Seventy One Graduated From High School
Seventy one graduates honored at commencement with Dr Parker as guest speaker. Jey Van DeWater introduced events, Lee Bowman presented diplomas, and the choir performed Brahms. Peggy Donnell named valedictorian. Clyde Long received American Citizenship medals alongside other honors for academics, music, drama, and citizenship. Multiple students earned specialty medals from local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jey van DeWater
R. Bailey
Board of Education
Board of Regents of
State College
Cape Girardeau
Dr Parker
Supt
R . Harper
Lee Bowman
John Dover
Hudson
Clarke
Columbia
BEC
Donnell
Peggy Donnell
Clyde Long
Kiwanis Club
Cleo
Womans Club
Aileen McCoy
Ray Allen Moll
Legion Auxiliary
Joe Allen
United States
Billy van Arsdale
Mass
Emma Allen Edward Matthews
FE. C Matthews
Matthews
Harold Swanagan
Wm. C Mahew
Sherman Grant
Milner Lays Out Life Paths for Senior Class
Reverend E W Milner of the Baptist Church urged the high school senior class to build a substantial life on character dependability sympathy and service. He compared them to Joseph of Biblical fame encouraging them to dream and then realize those dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E W Milner
Joseph
Sikeston High School 1938 Graduating Class Names
The list of graduates includes Charles Branum Floyd McConnell Bruce Lambert Wayman Pratt Edward Matthews Paul Skidmore Woodrow Gwaltney Charles Russell Gene Grant Melvin Kornegger Bully Whalen Bob Collier for Sikeston High School's 1938 commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Branum
Floyd McConnell
Bruce Lambert
Wayman Pratt
Edward Matthews
Paul Skidmore
Woodrow Gwaltney
Charles Russell
Gene Grant
Melvin Kornegger
Bully Whalen
Bob Collier
Baccalaureate Service for 71 Graduates at Local High School
Rev Milner and Rev Rains praised graduates for choosing life paths and serving humanity. He urged preparation, character, dependability, and gratitude to parents and teachers who supported the 71 seniors. The service featured the school choir and orchestra directed by R D Sorrells, with solos and hymns accompanying the processional and recessional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mather
Milner
Mulner
High School Auditorum
R. D Sorrells
R. S Rains
The
Christian Church
C F Transue
Church of the Nazarene
Jno. L. Taylor
Methodist Church
Gwendolyn Kirk
Jumor
Lyddle
JB Dykes
H Stuart
Honors for Sikeston Girl at Florida College
Olga Matthews of Sikeston is added to Rollins College Theta Alpha Phi, an honor society for high achievers. A Rollins senior in the class of 1938, she has starred in dramatics and plans further work in that field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Matthews
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Theta Alpha Phi Fraternity
Mattheus
Rollins
Fairmont Junior College
Washington, DC
Missour University
Columbia
Miss Matthews
District of Columbia
Spain
Perma
Austria
West Indies
Florida
New Member for Sikeston Jaycees
C R Auten auditor at the Scott County Mining Company was received into the Junior Chamber of Commerce at its Tuesday meeting at the Palace Cafe. Twenty nine members attended as routine business was discussed with Robert A Dempster presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R Auten
Scott County Mining Company
New Mechanic for Local Truck Lines
Sid Atchison of St. Louis has assumed his new duties as mechanic at Local Truck Lines garage here. Mr. Atchison, brother in law of Mrs. Wm. A. Johnson, will bring his family here as soon as suitable living quarters are found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Atchison
St. Louis
Truck Lines
Atkinson
Wm. A. Johnson
Fairmont Junior College student lands lead in The Mikado
Eleanor Harty daughter of Mr and Mrs H L Harty of Fairmont College, Washington DC, has earned the lead role in The Mikado during commencement week at Fairmont. Her brother Harry Harty Jr a Naval Academy cadet was elected regimental editor of The Log and will cruise to foreign ports this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Eleanor Harty
H. L Harty
Fairmont Junior College
Washington, DC
Fairmont
Miss Harty
Harry Harty Jr
USS Naval Academy
Annapolis
Academy
Harty
Kirk to Present Kiwanis Program
George Kirk former Kiwanis leader will lead the weekly Kiwanis meeting on Friday night May 27 with a program on Kiwanis education. Division Engineer F J Noonan and Missouri State Highway Department staff presented last week detailing department work and programs. Guests included E L Boutin of Warsaw New York and Tate Gillis of Poplar Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kirk
Kiwanis Education Committee
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Education Division
F. J. Noonan
Missouri State Highway Department
Mr. Noonan
Leo Becket
Dewey Conrad
C J. Stevens
G. N Fowler
E. L. Boutin
Warsaw, N. Y
Tate Gillis
Poplar Bluff
Thomas Reed to Attend Missouri Boys State
