Sikeston High set for May 23 24 ceremonies and events
Sikeston high school plans Baccalaureate on Sunday May 23 at 8 p.m. with Rev Bartley Schwegler and commencement on Monday May 24 at 8 p.m. featuring Dr W W Parker as speaker. Activities include diversified occupations banquet April 29, band concert, senior play May 14, Red Pepper dance May 15, and senior junior prom May 21. Seventy five seniors listed by name.
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Sikeston High School
W W . Parker
State College At
Cape Girardeau
Bartley Schwegler
Sikeston Presbyterian Church
Kieth Collins
Wil
Fred Aduddell
Ruth Bacchus
Alfred Bach
Doris Imogene Baker
Albert Keith Bess
Barbara Bethune
Genie Blanton
Joe Blanton
Lee Bloomfield
Earl Boardman
Tom Boardman
Curtis Bryant
Josephine Chandler
Wayne Clayton
Amy Lee Clnton
Mara Lee Cotten
Jackie Brown Craig
Bob Crowe
Sue Dement
Bob Dye
Jean Dye
Watson Everett
Janet Farrell
Buell J. Gimm
Marilyn Greenlee
Dennis Guess
Norma Guiling
Charles Hahs
Gerald Ham
Bob Hambrick
Viola Herringen
Dorothy Hill
Lorene Hornback
Frances Ingram
Travis Jackson
Ella Lea Jones
Clyde Launius
Clarence Lynxwiler
Lynn McClellan
Glynn McClellan
Basil McConnell
Daphne McNeely
Abce Martin
Bill Matthews
Liston Mitchell
Don Mize
Jim Nall
Ann Newsom
Betty Ann Nicholas
Blodgett High School Class of Nine Graduates Honored
Nine Blodgett High School seniors will receive diplomas at Tuesday evening commencement in the gymnasium. Rev E D Owen, Sikeston Baptist church, to deliver the address. Baccalaureate at Methodist church next Sunday at 8 PM with Rev J C Montgomery as speaker. Valedictorian Dorothy Meunier. salutatorian Gladys Freed. Superintendent R A Crowell leads Blodgett schools.
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Blodgett Hgh School
E D Owen
Sikeston Baptist Church
Methodist Church
J C Montgomery
Charleston Methodist Church
Gladys Freed
Eneld Graham
Lila Mae Gray
Jarrell Griffin
Harold Kersey
Margaret Helen Klngel
Celis McCain
Dorothy Meunier
Dorothy Rettig
R A Crowell
Blodgett
Gray Ridge High graduates twenty seven in class of 1940s
Twenty seven seniors received diplomas at Gray Ridge High School Tuesday evening with John A. Montgomery delivering the class address. Earl Tedford was valedictorian and Beulah Mac Muay salutatorian. other honors went to Regina Gaffey and Lucille Lape. Baccalaureate services were held last Sunday in the gymnasium conducted by Revs Alice Sullivant and Jones.
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Gray Ridge High School
John A. Montgomery
Dexter
Herbert Berry
Willa Dee Clay
Betty Faughn
Vivian Grant
Regina Gaffey
Wanda Harmon
Norma Holder
Lovina Hasler
Martha Jo Gisi
Camille Junan
Maxine Juhian
Truman King
Betty Ruth Knight
Maaine Lasater
Lynn Lamb
J. W. Lowery
Bonnie Middleton
Gene Miller
Richard Minner
Beulah Murray
Earl Tedford
Lloyd Triplett
Naomi Westfall
Chad Maddox
Lucile Lape
Carl Falkner
Eurl Parks
Beulah Mac Muay
Lucille Lape
Alice Sullivant
Morehouse
Rev Jones
Gray Ridge
Robert L Rasche
Berle J Dowdy
Imgh
Forty Five Graduates At Diehlstadt High School
Forty five members of the Diehlstadt high school senior class will receive diplomas tomorrow evening at 8:00. Paducah public schools superintendent Mark Scully will deliver the commencement address. Graduates include Gene Ashley Helen Badhett Charles Bailey Bobby Blaylock Roy Bohannon Glen Dean Bomar and many more. Rev Ralph Dodson of Arcadia Methodist Church preached the baccalaureate. Haskell Price and Norval L. Cannon serve as superintendent and principal respectively.
