The Herald Presents The Candidates For Democratic Nomination
The Herald lists Democratic candidates for county offices: Crader for Prosecuting Attorney； Felker Capshaw for County Collector. Chapman Scherer for County Clerk. Slinker Hess Porter for County Treasurer. Daugherty Briggs for Clerk of the Circuit Court. Lankford for Presiding Judge. The piece notes voter consideration and discusses party balance and regional voting patterns in Scott County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Daugherty Lloyd G
Jerry" Briggs
L. D. Lankford
Canatou Couple Observe Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Earnest Muffett Canatou celebrated their golden anniversary at home. They married June 16 1904 in Magan Kentucky. Open house 2 to 6 pm drew about 1900 guests. They moved to Canaloa in 1908 and have ten children and ten grandchildren. Both are charter First Baptist Church members. Attendance at Sunday schools reported for local churches. Ice cream social Friday 4 to 9 30 p.m. to support sending youths to Arcadia Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Muffett
Canatou
Une
Earnest Muffet
Muffett
Mass Pearl Baughn
J. W. Baughn
Ben Muffett
F. D. Baughn
Magan
John Smith
Afr
Muifell
Morehouse
Canaloa
Bapist
Muffet
Sikeston
First Baptist Church
Assembly of God Church
First
Methodist Church
Church of the Nazarene
Tanner Street
Ged
Second General Baptist
Kong
First Presbyterian Church
The
Arcadia
Ken Smitten Announces First Cotton Bloom of Year
Ken Smitten takes the lead in announcing the first cotton bloom of the season. On Monday he visited the Horseshoe Plantation section run by John Parker where Parker displayed three cotton blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
Horseshoe Plantation
John Parker
Parker
Jaycee Rodeo Queen Contest Rules Announced
Jaycees set the second annual Bootheel Rodeo in September with a Rodeo Queen contest led by Robert Mitchell. Any woman ages 16 to 24, single or married, may enter via organizations in 16 towns. a $5 entry fee funds prizes of 40, 25, and 10 for top sponsors. Must Ride Horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mitchell
Buckner-Ragsdale
Elite Shop
J. C. Penney Co
Blum’s Department Store
Jaycees
Camdenton
Bill Bess
J. H. Bucher
G. B. Greer
Country Club
Bill Sikes
Jaycee’s Scout Committee
Lake Wappapello
SEMO Congress Urges Attracting Industry To Halt Population Drop
Seven county area led by Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard met in Portageville to hear that mechanization and weed control threaten cotton work and that Southeast Missouri must lure new industry to keep workers employed. The Missouri Delta Development Commission formed with a 14 member executive board will seek factories, with a $25,000 budget raised by local assessments. Hilton L. Bracey and Pat Patterson urged swift action to stabilize jobs and prevent further depopulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Dunklin
Mississippi
New Madrid
Pemiscot
Scott
Stoddard
Twin Oaks
Portageville
Missouri
Missouri Delta Development Commission
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
Hilton L. Bracey
Harlo J. Dunn
Poplar Bluff
Butler County
Charles Atkins
Donald Kaikbrenner
Glenn
Cashdollar
Campbell
P. D. Watson
Malden
Paul Handy Moore
Charleston
Simon Faulkoff
East Prairie
J. Raymond Lucy
Parma
Lew
Stone
Lilbourn
Glenn Baker
Hayti
Gordon S. Wrigh
Caruthersville
Scott County
Frank J., Sison Jr
Sikeston
Harlan Whitaker
Chaffee
Inez Sart Bloomfield
James Q. Donaldson
Dexter
T Spor
Rea
Hichway
Hast
Keane
Ancell
Benton
Blodgett
Commerce
Crowder
Diehrstadt
Fornfelt
Itmo
Kelso
Lambert
Morley
New Hamburg
Oran
Perkins
Vancuser
Bracey
MCPA
Missouri Delta
Braceyv
Delta
Pat” Patterson
Misouri
Series Doddol
Missouri Resources and Deopment
Miescorn
Hampton Sewing Machine Store Being Remodeled
G S Hampton known as the sewing machine man in Sikeston Missouri is near finishing a remodeling of his South Ranner address to create a more attractive store front. He offers Necchi machines and a full line of parts and accessories with repair service. Mrs Hampton makes special buttons belts and covers in any fabric for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Hampton
S. Ranner
Missouri
Sikeston
South Ranner
Necchi
Hampton
Portageville Auto Crash Claims Two Lives Two
Two dead and five injured in a Portageville automobile wreck this morning. Miss Lou Ava Gardner, 20, of Marmaduke Arkansas, was killed instantly. James T. Carroll, 44, husband of Mrs. Carroll, and several Carroll children were hospitalized in fair condition with injuries. The crash occurred as the Carroll family, visiting Marmaduke, were en route to Ohio with their niece Garrett. The State Highway Patrol cites excessive speed and a 75 foot skid mark. Victims to be moved to Rector Arkansas funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portageville
