New Madrid Plans Graduation Week 15 Seniors Listed
New Madrid high school will graduate fifteen seniors at commencement on Thursday May 18 with Dr. A C Magill State College Cape Girardeau delivering the address Baccalaureate is Sunday May 13 with Rev Riske pastor of the New Madrid Catholic church. Senior play Friday May 12 and junior senior party Wednesday night May 17 at the Henah Hotel in Cape Girardeau. Graduates include Fred Dunn Amos Moore J B Horton Frances Baynes Luella Cravens Elizabeth Shibley Dorothy Masterson Lorene Siges Edward Virgin Doc Cowan Joan Newsom Spencer Matthews Hal Hunter Virginia Masterson Elton Watts R A Edmondson superintendent Camille Huber principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid High School
A.C. Magill
State College
Cape Girardeau
Riske
New Madrid Catholic Church
Iéanha
Fred Dunn
Amos Moore
J. B. Horton
Frances Baynes
Luella Cravens
Elizabeth Shibley
Dorothy Masterson
Lorene Siges
Edward Virgin
Doc Cowan
Joan Newsom
Spencer Matthews
Hal Hunter
Virginia Masterson
Elton Watts
R. A. Edmondson
New Madnd
Camille Huber
Oran High School Commencement May 18
Eighteen seniors will be graduated from Oran High School on May 18 at the high school auditorium. Prosecuting Attorney David Blanton of Scott County will deliver the commencement address. Rev C E Warren of the Oran Baptist Church will preach the annual sermon to the seniors. 1939 graduates include Jettie Ates Carmen Bailey Robert Bailey Betty Lou Barnes Kenneth Brockett Maurine Gateley Maxelian Graviett Jesse James Jim Dick Jeffress Mary Ellen Jeffress Alma Mercer Velma Mae Miller Freda Patterson Harold Pabst Betty Poe Edith Rainey Eileen Neal and S Bernard Tenkhoff. Superintendent is Arthur H. Kiehne. W M Jones is high school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran High School
David Blanton
Scott County
C. E. Warren
Oran Baptist Church
Jettie Ates
Carmen Bailey
Robert Bailey
Betty Lou Barnes
Kenneth Brockett
Maurine Gateley
Maxilean Graviett
Jesse James
Jim Dick Jeffress
Mary Ellen Jeffress
Alma Mercer
Velma Mae Miller
Freda Patterson
Harold Pabst
Betty Poe
Edith Rainey
Eileen Neal
S Bernard Tenkhoff
Arthur H. Kiehne
W. M. Jones
Scott County Rural School Graduates Announced
Scott county rural schools announce graduates and next year teachers led by Supt. O F Anderson. Lists include Graysboro Ray Washburn and others. schools not yet closed include New Hamburg Kelso Diebold Breda Lennox McMullin Rockview Chaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County Rural School
Supt
O. F. Anderson
Dunaver Nadine Foster
Floyd Ware
Wallis Clippard
Ancell
Dorothy Sprenger
Alpert Blatter
Ruth Ellen Kern
Clarence Brant
Junior Poe
Leroy King
Scott County
New Hamburg
Kelso
Diebold
Breda
Lennox
McMullin
Rockview
Chaney
Cape Minister to Address Benton Class
