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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1950
Page
4
Two Sikeston high school pupils earned awards for essays on Why Proposed Amendment No 1 Should Be Adopted. Fielding Potashnck, grade 11, won Division II, and Charles Vogt, grade 9, won Division I.
The Cotton Bell Council sponsors a three week Girl Scout camp at Paducah Camp on Kentucky Lake ending June 11. Sixty-two girls registered first week, 66 second week, 67 third week. 47 from Sikeston. Camp offers hiking, campfire programs, cooking, crafts, nature lore, swimming. Fee is 12 dollars per week. Committee chair is Charolyn Baker. staff includes directors and unit leaders from Sikeston, Kennett, Charleston, Hayti, Caruthersville, Poplar Bluff, and Dexter.
A recipe blends Pandroil bacon with creamed noodles. Cook bacon drippings, return to pan, then mix in creamed noodles and stir until brown. Serve by padding browned noodles on a plate and surrounding with crisp bacon strips for a lunch or dinner main dish.
Four choirs of the Methodist Church will present a benefit musical Friday May 26 at 8 00 pm There is no admission charge but a free will offering will be received Directors are W W Wilkison Mrs Winston H Jones Mrs H E Reuber and Mrs J E Childress Harp will be played by Mrs Kenneth Smitten The program features a mix of choral pieces solos duets and a finale with the combined choirs
The Champion Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs John Maddox's home with twelve members and two visitors present. Miss Rebecca Nistendirk demonstrated an electric mixer and the salad bowl lesson was led by Mrs Jim Throop. Flowers were sent to Mrs Bob Throop and prizes won by Mrs Wilma Acord and Miss Nistendirk. The next meeting will be at Mrs Les Acord's home. In Rolla, students collected funds to pay $25 fines for two peers arrested at a rally for State Senator Emery Allison over funding for the School of Mines.
Southeast Missouri Scout troops announce Camporees in Cape Girardeau Lone Rock and other districts on May 27 28 June 3 4 June 10 11 with later dates for Sikeston and New Madrid. A 78 Scout 7 leader contingent will attend Valley Forge National Jamboree June 23 July 12 led by Glen Keller and Ed Matthews. Camp Lewallen offers seven weeks from June 12 to August 6 with 10 campsites weekly 500 reservation fee and staff including two Laguna Indians. fee per Scout 10 weekly or 2 admin if no leadership. activities include marksmanship archery and Indian lore.
Mr and Mrs Joe Lopp of Sikeston received a loan on Thursday May 18 for a new 16 by 24 foot addition to their home under the Farm Housing Act. The loan funds cover an extra bedroom bathroom utility room and four closets along with a septic tank and bathroom fixtures. The Lopp family with five children will build the addition with own labor and local help to provide adequate living space and housing.
A cheerful summer cooking note suggests Canadian style bacon and foil wrap, broil or pan broil gap bacon with pineapple slices and four peach or apricot halves for a bright warm weather dish.
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