Highway Gardens To Feature State Fair in August
Sedalia Missouri June 30 State Highway Department maintains a two acre High way Gardens area in the State Fair grounds south central section open August 21 to 28 Visitors find native and exotic trees a lily pond with twelve rare lilies from Missouri Botanical Gardens serpentine walks rustic seating and picnic spots A large stone water station with ice room and drinking fountains expands into a panorama exhibit Memories includes a pioneer home old machinery and a rail fence A 90 foot panorama of the state roads shows old trails plus new plant shipments and furniture ads.
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Sedalia
Highway Gardens
State Highway Department
Missouri Botanical Gardens
St. Louis
California Highway Department
Missouri Department
Former Funeral Home to Have New Tenants
The former Welsh Funeral Home has been rented by John G. Powell owner of Powell Insurance Agency and is being remodeled. Part of the building is leased to Superior Stationery Company owned by David Blanton and managed by Dick Smith. The expanded facility next to the Insurance Agency will boost space and efficiency.
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John G. Powell
Powell Insurance Agency
Superior Stationery Company
David Blanton
Dick Smith
Insurance Agency
Body of Sikeston man returned for burial
Pfc. William Turner killed in action December 26 1944 in the Luxembourg battle body arrived at Taylor Funeral Home Sikeston funeral services set for 2 30 tomorrow at the Baptist church Rev E D Owen to preside interment in Fairmont Cemetery Cape Girardeau with American Legion rites Survivors include Eleanor Turner Kindred three children Lorene Turner siblings and half brother Thurman Wells Turner born January 21 1913 Portageville son of Mr and Mrs Wm E Turner he lived in Sikeston worked for Railway Express and LImbaugh service station entered service May 1944 trained at Camp Hood Texas went overseas September 19 1944 with Company G 328th Infantry 26th Division Third Army first buried in Lorraine France
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William
Bill) Turner
Luxembourg
Taylor Funeral Home
Baptist Church
E. D. Owen
Fairmont Cemetery
Cape Girardeau
American Legion
Pfe
Patricia Ann
Billy Gene
Michael
Sikeston
Lorene Turner
Leguna Beach
Calif
Bob Turner
Georgia
Gene Turner
San Francisco
Harry Turner
Lilbourn
Don Turner
Camden
Thurman Wells
Portageville
Wm. E. Turner
Railway Express Agency
Limbaugh
Camp Hood
Tex
Co. G
328Th Infantry
Third Army
France
Lorraine
Opening of Welsh Funeral Home Draws 600 Plus Attendees
More than six hundred people attended the opening of the Welsh Funeral Home at its new site at West Gladys and New streets in Sikeston. Among out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zimmerman of St. Louis and many others from Missouri and nearby states.
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New Welsh Funeral Home
West Gladys and
New Streets
Sikeston
Ted Zimmerman
Jack Zimmerman
St. Louis
Gordon Young
Paducah
G. C. Sutherlin
Charleston
J. R. Howerton
Osceola
Ark
James M. Baker
Columbia
Irene Applegate
Denver
Colorado
Charles B. Frissell
Cape Girardeau
Charles Fatzinger
Salt Lake City
Utah
John Webber
Jackson
Jack Hughes
Grace Mathis
Morehouse
Lewis Newby
Little Rock
Ray Rainey
Dexter
Lowell Greer Jr
New Madrid
William W. Kingsbury
Nashville
Tennessee
Alden Pinney
Benton
Wayne DeLisle
Portageville
Mack
Patricia Pratt
Morley
O. L. Spencer
Veterans Helped To Rebuild Homes Ruined by Storm
Sixty one Cape Girardeau area veterans with GI guaranteed loans are being assisted by Cape Girardeau lenders and the VA to repair or rebuild homes after the May tornado. Lenders and the VA offer options to pay off loans or rebuild as three new homes proceed and most repairs finish. The VA may guarantee up to 50 percent of a loan with a $4,000 max. Flowering loans ranged up to $16,000 with minimal damage, and 61 loans in the county cover homes, businesses, and farms.
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Sxty
Cape Girardeau
Veterans Administration
E. J. Wieland
St. Louis
Missouri
Wieland
Cape Girardeau County
Fraud in Unemployment Compensation Bared
Charles A. Ricker, director of the State Division of Employment Security, reported a rise in detected unemployment compensation fraud due to expanded fraud prevention efforts and greater employer reporting. He cited almost 3,000 cases uncovered in the first five months, totaling about $250,000 in benefits.
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Charles A. Ricker
State Division of Employment Security
Ricker
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Howell
Sellery
Simmons
Mengel
Kroehler
Bigelow
Armstrong
Lair’s
Homestead Cafe
Bob and
Elsie Lewis
Sikeston Country Club
Sikeston, Missouri
Janet Stevens
Mary Jane Faris
Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
Nora Lee Wilson
Girls State
Missouri Girls State
Fulton
Janet
C. J. Stevens
Junior Legion Auxiliary
Mary Jane
Mary Elizabeth
George M Faris
P. H. Stevenson
The
Nora Lee
Senior Legion Auxiliary
Jefferson City
House
Senate
Bob
J. F. Cox
Nat Snider JR
Optomery
Waggener Building
Newspaper Hiyr
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