Mississippi County Farm Products Value 1954
The 1954 census preliminary report shows Mississippi County farm operators on 4538 farms sold products totaling 12,139,155 dollars. Crops sold reached 1,0771,546 with 64,804 for vegetables 3,834 for fruits and nuts and 540 for horticultural specialties. Livestock and products sold totaled 359,949 including 99,648 for dairy 63,099 for poultry and 97,202 for other stock. Forest products on the farms totaled 7,660 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Bureauo of Census
Department of Commerce
Benton News Highlights School and Local Mentions
Local notes cover church events, youth gatherings, and club meetings with names like Mrs. Viola Dannenmoller and Miss Catherine Zininermar. Flying and military mentions include Avinw Prebare training in Germany with the 18th Airborne Infantry Regiment. Family visits span Benton to California and Kentucky Lake trips, with extended travel by several residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Club
Benton Extension Club
Clara Schram
Viola Dannenmoeller
Thea
Catherine Zininermar
University of
Bernieee Urehahn
Dorathsian
Quinn
Ashe
Hhe Quinta
Preston
Turn Your Camera on Flowers
A guide to close-up flower photography notes that hobbyists can enjoy blooms long after they fade. It recommends close-up adapters for short distances, neutral backdrops like cardboard to reduce distractions, and varying angles to use ground or sky as backgrounds. Cautions include avoiding windy days to keep subjects steady. John Van Guilder and Thomas Wood are mentioned in connection with a Fort Leotard training note and Benton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Guilder
Local Social Roundup From Canalou News
Canalou News items show numerous weekend visits and family gatherings across multiple states. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Jimmi Latwrence of Waukegan visiting grandmother and aunt, and Mr and Mrs Andrew Neel joining relatives in several towns. Several weddings, travel notes, and a death are noted, with Eastern Star service for a long-time member and West Point graduate Whit Coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmi Latwrence
Waukegan
Gowen Ane Vache
Andrew Neel
R. C
Herlong
Calif
John Desmanuke
Farm product values rise in New Madrid County 1954
New Madrid County reports total farm product value at 25,484,525 from 2,865 farms in 1954. Census Bureau figures break out crops at 24,161,413. vegetables nuts and specialties 2,305. fruits and nuts 274. field crops 1,600. pot crops 46,408. livestock and related products estimate 1,071,200. Forest products from county farms listed at 10,507.
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New Madrid County
New Muachii
Gans
Wallet and Friendship Prints For Graduates
A campus studio offers small wallet sized prints of graduation pictures, called wallet or friendship prints. They are inexpensive in bulk, look good on matte paper, and serve as convenient exchanges and enclosures for thank you notes. Create a list of recipients and order promptly.
Visitors from New Madrid and area attend Hutchison funeral
New Madrid residents Mrs Richard Phillips Sr and granddaughter Miss Debbie Mc Ravens and Mrs Floyce Max well with son David visited in Cape Girardeau Monday. Others including Mrs Vincent Rost Mrs Robert Blom Mrs A W Richards Mrs Orville B Chandler Mrs Annie LaMastus Mr and Mrs Harold Sloas Mrs Paul Fitzgerald Mrs L H Magruder Mrs Carter Bell and Mrs Robert King of New Madrid along with Mrs Dennis Walker of Sikeston and Mrs Alta Looney of Portageville attended the funeral services of Mrs Olive Hutchison at Caruthersville Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Phillips
Debbie Mc Ravens
Floyce Maxwell
David
Cape Girardeau
Vincent Rost
Robert Blom
A. W. Richards
Orville B. Chandler
Annie LaMastus
Harold Sloas
Paul Fitzgerald
L. H. Magruder
Carter Bell
Robert King
New Madrid
Dennis Walker
Sikeston
Alta Looney
Portageville
Victoria Griffey
Marston
Olive Hutchison
Caruthersville
Stoddard County Marriage Licenses List Displayed
Stoddard County marriage licenses list names several couples and towns including Dexter Yvonne Garyou Dexter James Arnold Toner Fay Etta Garne Bobby W. Miller Essex R Straves Advance Barbara Horner Bloomfield Charles C. Statler Salem Anna Louise Thomas Salem Paul T. Hanks Sterling Ky Betty Gay Snider Dudley Je Adel Ezell Dudley Charles Robinson Breewood Irma Longbury Brownwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Toathleyv
Dexter Yvonne Garyou
Dexter James Arnold Toner
Dexter Fay Etta Garne
Dexter Bobby W. Miller
Dexter Wgene
Aye Haves
Essex Hoe R. Straves
Barbara Horner
Bloomfield Charles C. Statler
Salem Anna Louise Thomas
Salem Paul T. Hanks
Salem Paul T. Hanks Mr. Sterling, Ky. Bety Gay Snider
Pbnie Lawson FE. Griffin
Dudley Je, Adel Ezell
Dudley Charles Robinson
Breewood
Irma Longbury
Brownwood
New Madrid District approves 50000 debt to improve schools
Residents of Consolidated School District No. 9 voted to authorize the Board of Education to incur a debt of 50,000 dollars for the improvement of school buildings. The tally was 43 for and 12 against.
