New Madrid County Public School Notes
Public school notes report state aid and minimum guarantee rules under House Bill 370, with allocations for rural districts and planned payments in August and March. Updates cover transport routes, new school buildings in Beckerton and Kendall, local board members, and ongoing rural school start dates, plus community notices on employees, enrollments, and a WPA playground project progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles R. Davis
H. B. Masterson
New Madrid
Las
LaForge
Dawson
Fairview
York
Bowman
Broadwater
Charley Asa
Canaloa
Kendall
H. D. Friend
Ott Johnson
James B. Ward
Ball
Phillips
Portageville
Beekerton
Slaters
Crit Brock
Clarence Hawkins
Alpert Keith
Robert Simer
Godfrey LeSieur
Lilbourn
Scott
Local Loyalist News From Landers Ridge and Surroundings
Relatives from Steele Missouri visited churchgoers and families in Landers Ridge this Sunday. A string of locals traveled to see relatives near Nashville and Dexter while revival services begin July at the Morley church. Various residents hosted visitors, with many outings reported including Chicago guest Johnnie Mae Shelby and a reunion at Steele MO. A summer incident left Henry Brown, 11, with burns from gasoline while attempting to quell a fire. Mrs. McClaran avoided burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venita Gibbs
Morley
B. Ferguson
Bill Lander
B. H. Chism
Dexter
Dewey McCallister
Wilma
Alvin
Geraldine
Sam Branson
Arnold Schneider
Alfred
Ronny Lee
Forrest Chappell
Christene
Tommy
Bobby
A. L. Crosno
Lucille
Dorothy
Evelyn Peger
Junior
Jesse
Steele
Monroe McClain and
Fire
John
Henry McClain
Chiliren
Famer
Betty Joe
Cha
Jasper Miller
Henry Brown
Everett AfeeClanah
McClarahan
Where Conoco Products are Sold: Missouri stations listed
Conoco products are sold at multiple Missouri locations including Schroff & Aufdenberg's Station on North Kingshighway, Archie Cook on S Kingshighway and Highway 61, Stierest on Highway 61 in St. Louis area, Noxall's Nomall Store, Stroud & Lindenschide in Noxall, O F Spann Vanduser DeField Station East Prairie, Drake Auto Service Matthews, Miller Charleston, Kluge's Hill on Highway 61, Alefutis Oran, RK Averret Charter Ozks, and Jim Breeden in Morehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Schrader
Schroff & Aufdenberg
Stereston
Nomall
Noxall
Stroud & Lindenschihde Noxall
Conoco
Kluge’s Hill
Alefutis Oran, Mo
Local Visit and Family News Highlights
Chifford Proffer of Jackson visited with friends here last Sunday with Mr and Mrs W Zimmer. Mr and Mrs Joe Duckett joined. Mr and Mrs Robert Binfari and Robert Spalding went to Ne Madrid on business last week. Mrs J P Rice and Joe Perry of Chaffee visited relatives in Matthews last week. Ralph Deane returns from Benton Harbor Michigan. Mrs Bertie Lottes Cane Girardeau spent Sunday with Mrs L Deane. Mr and Mrs Geo Evierhroor and children visited Mrs Eller Brooks mother Mrs Tenny Bursh last Thursday. Mrs James Hull called to Caruthersville Monday due to illness of daughter Mrs Byron Reilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele. Mo
James Lomax
John Cresno
Ternoer
Sikeston
Marion Shipman
Revel Oak
Mich
Morehouse
Rebel Willis
Schurdias
Miner
Raymond Willis
A. J. Hewiser
Nashville
Ten
St. Louis
Chester Stafford
Mamie Johnson
Joe Seaton
Elmer Ross
Granite City
W. P. Townsendesi
Chifford Proffer
Jackson
W. Zimmer
Joe Duckett
Robert Binfari
Robert Spalding
Ne - Madrid
J. P. Rice
Joe Perry
Chaffee
Matthews
Ralph Deane
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Eddie Lottes
Bertie Lottes
Cane Girardeau
L. Deane
Geo. Evierhroor
Ellerprooks
Tenny Bursh
James Hull
Caruthersville
Oceon
Byron Relley
New Enrollees at New Madrid CCC Camp
New Madrid CCC drainage camp enrolled 26 boys from New Madrid County on Friday July 7 and sent them to Fort Leavenworth at midnight. Additional enrollees from Scott County Sikeston Fornfelt New Hamburg Kelso Vanduser Commerce joined July 11. The weekly safety meeting led by Captain Robert G. Johnston discussed snake bite care. A camp film Romance on Main Street followed the meeting as temps returned to field duties after a holiday break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Kenneth Heltzhouser
