Area Bankers Meeting Here
A six county area bankers meeting is set for Thursday night at the Rustic Rock Inn. James Meigs and Harry Kircher of the Federal Reserve Bank will discuss their survey showing a 7 percent population drop since 1950 across Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard counties. The event, starting at 6 30 pm with dinner, includes Q A and discussions on how banks can address changes.
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Rustic Rock Inn
Missouri Bankers Association
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Dunklin
Mississippi
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Scott and Stoddard
James Meigs
Harry Kircher
Federal Reserve Bank
Meigs
Kircher
Bankers
Missouri
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Health For All After TB
Grandfather, 66, is coming home from hospital after TB cure. Doctor says he has plenty of good years, but he cannot return to his gas company job. He plans to live with the family, while the family weighs what the years mean for older TB patients.
Community ties support for aging and former TB patients
A discussion urges communities to help older citizens and ex TB patients stay healthy and employed. It warns relapse risks and the financial burden of second treatments, asking what steps are taken to keep elders mentally and physically active and integrated.
Vanduser Resident Anna Lowe Dies in Sikeston
Anna A. Lowe, longtime Vanduser resident, died Friday night at Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston. Born July 1, 1878 in Morley, she was survived by her husband Robert E. Lowe, four sons W D Lowe of Vicksburg and R H Lowe of Dexter, J F Lowe of Santiago California, J B Lowe of Washington DC, a daughter Mrs C R Moreland of Elmhurst Illinois, two sisters and two half-siblings, and three grandchildren with one great grandchild.
Fornfelt Man Dies in Cape Girardeau Hospital
Thomas Rodgers 69 of Fornfelt died at 5 p m Friday in a Cape Girardeau hospital. A native of Crittenden County Kentucky he moved to Missouri early then to Fornfelt in 1933. Survived by four children Charles Carl John Rodgers of Fornfelt and Juanita Cockrell of Phoenix. Funeral services conducted Sunday at 2 pm by Rev Robert Bingenheimer at Imo Methodist. Burial in Blodgett Cemetery.
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Thomas Rodgers
Fornfelt
Cape Girardeau
Rodgers
Crittenden County
Kentucky
Missouri
Dich]stadt
Charles Carl
John Rodgers
Juanita
Robert) Cockrell
Phoenix
Arizona
James Martin
Sikeston
Bisplingoff
Imo
Robert Bingenheimer
Ilimo Methodist Church
Blodgett Cemetery
Mrs Beck Dies At Farmington
Mrs Bessie Simpson Beck longtime Sikeston resident dies after illness at Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital Farmington. Funeral at St Pauls Episcopal Church Sikeston with interment Bellefontaine Cemetery St Louis. Survived by two daughters and a son seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Former Missouri Utilities employee and noted prose poet columnist.
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Bessie Simpson Beck
Sikeston
Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital
Farmington
Welsh Funeral Home
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Harlow Donovan
Bellefontaine Cemetery
St. Louis
Beck
Merritt M. Beck Jr
Leadwood
Flat River
Woman’s Club
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Births Reported at Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Stork Club announces three births on June 1 at Missouri Delta Community Hospital. A baby girl to Edwin and (Mrs.) Miller of Rt. 2 Chaffee. A baby boy to James Ralph and his wife of 401 Benton Street. A baby boy to Billy Jack Hogan and his wife of Bloomfield.
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Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Edwin Miller
Rt. 2
Chaffee
James
Bobby) Ralph
Benton St
Billy Jack Hogan
Bloomfield
Hospital Notes Admission and Discharges at Missouri Delta
Patients admitted to The Missouri Delta Community Hospital on June 1 include Mrs Johnnie Crowden and Baby Boy, 438 Helen St Sikeston. Discharges on June 1 list Mrs Albert Peters and Baby Girl, Betr and Mrs Ewell Fowler and Baby Girl of Route 4 Sikeston, Jesse Allen Wallace of Lilbourn, Franklin Struwe Jr. of Sikeston, Jay Hugh Huffman of New Madrid.
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Missouri Delta Community Hospital
Johnnie Crowden
Helen St. Sikeston
Albert Peters
Betr
Ewell Fowler
Route 4
Sikeston
Jesse Allen Wallace
Lilbourn
Fanklin Struwe Jr
Jay Hugh Huffman
New Madrid
Local families in Sikeston area share visits and reunions
Rock Island residents Mr. and Mrs. Owen Marlow returned home after visiting with the Shain and Whistle families in Sikeston. Numerous relatives and friends scattered across Missouri and Arkansas, with trips to Jackson, Charleston, Collinsville, and Frankfurt, Germany noted. A June family reunion at Missouri Avenue will bring together Harold Leible, Joe Leible, and MSgt. Marshall Leible with his siblings after a year apart.
