Soils Conference Next Wednesday In Scott County
Scott county will hold the annual Soils and Crops Conference at Benton on Wednesday February 1. County extension agents Frank B Veatch and James D Meyers announced delegates from every community will attend. The day includes registrations at 9 45 a m and a full program featuring reports on soils and crops, demonstrations, and discussions of limestone use, alfalfa, crotalaria, wheat and corn, green manures, silage, contour farming and more.
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Scott County
Benton
Frank B Veatch
James D. Meyers
Scott County Court
Arthur Schiwitz
Carl O. Luper
Evin Burke
Frank B. Veatch Jr
J. Ross Fleetwood
Missouri College of Agriculture
John Weber
Commerce
W .A. English
Missouri
Louis Dohogne
Chaffee
Malden
Frank B. Vestch Jr
A. H. Adams
David Allard
A. Alexander
Thos. E. Allen
J. W. Baker Jr
W. A. Beggs
F. Bradshaw
E. C. Brann
G. C. Darby
Otto Diebold
Louis Donogue
Frank Eftink
Joseph F. Fadler
Philip S. Butcher
Ed Otto Bugg
Alex Burger
Elbert Burke
C. W. Cannon
Thos. L. Chewning
Albert Daume
John Daniel
Tom Dickerson
Joe A. Dirmberger
Fred Dumey
William Effink
E. L. Fenimore
D. A. Fortner
B. L
Chilean Earthquake Kills Thousands After Night Shocks
Reports from Chile indicate a devastating quake strike Tuesday night with Chillan nearly destroyed and Concepcion potentially hit hard. Official tallies rise as martial law is declared in affected coastal cities. estimates place fatalities at well over a hundred with hundreds injured across a wide coastal region.
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Santiago
Chile
Chillan
Concepcion
National Air Line
Chil
Ean
Cauquenes
Castal
Talcahuano
Valparaiso
Andean
Parker Heads Southeast Missouri Area Council of Boy Scouts
Dr W W Parker president of State College Cape Girardeau was chosen president of the Southeast Missouri Area Council of Boy Scouts at the annual meeting held Sunday at the Malden Methodist church About 150 Scout leaders attended Parker succeeds George W Kork of Sikeston Other officers include Oliver Ensor Rhodes Lewallen Dudley Kirk Bremerton Kelso and the retiring president Kirk The main addresses were by Parker and B B Dawson National Staff member and director of Philturn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp in New Mexico Awards went to Mell Vogle and Harry Himmelberger Silver Beaver honored Himmelberger for outstanding service to the Scouts Local attendees included George W Kirk Denman Struwe Robinson Vanson Butler and Ensor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Parker
State College
Cape Girardeau
Southeast
Charles Oliver
Bloomfield
Wilbur Ensor
Sikeston
A. B Rhodes
Caruthersville
W. A. Lewallen
Chaffee
Col
Harry Dudley
George Kirk
H. Bremerton
I . Kelso
Parker
B. B. Dawson
Boy Scouts of America
Philturn
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Mr. Kirk
Dan Beard
Mell Vogle
Scout
Frank Chase
Harry Himmelberger
George W. Kirk
Clint H. Denman
Franklin Struwe
J. E. Robinson
Charles Vanson Jr
C. H. Butler
W W. Ensor
S. A. Morrow
St. Louis
Gary
Southeast Missouri Jubilee Officers Are Re-elected
The first annual meeting of the Southeast Missouri Jubilee Committee held January 23 at the library auditorium re-elected all officers: C. H. Denman as president, C. L Malone as vice president, John Powell as secretary, and C. D. Matthews I as treasurer. Directors include Murray Phillips, F. D. Lair Sr., R. A. Harper, Mrs. P. A. McDougal and Dr. Presnell. Two committees were formed to draft by-laws and plan next year’s program, with a report due at the next meeting called by the president. Miss Della Wright acted as secretary in Powell’s absence.
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Southeast Missouri
Jbilee Committee
C. H. Denman
C. L Malone
John Powell
C. D. Matthews I
Murray Phillips
F. D. Lair Sr
R. A. Harper
P. A. McDougal
Presnell
Della Wright
Meetings for Farmers of New Madrid County
Farmers in New Madrid County are urged to attend local meetings January 26 to January 31 at township centers starting 2 pm to learn the 1939 Agricultural Conservation program rules. S. L Binford notes optional participation with payment incentives and possible acreage penalties, with details at each township site.
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New Madrid
New Madrid County
S. L Binford
New Madnd
Telephone head speaker for Lions Club visit
C W Boutin president of Southeast Missouri Telephone Company spoke at the Lions Club luncheon at Palace Cafe on the origin and progress of the telephone. Members toured the new Southeast Missouri Telephone building on East Center street afterward. Chas Dement and Alva Garner were welcomed as new members. A fundraising committee was named to solicit funds for the Warm Springs Foundation in observance of President Roosevelt's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Boutin
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Lions Club
Palace Cafe
Boutin
Missouri
Southeast Missouri
East Center Street
Chas. Dement
Garner Motor Co
Alva A. Garner
Ralph Potashnick
Elmos Taylor
M. M. Beck
Duree Medley
W. L. Haters
Warm Springs Foundation
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Two Hundred at Farmers' Meeting
More than two hundred stock holders, employees and guests attended the Sikeston Production Credit Association annual meeting at the library auditorium on Tuesday January 24. E P Coleman Jr presided, John Gary secretary led the program, and H W Leigh of St. Louis gave the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Production Credit Association
Library Auditorum
Fred Hetlage
E. P. Coleman
John Gary
Production Credit Association of St. Louis
H. W. Leigh
Motorcycle Bought for City Traffic Patrol
Sikeston will expand traffic enforcement with a near new police type motorcycle bought at Cape Girardeau by Mulburn Arbaugh and the city safety committee after council authorization. The city will pay 100 to help fund the traffic safety plan including signs and other devices, with use planned after February 6 ordinance adoption.
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Sikeston
Cape Girarceau
Mulburn Arbaugh
City Safety Committee
Red Cross Institute To Be Held Here
A two day home hygiene institute will be held at the Methodist church on February 2 and 3 under the Scott County Red Cross. County chairman C L Malone will lead the meeting with Miss Ingelritson, Red Cross nursing field representative, providing first aid and hygiene instruction.
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Methodist
Scott County Red Cross
C. L. Malone
Weather turns wintry with snow and sleet in Missouri
Southeast Missouri recorded a low of 20 degrees on Monday with a two inch snow cover. The week’s high reached 43 degrees, and the morning temperature stood at 26. A cold, generally fair forecast remains for the next several days as winter lingers.
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Missouri
March of Dimes Drive Set For Monday In Sikeston
The March of Dimes campaign to honor President Roosevelt's birthday will take place Monday in Sikeston. Funds will be raised in lieu of a dance or banquet with 10 cent buttons sold through civic groups and business venues for a one day drive led by C. L. Blanton Jr. and a committee including R. A. Harper Ralph Potashnick Robert A. Dempster Earl Allen and others.
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America
Roosevelt
Sikeston
C. L. Blanton Jr
R. A. Harper
Ralph Potashnick
Robert A. Dempster
Earl Allen
W. A
Mayfield Rabbits for St Louis Poor Lent Aid
Forty years ago Dr. A. A. Mayfield a leading Sikes ton physician joined a Millersville rabbit hunt with 15 Southeast Missouri groups to aid the poor of St. Louis. He led his party killing the most rabbits as 496 were captured by the districts and shipped to the Provident Association of St. Louis for distribution.
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Sikeston
A. A. Mayfield
St. Louis
Provident Association of
Siriston Man Sails to South America on 30-Day Trip
Gene Potashnick general manager of Local Trick Systems left today for a 30 day business trip to South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Potashnick
South America
Cordell Hull 1938 Outstanding Man Named by Chicago Club
The Chicago Federated Advertising Club names Cordell Hull secretary of state as the outstanding American of 1958 for Pan American relations work and trade treaties. Roosevelt ranks sixth, with ten others including Dewey Corigan Hughes Dies and Garner honored in the list.
