Sikeston Bulldogs Tangle With Cape Central Here Tomorrow
Sikeston High School hosts Cape Girardeau’s Central Tigers in a key Thanksgiving Eve clash. The Bulldogs seek to extend a strong season and avenge last year’s 31 to 0 defeat while Cape Central arrives short on lettermen but confident to test Sikeston’s 177 to 27 scoring margin.
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Sikeston High School
Bulldogs
Central Tigers
Cape Girardeau
Terriers
Charleston
Bluejays
Bengals
Cape Central
Sikeston
Dexter Jaugernaut
Centra Tigers
Balanc
Central
Cape
Tigers
Cole
Sikeston-Cape
Jackson
Poplar Bluff
Indians
Mules
McBride High School
St. Louis
Webster Groves
Mayfield
Cairo
Tll
Ane Carbondale
Vernon Green
Rex Wyatt
Poplar Bluf
Harold Taylor
Taylor
Wyat
Chaffee
Lee Bowman
Reece Matthews
Clem Beal
Moe Watson
Wm. Hahs
Don Cope
John Russel Felker
Carl Diehl
Ar’ Swacker
BU Tinder
Lou Muegege
Southeast Missouri Municipal League Holds Winter Meeting
Forty Southeast Missouri towns officials met in Sikeston last Thursday for the league's bi monthly session. Mayor G W H Presnell presided with Capt C Ousley of the Missouri Fire Inspection Bureau and George B Norris of the FBI St Louis district speaking. Delinquent tax collections and civic issues dominated the agenda. Next meeting set for Poplar Bluff on January 2, 1941.
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Poplar Bluff
Vandals Strike Sikeston Legion Hut in Weekend Damage
Sikeston Legion commander Jean Hirschberg reports extensive damage to the Henry Meldrum Post Hut including 42 chairs stove piano and built in cabinet smashed windows broken and doors torn. Loss estimated 450 to 500 dollars with no insurance. rewards offered by the Legion and city for the guilty party.
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Jean Hirschberg
Sikeston American Legion
Henry Meldrum
Legion
Sikeston
Hirschberg
Tanner Dye
Ben Welter
Country Club
Sikeston Youth Named to Missouri Law Review Board
Charles J. McMullin son of Mr and Mrs Leonard McMullin of Sikeston is named to the senior editorial board of the Missouri Law Review by Missouri University Law School faculty in Columbia. He earns a trip to the national convention in Chicago December 7 as a guest of the Review.
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Charles J. McMullin
Leonard McMullin
Sikeston
Senio
The
Missouri Law Review
Law School
Missouri University
Columbia
McMullin
Chicago
Blanton & Montgomery
Christmas Card Selection at the Herald
The Herald invites shoppers to visit for a large, attractive collection of Christmas cards this season. Choose designs in-store and place orders now to ensure timely delivery.
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The
Herrald
Scott County to Send Five Men for Service
Scott County's first Selective Service call sets a five man quota as part of Missouri's total 437. More than 1000 Missourians volunteered, ensuring no one from the county is drafted this month. Five local selectees will undergo exams and depart to Jefferson Barracks on November 28 with a ceremony planned prior to departure. Nearby quotas include Butler 5 and Cape Girardeau 5.
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Scott County
Wayne Buchanan
Jefferson Barracks
Buchanan
Butler
Cape Girardeau
Engineers Will Meet Saturday in Southeast Missouri
About sixty members of the Southeast Missouri chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers will gather at the Dunn Hotel Saturday evening. Capt. G. E. Linkswiler US Army Engineers St. Louis will give the main address on Army mechanization with motion pictures. Earl Schultz Cape Girardeau chief engineer of the Little River Drainage District will speak as well. Dinner meeting planned by Leo Beckett Highway Division 10 and Fred D. Harris Division 10 chief engineer.