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Owen Marlow
Rock Island
Ill
Wendell Shain
Sara
Don Whistle
Shain
George Brown
Picayune
Norma Briggs
David
St. Louis
E. D. Hatley
Pearl Hatley
Wardell
Ruth Hatley
Laddie Schaffar
Jacksonville
George D. Lesler
Schaffar
Sikeston
Herbert Moore
Ochis Morris
Kenneth
C. E. Underhill
Russellville, Ark
Dick Frazier
Bruce
Hot Springs
Ark
Harry Trousdale
Arnie Singleton
J T. Singleton
Cape Girardeau
Sgt. Leible
Bill Tetley
Tucson
Arizona
Missouri Avenue
Harold Leible
Kansas City
Kansas
Joe Leible
Charleston
Msgt. Leible
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
C. E. McIlroy
Gary
Ind
Frankfurt
Germany
Elmer D. Pope
Walnut Ridge
Forrest City
The Uncluttered Desk and Mind in Advertising
A Kansas City Star column by Bill Vaughan notes a trend among Madison Avenue leaders toward empty desks and minimal furnishings. The piece humorously speculates the future may feature offices with only chairs, couches, end tables, and Japanese mats signaling a deep thinking culture.
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New York
Madison Avenue
Bill Vaughan
Kansas City Star
Real Estate Transfers In Sikeston And Surrounding Areas
A compilation of land transfers recorded at the county courthouse shows Forrest Hills Memorial Gardens transferring to Frank and Tessie Stein for 250 dollars for lot 218 in Devotions, Sikeston Real Estate Co. to Dorothy Courtney for 1 dollar for lot 7 in block 2 of Hunter Acres, and Chaffee Lumber Co. to Joe and Mary Rice for 1 dollar for lot 3 part 4 block 2 in Sunset addition. Transfers also list numerous deed actions including various tracts and parcels, with names such as Johnnie and Buna Grege, Roy and Mable Williams, Kenneth and Geneva Goodman, Ralph Kinder and Eugene Hunsaker, and many others, involving amounts such as 175 dollars, 12 000 dollars, and 30 dollars, across additions and subdivisions in Sikeston, Oran, Van Duser, and Chaffee.
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Forrest Hills Memorial Gardens
Frank
Tessie Stein
Sikeston Real Estate Co
Dorothy Courtney
Hunter Acres
Sikeston
Chaffee Lumber Co
Joe
Mary Rice
Chaffee
Court House
John J. Bollinger
Clifford
Freda Appel
Wanda Nesler
Matthews
Oran
Glen
Clara Edwards
Ferl
Elnora McIntyre
Angeline
Norma Murphy
Johnnie
Buna Grege
Joyce
Vanduser
Maggie
Dpd
P. Wilson
Roy
Mable Williams
Keith McCord
Fred
Inez Meyer
Joseph
Dorothy Raines
C. D
Martha Springs
Jones Subdivision
Wilson
Nora McMullin
Billy
Lois Capps
Harvey
Lillian Capps
James
Josephine Capps
Maretha Foster
C. & A. J. Matthews
H. F
Brunette Emerson
J. Allan
Christine Johnson
Boardman
Mary
Arnold Roth
Mary Wo.f
Ruth Stovall
Southwestern Bell plans major Sikeston expansion
Ground breaking on Center Street marks the start of a long range Southeast Missouri plan by Southwestern Bell to upgrade service. Elmer Huber says new exchange space and dial operation will tie Sikeston to an interstate toll network, expanding to about 10,000 phones in ten years as two party lines end. The project, costing about 2.5 million dollars, links Sikeston with Poplar Bluff and Blytheville Portageville underground cables and will make Sikeston a toll call hub for the district.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Sikeston
Missouri
Center Street
Chas. H. Butler
Chamber of Commerce
Rustic Rock Inn
Elmer Huber
Cape Girardeau
Jackson
Blytheville
Telephone Company
Huber
Beieves
Sikeston Exchange
Southwestern Bell
Com
John Donoho
Cape Girardeau District
Festus
Arkansas Line
Mississippi River
Winona
Poplar Bluff
Portageville
Secret Service Established to Stop Counterfeiters in 1860
The United States Secret Service bureau began in 1860 with a single duty to pursue and prosecute counterfeiters, laying the foundation for its later nationwide security role.
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US Secret Service Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Area Bankers Meeting
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Stork Club
Signel
Fortune
Business Week
Kennth
Geneva Goodman
Louis
Audrey Hirschowitz
A. J. Matthews
Elmer Benefield
Truman Stauf
Emma Snelson
Virginia Holifield
Lilian A. Smith
Gladys
Clifford Tanner
Marion Moore
Secret Service
Powell Insurance Agency
Insurance Welsh Bloc
Likeston
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