Lou Ava Gardner
Marmaduke
Ark
Virgie Carroll
Rutland
Pemiscot Memorial Hospital
Hayti
James T. Carroll
Carroll
Rector, Ark
Last Rites Thursday For Oran Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine J. Trost 80 will be at Guardian Angel Church in Oran with Rev J A Poepsel officiating Burial will follow in Friend Cemetery She died Monday at a daughter s home near Jackson Born in Modoc Illinois she married Henry Trost in 1890 and they moved to Missouri in 1900 The family lived in the Oran community for 44 years Surviving are her daughter two sons and three daughters as well as a brother a sister 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
Josephine J. Trost
Guardian Angel Church
J. A. Poepsel
Friend
Thomas J. Powell
Jackson
Modoc
Trost
Henry Trost
Missouri
Fred
Chaffee
Robert
Lloyd McBride
Fiorian Buchheit
Lemay
Thomas L. Powell
Frank Barr
Lena Belefeld
St. Louis
Miss Kay Miller to Be Bride Sunday
Miss Kay Miller of Sikes ton will wed Jim Harvey of Charleston this Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Christian Church Sikeston with Rev. Rufus Noisworthy officiating. No invitations are issued. relatives and friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Miller
Sikeston
Jim Harvey
Charleston
First Christian Church
Rufus Noisworthy
New Bethel Church
Famlies
SEMO Wheat Crop Set At 20 Million Bushels
The 1954 wheat crop across Scott Stoddard New Madrid and Mississippi counties is expected to total about 2.5 million bushels in the Arkana area south to Perry County and west to Butler County. Bowman of the Scott County Milling Company estimates farmers' proceeds may range from 5.65 million to 3.9 million dollars depending on market sales and loan uptake. Yields up to 45 bushels per acre are reported with storage challenges and a shift toward on farm drying and government loan storage options.
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Perry County
Cape Girardeau Line
Arkanasax
Mississippi County
Butler County
Lyman Bowman
Scott County
Scott
Stoddard
New Madrid
Mississippi
Scott County Milling Company
Bowman
W. C. Bowman
Tom Brown
Brown
Francis Waggoner
Wheat Club
Waggener
M. J. Hatten
Hatten
Tom Stroup
Vila
Streccoe
Frank van Horne
REA Manager Reports Cooperative Progress At Meeting
James C. Stephen son, manager of the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Electric Cooperative, presents a comparative progress report for 1952–1953 at the annual meeting. The tabulation shows revenue gains, reduced maintenance and meter costs, and rising total operating costs. Members rise to 9,873 with 2,357 miles of lines. total KWH sold fell from 15,368,559 in 1953 to 12,645,247 in 1952. a 2.52 million mismatch noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Stephenson
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Co-operative
Co-Operative
Stephenson
Two Chaffee Men Die In Auto-Truck Wreck
Judge M E Montgomery was notified of the deaths of his nephew Homer C Montgomery Jr. and Floyd London 30 of Chaffee in a peculiarly timed traffic accident in Hoxie Arkansas. A car behind a trailer truck was rammed into the truck ahead at a railroad crossing killing both occupants. Homer C Montgomery Jr 31 was a Frisco rail road fireman and London a Frisco brake man. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Homer C Montgomery Sr his wife and two small daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Montgomery
Homer C. Montgomery Jr
Chaffee
Hoxie
Ark
Missouri State Patrol
Arkansas Troopers
Montgomery
Floyd London
Frisco Railroad
London
Frisco
Former Resident Walter Nix Dies in Cape Girardeau
Walter Nix 52 formerly of this area died Monday morning in a Cape Girardeau hospital. Born May 1 1902 in Sikeston he married Opal Gibbons on August 21 1936. Survived by four children Robert Dean Jerry Walter Patricia Ann and Carolyn Sue Nix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Nix
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Marth
Opal Gibbons
Robert Dean
Jerry Walter
Petricia Ann
Carian Sue Nix
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Daddy” Felker
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Bob” Capshaw
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Jess” Chapman
A. F
Fritz” Scherer
Paul H. Slinkerd Hess Porter
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Hampton Sewing Machine Store
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