Negroes Plead Guilty of Murder
Two Negroes pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Sikeston as Scott county circuit court opened in Benton. Eddie Young received ten years for killing Will Thomas during a Sunset adddition dice game. Eugene Shelley drew four years for manslaughter in a Sikeston alley killing of Dan Huffman. Shelley had earlier pled guilty to second degree murder and was given ten years before a new trial granted. Other sentences included arson, burglary, fraud, intoxicated driving, and various thefts as the term progressed with changes of venue and numerous parolees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Scott County
Benton
Eddie Young
Will Thomas
Sunset Addition
Missouri State Penitentiary
Eugene Shelley
State Penitentiary
Dan Huffman
Shelley
J. C. McDowell
Huffman
Waldo Ford
Dennis Gray
John A. Maloney
Otis Morris
Morris
Harry Kinnard
Chaffee
Cc. L. Goetz
Mac
Sam Sailors
Morehouse
Cape Girardeau County
Mac Sailors
Nolle
Gilbert Clinton
Bill Stokes
Robert Lamkin
Diehlstadt
J. F. Bowen
C. E. Felker
Undertakers Supply Company
Arden Ellise Funeral Home
Rose Koelzer
Elva P
Grace Mouser
Elaine Settles Willett
Charles Willard Willett
Cleo. E. Beck
Myrtle Beck
Marie Drury Heisserer
Jerome Heisserer
Flora Graham
Sherman E. Graham
Jessie Mae Stevenson
Wade A. Stevenson
Lois Mae Houseman
Fred Houseman
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce Meets at Palace Cafe
The Sikeston Chamber of Commerce held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Palace Cafe. The Junior Chamber joined the main group after dinner. Murray Phillips, just back from South America, shared experiences from his travels while Milburn Arbaugh presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Palace Cafe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Murray Phillips
South America
Milburn Arbaugh
The Herald Editor Had a Busy Sunday
The Herald editor spent Sunday at his boyhood church in Bollinger County teaching Sunday school, helped at a church basket dinner, attended a Cape Girardeau veterans meeting, witnessed the wedding of Leo Schade and Miss Hontas Lee, became a grandfather for the eighth time, and heard the new Baptist pastor’s sermon before concluding the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Bollinger County
Cape Girardeau
Leo Schade
Hontas Lee
Sikeston Christian Church
The
Baptist Church
Photographers to Be Licensed by Sikeston Council
Sikeston city council, at its regular July meeting, instructed City Attorney Robert A. Dempster to draft an ordinance licensing photographers. H. A. Bach proposed the form of the ordinance. Other actions included allowing watermelon loading along the Missouri Pacific tracks with daily cleanup, no peddling in Railroad Park, and police railroad cooperation. Fire Chief Milburn Arbaugh and Dempster to inspect overground gasoline tanks on the Missouri Pacific right of way between Moore and Taylor streets amid a petition against them. A petition for extending the sanitary sewer system and extra fire plugs in Sunset addition was referred for investigation. Aldermen Gust Zacher and E. H. Smith reported on slum-elimination work seen in Cairo. Lewis Buchanan was granted a permit to build a 32 by 40 foot frame storage structure on South Kingshighway for undertaker supplies. A meeting to decide on aluminum collection by Boy Scouts will be called by Mayor G. W. H. Presnell to coordinate with service clubs.
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Sikeston
Robert A. Dempster
H. A. Bach
Missouri Pacific
Milburn Arbaugh
Moore
Taylor
Gust Zacher
E. H. Smith
Cairo
Lewis Buchanan
South Kingshighway
G. W. H. Presnell
Serial numbers assigned to Scott county registrants
Serial numbers were assigned yesterday to the young men of Scott county who registered for selective service last week. Clerk Wayne Buchanan of the draft board stated order numbers will be assigned on Thursday, July 17, and then the registrants will learn the order in which they will be called to duty.
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Scott County
Wayne Buchanan
Draft Board
Weather, trains and cadets mark a hot Missouri week
July heat persisted with a high of 95 and a low of 65 as showers were forecast for today and tomorrow. The Missouri Institute of Aeronautics reports 76 of 102 cadets completed their course and will depart for Randolph Field, Texas. Southeast Missouri students leave weekly for Jefferson Barracks for military training under the Selective Service Act, with extensive rosters listed for many counties.
