Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Sikeston Herald in Sikeston, Missouri

We have 4,498,142 pages in Missouri

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1948

Page

18

Opening Camp Lewallen to Begin Scout Season

Southeast Missouri Boy Scouts start Camp Lewallen on June 13 with 65 troops signed up for an eight week season. Attending troops include Dexter Bloomfield Clarkton Hornersville Cape Girardeau and others with 900 to 1000 boys expected. New camp sites screened mess halls an open air chapel and campfire area are under construction. Provisional units will allow individual scouts to attend and are urged to contact the Scout office if their troop hasn’t registered.

Southeast Missouri Boy Scouts Camp Lewallen Dexter Bloomfield Clarkton Hornersville Cape Girardeau

Additional Recruits Enter Armed Forces at Sikeston

More men from Southeast Missouri enlist in the Regular Army or Air Forces through the Sikeston city hall recruiting office. Named enlistees include Ralph Deane Lynn Lay Orvel Buchanan Doyne Weaks Sikes ton Charles Humphries Bert rand William Larkins East Prairie Fred Welshans Leroy Thurman Phaverson Lovings Charleston Walter Spain Earl Chapin Kennett Jimmy Handley Dexter Joe Wilson James Mc Bride Parma Robert Houseman Chaffee Hubert Quertermous Benton Naeman James Advance. High school graduates are urged to explore Army career education at local recruiting offices before enlisting.

Missouri Ralph Deane Lynn Lay Orvel Buchanan Doyne Weaks Sikeston Charles Humphries Bertrand William Larkins East Prairie Fred Welshans Leroy Thurman Phaverson Lovings Charleston Walter Spain Earl Chapin Kennett Jimmy Handley Dexter Joe Wilson James McBride Parma Robert Houseman Chaffee Hubert Quertermous Benton Naeman James Advance

Scout Camp Development Plans Shared at Board Meeting

The Executive Board led by Fred LeWallen of Chaffee met last Monday at the Malden Methodist church. District commissioners and the finance committee attended as plans emerged to reorganize the commissioner staff and implement a September unit roll call.

Charles B. Baker Kennett Harry Bimmelberger Lake Wappapella Fred Lewallen Chaffee Methodist Church Malden

Modern Colonial Home With Three Bedrooms And Efficiency

Beautiful and efficient one and a half story residence with three bedrooms. Contained in this attractive and comfortable home are generous living spaces suitable for family life and entertaining.

Scott County Bond Sales Breach Third of Security Quota

The Security Loan report shows Scott County residents bought 102123 in United States Savings Bonds since April 15, accounting for 33 percent of its county quota. June is Security Month in Missouri with boosted efforts to raise Series E Bond sales.

Scott County Scott Countians United States Tas Missour Treasury Department Missouri

June best time to trim big evergreens, say the experts

Arborists urge annual pruning to keep evergreens in scale with surroundings. June is ideal for snipping unwanted growth while leaving enough foliage to avoid sunscald. old hedges should be replaced with vigorous new plantings. pines spruces and firs require a different approach.

Ancient beliefs on lightning shelter and tree myths

Ancient tales linked shelter from lightning to specific trees such as birch holly laurel or beech with various rulers and myth figures cited. The beech is said to resist strikes due to grove growth while taller isolated trees face higher risk. Experts now install lightning rods to protect valuable shade trees.

Nero Therius Thor

Navy teams probe Lake Mead bottom for deposits study

U S Navy personnel with cameras television and depth sounding gear comb the Lake Mead reservoir near Hoover Dam Nevada to assess how deposits of mud and sand are shifting the worlds largest artificial lake.

U.S. Navy Lake Mead Reservoir Hoover Dam Nevada Mit

Evergreen pruning method for drastic rent growth?

The text discusses pruning a woody evergreen to achieve drastic growth reduction, noting that the last growth formed may be trammeled and that waterproofing wounds is necessary when pruning, akin to deciduous tree practices.

Tobacco Juice As Fishing Charm And Time For Naps

The piece weighs odds and ends of fishing lore noting tobacco juice as a possible luck gesture and suggesting most bites occur before a rain. It observes fish inactivity in peak heat hours and recommends angling with an experienced partner while hinting at local health unit costs.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Army Air Forces Army and Air Force Aluminum E. C. Robinson Lumber Co Magia Powell Insurance Agency Butler Dunkin Mississippi Wew Madrid Stoddard Alsteer-Buildings Searmss Industry STEEL WEN Greet Games Steel Corp Louis Gallagher Guarante Mae Highway Sikeston, Mo Alin Newspapr HIVE
Search Courier

Search the Sikeston Herald Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Sikeston Herald?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication