Thirty Years Ago Skillman Boarding House Moved in Town
A historical note recalls the Skillman boarding house operated by Mr and Mrs AB Skillman moving from Kready Flats on Front Street to the Finckebey residence on Woodlawn about thirty years ago to serve many boarders. The house previously stood near Malone Avenue, then Slack property, Kready Flats, Buckeby house, and Greer house on North Ranney Street where Mrs Skillman died. Notable boarders included Chris Francis A F Lindsay A C Barrett James and Dave Kevil Ralph Anderson George Lough Wiley P Wilkerson Milton Haas Dr C McClure Lonnie Harring an Myron Watkins Barney Forrester Jean Hirschberg Hazel Evans Ruthie Evans Dr C T Old Dr WW Anthony Lois McCord and Dick Berry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skillman Boarding House
AB. Skillman
Skillman House
Skillman
Kready
Front Street
Finckebey
Woodlawn
Slack
Malone Avenue
Kroger
Buckeby House
Greer
Ranney Street
Chris Francis
A. F. Lindsay
A. C. Barrett
James
Dave Kevil
Ralph Anderson
George Lough
Wiley P. Wilkergon
Milton Haas
C. McClure
Lonnie Harrigan
Myron Watkins
Barney Forrester
Jean Hirschberg
Hazel Evans
Ernest Arterburn
Ruthie Evans
Byron Bowman
C T. Old
A Anthony
Lois McCord
Roger Bailey
Dick Berry
Art Walhausen
National guard unit to train at Camp Clark 1924
Sixty five men were to compose the national guard unit to embark July 12 for Camp Clark Nevada Mo. Harry Dudley would lead the Third Battalion 140th Infantry after his election to major. Atty R E Bailey planned Western district tour supporting Republican nomination efforts. City Council approved uniforms for local police and named a committee to choose the type. Bouquet to Dr P M Malcolm, city physician, ill at Missouri Baptist Sanitarium St Louis.
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National Guard
Camp Clark
Nevada
Harry Dudley
140Th Infantry
Atty R E Bailey
11Th Congressional District
National Congress
P M Malcolm
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
St. Louis
Paving Contract For North Kingshighway And North New Madrid Street
City council planned award of a paving contract at the Wednesday July 10 meeting. Lyman Fox, son of Mr and Mrs John Fox, was to join the upcoming Oglethorpe University graduating class in Atlanta. Ly man planned a Germany tour after leaving New York for Panama trip. Miss Marybeth DeLeon of East Prairie and Paul Rankin of Sikeston wed in Charleston with J D Shelby, justice of the peace, presiding at the Father and Son banquet at the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Kingshighway
New Madrd Street
North Street
College Street
Lyman Fox
John Fox
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta
Panama
Lyman
New York
Germany
Marybeth DeLeon
East Prairie
Paul Rankin
Sikeston
Charleston
J D Shelby
Methodist
Interesting talks at boys and men gathering in county hall
Harry Young Jr. Robert Dempster Louis Walker and P. D. Malone spoke for the boys while Ralph Anderson Dr B F Blanton and Rev C C Earnhardt spoke for the men. C H Denman served as toastmaster and Ward Denman gave the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Young Jr
Robert Dempster
Lous Walker
P. D. Malone
Ralph Anderson
B. F. Blanton
C. C. Earnhardt
C. H. Denman
Ward Denman
Fifteen Years Ago in Sikeston July 5 1934 News Notes
Fifteen years ago on July 5 1934 Eugene Bowman son of Mr and Mrs Sam Bowman married Miss Rosemary Talent in Vienna Illinois. A bust and pedestal of Abraham Lincoln were given to Sikeston high school by the 1934 graduating class. Fifteen thousand district residents attended Sikeston's new municipal airport dedication. Gull guests Miss Nell Parsons of Birmingham Alabama Cecil Appleby Jr Lewisburg Tennessee and Howard Butler Nashville Tennessee visited Miss Nanabell Wilson. Miss Dorothy Prater of Gainesville Georgia visited Miss Virginia Baker. The young women studied at Brenau Conservatory Gainesville and were Alpha Xi Delta sisters of Mrs Frank Van Horne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bowman
Sam Bowman
Rosemary Talent
Vienna
Til
Abraham Lincoln
Sikeston High School
Sikeston
Nell Parsons
Birmingham
Ala
Cecil Appleby Jr
Lewisburg
Tenn
Howard Butler
Nashville
Nanabell Wilson
Dorothy Pr
Ten Years Ago July 6 1939 Community Notes
Ten years ago on July 6 1939 local residents reported arrivals home from California including Mr. and Mrs Loomis Mayfield and children Loomis Jr Marilyn and Miss Mayme Marshall. Nearby families visited Camp Kiwanis in Hardy Ark and Gulf Coast trips to New Orleans. Five new houses were under construction on Vernon avenue belonging to Harold Pitman John Vaughn Lynn Waggener and Harold Dumey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis Mayfield
Loomis Jr
Marilyn
Mayme Marshall
California
Lee Bowman
Murray Klein
Frank van Horne
Peggy
Mary Emma Donnell
Mary Emma Waller
Bill van Horne
Lee Austin Bowman
Jean Klein
Hardy, Ark
Alice van Horne
Evelyn Klein
Phyllis Harrison
Camp Kiwani
Leroy Leslie
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Vernon Avenue
Harold Pitman
John Vaughn
Lynn Waggener
Harold Dumey
Sikeston council forms advisory committee in 1944
Five years ago on July 6 1944 Sikeston City Council approved an advisory committee with two doctors and two civilians to foster cooperation among Sikeston General Hospital its staff city government and the public. Tharon E Stallings named superintendent of schools. Mrs Harry Dudley and children left for Crossville Tennessee to join Col Dudley. Italians from Weingarten POW Camp helped on McMullin Estate and attended Mass. Lt Steve Applegate, son of former Sikeston residents, was killed in a plane crash in Ontario California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston General Hospital
