New Madrid County Farm Extension News Highlights
Extension agents report on pressure cooker gauge testing by Home Economics Club members and demonstrations on care and repair of home furnishings. Notes on chick rearing, ventilation, feeding, and litter management. upcoming club meeting. soybean cultivation practices. and cotton improvement class statistics under Smith Doxey. Follow-up details include range housing for pullets, feed and water needs, and approved deadlines for aid applications.
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New Hope Chile
E. A. Jones
W. O. Alexander
Floyd Bonds
Wham Blackburn
Jodie Blackburn
C R Davis
George Willams
Virgil Davis
Home Economics Club
Wendall Crosby
John Crosby
Earline Weddle
New Madrid
Hurricane Ridge 4 H Club Plans Cotton Week Activities
Seven members of the Hurricane Ridge 4 H Club gathered at president Elease Moore's home for a called meeting. They voted to celebrate National 4 H Sunday May 21 by attending church in a group and staging a program. Sue Weeks led songs, Earline Weddle directed a game, and refreshment was served. A next meeting at Betty and Anna Lee Harrison's home will plan the Clothing T project as Cotton Week runs May 22 to 27. Local farmers will observe Cotton Week with the Smith Doxey Cotton Classing program, offering free classification and market news via approved improvement groups.
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New Madrid
United States
Missouri
Elease Moore
Sue Weeks
Earline Weddle
Betty
Anna Lee Harrison
Cotton Week
New Madrid County
Canning Clinics Held at Risco This Friday
Miss Flora Carl Extension Nutrition Specialist spoke at a canning clinic in Risco last Friday. The event is part of a trio of meetings for home economics foods leaders focusing on product quality cleanliness speed and accuracy in home canning.
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Flora Carl
Risco
Preservation methods taught at farm bureau meeting
Miss Carl urges varied food preservation with canning, drying, brining, freezing, and storage. Twenty nine leaders from multiple towns attended meetings at Risco Lilbourn and Matthews. Dr H S Miller spoke on county health unit requirements. board plans surveys and outreach before any health program. Farm Bureau reports show 122 families in Group Hospital and total county membership 432.
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Ning
Carl
Bisco
Parma
New Hope
Catron
Stubblefield
Pinder
Jericho
Hurricane Ridge
Jay-Wye
Matthews
Fairview
Canalou
Pharris Ridge
Risco
Lilbourn
New Madrid
Dr. Miller
Farm Bureau Board
Weeting
Group Hospital
Harold Sloas
W. E. Hammock
New Madrid County Farm Bureau
Former Sikeston Man Buried Here Sunday
Funeral services for William Bert Troxel, 60, of Tamms, NL, were held at Sikeston City Cemetery and Olive Branch Methodist Church. He died after months of illness. Survivors include widow Ethel Martin Troxel, a son Everett Troxel, another son Troxel, a daughter Vivian Crost, a granddaughter Sharon Kay Troxel, and step-children Lloyd Shaw and Beulah Shaw plus relatives Frank Martin and family connections in Sikeston Equality and Olney.
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Sikeston City Cemetery
William Bert Troxel
Tamms
Methodist Church
Olive Branch
F. E. Rockwell
James McAllister
Troxel
Ethel Martin
A. B. Martin
Sikeston
Frank Martin
Equality
Everett Troxel
St. Louis
Other Troxel
Brookley Field
Ala
Vivian Crost
Chicago
Sharon Kay Troxel
Lloyd Shaw
Olney, Ill
Miss Beulah Shaw
Doctor Eats Daily Without Stomach in New York
An elderly New York doctor, after having his stomach removed two years ago, continues to eat three meals daily. The Medical Society of New York reported the doctor's condition at a meeting last Friday. A loop of small intestine was used to replace the stomach in the surgery, as explained by Dr. Frank H. Lahey of the Lahey Clinic in Boston.
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New York
Medical Society of New York
Frank H. Lahey
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Stockard Named Secretary of State in Missouri
Gregory C. Stockard of Jefferson City, previously assistant state budget director since January, will succeed the late Dwight H. Brown as Secretary of State. Governor Forrest C. Donnell announced the appointment.
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Gregory C. Stockyard
Jefferson City
Dwight H. Brown
Forrest C. Donnell
Highway Patrol Sets 1944 License Plate Display Rule
The highway patrol announces that the 1944 license plate must be shown on the rear of vehicles and all plates from prior years must be removed.
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Highway Patrol
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Herbert F HO Rolf
Laurel E Woddle
Fairview Club
Arch Russell
Fairnew Home Economics Club
Releah
J. E. Lewis
Ira Dodd
Carrie Anderson
Bach
Cuerdas 19
McCormick -Deering
Boyce
Charlie Boyce
East
Herald
G. C. Stockard
Secretary OF State
Elite Hat Shop
Hahs Machine Works
Likeston
Claude Turner Garage
Woods Dairy Crenshaw Candy CO
Caleb Smith
John G. Powell
Insuranc
Agency
Paul's Tobacco Store
V. Ward-Real Estate
Savers Furniture Store
Nn-Way Cleaning CO
DAN McCoy Seed CO
Reiss Dairy
Sikeston Laundry
Dempster Furniture Coo
Sikeston Paint & Wallpaper Company
Hartzell Blacksmith Welding Shop
R. D. Clayton—Mules
Armstrong Appliance
J. C. Robinson Lumber Coo
Lair Furniture Company
Norton’s Shoe Store
Garner-Dement Motor CO
Sikeston Farm Equip. CO
Semo Elevator Company
JOS. A. Leslie Insurance Agency
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Company Roberts Store
P. J. Auto Supply
Scott County Milling CO
Bess Distributing CO
BIJOU
Vogue Dress Shop
Malone & Rex Theatres
Pitman Tailors & Clean Companyers
Board OF Public Works
Vogue Beauty Shop
Heisserer’s
Dunn Hotel
Graber’s Store
the People's Store
White’s Drug
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