School Bond Proposal UK'd by Citizen's Group
A citizen advisory committee unanimously approved a $225,000 school bond issue to be placed before district voters on August 2. The plan funds two new Lincoln School classrooms, a gymnasium and auditorium, a cafeteria serving SHS and Bailey, plus repairs, new windows, and a revamp of lighting and heating across the Sikeston system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Advisory Committee On Education
L. M
Lonnie) Standley
Sikeston
Lincoln School
Sunset
Bailey
SHS and Bailey
Bailey School
Airport School
Southeast Missouri chiropractors meet at Ste Genevieve
Dr H C Harring president of Missouri Chiropractic College in St Louis spoke at the Southeast Missouri chiropractors monthly meeting held Sunday in the Ste Genevieve offices of Dr William Doyle. Dr L E Bechtold of Sikeston was among about 50 attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Harring
Missouri Chiropratci College
St. Louis
William Doyle
Ste. Genevieve
L. E. Bechtold
Sikester
Southeast Missouri
Sikeston Minister to Make TV Debut
Rev. E. D. Owen, pastor of Sikeston's First Baptist Church, will debut on television Sunday morning. He travels to Atlanta for the weekend to preach the morning sermon at the First Baptist Church there, with the Atlanta station telecasting the service. He joked about glare from his broad forehead during the appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Owen
Sikeston
First Baptist Church
Rev. Owen
Atlanta
the Christian Church
South Kingshighway
E. D. Urban
George H. Adkins
Jaycees Selling Circus Daddy Tickets Now
Plans for the coming circus on August 1 were discussed by L. W. Whitson advance man for the Hagan Bros Circus and Junior Chamber of Commerce members at their regular meeting Tuesday night. This week Whitson is contacting merchants to sell them Circus Daddy tickets for 60 cents each to be given to underprivileged children. Merchants may give tickets to chosen children or return them to the Junior Chamber for distribution, with each ticket bearing the donor's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Whitson
Hagan Bros. Circus
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Whitson
Chamber of Commerce
Temperature swings with record highs and no rain
Daily readings show temperatures from 68 to 104 degrees over the past week with no precipitation recorded. No storms or rain events noted.
Missouri Plant Food Adding New Building
Mr. Percy McCall assistant manager of the Missouri Plant Food Company on Highway 60 West announced the company is erecting a new storage building. The wooden structure measuring 50 by 300 feet is being built by company employees under the supervision of the construction superintendent and should be finished around mid August. The firm has spent the past month repairing machinery and constructing the new building during the slack season in plant food processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy McCall
Missouri Plant Food Company
Highway 60 West
McCall
Thirteen Men Inducted in Stoddard County
The Stoddard County Selective Service Board announced this week that thirteen men were to be inducted into the Armed Forces on Monday. Names include Clifford Lee Hovis of Bloomfield, J. L. Williamson Jr., Tommy Lee Isaac, James H. Coffey, James Randall Collier of Essex, Wm. Lee West, John Frederick Ulen Jr., Dawsey Denvis Jennings of Dexter, Donald Wayne Tuttel, Robert E. Blevins of Bernie, Luther Lowell Rainey of Advance, Lloyd B. Martin Jr. of Dudley, and Elmer F. Riney of Puxico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard
Bernie
Luther Lowell Rainey
Advance
Lloyd B. Martin, Jr
Dudley
Elmer F. Riney
Puxico
Welter Leads Ginner Association Reorganization Drive
John Welter, a Portageville ginner, heads a two week campaign to acquaint Arkansas Missouri ginners with the association aims and programs. Mr Witter and Mr Boon contact local ginners for the effort as teams from both states compete in the Directors Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas-Missouri Ginners Association
John Welter
Portagevile
Witter
Boon
Overweight Truckers Fined in New Madrid Court
Judge Eric Wright presided at New Madrid Magistrate Court on July 18. Sixteen drivers faced overweight charges with fines ranging from 12.50 to 32.50 dollars. Names include Jesse Tidwell Jas Cregg Hershell J Arnold James N Walker Jesse Williams John H Morrissey John A Dixon Raymond W Nelson John T Ross Bernard Ripper Noah Poe J William Gipson wt A Copeland George M Porter Lee Rupert Freeman Ramsey Norman Cowley and James R Crain. Carey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Wright
New Madrid
Jesse Tidwell
Jas. Cregg
Hershell J. Arnold
James N. Walker
Jesse Williams
John H. Morrissey
John A. Dixon
Raymond W. Nelson
John T. Ross
Bernard Ripper
Noah Poe
J. William Gipson
Wt. A. Copeland
George M. Porter
Lee Rupert
Freeman Ramsey
Norman Cowley
James R. Crain
Missouri camp to lure migrant workers to cotton fields
The Missouri Division of Employment Security opened a farm labor information station five miles east of Sikeston on US 60 to recruit migrant workers for cotton picking. The camp provides showers toilets and a fenced parking area while the State Employment Service operates a trailer office. About 50,000 migrants pass through Sikeston each spring seeking seasonal work in Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana and Michigan. The Sikeston camp is Missouri's first such facility and aims to keep migrants in the area for cotton harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Sikeston
Missouri State Employment Service
Leon Garnett
The
Employment Service
Sikestone
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Garnett
Atienliia Ing
United States
Strike Plans Halted Here by Court Order
A court order halted AF of L Truck Driver's Union picketing plans from St. Louis to Sikeston. Tucker and Kindel Truck Lines of Cape Girardeau obtained three injunctions to stop local picketing and kept Cape operations idle while area firms slowed by the court action. A union representative was expected to begin picketing at Sikeston but did not appear. Local firms south of Sikeston, Cape, and Cairo continued operating, though restricted by the St. Louis terminals.