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Diehlstadt High School
Mark Scully
Paducah, Ky
Gene Ashley
Helen Badhett
Charles Bailey
Bobby Blaylock
Roy Bohannon
Glen Dean Bomar
Richard Bomar
Betty Sue Brown
Eleanor Claycomb
Ernest Collier
Maxine Cook
Alice Cox
Betty Drake
Mary Etta Eggers
David Glass
Nathan Gaggs
Allen Hickey
Manuel Hurley
Alma Hutcherson
Ralph Dodson
Arcadia Methodist Church
Paducah
Harl Cinder
Diehlstadt
Norval L. Cannon
Thirty graduates to receive Gideon High School diplomas
Thirty members of the Gideon high school senior class will graduate Thursday evening May 13. Atty Rush Limbaugh of Cape Girardeau will deliver the commencement address. The graduation sermon Sunday May 9 will be by Rev L C Klein of Gideon.
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Gideon High School
Atty Rush Limbaugh
Cape Girardeau
Missouri Grain Stocks Fall Sharply In 1948 Report
Missouri on April 1 held grain stocks totaling far below the prior year with corn down 51 percent, oats 28 percent lower, while wheat and rye saw gains. Off farm storage rose as oats wheat and rye increased and corn declined. Names listed include Rieffer Dean Rhinehart E L Sargent Wanda Scroggins Ruby Shoemaker Dorothy Shultz Ethel Lorree Shultz Vivian Walker Jimmie Whitledge B Hoy superintendent Gideon schools and James F Miller principal high school have been re-elected for next year.
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Missouri
Lincoln Junior High End of Year Events
A Sikeston Lincoln Junior High listing outlines pre closing activities for May through May 20. Highlights include an operetta May 4, one act plays May 7, Mothers Day programs May 9, annual music May 9, Here Comes Charlie May 11, prom May 12, Children of Old Mother Goose May 14, Baccalaureate May 16, fashion show May 17, banquet May 18, NHA club May 19, and commencement May 20 under various teachers and departments.
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Lincoln School
Sikeston
NHA
Weal
Terrell
Charle
Mrs Neal
Ford
Home Economics Department
Neal
N.H A
Neal Candelight
Fifty East Prairie graduates to receive diplomas this year
East Prairie high school honors fifty seniors in commencement exercises set for Friday May 14 at 8 00 pm. The baccalaureate sermon will be by Rev James Hooten on Sunday May 9 at 8 00 pm. Eight grade promotion is scheduled for Thursday May 13 with Hugh May as superintendent and Raidt E Lee as high school principal.
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East Prairie
Gene Allen Barker
Guynell Byassee
Lewis Cantrell
Lawanda Jean Chaney
Margaret Chappell
James Davis
C. H. Dudley
Cadis Eaves
Jack Emory
Marshal Groves
Gene Hall
Rebecca Jean Halter
Billy Hel
Ervin Higgins
Elizabeth Higgins
Winnie Hodges
Jean Arthur Key
Betty Ann Hudson
Mia Hulls
Jack Hurt
Lena Jackson
Evelyn Jones
Fred Jones
Mary Ann Kendall
T. J. LaPlant
Lovell Larkins
Marshall Larkins
Willam Laster
Billy Lucas
Mamie Martin
Edward Mayabbe
Leola McMikle
Ivan Eveland
Nell Munson
Larry Oldham
Patricia Parker
Margie Powers
Adele Pritchett
George Danny Sanders Jr
Travis Wade Shelby Jr
Bob Sorrells
Norma Jean Stevenson
Carmel Dean True
Laverne True
Earlene Wamble
William White
Robert Williams
Carl Woodard
Betty Joe Zook
Ruth Hockersmith Staples
James Hooten
J Hugh May
East Prairie Schools
Raidt E Lee
Commencement at Lilbourn Tonight
Twenty four seniors of Lilbourn High School will receive diplomas this evening in the school gym. Atty Rush Limbaugh of Cape Girardeau will give the commencement address. Awards and eighth grade certificates will be presented by Principal Owen J Taul. Roy Sherrard of the school board will present diplomas. Class members include Barbara Campbell Shirley Chudwell Joyce Ham Betty Jean Henderson Janie Johnson Anne Mae Meyer Charlene Myers Garlene Myers Civilla Sandlin Betty Joyce Simpson Betty Anne Stearns Annie June Weaks Joe Barnes Joe Bynum Kenneth Bridges James Caruthers David Cross Grady Gist Buddy Lloyd J B Keele Robert Nolen Thomas Smith Billy Thompson Leroy Woolsey Lynn Twitty is superintendent.
