Sikeston Herald 1919 snippets mix local life and WW history
Twenty five years ago on Friday May 30 1919 the Sikeston Herald details Company K WWI history and return from overseas. Editorial notes advocate a municipal light and power plant as home control. Dinner in honor of W H Sikes and party lists. Mildred Stubbiecfield hosts theater party for Dorothy Lillard of Columbus Ky. First Ford coupe model with demountable rims electric starter sold to Homer Decker. Rev S P Brite preaches farewell sermon to the Baptist congregation.
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J. H. Yount
W. H. Sikes
Sikeston
Will Sikes
E. A. Matthews
EB. C. Matthews
J. L. Matthews
Jim Baker Jr
Grover Baker
Ranney Applegate
Wallace Applegate
Leonard McMullin
Ralph Anderson
George Weber
J. H. Galeener
Moore Greer
Mildred Stubbiecfield
Dorothy Lillard
Columbus
Franklin Moore
John Sikes
Billie Keith
Charles Matthews Jr
Jim Baker
Lynn Smith
Annette Smith
Anita Winchester
Hilma Black
Mary William Smith
Lottie Dover
Missouri
Homer Decker
S. P. Brite
Washington City Fears No More War Attack Threats
Miss Taylor notes Washington’s reduced fear of enemy air or land attack as Army guards and defensive measures declined since 1943. The piece recalls wartime precautions, the return of street lighting in Eastern cities, and a Manhattan itinerary featuring Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and theater visits with encounters at the Stork Club and Stage Door Canteen.
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Angel Street
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Charles Boyer
Ingrid Bergman
Joseph McCauley
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Father
Rosemary Taylor
Sikeston Library
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42D Street
Oklahoma
Educated Americans urged to shape postwar peace
Sikeston high school graduates hear call to understand international affairs and cultures, acknowledge changing global power from Asia, and build peaceful conduct. Speaker warns against naive peace views and stresses duty of educated citizens to strengthen democracy amid world tensions. Musicians and faculty honor graduates with orchestral pieces and awards.
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Asia
Russia
China
India
Sikeston High School Orchestra
Robert Head
Girls’ Glee Club
Betty Lou Deneke
Ann Hatfield
Elaine McNeely
Tessie Ingram
Home
Audrey Aldrich
John Boardman
T. E. Stallings
W. H. Sikes
R. E. Bailey
Board of Education
R. A. Harper
Arnold Candidate for State Senator
Claude Armmold a prominent attorney of Stoddard county seeks the Democratic nomination for State Senator from this district. A Paxico resident age 41, he has a wife and a daughter Claudine, 9, with a long record in law teaching and public service. He has served as city and township attorney, on the Puxico school board, and in the Missouri House, backed rural electrification and veterans aid, and says he will push for schools veterans and agricultural support if elected.
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Stoddard County
Paxico
Claudine
Claude
Scott County
Blodgett
Morley
Lemons
Campbell School
Commerce
Will Mayfield College
Marble Hill
Central Missouri State Teachers College
Warrensburg
Essex
Puxico High School
Puxico
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
State
Highway Patrol
Clyde
Joe Welborn
Bloomfield
Welborn
Stoddard County Bar Association
Jefferson City
A Real Beauty Spot Farm Near Sikeston
A feature praising the Sikeston district farm owned by Mrs. B. F. Marshall Sr. and operated by Theodore Hopper. The piece notes lush crops, tidy homes, and well kept surroundings, stressing the farm’s value to nearby farms and the community. It also mentions Scott County’s Red Cross contribution and praise for campaign workers.
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Sikeston
B. F. Marshall Sr
Theodore Hopper
Tax on airplanes prompts call for Congress action
A Washington Post report notes a 5 to 4 Supreme Court split on taxing airplanes, allowing Minnesota to tax Northwest Airlines planes operating across states until new federal rules are set. Justice Jackson hints that judicial solutions alone won’t resolve interstate air transport taxation, urging legislative reform and potential Sea bill revival.
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Sikestonian Nephew Wins Many WWII Awards
Staff Sergeant John A Givens of Fisk, stationed in Dyerburg Tennessee, returned from European service where he flew as top turret gunner on a Flying Fortress. His ship led the first bombing over Roumanian oil fields with 13 planes returning safely. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal among other combat honors. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J A Givens of Fisk. his father works as a switchman on the Missouri Pacific diesel line through Sikeston.
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John A Givens
Fisk
Dyerburg
Tenn
Givens
Roumanian
J. A. Givens
Missouri Pacific
Sikeston
Lieutenant Ed Simmons Visiting Relatives in Missouri
Lieut Ed Simmons who was seriously injured on the S 8 San Francisco torpedoed early World War II is visiting relatives in Potosi Missouri while on leave. He is a guest of Mrs Sayers Tanner and her daughter Miss Sue.
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Ed Simmons
San Francisco
Potosi
Sayers ‘Tanner
Miss Sue
Lieut Ewart S Taylor Heads to Harvard Training
Lieut. (j. g.) Ewart S. Taylor left Tuesday for Cambridge Mass to begin four months of specialized communication training at Harvard University He spent his 10 day leave with his wife in Sikeston and with his parents Mr and Mrs John Taylor in Morley Taylor recently completed an indoctrination course at Princeton University where he ranked among the top three scholastically and served as a company commander
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J. G
Ewart S. Taylor
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Taylor
Sikeston
John Taylor
Morley
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
Edwards Store to Resume Operation by June 10
John O. Edwards says Edwards store on Highway 60 west of Sikestone will reopen by June 10 after fire damage late Thursday night. Estimated losses reach 3500 with building insured and fixtures and stock partially covered. The blaze was believed caused by a defective refrigerator.
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John O. Edwards
Edwards
Highway 60
Sikestone
Philadelphia bids to host big peace conference
A campaign to bring a peace conference to Independence Hall Philadelphia was launched by the Business Club of Philadelphia. Civic leaders and consular representatives from 29 nations were invited to a luncheon last Friday where the proposal was presented.
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Memorial Day Guests of Mrs York at Chaffee
Mr and Mrs Frank Drouet of Chaffee visited Mrs Clarence York, the bride’s mother, on Memorial Day. Also noted is a historic reference claiming Shakespeare wrote plays solely for the Blackfriars and Globe theaters in London.
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Frank Drouet
Chaffee
Clarence York
Shakespeare
Blackftairs
Globe Theaters
London
Ss. E. MO. MEN TO GRADUATE FROM U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Allan Starrett Waters of Malden will marry Miss Mary Louise Montgomery of Sikeston in Washington on June 7. He is one of four district men among twenty Missouri midshipmen to graduate from the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis on that date, joiningDonald Trisler Poe of Bloomfield Harold Boswell of Kennett and James Ward Montgomery of Malden.
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Allan’ Starrett Waters
Malden
Mary Louise Montgomery
Sikeston
Washington, D. C
Missouri
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Donald Trisler Poe
Bloomfield
Harold Boswell
Kennett
James Ward Montgomery
New Position for Former School Head
Roy V Ellise long time Sikeston public schools superintendent has left to become mathematics instructor at Sewanee Academy Sewanee Tennessee after a year as ground school instructor at Missouri Institute of Aeronautics Mrs Ellise will stay in Sikeston Arden Ellise their son serves in the Navy and his family will remain in Sikeston
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Roy V. Ellise
Sikeston Public Schools
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sewanee Academy
Sewanee
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