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AF of L
St. Louis
Sikeston
Tucker Truck Lines
Cape Girardeau
Tucker
Kindel Truck Lines
Cape
Cairo
Watermelon Festival on Methodist Church Lawn
A watermelon festival will be held on the Methodist Church lawn Friday July 25 from five to nine p.m. Sponsored by Circle 1 of the W.S.C.S. of the Methodist Church. Tickets are 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Circle 1
W.S.C.S
TWISLING TROPHY AT ARKANSAS STATE CLINIC IN JONESBORO
Miss Aletha Pitts won the outstanding twirler trophy at the Arkansas State Twirling Clinic in Jonesboro attended by 109 high school girls from five states Missouri Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana and Arkansas. National baton champions Floyd Carlock and Mary Ellen Todd highlighted the event with a dual baton number using fire batons as background performers.
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Aletha Pitts
Walter Pitts
Jonesboro
Rita Faye Boardman
Elzie Boardman
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Floyd Carlock
Mary Ellen Todd
Mr. Carlock
Sikeston High School
Charlotte Calhoun
Rose Marie Johnson
Betty Dale
Mary Etta Duncan
Beverly Butler
Shirley Foster
Charlotte Hartzog
Trudy Carter
Bonnie Walker
Linda Boyce
Miss Boardmax
Sikeston
August Butler
Lyman Dale
D. W. Hartzog
Joyce
Paul Slinkerd
Catherine Carter
Glenn Haws
Elzie Boarda
Hospital News Delta Community admits list for past week
Hospital news lists admissions by department and town. Medical patients include Mary Ann Bess Larry Jenkins Gord Dill Lillian Nickens Vonda Barnes Mike Limbaugh Fred Williams Goetz Helen York David Baker Lena Moore Alice Sullivan Norma J Triplett Dexter Robert Jaragin Lilbourn Oscar Kindred Crowder Marjorie Carrows Morley Delmar Alcorn Bertrand Roderick Bunch Essex. Surgical patients include Alphonso Swaim Charles Keller Polly Blanton Betty Jo Wallace Fern Dowden Oma Myrick Sikeston Necia Irene Winters David Schneider Matthews Mildred Patterson Morehouse Homer Maddox Essex Russell Chalk East Prairie. Treated and dismissed include Hoyt Lambert Ruby Mae Dowdy Mac Davis John Cummings Barbara Schuster Sikeston Eugene Gilliland Benton Ella Jean Tyus Bell City Sherman Russell Parma Jackie Lee Gilbert Clarksville Ark. Daughters born to B J Wainscott Sikeston and Ola Young Morley. Sons born to Lawrence Robinett and W Bonner Col. Sikeston Jessie Koon Portageville.