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Southeast Missouri
The
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
Dunn Hotel
Leo Beckett
Highway Division 10
G. E. Linkswiler
United States Engineers
St. Louis
Linkswiler
Engineers Division
U. S. Army
United States Army
Earl Schultz
Cape Girardeau
Little River
Missouri
Mr. Beckett
Fred D. Harris
Advisory Board Expands in Scott County
City Attorney Robt A Dempster chairs the Selective Service Advisory Board. New nominees to Gov Lloyd Stark include W P Wilkerson Sikeston Judge O L Spencer and D W Gilmore Benton. Existing members George W Kirk Sikeston and Wm Oliver Chaffee organize northern and southern district coverage and night sessions at City Hall to assist registrants.
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Robt. A. Dempster
Selective Service Advisory Board
Scott County
W. P. Wilkerson
Sikeston
O. L. Spencer
D. W. Gilmore
Benton
Lloyd C. Stark
George W. Kirk
Wm. Oliver
Chaffee
Cotton Ginnings Report From Sikeston Gins
Total 4191 bales of cotton have been ginned in Sikeston's three gins to date. Cold weather has slowed picking somewhat, but the crop is moving to the gins satisfactorily, local ginners report.
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Sikeston
Roll Call Planned for Scott County Red Cross Drive
Mrs. Grover Baker was chosen chairwoman for the Scott County Red Cross Roll Call at a Monday night meeting in the county president’s office. A tentative county goal of 1307 is divided among towns with chairmen listed, Kiwanis to canvass business district, and volunteers urged to call Baker. The drive aims to finish within a week and relies on chapter success to boost national enrollment.
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Grover Baker
Scott County Red Cross
Harry Harry
Blodgett
Alma Cope
Commerce
P. B Held
I. C. Mattingly
Perkins
R. C. Willett
Kelso
J. H. Shumacher
Vancuser
Fred Black
Simo
Martin Roth
Fornfelt
John Martin
Sikeston
Grove Baker
Winter Weather Grips Missouri Cities Across State
A sequence of cold temperatures and winter conditions spread through Missouri with lows near single digits in the northwest and teens elsewhere. Highs reached the mid 60s before plunging, with precipitation totaling 1.82 inches over the prior weekend and motorists seeking shelter amid icy warnings. Fair and warmer is forecast for the region soon.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Maryville
Mercury
Kirksville
St. Joseph
Hannibal Columbia
Sedalia
Jefferson City
Joplin
St. Louis
Rolla
Springfield
West Plains
Popular Bluff
George W. Kirk Named National Scout Official
George W. Kirk of Sikeston has been appointed to the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He joins J. C. Adam of St. Joseph and Walter H. Negahn of Kansas City as Missouri members, with appointing official O. D. Shar of New York City. Kirk, former Charleston public schools superintendent, has long supported Boy Scout and Kiwanis activities and has led Southeast Missouri Council volunteers. He also serves as Kiwanis treasurer for the Missouri Kansas Arkansas division, entering a second term.
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George W. Kirk
Sikeston
National Counci
Boy Scouts of America
Kirk
National Council
J. C. Adam
St. Joseph
Walter H. Neghan
Kansas City
O. D. Shar
New York City
Mr. Kirk
Charleston Public Schools
Southeast Missouri Council
Boy Scouts
Kiwanis Clu
Union Thanksgiving Services Planned by Sikeston Alliance
Union services bringing most Protestant churches to Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday November 21 at the Church of the Nazarene. The program includes hymns readings prayers scripture sermon and benediction with pastors from the Christian Baptist Nazarene Presbyterian and Methodist churches participating.
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Union
Sikeston
Ministerial Alliance
Church of the Nazarene
Jos. P. Read
The
Christian Church
EH. W. Milner
Baptist Church
Church
Donnell Leads as Canvass Nears End
Missouri Governor race tightens as official canvass completes in Taney and Andrew counties. Donnell leads McDaniel by about 3,489 votes with AP totals showing 911,398 to 907,909 statewide. St Louis County results, crucial to final tally, awaited with certification due from Secretary of State Brown.
