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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
18
Post office notice from Sikeston Missouri
Second class matter status noted for Sikeston Missouri post office. Entry dates include March 9, 1908, under the 1879 act. Official transit and mailing designation recorded for local distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston Parents Rally For School Cafeteria Funding
Public spirited residents in Sikeston campaign to raise funds for sponsoring and operating the South grade school cafeteria. Last year three hundred children received warm lunches, with plans to increase this year to aid more undernourished students and ensure their future civic readiness.
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Sikeston
Women Jaycees Vote to Support Cafeteria Fund
Members of the Women's Junior Chamber of Commerce vote to contribute 100 toward a fund to operate the cafeteria at the South grade school building. The active group has a history of promoting worthwhile projects for Sikeston and is seen as leaders with the communitys welfare at heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston
Tragedy prompts plea from 13 year old for a home
A 13 year old girl in Sikeston seeks a home and schooling after her separated parents each remarried. She places an advertisement in The Herald, hoping for care, while her parents and stepfamily dispute custody and duties. The note highlights a welfare concern and the need for loving guardians.
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Herald
Sikeston
War impacts children warn of wandering waifs
A nursery authority warned this week that the European war will strike hardest at children unless communities fulfill duties to guard youngsters. In crowded centers, families finding first jobs leave kids at home unattended as there is no one to care for them, the official said.
Butler funds playground gear for Malone Park in Sikes ton
C H Butler and supporters in Sikes ton aim to raise 250 dollars for modern playground equipment at Malone Park. Friends contribute voluntarily after a 100 dollar gift from a childless donor, with the goal of a rapid build. The city will match a proportionate amount and equipment is hoped ready for use next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Malone Park
C. H. Butler
Butler
Sikeston
Not Grievances But Treason From the Commercial Appeal
A Memphis newspaper column argues that defense industry strikes crippling War Department contracts threaten Allied defense efforts. It accuses CIO-led labor campaigns of hogtying the steel industry and blocking equipment, warnings of a vicious circle harming the democratic war effort. The piece urges government action to end strikes in defense industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
France
War Department
Navy
Maritime Commission
San Jacinto
Texarkana
Marines Recruiting Officer to Visit Sikeston Post Office
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 am to 4 00 pm to interview eligible young men aged 17 to 30 and provide enlistment information.
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Marine Corps
St. Louis
Sikeston
Mrs McMullin to Return Home After Visit with Thomason
Mrs. B J McMullin will return to her home this week end after spending the past week with her mother Mrs Mary Thomason at Fisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. McMullin
Mary Thomason
Fisk
Sikeston council approves November bond election plan
The Sikeston city council held a special session and approved a November 14 election for a 15000 bond issue with 10000 for street work and 5000 to extend the sewer system. North New Madrid street and North Kingshighway pavement was completed and opened. J E Dover attends a son's wedding in St Louis as B V Forrester covers the Sikeston agent role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Herald
Sikeston City
New Madrid Street
North Kingshighway
B. V. Forrester
Iron Mountain
Oran
J. E. Dover
Sikeston
St. Louis
Harry Dover
Jessie Williams
Second flying cadet class enrolled at Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
On October 17, 1940 the second class of 60 cadets registered at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, doubling the size of the first class begun five weeks earlier. In Sikeston, over 1600 young men registered for peacetime military service, and local gunners note 30 percent cotton picked as harvest progresses amid a week of sunny, crisp autumn weather with a shower anticipated Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sikeston
Sikeston Home Guard Seeks Recruits
Capt Loomis Mayfield announced vacancies in the Sikeston Home Guard. Sikeston men urged to report to the Sikeston Armory Monday night to join and begin drills held each week at the armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis Mayfield
Sikeston Home Guard
Sikeston
Sikeston Armory
Visit of Lieut George Johnson to Sikeston kin
Lieut George Johnson of Camp Robinson Arkansas visits his mother Mrs Mayme Johnson near Sikeston and other relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Camp Robinson, Ark
Mayme Johnson
Sikeston
Two Scott County Pupils In Blind School
Scott county has two students enrolled in the Missouri School for the Blind in St. Louis. Eldridge Waters, 11, son of Fitzhugh Lee Waters of Sikeston, attends second grade with vocational and academic work. Elwanda Watkins, from Oran, a first grader with vocational, academic and musical studies, has some vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Missouri School For the Blind
St. Louis
R. Wilson’ Brown
Eldridge Waters
Elwanda Watkins
Eldridge
Fitzhugh Lee Waters
Gladys Street
Sikeston
Morehouse School
Elwanda
Roy H. Wilkins
Oran
Arkansas School For the Blind
Little Rock
Sikeston Herald
Pemiscot County
Lola May Hall
Holland
Joyce Northcutt
Hayti
Marie Grady
Caruthersville
Andrew Hayman
Steele
Stoddard County
Donald Brackney
Dexter
Marjorie Book
Loretta Glass
Bernie
Arthur Boyd
Naomi Smith
Portageville
New Madrid County
Renard Farrar
Kennett
Dunklin County
Mississippi County
Magnolia Avenue
Missouri
C. H. Denman
The
Cadet officers named for air school class
