City Council Discusses Zoning And Industry Tax
City officials in regular session approved an occupancy tax of 50 dollars yearly for cotton mills and related firms and weighed a forthcoming zoning ordinance to confine business to designated districts. Complaints included hours for barber shops, sanitation of outbuildings, and nearby construction. A clean street paving and band funding request were approved, with safety inspections planned for new buildings and fire prevention measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob J. Dempster
Dempster
WPA
Sikeston
Frank Miller
Lee Lawrence
Thomas Rafferty
New Street
Lyman Matthews
Ed Smith
East Gladys Street
Highway 61
R. K. Bone
Bone Business
West Malone Avenue
Rites Held Wednesday for B William Fowler
Funeral services were held at 2 PM Wednesday at the Methodist church for Benjamin William Fowler who died after a paralytic stroke early Monday. He was born August 19 1861 in Union County Kentucky and had lived in Sikeston over 12 years. Survivors include his second wife Marie Daily Fowler of Kennett. Attending out of town were Nina Hardin and son Alva of Cairo and Mila Carmak and daughters of Brown Spur.
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Methodist
Benjamin William Fowler
Fowler
John L. Taylor
Mr. Fowler
Union County
Marie Daily
Kennett
Sikeston
Joe Weatherington
Nina Hardin
Alva
Cairo
Mila Carmak
Brown Spur
Whites of Canton Visit Relatives Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs W E Whites of Canton Illinois were weekend guests of Mrs Lillian Fairley and sister Mrs C R Auten and family. They were joined home by their daughter Frances who had been visiting relatives here for two weeks.
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W. E. Whites
Canton
Ill
Lillian Fairley
C. R. Auten
Frances
Sikeston Blanks Poplar Bluff in Softball Rout
Sikeston All-Stars shut out Poplar Bluff Lumber Company 12 to 0 on sixteen hits led by winning pitcher Jimmy Law who struck out seven and allowed only three hits. Key hits came from Fred Tope Melvin Dace and B Crain with Crain's three RBI homer and Tope blasting four safeties.
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Sikeston
Poplar Bluff Lumber Company
Jimmy Law
Poplar Bluff
Mow
Fred Tope
F. Tope
Melvin Dace
Harry Stacy
B. Crain
Pace
Herb Moore
Tope
Tandy
Butler County
Dace
Stacy
Crain
Miller
Law
Southeast Missouri Weather Holds Cool Start to July
July in Southeast Missouri has been unusually cool with a top temperature of 89 degrees on Monday. The forecast calls for fair skies and warmer conditions for the upcoming Independence Day holiday and planned outdoor plans.
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Missouri
Condition of Mrs Ethel Armstrong Unimproved
The condition of Mrs. Ethel Armstrong, suffering from a skin infection for several months, is reported as unimproved.
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Ethel Armstrong
Sikeston All Stars Fall to Kentucky Nine
The Curlee Clothes of Mayfield Kentucky routed Sikeston 8 to 1 last Thursday night with fast pitching and sharp fielding. Triplett struck out nine for Kentucky while Sikeston's Tope doubled, Miller and Eaton contributed hits, and Sikeston scored their lone run in the ninth. Kentucky built their margin from singles and a triple by Hughes and a five-error by Sikeston, with Law, Simmons, and Triplett holding the visitors to four hits.
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Mayfield
Sikeston
Moundsman Triplett
F. Tope
Jimmy Law
Invaders
Hughes
Fuller
Hemphill
Allen
Austin
Graham
Fields
Brother of W C Bowman dies in California
Wilbur T Bowman youngest brother of Judge W C Bowman of Sikeston died at Veterans Hospital in San Francisco California last Friday from a complication of diseases Funeral services were held Monday in San Francisco and interment followed He was 65 formerly lived in Dexter where he supervised Scott County Milling Company plant Later he moved to San Francisco his home for twenty years and worked with Sterry Milling Company Professionally the Bowman family notes his long service in local milling circles
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Wilbur T. Bowman
W. C. Bowman
Sikeston
Veterans Hospital
San Francisco
Calif
Mr. Bowman
Dexter
Scott County Milling Company
Bowman
Sterry Milling Company
Sheppard urges safety on Missouri highways during July
Commander A. D. Sheppard of the State Highway Patrol urged motorists to exercise maximum caution throughout July to reduce the rising Missouri highway death toll. He reported 40 traffic fatalities outside the 15 largest cities last month, eight more than June, and cautioned that July and the Fourth weekend bring heavy traffic but could be kept safe with prudent driving.
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A. D. Sheppard
State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Sheppard
ISCO Tops Scott County In See-Saw Tuesday Night Play
ISCO defeated Scott County 6 runs in a high activity game as Lee Bowman and Crase contributed key hits. Bennett worked six innings for the win despite a broken nose from a line drive, while Bartholomew homered for the Scott County side and M Marshall delivered the first hit.
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Bennett
ISCO
M. Marshall
Vanover
Scott County
Youths Hart in Tractor Auto Wreck
Junior Fulkerson farm youth near Sikeston was severely injured Tuesday when the tractor he rode on Highway 60 east of Morehouse was struck by an eastbound auto driven by A C Freeman of Naperville Illinois. Freeman and passengers escaped injury. Fulkerson and tractor operator C D Alcorn suffered head injuries and cuts.
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Junior Fulkerson
Sikeston
Morehouse
Young Fulkerson
C. D. Alcorn
Fulkerson
Herbert F. Wickham
A. C. Freeman
Naperville
Ill
Wilsons Dover Fergu son Spend Fourth in St Louis
Mr and Mrs Joan Wilson Miss Dorothy Dover and Cletus Ferguson are spending the Fourth in St Louis a brief social note from the city desk.
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Joan Wilson
Dorothy Dover
Cletus Ferguson
St. Louis
City court awards $23.25 to Cam bondale man against Sikeston
Ralph Wallace of Cam Bondale wins a judgment for 23 dollars and 25 cents plus costs against the city of Sikeston in Scott county circuit court after alleging he was forced to buy a city business license and pay a fine for operating without one. Judge Frank Kelly issued the decision after taking the case under advisement at the March term. Other proceedings include guilty pleas and sentences for petty crimes, a not guilty finding for Dillender on stolen property, and several divorces ordered or dismissed.
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Sikeston
Ralph Wallace
Cambondale, Til
Scott County
Frank Kelly
Wallace
Cleo Wright
Sikeston Sales Company
Howard Goolsby
Haroy Westrick
Near Chaffee
Sam Dillender
Daughter Born To Mr and Mrs Howard Hipes Sikeston
Margaret Ellen is the newborn daughter of Mr Howard Hipes and Mrs Hipes of Sikeston born early Wednesday morning July 3.
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Margaret Ellen
Howard Hipes
Sikeston
Bumper Wheat Movement Here Continues Across Pages
Wheat reserves are described as heavy with war onset. The article notes the world had one of the largest crops and high carryover. This year’s production will shrink but carryover will rise, placing the United States on record carryover since 1933. Canada’s year end will show its largest carryover, resulting in North America having more old wheat than normal import needs for a year.
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United States
Canada
North America
Miss Donna Gaddis Arrives for Two Week Visit
Donna Gaddis, graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and former student council president, now leads the national Sigma Alpha Iota honor society. She will arrive Monday for a two week visit with Catherine Ann Cook, daughter of Mrs. O. T. Elder, who attended the school last year.
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Donna Gaddis
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Sigma Alpha Iota
Catherine Ann Cook
Miss Cook
O. T. Elder
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