Healing Spectacle As Wheat Trucks Line Up In Southeast Missouri
Two days of grain movement clog the lanes from Scott County Milling elevators to Ranney street as farmers and merchants watch a hopeful market action after heavy rains. Wheat yields look better, corn and soybeans show promise, and cotton acreage is reduced. Rainfall remains uneven across Sikeston, with some northern and western areas needing more moisture.
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salone avenue
Scott County Milling Company
Ranney street
Missouri
Sikeston
Privileges and rights in labor unions questioned
Senator Ervin urges union members to stand up for their rights, but rights vary by union. Some locals vote for officers and strike, others lack such power and may be governed by trustees. The piece argues few have legal rights, while all members share a fundamental political right to demand unions and officers obey the same laws as others.
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Ervin
Me. Beck
Teamsters
Teamster
Beck
national union
Potlatch Forests to Decide Paper Plant Contract This Week
Potlatch Forests Inc officials A H Miller and J L Bells visited Sikeston to confer with contractors bidding on a new paper conversion plant. They also met railroad officials about a spur track and other preliminaries as bids are reviewed at the Lewiston home office. A contract is expected to be awarded this week followed by a ground breaking at the site.
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Lewiston
oviaeni
USDA Expects Slim Vote in Referendum on Wheat Controls
Washington officials project a low turnout for the referendum on continuing marketing quotas for the 1956 wheat crop. About 950,000 growers in 36 states are eligible, with past referendums showing sparse participation. in 1955 only 261,000 votes were cast, 87 percent in favor of quotas.
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WASHINGTON
Agricultural Department
Pacific Northwest
plains
Dakostas
Minnesota
National Farmers’ Union
Charleston Woman Dies by Pistol Shot Despondent Over Illness
Mrs Winifred Fletcher 53 wife of Armer Fletcher prominent landowner and farmer dies from a 38 caliber pistol shot Sunday morning official says illness contributed coroner Elyn McChikle of Mississippi County called at 10 45 am Fletcher and son Roy Douglas heard a sound and found her in bed dead She was active in church and civic affairs formerly Miss Winifred Lane born November 27 1903 in Karbers Ridge ill Survived by two sons Armer Fletcher Jr in London England and Rex Douglas Fletcher six sisters two brothers and one grandson with more relatives listed in report
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CHARLESTON
Winifred Fletcher
Armer Fletcher
Elyn Mcchikle
Alississipp
Fletcher
Roy Douglas
Ms. Fletcher
USAF
London
England
Rex
Douglas Fletcher
Roy Smail
Robert Wise
St Louis
Carrie Woods
Margaret Woods
Dupe
iil
Hazel Cogdill
Devenier
Jake Smith
Morier, Mo
William Lane
Bloomaeld
James Lane
Edwaresville
granachuid
Water Safety at Wappapello Focuses on Education First
A Tuesday meeting at the City Administration building gathered representatives from the U S Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri State Highway Patrol, American Red Cross, and Boy Scouts to discuss water safety at Lake Wappapello. They emphasized education as the key to reducing danger on the lake, noting the lack of state statutes regulating intoxicated motorboat operation or mandatory life preserver use, leaving safety to public awareness campaigns pending further measures.
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Melvin A. Buzzard
St. Louis
midwest
American Red Cross
Lyle F. Holm
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri Council
Boy Scouts
Lewis Lloyd
LU. S. Engineers
Memphis, Tenn
Will Cox
Poplar Bluff
Butler county
O. L. Wallis
E. F. Campf
State Highway Patrol
Ray Houston
U.S. Engineers
Mem Phis
Chas. H. Butler
Sikeston
E. P F. Burley
U. S. Engineers
Lake Wappapello
Webb Bouton
Earl Robards
Memphis
Wappapello
U. S. Corp of Engineers
E. P. Burley
Lewis Llord
C Maurice Parker
Jefferson City
F. Campf
L. W. Massingham
Butter Country
Sherff Wilcox
Red
Missouri
U. S Coast Guard
Funeral Sunday for Earl David Johnson
Earl David Johnson died suddenly Wednesday in St. Louis where he worked for Emerson Electric Company. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:30 pm at First Baptist Church Morehouse, led by Rev. H. W. Bailey and Rev. A. C. Suallivant, with Nunnelee Funeral Home handling burial at Asa Hill Cemetery near Fisk.