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Mercury
Albert Klamm
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Randolph Field
Texas
United States Army Air Corps
Southeast Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
Scott County
Kay J. Brazeal
Charles A. Goddard Jr
Buford B. Morgan
Leon D. Pickett
Chaffee
Leon R. Lux
Beach R. Knight
Wm. F
Franka
Commerce
Albert Hendrix
Paul Freed
Paul H. Skidmore
Samuel O. Vinson
Elmer S. Sneed
Coleman D. Irby Jr
Harry L. Robinett
Sikeston
Buford B. Trost
Otto C. Brucker
Raymond Halter
Romas Halter
Louie J. Hirschowitz
Oran
Elmer F. Kern
Benton
Billy Dodson
Vancuser
Lynn V. Jones
Jackson
Roy W. Ragains
W. D
Parma
Roy Mecore
Mingo
Teddy T. Cagle
Advance
Bertus Ff
Hobbs
Dudley
Heber Minton
Missouri
Mississippi County
Bill F. Hale
Earl F. Sams
Herman D. Fugate
Hensley O. Bennett
Elmer Crafton
Floyd R. Hockersmith
Eulies F. Vails
William D. Essary
Fred H. Mayfield
Co. J. Moore
Scott T. Flowers
Eskew Walker
George R. Alexander
Jess W. Newberry
George L. Lacock
John C. Montgomery
J .B. Darby
James M. Haw Jr
Raymond Ashby
Carl T. Holt
Edward N. Bentley
Earl J. Whitlock
George Ll. Roberts
Kiah Smith Jr
George N. Marable
Hugh E
Sikeston Boy Fatally Injured
Funeral services for Joel Thomas Hendley eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Wm Hendley were held Tuesday at the Church of the Nazarene Rev J W Hofert officiating Interment was in Memorial Park cemetery He died at Sikeston General Hospital Monday morning July 7 from injuries received when a tractor overturned while three boys played near Sikeston Farm Equipment Company Details from the mothers report say the boys crossed to view tractors and the machine either started or rolled over with Hendley sustaining a fractured skull and crushed chest He is survived by his parents four brothers and three sisters plus two half sisters and a half brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Thomas Hendley
Wm. Hendley
Church of the Nazarene
J. W. Hoffert
J. A. Duncan
Memorial Park Cemetery
Sikeston General Hospital
Joel
Clyde Franklin Keller
Roger Keller
Jimmy Foust
Walter Foust
Malone Avenue
Sikeston Farm Equipment Company
Hendley
Joe
Junior
Roy
Jimmy
Charles
Wanda
Florence
Ula
Beulah
Lester
Navy Offers Many Opportunities for Men
The U S Navy launches a broad ad campaign in The Sikeston Herald highlighting opportunities for Southeast Missouri young men. Free training valued at 15000 and fast career advancement are emphasized, with both regular Navy and Naval Reserve offering equal prospects. A free illustrated booklet Life in the Navy is mailed on request by writing or calling the Navy editor.
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U. S. Navy
Sikeston Herald
Missouri
Naval Reserve
Navy
Five-Car Crash Kills Child Near Sikeston
Loretta Cunningham a four year old from St. Louis dies in a five car crash on Highway 61 south of Sikeston. Mrs. Hutcheson and son Leslie injured at home on Dorothy street after the collision involving multiple vehicles near Camp Robinson holiday return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. L. Hutcheson
Leslie
Dorothy Street
Sikeston
Loretta Cunningham
St. Louis
Hospital Notes From Sikeston General Hospital
Pvt. Wm. L. Hutcheson Jr. of Camp Robinson Ark was discharged on July 7 and taken to his home. Mrs. Paul Sweet of Matthews admitted July 7 for treatment. M. J. Nowell of Kewanee admitted for tonsillectomy and dismissed today. Dave Wallace of Bell City dismissed yesterday. Mrs. George Proffer and son Charles Thomas dismissed to their home near Matthews today. Mrs. Jack Layton and daughter Mary Lucille dismissed to their home Saturday afternoon.
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Wm. L. Hutcheson Jr
Camp Robinson
Ark
Paul Sweet
Matthews
M. J. Nowell
Kewanee
Dave Wallace
Bell City
George Proffer
Charles Thomas
Jack Layton
Mary Lucille
Naval Cadet Bowman Departs for Annapolis from St Louis
Naval Cadet John W. Bowman left for the Naval Academy at Annapolis Md after a month with his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Bowman and relatives He traveled as far as St Louis with his parents and his grandfather Judge W C Bowman accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bowman
Lee Bowman
Naval Academy
Annapolis
St. Louis
W. C. Bowman
Army officers dispatched to Pacific and Hawaii
Lt. W. E. Derris Jr. leaves Sikeston today for San Francisco to sail July 14 for the Philippine Islands after a week at Fort Leonard Wood. Major S. H. Hayward of Danville, Kentucky, also ordered to active duty in Hawaii, following recent participation in Tennessee maneuvers.
