Sikeston Student Wins State Speaking Honors Again
Sikeston High School junior Fielding Potashnick captures top honors in the state extemporaneous speaking contest at Columbia with an E rating, matching a district win at Cape Girardeau and a Sikeston school contest victory. He has a three year record on the debate team and in public speaking.
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Fielding Potashnick
Sikeston High School
Columbia
Potashnick
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
St Louis School Man To Speak At Chaffee Commencement
Phillip J. Hickey superintendent of schools in St Louis will deliver the commencement address at 8 p m next Thursday at the Chaffee high school gymnasium. Baccalaureate services will be at 8 p m Sunday at the high school with Rev W L Keeney pastor of the Chaffee Baptist church preaching. Senior class members include Bonnie Jo Baker Betty Camp Nellie Culbertson Peggy Denton Maxine Finch Phyllis Gwann Audrey Grossheider Betty Hart Renda Hooker Barbara Mantel Sue Redfern Phyllis Rhodes Winifred Summers Camille White Raymond Lee Ballard John Burnett Thomas Carlton Milfred Crumbaugh Frank Compas Billy Mack Daugherty Ray Dowd Robert Dumey Dwain Glenzy Harold Halbert Bob Hampton Lloyd Haupt Lloyd Holland Kenneth Houseman Frank Jirik Robert Earl Jones Powell Keeney David Pepple Joe E Proctor Carroll Revelle Bill Sanders Bill Surman H A Wachter and Joe Wilkinson. The superintendent is Fred Lewallen and the principal is Zeta Dunn.
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Phillip J. Hickey
St. Louis
Chaffee High School
W. L. Keeney
Chaffee Baptist Church
Bonnie Jo Baker
Betty Camp
Nellie Culbertson
Peggy Denton
Maxine Finch
Phyllis Gwann
Audrey Grossheider
Betty Hart
Renda Hooker
Barbara Mantel
Sue Redfern
Phyllis Rhodes
Winifred Summers
Camille White
Raymond Lee Ballard
John Burnett
Thomas Carlton
Milfred Crumbaugh
Frank Compas
Billy Mack Daugherty
Ray Dowd
Robert Dumey
Dwain Glenzy
Harold Halbert
Bob Hampton
Lloyd Haupt
Lloyd Holland
Kenneth Houseman
Frank Jirik
Robert Earl Jones
Powell Keeney
David Pepple
Joe E. Proctor
Carroll Revelle
Bill Sanders
Bill Surman
H. A. Wachter
Joe Wilkinson
Fred Lewallen
Zeta Dunn
Thirteen Graduates At Blodgett High
Baccalaureate services for Blodgett high school graduates will be Sunday May 14 at 8 p m in the Methodist church with Rev A V Alcorn delivering the sermon. Glee Club songs include The Lords Prayer and Whispering Hope. Commencement exercises are set for Thursday evening May 18 in the high school gym with Dr Robert Hill as speaker. Glee Club to perform Sylvia and Will You Remember. School officials J J Richardson superintendent and Miss Opal Welker principal.
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Blodgett High School
A. V. Alcorn
Lilly Faye Sittes
Anna Sue Cline
Marcella Miles
Rosella Miller
Beatrice Tubbs
Louise Meunier
Ronnie Williams
W. D. Deason
Harold Marshall
Junior Martin
Bobby Causey
Rolley Dean Riley
Raymond Latham
Robert Hill
Glee Club
Sylvia
J. J. Richardson
Opal Welker
Morehouse Boy Scout Earns Eagle Award at Library Court
Jim McReynolds a farm boy from Morehouse and member of Troop 49 received the Eagle award at a court of honor held Monday evening in Sikeston public library. The ceremony also recognized several other scouts with bronze and gold palms and promoted two to Star Scout.