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Earl David Johnson
First Baptist church
Morehouse
H. W. Bailey
A. C. Suallivant
Asa Hill
Fisk
Johnson
St. Louis
Emerson Electric Company
Poplar Bluff Voters Reject Sewer Modernization Bond
Poplar Bluff voters rejected a 2.2 million sewer modernization bond Tuesday by 2402 to 2354. The proposal split into 1 million general obligation bonds and 1.2 million in general revenue bonds. Mayor John West and Allen C. Garner led the citizens committee which plans to pursue another vote after a three year effort.
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POPLAR BLUFF
John West
Allen C. Garner
citizens’ committee
4-H Club Awards Across Levels Highlight Health and Conservation
Conservation leads on two major 4-H projects Health and Soil and Water. thousands of youths participate benefiting homes and communities. Last year over a third of 4-H members joined hearth program while soil and water work covered nearly 400000 acres. Learning by doing yields value. year end records reviewed by State Extension office with recommendations for 1957 awards at county state and national levels.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Cape Drowning Victim Former Sikeston Tire Store Owner
William Maier, Cape Girardeau businessman and former Sikeston tire store owner, was found in the Mississippi River near Corona last weekend. His Maier Tire Store opened in 1936 west of Malone Theatre, later sold in 1939 to P J Schlosser, now P Jos Auto Supply at 108 South Kingshighway. Funeral services were held in Cape Girardeau Saturday.
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William Maier
Cape Girardneau
Mississippi river
Corona
Sikeston
Maier
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston CAP Cadets Attend Whiteman Air Base Encampment
Nine Sikeston CAP Cadets joined over 100 youths and 16 advisors at Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri for the 11 day Missouri Wing Civil Air Patrol encampment. Attendees include Thurman Barnes Gerald Couch Douglas Justice Lindell McCoy Glenda McVey Jane Pitman Dean Pollard June Sizemore and Frankie Tucker.
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Sikeston
CAP
Whiteman
Air Force Base
Suiday
Missouri Wing
Civil Air Patrol
Thurman Barnes
Gerald Couch
Douglas Justice
Lindell McCoy
Glenda McVey
Jane Pitman
Dean Pollard
June Sizemore
frankee Tucker
Cotton plan eyed by House agriculture group
Missouri lawmakers urged adoption of H. R. 7816 to let cotton compete with synthetics, secure parity payments on domestic use, and back a loan program for orderly marketing. Senators Symington and Hennings joined a companion bill as the Missouri Cotton Producers Association backs the plan. It aims for a 1958 acreage increase, a permanent safeguard against overproduction, and higher export market parity.
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Missouri
House Committee on Agriculture
Paul C. Jones
10th Congressional
Stuart Symington
Thomas Hennings
Hilton L. Braceyv
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
entre
American Cotton Producer Associates
MCPA
A. L. Story
Charleston
Symington
Rev Fr Sidney Stocking Dies En Route To Cape Hospital
Portageville mourns Rev Fr Sidney Stocking 64 longtime St Eustachius pastor died in an ambulance while en route to Cape Girardeau hospital after months of ill health. Ordained 1918 he served White Church Rolla Portageville and Webster Groves later. Pontifical Requiem Mass at St Eustachius Church to be followed by burial Kendrick Cemetery Webster Groves. Survived by mother Mrs Abe Stocking and brother Roy Stocking.
