Inheritance Theme Marks Sikeston High Commencement
Webster Groves superintendent Willard Goslin addressed 73 graduates before about 1500 listeners at Sikeston High School 1940 commencement, calling graduates heirs to a democracy, soil fertility, and education. He warned that lowering soil productivity erodes living standards and warned against resource depletion.
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Willard Goslin
Webster Groves
State Teachers Association
Sikeston High School
Supt. Goslin
America
Supt
Goslin
Sikeston High names Ava Carrethers valedictorian 1940
Ava Louise Carrothers daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Carrethers was named valedictorian of Sikeston High School's 1940 class at graduation exercises on Monday night. She held the highest four year scholastic average. A state college Cape Girardeau scholarship a Chillicothe Business College year and a Reader's Digest subscription were among the awards. Salutatorian is Bertha Mae Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Louise Carrethers
W. H. Carrethers
Sikeston High School
Miss Carrethers
State College
Cape Girardeau
Chillicothe Business College
Reader’s Digest
Bertha Mae Ray
A. E. Ray
George Alexiou
Boss Reed Council
Billy Edwards
Charles Franklin Engram
Jimmy Garrison
Frank Green Jr
Jessie Lee Hamby
Olon Hitchcock
Stay Lee Hughes
Jack Johnson
Clifford Jones
Jean Klein
Dewitt Lambert
John Latham
Alfred Layton
David Lumsden Jr
Lloyd Louis McConnell
William R. Marsh
Loomis Mayfield Jr
Edgar Rolland Moll
Bobby Montgomery
J. L. Murphy
Shad Old
John D. Ponder
Thomas A. Reed
Wilfred Scherer
Robert Schwab
Billy Simmons
H. L. Sizemore
Virgil Vaughn
Ancell Waggener
Marshall Young
Alice Bacon
Betty Lou Barger
Elizabeth Bloomfield
Frances Bowman
Mary Katherine Boyer
Helen Branum
Ruth Helen Buchwolz
Joan Burrow
Ona Mae Carmody
Ava Louise Carrothers
Carrie Gene Dickerson
Laura Dover
Nell Hart
Evelyn L. Holmes
Betty Anne Johnson
Vonda Lea Lufcy
Marie Lewis
Mildred Lynn
Marjorie McCoy
Nana Lou Marshall
Martha Ellen Mason
Daffodil Matthews
Joella Patrick
Mona June Provance
Bertha May Ray
Eleanor Righter
Martha Rucker
Mary Lou Schroff
Electa Shankle
Esther Shuppert
Gwendolyn Shy
Doris Skidmore
Lyndall Taylor
Nina Vern Taylor
Faye Thompson
Julia Ellen Voelker
Mary Helen Wagner
Mary Elizabeth Waldman
Mary Emma Waller
Colleen Williams
Margie Lee Wilson
Sikeston City Council Special Meeting Tonight
Sikeston city council meets in a special session to discuss paving two more blocks on Moore Avenue and handle routine business items, with aldermen voting on these matters and other agenda items for disposal.
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City Council
Nave
Sikeston City
Moore Avenue
Honor Roll of Sikeston Schools Honors Students
Sikeston High School announced honor and proficient rolls for students under Principal Tharon E. Stallings. The honor roll requires all E or S grades with no I's, while the proficient roll allows two E's or S's and no I's across grade levels from freshmen to eighth grade, listing named students by class and exposing a broad roster of achievers across the district.
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Sikeston High School
Tharon E. Stallings
Sikeston High Awards Honor Students At Graduation
Sikeston high school honors ceremony names Jean Klein and Eleanor Righter as top American Legion honors recipients. John Boardman wins eighth grade citizenship. DAR honors Ava Carreth ers. Mary Ellen Bailey earns eighth grade history award. Music and home economics awards go to Billy Foley, Vonda Lea Lufcy, Ruth Buchholz, Frank Green. Sonny Waggener wins athletic prize. Bertha May Ray and others receive Kiwanis and essay prizes.
