Ballot Battle in Ward II Adds City Election Interest
The last minute filing of Charles Mitchell for Ward II alderman challenges Fred Smith incumbent in Ward III. His entry could boost turnout in Precinct 2 Ward II, as voters historically show strong participation in tight contests. Other wards mostly set, with several incumbents re-elected and Amendment No. 1 unlikely to spark fuss. A separate note urges 25 more paid Legion members by Saturday to secure a plaque on the department home. Mrs Baker and children return to Missouri May 1 after winter in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mitchell
Fred Smith
Sikeston
Charles M. Mitchell
Mitchell
Sikeston High School
Mrs. Mitchell
Wakerfield Street
Charles Barnett
Ira Keller Wil
Everett Farmer
T. P
Tommy” Rafferty
Cline Ables
Algerman Smith
Smith Funeral Home
Sunset Addition
The Herald Installs Modern Printing Equipment
The Sikeston Herald announces the purchase and installation of late model presses to handle rising commercial printing volume. A Kelly automatic cylinder press 22 by 28 inches and a Heidelberg automatic platen jobber 10 by 15 inches join the plant, enabling rapid, versatile work and replacing older gear. The upgrade signals a commitment to modernization as costs rise and efficiency grows, with production to begin within days and invitations extended to witness the new operation.
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The
Sikeston Herald
Herald
Southeast
Afissour
Rainfall contrasts spark Southeast Missouri optimism
Ralph Williams of Hale & Williams Tractor Co. notes a small article saying North Missouri has 9 inches of rain since Jan 1 while Southeast Missouri has 15 inches. The piece highlights soil moisture and underground water supplies as favorable for early spring, contrasting drought risks in other regions.
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Ralph Williams
Hale & Williams Tractor Co
Missouri
Weekend Traffic Toll Drops Five Dead 17 Hurt In 14 County Patrol Area
Three killed and 17 injured in 21 weekend crashes across Troop E area. Fatalities all occurred Sunday within 15 minutes. Names include Fredericktown teens James Jefferies and Gary Klobe, driver Stephen Kinder, and other victims in incidents near Piedmont, Charleston, New Madrid, Scott County and Marston. Injured include Des Moines residents and others. Separate item notes Eugene L. Rudd, son of Forest L. Rudd, appointed office management trainee at Sikeston plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop E
State Highway Patrol
Fredericktown
James F. Jefferies
Gary Klobe
Stephen Kinder
Warne
Piedmont
Willard Kenneth Walter
State Patrol
Kenneth E. Vowels
Charleston
Blodgett
Mussouri Delta Community Hospital
Thomas A. Henn
Fort Campbell
New Madrid
Scott County
Wilson Sohlig
Oran
Merlin L. McConnell
Frank McGaw
Des Moiines
McConnell
McGaw
Sehlig
Alex Crawford Jr
Elis Crawford
Willie James Crawford
Des Moines
Marston
Highway 61
Wile Clopton
Poplar Bluff
Ted Bagwell
St. Louis
Bagwell
Clopton
Lucille Bagwell
St Louis
J. F. Yancey
International Shoe Co
Eugene L. Rudd
Forest L. Rudd
Sikeston
Rudd
University of Missouri
International
Eugene Rudd
Sue
Southeast Missouri farmers tour Florida vegetable fields
A group of Southeast Missouri farmers and business leaders returned from a Florida inspection tour of vegetable fields and packing plants. They saw celery radishes cabbage and strawberries with costs and processes, noting celery is unlikely for local scale due to high production costs. They visited Gainesville Florida State University and the Citrus Experiment Station, then toured Orlando Zellwood Lake Gem and Plant City strawberry markets and packing operations.
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Missouri
Florida
Gainsvile, Fla
Southeast Missouri
Florida State University
Gainsville
Palatka
Hastings
Sanford
Stig
Florida Frat and Vegetable Association
Orlando
Zellwood
Lake Gem
Lake Alfred
Citrus Experiment Station
Cypress Gardens
Florida Agricultural Research Institute
Frank L. Holland
Winter Haven
Snively
Armour & Company
Bartow
Lakelar
Brian Owen
Paul Denman
Tampa
Sikeston
Plant City
Funeral services for Andrew J Simpson held in Sikeston area
Funeral services for Andrew J Simpson will be at Nunnelee Funeral Home West Center Street Thursday at 2 PM with burial in Morley Cemetery. The 77 year old Sikeston resident died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital Centralia IL. He was born May 19 1879 in Princeton KY and leaves a large family including wife Laura, three sons Morris Bill William, three daughters Marie Abbott Willard Westmoreland Pearl Hess Wanda Elizabeth, step daughter Dorothy Simpson, Robert Simpson and 14 grandchildren.
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Andrew J. Simpson
Nunnelee Funeral Home
West Center Street
New Morley Cemetery
Loren Wooten
Assembly of God Church
Nunnelee
Centralia
Marie Abbott
St Louis
Willard Westmoreland
Sikeston
Pearl Hess
Miami, Fla
Wanda
Elizabeth
Dorothy Simpson
Robert Simpson
Suxeston
Attendance at Sikeston Sunday Schools
Sunday school attendance figures for several churches in Sikeston are listed. First Baptist Church reports 520 attendees, First Methodist 499, First Assembly of God 456, Church of the Nazarene 315, Tanner Street Church of God 247, Second General Baptist 111, and Wesley Methodist 47.
