Sikeston High School grants largest graduating class
Eighty nine seniors receive diplomas as Cliff Titus of Garnett Kansas delivers the commencement address. Titus, former Missouri state senator and current Dalton Manufacturing official, defines education as intelligent discipline practical values and faith in God. The ceremony features Elgars Pomp and Circumstance, Nocturne and Narcissus solos, with diplomas presented by Charles Matthews II.
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Cliff Titus
Garnett
Kansas
Sikeston high school
Dalton Manufacturing Company
Kansas town
Joplin
Missouri State Senate
Missouri State Chamber of Commerce
Titus
America
Keith Collns
Elgar
Fibich
Jamce Myers Shepard
Lippman
Charles Berthe
Nevins
Narcissus
June Cathey Charville Aldrich
Barbara Guthrie
MciIntyre
Charles [ Matthews II
board of education
R J Genius pincipal
Bremen Van Bibber
M G Joyce
Methodist church
Joseph A Leslie Heads Sikeston Lions Club
Sikeston Lions Club named Joseph A Leslie to head the organization for the coming year at a regular luncheon meeting. Keith Collins is retiring president. Officers include Edward Fuchs first vice president and Earl Cook second vice president. Directors with terms expiring July 1, 1951 are R J Genins and Alex Waters.
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Sikeston Lions Club
Josh Leslie
Keith Collins
Edward Fuchs
Earl Cook
Ward Denman
Duree Medley
tai twister
C L Limbaugh
D E Urban
den keeper
Raymond Creus
R J Genins
Alex Waters
4-H Clubs Included In State Seed Show
Missouri Seed Improvement Association directors met in Columbia and voted to hold the next seed show in Sikeston with $100 in prizes for field seeds exhibited by 4-H club members. It will mark the first inclusion of 4-H clubs in the event, following a successful Sikeston meeting held January 19 and 20. Director Kev of Sikeston was absent. FOL Catlin of Sikeston attended.
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Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Columba
Sikeston
Kev
Cattin
Weather Report Summary for Week
Weather data shows temperatures around mid 50s to mid 70s with a high near 74 and a low around 55. Forecast calls for fair and somewhat warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow with a low near 56.
Sikeston High School Honor Graduates Ahead of Red Cross Aid
Sikeston High School announces its honor graduates while the Red Cross extends aid programs. Local officials and students coordinate charity drives and service projects to support disaster relief efforts.
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Sikeston High School
Cape Girardeau Tornado Toll Rises Over Four Million Loss
A devastating tornado that struck Cape Girardeau last Saturday killed 22 people and injured 72, with 221 houses leveled and 245 other buildings damaged. Deaths include Rev. R P Basler and Mrs. Roy Rose among many others. a newborn also perished. Red Cross surveys show 202 residences damaged, 231 damaged, 19 business losses, and total property damage around 4 million dollars. Hospital crews and volunteers worked under dangerous conditions as gas tanks blew and power lines failed, preventing lighting and causing additional hazards.
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Cape Girardeau
Red Cross
Sikeston High School Largest Graduating Class Photo
Readout lists each graduate by row with full names across six rows. Notable note mentions Leonard Welch unable to attend the group photo. The long lineup includes Lois Ford through John Kendig among the bottom and sixth rows.
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Lois Ford
Janice Myers Shepard
Joan Bishop
Elsie Spivey
Lola Dillender
Peggy Butler
Margie Caldwell
Helen Sides Dye
Helen Simpson
Sue Stowe
Marilyn Yoffie
Margaret Thrower
Modez
Vowels
Charlene Holifield
Joan Pixley
Patsy Rafferty
W. A. Chism
Pat Vick
Pat Cochran
Joan Sadler
Marie Venable
Velma Duke Stacy
Lucy Porter
Bobbie Scobey
Doris Ayers
Phyllis Laux
Peggy Thomas
Jay Dowden
Gene Nicholson
Bill Northington
Don Matthews
Graham Sadler
Shirley Reed
Barbara Guthrie
Barbara Canedy
Phyllis Garner
Mary Ann Hitchcock
Barbara Harwell Beck
Marian Givens
Carolyn Wilkinson
Lawanda Calhoun
Lenora Brown
Viva Ramsey Hubbert
Charlotte Aldrich
Coradell Parks
Roy Nall
Dean Spencer
Ronald Baker
Buddy Limbaugh
Bill Haley
Jackie Hall
Howard Branum
tear emai
Bob Schaefer
Lucy Aufdenberg
LaJuie McCrory
Bill Pratt
Richard Lewis
Leonard Vaughan
Norma Van Kellett
Mary Lynn Mayfield
Bill Modersbach
Glen McClellan
Bob Allen
Bob Porter
Carl Asa
John Caverno
Bill Hodges
Pat Davis
Jerry Jones
Edward Lewis
June Cathey
Roy Pryor
Bill Lester
Charles Berthe
Nelson Dyer
Waverly Hastings
Charles Tucker
G. W. Uht
Henry Layton Jr
Jack Givens
Pat Yeargain
Ned Tanner
Dick Young
John Meldrum
Buford Baker
Jack Bowman
John Kendig
Leonard Welch
Four Day Memorial Day Holiday For Local Shoe Plant
Local International Shoe Plant will close May 27 and reopen June 1 for Memorial Day. Plant superintendent W L Huters said holiday pay will be provided to eligible workers. A mid year inventory is planned for May 31 before reopening.
