Melon Freight Rates Contested in Southeast Missouri
Testimony from Southeast Missouri watermelon growers and buyers led Judge John S Boyer to grant a September 1 deadline for briefs as the Public Service Commission weighs a proposed near doubling of intra state melon freight rates over three railroads. Growers argued the hike would force shipments across the river to Cairo and erode profits in Scott Mississippi Pemiscot Dunklin and New Madrid counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Missouri
John S. Boyer
Jefferson City
Public Service Commission
Missour Pacific
Frisco
Cotton Belt
Ferguson
Thomas J Brown
Charleston
M. Shelby
James S Kevil
Sikeston
C. F. McMullin
R. Q. Brown
Mississippi County
J. Harden
Senath
Dunklin County
Bill Magee
Kennett
WH. Sikes
Scott
Mississippi
Pemiscot
Dunklin
New Madnd
Missouri
George Holmes
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
C. L. Butler
Nathan S. Sherman
R. J. Kinsella
Cotton Belt Railroad
St Louis
Brown
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fire destroys Kindred garage near McMullin
Fire destroys the C C Kindred Mercantile Company garage near McMullin, caused by wiring or oily rags. Loss about 4900 dollars. Fire alarm triggered by an exploding air pump as 200 people gathered to help. Waterlogged roads hindered efforts. no insurance existed on the building this year. Garage operations move to nearby building owned by Air Kindred. Equipment damaged includes welding gear, farm machinery, and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C C. Kindred Mercantile Company
Mecmullin
Clifton
Clifford Jones
Sikeston
Mcallulim
Kildred
Kindred
Death of Bill Swinney Outlined by Cape Police
Funeral services set for William Swinney 50 in Cape Girardeau with Memorial Park burial. He died at Southeast Missouri Hospital after head injuries believed sustained in a fight. Surviving widow Edith Swinney a daughter and six siblings. State Highway Patrol and city police seek two men Swinney named as his assailants.
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William Swinney
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Memorial Park
Swinney
Edith Swinney
Hugh Stewart
State Highway Patrol
Gables
Limbaugh
Sikeston
Mrs Beck Winner in Limerick Contest
Mrs Beck won a crate of 200 Sunkist oranges as the prize for best limerick in a contest by the Sunkist Orange Corporation of Hollywood. The event was broadcast on radio station WREC Memphis. J W Young of Crawfordsville visited Mr and Mrs Phil Renner Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Young
Crawfordsville
Phil Renner
WPA Weavers Complete Seventy Five Coverlets at Sikeston
Seventy five cotton coverlets were finished by women in the WPA sewing room at Sikeston and shipped for the State Hospital at Farmington. The project runs four hundred days, averaging one coverlet per day, with patterns such as Sun Moon and Stars and Raindrop. Thirty one workers, led by Mrs Willa Pierce, are paid 28 cents an hour in bi monthly shifts.
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WPA
Sikeston
State
Farmington
Eure
Willa Pierce
Ada Estes
Estes
Rivers Tanner
State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Dr Dunaway to Reopen Office After Injury
Dr. Howard A. Dunaway, back from St Louis where he studied at Washington University, will reopen his McCoy Tanner office soon but delay due to a broken right hand sustained Sunday at the John Watkins home in Vinclyser. He will continue general practice plus eye ear nose and throat care, reflecting a year of specialization in those areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Dunaway
St. Louis
Washington University School of Medicine
McCoy-Tanner
Dunaway
John Watkins
Vanclyser
School Boundary Changes Necessary
The Sikeston area faces a housing-driven pupil surge as Bailey Elementary becomes overcrowded. Board of Education discussed relocating the boundary at September to equalize enrollment between Bailey and the south elementary school after enrollment trends showed Bailey rooms with over forty-five pupils and the south with around thirty or fewer.
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Sikeston
Bailey
Board of Education
Fall Festival Dates Selected by Local Committee
The fall event dates were chosen at a meeting of the festival committee in Major La Malone on Tuesday October 1. Twelve cooperating civic and service groups of Stheston were involved with ten represented. Kiwanis Club to plan financing, President L M Standley announced unanimous support.
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Fival
la Malone
Stheston
Kiwanis Club
L. M. Standley
Sikeston plans two day fall celebration seeks catchy name
The city administration and civic groups back a two day Southeast Missouri fall celebration in Sikeston on September 30 and October 1. A prize of 500 dollars is offered for the chosen name. Mail suggestions to John G. Powell secretary Sikeston Missouri within ten days.