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St. Louis County
Forrest C. Donnell
Lawrence McDaniel
Missouri
Taney
Andrew
Associated Press
Donnell
McDaniel
Dwight H. Brown
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Page
Market Prices for Wheat Corn Hens Turkeys at Sikeston
Sikeston markets list No 2 wheat at 82 cents per bushel No 2 yellow corn at 68 cents per bushel hens at 12 cents per pound fryers and leghorn hens around 6 to 12 cents per pound old roosters ducks and young turkeys priced per item with several entries distorted by OCR errors
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Sjeinas
Second Hangar Occupied At Air School
A. B. Woodbury reports the air school's second hangar was filled with training planes last night marking its first use since completion. Construction on a third hangar and dormitory continues as the third class of cadets, about 80 students, is due November 30 to begin and the first class will finish its primary course.
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A. B. Woodbury
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Mr. Woodbury
Woodbury
City Asks for New Trial Today
City Attorney Robert Dempster filed a motion for a new trial of a damage suit in Scott county circuit court. J Frank Miller was awarded 180 dollars after a March accident at Fron street near Ward Grocery Store. Graber settled out of court. Miller, partially blind, broke his right arm and glasses after stumbling over a sidewalk block used as a sign base for about six months.
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Robert Dempster
J. Frank Miller
Scott County
Louis Graber
Sikeston
Miller
Th Ward Grocery
Fron Street
Graber
Bertrand guests share dinner at Mrs Marsh home
Mrs Ray C. Marsh entertained her mother Mrs Addie Abell of Bertrand at dinner yesterday. Also present were Mrs Clyde Hart and daughter Katherine and Miss Kate Hardwick of Bertrand. Mr and Mrs Vance Montgomery plan a Saturday trip visiting relatives in Florida with stops at Leesburg Jacksonville and Daytona Beach.
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Ray C. Marsh
Addie Abell
Bertrand
Clyde Hart
Katherine
Kate Hardwick
Vance Montgomery
Florida
Leesburg
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
National Guard Call Delayed for 35th Division
Sikeston Missouri guardsmen face postponed mobilization as the 35th Division and the 110th Observation Corps of Missouri delay induction due to late construction at Camp Joseph T. Robinson and Little Rock airport. Camp Jackson will still induct the 28th Field Artillery on November 25. Company K Sikeston, led by Capt Wade Shankle, remains prepared with enlistments near full strength for active duty.
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Sikeston National Guardsmen
Lewis M. Means
Missouri National Guard
Washington
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
110Th Observation Corps
Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Means
28Th Field Artillery of
Columbia
Camp Jackson
S. C
Sikeston
National Guard
Wade Shankle
Official canvass shows Democrats dominate Scott County vote
Official count of Scott County’s general election shows a strong Democratic trend unchanged by absentee ballots. Key results include Roosevelt 7899 vs Willkie 4401 for president and McDaniel 1753 vs Donnell 4338 for governor, with numerous other statewide and local offices listed.
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Willkie
Truman
Davis
McDaniel
Donnell
Harris
Elmer
Brown
Miller
Smith
Waddill
Bell
Peters
McKittrick
Mabee
Ellison
Atwood
Judge Court of Appeals
Reeves
Tatlow
Blair
Congress
Zimmerman
Davenport
Josyth
Potashnick
MacDowell
Barton
Wallace
Bailey
Kneezle
Bertrand
Hobbs
Pattengill
McDowell
Wilhelm
Richland
Hughes
Dill
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C. R. Baker
Piedmont
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Wm. Risten
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L. Ir. LeGrand
Mississippi County
Jewell Miller
Missour Pacific Transportation Company
Wm. Penroe
Marie Smith Penrose
Laura Josephine Ancell
Walter Ancell
Laura Josephine Smith
Ruby Baker
Carl Baker
Rosie Lee Wilson
Robert Wilson
Mattie Lou Coole
Harry Cooley
Mattie Lou Holt
Zor Gillen
James P. Gillen
Flossi Finley
Louis Finley
Evely Pauline Russell
Willard R. Russell
Elizabeth Waters
J .F. Waters
Edward M. Broshears
Alma Lorene Broshears
Mayme Nelson Holt
Freema M. Holt
Wthel Kelley
Grover Kelley
Mabel Missouri Kinde
Thomas Jefferson Kinder
Frances Willard Ackley
Andrew Ackley
Forrest Donnell
H. C. Watkins Jr
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