Annual Balanced Farming Field Day August 2
The Fifth Annual Balanced Farming Field Day will be held at the Ralph Hubbard Farm south of Catron on August 5 at 1 30 PM. Dorris D Brown of Missouri College of Agriculture will speak on Balanced Farming as a state program begun in Warren County. Mrs Hubbard Anita Dickson and Rebecca Nistendirk will discuss home planning and proposed farm improvements. All interested in Balanced Farm and home planning are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorris D. Brown
Missouri College of Agriculture
Ralph Hubbard
Catron
Mr. Brown
New Madrid County
Warren County
Brown
Hubbard
Risco
Herbert Rolf
Rolf
Mr. Hubbard
New Madrid
Boy Scout Troops 43 and 44 Helped at Freedom Train
In Cairo on Wednesday Scout troops 43 and 44 assisted crowds and registrations for the Freedom Train. Leaders Eddie Matthews and Glen Keller joined by Rev. B. R. Schwegler and local sponsors organized troop members Jeff Smith Laddie Scott Jimmy Ahuddell Bill Stearns Gene Aufdenberg for Troop 43 and Jimmy Sturgeon Buddy Turner Jim Keller William Brown Jimmy Pinkstaff Larry Latham Jimmy Bennett Joe Bacher Fred Stone Glenn Lee Roy Beck Garland Castleberry Pat Nickens. Transportation came from local parents and others with support from Southeast Missouri Council Egyptian Council of Southern Illinois and Four Rivers Council of Western Kentucky. H E Wisnwo nger directed activities from Sikeston with scouts from Cape Girardeau Fornfelt and Morehouse aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Matthews
Glen Keller
Focal
Cairo
B. R. Schwegler
Sikeston Presbyterian Church
Lions Club
Presbyterian Church
Jeff Smith
Laddie Scott
Jimmy Ahuddell
Bill
Bobby Stearns
Gene Aufdenberg
Conductor Length Estimation Spans Atlantic Route
A claim notes if all conductors on an Iowa class battleship were laid end to end their length would stretch about 1,700 miles from Newfoundland to the British Isles or from Denver to Philadelphia, illustrating the immense scale of the ship’s wiring.
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Newfoundland
British Isles
Denver
Colorado
Philadelphia
Dunklin County Couple Killed in Train Collision
Mr and Mrs Guy Moore of Archyrd Dunklin county were killed when their small truck was struck by a Frisco freight train near the Missouri Arkansas state line. Moore age 60 and his wife 55 were taken to a Leachville funeral home for burial prep. Bollinger Man Killed Farm er Joe Cameron 80, north of Marble Hill, fatally struck by a car while crossing the Crooked crook bridge. occupants of the car were Negro tourists who said the man stepped into traffic.
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Guy Moore
Archyrd
Dunklin County
Moore
Leachville
Ark
Bollinger
Joe Cameron
Marble Hill
Navy and Marine Corps Maintain 5,793 Active Aircraft
The U S Navy and Marine Corps report 5 793 planes in active status with 8 245 additional aircraft in storage or reserve.
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U.S. Navy
Marine Corps
Services Yesterday For Wm. W. Cockrell
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for William W. Cockrell 68 who died at his Lynn Street home after a lingering illness. Rev. R. M. Talbert conducted at the family residence with Welsh rites, interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were War Dads members. He was born May 16, 1880 in Nassac county DL and lived ten years in Sikeston where he worked for Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill Inc. Surviving are widow Lela, five sons Roy Herman Russell of Denver Bernard and Alton Cockrell of Sikeston. three daughters Mildred Greenlee and Vernita Farmer and Ruth Cockrell of Sikeston. a step-son John Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Cockrell
Lynn Street
R. M. Talbert
The
Christian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
War Dads Post
Nassac County
Cockrell
Sikeston
Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill Inc
Lela Cockrell
Roy. Herman
Russell Cockrell
Denver, Colo
Bernard Cockrell
Alton Cockrell
Omaha
Neb
Mildred Greenlee
Vernita Farmer
Ruth Cockrell
John Fisher
Rites Held for Aged Morehouse Woman
Mrs. Mary Jane Latham aged 92 died at her Morehouse home Tuesday after infirmities of old age. Born in 1856 in Kentucky she lived in Morehouse many years and was a Baptist. Funeral services were held at Morehouse Baptist church with Rev. A. C. Sullivant officiating and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by sons W. M. Latham Sikeston and C. R. Latham Morehouse a daughter Stella Adcock Evansville Ind 23 grandchildren and 49 great grandchildren a half sister Mrs. Deborah Tucker Metropolis Ill a son Wilbur Correll killed in action in France in 1944.
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Mary Jane Latham
Morehouse
W. M. Latham
Sikeston
C. R. Latham
Stella Adcock
Evansville
Ind
Judge Harper To Serve Without Pay
U S District Judge Roy W Harper of Caruthersville who is a Democratic state committeeman at his appointment must work without pay L C Warren ruled last Friday Harper is not entitled to salary from last June 22 until Senate confirmation of his regular appointment Judge Harper who was paid for his first and second interim appointments is serving a third interim appointment and will continue
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U. S
Roy W. Harper
Caruthersville
U. S. Comptroller
L. C. Warren
Harper
Senate
Comptroller General
Warren
Otto Schoen
St. Louis
Two Men and One Woman Arrested for Fights
A knife and fist fight on Maude street left Henry and Ida Smith and Tom Fraley with multiple injuries. All three, aged about 50, were arrested by Chief Harold Walace and posted $300 bonds for appearance in Magistrate Court on Wednesday.
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Maude Street
Henry
Ida Smith
Tom Fraley
Smith
Fraley
Harold Walace
National Farm Safety Week Aims To Cut Hazards
National Farm Safety Week from July 25 to 31 urges every farm resident to eliminate at least one hazard. Ned H Dearborn of the National Safety Council says the goal targets 30 million farm residents to reduce farm deaths and injuries. New Madrid County Farm Bureau promotes household actions during the week with daily emphasis on home safety livestock safety falls highway safety and machinery handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
United States of America
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
New Madrid
Also Mentioned on This Page
BOY Scout Troops
Freedom
Boy Scout
Ilinois City
Southeast Missouri Council
Egyptian Council
Southern
Illinois
Four Rivers’ Council
Western
Kentucky
H. E. Wniswonger
Fredom
Cape Girardeau
Fornfelt and
Goodyear
Pitta
SPAP
Washington
Secretary of State
Wm. W. Cockrell
Elizabethtown
Deborah Tucker
Metroplis
Wilbur Cockrell
France
Lewis Sales Co
Sikeston, Mo
J. Howard Miller
W. J. Keith
Prudential Insurance Company OF America & Newbead le Ive
Scott County Milling Company Building
Sikeston, Missouri
Roy McKittrick
Democratic
State of
Missouri
American Legion Park
Roy McKittick
Federation For Economical and
Newspaper
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