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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1956
Page
7
A fragmented verse tribute on tree planting by Henry Cuyler Bunner. The speaker asks what a person plants when planting a tree, describing shade, rain, beauty, and civic good. The text mixes aspirational imagery with lines about homeland, growth, and the lasting heritage of trees for future generations.
The article surveys farm policy and global cotton trade, noting production, exports, and prices. It describes how fixed U.S. prices encourage surplus and divert acres, raising stocks to historic levels and depressing domestic and foreign demand. It mentions production yields rising and foreign use of cotton and synthetics, with warnings of a looming carry-over and consequences for farmers. It closes with a brief, incongruent sports anecdote about a Buffalo police pursuit and a man found with binoculars.
Ronald Linder receives highest honors at Dexter High School with multiple offices in FFA and band, National Honor Society member, and plans to attend the University of Missouri Columbia. Beverly Absher, salutatorian, served as Student Body President, held class offices, active in Pep Club and ET A, with a 1714 average and COBB program employment.
Dexter residents gathered for a church parlor fellowship with Peter Solomon of Damoh India sharing experiences and cooking. Welcome Wagon Newcomers met with three new members, planned a May 30 family spring picnic, and discussed Delta Beautiful Campaign efforts. The Sonor Busines Womens Club and Christian Womens Fellowship held programs and planned a nursery shower and June 7 covered-dish dinner with officer installations.
Mrs Emma Niccum 82 seeks divorce from Elwood after desertion three months after their 1914 wedding, case filed in Los Angeles.
Mr and Mrs Albert Mortis of Bloomfield visited relatives in the area over the weekend. Mrs EB Moore and Mio attended, with Mr and Mrs Pat visiting sons and kin. A family gathering noted several attendees and steady post reader activity, as neighbors recall the recent events.
Leonard J Rehg announced a new high in Southeast Missouri Council membership with 4,349 boys and 1,755 adult leaders totaling 6,104 Scouting participants. The area added over 400 boys in the year, and with new institutions adopting Scouting the council expects to exceed 5,000 members by year end. The council operates 190 Scout Units.
Three people injured Friday afternoon in separate crashes in the area. John Young, 64, of Benton, was struck while a farm tractor he was riding was rear ended on Highway 61 north of Sikeston. He suffered a broken collar bone and multiple cuts. Hany Phillips, 20, of St Louis, faces careless and reckless driving charges. In a second crash on Highway 25 north of Bloomfield, Donald King, 31, of Dexter, struck a pickup driven by William Jones, injuring the Jones couple of Leora, Missouri. They were hospitalized in Poplar Bluff with serious conditions.
Word reached friends that Rev J T Self 88 superannuated Methodist minister long known in the area died Friday afternoon in Luxora Arkansas after a month long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 in the Luxora Methodist church per his request with Rev E T Bartley of Sedalia officiating. He is survived by son Hershel Self of Chicago a daughter Mrs C P Powell of Tuxora one granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
Health for all stresses that TB can strike older adults. about 31 percent of new U S cases are aged 45 to 64 and 14 percent over 65. It notes men outnumber women two to one and emphasizes TB is preventable and curable if found early through good health, nutrition, and avoiding illnesses that weaken resistance.
A city council resolution declares the necessity to pave Tanner Street from Highway 61 to Applegate Blvd in Sikeston Missouri. The project will be asphalt with costs funded by special assessments on benefiting properties. plans are in Ordinance 2284. City Clerk to publish notice in the Sikeston Herald.
In a Washington column, Dudley C Sharp is celebrated as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force in charge of purchasing and logistics for over 1 250 000 items. He manages $10 billion annual materiel spending, praises Air Force efficiency, honesty, and patriotism, and notes his prior leadership at Mission Manufacturing in Houston and Navy service from 1942 to 1945.
The piece warns that delaying regular physicals and chest X-rays reduces chances of cure. It stresses that TB respects no age and calls for individual health action and community cooperation to prevent tuberculosis.
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