Fourteen Seniors Set for Morehouse Graduation
Morehouse high school will graduate fourteen seniors at commencement in the auditorium Friday night May 17. Bill Pinnell is valedictorian. Names include Kathryn Binford Orea Lee Bradshaw Louise Carrington Norma Cooke Lola Maye Harkey Lula Faye Harkey Dorsey Hearon Raymond Roberson Lavada Schweppe Don Smith Walter Stewart Ruth Townsend Christine Towery. Baccalaureate is Sunday May 12 with Rev Harold Ray preaching. Other activities: senior dinner May 4 and junior senior banquet May 7. Faculty listed for the coming year includes J B Lowe W W Bagwell F F Hart L Heyde E Wray M Cain L Frossman J Hart Y Beinert M Crosno E Daniels E Moore and Mrs W W Bagwell N Wealand Ruby Niblack and Mrs J B Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehouse High School
Bill Pinnell
Kathryn Binford
Orea Lee Bradshaw
Louise Carrington
Norma Cooke
Lola Maye Harkey
Lula Faye Harkey
Dorsey Hearon
Raymond Roberson
Lavada Schweppe
Don Smith
Walter Stewart
Ruth Townsend
Christine Towery
Harold Ray
Church of the Nazarene
J. B. Lowe
W. W. Bagwell
F. F. Hart
L. Heyde
E. Wray
M. Cain
L. Frossman
Fornfelt Seniors Graduate May 16
Dr. Robert H. Ruff president of Central College Fayette will be commencement speaker at Fornfelt high school graduation exercises in the auditorium Thursday night May 16 The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered Sunday morning May 12 by Rev Elmer C Polk pastor of the Baptist church Junior senior banquet will be held Wednesday night May 8 at Colonial Tavern Cape Girardeau Miss Whileen Hahn is valedictorian Other graduates include Lila Baker Juanita Blanchard Ida Brown Viola Dyer Elsie Eifert Virginia Hilleman Harold Houck Rudolph Eagle Margie Krieger J William McMullin Linda Roberts Charles Rogers Norma Sanford Hdna Scherer F M Scherer John Sneed Benny Speak Helen Vaughn Carma Nell Will June Wolfe Onella McDowell Teachers for 1940 41 term will be elected Saturday May 4 C KE Brewer superintendent and LL Schuette high school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Ruff
Central College
Fayette
Fornfelt High School
The
Baptist Church
Elmer C. Polk
Colonial Tavern
Cape Girardeau
Whileen Hahn
Lila Lee Baker
Juanita Blanchard
Ida Marie Brown
Viola Dyer
Elsie Eifert
Virginia Hilleman
Harold Houck
Rudolph Eagle
Margie Joan Krieger
J. William McMullin
Linda Roberts
Charles Rogers
Norma Sanford
Hdna Scherer
F. M Scherer
John Edgar Sneed
Benny Speak
Helen Green Vaughn
Carma Nell Will
June Wolfe
Onella McDowell
C. KE. Brewer
L. L. Schuette
U S Candy Consumption Averages 15.9 Pounds
The commerce department reports that the average American consumed 15.9 pounds of confectionery and chocolate products last year. This figure is four-fifths of a pound higher than 1938 and just one-tenth of a pound below the 1936 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Department
Woman Judge to Speak at Dexter High School Graduation
Judge Camille Kelley of the Memphis Juvenile Court will be the main speaker at Dexter high school graduation on Thursday night. No baccalaureate services will be held. instead, vesper services are planned Sunday May 12 under Rev. Russell Phillips of First Baptist Church. Names of 60 graduates are listed, including Walter Anderson and John Dale Baker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille Kelley
Juvenile Court
Memphis, Tenn
Sikeston High School
Dexter High School
Russell Phillips
First Baptist Church
Walter Anderson
John Dale Baker
Sherman Boone
Vane Brannock
William Cryis
Charles Culbertson
James Davis
Jimmy Ethridge
Paul Falls
Elmo Gaines
Elvin Hall
Asa Hillis
Wilburn Hisan
Elmer Hoffman
Joseph Hutcheson
Keaton Keller
Billy Kerstner
Harry Kuhn
John Lam
Maxine Harris
Bessie Lou Jackson
Virginia Jones
Dorothy Kee
Beatrice Kilmer
Teresa Larsen
Ruth Mann
Kathryn Lee Matthews
Roberta Morris
