From Missouri or A Farmer Looks Back reviewed for discouraged farmers
The Herald recommends Thad Snow’s From Missouri or A Farmer Looks Back as essential reading for Southeast Missouri farmers and businessmen facing a harsh 1957. Snow, a pioneering Southeast Missouri developer and farmer, blends idealism and practicality, detailing struggles from 1910 to World War II, and offering inspiration amid excessive rainfall and adverse crops.
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The Herald
Missouri
Thad Snow
blackland
Charleston
Southeast Missouri
Bloomfield Rindels Tie The Knot In South Dakota Ceremony
John H Bloomfield and Marjorie June Rindels were married May 26 at the First Congregational Church in Mitchell South Dakota. The ceremony featured white gladiolas and chrysanthemums, organist Marlene Heyd, soprano Elizabeth Van Roekel, and a reception in the church parlor. The couple is from Sikeston Missouri and Mitchell South Dakota. attendees included Richard Rindels and Ben Burr as ushers with Kim Stacey as flower girl.
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John H. Bloomfield
Miss Rindels
South Dakota
John Harrison Bloomfield
S. T. Bloomfield
Kendall
St. Sikeston
Marjorie June Rindels
Henry Hinders
Rtt
Mitchell
S. Dakota
First Congregational Church
Everett Pearson
Marlene Heyd
Filizabeth Van Roekel
Mr. Bloomfield
Richard Rindels
Ben Burr
Denver
Cor
Stan Johnson
Cars With Power Brakes Reach 1953 Output
About 550000 automobiles produced in 1953 were equipped with power brakes marking a notable shift in automotive safety and engineering. The figure highlights the adoption rate of power braking systems among manufacturers during the year.
Safety Meeting To Address Wappapello Dangers
U S Corps of Engineers Coast Guard Boy Scouts Red Cross and state agencies will meet next Tuesday at 2 p m at the city administration building to craft a safety program for Lake Wappapello. Officials note four drownings this year and discuss enforcement gaps while planning education on water safety and courtesy.
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U. S. Corps of Engineers
U. S. Coast Guard
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
State Highway Patrol
Lake Wappapello
Lake Wapvapello
Lake Wappapella
Corps of Engineers
sheriff's office
State Conservation Department
Coast Guard
Earl Robards
U.S. Corps ‘of Engineers
Memphis
Tenn
Sikeston
Col E. B. Downing
Litterbugs Face A Severe Penalty Across State Highways
State officials warn litterbugs face up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine for throwing rubbish along highways. The 1935 law bans glass, cans, garbage and more on right of way, with penalties rising under later amendments. A spring cost survey found cleanup averages $28.11 per mile, ranging from $5.10 to $170 per mile by county.
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68th General Assembly
State Highway Commission
St. Clair county
Franklin county
Southeast Missouri Scouts to Attend U S Jamboree at Valley Forge
The Southeast Missouri Council of the Boy Scouts will send 88 scouts explorers and adult leaders to the Fourth National Jamboree in Valley Forge Pennsylvania July 12 18 with more than 50 000 participants. Local contingent includes two troops led by Taylor Miles Dale Hill and unit leaders Claude Stone Jr Verne Johnson and Dr C R Peck. Participants must be at least twelve and meet pre jamboree training and medical requirements.
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Southeast Missouri
Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Cape Girardeau
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Hyde
trent prux
America
Hyde
Southeast
Taylor Miles
Kennett
Dale Hill
Bloomfield
J. C. Newcomer
Claude Stone, Jr
Senath
Verne Johnson
C. R. Peck
Hayti
Sikeston
St. Louis
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Ottawa
Vermont
Connecticut
New York City
Phiiadelphia
Washington D. C
Scott County roads set for oil surface upgrade
The State Highway Commission will oil several Scott County roads replacing gravel with oil surfaces. Routes D N CC EE NN and HH will receive treatments starting in mid June with one half of each road bladed and oiled first and a second oiling added later in the summer. motorists are cautioned to heed signs and drive carefully during the work.
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Scott county
M. S. Gwinn
State Highway Commission
Silmo
Chaffee
Mississippi county
Gwinn
State Highwary Department
Lilbourn Resident Clara Glueck Dies At 74
Clara Louise Glueck 74 of Lilbourn died Monday at home. Born April 30, 1883 in Highland Illinois she is survived by husband Philip Glueck four daughters Alline Bailey Detroit Agnes Diamond Cape Girardeau Lucille Harile Benton Flora Scandrett Henderson a sister Mildred Jefferson Belleville and a brother Philip Deutsch Memphis nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services Friday at 2 p.m. First Baptist Church Lilbourn with Rev Sid Bailey officiating. Burial in Mounds Park Cemetery near Lilbourn. Powder Funeral Home and Ponder Funeral Home in charge.
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LILBOURN
Clara Louise Glueck
Glueck
Highland
TIL
Philip Glueck
Alline Bailey
Detroit
Mich
Agnes Diamond
Cape Girardeau
Lucille Harile
Benton, Ky
Flora Scandrett
Henderson
Mildred Jefferson
Belleville
Phillip Deutsch
Memphis
Tenn
Powder Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Sid Bailey
Perkins, Mo
Mounds Park Cemetery
Ponder Funeral Home
Temporary Injunctions Granted on Five Farms for ASC Measurements
D G Monsees announces five temporary injunctions were granted in U S District Court in Kansas City to allow measuring wheat acreage on farms where ASC reporters were refused access. Cases concern Caldwell Davies Greene and Texas counties. four more Missouri cases opened by federal suits with three awaiting trial. Monsees notes few violators amid about 145000 wheat farms and urges compliance with federal wheat marketing quota laws and Soil Bank contracts.
