Scott County Farm Activities and State Meeting Plans
The Scott County Extension office in Benton outlines Farm and Home Week at the University of Missouri in Columbia from October 28 to 30. The event offers free programs for home, poultry, fruit and vegetable, general, and dairy farming with morning and afternoon sessions led by state leaders and national speakers. Evin Burke attends a Kansas City meeting for producer consumer discussions with officials Evans and Appleby, following a month in Britain.
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Scott County
Benton
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Columbia
Lola Clark Pearson
Oklahoma
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Chester C. Davis
Agricultural Division
Nationl Defense Advisory Commission
Evin Burke
AAA
Kansas City
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
R. M. Evans
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Paul H. Appleby
Great Britain
Secretary of Agriculture
Missouri Farm Leaders Vow Full Effort in Defense Hunger Drive
R W Brown president of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation reports from a Chicago farm leaders conference called by Secretary Claude Wickard. He says Missouri will do its full share and more in producing food and fiber for defense and Lend-Lease. Brown notes readiness and skill to mobilize, with a Farm Bureau recruitment drive in Scott County to strengthen support for a defense program.
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Missouri
R. W. Brown
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude B. Wickard
Chicago
Scott County
Farm Bureau
Missouri Highway Patrol to enforce new dimming law
Effective tomorrow the state enacts a dimming law for motorists. Missouri State Highway Patrol will begin checking tonight to ensure drivers dim their lights correctly.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
Herald readers enjoy local news from friends and neighbors
A brief note inviting readers who enjoy The Herald to continue following the weekly paper for neighborhood news and social updates. It emphasizes community focus and regular readership among locals.
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Herald
Adequate Drainage Emphasized by CCC Plan
Fred R. Jacoby of the New Madrid CCC camp urges adequate farm drainage as essential for optimal land use. Cooperation with Missouri Agricultural Extension Service and USDA will fund demonstrations, with engineers surveying farms to design wide bottom field laterals and proper outlets.
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Fred R. Jacoby
New Madrid
CCC
Jacoby
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
A Brief Vacation for a Stranger at a Bus Stop
Mark Moorman, cafeteria owner, helped a crying woman and her child miss a Detroit bus bound for the dying mother. He drove them to Niles, Michigan to catch a replacement bus, then returned to work and joked about needing a break from the place.
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Mark Moorman
Detroit
Moorman
Niles
Mich
Michigan City
Flaming Fall Revue Lures Missouri Autumn Tourists
Missouri offers a fall foliage spectacle, inviting visitors to scenic drives from Lake of the Ozarks to Arcadia Valley and beyond. The piece highlights leaf colors, weather, hunting, fishing, festivals, and key routes and regions including St. Louis gardens, Ste Genevieve, Cape Girardeau, Kansas City, Columbia, and the Ozarks, urging motor tours and seasonal events across the state.
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Missouri
Central States
Jack ‘Frost
Lake of the Ozarks
U. S
Lake of Taneycomo
Shepherd of the Hills
Springfield
Tri-State
Joplin
Arcadia Valley
U.S
St. Louis
St. Francis River
Meramec Valley
Cave
Mark Twain
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Columbia
Henry Shaw Botanical Gardens
Forrest Park
Ste. Genevieve
Perryville
Cape Girardeau
Cape” Park
Circle Drive
News Briefs From Kewanee Bloomfield Detail Obits and Appointments
Mrs. Pearl West, 34, died after surgery at a Cape Girardeau hospital Tuesday night. Survived by husband Charles West. In Bloomfield, Edna Griffin, longtime Social Security office employee, has won a Civil Service appointment in Washington DC. She is the daughter of Lee and Mrs. Griffin, formerly of Puxico, and was an honor student at Puxico High School.
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Kewanee
Pearl West
Cape Girardeau
Charles West
Bloomfield
Edna Griffin
Bloomfield Social Security Office
Washington, D. C
Lee Griffin
Puxico
Puxico Post Office
Puxico High School
Cotton Theft From Nesbit Farm Reported
Thieves stole about 960 pounds of cotton from eight rows on a Nesbit area farm operated by Harry Ray, according to the farmer's estimate. The incident details indicate crop pilferage on the property. Local authorities may investigate to recover stolen material and prosecutethose responsible.
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Kennett
Nesbit
Harry Ray
Mrs Mary Jane Proffer Dies In St Louis
Mrs Mary Jane Proffer 53 former Chaffee resident died in a St Louis hospital Monday night Her body was brought to Chaffee for funeral services held Wednesday afternoon She is survived by her husband W F Proffer and three daughters Mrs Dorothy Quarles of Abilene Texas Mrs Pansy Bethel of St Louis and Mrs Frances Dopp of Ancell
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Chaffee
Mary Jane Proffer
St. Louis
Paducah jockey Gore critically injured at Legion Derby
Jimmy Gore an 18 year old jockey from Paducah Kentucky was critically injured last Saturday after falling from his horse and being trampled during the American Legion $250 derby event in Caruthersville.
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Caruthersville
Jimmy Gore
Paducah
Essex Farmer Homer Smith Dies After Operation
Homer Smith a 37 year old farmer from near Essex died in a Cape Girardeau hospital Monday from complications of an operation last month. He lived on a family farm with his mother Mrs. A. Smith.
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Essex
Homer Smith
Near
Cape Girardeau
A. Smith
Farmer Burned When Gasoline Ignites On Tractor
Bernie John Young 31 a farmer near here suffered severe burns when gasoline he was pouring into a tractor ignited at noon Tuesday. He is receiving treatment at Poplar Bluff Hospital.
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Bernie—John Young
Near Here
Poplar Bluff Hospital
East Prairie crowns senior queen at Cotton Carnival
Miss Elizabeth Hinchey, senior class representative, was crowned queen of the Cotton carnival at East Prairie last Saturday. Attendants were Tootsie Ashlock, Frances Henshaw, Annabelle Harrel and Virginia Shelby.
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SEMO
East Prairie
Elizabeth Hinchey
Tootsie Ashlock
Frances Henshaw
Annabelle Harrel
Virginia Shelby
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Company
Jack Frost
Mississippi River
Bootheel
Charleston
Sikeston
Swope Park
Excelsior Springs
Valley of Vitality
Liberty
Clay County
Jefferson City
Resources Museum
Sedalia
Buick
America
Pratt & Whitney
General Motors
Stepon
Fisher
Weatherwarden Venti
Sikeston Auto Sales
Center Street
Sikeston, Missour
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