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New Madrid
Consolidated School District No
Board of Education
Part-Time Farms Share 30 Percent of U.S. Farms
Agricultural surveys indicate about thirty percent of U.S. farms are residential or operated on a part time basis, reflecting a shift in farming patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
New Madrid Schools Need Three Instructors
New Madrid Public School System seeks two high school instructors and one at O'Bannon High School for Colored students. Seek English and Latin or foreign language at the high school, plus a coach and PE instructor. New hires include Teddy Lash in Industrial Arts, Kenneth Davis in science, and Mrs. Charles J. Stone in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
O'Bannon Colored School
L. L. Schuette
O’bannon High School
Supt. Schuette
Teddy Lash
Murray
Kenneth Davis
Jonesboro
Ark
W. T. Stewart
Charles Johnstone
Piggott
Margaret Thompson
Cuba Higgerson
Fay Hedgepeth
Gladys Tenkhoff
Carlan Femmer
Neely Shedd
Amner Mav Riley
Madge Utterback
Fern White
Irs
Ovence Magruder
Mabel Mecklem
Bessie Wright
Skid Row U S A Librarian Notes and Local Branch Updates
News from New Madrid County Library reports Skid Row concerns and costs while praising library efforts. Parma Branch posts 60 percent circulation rise. Matthews and Byrd serve as librarians since opening. Canalou hosts Book Reading Club led by Marilyn Mitchell and Mrs. David Croom. Morehouse Branch sees high circulation and seeks more help. town signs promote library services.
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Skid Row
Potter's
Parma
Matthews
Charlie Hawkins
Alfred Byrd
Morley and St Louis visits Highlight local families
Blodgett News reports Joe Bill and Jim Bob Davis visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Walker May in Morley. Pete Morphis and family of St Louis spent the weekend with Reno Lambert family. B F Marshall and Jack went to St Louis to see Ellen Mooney after her surgery. Jim aso employed in Decatur spent the weekend at home. A F Davis family spent the weekend in Clinton Ky with J D Jewell family.
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W. QO. Green
Forv
Paducah
Charles Green
Jamis
Faye Green
Ted Scherer
Herman (Ford) Scherer
St. Louis
Mary Scherer
Benton
J. H. Gunter
Tom Meyers
Boeck- Gale
Mich
Taylor Dark
Los Angeles
Calif
Bill Meller
Gulf
Kentucky Lake
Joyce Green
Kansas City
Frank Hart
Elian Smith
Harv Campbell
Bill Johnson
Troy Cooper
Brewton
Ala
George Lefler
Lefelr
Jerry Hill
Collinsville, Ky
Lenzie Walls
Near Matthews
Bob Slaten
John R. Naney
John Nancy
Clarence Ray
Alton
Charles Asa
Gaines Eaves
James Eaves
Jimmy Slaten
East Prairie
Reliegh Sexton
Hammond
Ind
Jim Sexton
Joe Bill
Jim Bob Davis
Walker May
Morley
Pete Morphis
Reno Lambert
B. F. Marshall
Jack
Ellen Mooney
Jim Aso
Decatur
A. F. Davis
Clinton, Ky
J. D. Jewell
Vacation Hazards and Cautious Travel Advice
A health column warns readers about sunstroke drowning insect bites car crashes food poisoning and other vacation hazards. It stresses practical precautions carry remedies boil drinking water sit calmly in canoes avoid risky behavior and still questions the psychology of fear while urging reasonable caution for a safe trip this June.
