This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
1
The Sikeston post office will move to once daily mail delivery and one parcel post run, cutting eight carriers on the twice daily route to six, with one relief carrier and one reassigned to parcel post. Overtime hours are expected to drop. rural routes stay unchanged.
Sikeston will host an exact Liberty Bell replica on June 26 as part of Missouri’s Independence Drive for the 1950 Savings Bond campaign. J O Knupp chairs the Scott County committee, with Earl J Huggins Jr stating the bell will be rung in each city. The bell visits Sikeston for one day and may be displayed permanently in Jefferson City after July 4.
A Sikeston anecdote recalls Diogenes searching for an honest man as a taxi rider jokes about fare changes. The National Gas Company route shows a 30 cent fare after an 85 cent quote, with the passenger paying cheerfully.
Scott county production and marketing administration work nears final re allotment to growers under a 1940 act boosting national cotton acreage. About 200 of 800 cotton farmers sought increases, with total rises not to exceed 10 000 acres. Scott county’s base allotment was 18 325 acres and new limits derive from 65 percent of the past three year average or 40 percent of the largest year. Some 20 appeals remain to be processed at the Seattle county office.
Guerst speaker for Sikeston Chamber of Commerce will address members at the Dunn Hotel next Monday evening. Dan Blount of St Lon, publicity officer for International Shoe Company, is a noted speaker formerly at Cape Guard au Hos sister Miss Louise Blows taught in Lukeube schools. Mrs Charles Bovdstup listed in satisfactory condition after Saturday car crash near Portageville at Delta Community Hospital.
Earl Swindel of Parma and Al vin Mason of Bloomfield were bound over to circuit court for trial on rape charges. Miss Irene Carlton testified they lured her from a tavern, drove to a gravel road, and forced her into relations. Chief Harold Wallace pursued and testified the girl was hysterical. Swindel and Mason represented themselves at the hearing. bond set at 300 dollars. Other cases and local rainfall totals noted.
Mississippi county sheriff J. E Scott reports two East Prairie brothers Sweety and Adrian Higgins were arrested on charges of passing counterfeit money. About $5000 in bogus ten dollar bills circulated in Southeast Missouri with reports of counterfeit currency in Illinois and Kentucky. Federal Secret Service agents assisted in the case.
Youths Donald Raley of Biloxi and Jack Sintzer of Los Angeles led State Trooper Eugene Harris on a high speed chase through Sikeston on Monday in a 1950 pickup reaching 85 mph. The trio were linked to the burglary and larceny at Roberts General Store in Matthews, with Orville Aazel of Sikeston also arrested.
Rev. Robert M. Talbert pastor at Sikeston Christian Church is among those pre registered for the 11th Annual Missouri Convention of the Disciples of Christ. The event will be held at the First Christian Church in Columbia from May 8 to 11.
Monday night session reviews safety rules for gasoline storage, buys parking meters, considers widening Third Street in Smith addition, renames Highway 61 to Main Street, appoints mayor as street commissioner, and grants councilmen a 15 dollar monthly expense allowance. Friday afternoon session awards contract to out unpaved streets and receives petition for blacktopping a Smith Street section.
Census supervisor Lloyd Poe reported Scott county counted 29,636 people by last Friday, up from 27,295 a week earlier, with two rural districts near Oran and Vancltyser still to be enumerated. The district total reached 286,756, up from 255,540, while the 1940 counts were 30,377 and 315,691 respectively. High water hindered some areas, and unofficial results were expected in late May.
The forecast calls for tonight and tomorrow to be cloudy with occasional thundershowers and cooler conditions. Past week temperatures ranged from a high of 77 and a low of 45, with daily readings listed from Friday through this morning.
Stockpile and office of Mid-American Engineering Corp at Matthews handling resurfacing and widening of 271 miles of Highway 61 from Sikeston to New Madrid. Project features 15 trucks and heavy equipment valued at about 150000 dollars, 40 workers, two railroad spurs, and seven mile section progress starting immediately. Road to stay open. completion targeted November.
The council approved an above ground gasoline storage ordinance with six foot dikes, repealing underground storage rules, and backed safety plans from storage experts. Sherman Grant of Shell and J D Blackwell of Sinclair pledged cooperation. A parking meter upgrade to 250 Park O Meters at 44.50 each was approved, with 30 days to install. Residents urged widening Third Street for 40 feet of right of way, while Highway 61 was renamed Main Street. The mayor and council set salaries for officials and added meeting stipends, and adopted a merchant licensing check and auto license display rule. Center Street parking is restricted north side between Sikes and Moore Avenues.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.