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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1950

Page

9

Health Council Retains All Officers despite resignation push

At a nearly full Benton circuit court room, Scott County Health Council refused to accept resignations of officers and directors, praising their integrity. Vice-president E L Corbin reported fund balances from a mill tax and the unit’s expenses, noting $14,308 in reserve and $18,305.77 in the health unit fund as of May 9 1950. He warned expenditures have been high mainly on furniture and equipment and outlined current staff including Dr Paul Pedersen preparing to join July 1, with others in SE Missouri health work and support staff.

Scott County Health Council Benton Circuit Court Room Court House E. L. Corbin Sikeston Fred Lewellen Chaffee Board of Directors Health Council Health Unit Corbin R. C. Scott Ward Hunter Morier Wm. Arnold Ancell BR. H. Mackley Blodgett Marshall Jackson Benton R. H. Henson Oran H. J. Meliies New Hamburg Corbin Presente Paul Pedersen Scott and Mississippi County State District Health Center Missouri Joan United States Health Service Fred Winters Rosemary Glaus Margaret Ruth Brandon Brandon Kansas City Dexter Dexter High School Stoddard Butler, Scott Mississippi New Madrid Dunklin Pemisot Glenn Pearl Missouri Department of Agriculture George Newell Missouri College of Agriculture Chester G. Starr Jefferson City Missouri Farm Bureau Federation

Noted churchman to speak in Sikeston

Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker of Washington will speak at Sikeston Methodist church next Tuesday evening May 23 at 8.00 under the Sikeston Ministerial Alliance. The visit supports temperance and is part of six talks in the St. Louis area. Hammaker is executive vice president of the General Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church based in Washington.

Wilbur E. Hammaker Washington, D. C Sikeston Methodist Church Sikeston Ministerial Alliance Bishop Hammaker Sikeston St. Louis Board of Temperance Methodist Church Bishon Hammaker General Board of Temperance The Washington J. W. Hoffert Church of the Nazarene Hammaker Trinity Methodist Church Youngstown Ohio China Area Temperance United

Independence Bond Sale Began Monday

Missouri launched the Independence Drive for United States Savings Bonds with a Series E quota of 21 million dollars. Missouri’s War Bond Committee chair Robert E Lee Hill reported April bond purchases totaling 9,059,444 with county breaks including Scott 37,867 and St Francois 79,968. Southwest Missouri noted strawberry picking with 2000 pickers needed as rain aided crops.

United States Savings Missouri Robert E. Lee Bob) Hill Columbia Souri

Bessville Man Killed In Traffic Accident

Dan Carver 60 of Bessville was killed instantly when his car overturned on Highway 51 five miles north of Lutesville Saturday night. His son Ernest 22 was seriously injured and treated at Cape Girardeau Osteopathic Hospital for head and leg injuries after the vehicle rolled and threw them to the ground following a curve.

Dan Carver Bessville Ernest Highway 51 Lutesville Carver Cape Girardeau Osteopathic Hos Pital

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