Seme News Briefly Told Cape Girardeau Arkansas death notices
Cape Girardeau area brief notes recount the death of 40 year old foreman Owen Macke from injuries in a May 21 automobile crash while working on a cotton mill in Helena Arkansas. Survived by widow, parents, a brother Wiley and sister Mrs Sewell Woodall. Also reports a 48th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs William Peetz, a marriage in Charleston between Mary Sue Ragsdale and Frank Buhr, campaign candidacy of Dexter J Sherwood against J C Henderson, death of S E Bond in Ironton, a prison sentence for Austin Poe in St Louis, funeral for W J Pigg, a Cape Girardeau wedding of Helen Buscher and Austin McDaniel, land payment to Phillip Twidwell for Wappapella dam site, Holland Culbertson Center dedication, and a Missouri Pacific Railroad banquet honoring Ridlon, Scott, and Sisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Guirardeau
Owen Macke
Gerhardt Construction Co
Helena
Ark
Memphis
Wm. J. Macke
Wiley Macke
Sewell Woodall
Jackson
One More Step in Freeing Bridges of Toll
The bill introduced by Congressman Kent E Keller of Himeis to authorize the Cairo Bridge Commission to buy and run the Mississippi River bridge has passed both houses and awaits the President. It advances the plan to remove tolls on the Ohio and Mississippi River bridges sooner than planned, with financing steps to begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent E Keller
Himeis
Cairo Bridge Commission
Mississippi River
House
Senate
Ohio
Jefferson City May sales tax shows continued uptrend
State tax receipts rose in May to 1 771 494 dollars, extending an upward trend that began in April after three months of decline. April collections were 1 674 633 dollars, and May 1937 receipts at 1 percent levy totaled 1 050 960 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
CANDIDATES FILE FOR NOMINATION CONTINUED LIST
A continued list of candidates filing for nomination includes Black and Emma Beardslee of Morley Kelso township Otto Schoen of Fornfelt and Mrs O T Pfeffer Lom of Chaffee Moreland township Leona Termenstein of Benton Commerce township Owen Alexander and Mrs Joe Hawkins of Commerce Morley township Wm Foster and Maud Daugherty of Richland C L Malone and Mrs Anna Winchester of Sikeston Kelso township Charista Grace of Chaffee and W L Tremlinson of Fornfelt Sylvania township Paul P Halter C L Halford and Mrs Paul Halter of Oran Sandywoods township Goldie Pearman of Blodgett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Emma Beardslee
Morley
Kelso Township
Otto Schoen
Fornfelt
O. T. Pfeffer- Lom
Chaffee
Moreland
Leona Termenstein
Benton
Commerce
Owen Alexander
Joe Hawkins
Wm. Foster
Maud Daugherty
Richland
C. L. Malone
Anna Winchester
Sikeston Kelso
Charista Grace
W. L. Tremlinson
Sylvania
Paul P. Halter
C. L. Halford
Paul Halter
Oran Sandywoods
Goldie Pearman
Blodgett
New Madrid County Candidates File for Office
Democratic filed candidates for numerous county offices in New Madrid with names across districts. Portageville and Jackson Davis appear for representation while Amos Riley and O R Rhodes seek county court roles. others include Valen tine Perkins, Lee C. Phillips, Lloyd S. Tate, J K Robbins, O C Ferguson, and more across probate, circuit, recorder, prosecuting attorney, and collector posts with assorted towns such as Lilbourn, Parma, Matthews, Gideon, and New Madrid listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T A Penman
Portageville
Jackson Davis
Matthews
Amos Riley
Lilbourn
O R Rhodes
Gideon
First District
Elon Proffer
Albert D Bes
S S Thompson
Valentine Perkins
Lee C. Phillips
New
O. C (Chester) Ferguson
C. A. Goolsby
Kewanee
Fred Pollock
Dick Wilson
Rice
Risco
Malcolm H Ratcliff
Russell Herbert Givens
Morehouse
Reeds
Bill Tope
WPA Workers May Vote As They Please In St Louis
Form letter from Harry L Hopkins administrator of the Works Progress Administration reminds WPA workers across dis distributed areas their right to vote for any candidate. It states every WPA worker has the right to vote as he chooses and cannot be forced to contribute to any political party or campaign fund. It warns supervisors not to influence votes or solicit contributions and to dismiss any who misuse their position. It also asserts that no worker will lose his WPA job for his vote or for not contributing to a campaign fund.