Frances Nea
Juanita Patterson
Virginia Patterson
Nadine Trammel
Marylys Rhodes
Ruth Walker
Bernice Ward
Winifred Whitner
New Driveway Planned at Sikeston High School
Work underway at Sikeston High School to beautify the yard with a 24-foot asphalt drive in a sweeping semi circle along the front, widening to 60 feet at Tanner street ends, plus sodding, sidewalks around all three buildings, and planned city lighting. The NYA project funds the school improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Morley Commencement Held Last Thursday Night
Morley High School held commencement exercises for twelve seniors in the auditorium. Prof True Taylor of State College Cape Girardeau delivered the address. Adele Robinson gave the valedictory and Bernedetta Seiler the salutatory. Baccalaureate services were held April 21 with Rev Patterson preaching. 1940 graduates named include Beardslee Mayfield Crenshaw Seiler Robinson Moran Foster Murphy Williams. The coming year’s staff includes Sebaugh Rhodes Black Looney Ragains Andrews Pett Mabrey McMullin Cummins Parker Forney Patterson Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Taylor
State College
Cape Girardeau
Morley High School
Adele Robinson
Bernedetta Seiler
Rev. Patterson
Morley
Thomas J. Beardslee
Odell W. Mayfield
Harold Marshall Crenshaw
Bernice Moran
Geneva Ellen Foster
Lora Murphy
Alma Elizabeth Seiler
Mary Louise
Mrs Frank Converse Hosts Afternoon Pinochle Party
Mrs Frank Converse entertained friends today at a genteel afternoon pinochle gathering. The event featured light refreshments and friendly bidding, reflecting social customs of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Converse
Sikeston Lawyer to Address Matthews High Class
Sikeston attorney M. E. Montgomery will be the commencement speaker for 17 Matthews high school graduates Thursday night in Matthews. Rev. R. P. Basler will preach. Warren Harber is valedictorian and Jewel Beck salutatorian. Alumni banquet Friday honors the Class of 1931. faculty for the coming year to be elected. J. W. Huckstep has been superintendent for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Montgomery
Sikeston
Matthews High School
Rev
R. P. Basler
Methodist Church
Matthews
Warren Harber
Jewel Beck
Howard New
Marvin Shelby
Ernest Chism
Charles Harvey
Vernon Johnson
Leslie Seabaugh
Virgil Ball
Genevieve Hull
Effie Lu Ward
Maggie Ruth Spalding
Lois Curtis
Willie Mae Pearty
Wanda Hicks
Clara Mae Mills
J. W. Huckstep
Commerce Commencement Set for Next Thursday
Commencement exercises for Commerce High School graduates will be held at the Methodist church on Thursday night May 9. Marcus L. Grant, superintendent of Stoddard county schools, will deliver the address. The high school class includes Evelyn Lucille Miller and 14 others. eighth grade graduates list Ray Allen Enfert and eight others. Faculty for the coming year features W. B. Sanders as superintendent, William R. English as principal, with Helen Hawkins, Ruth Drexler, and Rosa Lee Shober on the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce High School
Methodist Church
Marcus L. Grant
Stoddard County
Evelyn Lucille Miller
Virginia Estelle Phillips
Marshall James Pabst
Edward Reed Jr
Leland T. Venable
Garnett R. Sanders
Alva Jane Hawkins
Juanita Louise Mutchler
Norval Hugh Sanders
Herschel Odell Gilpin
Eugene F. Hitt
Lillian L. Serley
Henry Martin Schiwitz
James KR. Muller
Geneva Evelyn Caldwell
Ray Allen Enfert
William Hawkins Jr
Roby William Hitt
Rosebud Knight
Rosemary Knight
Doris Mae MacKinney
Robert Lee Wals
Vera Mae Held
Ruth Irene Roth
Audrey Pearl Favell
W. B. Sanders
Wiliam R. English
Helen Hawkins
Ruth Drexler
Rosa Lee Shober
Fourteen Seniors To Graduate At Oran High School
