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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
4
Missouri covered 1935 to 1939 with 13 763 FHA insured mortgages totaling 57 493 897 dollars. About 6 937 loans for new homes under Single Mortgage Plan and 6 826 loans on existing homes. FHA says pay as you go ownership with one long term mortgage and inspections.
A five room frame residence for A C Thrower Jr was begun this week on Lindley Street. The dwelling will have a full basement hardwood floors and bath with other modern conveniences.
Paul I. Engram opened Sikeston Realty Co on Front Street just east of City Drug Store. He says the firm will handle buying and selling real estate of all kinds and marks a pioneering effort in local real estate services.
A new roof is being installed at the Oliver store located on North Street. The project aims to improve the shop’s exterior and protect its interior from weather exposure. No date for completion is listed.
Oil burner makers with dealers and heating authorities, in cooperation with the Bureau of Standards, establish specs for automatic mechanical draft oil burners for domestic use. Underwriters Laboratories will test for compliance, defining design, materials, assembly accuracy, and laboratory and factory-test requirements before certification.
Blown fuses can be replaced by the homeowner with care. Cut current at the main switch and avoid touching metal parts. Use fuses of the same rating, do not substitute coins or higher capacity fuses. The rating is marked on the fuse rim or contact end.
Construction on the Boyce Farm Implement Company building on Highway 60 in Sikeston has begun after a delay. J. A. Sutterfield of Sikeston leads the project. The brick and sheet metal structure will house a showroom, two glass-front offices, a women and children’s waiting room, and a large workshop. It will sell and service McCormick-Deering implements and International trucks, per manager Charley Boyce.
A new furniture store named The Leech Furniture Company will open May 16 on the north side of the Odd Fellows building at North Kingshighway and Center street in Sikeston. Proprietor Mr. Leech and his son Edward will run the business offering new and old furniture to local customers. The Leech family has lived in Sikeston for about nineteen years.
Walkers Grocery on Moore Avenue is being enlarged with hollow tile used for the new addition, signaling an expansion of the store and updated exterior.
Workmen repair and reinforce the Dunn Hotel as scaffolding dominates the exterior. Inside, the coffee shop expands into the barber shop area with a private dining room planned. The lobby and dining areas are redecorated, stairs modernized, and new bathrooms installed on upper floors. An elevator and a fourth floor are contemplated.
A built up roof is being laid on the M. E. Montgomery residence at Vanduser. Work progresses on the roof project, with materials and crew details not specified in the report.
Workmen began laying rock for a new cafe on Highway 61 at Tanner Street. C. Tindal of Blytheville Ark plans a rock building to be completed mid summer with a 65 foot frontage and 33 by 48 foot main and north wing. Triangle Lumber Co is general contractor. D R Hall of Hardy Ark handles rock work. Plumbing and electrical will be local.
The Reid Roofing Siding and Lumber Co builds five four room houses with bath and garage at Charleston for Mayor Mc Cracken of that city.
The two car garage and three room apartment combination on East Gladys street for Raymond Frey will be completed next week. The frame structure will include a bath and modern conveniences with hardwood floors being laid.
The large brick structure east of Sikeston for the Southeast Missouri Packing Co. is fully brick walled with plastering begun inside. The ground floor becomes the plant proper with a second story over the north third. Stock pens and outbuildings rise as machinery and refrigeration insulation progress. The second story houses three living apartments after rough flooring and skeleton framing were completed. Remodeling also underway at the Macabee residence in Prairie and East Greer with a new garage and asbestos siding.
More than 20,000 silver fox farms operate in Norway, a figure highlighting the nation’s dominant role in Europe for silver fox pelts production and supply. The Norwegian industry accounts for the bulk of pelts across the continent, shaping regional fur markets and export dynamics.
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