Thirty Years Ago Thirty Years Ago Sikeston Unit Discharged
Thirty years ago this week members of Company K Sikeston’s Moth Infantry regiment were discharged from World War One at Camp Funston Kansas. The unit had passed Sikeston and paraded at Cape Girardeau after detrainment. Capt Lyle Malone commanded Company K which left Sikeston August 13 1917 for Camp Clark Missouri then moved to Camp Doniphan Fort Sill Oklahoma as the Sixth Missouri and Third Missouri units united to form the 140th Infantry. Captain Malone later became a major. Captain Claude Canady commanded the enlarged Company K overseas and was killed in the Argonne. Original Sikeston recruits Rex Greenwell Albert Richardson Jack Wilson died in action. Fred Robinson died of wounds. Harry Ethridge and Frank Hooven died of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Camp Funston
Kansas
Cape Girardeau
Lyle Malone
Camp Clark
Nevada
Missouri
Rex Greenwell
Albert Richardson
Jack Wilson
Fred Robinson
Harry Ethridge
Frank Hooven
Sikeston News Briefs Outline Local Life Events
Forty pupils graduated from Sikeston High School while a Presbyterian church organized with Rev. H. L. Saunders as acting pastor. Heavy rains forced replanting in Sikeston cotton fields. Longtime public official Joseph B. Randol died at his home. A A Ebert eyed a White City Park amusement project at the V F W ball park site. At Malone Theatre M Harold Lloyd starred in Girl Shy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
H. L. Saunders
Joseph B. Randol
A. A. Ebert
White City Park
V. F. W. Ball
Rain Delays Planting. New Court House Ready at Poplar Bluff
May rainfall through the eighth delayed corn and crop planting in Sikeston. Butler county prepares to dedicate a new $300,000 courthouse at Poplar Bluff. Ira Keller wins first prize in a Herald story contest with How Patronizing Home Industries Helps a Town to Grow. Cape Girardeau State College stadium plans drafted by architects, with Ralph E. Bailey on the Board of Regents employing them. Sikeston deaths include Harry Gross 25 Spencer Bolder 93 and Mrs Iva Villa Carson 62.
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Sikeston
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Ira Keller
The
Herald
State College
Cape Girardeau
Ralph E. Bailey
Board of Regents
Harry Gross
Spencer Bolder
Iva Villa Carson
Fifteen Years Ago May 10 1934 Local sales and deaths noted
The Gross Grocery across Greer avenue from the International shoe factory sold to E A Storey and E R Putnam of Charleston. R Q Brown formerly of Sikes ton named Agricultural Extension Agent for Mississippi county. Walter Breeding of East Prairie was killed by lightning while plowing. High school graduations: Matthews eighteen, Chaffee thirty two, Diehlstadt twenty one, Canalou eight, Blodgett eight.
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Gross
Greer Avenue
International Shoe Factory
E. A. Storey
E. R. Putnam
Charleston
R. Q. Brown
Sikeston
Mississippi County
Walter Breeding
Matthews High School
Chaffee
Diehlstadt
Canalou and Blodgett
Ten years ago mules wagon recovered after theft
Highway Troopers Melvin Dace and John Tandy recovered two mules and a wagon four hours after they had been stolen from the Matthews wagon yard. Miss Ellen Davey and three young women friends from Hopkinsville Ky left for a nine day tour of eastern and northern cities and to visit the Worlds Fair in New York City. Mrs Conley Purcell reviewed The Thinking Reed for the Woman's Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mrs John Sikes was to review Grapes of Wrath for the Book Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Dace
John Tandy
Matthews
Ellen Davey
Hopkinsville
New York City
Conley Purcell
Missouri secretary of state dies in 1944
Five years ago on May 11 1944 Dwight H Brown Missouri’s Secretary of State died at Brandon Hospital Poplar Bluff. Lee Bowman and Murray Phillips officials of Scott County Milling Company attended a National Millers Association meeting in Chicago where Mr Bowman served on the association’s board of directors. Plans were being considered to establish a saving program with eagle stamps for civic clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight H. Brown
Missouri
Brandon Hospital
Poplar Bluff
Lee Bowman
Murray Phillips
Scott County Milling Company
National Millers Association
Chicago
Bowman
Association
Lair’s
Youth recreation center meeting noted in Sikes ton
RE Coleman Jr attended a Missouri War Chest committee meeting in St Louis as part of community service efforts linked to youth recreation in Sikes ton.
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Sikeston
RE. P. Coleman Jr
Missouri War Chest Committee
St. Louis
Quiz win by Sikeston Kiwanis club members
Kiwanis Sikeston team defeats a St. Louis Kiwanis crew in a local quiz contest. August C. Wilman Jr. named field executive for Boy Scouts districts Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties. Dean Righter takes over management of Righter Trucking Company. Last year a fire destroyed Grant City gasoline station and restaurant north of Sikeston.
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Grant City
Sikeston
August C. Wilman Jr
Boy Scouts of
Scott
New Madrid
Mississippi
Kiwanis Club
St. Louis
Funeral at Lilbourn for Springfield Man
Rev R M Talbert officiated at a funeral for W H Latimer of Springfield held last Thursday at a Lilbourn area cemetery. Latimer, a former Cape Girardeau resident, suffered a paralytic stroke while en route from Springfield to St Louis. He is survived by his widow Beatrice, three daughters a son three brothers and a sister.
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R. M. Talbert
The
Christian Church
Lilbourn
W. H. Latimer
Springfield
Latimer
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Beatrice Latimer
1948 U.S. cotton crop reaches record value
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1948 cotton crop at 14,868,000 bales, up from 11,857,000 in 1947, with cottonseed at 5,941,000 tons. Total lint and seed value hits a record $2,641,336,000, while lint value is $2,241,077,000. Average farm price for cotton sold before May 1, 1949 was 30.1 cents per pound. Missouri harvested 526,000 acres with 460 lb/acre yield.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Missouri
Arizona
New Mexico
California
New Madrid to Get Dress Factory by Morrison Firm
A New Madrid development campaign has financed a $50,000 factory building to be operated by Myron and Jerome Morrison of Chicago. The New Madrid Manufacturing Company will begin receiving machinery about May 15 and hire over time, starting with about 25 women and expanding to more than 100 employees. The concrete block plant sits on land purchased from Probate Judge Valentine Perkins, fronting Riley Street and the Cotton Belt tracks, with an 80 by 150 foot main area plus office rooms and a boiler room.
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New Madrid
Col. S. L. Hunter Sr
New Madrid Development Company
Myron
Jerome Morrison
Chicago
Ill
New Madrid Manufacturing Company
Atty. E. F. Sharp
Riley Street
Cotton Belt Station
Valentine Perkins
Morrison Brothers
Morehouse Recruit Assigned to Fifth Armored Division
Recruit Roy H. Hunt Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Roy Hunt of Morehouse, has been assigned to the Fifth Armored Victory Division at Camp Chaffee Arkansas for eight weeks of basic training. Before joining the Army he worked for O M Stinnett in Morehouse. He is now with Battery C 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
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Roy H. Hunt Jr
Roy Hunt
Morehouse
Fifth Armored “Victory” Division
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Army
Hunt
O. M. Stinnett
95Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
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Denmark
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Joan of Arc
Napoleon
Edison
Dollfuss
Sikeston High School
Ahasuerus
Java
J V.clarke
Germany
Gabe Etre
America
Hudson
E. Malone
Epwspape
E. Kathleen
Sikeston, Missouri
Nay
Lewis Sales Company Telephone
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