President allocates funds to aid hay buying in drought states
President Eisenhower released emergency funds totaling 10 million dollars to purchase hay for drought impacted states including Missouri Arkansas Colorado Kansas Kentucky Mississippi Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and Virginia. Agriculture Secretary Benson said the department would aid hay transport to these areas. Last June Congress authorized 40 million dollars in loans for feed and seed. about 29 million has been spent and the balance was expected to be used by month end.
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Eisenhower
Missouri
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Benson
Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Congress
Low Freight Rates for Drought Relief Hay
New Madrid County extension agent Ronald Tucker says railroads cut hay freight by half for Missouri drought relief. Farmers can buy top quality hay at 30 dollars per ton delivered. alfalfa 20, alfalfa-brome 17.50, prairie 12.50. Freight estimated 7 to 10 dollars at half price. Not a federal program. Governor, State Department of Agriculture, and Extension Service cooperate. Orders and drafts to the State Commissioner of Agriculture. Farmers pay freight upon delivery.
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Missouri
New Madrid
Ronald Tucker
New Madrid County
Tucker
State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Brother of J J Reiss Dies in St Louis
Henry W. Reiss aged 74 a retired St Louis druggist and brother of Sikeston’s J J Reiss died Sunday morning in a St Louis hospital from a heart attack. Rites were held Wednesday in St Louis. He is survived by his wife five brothers and one sister all of whom attended the services. J J Reiss and Mr and Mrs L M Standley attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Reiss
St. Louis
J. J. Reiss
Sikeston
Robbers Busy in Southeast District
State Patrol reports multiple burglaries in the Southeast District. Roberts Cafe in Frederick town lost 4500 in cash and checks. I. G. A. Supermarket in Steele netted 2700 to 3200. Cape Girardeau saw a separate case with Sgt. Axline, linked to 217.50 stolen from Spot Cafe, plus 20 from Dairy Queen on West Broadway.
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State Patrol
Roberts
Fredericktown
Steele
Charles W. Axline
Newark
Ohio
Atterbury
Indiana
Cape Girardeau
Spot Cafe
Independence Street
Axline
City Hall To Get Long-Needed Roof
Ralph Carr owner of Carr Roofing Company in Sikeston began this week tearing off the old shingles from the roof of the City Hall building, preparatory to giving the structure a long-needed covering.
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Ralph Carr
Carr
Sikeston
City Hall
Methodist Men hear regional church leader in Cape Girardeau
Robert J. Genins, lay leader for Methodist churches in the Cape Girardeau district, spoke at the Grace Methodist church dinner meeting in Cape Girardeau on Monday evening. He was accompanied by Wm. L. Huters.
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Robert J. Genins
Cape Girardeau
Grace Methodist Church
Mr. Genins
Wm. L. Huters
Fatal Truck Collision Kills Mrs. Creasy Stone in Arkansas
Mrs. Creasy Stone aged 52 of Limestone Arkansas was killed in a two truck crash on Highway 61 eight miles south of Simeston. Vernon Scott Stone and the driver Cecil Lloyd Berlin face manslaughter charges after Berlin failed brakes while Stone turned left. Mrs. Stone’s daughter Lorene Peoples injured, funeral services held at Fort Douglas Arkansas. Survivors include Walter Stone husband Vernon Stone and three daughters Dorothy Candy Elsie Peoples Lorene Peoples.
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Creasy Stone
Limestone
Arkansas
Highway 61
Simeston
Cecil Lloyd Berlin
Lansing
Michigan
Stone
Berlin
Jaycees to Purchase Trash Cans for City
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will buy eleven trash cans for downtown streets to promote a cleaner city. The action was authorized at a Jaycees meeting at the Country Club Tuesday evening.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Country Club
Bootheel
Kennett
Pat Groves
Shad Old
Sikeston
Correction: Matthews offer tied to ten percent cap
In last week’s Herald a correction states the Matthews family would match ten percent of other investments in the Industrial Development Company, up to a maximum of $20,000. The offer was to support the project, not exceed the ten percent cap.
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Herald
Matthews
Birthday Dinner Honors VFW Members at Odd Fellows Hall
Sixty seven members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary attended the quarterly birthday dinner last evening at the Odd Fellows Hall. The dining room carried autumn flowers and birthday themed favors. Mrs. Myrtle Moll chaired the dinner committee with assistance from Mrs. Ben F. Carroll Sr. and Mrs. Ruth Turner.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary
Odd Fellows Hall
Myrtle Moll
Ben F. Carroll Sr
Ruth Turner
New Beer License Awarded After Room Relocation
Clinton Baugher won a five percent beer license after moving a dispensing room a few feet south to satisfy church proximity rules. The city council, with Cook Sizemore and Smith opposing, granted the license despite earlier denial. A retail five percent beer license was also granted to George W. Seufert on East Highway 60.
