Four-County Area May Have to Replant As Result of Frost
Four counties Scott Stoddard New Madrid and Mississippi report frost and heavy rains likely forcing replanting on 10 to 33 percent of acreage. Agricultural agents caution accuracy is difficult due to soil differences and frost severity. Despite damage optimism remains for a good crop with warm weather and pest control.
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Scott
Stoddard
New Madrid
Mississippi
Varley
Scott County
Starling Guinn
Grankly
Brown
Stoddard W
Francis Waggoner
Gond
Skeston
Mississippi County
R. Q. Brown
Ppi
Anecdote of Cross County Social Notes and Visits
Mrs B J Melton and Dan Melton family visited Truman Ark. Mrs Artie Scott traveled to Bell City to see Kathryn Bughn and Ruth Skaggs. Many local residents moved homes, visited relatives, and attended church and school events. The high school seniors staged a play to raise funds for their trip. Various viagens and academic entries noted along with multiple social visits and minor health notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Melton
Dan Melton
Truman, Ark
Artie Scott
Bell City
Kathryn Bughn
Ruth Skaggs
Lola Westerfield
Aymon Newman
May Hart
Westerfield
Lilie Sexton
Helen Elderbrooks
East Prairie
Will Elderbrooks
Cletus Harr
Barlowe, Ky
May Harr
Jim Sexton
Donald
Milton Bixler
Charlie Asa
Carron
Paul Carrouthers
Lilbourn
Bixler
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Church Meeting
Vocational Agriculture events involving Wieners and Mrs. Charlie Duncan in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. James Hewitt hosted Sunday dinner with N. G. Hewitt family. Mrs. Buddy Morris and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Morris in Morehouse. The Baptist church W M A met Thursday night with a Royal Service discussion and a fine program. Supt. and Mrs. R E Sharp and Robert Nicholas shopped in Sikes ton Saturday.
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B.W.C
Gene Barnes
Margaret Harrison
Deloys McWaters
Jean Summers
Rachel Frolley
Jean Cashion
Edna Toul
Pauline Decker
Billie Sue Wrother
Pauline Landers
Jimmie Larue
Sikeston
Charlie Asa
Stanidas Aghster
Marion Powell
Wickliffe
Asa
Hece Stephens
Finley William
Little
East Prairie
P J Benner
W OM Moore
Sikes
Bonner
John D Barnes
B. J. Smith
Fami'l
Haiti
Jack Douglas Smith
Charlie Duncan
Charleston
James Hewitt
N. G. Hewitt
Buddy, Morris and Son
Clarence Morris
Morehouse
W.M.A
the Baptist Church
R. E. Sharp
Robert Nicholas
Blodgett News Highlights Local Visits and Club Meetings
Mrs W A Beggs reports a busy Blodgett social week with visits from Charleston Sikeston and Doumpan area families. The Sandywoods Extension Club and Woman's Club met, with notes on a cemetery mower purchase, Memories Day plans, and district federation delegates. A Chaffee High Band concert pleased attendees and various residents attended church and family events across the area.
Health for All: TB Treatments Cut Fatality Rates
A 1940s hospital report notes miliary tuberculosis mortality drop from near-certain death to rare cases since 1947 due to new drugs. Streptomycin first, then PAS and soniazid, often in combination, with early detection key to preventing crippling meningitis and paralysis in children.
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Bellevue
New York
Weekend Socials Show Bertrand Guests in Several Towns
Mrs Willett Thomas and Mr and Mrs Harvey Jobe with children visited friends in Jackson and Medon Tennessee. Mrs M H Nichols and granddaughter from Sikeston. Mrs Ralph Whiteside of Charleston and others dined with Mr and Mrs Charlie Peters. Mrs Al Cross of St Louis visited Wm McCubbins and family. Mr and Mrs Wm Matthews of Memphis spent the weekend with Frank Eliott. Billy Heckert family visited Garland Grooms in Festus. Relatives visited Paragould Arkansas. A L C A dinner in Chaffee. Don Resler and Mrs Charlie Clark dined with Destes Alvey in Dogweed. Altus Harper and children visited Harvey Jobe's family. Eastwood visits in New Athens. Examinations watch and TB test advice.
