Sikeston Rejects Third Class City Thirty-Five Years Ago
In a 175 to 120 vote, Sikeston residents opted to remain a fourth class city. A special election followed to consider upgrading, spurred by Commercial Club and Chamber support but fears of higher taxes helped defeat the measure.
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Sikeston
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
M. G. Gresham
Harry C. Blanton
C. N. Nozley
Blanton
Scott County
Officers Reserve Corps
Fort Riley
Kansas
Mozley
Sikeston Planning Commission resignations cited zoning repeal
Five members led by C. L. Blanter Jr. and W. H. Sikes stepped down citing repeal of the city zoning ordinance. The American Theatre in Charleston burned, causing losses over 50 000 dollars. O W McCutchen of Blytheville owned the theatre. Leslie reelected chairman of the Scott County Tuberculosis Association. Sikeston high school won the state medley relay at the annual meet in Columbia. The Welsh Funeral Home marked 25 years.
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Sikeston
Blytheville
Ark
Malone
Rex Theatres
Joseph A. Leslie
Scott County Tuberculosis Association
Sikeston High School
Columbia
Welsh Funeral Home
Poplar Bluff Tornado Disaster Kills Over a Hundred
Twenty five years ago on May 12, 1927 a devastating tornado struck Poplar Bluff killing more than a hundred people and destroying ten million dollars in property among the dead was a unnamed victims and survivors recalling the catastrophe.
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Poplar Bluff
Sikeston seniors complete 880 mile southern trip amid historic coronation
Sikeston high school seniors returned from an 880 mile motor trek through six southern states. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were crowned at Westminster Abbey. J. Sherwood Smith resigned as Scott County clerk. H. C. Watkins became deputy and then the county clerk. Joe Leslie joined the Bank of Sikeston as an employee. Joe M. Cravens, Sikeston's mayor, passed his Coast Guard enlistment exams and plans deep sea diving studies.
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Sikeston
George VI
England
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
J. Sherwood Smith
Scott County Court
H. C. (Buzzy) Watkins
Joe Leslie
Morley
Bank of
U. S. Coast Guard
Sikeston Circus Draws 600 Boy Scouts on School Field
Six hundred Boy Scouts par ticipated in the Boy Scout Circus on the high school field. Sikeston's board of education banned hazing and rough staff at public schools. Weddings of the week featured Miss Josephine Chandler of Sikeston and Vernon Anderson of West Plains. Miss Margaret Louise Wal-
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Sikeston
Board of Education
Josephine Chandler
Vernon Anderson
West Plains
Margaret Louise Wal
Sikeston Senior Wins University of Missouri Scholarship
Lace, daughter of Police Chief Harold Wallace and Mrs Wallace, earned a University of Missouri scholarship for the next school year while a senior at Sikeston High School.
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Lace
Harold Wallace
University of Missouri
Sikeston High School
The Passenger Pigeon in Missouri Vision of a Vanished Sky
State Historical Society of Missouri recounts the rise and fall of the passenger pigeon in Missouri. Large flocks numbered in the millions darkened skies and roosted in river bottom forests while hunters and habitat loss drove the species to extinction by the 1870s. Squabs, squabby young, and the birds’ acorn diet are described along with hunting methods and the rapid collapse of populations.
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Missouri
Missouri River
I Keep Myself in Shape Go to Church Next Sunday
D. W. Rogers of Liberty Mo argues religious life needs weekly renewal not annual Easter attendance. He compares daily fueling and servicing of planes cars and bodies to spiritual maintenance, urging readers to revive their spiritual power by regular churchgoing.
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D. W. Rogers
Liberty
Sam Snead Wins Masters for Second Time at Augusta
Sam Snead captured his second Masters Championship at Augusta National, edging rivals in a tense finale. The victory adds a notable milestone in Snead's storied golf career and cements his standing among the era's leading players.
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Sam Snead
Augusta
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Sam Baker
Wm. H. Tanner
Arthur Hyde
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
B. H. Piepmeier
Missouri State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
C. D. Matthews Jr
H. J. Welsh
Farmers Supply Company
Mae Emerson Smith
Melbourne
Lillian
Lucille Kendall
Helen Dubois
Francoise Black
Ruth McCoy
Ruth Allard
Clara Lindley
Camille Klein
Tylene Kendall
W. E. Hollingsworth
Julius Whiteside
East Alton
Ill
T. C. McClure
Wallace Applegate
Park Avenue
Delta Community Hospital
The
Herald
Ralph cC. Rockwood
Air Corps
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Tanner Street
Church of God House of Worship
Jos. A. Leslie
Telephone No
Welter Ridg
Actwa Casualty
Surety CO
Packard
Packard Ultramatic
Ackard
Easamatic
Packards
Jarvis Motor & Equipment Co
Highway 61
North
Sikeston, Missouri
State Historical Society of Missouri At
Floyd C. Shoemaker
John James Audubon
Missouri Council of Churches
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