Oran High School will award diplomas to fourteen seniors at commencement in the school auditorium on Thursday night May 16. Rev. George Heslar will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Sunday services May 12. The junior senior banquet, the annual end of year event, is set for Thursday night May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran High School
George Heslar
Methodist Church
Oran
Jack Ates
Christine Bess
Jessie Bess
Kathryn DePnest
Evelyn Glastetter
Herbert Goetz
Anna Ellen Felker
Dorothy Lyne
Marion Moore
Norma Moore Kappler
Edward Carroll
Evelyn McLean
Helen Robinson
Willene McCray
Citosen Randles School Head for Eleventh Year
Gilbert Hopper, son of Theodore and Mrs Hopper of near Sikeston, has been elected superintendent of Randles public schools for the eleventh consecutive year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citosen Randles
Gilbert Hopper
Theodore Hopper
Sikeston
Randles
Red Cross expands help for European inquiries
The Red Cross said it handled about 23,000 inquiries about relatives or friends in the European war zone since last September and plans to extend aid to Norwegian battle areas. Ernest J Swift, vice-chairman in charge of foreign operations, said definite answers had been received from abroad on about 5,000 inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Ernest J Swift
Eighteen to Graduate From Kewanee High School
Eighteen seniors will graduate from Kewanee High School at graduation exercises on Thursday night May 16. Speakers have not yet been selected. Lynn Twitty will leave as superintendent after five years to head Lilbourn schools. Wm. E. Maher was named superintendent of Sikeston schools. Faculty includes A. A. Weiss principal, Lyman Milburn, Geriie Rice, Christine Harmon, Margaret Dutton, Pauline Bohl, Alma Keller and Mary Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee High School
Mittie Ashley
Johnnnie Beeson
Evelyn Blankenship
Cletus Brotherton
Cedric Dooley
Roy Dooley
Dorothy Fleming
William Fleming
Carl Lancaster
Betty Jo Nowell
Lawrence Parks
Helen Rhodes
Jimmy Rhodes
Wesley Sizemore
Lynn Thompson
James Tin
Christine Harmon
Margaret Dutton
Pauline Bohl
Alma Keller
Mary Boyd
Frisco Brakeman Awarded 30000 After Injury
Marion F. Stanfield, 56, of Chaffee, was awarded 30000 by the United States Court of Appeals after a Frisco Railroad derailment injury August 3, 1937 near Sikeston. Stanfield, a brakeman, lost his right leg when a freight train backed up. The verdict, affirmed on appeal, had previously been given in Federal Judge John Caskie Collet's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion F. Stanfield
Chaffee
Frisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Stanfield
Sikeston
John Caskie Collet
Court of Appeals
East Parime Lodge Grants Life Memberships
At a recent lodge meeting three life memberships were approved for J W Nelson R A Doyle and Dr P Martin. Nelson has over fifty years as a member while Doyle and Martin have more than forty years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Parime
Masonic Lodge
J W. Nelson
R. A Doyle
P. Martin
Nelson
Chaffee-Armour George Hurt at City Water Plant
Chaffee engineer George Armor, 61, fractured his left hip after stumbling over a box at the city water plant last Saturday. Armor previously lost a right arm while working as an engineer for the Frisco railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Armour George
Chaffee City
Armor
Frisco
New Madrid County Public School Achievement Tests
The county wide achievement testing for grades four to eight has finished after visiting rural schools. Four schools were missed due to bad roads. Top five schools were Pleasant Valley Bowman Stubblefield St. Mary and Barnes Ridge. Several pupils scored above peers while some are below standard, prompting calls for careful grade alignment and promotions. Star pupils include Oak Island and St. Mary students. Rural teachers for the coming term listed with assignments across districts and term counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Bowman