Thomas Reed son of Capt and Mrs R R Reed was chosen to represent the local American Legion post at The Boys State. About 300 boys from Missouri will meet in Fulton June 18 to 25 with transportation paid by the post. The program teaches government by having boys run city county and state offices over eight days. Col Marvin Casteel directs the event at the Missouri School for the Deaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Reed
R. R Reed
American Legion
Missouri
Fulton
Mussouri
Col
Marvin Casteel
Missouri School For the
Russell Reunion at Arcadia Draws 200 Members
A Russell family reunion, with over two hundred members from across the United States, will convene at the Methodist assembly grounds in Arcadia on Monday May 30. The event commemorates Cyrus Russell who settled at Arcadia a century ago. Members will arrive Saturday and stay through Monday, with meetings, a history presentation, and music planned at the tabernacle. Dinner for two hundred is planned for Monday in the dining room. Attending families include Sikeston's John Russell and relatives, the Dovers from New York and Desloge, Pitt Russells of Hoyt and Cape Girardeau, and Willard Russell's group from Hayti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
United States
Methodist Assembly
Arcadia
Tabernacle
Cyrus Russell
Connecticut
Assembly
Tabernnacle
Sikeston
John Russell
Margaret Bowman
Margaret
Paul Jr
Phil
Arch Russell
Emily
Kathleen Dover
Dorothy Mary
Laura
Glenn Matthews Jr
Glenn 3d
Girard Dover
New York
J. E. Dover
Giles Dover
St. Louis
Dover
M C Cunningham
Desloge
Harry Dover
Bobby
John
Pitt Russells
Hoyt
Cape Girardeau
Willard Russell
Hayt
Malone Named Historian of State Organization
Major C I Malone returned home from Columbia where he attended a two day convention of the Missouri Reserve Officers Association and was elected historian of the organization. He stated about 250 officers attended and that several high army officials including Brig Gen Lewis M Means addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C I Malone
Columbia
Mausseuri Reserve
Major Malone
Lewis M. Means
Bride and Groom Plan Detroit Home After Cape Girardeau Wedding
Mr and Mrs Wilson McMullin wed at Methodist church in Cape Girardeau with Rev Wolf officiating. They will reside in Detroit where he is assistant manager of S & H Laundry. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Cowgar of Sikeston, is from Sikeston and a 1937 high school graduate. The groom is from Essex and a 1935 Essex high school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Wilson McMullin
S. & H. Laundry
Methodist Church
Cape Girardeau
Wolf
Very Tetley
Emma Cowgar
Babe
MceMuffin
Jim Cowgar
Sikeston
McMullin
Sylvester McMullin
Essex
Ruth Patterson to be Married on June 10
Mrs Ruth Patterson daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Fitch of Charleston and Rolla Williams of Flat River will be married on Tuesday June 10 It was announced here Mrs Patterson has been employed in Sikeston as secretary to H M Zancor superintendent of the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association since its offices opened The couple will reside in Flat River
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Patterson
C. C. Fitch
Charleston
Rolla Williams
Flat River
Patterson
Sikeston
H. M. Zancor
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Dillon Julian couple united in wedding in Sikeston
Miss Norma Julian of Gray Ridge and Wesley Dillon of Sikeston were married Saturday night May 21 at the home of Rev. J. T. Self. The couple will reside in Sikeston after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Julian
Gray Ridge
Wesley Dillon
Sikeston
J. T. Self
Mrs. Dillon
New Addition Project At Jack's Y Building
Co A Baker of WHI will start this week on a new brick dining room for Jack Lancasters Y service station and restaurant south of town. The 16 by 22 foot addition will harmonize with the existing brick structure.
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Pete, Donnell
Toms
Pegey Donnell
George Donnell
Prinapal Wr E Mahew
Sikeston High School
Ck Roberts
Marjory Hocker
Louise Tinder
Louise Loebe
Wm. E. Mahew
John Raymond Shuppert
Bra Gods
R. A. Harper
Frances Ann Sittes
Jack Shelby
Mary Dover
Dessie Bartlett
Mary Layton
Velma
Frank Ferrell
Charles Beaird
Dempsey Gardner
Bob Dover
Mack Roberts
Byron Smith
Paul Dawand Allen
Charles Beal
Jamice Simmons
James Lewis
J. L. Cox
M. Hitchcock
Trentis Stovall
Maurice Pughter
Paul Bowman
Marvin Wyatt
Roy Wagner
Tommy Marshall
Margaret McGill
Ruby Carruthers
Eleanor Hahn
Kinnard Dullen
Bob Sittes
Ray Carl Marsh
Albert Poe
Charles Tanner
Roger Fisher
Willette Morgan
Roscoe LeGrand
Fannie Swarm
Wilma Taylor
Broadway Missourian
Cape Girardeau, MO
Spa Peraaghive
Florida College
Sikeston Jaycees
A Proudfi F
F. E. Mount
Sikeston, Mo
U. S. Academy
Kirk
Jack Edwards
Il Health
Grover Greer
SO Economica
Kelvinator
Chea
Sikeston Sales Company
Hubert Keasler
E. Front Street
Russell Reunwox
Malone
Dillon
Julian
NU Way Cleaning CO
Loomis Mayfield
Prop
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