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ST Louis
Harry L Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Four Fined In Police Court For Drunkenness
Two white men and two Black men were fined ten dollars each in police court by Judge Brown Jewel for drunkenness. The white defendants Fred Briggs and Happy Huey paid and were discharged, while the two Black defendants were committed to the streets for failure to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Jewel
Fred Briggs
Happy” Huey
Sikeston Man Clarence Vaughan to Receive Illinois Degree
Clarence Lo Vaughan of Sikeston, a young Black man, will receive a degree at the University of Illinois among its 2000 graduates in ceremonies on June 13.
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Sikestonian
Illinois U
University of Ilinois
Clarence Lo Vaughan
Sikeston
Rural electrification plan moves ahead in three counties
Z E Zancor announces twenty miles staked for a proposed 176 mile electric line project in Scott, Mississippi and New Madrid counties. Engineer Wynn and Ralph Snider lead crews mapping routes from Sikeston to Brown Spur, Tanner, and Vancuser. REA financing offers loans of eighty to four hundred dollars with twenty percent down and ten half yearly payments at six percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. E. Zancor
Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid Cooperative
Wynn
Ralph Snider
Sikeston Municipal
Salced
Zarkor
New Hamburg
Cooperative Board
Westminster Alumni Plan Endowment Drive and Library
C F Lamkin of Fulton addressed Westminster College alumni at the Marshall Hotel outlining a plan to fund a new library, science buildings, and increased endowment. Library construction to cost about 150000 with similar operating needs, funded by alumni donations and Presbyterian church sponsorship for science buildings. Endowment target set at two million dollars with outreach to other supporters for increased operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Lamkin
Fulton
Westminster College Alumni Association
Marshall Hotel
Lamkin
F. L McCluer
Presbyterian Church
Westminster
McCluer
T. F. Byrd
J. E. Travis
Wim. Dawson Jr
New Madrid
G . Conner
Fornfelt
Robert D. Hope
Dexter
Sikeston
Robi M Mow Jr
C. D Matthews III
James Stearns
C. M. Taylor
Merlin Taylor
L. E Allard Jr
Evelyn Allard
Lyman R. Bowman Jr
C. L. Blanton Sr
Paint and Spray Shop to Open in Weltecke Building
Bobby Dover and Homer Stallings plan a painting and spraying shop at 121 East Malone avenue in the Weltecke building. They will offer indoor painting outdoor building spraying and automobile spraying with equipment already purchased and ready to begin when items arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Dover
Homer Stallings
Cape Girardeau
Weltecke
Malone Avenue
Dover
Maytag Salesman Wins Free Trip to Kansas City
Bill Lee sales manager for the Maytag-Long Company will leave Friday for Kansas City to join other representatives as guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Maytag Jr at the Muehlbach Hotel. He won the trip with all expenses paid for winning a Maytag sales contest in Southeast Missouri during May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lee
Maytag-Long
Kansas City
Fred Maytag Jr
Muehlbach Hotel
Lee
Maytag Company
Southeast
Missour Durine
SIKESTON INSTRUCTORS TO COLUMBIA SUMMER SESSION
Tharon Stallings and Wm E Mahew, principals of South Grade and Sikeston High, depart Saturday for University of Missouri to pursue eight weeks of summer study toward master’s degrees in education. John Watts, former Elsino re teacher, also leaves Saturday to continue studies at the university in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tharon FE Stallings
South
Wm E Mahew
Columbia
University of Missouri
Stallings
Coach Mahew
John Watts
Elsinore
University
Bluff Man Appointed Field Agent for Tax Commission
Conley G Grove of Poplar Bluff is named field agent for the State Tax Commission with a salary of 5600 dollars annually. He succeeds Otto Schoen of Formfelt, who resigned a month earlier and joined the Blue Sky Division under Secretary of State Dwight H Brown. Grove previously served as assistant auditor at the penitentiary in Jefferson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley G Grove