Rev Don E Schooler pastor of Centenary Methodist church Cape Girardeau will be commencement speaker at Benton high school graduation exercises to be held Wednesday night May 17 in the community building There will be a Sunday night May 14 event Tom Lee Arnold is valedictorian and Catherine Diebold salutatorian Other honor graduates are Elfrieda Caby and Alta Edmonds Senior class members include Ruby Pattingill Lavern Andrews Bertha Bles Harold Birgen Vernon Diebold Dottie Kiehl Henry Kim Viola Moore Martha Betty Moore Howard Mac Donald Leona Scherer Herman Schwartz Paul Springer Virginia Springer Alma Vetter Ralph Woodridge Ben Wilkinson Faculty for coming year include Horace L Jackson superintendent Lloyd Clarence McDowell principal Dale Watkins Ida Mae Hunter Paul Bushing Norval Cannon Martha Lee Hall Nina Mason Lila Williams and Virginia Eldridge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don E. Schooler
Centenary Methodist Church
Cape Girardeau
Benton High School
Tom Lee Arnold
Catherine Diebold
Elfrieda Caby
Alta Edmonds
Ruby Pattingill
Lavern Andrew's
Bertha Bles
Harold Birgen
Vernon Diebold
Dottie Kiehl
Henry Kim
Viola Moore
Martha Betty Moore
Howard MacDonald
Leona Scherer
Herman Schwartz
Paul Springer
Virginia Springer
Alma Vetter
Ralph Woodridge
Ben Wilkinson
Horace L. Jackson
Lloyd Clarence McDowell
Dale Watkins
Ida Mae Hunter
Paul Bushing
Norval Cannon
Martha Lee Hall
Nina Mason
Lila Williams
Virginia Eldridge
Morley High School Commencement Held Last Thursday
Morley high school held its commencement January night with Prof. Tre Taylor of State College Cape Girardeau delivering the address. Roy Harris valedictorian and Nell Robinson salutatorian spoke at the program. Baccalaureate services were held April 23 with Rev. H. M. Andrews preaching the sermon. Graduates include Ada Camille Adams William Ward Daugherty Elsie Mae Dozier Herschel M. Emerson Reda Evans Roy Eugene Harris Paul Franklin Hitt Glenda Ruth May Eldon V. Moran Dorothy Nell Parker Lula Ruth Ragains Bertha Nell Robinson J D Schatz Margaret Thacker Audrey Totty and Wm Edgar Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Harris
Nell Robinson
Rev
H. M. Andrews
Board of Education
Baptist Church
Morley High School
Ada Camille Adams
Ward Daugherty
Elsie Mae Dozier
Herschel M. Emerson
Reda Evans
Roy Eugene Harris
Paul Franklin Hitt
Glenda Ruth May
Eldon V. Moran
Dorothy Nell Parker
Lula Ruth Ragains
Bertha Nell Robinson
J. D. Schatz
Margaret Thacker
Audrey Totty
Edgar Watson
S. E. Sebaugh
Monroe Rhodes
Wm. Black
R. Ragains
Ruth Finney
Evelyn Hitt
Bollinger
Beatrice McMullin
Cummins
Virginia Young
Leda Mae Daugherty
C. A. Patterson
Colored High School
Pleas ant Valley School Holds Closing Exercises
Pleas ant Valley school closed last night with two programs. Fifth graders presented songs poems and plays while five pupils received eighth grade certificates. Graduating exercises featured invocation by James Harman Jr salutatory by A C Mullen and valedictory by Willie Jean Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley School
Katherine Fulenwider
Nadine Daniels
George Saulsberry
Charles Moore
Elmer Couch
Lucile Farmer
Claskie Skaggs
Roy Farmer Jr
Kenneth R. Moore
Ramona Daniels
Billy Hudson
Willhe J. Cox
Eugene Saulsberry
James Harman Jr
A. C. Mullen
Love
Ruth Skaggs
Ramonda Daniels
Lucille Farmer
Louise Ferguson
Willie Jean Cox
Miss Fullenwider
Goin
Twelve to Graduate At Matthews School
Matthews high school announces the 12 graduates for the upcoming year led by J W Huckstep as superintendent. Events include an alumni banquet on May 26 and a senior play May 18 with Community Day on May 30. speaker for graduation not yet chosen.
