Highway Patrol Urges Safe Driving On Memorial Day
Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel David E Harrison warns motorists to drive carefully and obey traffic rules over Memorial Day. He cites 108 accidents, 4 fatalities, and 128 injuries last year on rural roads plus 5 deaths in cities over 10 000 population, all due to carelessness and drinking, and promises full officer presence to enforce safety.
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David E. Harrison
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Missouri Traffic Deaths Decline in April
Missouri State Highway Patrol records show April traffic fatalities fell 33 percent from 1948, with 44 deaths this April versus 66 last year. Rural areas and towns under 10,000 accounted for the drop from 57 to 35. First four months total reached 207, down 16 from last year, while rural deaths fell 12 percent and urban deaths rose 13 percent. Colonel David E. Harrison notes the April loss neared three million dollars in economic impact and urges prevention of traffic accidents.
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Missouri
Missouri State Highway Patrol
David E. Harrison
Heisserers Drug Store Sold to L A Harris
L A Harris, former Walgreen Drug Store owner here, buys Heisserer Drug Store at Center and New Madrid, to operate as Harris Pharmacy. Harris plans remodeling and a new fountain service with Laretha Heise in charge. Mrs Harris will assist manage. Speed is deadly on highways and drivers should Start sooner, slower, and arrive safely. Woehlecke Florist closing hours posted as 8 to 5 weekdays and 8 to 6 Saturdays.
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L. A. Harris
Walgreen
Heisserer Drug Store
Center
New Madrid Streets
T. Leroy Heisserer
Harris Pharmacy
Harris
Harris Walgreen Drug
Miss Laretha Heise
Where Teachers Will Spend Their Vacation
A list of Sikeston high school and South Grade School faculty shows their planned summer addresses and activities, with many staying at home or attending universities and summer schools in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, and beyond. Notable destinations include University of Missouri, Washington University, Missouri University, and various home residencies.
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Sikeston High School
Mary Ellen Bailey
St. Louis
R. J. Genins
Washington University
Davis Hart
Columbia
University of Missouri
Mabel Hastings
Senath
F. E. Compton and Company
Ariel Haw
Sikeston
Martha Howard Jones
Kenneth Knox
Merle Miller
Imp
Lucile Mount
Electa O'Haran
Denver
Mary Daugherty
Cape Girardeau
Ralpha Morgan Perry
Missouri University
Lydia Chaney
Maude H. Montgomery
Pauline Foley
Imogene McCormick — Dexter
Ruth Seymour
Margaret Cain
Georgia Houchens
Dorothy Willm
Laura Kornegger
Bailey
Mary Buchanan
Irene Richey
Lilbourn
Margaret Crosno — Wyatt
Lucille Stubblefield
Hayes Slinkerd
Pearl Watts
Lauranna Mainard
East Prairie
Lexington
Millie Ragsdale
Ome
Jill Watkins
Oran
Margaret Coates
Pansy Faris
Vera Mae Richter
Poplar Luff
Dorothea Miller
Lincoln Colored School
R. V. Ford
Geneva Ford
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Jimmie L. Geeter
Little Rock
Philander Smith College
Aileen Howard
Virginia Neal
Holly Springs
Iss
Minnie Sanders
Jefferson City
Lincoln University
Corrinne Terrell
New Albany
Clayton Trades For Big Farm In Texas
R. D. Clayton reports a 4450 acre Missouri farm traded for a 2478 acre Texas ranch in Hamilton county. He plans to auction the Texas property on June 28 as oil boom expands with 80 percent of the county leased to major oil companies. Memorial wreathes noted for Woehleecke Florist.
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R. D. Clayton
Hamilton
Texas
Callaway County
Missouri
Clayton
Alcorn and Springs Buy Butler Motor Co
Alcorn and Springs acquire Butler Motor Co franchise for Willys Overland and lease the Highway 61 building, taking over June 1. They also buy Ferguson Tractor and implements rights for Sikeston area, offering full parts and service for Willys jeeps and Ferguson equipment.
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Willys-Overland Motor Cars
Dale Alcorn
C. D. “Cotton” Springs
C. H. Butler
Highway 61
North
Butler
Willys- Overland
Alcorn
Mr. Springs
Ferguson Tractor
Ferguson System
Sikeston and Vicinity
Willys Jeeps
Ferguson
Funds Sought for 4-H Club Camp at Sanderson Point
New Madrid County 4-H Camp funds drive expands as construction advances at Sanderson's Point on Lake Wappapella. Road, drill, and house repairs underway with carpenters to build cabins and a kitchen dining hall once funds are raised. County quota set at 2500 dollars within an 8200 dollar countywide budget. Hammock urges immediate drives.
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New Madrid
W. E. Hammock
Farm Bureau
Sanderson's Point
Lake Wappapella
A. B. Cooper
Charleston
Cooper
Hammock
Sanderson
Camps to lease land for Southeast Missouri clubs
Twenty year lease by clubs in 13 southeast Missouri counties secures a lake site ideal for swimming and fishing, familiar to locals who have fished there. Meanwhile a worldwide Goethe convocation and music festival will mark Goethe's 200th birth anniversary June 27 to July 16 at Aspen Colorado, sponsored by the Goethe Bicentennial Foundation with former President Hoover as honorary chairman.
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Missouri
Goethe
Aspen
Colo
Goethe Bicentennial Foundation
Herbert Hoover
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