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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
4
A worried mother seeks guidance about caring for grandchildren while in poor health and a nonhelpful husband. The Louisa reply urges independence, suggests seeking employment, and hints that renewed family boundaries may help set accountability. A teen reader asks whether to keep A or B, and Louisa advises balancing multiple suitors rather than dropping all for one.
Cheers for sailors and soldiers, tears for those who fell, as the New Madrid County Library displays a 32 foot flag on a new pole. The flag, a gift from Mrs Budenholzer, will fly daily in front of the library alongside Missouri tourism pamphlets and a “Show Me Missouri” window display. Doris Day in “April in Paris” is noted with references to vacation thoughts and daily ballet lessons.
Symington states he can serve from experience in world peace promotion through preparedness, eliminating government waste, strengthening democracy, and reducing taxation through efficient government. He emphasizes honest governance and fiscal responsibility as core goals.
Charleston school district approved a $100000 bond issue by 276 to 41 votes to build ten new classrooms. Taxes will rise 20 cents per $100 of assessed value on a $4 million gross valuation. Four Lincoln School rooms for Negro students will be added, and a six room wing for seventh and eighth grades will be built at the high school site.
At the Bailey School P T A meeting last Thursday night Carl Peets Sikeston school guidance director spoke on problem parents two kinds obstructing a child’s emotional development and vocation. He urged a balance giving life necessities with some luxuries and warned against overtaxing a child’s talents.
The Intermediate Youth Fellowship of the Methodist church held a worship service at Shiveley Park in Cape Girardeau with about 30 youths and 10 adult workers. The Senior Youth Fellowship gathered at City Park for a campfire service with eight adults and about 40 attendees.
Arthur Shipman 70 died Friday at Delta Community Hospital after a 50 year residency in Morehouse. Funeral services were Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Albritton Funeral Home with Rev. A. C. Sullivant officiating. Interment was in Cuy Cemetery. He leaves six sons Ezra, Leon, A D, Wayne, Charles, Cecil. two daughters Thelma Botton and Hazel Huggins. a sister and two brothers. nine grandchildren.
A $10,000 damages suit filed in Benton Circuit Court names Samuel Rudman as plaintiff seeking damages from Sikeston resident William B. Gladney for injuries alleged after Rudman’s horse and wagon were struck by Gladney’s auto in St. Louis in 1947. District attorney Morris A. Shenker of St. Louis represents Rudman.
Stella Kahn, a New York manicurist, found $200 in tens and twenties in a gutter and $555 in a taxi. She turned both sums to police and will keep the money if unclaimed after 90 days. She is hopeful but patient, trusting the legal process.
Tony Battalla, 80, unearthed a brick mine while leveling his yard in Memphis Tennessee. He dug up a brick and then uncovered more than 3,000 bricks, suggesting the lot may be a former brickyard.
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