Sikeston Chautauqua and Lyceum Roots Recounted
The Sikeston Herald notes 30 years ago sponsors funded a summer chautauqua and a winter lyceum with speakers including former Senator J Hamilton Lewis and author Opie Read. Of 37 lyceum sponsors, 11 remain residents, 17 have died, among them George Parsons, former Sikeston police judge and Illinois legislator. The Beck building near Front street neared completion.
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Sikeston Herald
J. Hamilton
Lewis
Mlinois
Opie Read
Sikeston
Atty
George B. Parsons
Ilinois
Penn Parsons
Ed Kendall
Beck
Front Street
City council hears cost estimate for Sikeston light plant
Twenty years ago on January 23 1930 a special meeting of the Sikeston city council drew business leaders and other citizens as a representative from W A Fuller and Company of St Louis presented an estimate of the probable cost of a light and power plant for the city.
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W. A. Fuller and Company
St. Louis
Sikeston
Six Scott county enumerators aid nation farm census
Six men from Scott county were among 25,000 enumerators in a national farm census. Charles Wenson of Sikeston questioned farmers in Richland township. A young man named Kenneth Medley was found to have been shot by a patrol officer after Medley tried to shoot the officer. Medley, 31, had a lengthy criminal record.
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Scott County
Charles Wenson
Sikeston
Richland Township
Kenneth Medley
Medley
SIKESTON AREA DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
The Carless Well Supply Co of Memphis plans a derrick for a Sikeston water works well. A second record cold spell hit minus 6 degrees. Lewis Tractor and Matthews Implement form Lewis Matthews Implement Co. January 27 1949. R P Schuchart family win Balanced Farming Contest district title. Quality Cleaners opens at 198 Moore Ave run by J W Stone and owned by W T Crowe. Sikeston rainfall 7.17 inches. 5.57 inches in two days floods roads. Radio canned foods ad promotes quality and value with a mother approved tone.
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Carless Well Supply Company
Memphis
R. P. Schuchart
Mississippi Valley
Sikeston urged to conserve electricity during brownout order
Five years ago on January 25 1945 Sikeston residents and others nationwide were urged to go easy on electricity as the War Production Board issued a brownout order. William A White longtime realty dealer died at Sikeston General Hospital from a paralytic stroke. Loomis Mayfield longtime Home Guard commander resigns that post.
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Sikeston
Board of Public Works
War Production Board
William A. White
Sikeston General Hospital
Loomis Mayfield
Home Guard
Missouri State Guard
Missouri Official to Attend CROP Dedication in New Orleans
Earl Brown, state CR0P chairman, appointed by Governor Smith as personal representative to attend the National CROP Dedication in New Orleans January 30. He will be guest of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce and will carry a miniature Missouri Friendship Food Train symbolizing over fifteen hundred carloads of food for Europe and Asia. Brown notes most CROP food will aid church sponsored orphanages hospitals and refugee camps. The program seeks corn milk soybeans wheat and cotton statewide via farm to farm canvass.
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Columbia
Earl Brown
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Smith
New Orleans
Brown
Europe
Asia
Natural Gas a Modern Science Miracle
An overview praising natural gas as a cornerstone of modern science. It notes extensive uses from synthetic fuels and dry ice to paints, nylon, plastics, and synthetic rubber. The piece highlights the transformation of natural gas into diverse products through synthesis, with hydrogen and carbon as key elements driving innovation across industries.
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Texas
Ohio
Boy Scout Week Celebrates 40th Anniversary Across Nation
During February 6 12 Scout and Cub units mark the 40th anniversary of the Boy Scout Movement. Cub dens host Blue and Gold Pot Luck dinners while Scout units plan housewarmings and potlucks. Districts hold Courts of Honor and window displays showcase craftwork with ribbons for standout shows. Scout Sunday February 12 features uniforms at church.
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Boy Scout Movement
Scout
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Valley Forge State Park
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