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Sikeston
Crtvw
Southeast Missouri
John G. Powell
Missouris
Town festival names urged with five dollar prize
The Lions Club and town groups back a fall festival, with a five dollar prize for the best festival name. A publicity committee will run the contest and reception of suggestions. A two day program committee includes Mayor G W H Presnell and Superintendent R A Harper among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FD Lair
L AL. Standley
John G. Powell
G W H Presnell
R. A. Harper
Murray Phillips
Loomis Mayfield
Sayers Tanner
Meredith Lee
Program Announced For Friday Concert By Sikes-ton Band
The Sikes ton high school band under R D Sorrells will present a summer concert at Malone Park Friday night July 15 at 7 o clock. The program includes America The Avenger American Soldier My Gal Sal Little Old Lady High Ho Whistle While You Work from Snow White The Cincinnatis Russian Lullaby Old Apple Tree Southern Melodies The Cornhuskers The Red and Black The Star Spangled Banner.
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Sikeston High School
R. D. Sorrells
Malone Park
America
March
The
Avenger
Myers
Gal Sal
Evans
Seven Dwarfs
Cincinnatis
Irving Berlin
Sikeston records scorching weekly heat with 104 degree peak
Sikeston endured a blistering week with temperatures topping 104 degrees on Monday July 11 and remaining above 97 most days. The week's low reached 68 as no rain fell in Sikeston while nearby areas saw scattered showers Thursday and near rain in the northeast last night.
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Sikeston
Scott County
Deaths: Mrs Julia Anna Layton ends long illness
Mrs Julia Anna Layton wife of G J Layton died at her Harms avenue home shortly before 7 this morning after a daylong illness of complications She was born in Lyon county Kentucky in May 1871 Married October 20 1938 to George Jesse Layton four children survive Interment at Memorial Park cemetery Funeral at Methodist church Friday with Rev E H Crear and Rev Jno L Taylor Burial with Welsh service Also survived by grandchildren great grandchildren and other relatives She had long been active in the Methodist and nondenominational Bible classes and temperance work
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Julia Anna Layton
Wfe
G. J. Layton
Harms Avenue
Layton
Methodist
E. H. Crear
Maiden
Jno. L. Taylor
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mary Champion Johnson
Lyon County
Kentucky
George Jesse Layton
Susie
R. Finley
Eunice
Barney Forrester
Sikeston
Ethel
J. O. Bebout
Bertrand
Jesse Layton
Oran
McMullin
Morley
Lawton
Methodist Church
Lynn Finley
St Louis
Layton Finley
Chicago
John Scott
Cabool
Lucille
Robert Finley
Ruth Ann
Charles Carroll Forrester
Earl Thomas Layton
Jacqueline Sue Scott
Shirley Lynette Finley
St. Louis
Stike ton men invited as guests of St Louis
Representative C C White and Mayor G W H Presnell of Sikes ton received invitations from the City of St Louis to visit Monday July 18 for Homie Coming Week. The program includes a tour of Forest Park Shaw's Garden Jefferson Memorial attendance at the Cardinal Boston game and a dinner. Presnell cannot attend and White has not decided if he will go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. White
G. W. H. Presnell
Sikeston
St. Louis
Municipal Opera
Forest Park
Shaw's Garden
Jefferson Memorial
Presnell
White
Open House Sunday at New Madrid CCC Camp
The New Madrid CCC camp will celebrate its third anniversary next Sunday with an open house for all. July 9 is the actual date, but extra enrollees delayed the birthday event. The Junior Band of Chaffee will provide music. A ball game and other features are planned. everyone is invited to visit and learn how the camp members live and work.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
New Madrid
Chaffee
Kleins Market White Face Steers Tops St Louis Market
Jim Klein and son Murray, Sikeston farmers, sold 22 head of white face steers at the top price of 1.75 per hundred on the St Louis market. The 2 1/2 year olds averaged about 1300 pounds. The Kleins farm 1500 acres and keep 300 head, selling about 200 steers and 500 hogs annually. They feed steers on bluegrass rye and clover, rebuilding and nourishing land as a constant practice.
