Vanduser Seniors Hear Minister At Commencement
Vanduser high school hosts ten seniors for commencement in the school auditorium with Rev Don E Schooler delivering the address. The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday night April 28 by Rev Ollie C Lewis of Portageville. Alumni banquet planned for May 5 invites former graduates to meet current seniors. Valedictorian is Lucille Heflin and salutatorian Dixie Beauton Helms. Junior and senior classes will take an extended trip May 3 and 4 to central and northern Missouri. Grade school graduates receive certificates of entry to the high school. Faculty for the coming year includes L W Bartels superintendent Clint Bugg principal Erma Ward Wm R Burke Gwen Hatcher Bess Scarbrough and Inez Huston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie C. Lewis
Portageville
Helen Cullins
Wilma Edwards
Floyd Killian
Bill Louise Love
Bennie Hesselrode
Margaret Utage
Dixie Beauton Helms
Lucille Heflin
Reba Johnson
Flora Bell Kindred
Missouri
L. W. Bartels
Clint Bugg
Erma Ward
Wm R. Burke
Gwen Hatcher
Bess Scarbrough
Inez Huston
Charleston Graduates Hear Missouri Professor at Commencement
Charleston high school plans graduation exercises with Dr. Fred McKinney of the University of Missouri as commencement speaker at the high school auditorium on Thursday night May 16. Baccalaureate services are Sunday night May 12 with Rev. W. C. Broderson preaching to the seniors. Other events include the senior play May 14, junior senior banquet May 15, and alumni banquet May 17. Names of graduates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McKinney
University of Missouri
Charleston High School
W. C. Broderson
Charleston Baptist Church
Clyde Day Ashby
Guentin A. Boren
Alfie Brown
Roy Henry Bush
Breckenridge Crowe
James Glennon Dugan
Bobbie Joe Dunn
Cecil Fitzpatrick
Johnb. Forbey
Charles W Fowlkes
Sidney Friedman
J. D. Grisham
Charles W. Hequembourg
Howell Lee Hicks
Hershel B Hunter
Sammie Jones
Homer Ray Lynn
C. Halton Newcomb
V. V. Sielert
Eugene F. Smith
Gerald R Taylor
Manon R Wagegener
Clarence E. Wyatt
Harry Timmons
Mane Arnold
Ruth Ann Ashby
Betty Jo Barnbrook
Mary E. Bastin
Lucille E Gray
Theda Agnes Johnson
Cora Charline Kunz
Mary Allene Lain
Mary Jane Lett
Dorothy J Leoneke
Isabel M Matthews
Phyllis J. McFadden
Joanna Oliver
Wanda Hugh Joe
Mayme
Twelve Graduate From Blodgett
Commencement for Blodgett high school to be held in the school auditorium on Wednesday night May 8 with diplomas for twelve senior class members. Dr W T Doherty of State College Cape Girardeau to deliver the commencement address. A Sunday service on May 5 will have Rev J Wilson Crichelow Cape Girardeau delivering the annual sermon. Graduates include Rose Withrow Rosie Young Claudine Hull Laura Gage John Warren Lawrence Gier Emmett Gaither Paul Graham Charles Murphy Joe Nunnelee Ernest Riley Eugene Myers. L F Evans heads Blodgett schools with faculty listing including H A Hayes principal J M Sitzes Gilbert Wilson Thomas Sinclair Coleen Stanfill Jeannette Graham Marjorie Burke Opal Welker. One high school teacher remains to be selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett High School
W. T. Doherty
State College
Cape Girardeau
J. Wilson Crichelow
Rose Evelyn Withrow
Rosie Louise Young
Claudine Elvada Hull
Laura Ethel Gage
John Jake Warren
Lawrence J. Gier
Emmett H. Gaither
Paul Graham
Charles E. Murphy
Joe Robert Nunnelee
Ernest Roy Riley
Eugene Myers
L. F. Evans
Blodgett
Hayes Adams
J. M. Sitzes
Gilbert Wilson
Thomas Sinclair
Coleen Stanfill
Jeannette Graham
Marjorie Burke
Canalou Seniors Graduate May 15
Nine Canalou high school seniors will graduate at the commencement in the high school auditorium on Wednesday night May 15. Dr W W Parker of State College will give the commencement address. The class plans an annual trip to Washington with a new school bus and a total trip cost about five dollars per student. The nine graduates are Mary Imogene Lesler Janice Earlyne Smith Anetta Tarrants Jewel Latham Kenneth Edward Sexton James Harden Coppege Rayborn Bernell Butler Gerald Dan Melton Joe Q Hillis. The next school year’s faculty includes Neil C Ashn superintendent Amel D Taul Catherine Bilger Lenore Mc Collum W L Giddens Frances Conrad Mildred Crosno Helen Duckett Taul Marguerite Wells Agatha Weaks Parks Ellis V Reid.
