age 28 died from gunshot wounds after a quarrel with husband Chuck Shirley 34 at their Highway 84 store near Hayti. Coroner ruled death self inflicted as the couple argued over a pint of whiskey before he was taken to Blytheville for treatment.
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Hayti
Sophie Shirley
Chuck Shirley
Highway 84
Shirley
Blytheville
Sikeston Bull Dogs Down Cairo 35 to 21
Sikeston Bull Dogs earned a seventh straight win by routing Cairo 35 21 Tuesday night. Billy Simmons led with five field goals as Cairo featuring Bill Chandler and Malcolm Patton fought hard but fell short. Bobby Montgomery was sidelined by illness.
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Sikeston Bulldogs
Cairo Golden Tornadoes
Illinois
Bulldogs
Billy Simmons
Bobby Montgomery
Joe Spudich
Cairo
Sikeston
Bill Chandler
Malcolm Patton
Kewanee Indians Triumph Over Lilbourn Panthers in Close Clash
Kewanee Missouri Jan 24 The Kewanee Indians beat the Lilbourn Panthers 17 to 14 at Lilbourn. The Panthers led early in the first quarter, but Kewanee held the 11 to 5 advantage by halftime and then edged ahead in the final period. Garner Cates sealed the win with a last field goal as Lilbourn’s fast offense fizzled against Kewanee’s closing defense. Cletus Brotherton led Kewanee with six points while Atwell led Lilbourn with four. Kewanee aims for a ninth straight win at Marston Friday night.
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Kewanee
Kewanee Indians
Lilbourn Panthers
Lilbourn
Panthers
Indians
Garner Cates
Cletus Brotherton
Hns
Atwell
Marston
Diehlstadt High School to Present Lovely Ladies Play
Diehlstadt junior class will present the play Lovely Ladies at the high school auditorium on Thursday evening February 1. The cast includes Danny Ashton and a large ensemble of characters such as Cecil Murphy Otto Ashton Vernon Presson Donald Humphries Harold Matthews Harold Breen Daniel Dempster Max Stuart Joe Hendricks David Miller Frank Flanders Edward Smith Hanks Masters Robert Thompson Vera Ferness Justine Williams Claire Barlow Virginia Dame Jeanette Hobart Maxine Sisk Lawsey and Maxine Howard.
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Diehlstadt High School
Danny Ashton
Cecil Murphy
Otto Ashton
Vernon Presson
Donald Humphries
Danny
Harold Matthews
Harold Breen
Daniel Dempster
Max Stuart
Charles Morris
Joe Hendricks
David Miller
Frank Flanders
Edward Smith
Hanks Masters
Robert Thompson
Vera Ferness
Jeanette
Justine Williams
Claire Barlow
Billie Sturgeon
Jerry Hanson
Claire
Virginia Dame
Jeanette Hobart
Maxine Sisk
Lawsey
Petitions Circulated In March For Missouri Liquor Referendum
Petitions are being prepared for circulation in March to place a statewide referendum on liquor sales in Missouri. signers indicate only support for a referendum, not approval or disapproval of prohibition. Cape Girardeau activist Mrs. B C Hartesty of the Women's Christian Temperance Union notes the effort.
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Missouri
B. C. Hartesty
Cape Girardeau
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Noted Library List Highlights Public Reading Options
W E B Channing emphasizes books as essential shelter and virtue for all. The Peoples Library curates current, readable works donated by C H Denman and other titles from 1939 lists, including science, economics, crime, health, war, and classic histories.
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Peoples Library
C. H Denman
Macmillan Publishing Co
America
Bryson
Power
Wright
Seager
Overstreet
Sears
Cr. Denman
John Pfeiffer
Mildred Adams
Miles
James Clarke
Cesar Saerchinger
Current History
Herman Rauschning
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Thoreau
Henry Seidel Canby
Charles and
Mary Beard
Greece
Will Durant
H. C
Sikeston Debaters Place Third At Tourney
Sikeston high school debate team coached by Garland Parker placed third in an invitational at Jackson last Saturday. The team went four and eight, with two wins and two losses in both experienced and inexperienced divisions, defeating Morley Puxico Chaffee and Advance while losing to Morley Paxi co Poplar Bluff and Jackson. Members included C D Butler William Marsh Mary Emma Waller Mary Em Donnell Betty Barger Mary Lou Schroff Mary Elizabeth Schroff and Eleanor Righter.
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Sikeston High School
Garland Parker
Jackson
Sikeston
Morley
Puxico
Chaffee
Advance
Paxico
Poplar Bluff
C. D. Butler
William Marsh
Mary Emma Waller
Mary Em Donnell
Betty Barger
Mary Lou Schroff
Mary Elizabeth Schroff
Eleanor Righter
Work Begins on La Forge Grade School Building
Construction starts on a new five room grade school at La Forge with one room slated as a community center and a fifth room planned for church services and recreation. The building will sit east of the Cooperative Store, serving as the town's grade school as no high school exists there.
