Cotton Club Contest Opens for Missouri Farmers
June 15 deadline set for MCPA membership and entry forms for the 2-Base Cotton Club contest with $600 in prizes and U S Savings Bonds for top winners. Coker's Seed offers extra cash and trips for best Wilt cottonseed. 4H and FFA students urged to contact county agents for details amid regional farm community updates.
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MCPA
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
Missouri
U. S
Coker
Coker's
Coker’s
Hartsville
D.C
FFA
Best Beets as Big as Golf Balls in Home Gardens
Beets yield well in limited space and can be harvested all summer. For best quality aim for golf ball size with staggered sowings. Lime soil to prevent acid soil damage and thinning is essential as beets come from seed clusters and crowded rows stunt growth.
Annapolis Graduate Joins Air Force Eight Missouri Graduates
William Robert Walker son of Mr and Mrs Billy R Walker of 405 Moore St is among eight Missourians who graduated from the U S Naval Academy and will become officers in the Air Force. James Charles Whatley Jr of Steele is the only other Southeast Missourian among the eight graduates.
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Wiliam Robert Walker
Billy R Walker
Moore St
US Naval Academy
U 5. Ai .Force
Navy
Air Force
James Charles Whatley Jr
Steele
Broseley Boy Smothered In Sand Hole Cave-In
Thirteen year old Dale Ranburger is killed when a rain-soaked sand hole he and friends dug near Broseley collapses. His brothers Mike five and Charles Bunting aided attempts to rescue him until rescuers found his body. The incident occurred in a sand hill being worked by a construction company near Broseley in Butler County.
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Poplar Bluff
Dale Ranburger
Broseley
Bert Ranburger
Brosecley
Mike
Charles Bunting
Six Area Reservists To Leave for Ft Wood
Six area men will join a Cape Girardeau Army reserve cadre for 15 days of active on the job training at Ft Leonard Wood. The group trains recruits as Army engineers in emergencies. Members include Lt. Col. Carl W. Wilkinson Sikeston commander. Capt. C. Coleman Marston. Cpl. Bbw. Selph Sikeston. Lt. Francis L. Diebold and Pfc. Ralph F. Diebold Benton. Capt. Benjamin B. Moone Charleston.
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Army Reserve
Cape Girardeau
Ft Leonard Wood
Ft. Wood
Army Engineers
Carl W. Wilkinson
Sikeston
First Engineer
C. C., Coleman
Marston
Baby dies same day as birth in Sikeston area
The newborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culp was delivered May 25 in Sikeston and died the same day. Funeral services were read at Taylor Funeral Home at 2 p.m. by Brother Henry Smith. Interment followed in Garden of Memories cemetery. Gloretta Davis married Alford McGee, both of route 1 Sikeston. Jack Childs left for the Navy for four years, with Jackie Johnson of Sikeston as a fellow recruit. Local residents Wilburn Cannon and family visited Ted Culp in Tennessee and Chicago relatives. Thelma Culp visited Lucille Craig in Memphis. Mrs Culp has many visitors and expresses thanks. Kenne City Council will open bids June 15 for water mains construction project.
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Frank Culp Route
Sikeston
Taylor Funeral Home
Taylor
Henry Smith
Route 1
Garden of Memories
Gloretta Davis
George Davis
Alford McGee
Jack Childs
Navy
Jackie Johnson
Wilburn Cannon
Ted Culp
Cannon
Culp
Tennessee
Chicago
Thelma Culp
Lucille Craig
Memphis
Frank Culp
Kennett
Blodgett News Weekend Visits and Local Notices
Blodgett News lists weekend visits from Mrs Rebecca Robinson and Ed Burke of St Louis to Mrs Annis Marshall Bly, plus Miss W D Deason hosts. local families and guests from Sikeston, Hollywood, Dexter, St Louis and Alton spent time with relatives. A St Francis Hospital discharge notes W F Bradley recovering from a broken hip. Families attend Federated Womans Clubs convention in Farmington.
