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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
8
Sikeston Bulldogs edge Cairo Ingh school 26 to 25 after a 15 to 2 halftime lead. Seawright led Cairo with 16 points while Swacker paced Sikeston in a hard fought first meeting of the year.
Sikeston Bulldogs fell 34 25 to Tharleston Bluejays as Swacker scored for the visitors to start the second half. Aldridge led the Jays with three field goals and a free throw while Fitzpatrick added four first half markers. Eight Sikeston attendees joined a Cape Girardeau schoolmasters meeting led by State Superintendent Lloyd W. King, with 162 men present.
Sikeston Bulldogs aim for district titles to reach the state meet in St. Joseph in early March. The Poplar Bluff regional meet on March 2 3 4 includes Ava Houston Mountain Grove and West Plains among Class A entrants with further Class B qualifiers at Granby.
Miss Anna Doris Carr returns from Cairo Illinois visiting relatives. Mrs Julius Wigor guests Osceola Arkansas with her mother Mrs Rose Goldberg. Chas Dunn recovered from injuries after a car wreck. Ray Reed of St Louis visits Charleston. Mr and Mrs George Schultz of Cairo New Jersey guests of Mrs Geo Faust. Walter Lee recovers from mule accident. Goldie Edwards, State College Cape Girardeau, visits grandmother Mrs George Faust. Mr and Mrs Max Friedman visit in St Louis. Mr and Mrs R L Fowlkes visit Troy Tennessee and Fulton Kentucky. Joan Mabrey celebrates seventh birthday with a party at 4:30 to 6:30. Fassett East Gate hosts Catholic Youth Organization and Sikeston C Y O. Women’s Council Christian Church meets with mission program. Brotherhood dinner planned February 1 at Odd Fellows Hall. Rev R M Talbert to speak. Meat advisory notes on canning and storage. Circle Court divorce notice and public summons details for Scott County Missouri 1959.
Mrs Melissa Hincheys first grade class at the north grade school creates a picture show of eight scenes from The Very Big Basket. Students will paste the eight pictures along a paper strip and run them through a simple picture machine. Various children will voice the characters.
Sikeston travels to Caruthersville tomorrow for a basketball twin bill with the host high school. The Bulldogs meet Caruthersville in both an A game and a B game, their first clash of the season.
The Swamp Angels of the New Madrid CCC Drainage camp added two wins to their season, beating Potashnick Truckers 23 to 21 and Diehlstadt Independents 17 to 12. Key players include Clete Williams Ed Council Bert Horner Bob Barney and Dale Toye from Lilbourn and Parma high schools. They host Tilmo Big Bucks next at New Madrid High Gym.
The Bailey school library reopens after cataloging, with a morning celebration led by Miss Lucille Stubblefield. Students Wayne Limbaugh Verna Cox Haskel Price Freddie Ruddle Nellie Harden Thomas Holmes Doris Cunningham Peggy Harvis Paul Cope Alma Martin Charleen Andrews Tony Shuffit James Reed and Bettie Edwards will perform in The Uninvited Guest play.
Sikeston high school begins the second semester with 58 year long units mostly intact. Three one term changes include business law replacing business English taught by Miss Flecia O Hara, practical arithmetic replacing solid geometry by Miss Josephine Veith, and sociology offered second semester with 23 students taught by Garland Parker replacing economics.
Senior English students under Miss Uriel Haw completed an original semester project in American literature. Highlights include a December 1848 Reader's Digest prepared by Myron Morrison, an illustrated U S map, a Missouri authors booklet with map, and illustrated poetry and author studies by students Gwendolyn Kirk Martha Haw Mary Jane Sikes Emily Kendall.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Imogene Dudley and Paul Holmes, held at New Madrid on December 23 with Rev. J. E. Travis officiating. The couple reside with Mrs. George Hawkins on Wilson Street. Miss Dudley is daughter of Mr and Mrs. Fred Dudley of St Louis and has worked as a telephone operator. Mr. Holmes works for Cook Distrib uting Company.
Hudson's Cafe will relocate across North Ranney due to a new block construction. The new cafe will be a larger building with private dining and coffee galley rooms, a party room, a barbecue pit, and parking on both sides with a driveway around the building.
Dr and Mrs Richard Fair of Spencer Town spent overnight with Mr and Mrs J R Harwell while en route to Florida. Miss Betty Belle Donnell Charles Tanner and G C Baker Jr Missouri University students will spend the weekend with their parents. Mrs J H Yount assists her son Jack in farming north Sikeston and visits her husband Dr J H Yount in St Louis. Dr Clara McGrew and daughter Mrs Grace Darlington of St Louis were business visitors here Wednesday.
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