Sikeston Chosen 1940 Convention City for Lumber Dealers
Southeast Missouri Retail Lumber Dealers Association selected Sikeston as the 1940 convention city at its Cape Girardeau meeting. Charles E. Kiefner of Perryville was re elected president for his 22d year. Officers and directors were re elected, with a banquet featuring Dr W T Doherty and speakers Dr Gus W Dyer and P M Mulligan. Sikeston attendees included A M Jackson W N E Fuchs and Robert Guthrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Cape Girardeau
N. E. Fuchs
Charles E. Kiefner
Perryville
Kiefner
Lumbermen’s Association
J Lanier Byrd
Charleston
Wm. Pfefferkorn
Chaffee
A. M. Jackson
Robert Henderson
Jackson
F. M. Robinson
St. Louis
Charles A. Himmelberger
Cape Girard
Vanderbilt University
P. M. Mulligan
WN. E. Fuchs
Robert Guthrie
Second hold up at C and M Oil Company
Three armed masked bandits robbed Burley Hogue at the C and M Oil Company station near Sikeston around 1:30 am. They took $39 after forcing Hogue to turn his back and damaged the phone line. State Patrol Melvin Dace was notified. this is the second robbery at the station in six months. Mr and Mrs Frank Dye and Mr and Mrs Willard Bennett will attend the Cotton Carnival in Memphis Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Burley Hogue
C. and M. OU Company
Hogue
Siget
Melvin Dace
State Patrol
C. and M. Oil Company
Frank Dye
Willard Bennett
Memphis
Junior Chamber Seeks 2500 For Swimming Pool Project
At the Tuesday Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Palace Cafe a committee was formed to discuss assisting financing the pool with about 2500. New members J H Yount Jr Harold McClure and Charles Dement joined. Tom Logan led about 20 members as the Jaycee dance May 15 at Club Rendezvous near Sikeston funds the pool project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Palace Cafe
Junior Chamber
Board of Public Works
City Counci
J. H. Yount, Jr
Harold McClure
Charles Dement
Tom Logan
Sikeston
Blue Rhythm Boys
Optimistic Missouri crop report as rains boost growth
The USDA urged optimism about Missouri crops with recent rains and warm temps. Corn planting advanced about one third with early stands good. Wheat oats rye and barley were fair to good. alfalfa stood a foot high. truck crops and vegetables improved and strawberry outlook looks strong.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Sikeston Barber Shops Change Hands
Two Sikeston barber shops gained new owners this week. Willard Parks and Luther Stropp bought the shop formerly owned by the late Dick Sparks and Lynn Swaim purchased Model Barber Shop from Elmos Taylor to continue operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Willard Parks
Luther Stropp
Ichy
Dick Sparks
Lynn Swaim
Model
Elmos Taylor
Recall Meeting At Church Of Nazarene
Rev F A Welsh Piedmont District Superintendent for South east Missouri of Churches of the Nazarene will preach at both services this Sunday and conduct the recall meeting to decide whether the present pastor Rev C F Transue will be retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Welsh
Piedmont
Southeast Missouri
Churches of the Nazarene
Welsh
C F_ Transue
Ferry at Birds' Point Resumes Operations
Birney's ferry has resumed operation across the river from Wickliffe, Ky to Bird's Point after high water. The service had run only two weeks since Christmas. Mrs. J. Scales and son Don of Detroit are visiting Mrs. Sheppard and family and went to Dexter to spend time with niece Miss Gladys Goldsmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birney's Ferry
Wicklice, Ery
Bird’s Point
J. ¥. Scales and Son
Don
Detroit
Mich
J. N. Sheppard
Famly
Dexter
Gladys Goldsmith
Senate rejects proposed cotton subsidy rider
The Senate rejected suspending rules to attach a cotton subsidy rider to the Agriculture Department appropriation bill. Senator Bankhead proposed a compromise limiting subsidies to the 1939 crop, but the motion failed 37 to 36, leaving the plan in a muddled status and potentially bypassable by existing law and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Chamber
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
United States
Bankhead
Alabama
Memorial Day Speaker Planned by Sikeston Legion
Sikeston American Legion members plan Memorial Day events with Col F W Bowley of Fort Leavenworth Kansas to deliver the address on Sunday May 28. Plans also include hosting veterans of the Spanish American War visiting Cape Girardeau Sikeston and Charleston on a district tour with a possible lunch and entertainment stop in Sikeston and a potential extension to Big Oak Mississippi County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
American Legion
F. W. Bowley
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Colonel Bowley
West Point
Army
Sikeston Legionnaries
Legion Hut
Missoun
Cape Girardeau
Chaffee
Oran
Charleston
Big Oak
Mississippi County
Alleged Kidnappers Waive Hearing in Cape Girardeau
Two youths named Carl Welker and John Garner Jr. waived preliminary hearing in Cape Girardeau yesterday and were sent to jail in lieu of bail. They are accused of stealing a car in Cape Girardeau, using it to rob Sikeston Oil Co and kidnap attendant Clyde Couch on April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
S. C
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau County
Carl Welker
John Garner Jr
Sikeston Oil Company
Clyde Couch
Farm Bureau to Elect Board at New Madrid
New Madrid county meeting set for 8 PM Tuesday May 16 in the Circuit Court room to elect the Farm Bureau board and officers for 1939. Only members who paid $2 or $5 dues are eligible to vote. those paid at the meeting or due by then may vote. J Daugherty chairs the finance committee.