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Jim Klein
Murray
Sikeston
St. Louis
Kleins
Mr Klein
Fire damages frame house on Northwest Street
A blaze Monday night caused estimated damage of 100 to 500 dollars at 206 Northwest Street, a frame house owned by Earl Malone. The fire, likely starting inside the walls near the roof, burned the roof away and caused heavy water damage to other parts. Occupant Dude Lacy and family lived there. Insurance covers the loss. Malone plans immediate repairs.
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Northwest Street
Earl Malone
Dude Lacy
Malone
Rain Needed Across District Crops
Rain fell in parts of the district with limited totals, not enough to aid crops significantly. At the Sikeston experiment station 12 inches measured and Benton saw a brief heavy shower, but officials say rainfall is insufficient for major crops. Farmers report corn twisting, sun ripened melons, and cotton and corn in fair shape needing lasting moisture for full maturity.
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Sikeston
Benton
F. B Veatch
Bloomfield Cotton Office Moves to New Quarters
Bloomfield plans to move his office from the Scott County Milling Company building to a new structure on Maud Street. The vacated Bloomfield offices will house the Presenting Attorney WP Wilkerson, who currently occupies smaller quarters in the same building.
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D LL. Bloomfield
Scott County Milling Company
Marvin Carroll
Maud Street
Mrr. Bloomfield
WP. Wilkerson
Sikeston Natatorium Offers New Swimming Lesson Schedule
Joe Dover co proprietor of Sikeston Natatorium announced a new swimming lesson schedule assisted by Wilbur Ensor Red Cross lifesaving instructor. Dover is a Red Cross lifeguard and season tickets are on sale and will be honored at any time.
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Joe Dover
Sikeston Natatorium
The
Herald
Young Dover
Wilbur Ensor
Red Cross
Joe
Keller Couple Welcomes Son At St. Francis Cape Girardeau
Mr and Mrs Wm Keller Jr are the proud parents of a son born on Wednesday July 15 at St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
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Wm. Keller Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Youth Dies in Northcut Ditch Near Sikeston
Nine nov ae 2 Wo a Son , Ssell Jr .who suffered the fatal Monday eve ning Swirtmiing.in the Northcut ditch four miles east of Sikeston on Highway 969. Russell, a Buster Brown Shoe Co. employee at Charleston, died after diving into waist-deep water and not resurfacing. Witnesses say he called for help twice before dying. Doctors attributed death to acute myocarditis with acute indigestion as a contributing factor. Funeral services were held at Bertrand Methodist church.
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Ssell Jr
Sikeston
Young Russell
Buster Brown Shoe Co
Charleston
Berrand
Gerald Jr
Russell
Cecil Bethune
Town
Kendig
Herald
Fifteen Scott County boys head to CCC camp
Fifteen Scott County young men are enrolled today at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in New Madrid. Listed are Maton Bowles Wilford Bixen Carl D Rodgers Carl Tubbs James Vinson Sikeston Joseph R Ames Chaffee Cecil L Cannon Benton Glen J Halter Vincent Halter Arley S Kenney Edward Newton Mack Wani Oran Chas H Spradlin Fornrelt Claud Thurston Vanduser and Herbert Welter Anceli
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Pitteen
Scott County
Youngs
New Madnd
Maton Bowles
Wilford Bixen
Carl D. Rodgers
Carl Tubbs
James Vinson
Sikeston
Joseph R. Ames
Chaffee
Cecil L. Cannon
Benton
Glen J. Halter
Vincent Halter
Arley S. Kenney
Edward Newton
Mack Wani
Oran
Chas. H. Spradlin
Chas. H. Spradlin. Fornrelt: Claud Thurston
Vanduser
Herbert Welter
Anceli
Mrs Nora Grabendike Leaves For Indefinite Lynnville Visit
Mrs Nora Grabendike, visiting her niece Mrs Ruth Malone and her sons here for several months, departed this morning for an indefinite visit with her sister in Lynnville Indiana.
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Nora Grabendike
Ruth Malone
Lynnville
Ind
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Vepaprrarbdhly
Bill Swinney
Mrs. Beck
Limerick
Gertrude Colley
Matthew S. Murray
New York
Anna Randol
DR. Dunaway
Major Malone
Lions Club
Stkeston
CCC
Kleins Market
White Face Steers
Bloomfield
New Quarters
Sikreston Natatorium
Northcut
Bertrand High School
Diehlstadt
Brown Shoe Co
Claude
Sertrand
Harland and
Jeff
Fast Prairie
Bethune
International Shoe Company
Bee Sally Dorothy
Arletta
Bertrand Methodist Church
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