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American Legion
Sikeston High School
Jean Klein
Murray Klein
Eleanor Righter
W. L. Righter
M. E. Montgomery
Henry Meldrum
American Legion Auxiliary
John Boardman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ava Louise Carrethers
Mary Ellen Bailey
Ruth Buchholz
Frank Green
Woman's Club
Billy Foley
Vonda Lea Lufcy
Wm. E. Mahen
Sonny Waggener
Bertha May Ray
Sikeston Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce Dramatics
Mary Emma Waller
William Marsh
Jessie Morris
Evelyn Holmes
Jesse Lee Hamby
Frances Poyner
Grace Marie Sitzes
Sikeston
Open House For Adult Education Class
Mrs Rivers Tanner in charge of the WPA adult education program invites the public to visit her classes at South Grade School from 6 to 8 tonight. The event aligns with This Work Pays Your Community Week. Fourteen pupils are enrolled with more expected. Tell your neighbor to read The Herald.
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Rivers Tanner
Works Projects Administration
South
Three Graduates at Parochial School to Receive Eighth Grade Diplomas
Three graduates of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School will receive eighth grade certificates at the seven o'clock Mass on Sunday June 2 Rev J J O'Neill pastor will present the diplomas after the service The graduates are Mary Helen Trousdale Richard Shy and Frederick Stroud Miss Trousdale won the essay contest for Cape Girardeau deanery on Can City People Do Without the Farmer The annual school picnic is set for May 30 The First Holy Communion will be at 7:30 Mass on Sunday May 26 and a May Day parade will follow Jeanne Noonan will crown the Blessed Virgin as Queen of the May with attendants Mary Ann Walker and Helen Marie Shy Carol Jane Trousdale will be crown bearer.
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St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
J. J. O'Neill
Mary Helen Trousdale
Richard Shy
Frederick Stroud
Miss Trousdale
Cape Girardeau
Jeanne Noonan
Blessed Virgin
Mary Ann Walker
Helen Marie Shy
Carol Jane Trousdale
Sikeston Class of 1940 Graduates at Baccalaureate Service
Reverend Joseph P Read challenged Sikeston High School 73 graduates to live as individuals tomorrow and seek recognition through righteous effort The ceremony at the high school auditorium featured music from the orchestra and choir and prayers from local pastors including Rev John L Taylor and Rev C F Transue The service ended with choirmaster R D Sorrells presenting The Rosary and My Task and Miss Ruth Hart singing O Rest in The Lord
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Sikeston High School
Joseph P. Read
Sikeston Christian Church
Read
Mary McCray
John L. Taylor
Methodist Church
C. F. Transue
Church of the Nazarene
R. D. Sorrells
Ruth Hart
Sikeston Seniors Tour the Sunny South
Fifty Sikeston High School seniors travel with teachers and chaperones on a Memphis to New Orleans route visiting Vicksburg Natchez Gulfport and Baton Rouge. The trip includes two days in New Orleans and an incident in Memphis when a chaperone's baggage was stolen but soon recovered.
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Sikeston High School
South
Sikeston
Memphis
Greyhound
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Natchez
Gulfport
Miss
Baton Rouge
Graduation for Twenty-One at St Francis Kindergarten
Twenty-one children will receive diplomas at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, June 1, during graduation exercises at St. Francis Mavier kindergarten. The class includes Kitty Ann Alberson, Jimmy Arthur, Glenn Barton, Charles Blanton, Barbara Boyce, David Bowman, Tommy Dunaway, Ronald Dumey, Helen Marie Shy, Jimmy Harrison, Peggy Knupp, Jimmy Keasler, Mary Lea Lane, Eddie McAmis, Novalyn Morrison, Marjorie Ann Smith, Paul Slinkard, Mary Ann Walker, Charlotte Ann Weide Mann, Wadie Malcolm, and Mary Lou O’Connor.
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St. Francis Mavier
Kitty Ann Alberson
Jimmy Arthur
Glenn Barton
Charles Blanton
Barbara Boyce
David Bowman
Tommy Dunaway
Ronald Dumey
Helen Marie Shy
Jimmy Harrison
Peggy Knupp
Jimmy Keasler
Mary Lea Lane
Eddie McAmis
Novalyn Morrison
Marjorie Ann Smith
Paul Slinkard
Mary Ann Walker
Attendance records set at Sikeston schools in 1939 46 term
Eleven Sikeston high school pupils and nine junior high students achieved perfect attendance during the 36 week term ending in 1946. Names include Orville Ables J K Butler Wanda Baker Mildred Carr Jane Cummins Edwin Denton Betty Lou Gray Mabel Greeslee Vera Henley Vanita Noyes Lowell Skelton and seventh eighth graders Archie Alliston Jr Wayne Baker Earlene Beck Jackie Bill Foster Mildred Lambert Laura Jo Latham Dorothy Marshall Gustine Tinder Betty Lou Deneke.