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Matthews School
Dorothy McGaugh Heads Fornfelt Gradates
Dorothy McGaugh is valedictorian of the Fornfelt high school graduating class. commencement exercises are set for Friday May 19 with Dr. A. C. Magill of State College presiding. Rev. Al A. Massey will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday May 14. The junior class will host a banquet at the Colonial Tavern in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday May 10. Senior class: Jewel Anderson, Charles Baker, Lillie Virginia Barnes, James Blattel, Ralph Brown, Clarence Caldwell, Violet Calder, William Dohogne, Charles Doty, Allan Wayne Hanks, Ralph V. Hanks, Lorraine Kern, Dorothy McGaugh, James McLain, Kathryn McMullin, Joe Martin, Billie Menz, John Miller, Mildred Pinkston, Dorothy Rodenmayer, Frank Sharp, Lloia V. Smith, T. J. Sneed, J. L. Sweezy, S. D. Warford, Elmer Welter, Frank Wilhelm, Howard Wynne Jr, Opal Young, Vernon Ziegler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Tavern
Cape Girardeau
Jewel Anderson
Charles Baker
Lillie Virginia Barnes
James Blattel
Ralph Brown
Clarence Caldwell
Violet Caler
William Dohogne
Charles Doty
Allan Wayne Hanks
Ralph V. Hanks
Lorraine Kern
Dorothy McGaugh
James McLain
Kathryn McMullin
Joe Martin
Billie Menz
John Miller
Mildred Pinkston
Dorothy Rodenmayer
Frank Sharp
Lloia V. Smith
T. J. Sneed
J. L. Sweezy
S. D. Warford
Elmer Welter
Frank Wilhelm
Howard Wynne Jr
Opal Young
Vernon Ziegler
Delta CCC Camp restructures staff as enrollment tops two hundred
Delta CCC Camp announces changes in engineering personnel. Noble Shaw of the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering leads the traveling shop and assists camp mechanic A Maisel in repairing trucks tractors and draglines. Herman J Hall and Otto L Hemphill join the engineering team. Four enrollees move to Poplar Bluff and three to DeSoto as total enrollment reaches 207, maintaining camp strength since July 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Shaw
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Delta
Shaw
Herman A. Maisel
Herman J. Hall
University of Missouri
Otto L. Hemphill
Chicago
Highway Department
Arkansas
Poplar Bluff
DeSoto Camp
Canalou High to Hold Commencement Exercises with Dr Kruse Speaker
Dr S A Kruse of State College Cape Girardeau will be principal speaker at Canalou high school commencements set for Thursday night May 11 with Rev R L Allen Bloomfield minister delivering the annual sermon to graduates. The class includes John Engram Doris Deem Ernestine Watson Bryan Hillis Edna Morgan Linnia Roberts Jewell Nichols Beverly Ralph Emily Reeves Eugene West and Louella Gentry. Faculty list features Neil Aslin for sixth year as superintendent Amel D Taul principal high school Leonora McCollum W L Giddens J L Sexton Frances Conrad Helen Duckett Marguerite Wells Agatha Parks Ellis Reid. Colored teachers are Alberta Henry and Robert Jones. The grade school operetta at the gym drew about 400 attendees. A group of Canalou students plans a 1000 mile trip through the South the week after commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Kruse
State College
Cape Girardeau
Canalou High School
R. L. Allen
Bloomfield
John Engram
Doris Deem
Ernestine Watson
Bryan Hillis
Edna Morgan
Linnia Roberts
Jewell Nichols
Beverly Ralph
Emily Reeves
Eugene West
Louella Gentry
Neil Aslin
Amel D_ Taul
Leonora McCollum
W. L. Giddens
J. L. Sexton
Frances Conrad
Helen Duckett
Marguerite Wells
Agatha Parks
Ellis Reid
Alberta Henry
Robeert Jones
Canalea High School
CCC Hosts Charleston Jaycees at New Madrid CCC Camp
Nine members of the Charleston Junior Chamber of Commerce visited the New Madrid CCC drainage camp for supper on April 26. They toured the camp facilities and attended a safety meeting led by Omer A. Kemp and several assistant leaders. The visitors, including W. C. Banta and Tom Brown Jr., expressed appreciation for the invitation and the chance to observe CCC work.
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Chamber of Commerce of Charleston
New Madrid
CCC
Charleston
Swamp Angels
Omer A. Kemp
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Dallas Creech
Lilbourn
Milford Martin
Ilumo
Earl Horn
Pittman Ark
Robert G. Johnston
W. C. Banta
Tom Brown Jr
Marshall Craig
Joe Harvey
Henry Wright
Lindsay Brown
Robert Davis
J. M. Cullison
Ralph Barnwell
Missouri House votes to expand State Patrol by 50
The Missouri House of Representatives approved a bill to extend the State Highway Patrol by adding 50 officers, despite repeated delays from opponents. In other news, Portageville resident Gene Flowers, 69, was injured when struck by a motorist and hospitalized in Cape Girardeau. Funeral services were held for Milton C. Horton, 88, former Poplar Bluff mayor, in Farmington. Horton once befriended Thomas Edison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri House of Representatives
Portageville
Gene Flowers
Cape Girardeau
Poplar Bluff
Milton C. Horton
Farmington
Horton
Thomas A. Edison
Eighth Grade Graduates Listed in Rural Schools
Public school pupils who completed eighth grade work in rural schools are named as ready for high school next fall. Highest ranking pupils include Norma Jean Maddox at Maple Grove and Billy Yarber at Scott, among others, with numerous graduates and second test completers listed by school and district.
