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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
11
Published every Thursday this notice states second class matter registration for the Sikeston Missouri post office dated March 9 1908 under the 1879 act.
The best news in Sikeston this week is the end of the Scott County Milling Company strike. No details of the settlement are reported, and both sides claim victory, though no one truly won. The strike damaged confidence, friendship, and trust between workers and employer, leaving a lasting stain on Sikeston’s history.
The Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce invites suggestions for city betterment. In a note stressing unity, a visiting young woman urged residents to refrain from speaking ill of others, challenging Sikeston to prove her wrong by fostering a friendlier community.
The Scottish Rite News Bureau says professionals like lawyers teachers engineers and doctors lack practical business experience needed for government work. It argues defense plans stall as officials rely on theorists and wage assess to wipe out public debt while employers and workers face daily survival challenges.
G C Montgomery resigned as city attorney. R E Bailey elected to fill the vacancy effective immediately. Sikeston’s football team lost to Jackson 13 to 12 after Friday’s game. An early fall sale advertised hair switches at seven dollars each. The Sikeston Methodist church official board set December 3 for dedicatory services.
Twenty Years Ago notes report N I Fuchs building a neat bungalow at the Matthews and South Prairie corner where a house burned months prior. Gord Gil sold his newspaper agency to Hollingsworth and Dudley this week. While fighting a fire at Forrest Young’s home Wednesday morning, Harry Young was struck on the head by a hose coupling, cutting his forehead and severing an artery.
Fifteen years ago on October 14 1926 Bishop W F McMurray re appointed Rev John O Ensor to the Sikeston church for another year. Gov Baker aide D Matthews Jr attended Cotton Conference in Memphis as an official representative. Sikeston Bulldog and Charleston Bluejays played a rough high school football game on the local field with the Bluejays prevailing by a narrow margin.
Ten years ago on October 15 1931 condemnation suits to obtain the right of way for the new Ilmo-Fornfelt-Ancell highway had been filed. At a hospital alive committee meeting at the Methodist church Tuesday night it was decided not to launch a fund campaign to build a hospital here at this time. Mr and Mrs V McDaniel and daughters Irene and Ruth were visitors in Perryville Sunday.
Five years ago on October 15 1936 Miss Mayme Jean Wilbur and Elmer Poage announced their engagement. Major C L Malone of Sikeston was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association at its meeting. Cotton growers report about half of the season’s crop picked with gins running full speed at 3335 bales ginned to date.
On October 16 1940 Americans will register for compulsory military service under the Selective Service Act. The city council moves to buy a 1400 horsepower diesel engine for $67,500 to boost the municipal light and power plant capacity, following a Board of Public Works recommendation.
Kansas City's police commissioner and Chief Harold Anderson urged Gov. Forrest C. Donnell to allow the State Highway Patrol to continue general law enforcement and criminal investigations. They sought powers equal to county sheriffs and asked for measures to preserve patrol functions beyond traffic work despite a recent attorney general opinion.
Mr and Mrs Murray Klein Mr and Mrs Dick Tongate Mr and Mrs Loomis Mayfield and Dr and Mrs W A Anthony attended the American Legion fair at Caruthersville.
A Scott County extension letter thanks the Denman family and the newspaper for cooperative support in disseminating National Extension Service goals. The writers credit the paper with spreading farm and home practice reports from the College of Agriculture and University of Missouri and ask to continue the mutual collaboration.
The Sikeston Kiwanis Club thanks The Herald for helping bring L F Livingston of E I DuPont Manufacturing Co to Sikeston for a splendid talk and exhibition of farm crop products. The secretary Bartley R Schwegler signs the letter praising the event as an amazing world.
Miss Kathryn Clark arrived home after spending several days in St Louis visiting Mrs E L Werner.
Mrs. Jack Shuppert and daughters Esther and Josephine, along with Mrs. Fred Tope Sr., were business visitors in Cape Girardeau today, reflecting social and economic ties among local families.
The Navy released figures showing newspaper ads boosted recruitment in Indiana Iowa and Missouri during a July to August campaign. Indianapolis rose from 66 to 205, Des Moines from 124 to 424, and St. Louis from 187 to 419 over five months. The effort has expanded to 16 states with Michigan and Wisconsin to follow.
Joe Goldstein and Wm. Mariam were arrested this morning for failing to abate a southwest Sikeston junkyard, ordered by city ordinance on September 2. They posted $200 bond each. hearing set next week. City Attorney Robt. A. Dempster leads city interests. Blanton and Montgomery defend the defendants. The ordinance declares the junkyard a nuisance to be abated within 30 days, with a $5 daily fine thereafter.
Mrs. F. C. Pfotenhauer of Crystal City Missouri will spend the weekend as a guest of her daughter Miss Mac a Sikeston schools teacher.
An Evening letter from S. H. Hayward of Danville praises Sikeston's Company K as outstanding within the 140th Regiment under Colonel Harry E. Dudley. He commends the unit for stamina during Louisiana maneuvers, noting their endurance, discipline, and willingness to endure difficult conditions. He names the 35th Division as superior in training and morale, reflecting on traditions from 1918.
President Roosevelt addresses AFL in Seattle urging use of mediation agencies before strikes or lockouts. He links defense production to national safety, condemns Nazi threats, and calls labor and management to united action for wartime unity and preservation of freedoms.
The article traces McGee College at College Mound in Macon County from its 1852 founding by the Cumberland Presbyterian church through its 1861 fire, Civil War disruptions, and 1874 closing, leading to the creation of Missouri Valley College in Mars Hill. It notes enrollment comparisons with the University of Missouri, local industries, and the town’s rise and decline along a Glasgow to Des Moines stage line. Recounts Reverend J. B. Mitchell’s leadership, endowment efforts, and eventual repurposing of the old building by Holiness groups.
For sale oak office desk described as in good condition. Includes contact by phone 1058. Also listed is a four room garage apartment for rent at 508 Wil son, described as modern with contact phone 416.
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