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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
11
Sikeston city council and Sikeston school district team up to repurpose six unused airport buildings for temporary school use. The plan relieves crowded classrooms and highlights the need for a broader real estate revaluation to support future permanent school construction and municipal projects.
The Herald notes Representative Clarence Felker shows a mixed record in the State Legislature. He sponsored a bill to allow ten percent bonding for school districts, aligning with local praise, yet faced criticism for voting against larger public school appropriations on two occasions. His supporters hope for improvement.
The Herald reports the Sunday School Lesson by William Southern Jr is being discontinued. Western Newspaper Union had distributed the contributions to the press, and Herald readers regret losing Mr Southern's weekly discussions in the International Sunday School Lessons.
Lizzie Parks 80 of New Madrid died at home last Thursday from a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Saturday at New Madrid with burial in Mounds Park Cemetery. Surviving are Mrs Maggie Totty of Sikeston, another sister Mrs Willie Wathen of Little Rock, Ark, and brother Sam Mahar of New Madrid.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Baptist church for Daniel W. Slaughter 63 a retired farmer. He died of a heart ailment at Missouri Delta Community Hospital last Saturday. Born in Mississippi September 12 1885 he farmed near Sikeston for 15 years. Survived by widow Dora Slaughter a son Doyle Slaughter of Thayer a daughter Mrs Orval Tate of Sikeston three brothers and three sisters. Burial at Memorial Park cemetery with Taylor service.
Out-of-town mourners gathered for Mrs. F. M. Sikes funeral last Friday afternoon. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Crowe and daughter, Mrs. Cora Crowe of Dexter, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Corrigan of Poplar Bluff, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brown of Columbia, and others from Charleston, Cape Girardeau, Nashville, Arlington, and Blodgett.
Yesterday afternoon at Little Vine General Baptist church in Big Opening southeast of Sikeston services were held for Mollie T. Evans 81 of East Prairie who died Tuesday after several days illness Rev G A Griffey officiated and interment followed in Dogwood Cemetery She was born February 18 1868 in Brownsville Tennessee moved to East Prairie 28 years ago Her husband Rev John E Evans died September 20 1938 She is survived by a son Thomas Terrell of Brownsville a daughter Mrs Lola Atney of Kennett a half brother Robert Mitchell of Brownsville two nephews three grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Bert Budd a well known Poplar Bluff typewriter salesman fell at his home about a week ago and suffered a hemorrhage from the injuries, dying on Monday. Funeral services and burial were held yesterday in Poplar Bluff. Get our prices before you buy.
The Herald has not been informed why the popular discussions, read by thousands weekly, are being discontinued. Newspapers sought to provide them to many, and the absence leaves readers without the discussed topics.
Richard Minner aged 59, a former Sikeston resident, died in a Phoenix, Arizona hospital. Born in Marion Kentucky in 1889, he moved with his parents to Scott County as a child and lived in Richwoods. He had lived in Phoenix for 20 years and is survived by his widow Lina J. Minner, a daughter Gwin of Sikeston, two sons Max of St. Louis and Joe Dean of University City, a grandson Greg Minner. Max Minner flew to Phoenix for the services held last Friday.
Mr and Mrs T A Hopper of Matthews were treated at Missouri Delta Community Hospital for minor cuts and bruises after their northbound car collided with a southbound Illinois vehicle attempting to pass a truck on Highway 61 south of Sikeston Monday morning. The Hopper car overturned and burned. the other vehicle sustained little damage and the occupants were reported uninjured.
Admitted to Missouri Delta Community Hospital over the past week were Mrs. Carleen Johnson Daniel Slaughter Mrs. Thomas Allen Er mon McKinney Sikeston Joyce Rennier Morehouse Miss Helen Boone Miss Mildred Wathen New Madrid Mrs Frances McGonagill Charleston Mrs Georgia McCullock Bertrand Leon Large Portageville Laura J Bratton Oran JT A Hopper Kewanee Samuel Britton J T Williams Matthews Mrs Amanda Enderle Chaffee.
Mr and Mrs Eldridge Camps Sikeston welcome a daughter born March 3. Mr and Mrs Ralph Lee greet a son born March 3. A daughter born March 4 to Lyman Pixiey Sikeston. Bill Craig Sikeston a son born March 4. Clovis Lancaster a son born March 4. A son born March 6 to R W Roberts East Prairie. J T Barnhill Sikeston and Mrs Castor Alsup announce a daughter born March 6. James Tanner Blodgett and Mrs announce a daughter born March 7. Kenneth Vaughn Sikeston a daughter born March 7. James Umfrees Morehouse a son born March 7. Ira Avery Sikeston a son born March 8. Melvin Glueck Chaffee a daughter born March 8. Charles Graham of ? a daughter born March 9. Dead at Washington Tuesday representative Sol Hirom chairman of House Foreign Relations committee age 78.