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PORTAGEVILLE
Sidney Stocking
St. Eustachius Catholic Church
Cape Girardeau
Stocking
Henson communiy
Mississippi county
Charleston
Whitechurch
Rolla
Charles B. Helmsing
St Louis
Springfield-Cape Girardeaux
wil
St. Eustachius Church
Kendrick cemetery
Webster Groves
St. Louis
Abe Stocking
Roy Stocking
Missouri Boys State elects six mythical county officers
Warrrensburg Missouri mem bers elected officers for six mythical counties. They held party conventions for Wednesdays primary. Richard Stanley Musial of St Louis son of the Cardinals star was among mayors for 12 mythical cities. Other mayors include James Pope of Marshfield Joe Oldfield Cape Girardeau Jack Shettlesworth Columbia Kendall Stallings Sikeston William McCauley Jefferson City Alan Wastering Ironton Robert Shapiro Richard Hall J S Hazlett Stanley Smith and Don Rogers all from Kansas City.
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WARRENSBURG
Missouri Boys State
Richard Stanley Musial
St Louis
St. Lows Cardinals
James S. Pope
Marshfield
Joe H. Oldfield
Cape Girardeau
Jack L. Shettlesworth
Columbia
Kendall Stallings
Sikeston
William A. McCauley
Jefferson City
Alen C_ Wasteriing
Ironton
Robert LShapiro
Richard A. Hall
J. S. Hazlett
Stanley G Smith
Don K. Rogers
Kansas City
Jaycees Name Chairs for Three New Sikeston Projects
Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Country Club weekly meeting appointed Max Walters as club president and named Bob Porter to explore bringing rock n roll star Carl Perkins and his band to Sikeston this summer or fall. Weldon Grimsley will head a Midnight Singing committee, Jim Green leads a Snow Cone drive, and other projects include an auction a water carnival and a barbecue with guest Bob Harris.
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Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Max Walters
Bob Porter
Carl Perkins
Sikeston
Perkins
Sikeston Armory
Jaycee
Weldon Grimsley
central states
Armory
Jim Green
Bob Harris
Scott County Families To Get More Supplies
At its regular meeting Monday morning the Court notified Ruth Trotter Scott director of the Welfare Office that food supplies would be distributed this Friday and Saturday to Scott County families affected by the floods who have not received surplus foods. Distribution will be at Gray Ridge school from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Families who received rations a week ago Saturday will not be eligible this week.
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Country Court
Ruth Trotter Scott
Scott County Welfare Office
Scott county
Gray Ridge
Local Dairy Observance Ends With Tours and Judging
The 1957 Dairy Month observance ended with farm tours of HRerss Dairy and Scot County Milling Co. and a cow judging contest at Schuchart Farms north of Morehouse. About 100 participants toured facilities, heard talks from Chamber officials and local leaders, and learned how milk is produced and processed. Winners received ice cream, feed, and other prizes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dairy
montana
omine Wes Schuchar
James M.Beaird
HRerss Dairy
Scot County Milling Co
Schuchart Farms, Inc
Morehouse
Schuchart farm
S. R
Wes” Schuchart
Salcedo
Reiss Dairy
Walter Durham
Bureau of the Commercial Appeal
Memphis
Lowell Burns
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
William Denton
Sikeston chamber
Allen Brock
Farmers Home Administration
Weirdon Grimsley
Sikeston
Anthony Clubb
Benton
R. T. Bartlett
New Madrid
Hugh J. Rogers
Willard Sanders
Clifford Suttor
Matthews
Raymond L. Galemore
Carl Sincker
Charleston
John Sincker
George W. Hagg
Carole Ann Urhahr
Beaird
Ford Times Fork July Features Cow Bell Picture
The July Ford Times shows a color image of Reiss Dathy’s Cow Bell on Highway 61 S in its Famous Taverns section. The picture comes from a painting by Southeast Missouri artist Cora Exwin Adkins of Maidex.
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FORD TIMES
SIKESTON
Ford Company
Reiss Dathy
Highway 61
Missouri
Cora Exwin Adkins
Maidex
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Whiteman Air Base
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Dick Bartlett
Welden Grimsley
Sikestein
Raymond Galemore
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Carole Ann Urhaba
Clifford Sutton
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