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Lilbourn High School
Atty Rush Limbaugh
Cape Girardeau
Barbara Campbell
Shirley Chudwell
Joyce Ham
Betty Jean Henderson
Janie Johnson
Anne Mae Meyer
Charlene Myers
Garlene Myers
Civuilla Sandlin
Betty Joyce Simpson
Betty Anne Stearns
Annie June Weaks
Joe Barnes
Joe Bynum
Kenneth Bridges
James Caruthers
David Cross
Grady Gist
Buddy Lloyd
J.B Keele
Robert Nolen
Thomas Smith
Billy Thompson
Leroy Woolsey
Lynn Twitty
Lilbourn
Owen J Taul
Senior Barker planned for Sikes ton High seniors May 18
Sike s ton High announces a senior edition of the Barker to be issued on Senior Class Day May 18. Travis Jackson leads the project with an editorial board, committees for personality and who s who, art, class prophecy, class will and class history, plus a typing squad.
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Travis Jackson
Ruth Tidwell
Lee Bloomfield
Barbara Williams
Alice Martin
Betty Waldman
John Waters
Ann Schulte
Daphne McNeely
Bueil Gimlin
Margaret Ann White
Louis Spivey
Janet Farrell
Jean Dye
Lawanna Wallace
Will
Genie Blanton
Mara Lee Cotten
Billy Warren
Jean Baker
Bob Dye
Earl Boardman
Dennis Guess
Science lecture by Kenneth Strickfaden delights crowd
Kenneth Strickfaden lectured on electricity molecular motions radio beams and radiant energy last Friday. He demonstrated principles with wit ad-libs and played tunes on the melodyne and harmonye citing bugle calls. Charles Hahs Ruth Tidwell Bob Dye and Ann Schulte assisted demonstrations. Tickets for the senior play The Great Big Doorstep go on sale tomorrow.
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Kenneth Strickfaden
Strickfaden
Charles Hahs
Ruth Tidwell
Bob Dye
Ann Schulte
Cadet ship aids cleanup drive and school events
The Ship's Log notes Sea Scout Ship No 41 helped in a rat and disease awareness drive by posting in downtown store windows. Senior Scouts promote civic duty as part of the program. A school play at Harris Walgreens Drug Store runs May 12 to 14. Graduation plans, caps and gowns arrive for May 23 and 24. Severe wind storm damages gym windows. Cancer drive fundraising reaches 12289 with contributors from the high school and local grades.
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Sea Scout Ship No. 41
Harris Walgreen Drug Store
Sham play places third at Cape Girardeau cast
The production Sham featuring Betty Waldman John Waters Travis Jackson and Hart Boardman placed third at Cape Girardeau and will not compete at the state meet in Columbia due to Travis Jackson illness and an inability to arrange required practices.
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Cape Garardeau
Betty Waldman
John Waters
Travis Jackson
Hart Boardman
Columbia
Navy units suffer 40 percent losses at Omaha Beach
Navy underwater demolition teams faced heavy casualties in the first 30 minutes of the assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy, with about 40 percent of personnel lost in that initial period.
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Navy
Omaha S Beach
Normandy
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