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Farm Bureau
New Madrid
Court House
Circuit Court Room
Farm Bureau Board
J. Daugherty
Will Attend Graduation of Harty Family Members
Mr and Mrs Harry L Harty will travel to Washington D C for a visit with daughter Miss Eleanor. On May 25 they will attend graduation at Fairmont Junior College where she is in the senior class. From Washington they will proceed to Annapolis Md for U S Naval Academy commencement for son Harry L Jr who is in the graduating class. After commissioning he will report to duty on the U S Saratoga and the party will visit Sikeston before his departure.
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Harry L. Harry
Washington
D. C
Aisit
Eleanor
Fairmont Junior College
Harty
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Harry L., Jr
Young Harty
West Coast
U. S. Saratoga
Sikeston
Mary Lou Schroff Heads Red Peppers
Mary Lou Schroff was elected president of the Red Peppers high school pep organization at its banquet last Thursday at the Palace Cafe. She succeeds Marietta Bloomfield. Officers for next year include Marvy Wagner vice president Mary Emma Waller treasurer and Electa Shankle secretary. A dance followed at the high school gym.
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Mary Lou Schroff
Red Peppers
Palace Cafe
Miss Schroff
Marietta Bloomfield
Marvy Wagner
Mary Emma Waller
Electa Shankle
Miss Kate Hurff Returns to New Madrid Farm
Miss Kate Hurff, a business visitor in Sikeston for two weeks, has returned to her farm in New Madrid county, concluding her sojourn.
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Kate Hurff
Sikeston
New Madrid County
Jean Gardner to be crowned May Queen at Sikeston fete
Miss Jean Gardner daughter of Mrs C E Gardner will be crowned Queen of the sun at Sikeston high school May Fete on the athletic field tomorrow night. Harold Swanagan will be her escort with attendants Marietta Bloomfield Faye Thompson Polly Mae Cecil Mary Ann Lankford and others. Crown bearers Charles Matthews and Sue Sikes precede the queen and attendants to the throne. The old English style program features English and Scotch folk dances under Miss Helen Flint with music arranged by R D Sorrells.
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Helen Flint
Sikeston High School
R.D. Sorrells
Tgh
Sikeston Mayor Chosen Director of City League
Sikeston Mayor Dr. G. W. Presnell was elected a director of the Municipal League of Mayors of Missouri after presiding sessions in Columbia at Hotel Tiger. He attended the meeting with Mrs. Presnell who returned home with him Friday.
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G. W. Presnell
Municipal League of Mayors of
Missouri
Columbia
Hotel Tiger
Presnell
League
Calendar of activities for graduating class
The schedule lists events from May 11 to May 22 including a school board dinner, May fete, senior tea at the home economics cottage, senior play, senior assembly, junior senior dance and banquet, baccalaureate, and commencement. Prominent events involve seniors and faculty with annual rites and gatherings.