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Rebecca Robinson
Ed Burke
St. Louis
Kate Allen
Hollywood
Calif
Annis Marshall
Lo Ingram
Dexter
W. D. Deason
Marshall Sr
Sikeston
Willis Walton
F Bradley
St. Francis Hospital
Cape
Robert Minner
Robert Davis
Federated Woman’s Clubs
Farmington
Carrie Moss
Thurman Reames
Reames
Bobby Jo
Mary Ellen
Ruth Ann
Woody
Bonnie
Susan Kay
Rena Leah
Patty Stowell
Ed Bramit
E R Rister
Bessie McDonald
Elmer Compas
Bud McPherson
Alton, Jr
Weekend Funeral Attendance Ties Blytheville Kin
Memorial Day at Friend Cemetery drew local and out of town relatives amid wary weather. Attendees included Zollie Glenn of St Louis and Walter Haimbaugh Sr with family, Doris Reischinbigler and Jackson visitors, and Cape Girardeau links via Heimbaugh and Cra der families.
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Zollie Glenn
St Louis
Walter Haimbaugh
Russell Heimbaugh
Doris Reischinbigler
Jackson
Clara Maddox
Buford Carter
Alvin Carter
DeSoto
Walter Friend Heimbaugh
Cape Girardeau
Earl Crader
Memphis
New Madrid News Lacey Jefferson Lewis Chapter Meeting Recap
Lacey Jefferson Lewis Chapter met at 7:30 p.m. on a Wednesday in the home of Mrs. D. B. Riley with co-hostesses Mrs. William O Bannon and Mrs. O B Chandler. Regent Mrs. Vincent H Rost led the business session as members sang one verse of the Star Spangled Banner and prayers and pledges followed.
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Lacey Jefferson Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
D. B. Riley
William O'Bannon
O. B. Chandler
Vincent H. Rost
Riley
Howard Crisler
Shap Hunter
Kate Duncan
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Clayton Carroll
E Carroll
A. L. Davis
Kenny
W. O. Graham
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Carol Sue
J. F. Nunnelee
Cora Strayhorn
Davis
Carroll
Woman’s Club
John Taylor
C. L. Stubbs
J . Peal
E. R. Rister
W. QO. Graham
Fletcher Withrow
A. E. Davis
B. F. Marshall III
Methodist Church
Ensor
Chas. Stubbs
American Legion of Benton
James
Norma Forbis
Janior McIntosh
Son
California
Christine Davis
Irene
Bessie Scarbrough
State Teacher's College At
East St. Louis
Homer Martinez
Mr. Wells
Don Marshall
Cameron
Burrus
Marshall
Minnie Lou Kittle
Chaffee
Delta
Lutesville
Chas. Carter
Earlie Carter
Dora Day
Bond Nursing Home
Eugie Fields
Shelton
Temme
Oran
Day
Meyers
Carters
Mary Halter
Lawrence Stansbery
Ohio
Pat Grace
Atter
National Society of the Daughters of the American
Ann Marie King
Rost
Mary Williamson
O’bannon School
Hunter, Jr
Chandler
Barbara Howell
Kewanee High School
Evergreen Cemetery
Superior Cleaning Co
Helen Loud Jones
Kingshighway
G. G Dawson
Jones
Tanner
Pacific Fleet
FHTNC
Charles S. Tanner
W. Sayers Tanner
N. Stoddard St
Mary Jane Tanner
N. Kingshighway
Carrier Division 15
Rendova
Far East
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Pensacola
Fla
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University of Missouri
Annapolis
William R. Walker
Sand Hole
Tanner News
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Neath Sain
Mr . Farmer
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Inriiye
Blodgett News
W. A. Beggs
Wm _ Robinson
Blytheville
Ark
Paul Crader
Joe Lewis
Birch Tree
Roy Townes
Bloomfield
Jas. Steele
Doniphan
Carrie Winters
Lora McLain
Hazel McGinntis
Jimmie Steele
Oranana
Cemetery Association
Cage
Suanante
Clover Lawn Farm
Alwin Gasser
Sikeston, Mo
NEW Madrid News
Howard McGill
Mgr
Sikeston City Limits
Southern Grown wWatermetons Ai
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Chuck
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Iney
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