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Washington, D. C
Board of Education
Mary Imogene Lesler
Janice Earlyne Smith
Anetta I. Tarrants
Jewel Latham
Bertrand seniors to graduate at high school auditorium
Roy V Ellise the former Sikeston superintendent will deliver the commencement address for seven Bertrand junior high seniors at eight o'clock Thursday night May 9 in the high school auditorium. Baccalaureate services for the class will be held May 5 at 11 am at the Methodist church with Rev J J Willis delivering the sermon. Graduates: Bertha May Heckert Linda Elizabeth Sligar Ruth Elizabeth Bethune Madgalene Wilkerson Vivian Lucille Skelton Marian Ellett Marjorie Anne Voelker J J Richardson reelected superintendent for next year with Roy M Barber as principal Emma Burke Tillie Dale Williams and Hazel Voelker on the faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand
Roy V. Ellise
Sikeston Public Schools
Methodist Church
J. J. Willis
Bertha May Heckert
Linda Elizabeth Sligar
Ruth Elizabeth Bethune
Magdalene Wilkerson
Vivian Lucille Skelton
Marian Ellett
Marjorie Anne Voelker
J. J. Richardson
Roy M. Barber
Emma Burke
Tillie Dale Williams
Hazel Voelker
NYA Director to Speak at Chaffee Graduation
Clark Buckner heads the Missouri State division of the National Youth Administration and will deliver the commencement address at Chaffee High School in the gym Friday night May 17 at 8 o clock. Rev E W Bowery of the Baptist church preaches Sunday night May 12. Senior class night is Tuesday May 14 and eighth grade exercises Thursday May 16. List of seniors to receive diplomas includes Stirling Harbin Hoyts Ralph Otto Spullinger Charles Paul Cunningham Clarence Daugherty Arthur Emmet Free Paul Leslie Goddard Morris Gordon Lee Hutson Goza John William Henshaw Billy Joe Huber Wallace Honaker Robert Joseph Lick Gerald Bert Massey Homer Cyrus Montgomery Thomas Joseph Sawyer Lilbourn Leo Schultz Wilburn Cleon Schults Frank Abraham Sheetey Clarence Bernard Valerius Lawrence William Welter William Clarence Wilkinson Mary Belle Alsebrook Betty Belle Beahr Mary Anna Bisplinghoff Bessie Mae Campbell Virginia Campbell Dorothy Mae Crump Beulah Elizabeth Eastwood Evelyn Mae Ferguson Ruth Margaret Foulk Eunice Marie Honaker Virginia Christine Hurt Ruth Elizabeth Jones Allie B Lankford Mary Kathleen Lee Helen Maurine Lett Mattie Mae McAdams Mary Madalyn Moore Theresa Mary Scheeter Margaret Ann Scott Dora Ester Shores Coletta Vee Slinkard Dorothy Mae Slinkard Juanita Irene Smiley Peggy Lee Spencer Ruth Frances Stone Vera Marie Story Velma Valera Varble Fern Evelyn Washer Ella Westrick Regina Addie Whitfield Marvis William McCune Rosalee Hobbs and Rose Marian O Obermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Buckner
Missouri
The
National Youth Administration
Chaffee High School
Rev
E. W. Bowery
Baptist Church
Chaffee
Stirling Harbin Hoyts
Ralph Otto Spullinger
Charles Paul Cunningham
Clarence Daugherty
Arthur Emmet Free
Paul Leslie Goddard
Morris Gordon
Lee Hutson Goza
John William Henshaw
Billy Joe Huber
Wallace Honaker
Robert Joseph Lick
Gerald Bert Massey
Homer Cyrus Montgomery
Thomas Joseph Sawyer
Lilbourn Leo Schultz
Wilburn Cleon Schults
Frank Abraham Sheetey
Clarence Bernard Valerius
Lawrence William Welter
William Clarence Wilkinson
Mary Belle Alsebrook
Betty Belle Beahr
Mary Anna Bisplinghoff
Bessie Mae Campbell
Virginia Campbell
Dorothy Mae Crump
Beulah
Elizabeth Eastwood
Evelyn Mae Ferguson
Ruth Margaret Foulk
Eunice Marie Honaker
Virginia Christine Hurt
Ruth Elizabeth Jones
Allie B. Lankford
Mary Kathleen Lee
