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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR yields a recipe note for Tabasco butter sauce. It mentions heating butter in a saucepan, adding juice and tabasco elements, aiming to yield about 13 cups, with several garbled words remaining.
Thirty five years ago the Scott county court ordered a special election on August 1 to approve a 750000 bond for county roads. A petition with 726 signatures prompted the vote which approved the bond after a prior election rejected a similar issue. Also noted are the Sikeston mill expanding output and the condemnation of a poultry depot for unsanitary conditions amid cholera-like illness in children.
Among the deaths of the week was that of John E. Warner former Scott county surveyor and well known civil engineer. Co D Williams of Cape Girardeau succeeded T M Lewis as manager of the Western Union Telegraph office in Sikeston. Lewis was transferred to Havre Montana. The Herald editorially said the public road between Sikeston and the county line on the road to Morehouse is a disgrace to any community.
Twenty five years ago Robert Gail Randol and Walker Bell Chaney are noted in Higginsville and Sikeston. A new Missouri law brings all state bus lines under Public Service Commission oversight. Missouri Pacific moves district offices from Fornfelt to Poplar Bluff. Week temperatures span 97 to 59 degrees. At Malone Theatre Adolph Menjou stars in Sorrows of Satan, while Ernest Crumpecker of Morehouse sells cabbage worth $130 from a two acre plot.
At the Chicago convention Roosevelt secured the Democratic nomination for President with Garn er as Vice President. Emmett Abe Stuber was chosen head coach for athletic teams at State College in Cape Girardeau. New postal rates activated a three cent stamp replacing two cents. Deaths included Louis W Watkins of Vandyser. Twenty children were examined at a Sikeston pre school clinic. Edith Mange of Sikeston selected dean of women at State College Cape Girardeau.
Four people died in traffic accidents in the Sikeston district. Victims were Mrs. Lyla Brooks of Middletown Ohio a 4 year old JoAnn Dennis of Mor ley Howard Strack of Charleston and Benny Hart of Sikeston. Weddings of the week included Miss Ruth Tidwell and John William Waters both of Sikeston.
A census by the Junior Chamber of Commerce puts Sikeston’s population at 6924. Governor Lloyd Stark signs a bill funding a National Guard armory. R A Harper, now public school superintendent, moved his family to Sikeston from Dexter. Joseph L Matthews named president of Bank of Sikeston succeeding his late brother. Ninth District offices of the Works Progress Administration relocate to Farmington. Marriages include Clara Coffman to Bernard Looney and Helen Smith to Daniel Beattie. Crigler Pontiac and Tidwell Service Station opened by R Poe Crigler and Elvis Tidwell.
War Department informed Dr and Mrs W E Derris that their son Capt W E Derris Jr was missing in action in the Philippines. He was later reported to have died as a prisoner of war. Sikeston factory of International Shoe Co received a contract for 24000 pairs of army shoes.
Southeast Missouri towns discussed forming a district Girl Scout council at the Bike ton public library. Branum addition auction sold 52 lots for 32600, now largely residential with a few businesses. Mississippi River flooded at over 40 feet. Southeast Missouri Press Association met at Sam A Baker Park in Wayne county. Deaths: Dr. Frank S. Vernon of Charleston and former Lieutenant Governor William R Painter of Carrollton. Judy Baker of Sikeston and E C Burnett of Blytheville died. Chas H Butler became Scott county Red Cross chairman. You get credit for what you finish not what you start.
Public auction of all of Lot 1 in Block 2 of McClure's Subdivision Re Platted, recorded in Plat Book 8 page 14, Scott County Missouri. Trustee Roger A. Bailey will sell July 13 1952 at 9am to 5pm at the east front door of the Benton courthouse to satisfy the trust indebtedness.
Trustee Roger A Bailey announces a public sale of Lot 28 in Rowe's Addition to Sixeston, Scott County Missouri, to satisfy the debt secured by a deed of trust dated August 10 1949. The sale is set for July 12 at 11:00 AM at the east Scott County Courthouse steps.
An excerpt from the St. Louis Globe Democrat editorial by Louis La Coss warns that the West Point cadet cheating reflects broader national moral decay. It calls for moral regeneration in home, school, church, and public life and argues restoring old-time religion and respect for God's law is essential before tyranny arises.
Public vendue to the highest cash bidder at the Benton courthouse front door Scott County Missouri on July 22 1952 between 9 AM and 5 PM to satisfy the trust deed securing a note. Sale subject to any unpaid balance or prior FHA insured deed of trust. Peter J Lane Trustee. Dates June 23 July 3 10 17 62.
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