Sikeston City
Tharon E. Stallings
Board of Education
Harry Dudley
Helen Vera
Billy
Crossville
Tenn
Col
Dudley
Sikeston
Weingarten
C. F
Little Miss Shirley Yvonne Crowned June Child of the Month
Sikeston couple Mr and Mrs Cecil Carson celebrate their daughter Little Miss Shirley Yvonne as Child of the Month for June in the Dysart Auer and Fae s Enchanted Cottage sponsored contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Yvonne
Sivx
Cecil Carson
Sikeston
Dysart-Auer and Fae’s
Funeral services for Coxswain Burgess Held at Welsh Funeral Home
Funeral services for Coxswain Leonard I Burgess whose body was returned from a former South Pacific burial were held at the Welsh Funeral Home. Furniture stock stored in a warehouse belonging to Fox Furniture Store Inc of Morehouse damaged by fire to several thousand dollars. Fire believed to have started from defective wiring. C H Butler announced completion of his new modern building home of Willys Overland products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard I. Burgess
South Pacific
Welsh Funeral Home
Fox Furniture Store Inc
Morehouse
C. H. Butler
Willys-Overland Products
Fiscal 1949 Deficit Hits Federal Budget Record
The Federal Government closed its 1949 fiscal year on June 30 with a deficit of 1.811 billion dollars, Secretary of the Treasury Snyder reports. Receipts totaled 38.246 billion while expenditures reached 40.057 billion, marking a swing from the prior year’s surpluses and including 3 billion in Foreign Economic Cooperation trust fund outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
Congress
Will Write History of Missouri Pacific
On July 4, 1851, St. Louis celebrated as the first spade turned for the Pacific Railroad, the precursor of Missouri Pacific Lines. The railroad, near a century old, has commissioned biographer Dr. John Bakeless to write its history, highlighting its role in shaping the West and Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chouteau
Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Lines
Missouria Pacific Lines
John Bakeless
Mississippi
Highway Condition Bulletin July 13 1949 Details detours and repairs
Period ending July 13 1949 lists detours and repairs across Missouri counties U S Route 60 61 62 Route 25 and local roads. Concrete repairs under way at Sikeston Dexter New Madrid Stee le and elsewhere with one way traffic and occasional avoid if possible advisories. Oil ing operations span Route V Route C Route D and Route M while bridges undergo work at Steele and Route CC closure noted.
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Scott County
Sikeston
Gray Ridge
Bertrand
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Stoddard
Dexter
Benton
Dunklin County
Cardwell
Mississippi County
East Prairie
New Madrid County
Gideon
Pemiscot County
Cottonwood Point
Stoddard County
Bloomfield
Wayne
Butler
Wappapella
Cotton Ginners Tour Set For July 13 14 15
The annual Cotton Ginners Tour to the U S D A Cotton Ginners Laboratory Stoneville Mississippi will be held July 13 14 and 15. First day tours the King and Anderson plantation fully mechanized for cotton production and ginning and lint cleaning. The 14th and 15th cover U S D A experimental work and Delta Branch Mississippi Experiment Station. Contact county agent to participate. Missouri had 175 attendees last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Ginners’ Laboratory
Stoneville
Miss
William J. Murphy
University of Missouri
King and Anderson
Delta
Mississippi Experiment Station
Missouri
Charis Nylon Foundations and Garments Ad
Charis Nylon Foundations and Girdles also bras. Call Mrs. Finley at 785.
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Finley
The Chocolate Soldier at St Louis Municipal Opera
St Louis Municipal Opera presents a revival of Oscar Straus's Viennese operetta The Chocolate Soldier running July 11 to 17 at Forest Park theater. Annamary Dickey, Donald Clarke, Mary Hopple, Glen Burris, Edwin Steffe, Elaine Malbin and Gean Greenwell star as seven performances begin at 8 30 p.m. The story satirizes a 1880s Bulgaria Serbia war with popular numbers including My Hero Falling in Love Sympathy and The Letter Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Oscar Straus
Forest Park Theater
Annamary Dickey
Donald Clarke
Mary Hopple
Glen Burris
Edwin Steffe
Elaine Malbin
Gean Greenwell
Bulgaria
Servia
Steele air force man transferred to Arizona
Tucson Arizona June 22 Private first class Vernon A Anderson 18 son of Mr and Mrs Grady Anderson Steele has recently been assigned to Davis Monthan Air Force Base Tucson from McChord Air Force Base Tacoma Washington Private Anderson enlisted in the Air Force January 5 1948 He will be assigned as an aircraft sheetmetal worker at Davis Monthan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Arizona
Vernon A. Anderson
Grady Anderson
Steele
Davis Monthan Air Force Base
Tuscon
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Washington
Anderson
Air Force
Davis Monthan
Sedalia State Fairgrounds Camp Experience Opens Aug 21
The Sedalia State Fairgrounds offer a shaded spacious camping experience for visitors. The fair runs from August 21 to August 28 featuring outdoor fun and memorable attractions for all ages.
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Sedalia
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Kready Flats
Huckeby House
Luis
Tula Scig
Ean
Fis
Bahama Islands
U.S
East Florida
Spain
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Sir Walter Raleigh
Virginia Territory
Geeigie
Missouri Pacific
Mieke A Dairy
Continental Assurance CompAny
W. A. Myers
P. O
Sikeston, MO
Malig
National Gas Service
Roper Gas
America
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