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International Shoe Plant
L Huters
Memorial Day Poppy Sales Announced in Sikeston
The American Legion post in Sikeston sponsors Memorial Day exercises to be held next Monday with Carl Elam as commander. Parade assembly at Malone Park starts at 2:30 PM led by T. A. Martin and Harry Dudley. Veterans, Boy Scouts, and others invited. Services at the city cemetery with invocation by Rev Bartley Schwegler and Memorial Day address by Rush Limbaugh of Cape Girardeau. National Guardsmen will fire the salute. taps by John Kendig and Buford Baker. Poppy sales run Friday and Saturday for WWI and WWII veterans with organizers and sales near Bowman Drug Store, J C Penney, A P Super Market, Buckner-Ragsdale, and Harris Drug Store. Awards to top fundraisers planned by VFW and Legion.
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Sikeston
American Legion post
Carl Elam
Malone Park
T. A. Martin
Harry Dudley
Veterans of all wars
Boy Scouts
Center street
New Madrid
Malone
Kingshighway
city cemetery
Bartley Schwegler
Harry C Blanton
Rush Limbaugh
Cape Girardeau
National
VFW
Bowman Drug
J. C. Penney
American Legion Auxiliary
Buckner-Ragsdale
Harris Drug Store
Legion
Lutesville minister killed in Saturday storm
The Rev. Truman Fulbright of Lutesville died when his car overturned during last Saturday’s storm on Highway 51 north of Lutesville. He was thrown from the vehicle and struck on the head, believed to be instant. His wife was left at a country store as the storm neared.
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Truman Fulrbright
Lutesville
Cape Girardeau
Cassimir Wilson
Oak Ridge
Cape
Truman Fulbright
Fulbright
Highway 51
Cape Girardeau Recovers After Southeast Missouri Tornado
A deadly tornado swept through Southeast Missouri last Thursday May 19 damaging 300 homes and killing one with 60 hurt across New Madrid Stoddard Dunklin and Butler counties. Parma suffered most with several homes destroyed including the Stewart residence where an infant died and two other children injured. Red Cross aided evacuees and doctors treated 60 injured while many barns sheds and machines were wrecked across the county.
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New Madrid
Stoddard
Dunklin
Butler
Missouri
Parma
Fisk
K. Stewart
Sammy Kay Stewart
Noma
Dorothy Stewart
Charles McNeece
Red Cross
J. J Oller
Dallas Tindles
Oller
Zelmer
Tindle
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Kansas Business Man
Snpromas
Charlotte Aldach
Lucy Joe Aufdenberg
Doris Jean Ayers
Buford Baber
Berbera Harwell Beck
Jack Bow
JOSEPH A. LESLIE
Ernest Harper
keys
Edwards Fuchs
Anthons Chas Blanten
Raymond Crews
Ward
Dennaun
Gsithre
J Gervns
JE Harper Geo Hale
M Jackson
Herbert Walton
Woedrel Kirks
John Powell
E F Schorie
John Welter
Pieas Malcolm
Lions clubs
Kansas City
Sikeston Armory
JOS ALESLIE
Roy Rose
R. P. Basler
Jack Crowe
Middletown
Ohio
Jerome Foeste
Helen Frey
Peggy Judith Frey
Sarah Graff
Eva Hayes
Rodney Hayes
Ida Hahn
Tmo
R. L. Liley
Bertha McCain
Hazel O’Bannon
Colleen Thorne
Jewell Thorne
S. K Stewart
Malden
Stewart
Whitewater
Cape Girardeaus
Issa
Mississippi River
Broadway
Don Paxson
Veterans of Foragn Wars Auxiliary
Walton
T A Roberts
Fred Tope Jr
Puaason
Mesdames Etta Corner
Claude Turner
Jim Turner
Lennie Heath
Mabel Patterson
R H Wagner
Florence Rister
Charles Lindley
New Madrid County
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