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Home Economics Cottage
Senior Play to Be Given Tuesday Night Sikeston High
Sikeston high school senior class to present the three act play Spring Fever Tuesday night May 16 in the high school auditorium. Miss Frances Burch directs with cast members Russell Heath Mary Jane Sikes Eddie Crear Catherine Anne Cook Billy Bess Esther Jane Greer Betty Jo Gross Gwendolyn Kirk Rodney Sutterfield Ruth Hollingsworth Elwood Taylor and Dean Minner in the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston High School
Frances Burch
Russell Heath
Mary Jane Sikes
Eddie Crear
Catherine Anne Cook
Billy Bess
Esther Jane Greer
Betty Jo Gross
Gwendolyn Kirk
Rodney Sutterfield
Ruth Hollingsworth
Elwood Taylor
Dean Minner
Banquet of Sikeston High Band Honors Sorrells Leader
Seventy Sikeston high school band members attended their annual banquet at the Palace Cafe. Present were Superintendent R A Harper, director R D Sorrells, Eddie Crear band president, John Dover student director, and guest C H Denman. Miss Mary McCray and Helen Vera Dudley were noted with honors. Virginia Gwaltney named Dudley’s successor. A baton was presented to Mr. Sorrells by John Dover.
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Sikeston High School
Palace Cafe
O. T. Elder
R A. Harper
R D. Sorrells
Eddie Crear
John Dover
C. H. Denman
Mary McCray
Helen Vera Dudley
Lavalliere
Virginia Gwaltney
Miss Dudley
Sorrells
Marriage of Sikeston High 1939 Graduate
Miss Myrtle Lee Boyt, a member of Sikeston high school’s 1939 graduating class, married Forest Parks in Charleston last Saturday with a justice of the peace officiating. Mrs Parks is the daughter of Mrs. George Stringer. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Parks and works at a local grocery. The couple will reside with the bride’s mother. Lee Allen Spradling of Jackson visited Roland Moll over the weekend.
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Myrtle Lee Boyt
Sikeston High School
Forest Parks
Charleston
Parks
George Stringer
Matthews Avenue
Ike Parks
Sikeston Starts Groundwork For New 30-Plot Addition
Work began this afternoon on clearing grounds for Sikeston's newest addition a thirty lot plot north of East Acres developed by the C. D. Matthews Estate which has not yet named the addition. The project extends west from Highway 61 between Wakefield and Grove avenues and will later include land east and north to the curving highway with Wakefield Avenue extended to the highway paved and curbed and guttered. Sikes Moore and Lindley streets will be extended north one block from East Acres with curbs gutters and sidewalks throughout the area.
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Sikeston
East Acres
C. D. Matthews
Highway 61
Wakefield
Grove Avenues
Wakefield Avenue
Sikes, Moore and Lindley
Morehouse Farmer Thomas Strong Found Dead in Bed
Funeral services were held at Carpenter cemetery in McMullin for Thomas Strong near Morehouse. The 65 year old sharecropper, who had worked briefly for Finis DeWitt on Yount lands, died of a heart ailment after performing Monday duties. Survivors include two daughters, ages 14 and 16, residents of Sinois who attended.
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Carpenter
McMullin
Thomas Strong
Morehouse
Richards Undertaking Company of
New Madrid
Strong
Finis DeWitt
Yount
Sinois
Tentative Armory Dedication Plans Discussed
A building committee member said the Armory may not finish until July Fourth. Interior work continues slowly with no definite completion date. Tentative plans for a dedication dance in June hinge on finishing progress and the celebration may move from an early spring date.
Cape Banker Elected Officers In Association
Clyde D. Harris president of First National Bank in Cape Girardeau was chosen treasurer of the Missouri Bankers Association at the close of the forty ninth annual session in Excelsior Springs. Other officers named were J P Huston Jr of Marshall president F C Hunt of St Louis vice president W F Keyser of Sedalia secretary and E P Neef of Sedalia assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde D. Harris
First National Bank
Cape Girardeau
Missouri Bankers’ Association
Excelsior Springs
J. P. Huston, Jr
Marshall
F.C. Hunt
St. Louis
W. F. Keyser
Sedalia
E. P. Neef
New Arrivals and Health Update in Local Notices
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Bul Shain of 612 Harms Avenue Monday morning, the fifth son in the family. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Bruce Lewis of 811 Linn Street last Friday, named David, the second son in the family. Carlos McKinney, patient at Barnes Hospital St Louis for a month, shows considerable improvement after an operation for brain adhesions from a head injury five years ago. Mrs McKinney is Mae Johnson, former Sikeston resident. the couple reside in St. Louis.
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Bor
Bul Shain
Harms Avenue
Bruce Lewis
Linn Street
David
Carlos McKkinney
J. R McKinney
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
McKinney
Mae Johnson
Sikeston
Lighted match injures boy on farm near Charleston
Brady McMillan a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas McMillan of a farm near Charleston is in a Cairo hospital with severe injuries from striking a match to test a gadget found on an uncle’s tractor. He lost parts of all fingers on his left hand, damaged his right hand, both eyes may be lost sight in one, and his face was peppered by the charge.