Helen Maurine Lett
Mattie Mae McAdams
Mary Madalyn
Benton High to Graduate 21
Twenty one Benton high school seniors will graduate at commencement at the community building on Thursday night May 16. The annual sermon will be preached Sunday May 12 by Rev J C Montgomery of Jackson Methodist Church. Grade school closing exercises are set for Wednesday May 15. The 1940 graduating class includes Nina Marie Bollinger Joseph Bucher Guy Caldwell Jr Jesse Woodrow Caldwell Jack Cannon Herman Diebold Quentin Diebold Gilbert Dirnberger Wilson Ervin Thomas Hawkins Clyde Hotz Hazel Kneezle Edward Kuss Harold McDonald Lyman Royal Garland Sanders Dorothy Schoen Mary Trammell Kathryn Williams Delos Mulls Pauline Wise. Horace L Jackson is reelected superintendent for the 13th year. Lloyd McDowell is high school principal. other faculty includes Dale Watkins Ida May Hunter Paul Bushong Lila Williams Virginia Eldridge. Three grade teachers remain to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton High School
Rev
J. C. Montgomery
Methodist Church
Jackson
Nina Marie Bollinger
Joseph Clara Bucher
Guy Caldwell Jr
Jesse Woodrow Caldwell
Jack D. Cannon
Herman Diebold
Quentin Charles Diebold
Gilbert William Dirnberger
Wilson Ervin
Thomas Hawkins
Clyde Charles Hotz
Hazel Irene Kneezle
Edward Herman Kuss
Harold D. McDonald
Lyman Royal
Garland Fillmore Sanders
Dorothy Marie Schoen
Mary Jan Trammell
Kathryn Louise Willams
Delos M. Mulls
Pauline Wise
Horace L. Jackson
Benton Public Schools
Lloyd McDowell
Dale Watkins
Ida May Hunter
Paul Bushong
Lila Willams
Virginia Eldridge
Anniston Seniors To Hear Attorney At Graduation
Judge Jack O Knehans of Cape Girardeau will deliver the commencement address at Anniston high school graduation exercises Friday night May 10. Rev J C Reid will preach the sermon to graduates at the high school auditorium Sunday night May 5. Edith Pruitt is valedictorian with the highest scholastic average. Mildred Nolen is salutatorian. Other graduates include Juanita Padgett Earl Woodard Vester Steward and Howard Gray. Incoming teachers for the coming year are Alvin M Koerber C B Lane Marshall Jackson Norman Faucett Veda Bryan Kinder Mrs Martha Jackson Mrs Margerie Bollinger Mrs Catherine Goodin and Margaret Hahn. Two grade school teachers are to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack O. Knehans
Cape Girardeau
Anniston High School
J. C. Reid
Methodist Church
Anniston
Edith Pruitt
Mildred Nolen
Juanita Padgett
Earl Woodard
Vester Steward
Howard Gray
Alvin M. Koer
Herald Editor to Address Seniors
The Sikeston Herald editor Clint H. Denman will speak on The Value of Good Books at Diehlstadt high school commencement exercises at 8 p m Wednesday May 8 The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev A B Cooper in Cape Girardeau Services May 5 The class of sixteen boys and twenty girls includes Theron Coots Leon Council Harold Godwin Harold Helms Emitt Jacobs William Lowder Willam McCubbins Marion Maynard Van Merrick Roy Murphy Joe Reid Nichols John Stancil Maurice Stauffer Verlin Uthoff Leon Willard Amma Barnbrook Lucille Bethune Mary Jewell Bowers Mildred Chronister Maureen Cox Naomi Dame Pauline Engle Dorothy Heath Dorotha Jones Mary Lawrence Esther McGill Sara Belle Null Ellen Poppelmeyer Martha Simmons Valma Stegall Marie Steinbeck Dorothy Thomason Alice Simmons and Opal Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint H. Denman
Sikeston Herald
Diehlstadt High School
A. B. Cooper
The
Baptist Foundation
Cape Girardeau
Theron Coots
Leon Council
Harold Godwin
Harold Helms
Emitt Jacobs
William Lowder
