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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
16
The Sikeston Herald lists CLINT H. DENMAN as publisher with Ward Denman as assistant. The paper is published every Thursday and entered as second class matter March 9, 1908, at Sikeston Missouri under the 1879 act.
Public spirited Sikeston residents spearhead a fund drive to reopen the South grade school cafeteria. Last year three hundred undernourished children received warm lunches. organizers aim to increase that number this year and ensure ongoing support for child welfare.
Members of the Women's Junior Chamber of Commerce in Sikeston voted to contribute 100 dollars toward a fund to operate the cafeteria at the South grade school building. The alert group has promoted worthwhile projects and shown active leadership for the community's welfare.
A 13 year old girl asks for a home in a Herald ad after her parents separated and both remarried. Her mother wants her, the stepmother resists housework burden, and the father would take her only under rigid conditions. The piece urges welfare action to secure a loving family home and schooling.
The European war's impact will strike hardest at children unless communities act. A nursery official said crowded centers and new work bring parents to leave kids unattended as there is no one to care for them.
C H Butler and friends raise over 150 for new playground gear in Malone Park Sikeston. A donor without children added 100 to the fund, pushing toward a 250 goal with the city to match. Equipment hoped ready for use next spring.
A Commercial Appeal opinion argues defense industry strikes threaten Allied war effort. It cites 28 strikes affecting War Department contracts, 3.7 million lost man days since January, and paralysis of armored vehicle and ordnance work. Calls for government action against strike disruptions in defense sectors.
A special city council session approved a November 14 election for a 15000 bond issue, 10000 for street improvements and 5000 to extend the sewer system. North New Madrid and North Kingshighway streets gained a half mile of pavement opened to traffic. J E Dover’s Sikeston post remains. B V Forrester from Iron Mountain covers while Dover attends his son’s wedding.
A Marine Corps Recruiting Station representative from St Louis will be at the Sikeston post office on October 20 21 and 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to interview young men ages 17 to 30 and provide enlistment information.
Mrs B L McMullin plans to return to her home this weekend after spending the past week with her mother Mrs Mary Thomason at Fisk.
Five years ago Rev E H Crear was reappointed at Sikeston Methodist Church after the conference in St Louis. Cotton gins report about four thousand bales ginned to date with sixty percent picked as autumn weather continues. Last year 1940 saw 60 flying cadets registered at Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, twice the size of the first class. Over 1600 Sikeston residents registered for peace time military service. Local ginners note thirty percent cotton picked, with progress faster than recent weeks. Clear autumn days and a Monday night shower mark Southeast Missouri weather.
Capt Loomis Mayfield announced vacancies in the Sikeston Home Guard. Local men urged to report to Sikeston Armory on Monday night to join. Drills held each Monday night at the armory.
Lieut. George Johnson of Camp Robinson Arkansas is visiting his mother Mrs. Mayme Johnson near Sikeston and other relatives and friends.
Scott County reports two students, Eldridge Waters and Elwanda Wilkins, enrolled at Missouri School for the Blind in St Louis. Eldridge, 11, blind since age eight, is in second grade. Elwanda, with some vision, is in first grade and studies vocational and academic subjects.
Aviation cadet officers for the advanced class at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics are announced by Capt. R. C. Rockwood. The cadre includes First Captain A L Post. Captains R W Hendricks G B Bell W S Barnes and R W Brown. Lieutenants I L Burton G A Garbett F D Hargesheimer D Thornburg B S Powell and J F Hickman. First sergeants D A Reed Co J Lyness and B A Hedlund. Color Sergeant E R Flinger. platoon sergeants E J Childers W J Franklin A S Pouliot D C G Jolly E P Pitts and A Stanton. corporals J F Devore F J Coleman M B Shantz E E Vance N C Haynes A O Beim dick G H Woodrow P W Kuba R H Lohmeyer H C LAMkin R Stratford G D James C F Cook W R Long H C Wildgen C M Clark J M Pennoyer and P E Bailey.
The Scott County Court and Jury Commissioner J C Mc Dowell have drawn jurors for the November term. Regular and alternate jurors are listed by township including Richland Sally Jones Layton Nicholson Dover McAmis Dumey Matthews Lawrence Henry and others with Kelso Sylvania Morley Sandywoods Moreland Commerce Tywappity townships and alternates such as Mayfield Keith Limbaugh Tanner Vaughn Miler Kevil Mattingly Morgan Blocker Duggar Westerhold Staebel Proffer Scherer Dunger Webb Maddox Slickman Perdue Pobst Welter Spencer LeGrand Vetter Lecture Rhoads.
The National Safety Council reports 1940 home fatalities at 33,000 versus 16,500 in industry. FHA urges checks of dangerous spots, especially stairs, with improvements like handrails and white painted bottom steps. Fire risk from spontaneous combustion, oily rags, and vented spaces is noted, along with chimney flue overheating and furnace soot cleaning. advise periodic checks of automatic heating controls.
Funeral services were held at Seabaugh Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau for Mrs H H Robinson of Morley mother of Mrs Margaret Byrd of Sikeston who died at 7 AM Saturday at the Davidson home in Cape Girardeau. Interment was in Miller cemetery. Surviving are her husband four daughters two sisters a brother and a half brother and two grandchildren.
Mrs Addie May Streiff born September 23 1897 Piedmont died last Thursday night at her Sikeston home funeral 2 o clock Saturday at her North Stoddard street residence Rev E D Owen Baptist pastor officiated interment Memorial Park with Welsh service she married Peter Streiff in Cape Girardeau now survived by husband daughter Mrs Ralph Goodin of Caruthersville four sisters Mrs Charles Clark Cape Girardeau Mrs H B Christensen Mrs Elvey Rooney Mrs George Phillips Chaffe and two brothers Lyman Bunyard Chaffee and Fred Bunyard Piedmont
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Brentlinger a longtime Dexter dentist civic leader and former city council member died at Brandon Hospital Poplar Bluff from heart disease aged 66 Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev R P Basler of Cape Girardeau and Rev Archie Holt in charge Survivors include his widow Mrs Kittie Brentlinger a son B J Brentlinger of Dexter a daughter Mrs Beatrice Guess of Bloomington Illinois three grandchildren and a brother Everett Brentlinger of Buechel Kentucky.
Ross Emory Milburn of Sikeston left this week for six weeks of recruit training at the Great Lakes naval center. After training he will be assigned to a ship or a naval trade school. Milburn, who lived at 719 Matthews Avenue, joins the Navy Tuesday. Naval Recruiting Service visits Sikeston Wyatt Charleston East Prairie for information sessions at local post offices.
FHA officials warn that unattended fires in fireplaces without screens contribute to winter house fires. The notice emphasizes using screens and proper supervision to reduce risk during cold weather.
A 1896 launch near Cairo Randolph county began Missouri's rural free delivery with three 18 mile routes serving about 1,000 people. The service transformed farm life by delivering mail to doorstep or tree bound boxes and even carrying weather forecasts and small banking tasks, expanding to 1,564 routes by 1939 and fueling the growth of mail order and roads nationwide.
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