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Brady McMillan
Thomas McMillan
Charleston
Cairo
Harty Named to Scott County Social Security Board
Harty was appointed chairman of the Scott County Social Security Board, succeeding C. L. Blanton Sr., who resigned. The appointment was made by the State board. Other members include F. E. Mount of Sikeston, Mrs. Fel Purcell of me, and Mre HY E Cordrev of Chaffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Harty
Scott County Social Security Board
C.L. Blanton, Sr
State Board
Scott County Board
F. E. Mount
Sikeston
Fel Purcell
HY E Cordrev
Chaffee
Lilbourn Girls Escape Serious Injury In Accident
Two Lilbourn girls Bertalea Camp and Norma Horn escaped injury when a car driven by Miss Camp blew a tire and overturned a mile south of the Highway 61 Lilbourn road junction. The vehicle struck gravel, slid along the shoulder, jumped a ditch and fence into a cultivator field before rebounding and landing upright. The car, owned by W. G. Camp, Frisco agent at Lilbourn, was brought to J. Wm. Foley Motor Company.
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Lilbourn
Bertalea Camp
Norma Horn
Miss Camp
Highway 61
Lilbourn Road
W. G. Camp
Frisco
J. Wm. Foley Motor Company
Bluff Man Robbed And Kidnapped On Monday
Frank Anthony a 37 year old night watchman at a Poplar Bluff motor company and garage was robbed of 31.59 dollars, 37 gallons of oil and 28 gallons of gasoline. He was kidnapped and left tied in the trunk of a stolen car found wrecked on Highway 60 near Van Buren. Anthony said the assailants were three young men, two of whom looked like brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Anthony
Poplar Bluff Motor Company
Anthony
van Buren
Junior Chamber to Hold Dance Saturday in Sikeston
The Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce will host a Saturday dance at Club Rendez vous. Proceeds will support the swimming pool fund the organization has pledged to boost.
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Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Collector Felker Files Third Bond in Scott County Court
Scott County bond court on May 6 hears Felker replace two signers on the third bond. Ed Schwartz and Dana Taylor join a long list of signers including C. E. Felker, Luther Felker, John Powell, Alf Carr, Dana Horstman, and Dan E. Taylor. A county committee will file a complete report May 20 after checking signers’ net worth and encumbrances. Peck Auditing Co starts an audit of Felker’s books.
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Scott Courty
C. E. Felker
Scott County Court
Leo Schott
Arthur Schiwitz
Ed Schwartz
Benton
Dana Taylor
Sikeston
C. E Felker
Luther Felker
C. C. White
John Powell
P V. Branum
J. NM. Pitman
Alf Carr
R.C. Wailett
Dana Horstman
Ea Schwartz
Dan E. Taylor
A. W. Swacker
John Young
H. D. Rodgers
Rodgers
Felker
Peck Auditing Company
Caruthersville
James McDowell
Danforth Joslyn
Charleston
Steve Barton
M. G. Gresham
Twelfth Anniversary of Poplar Bluff Tornado
The town marks twelve years since the May 9 disaster that wrecked Poplar Bluff and cost lives. The Ozarks Jubilee observance reflects the community’s recovery and renewal since the destructive storm. Mrs P A McDougal and Miss Grace Johnston of Los Angeles were guests the past week, with H B Johnston and daughters Joyce and Joan visiting from Kennett and Cabot Ark.
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Poplar Bluff
Ozarks
P. A. McDougal
Miss Grace Johnston
Los Angeles
Cal
H. B. Johnston
Joyce
Joan
Kennett
Cabot, Ark
Miss Johnston
Roosevelt Rejects Tax Revision Plan in White House Clash
Congressional leaders say President Roosevelt rejected Treasury proposals to revise prevailing tax laws and thwarted administration effort to push the plan. Meeting with Morgenthau confirmed his firm stance, signaling a renewed tussle between the White House and Congress over tax policy and revenue schemes tied to corporate profits and capital gains changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Cooper
Tennessee
Hanes
Woods
Business Advisory Council
Hopkins
Broowings Institution
Roes
White House
Congress
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C. and
M. Oil Company
Sikeston Barber Shops
Church OF Nazarene
Birds' Point
Niewspapr
Legion
Spain
Jean Gardner
May
City League
Lee Allen Spradling
Roland Moll
Cape Banker
Social Security Board
David Blanton
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