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Rachel Honeycutt
Evelyn Klein
Linda Matthews
Lucille O'Dell
Billy Patterson
Harry Gordon Strain
Dorothy Vaughn
Lowell Waite
Carolyn Weltecke
Harry Wilson
Clem Beal
Wortha Bishop
Berniece Chaney
Mabel Greenlee
Dorothy Harmon
Sarah Harmon
Bonnie Hazel
Lindell Hitchcock
Patty Hudson
Mary A. Lankford
Chas Mitchell
Ruby Sailors
Lowell Skelton
Elizabeth Wagner
Orville Ables
Lee Austin Bowman
C. D. Butler
Berniece Howze
Joe Lee
James Martin
Jessie Morris
Rosemary Putnam
Colleen Rayburn
Edward Shelby
Barbara Sikes
Shirley J. Smith
Art Swacker
Betty J. Taylor
John Todt
Treva York
Betty Barger
Carrie G. Dickerson
Billy Edwards
Frank Green
Alfred Layton
Lloyd McConnell
Loomis Mayfield Jr
Eleanor Righter
Lyndall Taylor
Nina Verne Taylor
Julia E. Voelker
Betty Anderson
Betty Bacon
Cartleta Carrothers
Evelyn Cowell
Mildred Demaris
Wilma Lou Foster
Eulalene Garrison
Mary E. Godwin
Bruce Hampton
Charlies Hartzell
Aleene Hooker
Sara Sue Keller
Dorothy Krone
Robert Lee
Mary F. Malcolm
Geneva Miller
Frances Poynor
Helen Pratt
Wanda Gail Richards
Gloria Stephens
Norma Jean Thompson
Helen
Tharon E. Stallings
Sikeston High School
J. K. Butler
Wanda Baker
Mildred Carr
Jane Cummins
Edwin Denton
Betty Lou Gray
Mabel Greeslee
Vera Henley
Vanita Noyes
Archie Alliston Jr
Wayne Baker
Earlene Beck
Jackie Bill Foster
Mildred Lambert
Laura Jo Latham
Dorothy Marshall
Gustine Tinder
Betty Lou Deneke
Gay Musicians Club Plans May 27 Meeting
The Gay Musicians club will meet at 3 p m Monday May 27 at 577 Park Avenue the home of Mrs T A Martin. Officers elected last week included Joan Schroff president Allen Crites vice president Gayle Seabaugh secretary and Leroy Beal treasurer. The group will study basics of music musical forms and composers with Mrs E G Tipp as assistant sponsor.
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Juvenile Music Club
T. A. Martin
Park Avenue
Joan Schroff
Allen Crites
Gayle Seabaugh
Leroy Beal
Gay Musicians Club
E. G. Tipp
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Kewanee High School
Kewanee
Lyman Milburn
Bill Simon
Europe
Carlene Beasley
Louis Bolden
Betty J. Branum
Gene Collins
Jean Cummins
Ann Draughon
Phylis Harrison
Carleen Lewis
Harold Lindley
Jane Loehr
Tommy Roberts
Shirley Shainberg
Frank Stevens
Sue Tanner
Flora Belle Thrower
Alice van Horne
Edwin Webster
Sherry Winford
Raymond Wright
Joe Allen
Mary E. Allen
Martha J. Bradley
Betty Brown
Betty J. Buckles
Betty R. Limbaugh
Ruth Ann Middleton
Russell Wilson
Bettye Wood
Margaret Anthony
Mary E. Donnell
Norman Lee Jonas
Matilda Long
Elven Ralston
Ava-Louise Carrethers
David Lumsden
Mildred Linn
Berthat MacKay
Mary E. Waldman
Reece Bishop
Betty Lee Bolden
Nancy Sue Chapman
Jimmy Collier
Helen Crutchfield
Shirley Daugherty
Norma Jean Edwards
John Ensor
Howard Gurley
Margaret Ann Hatfield
Eugene Hayden
Patsy Heath
Betty Lee Hirschberg
Leonard Kindred
June Langley
Eleanor McClure
Jewell Beaird
Wanda Bean
Mary E. Chapman
Louise Cox
Eileen Crutchfield
Edwina Denton
Audrey Dillender
Joy Mae Edwards
John Garrison
Patsy Ruth Gentle
Lowell Green
Glenn Gurley
James Hahs
Herald
Penney
Niewspa Perhnlaive
Spapr
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