World This Week notes the death of Senator Melville Broughton of North Carolina at Naval Hospital Washington last Sunday. He served in the Senate for two months and was a former governor of his state. Also described is a California demonstration of a fruit picking machine that shakes trees every three minutes and catches fruit on canvas covered frames for transport to trucks.
Alumni of the Missouri College of Agriculture plan a memorial for the late Dean E A Trowbridge. A committee of Columbia residents will organize details for the remembrance.
Washington reports a 115000 increase in full time federal employees for 1948, pushing the year’s total to a record 1,899,000. The rise marks the largest annual gain in civilian federal staffing to date.
Most American troops depart the Philippines this week as U S forces withdraw. The Philippine government assumes full authority to govern the new republic after the withdrawal concludes.
Judith Coplin a Justice Department employee since 1943 and Valentine A Gubitchev a member of the Russian UN delegation were arrested in New York last week on charges of stealing United States secrets.
Two weeks after Oklahoma Grady reportedly entered a silo and emerged, Iodine of Lawton has begun climbing to a second story hay loft. The farmers note cows seek more feed, suggesting a drive for sustenance as the motive behind these unusual acts.
General Lucius D. Clay approves the sentences for 19 Germans convicted by an American war crimes court in Nuernberg last April for mass murder. Thirteen defendants received the death penalty while others faced lesser terms.
Miss Mary Omen of J C Penney visited Sikeston to outline summer fashion trends. Cotton fabrics lead, with navy blue at the core and bold accessories in red white green mauve or gold. Sleeves shift to kimono styles, strapless sun dresses paired with bolero or cape-like jackets, and a range of silhouettes.
Thirteen entries from Sikeston High School join statewide posters for the 1951 Easter Seal contest. Submissions go to St Louis for judging by Chicago artists on May 18. Prizes include top art scholarships up to 500 dollars, with several lesser awards and five honorable mentions. Deadline is March 30.
Girl Scout troops Brownies and leaders will attend a tea at the public library next Saturday from 3 30 to 5 00 in the afternoon. All scouts are urged to wear their uniforms.
By a 470 to 179 vote Steele Missouri citizens oppose liquor sales by the bank. The election drew much interest and seven men were arrested for illegal voting.
Leonard Vaughan sat a Westinghouse Scholarship exam in St. Louis last week. If Norman Vaughan is awarded the scholarship worth 2400 dollars, he plans to use it toward an engineering degree at Carnegie School of Technology.
The Missouri State Senate passed its first bill of the current session on the 26th, creating a permanent system to revise and codify state laws. No bill yet has cleared both houses and reached Governor Smith for signature. In Illinois, wide open gambling reportedly resumes in the south, while an investigator notes the chill from Democrats replacing Republicans in the Springfield Attorney General office may be waning.
Kennett residents visit relatives in town and elsewhere while Mrs. W A Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J A Woodmansee, and many others attend gatherings. Beta Sigma Phi hosts Eleanor Hahn. Frigidaire ad appears. several hospital dismissals and transfers noted along with visits from relatives and travels to cities like St Louis and Cape Girardeau.
Albert Voss of Higginsville Missouri won the 8th annual Philip W Pillsbury state wheat trophy awarded by the Missouri Seed Improvement Association and the University of Missouri College of Agriculture. He grows wheat on 140 acres in Lafayette County and raises oats corn red clover alfalfa hogs and beef cattle. Voss has produced certified seed for seven years and worked with the agricultural extension service. The prize sample will enter the national Pillsbury competition in Minneapolis on March 23.
Private First Class Hubert D Murphy, 18, son of Mr and Mrs John W Murphy of Sikeston Rural Route 3, graduated this week from the Air Force Communications School at Scott Air Force Base Brigadier General Emil C Kiel announced. He enlisted December 31, 1947 and prior to Scott completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas.
Mr and Mrs W O Dysart and son Billy visited Gus Richards in New Madrid last Sunday. James E Matthews and children Jim and Elizabeth stayed with his parents R C Matthews. John F Wood and Ramona Stokely of Manila Ark visited Wood parents. Mrs C D Matthews Jr returned from San Francisco after Hawaii trip. Matthews family recent San Francisco visit from Hawaii. J W Stokely and grandson John Ross Childress spent Sunday in Findlay with Nettie Minner and Paul Orr. A A Grugett in St Louis for the Missouri Retail Hardware Association 50th Jubilee at the Jefferson Hotel plans to return tomorrow.
The Herald announces Clay A Mitchell Phillip Sadler Loomis Mayfield Wm F Woehlecke and Elmer Poage as candidates for Sikeston aldermen in Wards One Three and Four for the April 5 1949 city election subject to voters will and action.
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