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Sikeston
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
First Assembly of God Church
Church of the Nazarene
Tanner Street Church of God
Second General Baptist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Charleston Woman Dies in Jacksonville Ill
Mrs. Charles W Reid widow of Dr. Charles W Reid died Friday at 11 30 a m at her daughter’s home in Jacksonville Ill She leaves two other daughters Mrs Harry Lee of Miami Fla and Mrs Hubert Browning of Evansville Ind and five grandchildren Funeral services will be at the Methodist Church Sunday at 2 p m the Rev E W Bartley officiating assisted by Rev Alfred Smith Burial will be in the Odd Fellows family lot.
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Charleston
Charles W Reid
Charles W. Reid
Fnday
E. E. Grojean
Jacksonville
Reid
Harry Lee
Miami
Fla
Hubert Browning
Evansville
Ind
Methodist Church
E W_ Bartley
Alfred Smith
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Mrs Effie Bell Stoner Dies in Bowling Green at 40
Mrs Effie Bell Stoner, long tied to Scott county, died at 4 AM Monday at her daughter Mrs James Tanner’s home in eastern town. Born February 26 1887 at Hartford Missouri, she was widow of Tom Stoner and mother of five, including I B Stoner in St Louis and Officer Henry Stoner in the U S Navy. Surviving siblings Robert Moss and the Hume sisters, with 130 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Efsie Bell Stoner
Aimes Street
James Tanner
Indiana Street
Hartford
Scott County
Tom Stoner
Lillie Stoner
Stoner
The
Baptist Church
I. B. Stoner
St. Loui
Henry Stoner
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Lucien Stoner
Martha
James) Tanner
Sikeston
Mary
Russell) Paul
St Louis
Robert Moss
Beaulah Hume
Jim Hume
Bowling Green
Police Move to New Headquarters and Jail
Police Chief Arthur Bruce and officers moved from the temporary HQ on Highway 61 South to the new building on Prairie Street between the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Center Street. The setup includes new cells with mattresses, no smoking, three shifts, and separate isolated cells for white male, female, and colored prisoners. Public contact info lists telephone numbers 683 and 684 with officers on duty day and night.
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Police Department
City Jail
City Court
Prairie Street
New City Court
Josephine Kinneald
A. B
Julie
Arthur Bruce
Highway 61
Prairie St
Missouri - Pacific Railroad
Center Street
Worsoners
Bruce
Clix
Gail Py
F. H. Smith
Judge Smith
Magistrate Court
Jube’’ Barrett
Anchor Toy Co prepares for busy toy season in Sikeston
After a seasonal lull Anchor Toy Co in Sikeston gears up for the Mammoth tar fair in New York and the fall Christmas toy rush. Plan superintendent Hob Henzi notes design work continues during sales and orders flow from the fair to Transogram plants nationwide. New items like a high chair doll set stools and blackboards join trusted favorites as 1957 outlook grows brighter despite red tape delays.
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New York
Sikeston
Santa Claus
Anchor Toy Company
Hob Henzi
Anchor Toy Co
Sikeson
Maine
Oregon
Razen
Matthews
Henzi
Transostam
Dar
Benton Chamber Hears Foster on MDDC Plans
Benton meets with Don Foster of Dexter to learn how the MDDC plans to attract new industries. Discussion covers trading town land at the old high school for the Community Building and school board land to secure a site for a prospective small industry. Completion hinges on end of the school year as the Community Building serves as a gym. The centralized high school near Benson opens next fall and the old school becomes a grade school.
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Benton
Benton Chamber of Commerce
Don Foster
Dexter
Old High School
Tien
Benson
Blind man burned to death in Portageville cabin
In Portageville Amy, an aged blind man, perished in a early morning cabin fire discovered after three walls had fallen. The blaze at 3 30 occurred near Main Street with cause still undetermined as funeral workers removed the charred remains.
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Portageville
Amy
Dave Bell
Main Street
Former Sikeston Girl Dies at Kirksville
News comes of the death of Miss Bonnie Hedden Fowler, formerly Miss Bonnie Hedden of Sikeston, at a Kirksville hospital on Saturday. Funeral services were held in Hannibal. She is survived by her husband, a six year old daughter, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hedden of Hannibal, a sister Mrs. Herbert Kuntz of St. Louis, and two brothers Roy Hedden of Portland, Oregon, and Ted Hedden of Georgia. The father was longtime manager of the John Deere farm implement business in Sikeston. the family now resides at 2840 Hubbard street, Hannibal.
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Roy Fowler
Hannibal
Bonnie Hecdcéen
Sikeston
Hirksvillle
Wancaha
Roy Hedden
Portland
Cre
Ted Hedden
Georgia
Ernest Heddern
John Deere
Hedden
Hubbard Street
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Ariz
Dr. Fbaker
Tommie
Susan
Trailback Plantation
Stoddard County
Tucson Country Day School
Tommie Baker
Tucson Country Day
Yosses
the Herald
LUCKY
New Plant Post
Denman
By Clint HL Denman
Jacksonville, Ill
Mrs. Effie Bell Stoner
Anchor Toy
Foster
MDDC
Kirksville
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