Chapel Dedicated Sunday at Boy Scout Camp
A new rustic chapel at Camp Lewallen in Wayne county will be dedicated Sunday at 11:00. Built with Camp Development Committee funds, the structure seats about 110 and features three open sides, two storage rooms, and an amplifying system for organ music. Local pastors and officers will participate, followed by a basket dinner and a 2:00 p.m. executive board meeting. about 150 scouts from multiple troops will attend.
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Camp
Lewallen
Southeast Missouri Council
Wayne County
Charles B. Baker
Kennett
Fred Lewallen
Chaffee
D.L. Fisher
Morehouse
J. R. Wieberg
St. Henry’s Catholic Church
Charleston
R. C. Holliday
Methodist
Missouri
C. J. Strom
Grace Methodist Men’s Club
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Paul Richardson
Fred Kelly
Morley
Floyd Britton
Eldon Brant
J. A. Morgan
A. D. Rankin
Friends of Scouting
Caruthersville
East Prairie
Poplar Bluff
Benton
Perryville
Highway Condition Bulletin Maps Delays Across Counties
U S Rt 60 in Stoddard from Fisk to Dudley reports ditch cleaning with little traffic impact. Rt 61 from Cape Girardeau to Benton covers 13 miles of pavement repairs with minor one way traffic. Rt 14 in Butler County crews pull ditches for 11 miles with slick roads when wet. Oil mat work on Rt 51 affects Windrow to State Rt 91 and Rt 60 with minor delays. Stoddard suffixes 12 miles oil surface with one way intervals and fresh oil. alternate routes advised. Dunklin Rt M oiling. New Madrid Rt B oiling and avoid. Rt P closed La Forge east for bridge work. Mississippi Rt B sand mat surface from Rt 60 south eight miles, progress ongoing.
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U.S. Rt
Stoddard
Fisk
Dudley
Cape Girardeau
Scott
Benton
Butler County
U. S. Rt
Bollinger
U. S
Dunklin County
Rt. M
New Madrid County
Rt. B
Rt. P
la Forge
Mississippi County
Rt B
Rt. 60
Missouri State Fair 1948 Entertainment Schedule
The Missouri State Fair runs August 22 to 29 with daily and nightly attractions. Alto Races on August 22 and 28, grandstand vaudeville Aug 24–28, harness racing Aug 24–27, nightly horse show Aug 22–27, automobile thrill show, continuous carnival midway, nightly fireworks Aug 23–28, and ongoing exhibits. A Shooting Linds rifle act may appear with exact times to be announced.
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Alto
Improved Lighting Cuts Kansas City Street Deaths
Cleveland Ohio report shows fatal night accidents on seven main streets in Kansas City Missouri fell 86 percent after modern street lighting. Night injury accidents dropped 40 percent and property damage incidents decreased as the city spends 2 million dollars on a city-wide lighting modernization to boost safety and curb crime after dark.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
Missouri
Traffic Engineering
Princeton crew captainship for 1949 season announced
Main Street reports Peter V. W. Garner of Farmington was a member of the Princeton University eight reaching the Olympic crew trials finals. He will serve as captain of Princeton crew during the 1949 season. Charleston notes thirteen truckers fined 15 to 35 dollars for overloading. Jackson reports a community cannery in the high school stadium with 22 users in one day. Jackson board of education burned 32,000 dollars of school bonds recently paid. Kelso to see extensive improvements and repairs at the Catholic church established in 1890.
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Farmington
Peter V. W. Garner
Princeton University
Princeton
Jackson
Board of Education of
Kelso
New Hamburg Church Reopens After Extensive Improvements
Extensive improvements and redecorating of the Catholic church at New Hamburg are completed at a cost of several thousand dollars. The church, erected before the Civil War, stands as one of the oldest in Southeast Missouri.
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New Hamburg
Missouri
Draft director Hershey to lead selective service drive
Major General Lewis B. Hershey has been chosen to direct the selective military draft. Registration likely begins August 16. All males aged 18 through 25 must register, but no one under 19 will be drafted.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Tragic kerosene blast kills 6 year old in Butler county
In eastern Butler county a kerosene explosion fatally burned Margaret Marie Robertson aged six and critically injured her mother Geneva Robertson aged 23, destroying their home last Friday. In separate news New Madrid reports a Baptist church organized by Rev. J E Brown with services in a tent and plans for a later church building. Poplar Bluff notes a Southeast Missouri Band Association musical festival upcoming.
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Poplar Bluff
Margaret Marie Robertson
Geneva Robertson
Butler County
New Madrid
J. E. Brown
Southeast Missouri Band Association
Missouri Traffic Fatalities Rise In June Reports
Missouri Highway Patrol reports 58 deaths in June traffic accidents up 16 percent from last year. Rural and small-city crashes up 14 percent in fatalities, with 793 total accidents investigated. First six months fatalities total 334, rural deaths up 12 percent, urban deaths down 14 percent. Colonel Waggoner cites excessive speed and higher travel as key factors and urges drivers to adjust speed to conditions.
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Missour
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Hugh H. Waggoner
Missouri
Hudson Campaign Promotes Stepping Down Car Feature
Hudson Motor Car Company explains its step-down design through a national ad push in 2,000 newspapers in July and magazine runs in Saturday Evening Post Collier's Time and News-Week. The effort follows May and June ads highlighting the feature and includes a 16 page booklet distributed by 3,000 Hudson dealers detailing reasons and benefits of stepping down.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
M. M. Roberts
Porelielec
Saturday Evening Post
Collier's
Time
News- Week
Hudson’s
Detroit
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Sikeston Steel Building Company
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Ferrell
Malone Ave
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Army Air Base
Salina
Kansas
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St. Louis
New Gop
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Missouri State Letter Carriers’ Association
Roy V. Gilbert
Hannibal
Albert A. Nagel
Hayti
Joan Stewart
Memphis
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