Hunting and fishing licenses issued in county
Jackson reports 1274 licenses sold in five months with total receipts of 1929. 542 were county licenses at 1 each and 410 were state licenses at 250 each. Lilbourn marriage dated recently between Rev Herman J L Wagner and Miss Rosa Lee Tinsley, with details of families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Lilbourn
Herman JL. Wagner
Rosa Lee Tinsley
J. Wilson Crichlow
Cape Girardeau
Wagner
Augustus Tinsley
Charleston hosts SEMO training school for teachers
The Southeast Missouri Training School for Negroes continues in Charleston with 107 teachers enrolled from Southeast Missouri and Eastern Arkansas. C. Barnes of Lincoln University leads the program, with Phyllis Honesty assisting in extension work from Lincoln University. Assemblies occur weekly as the school proceeds for four more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Southeast Missouri Training School
Missouri
Arkansas
C. Barnes
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
Phyllis Honesty
Funeral services for Joseph W. Farris Bloomfield
Joseph W. Farris 74 longtime Bloomfield attorney and former mayor died Thursday June 5 He served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Stoddard county and was state senator during Gov J W Folk era Surviving are his widow and three children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Joseph W. Farris
J W Folk
Stoddard
Seven teens complete civilian pilot training at State College
Cape Girardeau reports seven students from State College have completed the civilian pilot training course and passed flight examinations this week. The cohort earned their certificates after the testing period, highlighting the college program’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
the State College
Graveyard flag thefts and monument vandalism reported
In Bloomfield weekend incidents several small flags were stolen from soldiers graves at Bloomfield cemetery and two to three older monuments were toppled or damaged. In Steele the Missouri Supreme Court upheld fifteen year murder sentences for Adnan Posey and Odis Fowler, convicted in 1939 for the slaying of Mrs Gay Vaughn near Holland. They remain free on bond and are to be moved to the state penitentiary in Jefferson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Sikestonian's Brother Dies in Cape Girardeau
The Sikeston man Henry Strain's brother, 38, a Cape Girardeau truck operator, died Tuesday afternoon June 3 at Mrs. Moshe Strain's home in Cape Girardeau. Born July 12, 1902 in Gallatin County, he moved to Oran 20 years ago and had lived in Cape Girardeau 10 years. He ran a small trucking business for seven years here. Funeral services were held last Thursday with burial in Friend Cemetery, Oran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finish Strain
Cape Girardeau
Henry Strain
Sikeston
Moshe Strain
Mr. Strain
Gallatin County
Oran
Friend
Sikeston Men Charged in Blytheville Robbery
Two Sikeston men Jack London and William Guthrie were arrested in Blytheville Ark and Caruthersville Mo on charges of implication in the Sunday home robbery of Norwood Hedge a Blytheville beer parlor operator. The raid netted about 600 dollars, a 17 jewel wrist watch and two diamond rings. Police say Hedge identified Guthrie as the talking robber and both men by the Hedge family and local residents. A third man is held on an implication charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Blytheville
Ark
Norwood
Sailor” Hedge
Melvin Dace
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Jack London
William James Guthrie
Caruthersville
Guthrie
Dace
Hedge
Blythevile
Founder of Scouts Dan Beard Dies in New York Hills
Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the American Boy Scouts, died at age ninety one at his Brooklands estate near the Hudson. The noted naturalist and author of Mark Twain illustrations helped organize the U S movement in 1910 and served as National Scout Commissioner and chairman of the National Court of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffern Wny
Dan Beard
Americas
New York
Boy Scouts of
Anmberica
Daniel Carter Beard
Mark Twain
Robert Baden- Powell
World Scout Movement
England
Dan
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Brooklands
Hudson
Barbara Pike
National Court of Honor
William Carson Taken for Medical Care in Local Home
William Carson of Canaloa was brought Tuesday in the National Funeral Home Ambulance and taken to the home of his aunt, Ms Delia Woods, where he will receive medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carson
Canaloa
National Funeral Home
Delia Woods
John Dover's Orchestra Plays at Colony Club
John Dover and his twelve member group from Sikeston and Central College Fayette perform at the Colony Club East Cape Girardeau in a two week engagement after recent shows at Fairyland Park Kansas City and the Hotel Continental. The young troupe led by Dover, a Sikeston High School and Central College student, tours next to Houston Oregon Club and Wichita before returning to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dover
Harry Dover
Slkeston
Colony Club
East Cape Girardeau
Dover
Sikeston High School
Central College
Fayette
Johnnie
Ben) Dover
Fairyland Park
Kansas City
Oregon Club
Houston
Texas
Wichita Kansas
Dismissals And Admissions At Sikeston General Hospital
