Sikeston News Roundup Reflects Local Civic and School Events
The set of items notes public playgrounds at South Grade and Bailey schools, a new Califo Market manager June 1, 1934, and twin sons as chiefs assistants. A police chief vacancy was ordered. A severe wind and hail storm damaged crops near Sikeston. Navy planes will join Sikeston’s municipal airport dedication July 3–4. Local Scout Camporee attendees are listed. Two English visitors met President Roosevelt. Residents protest a proposed pool at South Grade grounds. Charleston opened a municipal pool. White's Drug Store hits its 100000th prescription under owner C C White. West Point graduate Jasper Wilson wed Evelyn Gregory in June. Woods Dairy pasteurizes milk for 24000 people over 10 days. Women from Sikeston discuss hospital occupancy readiness. Captain Bowman transferred to Naval Academy for study. Local ads note Eagle Stamps at Lair's.
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Cc. H. Butler
Califo
Charles Dean
James Edward Butler
McMullin
Sikeston
Board of Aeronautics
Navy
Malden
Bobby Dover
Charles Bolden
Jerome Fox
John F. Wood Jr
Leonard Colley
Bill van Horne
Gordon Blanton
Franklin Struwe
Charles Vanson
Bill Donnell
John Bowman
Davey Hunter
Gene Struwe
Cint Denman Jr
Walter Swan
Vance Engram
Frankie Engram
J. T. Singleton Jr
Clyde Long
Lonnie Swaim
Willie Knight
Claude Turner
Albert Caney
England
United States
Evelyn Gregory
Jefferson City
the Woods Dairy
Missouri Delta Community Hospital
John W. Bowman
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Sikeston Defeats First Municipal Plant Bond Vote
This week marks thirty years since Sikeston voters rejected the initial plan to issue bonds for a municipal electric light and power plant. Only 269 votes were cast in the election with 139 for and 130 against, short of the two thirds needed. Seven years later the project was authorized and the plant began operation. The era also recalls WWI service by Scott County residents and local social notes including marriages and engagements among area residents.
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Sikeston
Frank Rice
Oran
Scott County Farm Bureau
Herman Henry
Russell Edwards
Robert Couch
Europe
354Th Infantry
Inez Huckeby
Ralph Anderson
Republican National Convention nominates Coolidge in Cleveland
Twenty five years ago on June 12 1924 Calvin Coolidge was nominated for the Presidency by the Republican National Convention meeting in Cleveland Ohio. Ruth Wilkinson of Guthrie Missouri was employed as supervisor of music in Sikeston public schools. She is now Mrs Ruth Kendig Virginia Baker small daughter of Mr and Mrs Grover Baker was injured when she fell from her pony near her home. Myra Tanner and Pauline Graham had gone to Berkeley California to attend the University of California during the summer.
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Calvin Coolidge
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruth Wilkinson
Guthrie
Sikeston
Ruth Kendig
Virginia Baker
Grover Baker
Myra Tanner
Pauline Graham
Berkley
Cal
University of California
Sikeston Lions Club elects Ernest Harper president
Twenty years ago Ernest Harper became president of the Sikeston Lions Club succeeding Frank Van Horne, the popular prior year leader. Home from college for summer vacation are Elizabeth Stallcup from Missouri, Barbara Beck and Edna Mount from Christian College, and Wm. H. Tanner Jr., John Galeener, and T. B. Dudley from Central College.
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Ernest Harper
Sikeston Lions Club
Frank van Horne
Elizabeth Stallcup
University of Missouri
Barbara Beck
Edna Mount
Christian College
Wm. H. Tanner Jr
John Galeener
T. B. Dudley
Central
Sunday pictures open in more Missouri towns
Following a Supreme Court decision last week permitting Sunday picture shows, several Southeast Missouri towns that had banned such shows opened them last Sunday. Involving colleges Fayette and Missouri University student David Blanton and Chaminade College attendee Edward Fuchs of Clayton, the changes affected Sikeston Charleston Poplar Bluff Dexter and Malden.
Sikeston Rejects Liquor By The Drink In Ten Years Ago Vote
Ten years ago Sikeston voters rejected intoxicating liquor by the drink at a special election, voting 839 to 144 against the proposition. The item notes the city’s stance and references King George and Queen Eliza as part of the era’s context.
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Sikeston
King George
Queen Eliza
Five Years Ago in Sikeston Civilian and War News
On June 8 1944 Magnolia blossoms framed a bethrothal in Sikeston as Evelyn Klein and Edward Harris Jr announced their engagement. Gene Aldrich received the Presidential Unit Citation for the USS Enterprise crew from Pensacola. Marjorie Seaman began as educational director at Sikeston Methodist Church. Sikes Teen Town opened in the high school gym. Woods Dairy marked its fifth anniversary of the pasteurized in glass program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Klein
South Kingshighway
Evelyn Klein
Edward M. Harris Jr
E. M. Harris
Goldston, N. C
Gene Aldrich
Sikeston
L. T. Hundt
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola, Fl
Mobile X-ray Units Arrive in Scott County
On June 10 1948 two mobile X-ray units arrived in Scott County to begin a survey of residents for evidence of tuberculosis. The effort aimed to reach as many people as possible and assess public health needs in the community.
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Scott County
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Lair’s
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Philippines
Atty. Geo. W. Kirk
Mississippi County
H. G. Cathey
Nannie Griffing
Drew
Miss
A. J. Renner
Gladys Loud
New Madrid
Malone Theatre
Pola Negri
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Washington
U. S
Welsh Funeral Home
Chevrolet
Packaye
Nsportat
Mitchell-Sharp
Scott Street
Sikeston, Missouri
Ostael
Center St
Allard-Matthews Insurance Agency
Gulbransen
Ce Ae Sikeston
Ghlyr
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