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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
12
A modern one story brick facility of 60 by 90 feet with a second story living quarters for owners rises half a mile east of Sikeston off Highway 60. The Southeast Missouri Packing Company will begin operations next week after a Sunday open house inviting Southeast Missouri residents to tour the plant and grounds.
The Southeast Missouri Packing Company unveils a modern plant designed by C W Blake and Mary A Sebeck with extensive livestock facilities, multi-room processing areas, and advanced refrigeration. The facility includes hog and beef killing floors, cutting rooms, sausage operations, and a large cooling and packaging system. It claims capacity to process up to 400 hogs and 200 cattle weekly.
A new cottage type residence for Mr and Mrs M L Canedy and their two children is under construction on South Kingshighway Benton in charge Weldon McDonald of Scott County Lumber Co. The home will feature living room two bedrooms bath a dinette kitchen and full basement with furnace heat. Mr Canedy, a local neon sign dealer, will have his neon plant and office at the side rear of the house.
A home on South Stoddard Street is being built for Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duncan with their son Grover Duncan as contractor. The four room house will include bath full basement furnace heat and other modern conveniences. Also noted is the Consolidated XB-24 undergoing flight tests with speed over 300 mph range about 3000 miles and bomb capacity near four tons plus a tail turret.
The Southeast Missouri Packing Company returns to Sikeston under C. W. Blake and Mrs. Mary Sebeck with Blake as production manager. The firm plans delivery by two Ford V-8 trucks, hires 25 workers, and aims to serve the region. Operations start next week with a formal public opening scheduled for Sunday, June 2.
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