Sikeston General Hospital reported several patient moves. Charles Cooper Jr of Crowder was discharged Saturday June 7. Miss Amanda Clayton was discharged yesterday and returned home in Bertrand. Jerome Kreg of Maplewood admitted for treatment Monday and dismissed this morning. Dick Zamtimi admitted June 6 for a tonsillectomy. Mrs Theate Cade of LaForge admitted June 6 for minor surgery and dismissed the next day. Seagraves of Vanduser admitted June 6 for medical treatment. Dick Woodbury admitted Sunday June 8 for a tonsillectomy. Raymond Williams admitted Monday June 9 for an appendectomy. Mrs Jess McCord, employed at Eubanks Lumber, admitted Monday for observation and dismissed this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cooper Jr
Crowder
Amanda Clayton
Bertrand
Jerome Kreg
Maplewood Mo
Fox
Dick Zamtimi
Theate Cade
LaForge
Seagraves
Vanduser
Dick Woodbury
A B Woodbury
Raymond Willams
Jess McCord
Eubanks Lumber Company
General Hospital
New Arrivals From Sikeston Bertrand and St Louis
New baby announcements list newborns to families in Sikeston near Bertrand and at the General Hospital plus a graduation. Names include Elvis Alberson Kaiser Qualls Miller Gwaltney Eaton and Rayburn with births June 7 to 11 and a June 10 for several. Marvin Rayburn earns a BS in Business Administration from Washington University and starts as an accountant at International Harvesting in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rayburn
Colleen
Joan
Rayburn
Bell McBride
Washington University
St Louis
Marvin Rayburn
Marvin
International Harvesting Company
St Loui
Panay survivor visits Sikeston recounts Panay bombing
Lewis Daniel of Kansas City said he was aboard the Standard Oil tanker Panay when it was bombed by Japanese planes on the Yangtze River. He described the chaos after the attack, the lifeboats rescue of 40 crew, and his delayed return to the United States via Shanghai and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Daniel
Kansas City
Standard Oil Company
Panay
Sikeston
Dammel
China
Standard O1l Co
Damiel
Hong Kow
Shanghay
Yantze River
Daniel
United States
Shanghai
San Franscisco
WPA guide to Missouri by Works Progress Administration
The Missouri guide, a 652 page WPA writer’s project, took five and a half years to complete and cost about $300000. It sells for 275 with profits to the state. The volume blends history and travel essays, covering 16 topics, 11 cities, and 18 tours across the state with 98 photographs and many drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis
WPA
Missouri
Mississippi
Brewers
Butchers
Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
SiKeeton Personal Notes and Medical Degree Award
Mrs James Howze of Los Angeles visits her parents in Sikeston before returning home. Arch Russell Jr will receive his Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University on June 14 after completing an internship at St Joseph Hospital Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Howze
Los Angeles
Cal
Virgol Williams
St Louis
Howze
Mish
Reva Williams Arch Russell Jr
Arch Russell
Near Sikeston
Northwestern University
Russell
St Joseph Hospital
Chicago
Soil erosion map warns Missouri farmers of widespread topsoil loss
A Missouri survey shows 37 million acres damaged by erosion with topsoil largely washed away on 19 million acres and severely damaged on 13 million more. Only 61 million acres remain erosion free, prompting calls for district-based erosion and flood control and drainage improvements with state and federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R- Jacoby
Missouri
Missour College of Agriculture
US Department of Agriculture
Mussouri
Tsissouri
Madid County
OCC
Little River
Lair Family To Return From East Visit
Mr and Mrs Frank Lair and son David of Charleston plus the former's mother Miss FD Lin Si of Sikeston expect home Saturday after a visit to the East. They toured Virginia Military Academy in Lexington where David will enroll in the fall. Charles Baker, who had an appendectomy at St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau last week, was brought home to Miner Switch Tuesday via National Funeral Home Ambulance. Dr and Mrs H M Kendig and children are guests since yesterday. the former's mother Mrs J C Dasis and Mr and Mrs W C Grimes at Willow Springs plan to return tomorrow. Mrs H M Kendig and children returned Monday night from Farmington with her mother Mrs J C Short. Mrs Kendig was accompanied to Farmington by her sister Mrs J C Rudd and daughter Stella, who remained longer with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G W Kaiser
Sikeston
David Lee
L C Qualls
Jasper Miller
Lou Gene
Bertrand
Charles Gwaltney
Janet Ann
General Hospital
James C. Eaton
Sikeston General Hospital
Frank Lair
David
Charleston
FD Lin Si
Virginia Military Academy
Lexington
Charles Baker
St Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Miner
National Funeral Home
H M Kendig
J C Dasis
W C Grimes
Willow Springs
H. M Kendig
J. C. Short
Farmington
Kendig
J C Rudd
Stella
Family visitors greet guests from Golcanda and Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Lewis Buchanan hosted over the weekend Mrs Calle Modgim and daughter Joan from Golcanda Ill and Miss Ethel Littles of Indianapolis Ind. For rent a house in Smith addition on Furst street. Contact Mrs Roy V Ellise at 337. The young of mink are known as kits. Attend Church Somewhere Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Buchanan
Calle Modgim
Joan
Golcanda, Ill
Ethel Littles
Indianapolis
Ind
Smith Addition
Furst Street
Roy
Ellise
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Seme News
Sikestonian
Scouts
Elvis Alberson
Panay Survivors
Reiss Dairy
The
Department of Agrculture
Sol Conservation Service
Mussouri College of Agriculture Extension Service
Missour
CCC
Maissour
State Agricultural Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
New Madrid
No-Way
Loomis Mayfield
West Malone Ave
Spapf Karauas
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