Poplar Bluff
State Tax Commission
Grove
Jefferson City
Otto Schoen
Formfelt
Schoen
Blue Sky
Dwight H Brown
Don Robinson Opens Kennett News Agency
Don Robinson has purchased the Kennett news agency and now runs distribution of metropolitan papers in the area. Mrs Robinson has joined him at Kennett to assist in the new work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Robinson
Kennett
Mrs Robinson
Will Build New Home at the Cape
Mr and Mrs Arnold Roth, formerly residents of Sikeston and now in Cape Girardeau, will begin construction of a seven room Colonial house on Alta Vista Drive in Oliver Heights Cape Girardeau. The brick and frame dwelling will stand in a newer and better residential section of the Cape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Roth
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Alta Vista Drive
Oliver Heights
Cape
Cash Kidnap Case Breaks After Admission
The decomposed body of James Bayley Cash Jr. was found. The Florida child was kidnapped from his crib on May 28 and held for a $10,000 ransom. A suspect admitted to the kidnapping and receipt of the ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bayley Cash Jr
Florida
Large Rattler Killed in Hills Near Morley
Wallace Clippard shot and killed a large rattlesnake between Morley and Oran while hunting squirrels. The five foot reptile was about to strike when its head was blown off, having 13 rattlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
Oran
Wallace Clppard
Jaycees Visit CCC Camp for Evening, New Madrid
Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce members traveled to the New Madrid CCC camp for an evening at the mess hall. Forty Jaycees toured the grounds, heard from CCC officers about programs for 197 enlisted boys, and learned of an extensive evening education program plus top quality medical care and hygiene facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Johnston
CCC
Jaycees
Johnson
New Madrid
Miss Emory to Wed Joe Leslie in June at Essex Home
Mrs Robly Lennox will entertain with an afternoon party Friday to honor Miss Elizabeth Emory of Essex who on June 16 will wed Joe Leslie son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Leslie and a Bank of Sikeston employee. The wedding will be at 4 o clock Thursday afternoon at Mrs Stella Emory’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robly Lennox
Elizabeth Emory
Essex
Joe Leslie
Leroy Leslie
Bank of Sikeston
Miss Emory
Stella Emory
Kiwanis to Hear Prof Daugherty on Foreign Affairs
Prof William T. Daugherty of Southeast Missouri Teachers College will speak at the Kiwanis supper meeting 6:20 PM Friday at Hotel Marshall. Theme is Foreign Affairs. About sixty Kiwanis members and guests attended last Friday's annual picnic in Applegate's Grove featuring A la Hale chicken, French fries, salads, cakes, and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. T. Daugherty
Southeast Missouri Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Marshall
Daugherty
Applegate's Grove
Sikeston
R. A. Harper
George Hale
Bartley R. Schwegler
John A. Sutterfield
Gitar
Fiddie
Kroger Executive Praises Newspaper Advertising
Albert H Morrill president of Kroger Grocery says newspapers capture the lion's share of advertising dollars because they deliver results. The Kroger stores now advertise in 1 053 daily and weekly papers with a combined circulation of 12 326 815 across 19 midwestern states.
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Albert H Morrill
Kroger Grocery & Baking Company
B. H. Kroger
Kroger
New Arrivals Born to Local Families in June
A series of births reported this week includes Charles Michael Taylor to Mr. and Mrs. Melford Taylor on June 8, Evan Masterson to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Masterson of Chaffee with a June birth date, Barbara Romine to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Romine of Salcedo on June 3, Bonnie Hamilton to Mr. and Mrs. Lora Hamilton of Vanduser on June 3, and Barbara Moody to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody of Canalou on June 6. Mrs. Masterson is visiting Sikeston with her mother, Mrs. Shelby, on Northwest street.