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W. E. Derris Jr
Silkeston
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Derris
Fort Leonard Wood
Philippines
S. H. Hayward
Danville
Sikeston
Hawaii
Hayward
Tennessee
Picnic Sunday for American Legion Post
Members of the Henry Meldrum post of the American Legion and their families will hold their annual picnic at the Ringo Ford on Little Black River Sunday July 13. Ringo Ford lies fourteen miles west of Poplar Bluff. All members are asked to attend and bring lunches. drinks and ice cream will be provided by the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meldrum
The
American Legion
Ringo Ford
Little Black River
Poplar Bluff
Legion Post
Honor for former Methodist pastor Rev J O Ensor
Rev J O Ensor former Sikeston Methodist church pastor and father of Wilbur Ensor of Sikeston has been listed in Who's Who of American Clergy He has held notable pastorates nationwide and currently leads a church in Tullahoma Tennessee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Ensor
Sikeston Methodist Church
Wilbur W. Ensor
Sikeston
Ensor
Tullahoma
Tenn
Views of Louisiana in an 1814 local history book
A public library purchases Henry M. Brackenridge’s Views of Louisiana from 1814, noting its value to local history scholars. The author’s Mississippi excursion to Ste Genevieve in 1810 led to a written account. Descriptions cover St Louis, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid before the earthquake, and the Great Swamp between Cape Girardeau and New Madrid with speculation on drainage and future development.
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Public
Henry M. Brackenridge
Louisiana
Washington Irving
Astoria
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
New Madrid
Flanders
America
Additional Building for Funeral Home on Kingshighway
This week construction will begin on a wood frame building 32 feet wide and 40 feet deep for the Buchanan Funeral Home on South Kingshighway adjacent to the current structure. The new building will provide more space for the funeral home business. Orville Smith, owner of the lot, oversees the construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Funeral Home
South Kingshighway
Funeral Home
Orville Smith
Mrs Leslie and sister return from Washington visit
Mrs. Leroy Leslie and her sister Mrs. Ed Marshall of Charleston returned today from Washington D C where they spent a week with their daughters Miss Nancy Leslie and Miss Louise Marshall Miss Leslie works in the Navy Department in Washington and Miss Marshall holds another government job in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Leslie
Ed Marshall
Charleston
Washington, D. C
Nancy Leslie
Louise Marshall
Miss Leslie
Navy Department
Washington
Miss Marshall
Quota of 44 set for Scott County CCC enrollment
Scott County is allotted a quota of 44 Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees for the July enrollment period, to be completed by July 14. Enrollees may take national defense training, with Missouri CCC enrollment expanding to over 6,500 across 43 camps. The CCC program emphasizes fitness, work discipline, and citizenship while offering job training and defense-oriented courses.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Scott County
Miss Virginia Hall
State Social Security Commission
W. H.stone
CCC
Missouri
Hall
National Defense
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Jesiey Ainson
Bardolph
Ill
Ralph McClough
East Prairie
W. M. Mason
Dexter
Ida Bone
V. Mason
Vandyser
P. J. Ponder
Homer Fonder
Maquoket
Iowa
Atlee Presson
Ick Fairhurst
Cedar Falls
Frederick T. Allen
Ernest J. Bahnsen
John D. Bailey
Robert N. Beals
Lyle T. Boley
Otto H. Brandau
Edw. C. Buhrer Jr
Edward H. Calvert
Horace C. Craig
Richard E. Critchfield
George H. Davis
Ralph D. Davis
Donald C. Cittler
Paul P. Douglas Jr
Vernon Ellifritz
Earl W. Finley
John D. Haesler
Wiliam E. Hanes
Simon N
Edward F. Roddy
John Y. C. Roth
Harry K. Rush
Robert A. Saner
Raymond T. Schlasser
Albert G. Schmerge
George I. Schwartz Jr
George M. iSloan
Edgar D. Lynder Jr
Robert L. Steddom
William Taylor
Ralph P. Thompson
Clifton H.troxell
Jack W. Tyler
Charles S. Upson
Thurl C. van Kirk
Richard C. Varney
Martin R. Inwalsh Jr
James D. Webb
Burdette L. Wertman
Raymond V. tWetzel
John P. Willet Jr
Richard H. Wilson
Thomas B. Withers Jr
Columbus Boyd
Vincent P. Boisaubin
Joseph D. Burns
Gary
Ind
Joseph Fleck
Kirkwood
Tom Pruitt
Blodgett
R. E. Smith
Chas. Fisk
J. FE. Nolan
Canalea
Nolan
Hutchason
Pha
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Pacific
American Legion Post
Sikeston Markets
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Scott County CCC
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