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D. G. Monsees
Missour State
ASC
U. S. District Court
Kansas City
Caldwell
Davies
Greene
Texas
Missouri
Monsees
G. H. Penstone
USDA
Edward L. Scheuffer
U. S
Scott County Savings Bonds reach 45.4 percent of goal
Scott County Savings Bonds chair T A Roberts reports May sales of 33404 bringing year to date to 266823 or 45.4 percent of 1957 goal. Missouri state total through May stands at 59986789 or 39.5 percent. County figures show Butler 408%? 40.6 percent. Cape Girardeau 38.7. Dunklin 34.9. Mississippi 29.2. New Madrid 58.3. Pemiscot 46.9 percent.
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T. A. Roberts
Scott County
U. S
Treasury
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Missouri
BUTLER
CAPE GIRARDEAU
DUNKLIN
MISSISSIPPI
NEW MADRID
PEMISCOT
County Agents See Cotton Losses May Surpass Estimates
Southeastern Missouri farmers face vast flood damage as six downstate counties report extensive cotton losses. Officials warn losses could exceed prior estimates of 3 million dollars as replanting and crop shifts to corn, sorghum, or soybeans unfold after floods and heavy rains. The piece notes replant deadlines, wheat moisture concerns, and local political figures commenting on policy limits for adjusting cotton allotments. Perry Brown, shot in an unrelated incident, remains hospitalized with partial paralysis improving after surgery.
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Perry Brown
Morehouse
Sam Dement
Missouri Delta Community hospital
Dement
Brown
New Madrid
BENNETT
Missour
South east Missour
Department of Agriculture
Paul C. Jones
Alissouri Democrat
Dunklin
SBootheel
Peniscot
Mississippi
R. Q. Brown
Scott
Tonys and Leaders Named at SikesTon Jaycees Meeting
Forty one new committee heads were named at the Sikes ton Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Country Club led by President Bob Porter. Cochairmen of Public Relations are A D Hice and Ralph Long, with James Hahs and Louis Jones heading Safety and Health. Various other committees were announced including Civic Improvement, Education, Youth and Sports, Halloween Parade, Rodeo, Golden Gloves, Membership, Stadium, Special Affairs, Elections, Swimming Pool, Bleachers, Scrapbook, and Sgt at Arms. Weather slowdowns on the football stadium were noted, but completion remains hoped for before the Bulldogs’ first home game.
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Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bob Porter
cochairmen
A. D. Hice
Ralph Long
James Hahs
Louis Jones
Bill Warren
Bill Sikes
Bob Mitchell
Keith Bess
Willard McCain
Harold Vogel
Jean eee
Jack 3fitchell
Dick Inman
Sagtsiosea
Gerald Inman
Bruce Hampton
Vernon Mathis
John Marshall
Diem Beal
Manuel Drumm
Loomis Mayfield
Bill Barber
Jerry Watson
Chick Reynolds
Bob Lambert
George Doyle
Jim Abernathy
Harry Holsinger
Howard King
Lee Bowman
Sgt. Hosea
Bull Sikes
Bulldogs
Reservations Needed for Reelfoot Ham and Fish Dinner
James M. Beaird of the Chamber of Commerce urges prompt reservations for the annual ham and fish dinner at Boyett's on Reelfoot Lake Friday night. The event is open to all, with dinner at 7 pm. attendees should travel early to ensure seating.
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James M. Beaird
Chamber of Commerce
Boyetts
Reelfoot Lake
uoges
Boyett
Beaird
Chamber
Veterans Service Officer schedule change notice
The Veterans Service Officer will not be in Sikeston on June 19, Wednesday, but will return to the schedule the following Monday.
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Veterans Service
Sikeston
Missouri highway projects seek bids for 5.1 million
The Missouri State Highway Commission announces a June 27 bid call for about 5.1 million dollars to construct 160.1 miles of state highways across 9 counties. Projects include an Interstate 2 segment in Greene County with 9.4 miles of grading and paving, four bridges, and traffic lights at Hannibal and a sidewalk bridge work on Route 6 in St. Louis County, plus supplementary district projects in Sikeston New Madrid Stoddard and others with 0.7 to 1.0 mile segments and drainage work.
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Missouri
Missouri State Highway Commission
Greene county
Fremont Avenue
Springfield
Strafford
Mulroy
Stanard
Maron country
Hannibal
Sweet
U. S. Route 6
Chaminade
St. Louis
Sikeston
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James Whitcomb Riley
Greenfield
Ind
Harvard University
Mr. Rindels
Gladys Rindels
Colo
iss Kim Stacey
mommer
Wappapello
SEMO SHRINE CLUB
Caruthersville
Melvin Dace
Noble Cotton Springs
Noble Dale Alcorn
Dace
Semo Shrine Mounted Patrol
U.S
nhewspapers
Scott County Savings
F. E. Story
L. F. Moore
Matthews
Thomas Holderby
Somo
Jaycees
VETS SERVICE OFFICER
Route E
Kewanee
Little River
STODDARD
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