Guy Jordan
Roger Kirk
Harold F. Martin
George M. Miller
Sherman H. Miller
James L Neal
John C. Pflueger
Eugene Rogers
Donald D. Stanley
Leonard L. Thompson
Henry FE. Vineyard
Leo Ward
James T. West
Scott County
Melvin Canov
Ayburn Grissom
Henry D. Standley
Mason Yarb
CCC
Robert G. Johnston
Main Street
Camp F
Rufus Crews
Robert J. Ready
Lilbourn
Firefly at Municipal Opera Headlined by Brancato in St Louis
The Municipal Opera presents Firefly in St Louis with Rosemarie Brancato in the lead, revival July 14 to July 25. Friml's score features songs like Giannina Mia and Love Is Like a Firefly, with Brancato, a Kansas City native, rising from Eastman School of Music to national acclaim. Afterward The Bartered Bride by Smetana will star Muriel Dickson and Myron Taylor from the Metropolitan Opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Rudolf Frimi
F.cely
Rosemarie Brancato
Municipal Opera
Arthur Hammerstein
New York City
Emma Trentini
Nina
Friml
Giannina Mia
Tovland
Brancato
Kansas City
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Civic Orchestra
Eastman
Gilda
Chicago Grand Opera Co
Frederick Smetana
Muriel Dickson
Myron Taylor
Metropolitan Opera Co
Swamp Angels Schedule Postponed doubleheader at Hayti
The Swamp Angels of the New Madrid camp were set to play at Hayti when a postponed game will now be completed as part of a Sunday double-header on July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamp Angels
New Madrid
Hayti
Half-Price Licenses Take Effect at Local Bureau
State automobile license plates are on sale at half-price at the local license bureau. O. M. Arthur, agent, announced the new rates, effective July 1. Since then, several 1939 plates have been purchased by Southeast Missourians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Arthur
Sheriff Beck and others freed on contempt charges
Massis sippi County Sheriff Beck and four others were cleared of contempt charges filed 16 months earlier over alleged jury tampering. Special Judge Ralph Wammack ordered the earlier fines null after reopening the case Saturday, overturning a prior conviction for unruly influencing jurors in a civil matter. Also freed were former Deputy Sheriff Robert Burns James Brown Paul D Davis former WPA bosses and F I Jones a game warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif Walter Beck
Massissippi
Ralph Wammack
Frank Kelly
Beck
Sherff
Robert Burns
James Brown
Paul D. Davis
WPA
F. I Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Madrid County
Robert Almand
Jefferson City
Point Pleasant
O'Bannon
LaFont
Barnes Ridge
Cade
Higgerson
Pleasant Valley
Hough
Union Grove
Oak Island
Bocketter
Walnut Grove
Sugar Tree
Wilburn
St. Mary
Tinsley
Canalea
Conran
Rewanee
Parma
Risco
Marston
Gideon
Carl J. Gunn
Ruth Moore
Fay Burrows Hedgepeth
Edna Smith
Wine Hill
Barry County
Irene Sutton
H. Sutton
Joe Henry
Ilinois
Henry
Jackson Davis
New York
Arthur Hogate
Joe Duckette
Advance
Joe Lowe
Cape Girardeau
Hester Depro
Barnes Hospital
Fred Gurley
William Depro
F. E. Story
Chas. Hawkins
Alfred Byrd
Olen Critchlow
Wardell
Olen Warren
Gene
Rector
Ark
Holly Warren
Emmet Thompson
Leo Thompson
St Louis
W Zimmer
Emmett Thompson
Zimmer
Bill George
Morehouse News
Robert Boone
Flint
Alvin Shipman
Frances Cole
Francis Cole
Isabella Love
Fends
Nora Smith
Franklin Cram
Pat Gray
Bd Choat
Dudley
Mroo
Frank Marshall
Mr.o
Oley Treece
Maxine McReynolds
Rosebud
Jarek
Bille Pinnell
J. H. Boone
Ethel Peeler
Thoman Sheeter
Jake Shelby
Edwina
Sybil
Tula Pinnell
I Sharze
Landers Ridge
Mass Johnnie Mae Shelby
Chicago
Daniel Fletcher
J. T. Todt
Jaror Jamerson
O. F. Spann Vanduser
Defield
East Prairie
Drake Auto Service
Miller
Charleston
RK Averret Charter Ozk
Jim Breeden Morehouse
Roosevelt
John F. Kitch
The
Soil Conservation Service
Carp
Mr. Kitch
SCS
Keith Kenion
Fairfield
Towa
Midiria Thesi Mn
Wait Towa
Sheriff Beck
C. Clarence Scott
Stikeston
the Complete Floor CO
Obermiller Floor & Supply Co
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Chevrolet
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Building
West Center Street
Sikeston, Missouri
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