Hospital Property Sold for Welsh Funeral Home Use
The Sikeston city council sold the Sikeston General Hospital to Mrs. H J Welsh for 17511 dollars to be transformed into the Welsh Funeral Home. Remodeling will include a colonial front, three remodeled floors, new chapel and stock room, and expanded parking with a circular driveway connecting Gladys and New streets.
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Sikeston General Hospital
H. J. Welsh
East Center Street
Wm H Tanner
J A. Sutterfield
City of
Sikeston
Missour Institute of Aeronautics
U.S Army Air Corps
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Paul Buchmueller
Welsh
Gladys
New Streets
Powell Insurance Agency
Lions Club Meeting at Dunn Hotel Sees 30 Members
The Skeston Lions Club held a luncheon meeting at noon yesterday at the Dunn Hotel. Keith Collins served as president during a brief business session with thirty members in attendance.
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Skeston Lions Club
Dunn Hotel
Keith Collins
Frank Farris opens Charcoal House in Sikeston
Frank Farris hosts the formal opening of Sikeston's Charcoal House on Highway 61 one mile north of Sikeston. The eatery will feature charcoal steaks chicken dinners and barbecues with options for private banquets. Farris, ex Palace Cafe assistant manager, states the restaurant is open to the public after purchasing the former Country Club Drive-In and renaming it.
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Sikeston
Highway 61
Frank Farris
Palace Cafe
Charcoal House
Farris
Country Club
Charcoal
Sikeston Rotary honors Dr F L Sisson at meeting
At the Sikeston Rotary Club regular meeting at the Dunn Hotel Dr F L Sisson Jr was presented a past president pin. William O Baker presided while M L Stewart led a program on subjects taught at the local high school last year. Mr Farris invites all to visit his establishment for dine in or curb service. the Charcoal House will be adequately staffed.
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Sikeston Rotary Club
Dunn Hotel
F L Sisson Jr
Pii Wm. O' Baker
M L Stewart
Farris
Sikeston Sea Scout Ship 41 Wins Mississippi Cruise Award
Sikeston Sea Scout Ship 41 sponsored by Kiwanis and skipper Vernon Stallings wins a cruise award for a seven day trip down the Mississippi from Cape Girardeau to Baton Rouge aboard the tow boat F W Walker. Guests will include H G Simpson of Simpson Oui Com pany in Charleston. The award honors activities projects and advancements from a Southeast Missouri Area Council competition among senior units begun last winter.
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Sikeston
Kiwanis Club
Vernon Stallings
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
F W Walker
Sea Scouts
H. G Simpson
Simpson Oui Company
Charleston
Southeast Missouri Area Council
Cape Curardeau
Dixiecrats nominate Thurmond Wright for fourth party head
The Dixiecrats gathered in Birmingham to nominate Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for president and Gov. Fielding Wright of Mississippi for vice president, protesting Truman's civil rights plank after the Philadelphia convention. Arkansas Gov. Ben Laney urged unity and warned against defeating Truman via a split. The piece recalls Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose era as context for third party movements.
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Philadelphia
Birmingham
Ala
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Truman
Deep South
Philadelpha
Ben T. Laney
Arkansas
Laney
Southern Party
South
United States
Taft
Republican Party
Middle- West
Theodore Roosevelt
Old Guard
United States Senate
Bull Moose
Roosevelt
Moses Clapp
Minnesota
Jonathan P Dolliver
Albert Cummins
Iowa
Senator Bristow
Kansas
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Woodrow Wilson
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Welsh Funeral Home
Lions Club Meeting
PLN
F. L. Sisson
Sea Scout
Cruise
Thurmond
Wright
William Howard Taft
Bes
Sikeston’s
County Club Drive
Prank Farris
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