Stubblefield
St. Mary
Barnes Ridge
Oak Island
Juanita Wilson
Salue Palmer
Lulu Gibbs
Max Palmer
Violet Borders
Phillips
Harold Burge
Marie Batten
Imogene Williams
Nellie Batten
Dawson
Pearline Hoxworth
Dene Russell
Bessie Russell
Betty Uptain
Ellen Russell
Jane Ellen Bauman
Steamer Capital Announces Moonlight and Afternoon Cruises
Cape Girardeau May 2 The first moonlight dance excursion of the season will be presented by the Benton Society for the Benton House Fund of Southeast Missouri Teachers College when the steamship Capital docks at Cape Girardeau Monday May 6. The three hour cruise begins at 8 30 pm. The annual afternoon trip will be run by the Girardot staff of Central High School leaving Cape Girardeau at 3 pm. Walter Fats Pichon’s band the Louisiana Swing Masters will provide rhythms for the afternoon and night cruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Benton Society
Benton House Fund
Southeast Missouri Teachers College
Capital
Cape Girrardeau
Girardot
Central High School
Walter “Fats” Pichon
Mrs H E Dudley Hosts Luncheon At Dorothy Street Home
Mrs. H. E. Dudley entertained friends with a luncheon today at her residence on Dorothy street, hosting neighbors and visitors in a cordial midday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Dudley
Dorothy Street
Commerce Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Sunday
Mr and Mrs Arthur Penn marked their golden wedding with a day shared by 37 relatives and friends. The Commerce scene also notes visits from Cape Girardeau residents Aug Seimers and Roy Sanders, plus multiple local gatherings and travels to St Louis and Los Angeles by area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Arthur Penn
August Seimers
Cape Girardeau
August Lux
Kelso
Cleo Wright
Clyde Daily
St. Louis
Roy Sanders
G. A. Johnson
Norval Anderson
Tillman Anderson
Harry Brewer Jr
P. B
A. G. Bondurant
J. 4. Hawkins
J. R. Davis
Glenn Beardslee
Glenda Rae
Nina Edmonds
Webb Pell
Co. L. Hutton
Georgia Frazer
Wade Jehlen
St Louis
Joe Thorpe
Nime
Jennie Worsley
Norval Goddard
E. C. Rockfeller
Harry Dwinnell
Los Angeles
Calif
Armory
Sikeston
Jack Miller
Fremont Goetz backs into Fowler car in morning**
Fremont Goetz backed his car from a garage yesterday morning and struck the car of Mrs George Fowler who was passing. Both vehicles sustained considerable damage but neither driver was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Goetz
George Fowler
Fowler
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Morehouse
Fornfelt
U. S
Herald
VAL E. Laundry & Cleaners
J. M. Howard
Dexter
Commerce
Oran High
RED Cross Trading Friends
Europe
Gift
Penn Penney Company
éY’s Incorporated
Kewanee
New Madrid County
Miles R. Davis
Hough
Henderson Mounds
Ruby Blyze
Pauline Wagster Jones
Union Grove
Eldoris McMikle
Modell Hockersmith
East Prarie
Tinsley
Homer H. Jones
Lilbourn
Delbert V. Weston
Marie Minter Weston
Risco
Conran
H. S. Garnes
Mary Frances King
Twila Howard
Elvena Randolph
Macel Dockery
Edith DeLisle
Emma Monon
Grape Ridge
Thelma Latimer Kimes
Little River
James W. Cobble
Beech Grove
Virginia McLaurin
Neumann
Parma
W. A. Merick
Murray Disharoon
Helen Parker
Opal Baskin
Vesta Bullington
John Ralph Mann
Ivan Lee Oliver
Elouise Schrader
James S. Carrens
Cecilia Jones
Evelyn Blackman
Alma Crites Hiertz
Mary B. Conrad
Jeanette McCombs
Portageville
L. G. Wilson
Hunter Muller
Joe Munger
Minnie Noland
Georgia Cox
Doris Pullen Welch
Mary Louise Perry
Marjorie Thorpe
Herbert Grayam
Virginia Barnes
Ellen Rene DeLisle
Edna Mae Terry
Dulcie Wilson Combs
Theresa Adams
Board OF Public Works
Capitol
Other Commerce News
Posses
Claussner Hosiery
Elite Hat Shop
Welter Building
Center Street
Sikeston, Missouri
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