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Clinton Baugher
Cook
Sizemore
Smith
Baugher
Baptist Church
Sunset Addition
Scott County
George W. Seufert
East Highway 60
Southeast Missouri Band Festival honors Major Honey in Jackson
About three thousand attended the ninth annual Southeast Missouri Band Festival at Jackson High School Stadium. Twenty-one bands performed under directors including Keith Collins Sikeston with 92 musicians eight twirlers. The event celebrated Major Oscar T Honey of Chaffee who resigned after twenty years as director of Chaffee High School music.
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Old Dobbin
Perryville
Poplar Bluff
Cape Central
Doniphan
Paul Ripley
Neelyville
Marcie Allen
Portageville
Henry Woods
Fisk
Quinn and Brosely
R. L. Morris
Lilbourn
Larkin Gibbons
Wardeil
Walter Parks
East Prairie
John O'Donoghue
Caruthersville
Edgar Ayler
Slmo Fornfelt
Edward Carson
Kennett
Denzil Williams
Mrs Gwaltney Returns Home After Surgery
Mrs. Fred L. Gwaltney was returned to her home at 724 E. Gladys Street yesterday evening after undergoing surgery Tuesday morning at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
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Fred L. Gwaltney
Gladys Street
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Denman speaks at Festus Methodist service
Clint H. Denman spoke at the morning service in Festus last Sunday. He was accompanied to Farmington by Mrs. Denman, who spent the day there with relatives.
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Clint H. Denman
Festus
Methodist Church
Farmington
Denman
New Stamp Commemorates Future Farmers of America
A three cent stamp to honor the twenty fifth anniversary of the Future Farmers of America will go on sale at the Sikeston post office on October 14 1953. An initial printing of 110 million stamps has been authorized for collectors and donors seeking first day cancellations send addressed envelopes to the Postmaster Kansas City Missouri with a money order for stamps. Postal stamps and personal checks will not be accepted.
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Sikeston
Farmers of America
Doniers
Kansas City
Missouri
Liquor Fines and Drunk Driving in Local Court
One man joined the $100 club this week as 24 individuals appeared before Police Judge F H Smith on liquor related offenses. Gustav Hinojosa was fined 100 for careless driving while intoxicated. Fred H Brown and A C Turner each received one year out of town. City officers arrested sixteen for drunkenness totaling 198 dollars. two for careless driving with 27 dollars in fines. three for drunk and disturbing the peace with 42 dollars in fines.
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F. H. Smith
Gustav Hinojosa
Ira Shuffit
Fred H. Brown
A. C. Turner
Clarksville
Arkansas
Johnnie Taylor
Sikeston High Marks Fire Prevention Week Activities
In Fire Prevention Week activities Sikeston schools held fire drills and talks. At 11 30 students evacuated quickly as the fire truck stood by. James McAnnery of the Chamber of Commerce cited 1952 fire deaths and city fire calls, stressing prevention and costs of emergencies.
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Sikeston
James McAnnery
Chamber of Commerce
McAnnery
Charleston
Trace
Creed
Funeral guests for Chas Gruen include relatives from multiple towns
Out-of-town relatives and friends attended Chas Gruen's funeral yesterday. Names listed include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rausenkolb of East St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Will Aumann of Nokomis Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. George Reiding, Mrs. Anna Klostermeir of Marine Tr., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meier, and Mrs. Walter Gerling of Edwardsville HL, Mrs. John Beautin of Alton NL, and Miss Emily Shepherd of St Louis.
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Chas. Gruen
Fred Rausenkolb
East St. Louis
Will Aumann
Nokomis
George Reiding
Anna Klostermeir
Marine
Fred Meier
Walter Gerling
Edwardsville
John Beautin
Alton
Emily Shepherd
St Louis
Reverend Joyce Reappointed Pastor at Sikeston Church
The Rev M C Joyce was reappointed pastor of Sikeston Methodist Church by Bishop Ivan Lee Holt at the St. Louis Conference session closing in Poplar Bluff. The report lists numerous district appointments across Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff districts, naming churches, circuits, and assigned pastors.
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M. C. Joyce
Sikeston Methodist Church
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Cape Girardeau
John L. Tayor
Advance
M. O. Eisenhauer
Anniston-Dorena
M. B. Henley
Bell City
G. A. Shadwick
Benton-Commerce
C. W. Griffin
Bertrand Diehlstadt
J. O. En
Pastors and chaplains named for Army service
Crowe a former district superintendent returns to Shaw Avenue church in St Louis. Fred Armstrong formerly of Cape Girardeau and Raymond Brooks with Silas Weems formerly of New Madrid are named as chaplains in the U S Army.
