Sawmill Accident Claims Arm Near Quinn
BROSELEY Floyd Williams Jr. 18 lost his right arm at a sawmill near Quinn Butler county when he fell and the arm contacted a revolving saw. MARBLE HILL Golden wedding celebrated by Daniel J. and wife with six children present. KENNETT Dunklin county hospital bids far exceed authorized funds. election planned to authorize additional bonds. DEXTER Rotary Club charter night draws 400 plus. Tom J. Smith of Butte Montana speaker. I C Williamson presides. CAPE GIRARDEAU A man identified as Landon L Pape caught stealing from a blind candy bar operator in the post office building after recent release from state prison.
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Kennett
Dunklin County
Dexter
Tom J. Smith
Butte, Mont
Rotary International
I. C. Williamson
Cape Girardeau
Landon L. Pape
Lllinois Penitentiary
Missouri Correctional Institutions
Chaffee Funeral Honors Local War Hero in June 1944
Funeral services for Pvt. James L. Grose ctose were held at the Methodist church with Rev. Archie Holt leading. Military honors were rendered at Memorial Park Cemetery near Cape Girardeau after his body was returned from Italy where he fell in battle on June 26, 1944. Also noted is Kennett hosting a Spring Carnival of Super Values promoting a city-wide sale and Flat River celebrating Abraham Wright and his wife’s 69th wedding anniversary with a dinner and reception at the American Legion hall. both events mark local community activities.
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Chaffee
Methodist Church
Archie Holt
James L. Grosectose
Italy
Memorial Park
Cape Girardeau
Flat River
Abraham Wright
American Legion Hall
Mrs. Wright
Fredericktown Invents Electric Rocking Crib
Fredericktown resident Lester P. Ryan has created a baby crib powered by electricity, adding to his prior claim of inventing an electric refrigerator fifty years earlier. East Prairie public schools reopen after a two week flood-related closure. Millersville mourns Gary Wayne Riehn, 5, who died from injuries after a pitchfork accident at a rural property last Friday.
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Fredericktown
Lester P. Ryan
East Prairie
Millersville
Gary Wayne Riehn
Robert Riehn
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Poplar Bluff Officer Dies of Brain Blood Clot
Sergeant Earl A. Bradley of the Missouri Highway Patrol died here Monday from a brain blood clot after months of ill health. A Poplar Bluff native and former city official, he funeral services were held yesterday. In Holcomb, six year old Donald Ray McCorme was fatally injured when he walked into a Formosa Ark driver Ollie James Crawford car on Highway 25 at its junction with Highway 53 during a fishing trip.
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Poplar Bluff
Earl A. Bradley
Missouri Highway Patrol
Holcomb
Donald Ray McCorme
Ollie James Crawford
Formosa
Ark
Highway
Sikeston mourns Poplar Bluff sergeant from Italy death
Sikeston residents attended the funeral in Poplar Bluff for Sergeant James V. Pierce, who died in combat in Italy on October 16, 1944. He was the son of Mrs. Frances Pierce. Attendees from Sikeston included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cole, Mrs. Flora Shain, Mrs. Nora Shannon, Miss Rebecca Pierce, Mrs. Bill Shain and sons Billy and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pierce and son Billie Jean.
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Sikeston
Poplar Bluff
James V. Pierce
Italy
Frances Pierce
Fred Cole
Flora Shain
Nora Shannon
Rebecca Pierce
Bill Shain
Billy
Larry
Raymond Pierce
Billie Jean
Funeral Rites for Cape Girardeau Soldier
Rev R M Talbert will conduct funeral services for Pfc Wallace Lee Harper in Cape Girardeau on Saturday afternoon at Haman Funeral Home. Interment will be at Memorial Park cemetery. Harper died in North Africa on April 8, 1943. The Herald is your BEST new paper.
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R. M. Talbert
Christian Church
Cape Girardeau
Pfc
Wallace Lee Harper
Frank Harper
Haman
Memorial Park Cemetery
Harper
North Africa
Catron Girl Thanks Sikeston For Her Legs
Bernice Reed a 15 year old girl from Catron who lost her right limb in a 1946 truck accident wrote a letter of appreciation to the Sikeston committee of four women and to Mayor Carroll and Dr C J Mellies and others who helped obtain two artificial legs The fundraising by downtown businesses provided the funds for the legs and the second limb was purchased weeks ago She expressed gratitude for the support and boxes sent and noted she will soon be 15 and is doing well in school.
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Bernice Reed
Catron
Sikeston
Carroll
C. J. Mellies
Bernice
Foxes Welcome Son John Fox Jr to Kansas City
Mr and Mrs John Fox visiting their daughter Mrs Berry Laws in Kansas City Kansas report a pleasant visit from their son John Fox Jr of Honolulu Hawaii from February 11 to 14 The trip to the States was by plane and the family enjoyed the reunion
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John Fox
Berry Laws
Kansas City
Kansas
John Fox Jr
Honolul
Hawaii
Arrests for Violation of Highway Rules Involving Multiple Collisions
State Patrol reports include Farrell O Jordan 22 of Matthews arrest after crashing into a Deal Furniture Company delivery truck on Highway 60 West. Jordan held at Benton county jail. Another crash north of Sikeston on Highway 61 left Miss Marguerite Dunn and B C Rice with injuries and minor cuts to Miss Helen Young. O D Neal Sikeston Negro arrested for operating under the influence and held at Benton jail. James E Christian of Charleston arrested for operating a truck with expired licenses. Truck owned by Wigdor Furniture Charleston.
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Farrell O. Jordan
Matthews
State Patrol
Deal Furniture Company
Jordan
Deal
Benton
Sikeston
Marguerite Dunn
B. C. Rice
Wigdor Furniture Company
Charleston
Too Late to Top Trees Warned by Florist Woehlecke
William Woehlecke, a local florist, cautions that it is too late to top trees and urges stopping the practice until after mid June. He warns against topping hardwoods including maple, sycamore, and American elm.
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Wm. Woehlecke
Mr. Woehlecke
Red Cross Film Shown At Rotary Club Meeting
Last night at the Dunn Hotel the Sikeston Rotary club viewed a Red Cross film It Can Be You. Newell James arranged for local Red Cross workers to review the film and note worthwhile Red Cross work. The meeting noted business matters for the next Rotary board session. Sikeston ranked 6th of 65 clubs in the 135th district. Two new attendees were Charles Hicks and Elmer Poage.
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RED Cross
Dunn Hotel
Rotary Club
Newell James
Rotary Board
Sikeston Club
Sikeston
Rotary Anns
New Dexter Rotary Club
Charles Hicks
Missouri State Highway Engineering
Elmer Poage
Lions Club hears F H A representative
Fred W. Pepping from the Federal Housing Administration in St Louis spoke at the Sikeston Lions Club luncheon on Federal Housing. Guests included Alan T. Smith E L Pletch Bill Galladay Ted Higgins Carroll Sutton and John Bierke. Forty four Lions attended the meeting led by president Keith Collins.
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Fred W. Pepping
Federal Housing Administration of
Alan T. Smith
E. L. Pletch
St. Louis
Bill Galladay
Ted Higgins
Carroll Sutton
John Bierke
Keith Collins
Farm Sale Records 312 Acres Sold in New Madrid County
Caleb Smith, local real estate dealer, reports sale of 312 acres in New Madrid county from Wm. F. Frede of Illinois to Carl Vaughn near Morehouse for $39,000. Deal closed March 1. Our customers are our best advertisers. LAIR'S.
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Caleb Smith
New Madrid County
Wm. F. Frede
Illinois
Carl Vaughn
Morehouse
Mr. Smith
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