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James Coppage
J. Hedge
ME Blake’ Enships
Rapid Ci
C.C
All Mere Sam Myers
Racine
Wis
Peter Myers
Texarkana
Tex
Ott
John Glidewell Wilsom
Etreddie Laster
Mispes Patsyans
Sylvia Bridkwel
St Louis
Day Rhoten
Chaffee
Church of Avist
Bill Deane
Near’ Morehouse
Dora Boughn
Will Elderbrooks
Gloria
Lester Jackson
Fort Wayne
Ind
Blytheville
Helen
Lawrence Broadhocker
Jonesboro
Ark
Broadhocker
Elderbrooks
Ernest Muffett
J. C. Westerfield
Ross Latham
Charle Latham
Betty
St. Louis
Claud Latham
E. Arbuckle
L. L. Arbuckle
Kentucky
Helen Elderbrooks
Portageville
Corona
G . Drake
C. C. Blankenship
Waukegan
Betty McBride
Milwaukee
Chicago
Kokomo
Tipton
Indianapolis
Drake
Lyman Whitten
Matthews
Strickland
Sikeston
Laverne Sexton
Diane
Jim Sexton
Gaines Evans
Jimmie Larue
Charleston
Lil
Harvey Jobe
Curtis Jobe
Jackson
Medon
Tenn
M. H. Nichols
Ralph Whiteside
Moray Gary
L. L. Voelker
Charlie Peters
al Cross
Wm. McCubbins
Jerry Hooper
Claude Voelker
Wm. Matthews
Memphis
Tawiece Eastwood
New Athens
Harold Eastwood
S. Jack Conyers
Canatou 4H Club Meets at Geske Home
The Canatou 4H Club met April 3 at the Geske home with nine members seven leaders and six visitors present. Music was the theme with Leonard Scott recounting America and the Battle Hymn of the Republic, songs sung in unison, and performances by Mrs. Whiffen on cello and Mrs. Geske on piano. Marilyn Mitchell played a piano solo and gave a sewing machine demonstration. Reports on Foods and III projects Clothing Crafts and Crops were given. next meeting hosted by Mrs. Dick Whiffen on June 7.
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Canatou 4H
Dale Geske
Leonard Scott
America
Dick ‘Whiffen
Dake Geske
Masenet
Hauser
Marilyn Mitchell
Schhnieder
Dick Whiffen
Army exercise at Pickett in LOGEX-54 unit report
Sgt Robert L Dixon of Baltimore Maryland and wife Charlotte listed as serving with LOGEX-54 Support Group during Army animal exercise at Pickett Virginia May 3 8. Officers and soldiers from coast to coast participate to feed supply and house 4000 officers in the exercise. Dixon entered the Army in 1947 and is linked to Charleston Missouri through his address 307 Vine Street.
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Armed Forces
Pickett
Robert L. Dixon
Charlotte
Clifton Ave
Baltimore
Army
Peta
Aermen
Ozark Dixon
St. Charleston
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Analou News
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LaDoya Jordan
Freddie Harris
Bonnie Blankenship
Janice Chesser
Carol Defoe
Mary Thorpe
Betty Hopper
Delbert Kirtley
Johnnie Scott
Barney Blankenship
John Summers
Kentucky Lake
Johnnie
Frank
Johnnie Harr
Hubert Bond
Butch
Jimmie Westerfield
James H. Coppage
Owensboro
Dundee
Florence Gossett
Jim Asa
Howard Lasters
Poplar Bluff
Carrol Defoe
Elaine Decker
Archle Haywood
Joan Summers
Cape Girardeau
Carrol
Miss Decker
Miss Haywod
Miss Summers
Clifton Arbuckle and Son
Woodriver
Price Baker
Baker
Bonnie
Bertice McWaters
Berta Jane
John Smith
Everett Newinghouse
Risco
Wieners
Vocational Agriculture
Parma High School
Columbia
Robert Dieter
Quincy Murphy
Bobby Lowery
James Brown
Jimmy Goforth
Jake Brown
Blodgett News
W. A. Beggs
Joe Nunnelee
J. F. Nunnelee
Joe
Virgini Islands
Tommy Marshall
J. S. Peal
Maurice Armstrong
Ward Enterline
Douiphan
Wm. Muri
St. Jenis Marshall
Wi. D. Deason
Ondon “Dedson
Attelg Vn
Melvin Henson
Beggs
Clara Parker
Woman's Club
Chas. L. Stubbs
Woman’s Club
A. L. Davis
A. E. Davis
Robert Davis
W. O. Graham
Lennis
James
Annis Marshall
B F. Marshall Jr
B. F. Marshall II
R. O. Minner
Jnc. O. Ensor
Farmington, Mo
Marshall
Athe
Heart Book Review
Extension Club
W. O Graham
Willis Walton
E. W Carroll
Clayton Carroll
Wesley Strayhorn
Annie Marshall
Stubbs
J. D. Jewell
Clinton, Ky
J. D. Jewell Jr
Bardwell, Ky
Wendell Williams
George Childers
Nancy
Jesse Lambert
Hugh Fuqua
Allen
Murray
Join Young
St. Francis Hospital
Ebert Rister
John Hitt
Risters
Robert Minner
Milford Minner
Cape
Chaffee High School
NPA
Mr. Farmer
Bertrand News
Willett Thomas
Aberdeen
Chester
N.J
William G. Mennen
Hideaway Park
Barbarosa Essar
Mennen
Mum's
New Jersey
Harold Wetterberg
Aberdeenen
Barbara
M & L Ranch
Burnet
Texas
Canatou
Geske Home
Murs
Washington State Patrol
Washington
Syndicate Trust Building
Missouri
Penn
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