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Chicago
Chicago Federated Advertising Club
Cordell Hull
Deputy Collector to Help With Tax Reports
Ralph L. Coleman deputy collector will be in Sikeston February 13 and 14 at City Hall to assist with annual income tax returns due now. He will also visit Chaffee February 15 Illmo February 16 Jackson February 17 18 and 20 and Cape Girardeau March 1 through March 15 at the Himmelberger Harrison building for residents to file.
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Ralph L. Coleman
Sikeston
Coleman
Scott County
Chaffee
Chaffee Building & Loan Office
Illmo
Bank of Ilmo
Jackson
Court House
Cape Girardeau
Himmelberger-Harrison
County conservation group forms interim board in Benton
Forty Scott county residents met at the court house to organize the Scott County Conservation Federation. A township vice president slate will govern the board, with a Feb 3 meeting in Ilimo to elect officers. Ted Butler spoke for the Missouri Conservation Federation.
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Scott County
The
Scott County Conservation Federation
Court House
Benton Wednesdy Night
Ilimo
Delta CCC Camp Advances Ditch 19 Drainage Detail
The Citizens Civilian Conservation camp at Delta has leveled and graded the levee along Ditch No 19. Workers on both sides of the ditch have prepared about one and a half miles for spring pasture, with owner Professor Gehrs supplying materials and fuel. The camp also built fence, water gates, and stock gates. The CCC dragline finished Ditch No 289 in Scott and Cape Girardeau counties and now works on Ditch No 35, moving 12,000 cubic yards of dirt with three eight hour shifts. about three miles remain and two months remain in the project.
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Delta. Mo
Citizens Civilian Conservation Camp
Delta
Gehrs
State College At
Cape Girardeau
CCC
Scott
Cape Guirardeau
City Attorney Declares War On All Gambling
City Attorney Robert A Dempster pledged to stop gambling after a Saturday raid by Sikeston police led to eight arrests. Police found a makeshift gambling room behind a barber shop in Tin Can Alley. all eight men were fined $5. Names: Eliza Shoats Andrew Thomas Joe Brown Cecil Price Johnny Trice Dan Langley Joe Miller Leon Smith.
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Sikeston
Robert A Dempster
Dempster
Claude McManus
Walter Hughes
Kingshighway
Eliza Shoats
Andrew Thomas
Joe Brown
Cecil Price
Johnny Trice
Dan Langley
Joe Miller
Leon Smith
Brown Jewell
Private property ends sharecropper protest near Wyatt
Mississippi county authorities reveal the Sweet Home Baptist church grounds near Wyatt are private property. A 99 year lease dating to 1931, mortgaged at the time, places ownership with Jeff Burns of Bird's Point. Sheriff Beck says steps will be taken to clear the 36 camp families, now on church grounds, as state patrol may intervene if they move back to the highway. Health officials note sanitary conditions are acceptable with some expectant mothers.
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Mississippi
Sweet Home Baptist Church
Wyatt
Walter Beck
Jeff Burns
Bird’s Point
Burns
Texas
Beck
State Patrol
Arkansas
Illinois
Farm Securty Administration
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Charles’ Gardner
Atlas Sorge
Joe Diebold
Kelso
George Vetter
Charles Grojean
Dr. Parker
Boy Scouts
Meeting For Farmers of
Anderson Township
Gideon Gymnasium
Big Prairie Township
Matthews
Como Township
Risco
Hough Township
Hough School LaFont Township
Marston Gymnasium
LeSieur
Lewis Township
Lilbourn
New Madrid Court House
Portage Township
Portageville
St. John Township
Walnut Grove
West Township
Canalou
Farmers’ Meeting
RED Cross Institute
DR. Mayfield
Poor OF
Sireston Man
Man
Club
President Roosevelt
Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Douglas
Corrigan
Howard Hughes
Aviator
Martin
Donald Budge
Walt Disney
Movie Cartoon
Orson Wells
Garner
Johnny Vandermeer
Cincinnati
Further Organization For Wild Life Group
T. C. McClure
Richland Township
Ed Kimes
L. A. Schott
Moreland
H. F. Emerson
Morley
J. S. Misfeldt
Ued Blackledge
Harold Cope
Sandywoods
Ted Butler
Springfield
Missouri Conservation Federation
State Health Board
T. L. Waddle
States
LaForge
A. F. Stanley
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