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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
4
Herald reporter spots a red truck bearing Struggle Bros name in a morning window sighting. The moment prompts a wry reminder that struggle brothers fits the scene.
The piece urges Sikeston to maintain clean business areas and parks after weekends, noting handbills on Saturdays and colored debris on Sundays. It calls for citizen cooperation to improve and keep streets and parks neat for visitors and residents alike.
Sikeston public school children are urged to visit the public library during vacation and spend at least an hour daily in reading. Aimed at all ages, the library offers books for small children and teens, with reading in the room or at home. Parents are encouraged to read aloud and have their children do so as well.
A nostalgic look at high school seniors facing life beyond the cap and gown. Graduation brings joy at freedom from compulsory study and heartache from leaving friends and the familiar school world. The piece weighs the uncertain transition to adulthood, urging courage, steadiness, and support as graduates seek their places in a bustling world.
The Sikeston Herald notes May 14 1920 three candidates for Scott county sheriff were Lyle Malone John B Little and Glenn W Finley. Dr Ivan Lee Holt pastor of St Johns Methodist in St Louis will give the commencement address to Sikeston high school’s 1920 graduating class of 30 students.
Fifteen years ago May 14 1925 Sikeston notes state the new Sikeston High School gym will be ready for commencement next week. O W McCutchen buys Malone and Grand Theatres marking local theatre expansion. High school lots sale triggers addition of 24 more adjoining lots after heavy demand.
Ten years ago on May 15 1930 Sikeston high school announced twenty nine seniors would graduate at the forthcoming commencement exercises on Monday. The class includes Woodrow Harden Paul Higgins Charles Pinnell Charles Simpson Robert Struwe Kendall Sikes Frances Aufdenberg Christine Cauthorne Gladys Conley Thelma Lee Hazel Lumsden Lillian Reiss Lois Robinson Ellen Helen Smith and Emily Woods. Mrs Harry Young and Mrs John Powell planned a Saturday miscellaneous shower for Miss Helen Malin fiance of Dr H E Reuber.
Five years ago May 16 1935 Dr Franc McClear president of Westminster College Fulton Missouri will deliver the commencement address for Sikeston high school senior class at exercises Monday night May 20. Second Childhood a three act farce was presented by the Sikeston high school senior class at the auditorium Tuesday night. The cast includes Fred Jones Mary Emma Powell Margaret Fisher Billy Bob Donnell Gust Zacher Lillian Rita Derris Mildred Rushing Adele Love John Wilson Het Lambert Glenn Matthews.
On May 19 1939 Sikeston city council authorized a new water tower expected to triple storage capacity. The town also addressed parking by removing no parking signs on Malone avenue south side yesterday to free space for motorists.
Members of the Sikeston library board, nine in number, are entrusted with the care and management of the public library a sacred trust. The auditorium is available for meetings at a small rental fee and users should treat the facility with home like care. Damage in the mending room showing careless habits was noted and must not be repeated, as board members will take precautions to protect others rights.
General Lewis M. Means commanding officer of the Missouri National Guard visited local leaders for a short time yesterday. He flew to Southeast Missouri landing at Sikeston airport then went to Cape Girardeau with Col. Harry Dudley to discuss using the new community building as an armory for two National Guard companies.
A research group finds people lose jobs due to personality clashes. If colleagues cannot tolerate someone, employers may discontinue employment rather than retain the worker. The finding highlights interpersonal dynamics as a key factor in turnover.
Sikeston high school presented the senior play June Mad Tuesday night in the school auditorium. Lead actress Mary Lou Schroff replaced Electa Shankle due to mumps and was praised for her performance. The cast included Mary Emma Waller Jean Klein Jesse Lee Hamby Evelyn Holmes and others. Frances Burch directed with stage and prop committees led by Sonny Waggoner Jack Johnson and Frankie Ingram. Music was arranged by R D Sorrells and the high school ensembles provided the entertainment.
Fifty-five Sikeston high school seniors with diplomas will depart Tuesday morning for the annual senior trip to New Orleans and Southern points. They will ride to Memphis in private cars and continue by chartered Greyhound buses. Chaperones include Miss Adilda McCord, Miss Mayme Marshall, Mrs Loomis Mayfield, Mrs Lynn Waggener, Mrs C T Old, Wm E Mahhew, Lawrence Knepper and Tharon Stallings.
Miss Denna Parker a Sikeston High School commercial subjects teacher resigns this week as engagement to Lloyd Harrison of Hartford Connecticut is announced. They plan a late summer wedding and will live in Berkeley California where Harrison will teach next year. Parker a State College Cape Girardeau alumna and former Jackson Homecoming queen. Harrison a 1937 State College graduate with a master's and deaf-education specialization.
Billy Foley son of Mr and Mrs J Wm Foley placed second in the regional interscholastic music contests held in Kansas City last weekend. He previously won first in the state contest at Columbia with his trombone solo Atlantic Zephyrs and was Sikeston s only representative. He was accompanied by Mrs Foley and the pair returned to Sikeston Sunday afternoon.
Miss Sadie Kent longtime librarian at the State Teachers College Cape Girardeau is honored by Sagamore yearbook staff which dedicates the 1940 edition to her. The staff includes Richard Vogel editor Allen Swaim business manager Prof H O Gravel adviser with 17 on the team and members from Cape Girardeau St Louis Sikeston Lilbourn Malden Chaffee Benton Ruby Barks Eve lyn Keller Mary Foster and other named students.