Willam McCubbins
Marion Maynard
van Merrick
Roy Murphy
Joe Reid Nichols
John Stancil
Maurice Stauffer
Verlin Uthoff
Leon Willard
Amma Barnbrook
Lucille Bethune
Mary Jewell Bowers
Mildred Chronister
East Prairie Plans May 9 Graduation Exercises
East Prairie high school will graduate 33 seniors at 8 o clock Thursday night May 9 in the auditorium. Dean West C Myers of the State College Cape Girardeau will deliver the commencement address. Rev Roy Belcher will preach the baccalaureate sermon at 8 o clock Sunday night May 5. The events include the junior and senior banquet and dance May 8 and the senior class play last night. Names of seniors and re employed teachers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Prairie High School
Dean West C. Myers
State College
Cape Girardeau
Roy Belcher
East Prairie Christian Church
Miner Public School Holds Eighth Grade Graduation
Four eighth graders at Miner public school completed the work and celebrated with graduation exercises Sunday night at the Baptist church. Rev. A C Sullivant gave the address while diplomas were handed to Lee Oscar Matthews Wesley Creamer Phillip Stacy and Hazel Duke by school board president Orville Denton. The school year will close Friday May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miner
Baptist Church
A. C. Sullivant
Orville Denton
Lee Oscar Matthews
Wesley Creamer
Phillip Stacy
Hazel Duke
New Madrid Graduation Valedictorian Named and Honors
New Madrid High School will hold commencement at 8 p m Thursday May 16 in the auditorium. New Madrid valedictorian is Mavis Bellon. Winston Hall is salutatorian. Baccalaureate is May 11 with Rev Fred Woods preaching.
Iilmo High Graduates Thirteen Seniors at Commencement
Iilmo High will graduate thirteen seniors at a commencement in the school auditorium on Thursday night May 16. Dr. Wm T Doherty will deliver the commencement address. Ruth Reed is valedictorian and Martha Lou Dorris is salutatorian. Other graduates include Ruby Bulsmann Eileen Smith Margaret Schiwitz Flora Marlow Marie Gundiff Alberta Clark Glen Allen McKee Arvel Roth Wilbur Young Garnett Albrecht and R. W. Church Jr. Superintendent Noel Hansel begins his fourteenth year as head of Tilmo schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wilson Crichelow
Cape Girardeau
Ruth Reed
Martha Lou Dorris
Ruby Bulsmann
Eileen Smith
Margaret Schiwitz
Flora Marlow
Marie Gundiff
Alberta Clark
Glen Allen McKee
Arvel Roth
Wilbur Young
Garnett Albrecht
R. W. Church Jr
Noel Hansel
Tilmo
Lilbourn High to Hold 194? Graduation Exercises
Twenty seniors will graduate at Lilbourn High School with Dr S D Aubuchon as commencement speaker and Rev Herman L Wagner delivering the baccalaureate sermon. The class will tour New Orleans and southern points after graduation. Valedictorian Audrey Kirsch and salutatorian George Carnger lead a list of graduates and faculty for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Aubuchon
The
Baptist Foundation
State College
Cape Girardeau
Lilbourn High School
Herman L. Wagner
Methodist Church
Lilbourn
New Orleans
Paul Atwill
Beauton Baker
George Carnger
Doris Chastine
Charles Cook
Eugene Cook
Edith Gosnell
John Greene
Audrey Kirsch
Theo Lively
Camille Mainard
Irene Miget
Juanita Moss
Blanche Rawdon
Edward Rickman
George Robinson
Nellie Smith
Grace Streeter
Carl Young
Johnny Zeigler
Future family airplane envisions 300 hp design
A leading designer outlines a family airplane of the future with 300 horsepower, a cruising speed near 200 miles per hour, a five person seat, and gasoline efficiency around 12 miles per gallon.