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Jim McReynolds
Morehouse
Sikeston Public Library
L. M. Standley
Scout McReynolds
Jack Brown
Bill Dillon
Bobby Joe Taylor
Lee McPheeters
Charleston
Leslie Fox
Golden Sun
Scouting
Gene Aufdenberg
Sigeston
James Watson
Gary Todd
Joe Fox
Tommy Murchison
Jimmy Pinkstaff
Sikeston Troop 44
Burt Rowe Jr
Jerry Aufdenberg
Leo Fisher Jr
Paul Northington
Billy Alcor
Pastors to Speak At Risco Exercises
The Risco Consoli dated School District No. 6 holds graduation events with Rev Archie McKay of Risco General Baptist Church speaking at the high school auditorium and Rev Harold M Nance of Malden Methodist Church delivering the commencement address at 8 p m on Wednesday. Graduates include Huel Benton Harry Bolton Jr Laura Britt Charles Earnheart Lottie Egger Dwain Fullerton Jo Ann Holloway Harold Huffman Maxine Huffman Hugh Landers Cargene May Maxine McCain Dallas Skidmore Ruby Skidmore Kenneth Smith Charleen Smith Joe A Wharton Mary Ruth Williams Pauline Wiseman. Superintendent Paul W Stephens and Principal Don J Brewer listed.
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Risco Consolidated School District Number 6
Archie McKay
Risco General Baptist Church
Harold M. Nance
Malden Methodist Church
Huel B. Benton
Harry Bolton Jr
Laura Britt
Charles A. Earnheart
Lottie B. Egger
Dwain O. Fullerton
Twenty Graduates at Gray Ridge High
Gray Ridge High School will honor twenty graduates at 2 30 p m next Sunday in the school gymnasium with Rev David King delivering the sermon. Rev W A Turner will speak next Thursday at 8 p m in the gymnasium. Valedictorian Shirley Belle Hood and salutatorian Velda Duncan Vent lead the class which includes Ruth Hargrove and Phyllis Hart in top ranks. The senior trip departs May 21, touring the South via New Orleans and Key West.
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Gray Ridge High School
David King
Essex First Baptist Church
W. A. Turner
Dexter First Baptist Church
Shirley Belle Hood
Velda Duncan Vent
Ruth Hargrove
Phyllis Hart
South
New Orleans
Key West
Dallas Brown
Henry Brown
John Crewse Jr
Vernon Crewse
Edward Bakers
Charles Griffin
Sarah Ruth Hargrove
Kenneth Hice
Shirley Hood
Vernon Hopkins
Franklin Jones
Maxine Pless
Bill Neal
Bobby Renard
Mable Robinson
Barbara Sherrill
Russell Wethington
Charles Wilson Jr
Velda Vent
Robert L. Rasche
Berlie J. Dowdy
Sikeston Students to Receive Degrees at State College
At the 76th Southeast Missouri State College commencement in Cape Girardeau on May 15 Governor Forrest Smith will address graduates including Sikeston nominees John Herman Schaefer for the Bachelor of Science and Betty Wayne Cummins Thelma Kesler Glenn Harper Robert Mize and Mary Beatice Burch Henson of Oran for Bachelor of Sciences in Education Several other local candidates will also be honored with degrees and a candlelight service follows the ceremony
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Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri State College
Sikeston
John Herman Schaefer
Betty Wayne Cummins
Thelma Inez Kesler
Glenn Carroll Harper
Robert Lee Mize
Mary Beatnce Burch Henson
Oran
Forrest Smith
Lausrate
Solack Berry
Ronan
N Dutton
Furst Raviis
Cran
Frigidaire Refrigerators Highlighted in LAIR'S Feature
LAIR'S showcases Frigidaire refrigerators with emphasis on energy efficiency and modern design. The feature discusses model variety, pricing guidance, and availability, aiming to attract shoppers seeking durable home appliances.
Telephone your news to The Herald
The notice urges readers to telephone The Herald with news using the station lines 74 or 75, indicating an accessible, real time way to share tips, anecdotes, and local happenings with the newsroom.