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Crowe
Poplar Bluff
Sikeston
Shaw Avenue
St. Louis
Fred Armstrong
Cape Girardeau
Raymond Brooks
Silas Weems
New Madrid
U. S. Army
Funeral For Benjamin Sawyer Boy Burned In Farm Fire
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Benjamin Sawyer 34 year old Black boy son of Lonnie Sawyer. The child died after fire destroyed their home on Rural Route 1 Bell City at 12 30 Saturday. Rites were at General Baptist church west of Crowder burial in Carpenter Cemetery. Survived by father and five brothers.
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Benjamin Sawyer
Lonnie Sawyer
Route 1
Bell City
General Baptist Church
Crowder
Carpenter Cemetery
Benjamin
Jerry Aufdenberg Wins Burlington Award
Jerry Aufdenberg son of Gene and Mrs Aufdenberg of 632 Moore a Sikeston high school junior and FFA treasurer has been named a Burlington award winner The honor recognizes FFA project achievements and activities The Burlington award presentation occurs during a Kansas City breakfast October 13 and he is chosen from Missouri to join the National FFA band October 13 to 17 in Kansas City
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Jerry Aufdenberg
Gene Aufdenberg
Moore
Sikeston
Future Farmers of America
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Kansas City
Jerry
Missouri
Funeral Tuesday for New Madrid River Captain Gore
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Capt. Ben F. Gore 65 of New Madrid who died Sunday in Memphis of a heart attack. Rites took place at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J W Allen officiating and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Gore born in Hickman Kentucky spent 35 years as a river skipper on the Mississippi and 25 with the U S Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis. Survived by wife Mrs Ben Gore son Ben F Gore Jr and daughter Miss Shirley Gore all of New Madrid.
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Ben F. Gore
New Madrid
Memphis
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Allen
Evergreen Cemetery
Capt. Gore
Hickman
Kentucky
Mississippi River
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Tennessee
Ben Gore
Ben F. Gore Jr
Shirley Gore
New Manager for Sikeston Goodyear Store
Richard K. Murphy of East St. Louis began duties as manager of the Sikeston Goodyear Store on October 1. He replaces Bill West, transferred to Maplewood. Murphy, a two year Goodyear veteran, previously owned an appliance store and was Hoover Company sales supervisor. He attended St Louis University and served 25 months in the paratroopers. Mrs. Murphy plans to join him in Sikeston at year’s start.
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Richard K. Murphy
East St. Louis
Murphy
Sikeston
International Shoe unit to manufacture leather fibre products in St Louis
International Shoe Company announces its St Louis area subsidiary will manufacture leather fibre products, previously made only in Germany, for insoles and other shoe components. Licensing from Salamander and collaboration with George O Jenkins will cover the U S and Canada, with 40 to 50 workers planned and plant location undisclosed.
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St. Louis
Germany
International Shoe Company
R. H. Richards
Canada
George O. Jenkins Company
Bridgewater
Mississippi
Jenkins
Stuttgart
Richards
International
Salamander A.G
Kornwestheim
Bei Stuttgart
Salamander
Edgar E. Rand
Europe
United States
City Adopts Plan for Governing Food Servers
Sikeston city council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance requiring restaurants to pass state sanitation inspections within a year. The plan creates three classifications Class A for full compliance Class B for pending upgrades and Class C for those temporarily unable to meet standards.
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Sikeston
Delayed Missouri Rain Boosts Pastures For Winter Crops
Rain spread across Missouri from the north Saturday to Sikeston by Monday, totaling eighty four hundredths of an inch. Though late for this year’s crops, it improves pastures and fields for wheat and other winter crops. Temperatures ranged from a low of 39 to a high of 96 last week.
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Missouri
Sikeston
Nation Aroused by Kidnaping and Killing of Child
The body of six year old Bobby Greenlease was found buried in a backyard in St Joseph Missouri. He was kidnapped from a Kansas City school on September 28 and killed by a bullet to the temple. Bonnie Heady and Carl Hall are arrested and face death penalties. A third man, Thomas Marsh, is sought. The ransom payment of $600000 is largely recovered. Abduction and murder carry the Missouri death penalty.
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Robert C. Greenlease Sr
Kansas City
Bonnie Brown
St. Joseph
Missouri
St. Louis
Bonnie Brown Heady
Carl Austin Hall
Heady
Robert Letterman
Hall
Town House
Aso
Thomas Joan Marsh
Marsh
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