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Vanduser
Vanduser High School
Don E. Schooler
Centenary Methodist Church
Harold Bryant
Burton Cardin
Leon Cherry
Alma Cruse
Dorothy Edwards
Jim Hamby
Warren Heney
Alfred Kensey
Eugene Kirby
Jim Bob Lane
Peggy Marshall
Wills Owens
Imogene Peel
Jewell Phegley
Ray Phillips
John Pabst
Georgia Puckett
Roland Sparks
Roy Spurgeon
J D. Thompson
Elizabeth Utage
Benson Winters
Kathryn Wernica
Charleston
Canalou
Canalou High School
W. W. Parker
Bulova
Lone Eagle
Hales Jewelry & Optical CO
New Madrid Sts
Telephone
Sikeston, Mo
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NYA
Pearance
Typewriter
LC Smith
Darcy G. Brown
P. O. Box
Morehouse, MO
Herald Editor
Myers
Earl Aspen Adkison
Otha Leo Allen
Vivian Lexia Allen
Loleta Bard
June Marilyn Barnhill
Roy Ernest Brown
Jake Charlie Cowser
Norma Juanita Douglas
Sarah Ermalee Durbin
Betty Lou Fugate
Lottie Mae Farley
Raymond Alva Faire
Glenda Greer
Zadel Ruth Griffin
Cleta Kathleen Hodges
Odean Hockersmith
Dorothy Howard
Edward Andrew Howard
Johnny Clinton Jackson
Edith Inez Jones
Bernell Lee LaPlant
Harold Frederick Morris
Tansie Doss Morris
Mafalda
Jean Ogburn
Margaret Eleanor Ponder
Freddie Aretta Powell
Natale Sue Presson
Alice Lee Russell
Joseph Whitaker Russell
Geraldine Sams
Margaret Ellen Stewart
Juanita Tanner
Banetta Simp
Ralph McCullough
J. Hugh May
Royal Franks
Clifford Kirby
Lannis Chunn
Tressa DeField
Gertrude Fletcher
Vivian Russell
Grace Adele Baght
Sullivan Brigham
Florence Bumann
Lorene Oldham
Raith Lee
Opal Morgan
Frances Cook
Helen Shelby
Marie Moore
Mary Townsend
Beulah Munger
Mayda Emory
Ruth Smith
Mary Florence Moore
Anna Harper
Miner School
New Madrid
Mavis Bellon
New Madrid High School
Winston Hall
Dorothy Devers
Anna Lenon
Elnora Staffey
Margery Ransburg
Estelle Hendricks
Agnes Smith
Mildred Fontaine
Virginia Phillips
Harold Steward
Baz Horton
James Grissom
Warren MacMahon
Norbert Sargent
Henry Lap
C. B. Huber
Albert Best
Eugenia Milde
Evelyn Poe
Josephine Bunch
Grace Dalton
John M. Hobbs
Helen Jones
Walter Weekley
Mary Elizabeth Macke
Kathryn Meyers
Mabel Mecklem
Mildred Grant
Iilmo High
Iumo High School
Wm. T. Doherty
Story Department of
Lilbourn High
Lynn Twitty
Owen Taul
Lindell Bagley
Gladys Lee Hart
Enoch Tolleson
Harriett Riley
Frieda Sickery
Ira Rubottom
Geneva Croell
Floyd Liley
Doris Brower
Ethel Bagley
Bessie Lloyd
Julia Stoker
Opal Earls
Ruth Liley
Ruby Tope
Appalone Taul
Mary Emma LeSieur
Rosa Lee Tinsley
D. J. Lance
Charles Breuer
Minnie Caudell
Ruby Crabb
C. H. Vanson
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Mark Twain
Haspel Seersucker
Catalina
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Palm Beach
Iper
Bradley
NRO
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Park Hill
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