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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
5
Eight teams survive the regional basketball tournament after Tuesday night action. Tonight features Lilbourn vs Anniston at 6, Essex vs Morehouse at 7, Kewanee vs Silmo at 8, and Fisk vs Canalou at 9. Semifinals Saturday with finals to follow.
Sikeston High repeats as two county meet champions for the second year, with Diehlstadt girls also winning. Sikeston advances from district play at Poplar Bluff toward regionals and state, facing Mountain Grove in the first round as schedules list.
Diehlstadt edges Imo girls 21 to 17 in the Scott Mississippi county tournament final at Benton. Half time 10 9 Diehlstadt led. Final period decisive with Diehlstadt scoring eight to six. Box scores list Charleston Morley East Prairie Chaffee Anniston Fornfelt Benton and others. Lieut Rex S Caldwell nominated for promotion to lieutenant commander at Annapolis.
Caruthersville swept both sides in the Pemiscot high school basketball tourney held in Caruthersville last week. The boys beat Wardell 41 to 27 in the final. the girls defeated Steele 35 to 27 in their final. Other results include Cooter over Bragg City 27 24 and Caruthersville over Cooter 28 21 in earlier rounds. Seven girls teams and ten boys teams entered the county meet.
Miss Isabell Hess leads Sikeston high school home economics department with Mrs Dorothea Elliott from Dexter schools at a conference Tuesday at the State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau. State supervisor Louise Keer and Minnie Irons of the University of Missouri discussed a round table session intended for a home economics book. Dexter students were hosted by Sikeston girls at the home economics cottage last Thursday.
Next week March 5 to 11 is Garden Book Week at the library. New garden books on exhibit include The Garden Dictionary and Gardening a complete guide. Also on display are Garden Flowers in Color and 1001 Garden Questions Answered among others with children’s titles The Burgess Flower Book for Children and several American Library Association aids for book selection.
A reunion of former home economics students from Sikeston High School will meet tomorrow night. The event gathers graduates from the classes of 1937 and 1938, bringing together longtime classmates for a social gathering and reminiscence.
The Lee children express gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during their time of sorrow and thank Rev. C. F. Tran sue for comforting words and tribute to their mother.
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