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Bulldogs Win Three to Play Saturday in Regional
Rain postponed the Bulldog Bloomfield baseball regional game at Cape Girardeau from 3:30 pm today, likely rescheduled for Saturday. Sikeston beat Bloomfield 8-2 at home, with Acord earning the win as Bloomfield totaled nine hits to Sikeston's six.
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Bloomfield
Cape Girardeau
Knox
Boys
Sikeston
Acord
Bulldogs
Chandler
Cape Preps
Cape Central
Baccalaureate Services Set at Lincoln School
Baccalaureate services will be Sunday May 14 at 3 pm at Lincoln Junior High School with Rev J B Ross of Smith Chapel M E Church Sikeston preaching. Invocation and benediction by Rev R V Ford follow. Ten grade graduates include Pearleaner Carter Robert Clark Freddie Lee Harrington Mary Lorrain Hobbs and others. eight grade graduates listed. ceremony honors both groups.
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Lincoln Junior High School
J. B.ross
Smith Chapel
M. E. Church of Sikeston
R. V. Ford
Pearleaner Carter
Robert Clark
Freddie Lee Harrington
Mary Lorrain Hobbs
Harry Len Jimmerson
Nola Jean Knox
Willie B. Know
Lois Murray
Fair Lily Palmer
Sophia Pearson
Arthur Renfro
Arvell Reynolds
John T. Tyler
Ella Yarber
Bessie Katherine Abram
Myrtle Lee Alexander
Willie Leon Boyd
Owen Cornelious
Eddie Duvall
Lillie Mae Harrington
Thelma Helen Hill
Alleda Mills
Tommie Driver
Wyonnie Palmer
Theatrice Patterson
Ruth Steward
Ezekiel Turk
Bernice Burdean Warfield
Exercises Thursday For Bell City High School
Commencement for the 1950 Bell City High School class will be at 8 p m next Thursday at the high school Adolph Un ruh of Washington University will speak. Roger Henson will speak at baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 p m at the high school Tomorrow is senior day. Graduates include Dorthy Work man Margaret Lenon Bob Heath Harry Rhodes Wanda Morse Albert Painton Billy Pyle Glendal Summers Beryle Tate Marilyn Bollinger Carl Carrier Coretta Clements James Cosson Robert Diebold Carl Driskill Gilbert Frederick Jerris Green Faye LaGrand Mary Long Donald Mason and Kermit McKee. Wolley F Sutton is superintendent and Edward Winchester is
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Bell City High School
Adolph Unruh
Washington University
St. Louis
Roger Henson
Bell City
Dorthy Workman
Margaret Lenon
Bob Heath
Harry Rhodes
Wanda Morse
Albert Painton
Billy Pyle
Glendal Summers
Beryle Tate
Marilyn Bollinger
Carl Carrier
Coretta Clements
James Cosson
Robert Diebold
Carl Driskill
Gilbert Frederick
Jerris Green
Faye LaGrand
Mary Long
Donald Mason
Kermit McKee
Wolley F. Sutton
Edward Winchester
Baccalaureate at Charleston Sunday
The Rev. H. L. Ray of the Charleston Church of the Nazarene will preach the baccalaureate sermon at 8 p m next Sunday in Charleston high school. Commencement exercises are scheduled for May 19. The senior play will be at 8 p m Tuesday in the high school auditorium.
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H. L. Ray
Charleston Church of the Nazarene
Charleston High School
Rain Delays Sikeston Stags In Rain Aborted Games
Sikeston Stags see fifth rainout of the season canceling last night’s Ladies Night with Morehouse Lumberjacks and Sunday’s Charleston game. Hayti win 7-6 in 12 innings last Friday, with Dambach Wessel and Bloomfield on the mound. Next up Benton Illinois at home under VFW lights, then trips to Pexico Vets and home dates with Charleston, St. Louis Pontiac Club.