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la Forge
Cooperative
Schoolmasters to Meet in Sikeston
About two hundred fifty educators and board members from Southeast Missouri gather in Sikeston on February 8 for a Southeast Missouri Schoolmasters Club meeting. Supt R A Harper will lead the event with dinner at the Methodist church basement and a district panel discussion on board of education functions led by Dr Frank L Wright. Willard Goslin will offer 20 minutes to agree or disagree with the panel.
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Southeast Missouri
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri Schoolmasters Club
R. A Harper
Boards of Education
Frank L. Wright
Washington University
Board of Education
Webster Groves
Willard Goslin
Harper
Grade School Pupils Earn Perfect Attendance
Bailey school announces first semester perfect attendance records per principal Miss Dorothea Miller. Names listed by grade include Janet Sue Stewart, Charlotte Greenlee, Carolyn Carlew, and Kenneth Dement in first grade. Billy Acord, Jerry Bryant, Esther Lee Couch, Billy Hennington, Billy Joyce, Norma Jean Walker in second. Donald Duncan, William Grant Lambert, Billy Ray Pratt, Patsy Rafferty, Graham Sadler, Paul Trotter Jr., Lenora Brown, Aline Craig, Anna Garrison, Shirley Jean Reed in third. John Bizzell, Newton Carroll, Sue Dement, Jacqueline Hennington, Sidney Johnson, Alice Morton, Betty Nicolas, James Sailors in fourth. Willa Arthur, Richard Dement, Peggy Lou Harris, Phil Sadler in fifth. Virginia Boardman, Harold Brown, Billy Joe Davidson, Bobbie Lamert, Lois Phillips in sixth.
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the Bailey School
Dorothea Miller
Janet Sue Stewart
Charlotte Greenlee
Carolyn Carlew
Kenneth Dement
Jerry Lee
Billy Acord
Jerry Bryant
Esther Lee Couch
Billy Hennington
Billy Joyce
Norma Jean Walker
Donald Duncan
William Grant Lambert
Billy Ray Pratt
Patsy Rafferty
Graham Sadler
Paul Trotter Jr
Lenora Brown
Aline Craig
Anna Garrison
Sikeston Youth Held for Forgery
Frank Knight of Sikeston, 18, was charged with forgery after arrest by State Trooper John Tandy and City Officer Claude McManus. He waived preliminary hearing, was bound over to circuit court, and jailed for failing to post $500 bond after admitting cashing checks totaling $50 under the name of his former employer James Ellis. The checks were cashed at Cut-Rate, Bank of Sikeston, Sikeston Grocer Company, and People's.
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Frank Knight
Sikeston
John Tandy
Claude McManus
Knight
James
Rex Theatre
Tandy
McManus
Ben Humphries
Poplar Bluff
Sgt. Dace
Justice of the Peace Court
Harvey Lee
Order of Publication for Pryor Divorce in Scott County
In the Circuit Court of Scott County Missouri a divorce action is filed by J Laverne Pryor against Vernon L Pryor. Vernon L Pryor is non resident and service by summons is not possible. Publication is ordered in The Sikeston Herald four weeks starting mid January 1940 with March term set to begin March 4 1940.
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Circuit Court
Scott County
Missouri
A. D
J. Laverne Pryor
Vernon L. Pryor
M. G. Gresham
Scott
Benton
Sikeston Herald
L. J. Pfefferkorn
Notice of administration in Minnie F Hatfield estate
Let ters testamentary on Minnie F Hatfield deceased granted January 2 1940 by the Probate Court of Scott County Missouri. All claims must be presented within six months for allowance or be barred after one year. Executor Russell Hatfield signs. Also reports Cot ton Belt Railroad fire at Fornfelt injuring 67 year old W H Hudson with $300 damages to a three room house owned by Emil Steck.
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Minnie F. Hatfield
Scott County
Missouri
Russell Hatfield
Fornfelt
W. H. Hudson
Cotton Belt Railroad
Hudson
Emil Steck
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Sikeston Armory
Blue Jays
Brazier
F . Marshall
F Brown
Fowlkes
Soleston
Wageener
F Ziatthews
S. Wagegener
Crase
2Ienpram
Elker
Olds
Rafferty
Supe
Bandy
Wagegener
Taylor
Aldridge
Shelby
Crow
Ellis
Robinson
Baird
Murphy
Essary
Jones
Laird
Streston Chicks
State College
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Sizeston
Simmons
CATRO
Mooney
Hughes
F Roach
Ff Payne
Patton
C Seawright
Elias
G . Lew
Lilbourn Hoop Team
Diehlstadt School
Sikeston Public Library
W. EB. Channing
the Peoples Library
Herald
O. L. Spencer
BH. J. Welsh
H. S. Johnson Funeral Directors
Sidwell, Jeweler
Center St
Ballard
Ellise
Maxson
South Street
Mearl R. Frame
Ruth St
Iva Gestering
the Herald
Wm. R. Clutts
Thebes
Herald Office
New Street
Blodgett
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Phone
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris Malcolm
Howard A. Dunaway
W. A. Anthony
Scott County Milling Co
Handy Smith
Applegate
Telephone
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
DE. B. L. McMullin
Eee
Siblston, MO
F. L. Sisson
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell Optometrist Office
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