Good Roads Bond Drive Opens in Sikeston
Thirty five years ago this week the Scott County bond issue of 800000 for roads kicked off from a Sikeston headquarters led by Dr. J H Yount. The bid to improve Southeast Missouri roads drew help from M V Carroll A C McKibbin and Harry B Hawes as winds of progress spread to New Madrid and beyond.
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Scott County
Sikeston
J. H. Yount
Scott County Good Roads Association
New Madrid
Mississippi
Missouri
M. V. Carroll
Sedalia
Missouri Motor and Good Roads Association
A. C. McKibbin
Jefferson City
Missouri Highway Commission
Harry B Hawes
St. Louis
Memorial Day events and local weddings noted in Benton Sikeston
A WWI drinking fountain memorial was unveiled in Benton. Attorney M. L. Patterson spoke at Memorial Day services in Sikeston. Marriages included Dr. W. A. Anthony and Miss Margaret Shanks. Stubbs-Greer Motor Co delivered 45 Ford cars in May.
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Benton
Atty. m. L. Patterson
Sikeston
W. A. Anthony
Margaret Shanks
Stubbs-Greer Motor Company
Ford
Memorial Day speakers highlight Sikeston events
M E Montgomery and Hon Bennett Clark led Memorial Day services in Sikeston while Rev Walter G Craig and Rev E D Owen also spoke. Southeast Missouri Rural Mail Carriers Association met, Mrs C L Blanton became American Legion Auxiliary president, and local civic progress included playground equipment in Malone Park and a new Circle M Riding Stable.
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Eugene Wirth
Park Avenue
Missouri
Sikeston
Joseph N. Suttor
Clyde Nickell
Mildred Pixley
Mark Marshall
Dot Huters
John Hull
M. E. Montgomery
Southeast
Muissouri Rural Mail Carriers Association
C.L. Blanton
American Legion Auxiliary
Paul Anderson
Scott M. Julian
New Madrid County
Bennett Clark
American Legion
Scots County
Benton
Grant Frye
Illino
Walter G Craig
Chaffee
Art Goebel
Robley Lennox
New Madrid
Jane Mitchell
Paul David Malone
Don Robinson
Christine Elizabeth Poat
Mexico
Chas. H. Butler
Malone Park
E. D. Owen
Finley
John Cox
Jackson
Rosamond Milde
Frank S. Muller
Shelley Hudson
Highway 61
Floyd Matthews
Joe McCord
Circle M
Work Resumed on Highways 60 61
Work on U S 61 at Ancell and U S 60 at Essex resumed after a weeklong strike by the AFL Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union. Senior engineer A E Nance said crews were back on U S 60 under a contract expired March 31, with new contracts pending. Some grading and culvert work continues. surfacing awaits new agreement. Twelve workers were idle during the strike.
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U.S. 61
Ancell
U. S. 60
Essex
AFL Hod
Common Laborer
A. E. Nance
Highway Department Division 10
al Traps
AFL
Trapf
Historic Tours Interest Visitors
Floyd Shoemaker of the Missouri Historical Society notes statewide tours attract many visitors and spark local interest. County groups, clubs, and civic organizations could sponsor guided tours by car visiting historic sites, battlefields, homes, and cellars, with open houses by owners.
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Scott County
Floyd Co. Shoemaker
State Historical Society of Missouri
Columbia
Missouri
Shoemaker
Hermann
Lexington
Clay County
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Nero
Malone Theatre
Scott, Mississippi
Pemiscot Dunklin and
Stoddard
NEW Madrid County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Inc
Burt H. Rowe
Stallcup
Nationaly
Lairs Genet Gl
Rae Sikeston, MO
Ienepa Perresalve
Base Line Road
Morley
Earl Watkins
Oran
Laverne Yoffie
Martin Hecht
Cape Girardeau
George Adkins
Belton, Mo
St Louis
Municipal Opera
Maze Believe
Ol’ Man River
Bill
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein
America
Tah
Theyissouri
Massour
Wes
Pen
State Division of Resources & Development
A. H. Marshall, M.D
Charleston, Mo
Powell Insurance Agency
Sikeston, Missouri
Economizzaz
Skelly Supreme Motor Oil
Ferrell Oil Company
Sikeston and Morehouse
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