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Charles Michael
Melford Taylor
Evan
Harry Masterson
Chaffee
Masterson
Sikeston
Shelby
Northwest Street
Barbara
Paul Romine
Salcedo
Bonnie
Lora Hamilton
Vanduser
Cecil Moody
Canalou
Damages Awarded to Painter for Scaffold Fall
John Elkins received 100 in compensation from the Workmen's Compensation Commission at Benton for injuries from a fall from a scaffold last year while painting for the Scott County Milling Company.
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John Elkins
Baby McGuire Dies at Eight Months
Funeral services were held and interment made in the cemetery at Kewanee Tuesday afternoon at 3 30 for George Mc Guire eight months old son of Mrs and Mrs Noble McGuire of Canaloa who died Monday of a complication of illnesses.
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Kewanee
George McGuire
Mrr
Noble McGuire
Canaloa
Matthews Area Social Notes Sparse Illness and Visits
Mrs J T Huls is very ill at home. Residents travel for shopping and visits across Sikeston Leadwood East Prairie and Gray Ridge. Helen McGee to Chaffee for a few weeks. Stella Bryant shower at Mrs Glenm Ashworth home. Families visit Hurricane Ridge Bagwell Dam and trips to Hayti Blytheville. Geo D Englehart and Roger Jones join the group for a local outing.
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J. T Huls
Olen Critchlow
Sikeston
Thos. Holderby
Matthews
Geo. Steele
Albert Deane
L. D. “Waters
Mass Helen
Geo D Englehart
Leadwood
E. C. Davis
East Prairie
Don Story
Helen McGee
Chaffee
Gertie Hilderbrand
Little Son
Charleston
E. P. Coleman Sr
Mississippi
FE. W. Wilson
Martha Trail
Gray Ridge
Wanda Ratcliff
Gobel Trail
Hurricane Ridge
Bagwell Dam
Geo. D. Englehart
Roger Jones
New Madrid
Funeral services held for district farmer Orbie Iri Baker
Funeral services for Orbie Iri Baker farmer of near Miner Switch were held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon June 4 with Rev A C Sullivant officiating Interment followed at Memorial Park cemetery Bakers death came after a three week illness of heart trouble and Brights disease He died at home late Thursday afternoon June 2 at age 41 He was born in East Prairie on April 27 1897 and lived much of his life in Scott county Surviving are his parents his wife five sons and two daughters all of near Miner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orbie Iri Baker
Miner Switch
Baptist Church
A. Co. Sullivant
Memorial Park Cemetery
Baker
Bright
East Prairie
Scott County
Mr. Baker
J. J. Baker
Miner
Last Rites Held for Young Mate at Fornfelt
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Methodist church in Fornfelt for Mrs. J. W. Cox who died Friday at her parents home after a yearlong illness. Rev Trigg led the rites and the body was taken to Sikeston cemetery for further services by Rev RS. Rains. She is survived by her parents three brothers John Charles and M A Spradling and a sister Miss Lottie Spradling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fornfelt
J. W. Cox
Sam Spradling
Trigg
Sikeston City
RS. Rains
Christian Church
Albritton
Cox
John
Charles
M. A. Spradling
Lottie Spradling
Services Held for Mary Lee Briggs at Matthews Nazarene
Services conducted for Mary Lee Briggs 17 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Baggs of near Sikeston. Rev C F Transue officiated at the Sikeston church. Interment in Matthews cemetery with Albritton service. Survived by parents two brothers Billy Jean and Freddy and grandparents Mr and Mrs J W Scott of Woxall and J J Briggs of Sikeston.
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Church of the Nazarene
Matthews
Mary Lee
Charles Baggs
Near
Sikeston
C F. Transue
Sikeston Church
Albritton
Billy Jean
Freddy
J W. Scott
Woxall
J. J. Briggs
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Bonne Terre
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George B Scott
J. W. Sisk
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New Madnd
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