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Sikeston Stags
Morehouse Lumberjacks
Hayti
Stags
Jimmy Dambach
George Wessel
Jimmy Joe Bloomfield
Sikeston
Bloomfield
Charleston Cardinals
Charleston
Benton
Admissions at Delta Community Hospital
The Delta Community Hospital admitted numerous medical and surgical patients from Sikeston Bell City New Madrid Dexter Lilbourn Portageville Vandyser East Prairie Charter Oak and Parma in the past week Births include multiple newborns on May 4 6 9 10 11 to couples from Sikeston Parm East Prairie Portageville Morehouse Matthews Painton Essex Vanduser and Vanduser May 11.
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Delta Community Hospital
John Haslett
Melody Hunt
Willie Love
Sikeston
Wilmadean Jones
Bell City
Chester Schaffer
New Madrid
Leon Groves Jr
Dexter
Ben Cravens Jr
Lilbourn
Hugh Brasell
Ben Gillean
Charter Oak
Corndell Parks
Grace L. Allen
Bill Nelson
Thomas Fair
Teddy Wayne Coffey
James Cobb
Portageville
Lucille Summers
Vandyser
Mazine George
East Prairie
James Golden
Francis W. Davis
Dean Owen
John Walton
Charles Kaiser
Robert Winchester
Charles Stormes
Ochis Hill
Leo Parks
Ray S. Bryant
Jimmy Hill
Chester Thorp
Parma
Tommy Downs
Jack Jeffries
L. E. King
Morehouse
James Kennedy
Matthews
Amos Hardgrave
Painton
van Murphy
Fred McGarity
Essex
Lawrence Luther
Vanduser
Ten Cape Girardeau residents donate blood for child
Ten Cape Girardeau residents traveled to St. Louis last Sunday to give blood for a 3 year old patient in Children's Hospital. Gerry Gillespie has been in hospital since May 1, 1949 with a kidney malady and illness.
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Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Little Gerry Gillespie
Children’s Hospital
Amenca's Frigidaire Upgrade Limited at LAIR'S
Amenca introduces Frigidaire electric units as number one option, now limited stock at LAIR'S store. Special emphasis on availability while quantities last. Prospective buyers urged to visit LAIR'S for the latest model and price details.
Chief recovers stolen property in Poplar Bluff
Orville Hancock held in Scott county jail on burglary and larceny charges after police chief Harold Wallace questioned him in Poplar Bluff. Hancock confessed to burglaries at the Knapp residence in Tanner Street and the Austin residence on Kathleen Avenue. Charlie Jones of Sikeston aided the cases and was returned to Algoa. The pair also admitted robbing a Dexter liquor store. About $150 in clothing, a $65 suitcase, a $50 ring and other items were recovered. All burglaries occurred weeks ago.
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Orville Hancock
Scott County
Knapp
Tanner Street
Austin
Kathleen Avenue
Hancock
Poplar Bluff
Harold Wallace
Wallace
Charlie Jones
Sikeston
Algoa
Dexter
Frigidaire Refrigerators and Ranges Hit Limited Run
America's top electric refrigerator and electric range are now available in limited quantities at Lair's. This glossy consumer item showcases Frigidaire's latest in home appliance innovation.
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America
Lair’s
Military Rites for Jarvis W Daugherty
Funeral services for Jarvis William Daugherty were held Tuesday at the Methodist church with Rev. M G Joyce officiating. Born May 26 1900 in New Madrid County he died May 7 at his Ruth Street home. He leaves wife Jessie and two daughters plus a father two stepsons two sisters and other relatives. Burial was Memorial Park Cemetery with Welsh service and the American Legion conducting graveside military rites.
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Jarvis Wikliam Daugherty
M. G. Joyce
New Madrid County
Daugherty
Ruth Street
Jessie Daugherty
Stanley Galczowski
St. Louis
Jack Barger
Sikeston
Albert L. Daugherty
Matthews
Charles O. Greene
Havart
Frank Green
Harvie
Ill
Clyde Couta
Coley Warren
Memorial Park Cemetery
American Legion
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