In 1839 a total of 1,210,200 persons were injured in automobile accidents, reflecting the era's rising vehicle usage and public safety concerns as reported by local records.
Sikeston high school begins a new tradition with a cane carrying the signatures of the 1940 graduates. The Senior Class of 1990 presented the cane to Gene Watson, junior class president, and a copper band marked Senior Class of 1940 was added. Each passing class will add its signatures and a new copper band as the cane travels forward.
Two students will receive two year high school certificates and four will get eighth grade certificates at graduations Friday night May 24 at Lincoln junior high in Sunset addition. Commencement speaker is Joseph Chatman CCC camp advisor. Baccalaureate May 19 by Rev. K E Crump. Play Go Slow Mary May 22. Principal Joseph Gaines.
City Attorney Robert A. Dempster will be toastmaster at a covered dish dinner Monday night May 20 inaugurating This Work Pays Your Community Week. The event in Sikeston's south grade school lunchroom gathers WPA leaders and officials. C L Blanton Sr will speak. other speakers include Mrs Maude White Mrs Julia Lee Clair and Mrs Pearl Finney. All projects will hold open house May 20 to 25 and the public is invited to attend both the dinner and project tours.
W B Whitlow of Fulton Democrat for attorney general visited Sikeston today meeting voters and greeting supporters. He previously served as prosecuting attorney of Calloway county and held other official posts.
Funeral services were held at St. Francis Xavier for John Simler a resident for 55 years. He died Monday evening after illness. Born October 10 1861 at New Hamburg he married Theresa Goetz in 1899. Survived by widow daughter grandson and half sister. Sikeston carpenter who helped build the church.
Funeral services for T. W. Willingham Jr. were held at the family home in Olivet Indiana with Rev. C F Transue announcing. Willingham, 16, drowned in a small river at Turkey Run State Park near Marshall Indiana. His companion Mary Sprague, also 16, was found Monday. Dr Willingham, a Nazarene evangelist, had planned to resume a meeting in Sikeston but could not finish.
Rev. C. P. Thogmorton, pastor of the Charleston Methodist church for five years, died at home after months of illness. Funeral at Charleston church Friday at 9 a.m. Rev. J. C. Montgomery to lead. Interment in Louisburg, Tennessee. He was 57 and survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs. Dick Acuff, and a son James Thogmorton. He was the son of late P. G. Thogmorton, former Sikeston pastor.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the home of his daughter Mrs. W. T. Malone in Sikeston for Thomas Franklin Sewell 84 with Rev. John L. Taylor officiating. Interment followed at Oak Grove cemetery in Commerce. Survived by his daughter Mrs. Malone and two sons James Sewell of California and Larry Sewell of Atchison Kansas, plus two sisters and a great grandson. He died Thursday morning after a period of illness.
Mr and Mrs D M Montgomery host Rev and Mrs Albert L Carnett of Sheppardsville Kentucky as they travel to Fayettesville Arkansas where Rev Carnett will assume the pastorate of the Baptist church. Carnett is son of Rev Frank Carnett former Sikeston Baptist pastor and Fayetteville pastor who died in a car collision years ago.
Democratic hopeful T. Eb. (Tex) Roberts, then State Senator and publisher of the Diamond News in Newton County, visited Sikeston to promote his candidacy for the State treasurer nomination.
George W Duke a longtime Big Opening area farmer near Sikeston died at his home Tuesday after a battle with a complicated illness including pneumonia He would have turned 76 on May 17 Services were held at 2 pm Wednesday at Dogwood Methodist Church with burial in Dogwood cemetery Surviving are his widow Mrs Minnie Duke and many children from nearby towns כול
Dr. and Mrs. B. L. McMullin and Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Reuber will attend a Southeast Missouri Osteopathic Association meeting at Muel ler's Camp in Arcadia on Sunday May 19. The program includes business and social events.
The Chaney family of Sikeston expresses gratitude for the kindness and help shown after the passing of their father and grandfather, John N. Chaney. Marie Chaney Riga and Family.
A flannel cloth dipped in oat meal provides a simple effective cleaner for painted woodwork. The method is easy and gentle, relying on the mild abrasive action of oats to lift grime without damaging the finish.
The Herald offers engraved and printed wedding announcements for couples seeking formal newspaper notices. This service provides customized cards with names, dates, and locations suitable for archival display.
Mrs Earl Pate of DeWitt Arkansas attended funeral services in Sikeston last Friday for her two uncles John N Chaney and T F Sewell. Chaney was buried at St Francis Xavier Catholic church Friday morning and Sewell funeral followed in the afternoon. The Patess stayed with J A Macabee and his wife at Hotel Del Rey during their visit.
In memory of Mrs. Nettie May Hubbard who departed this life September 7, 1939. Nine months of sorrow and loneliness, life empty without you. Deep in our hearts lies a picture of a loved one laid to rest. Your life on earth has completed its run and you have earned the title Well Done. Sadly missed by husband sister son and all.
In 1939 the United States registered 4,320,829 trucks, an all time high for the nation. This milestone reflected peak vehicle registration and sustained demand for commercial and private transport.
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