Oran M Y F members attend Arcadia summer camp highlights
M Y F members from Trinity Methodist Church Oran attended a summer camp at Arcadia last week. Names included Roth Ann Bryeans Sharon Miller Judy Carter Sharon Phillips Clare Marlin and Denny Crites. Caleb LeGrand began telegrapher training in Oran under G K Patterson. c of C Fish Fry June 23 promises speakers and entertainment with catfish and theater matinee.
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M.Y.F
Trinity Methodist Church of
Calvin LeGrand
Zeno LeGrand
Oran
Frisco
G. K. Patterson
Loretta Friga
Mike Friga
Columbia
Miss Friga
Jewell Grady
Jerre Tenkhoff
Mrr
Germain Tenkhoff
California
Great Lakes
USS
Hairlister
Anthony J. Schott
Oyan
Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Schott
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Oran High School
C. of C
Oran Chamber of Commerce
Stehr Hardware
J. S. Wallace
Mark Theatre
Telephone line hearing set for state highway in Missouri
Notice of a Missouri State Highway Commission hearing on July 6 1986 in Jefferson City for Southern Bell Tel Co to erect and maintain a telephone line along State Highway W in Scott County with objections or suggestions due by that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission of Missouri
Scott County
Missouri
Jefferson City
Highway Department
County of
Cole
Southern Bell EL Telephone Company
Public hearing on Sikeston side yard widths amended ordinance
At 7 30 p m on Monday July 2 1956 a public hearing will be held at City Hall Sikeston Missouri in the Board of Public Works Building to amend Section 42 Paragraph 7 of Ordinance No 1750 relating to minimum width side yards. John W Vaughn City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
City of Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston
John W. Vaughn
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Mississippi County
Benton News
Horse of
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Schindler
Frank
Adem
Reniednerdt Foo
Dea
Pers
Aelo
Booelock
Athens
Vetita Bodinner
Berries Vitalin
Grouneas
Mar
Tideround
Jean Zeigler
Miss Tubbs
Jack Tubbs
Stat
Jesse Swope
Sacramento
Air Force
Swop
Charles Bollinger
Theacetin
Benton Man
Germany
Avinw
Thomas Wo Prebare
Rose i
Cape Girardear
Cremmiagny
1Ith Airborne Disderen
Frobase
Oof
Aly
Chester Hy Frobase
10Th Division
The
Quapstet Guild
Fort Leotard
Wood
Thomas
Benton High Schoo
Canalou News
WH. Coats
Famills
New York
Whit
West Point Military Academy
Norman Vestal
New Orleans
Ralph Anderson
Joseph H. Allen
Kentucks Lake
Foster Whitten
Carthage
Clay Ransburga
Steve
Dr. Whitten
Dale Spitler
Sally
Karen Becker
Wappapella
Sandra, Blom
Vickie Sue Richardson
van Sharp
William R. Kimbrough
Illinois
the Quopahot
Stoddard
Bannon School
Howard
Donald Hill
Philemon Woodard
Althea Gilchrist
Robert Riley
Vinie L Ee Shannon
Arletta Turner
Laura Ellis Howard
Mary Beth
Sally Marshall
Benny Marshall
S. A. Fowler
Ethel Freeland
Charleston
A. E. Davis
Isaac Marshall
J. H. Marshall
Jimmy Boston
Gene Nunnclee
J. F. Nunnelee
Kenneth Butler
Hosea Cantrell
Commodore Butram of
McMullin
John Hudson
BR. O. Minner and Sons
E. J. Nienstedt
Edgar Watson
Crowder
Theo Hopper
E. R. Rister
Woman's Club
R. O. Minner
Fletcher Withrow
Michigan
Ed Bramit
Guatemala
Erry
New Madrid County Library
Sara Harris
Blodgett News
Oran News
Howard English
Jackson Garner
Baptist
Arena Park
I. A. Inman
Garth
Garner
Here
Tanner
Shirley Ann
Roy Carter
O. E. Cameron
Ronnie
Wiley Wallace
Madge Ward
John Stehr
Bennett
T. T. O'Dell
Faye Stradley
Earl Leslie
O'Dell
Buford O'Dell
Kalamazoo
Barbara Howell
State College
Carolyn Keene
Clarkton
Howell
Miss Keene
Dorothy Halloway
Page Dulanely
Malden Baptist Church
F. L. Sisson
Highway
L. E. Bechtold Chiropractor
Front Street
White's
Harold Hill Angus Farms
U. S. Highway 61
Pine Crest and
Fenton
LaFayette
Manchester
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