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Norma Jean Maddox
Maple Grove
Billy Yarber
Scott
Almeda Wilson
Oak Island
Butrell Hilton
Almeta Blue
Farrenburg
Junior Smothers
Broadwater
Martha Ann Allen
Harold Denson
Pleasant Valley
J. L. McGraw
Boekerton
Ruby Smith
Point Pleasant
Imogene Smith
O'Bannon
T. J. Hubbard
Cade
Harold Gene Kellams
Boeker
LaForge School
Pauline Glidewell
Thelma Viars
Eugene Speight
Fairview
William Price
Margie York
Lester McDonald
O’bannon
Alice Mae Rooker
Genevieve Rose French
H. C. Stewart
James Hall
Addie Marie Toombs
Alvis Little
Daisy Ray
Margaret Murphy
Bockerton
Dorothy Louise Starks
Norma Chappel
Icie Er
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Oran
Scott County Rural School Graduates
Schererville
Carrie Brunke
Ivah Wilkins
Wvyhe
Marjone Davis
Lyle Harley
Big Island
Chancy Mutchler
John Graf
Julia Strickland
Brveans
Dean Pippen
Juanita Emerson
Ray Emerson
Leon Graviett
Louise Murphy
Campbell
Harold Vaughn
Eugene Haney
Cecil Haney
Alberta Leible
Naomi Collier
Mary Travelstead
Lemons
George Dickerson
Ida Dickerson
Flossie Hopper
Hunter
Mary Wyatt
Alberta Stephens
Norma Bohannon
Miner
Milo Whitesides
Verlin Spivey
Cecil Grigsby
Pauline Elliott
Edwina Denton
Ozie Reeves
Stringer
Gertrude Hodges
Billy Keith
Aqua
Navy
A. Ee Frocks
Reg
Shainberg’s
Shainberg
Bulova
Elgin and
Hamilton
C.H. Yanson
Sikeston
Tewepa Perrashivye
Cape
Benton
Tre Taylor
Matthews High School
J. W. Huckstep
Huckstep
J. K R. Boyer
Helen Proffer
Mary Elizabeth Daugherty
Rebecca Shanks
Lawton James
Maxine Lambert
Hattie Spradling
Randolph Kern
Wayne Mainard
Noble Cole
Bonnie Tucker
Wallace Waters
Mr Huckstep
B. B. Conrad
Clifford Proffer
Elizabeth Shanks
Margaret Weissenbormm
Marell Frel
Joseph C. Henry
Lester
Fornfelt
Fornfelt High School
A. C. Magill
al. A. Massey
Formfelt Methodist Church
Delta CCC
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Charleston Jaycees
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Sikeston,mo
New Madrid County
Ton
Veachel Dover
Paul Edward Darnell
Emma Ray
Billy Skaggs
Bealus Bain
A. C. Mullin
Thomas Wallace
Wilburn
Evelyn Stucker
Hough
Joe Pace
Kendal
Dolly Dunn
Oneda Chamberlain
Higgerson
Ralph Higgerson, Cyrus Porter
Dawson School
Zeke Riley
Little River
Albert Green
Manuel Caldwell
Katie Laws
St. Mary
Alene Harris
LaForge
Carl Gunn
Fay Burrows Hedgepeth
Russell Thornell
Dora Adams
Eva Smith
Noel Cockman
Deloma Moore
Wiley Myracle
Nina Bell Mercer
Ruth Till
Edith DeLisle
Helen Wilburn
Sugar Tree
Neil Johnson
Bowman
Beulah Parker
Delbert Weston
Marie Weston
New Hope
Juanita Martin
Virginia Topping
Geneva Hudson
Edith Lee
Hyman
Louise McMullin
Bach
White
Sikeston, Mo
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