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Delta Community Hospital
Mary Ann Bess
Larry Jenkins
Gord Dill
Lillian Nickens
Vonda Barnes
Mike Limbaugh
Fred Williams
Fremont
Goetz
Helen York
David Baker
Sikeston
Lena Moore
Canalou
Alice Sullivant
Morehouse
Norma
J. Triplett
Dexter
Robert Jaragin
Lilbourn
Oscar Kindred
Crowder
Marjorie Carrows
Morley
Delmar Alcorn
Bertrand
Roderick Bunch
Essex
Alphonso Swaim
Charles Keller
Polly Blanton
Betty Jo Wallace
Fern Dowden
Oma Myrick
Necia Irene Winters
David Schneider
Matthews
Mildred Patterson
Homer Maddox
Russell Chalk
East Priorie
Hoyt Lambert
Ruby Mae” Dowdy
Mac Davis
John Cummings
Barbara Schuster
Sikes
Annual Red Cross Meeting Set for Wednesday Night
Mrs. Roger Rue, executive secretary for the Scott County Red Cross, announces the annual meeting at Sikes ton Library Auditorium at 7 30 p m next Wednesday. All county contributors of a dollar or more to the last fund campaign may attend. Officers will be elected and division reports will be presented including home service by Audrey Chaney blood donor and first aid reports by Carl Elam Gray Lady Corps by Mrs John T Sikes home nursing and water safety by Mrs Donald Story and Ned Tanner.
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Roger Rue
Scott County
The
American Red Cross
Sikeston Library
Rue
Red Cross Fund
Audrey Chaney
Home Service
Carl Elam
John T. Sikes
Red Cross
Gray Lady Corps
Donald Story
Ned Tanner
Sikeston reports 4350 registered voters totals
George Kirk, chairman of the board of registrars, announced after the special registration day that Sikeston now has 4,350 registered voters. Ward and precinct counts are given: Ward 1 precinct 1 866, precinct 2 361. Ward II precinct 1 358, precinct 2 696. Ward III 916. Ward IV precinct 1 859, precinct 2 292.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kirk
Board of Registrars
Sikeston
Springs Opens Campaign for County Judge
Ernest Springs of Sikeston opened his campaign for the Democratic nomination as county judge of the first district. A farmer and merchant, he cites 23 years in the area and knowledge of local needs. He is married with four sons, all but one in farming. C D Springs in grain business. Lifelong Baptist member seeks Democratic support.
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Ernest Springs
Kathleen
Sikeston
Springs
C. D
Cotton) Springs
The
Baptist Church
Jehovah's Witnesses Hold 3 Day Assembly Here
About 162 ministers of the Jehovah's Witnesses attended a three day assembly over the weekend. D. BE. Stull, district servant from Brooklyn opened the event held at the roller ride in Smith addition with the theme That Men May Know. The gathering included a training school for ministers and closed Sunday with Stull speaking on What Religion will Survive the World Crisis.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
D. BE. Stull
Brooklyn
N. Y
Smith Addition
Stull
Gene Nicholson Wins New York Radio Quiz Show
Jol3 Gene Nicholson son of Mr and Mrs H M Nicholson awaiting orders at Naval Receiving Station in New York after a six week course attended a radio program Saturday night He chose Give and Take and won fifty dollars a set of Kings men toothers a dozen pair of hose and an ensemble of towels wash cloths Spring Maid sheets and pillow cases and a Queen Anns dinette set He told his mother in a phone call that he would send the last four items home to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Nicholson
H. M. Nicholson
Naval
New York
Nicholson
King’s Men
SEMO Cotton Growers to Meet At Portageville
The Twin Oaks Cafe in Portageville hosts a Southeast Missouri cotton growers meeting August 13 at 1 30 pm. Sponsored by the Missouri State Employment Service and federal agencies the session covers labor recruitment for domestic, out-of-state, and foreign Mexican workers and explains how local labor and migrant labor can be directed to growers through newly established labor information stations and rest camps on U S Highway 60 near Sikeston.
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Twin Oaks
Portageville
Missouri
Missouri State Employment Service
Employment Service
Isbor
U.S. Highway 60
Sikeston
Getins Family Return From West Tour
Mr and Mrs R J Getins and children John and Amy Jo returned Tuesday from a two week tour of the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Getins
John and
Amy Jo
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Missouri Plant Food
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Welter
Ginner Association
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Rockview
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Walter Raypurn
I. G. Lewis
Clarence Dowden
Rustic Rock
Rev. Geo. Adkins
Sondra Beck
Wadine Malcolm
Jane Pitman
June Daugherty
Joan Hill
G. Hu. Cline
W. M
Loyd Revelle
Marshall Hollexbeck
D.D.G.M
R. L. Fowlkers
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Charleston
Harold Grant
Loyd Estes
Sec-Tréas
George Adkins
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