Aviation cadet officers for the advanced class at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics were announced by Capt. R. C. Rockwood. The roster 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 J. F. Hickman. First sergeants D. A. Reed Co. J. Lyness and B. A. Hedlund. Color Sergeant E. R. Flickinger. Platoon sergeants E. J. Childers W. J. Franklin A. L. Pouliot D. C. Jolly E. P. Pitts 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 K. R. Stratford G. D. James C. F. Cook W. R. Long H. C. Wildgen C. M. Clark J. M. Pennoyer P. E. Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
R. C. Rockwood
A. L. Post
R. W. Hendricks
G. B. Bell
W. S. Barnes
R. W. Brown
I. L. Burton
G. A. Garbett
F. D. Hargesheimer
D. Thornburg
B. S. Powell
J. F. Hickman
D. A. Reed
J. Lyness
B. A. Hedlund
E. R. Flick- Inger
E. J. Childers
W. J. Franklin
A. 58. Pouliot
D. C
Scott County Sets Jury Panel for November Circuit Term
Scott County Court and Jury Commissioner J C Mc Dowell released the panel of petit jurors for the upcoming November term. Regulars include John P. Jones John Layton Glen Nicholson Harry Dover and others across Richland Kelso Sylvania Morley Sandywoods Moreland Commerce Tywappity townships with alternates listed respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County Court
J.C. McDowell
Scott County Circuit Court
Richland Township
John P. Jones
John Layton
Glen Nicholson
Harry Dover
Z. E. McAmis
James Dumey
Joe L. Matthews
S. Lee Lawrence
Herman Henry
Loomis Mayfield
E. J. Keith
R. E B. Limbaugh
Sayers Tanner
S. 5. Vaughn
Frank Miller
Jim Kevil
H. L. Mattingly
L. J. Morgan
Kelso Township
Fred Craig
Rufus Buckley
J. A. Utley
L. W. Felden
J. A. Gearing
Fred Glastetter
Wm. Seyer
Tilman Blocker
Albert Duggar
Chas. Westerhold
John Staebel
Wm. Proffer
Andy Scherer
Arthur Vetter
Commerce Township
Alex Lawrence
John Lecture
Tywappity Township
John Stricker
T. J. Rhoads
Home safety: deaths in homes double industry
National Safety Council figures show 1940 saw 33 000 fatal home injuries versus 16 500 in industry. FHA urges checks of dangerous spots, with stairs and burns as major causes. Recommendations include handrails, painting bottom steps white, destroying or ventilating waste materials, and regular furnace flare inspections to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Federal Housing Administration
Rites Held Sunday for Mrs Byrd's Mother
Funeral services for Mrs. H. H. Robinson of Morley mother of Mrs. Margaret Byrd of Sikeston were held at 2 pm at Seabaugh Funeral Home Cape Girardeau. She died Saturday morning at the Davidson home in Cape Girardeau after three months illness. Interment in Miller cemetery near Millersville. Surviving: husband four daughters Ramona Nell Adele Margaret and others two sisters a brother and a half brother two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seabaugh Funeral Home
Cape Girardeau
H. H. Robinson
Morley
Margaret Byrd
Sikeston
George Davidson
H. M. Andrews
Miller Cemetery
Millersville
Robinson
Marble Hill
Scopus
Dexter
J. M. Limbaugh
E. V. Estes
Marquand
Lee Austin
Wm. Limbaugh
Rites Held Saturday for Sikeston Woman
Mrs Addie May Streiff died last Thursday night after a illness of complications at her Sikeston home. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 PM at her North Stoddard Street residence with Rev E D Owen officiating. Interment followed at Memorial Park with Welsh services. She was born September 23 1897 in Piedmont and married Peter Streiff in Cape Girardeau. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Ralph Goodin of Caruthersville four sisters and two brothers.
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North Stoddard Street
Addie May Streiff
E. D. Owen
The
Baptist Church
Memorial Park
Streiff
Piedmont
Peter Streiff
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Welter’s Bakery
Ralph Goodin
Caruthersville
Charles Clark
H. B. Christensen
Elvey Rooney
George Phillips
Chaffee
Lyman Bunyard
Fred Bunyard
Dexter Dentist Thomas Brentlinger Dies at 66
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Brentlinger a Dexter dentist and former city council member died at Brandon Hospital in Poplar Bluff from a heart ailment. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with pastors R. P. Basler and Archie Holt presiding. He was 66, practiced in Dexter 36 years, survived by his widow Kittie, son B. J. Brentlinger of Dexter, daughter Beatrice Guess of Bloomington, Illinois, three grandchildren and brother Everett Brentlinger of Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson Brentlinger
Dexter
Brandon
Poplar Bluff
Methodist Church
R. P. Basler
Cape Girardeau
Archie Holt
Brentlinger
Kittie Brentlinger
B. J. Brentlinger
Beatrice Guess
Bloomington
Ill
Everett Brentlinger
Buechel
Sikeston Youth Joins United States Navy
Ross Emory Milburn of Sikeston left for six weeks of recruit training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. After training he will be assigned to a ship or naval trade school. Milburn, of 719 Matthews Avenue, joins a Navy recruiting drive stopping in Sikeston, Wyatt, Charleston, and East Prairie to speak with recruits at local post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Emory Milburn
Sikeston
United States Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval
Navy
Milburn
Matthews Avenue
Naval Recruiting Service
Wyatt
Charleston
East Prairie
Fire safety warning from FHA on winter hazards
FHA officials warn that unattended fires in fireplaces without screens contribute to home fires in winter. The advisory highlights the risk of overheating devices and urges proper screening and supervision to prevent blazes.
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FHA
Rural free delivery comes to Missouri in 1896 milestone
The Missouri History weekly recounts the advent of rural free delivery 45 years ago this week, starting October 15, 1896, with three 18 mile experimental routes from Cairo Randolph County. It traces初 the service, early challenges, the role of carriers including women on routes, the rise of parcel post in 1912, and the broader impact on farming, communication, and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone Theater
Chris Francis
Cairo
R. Q. Brown
Sikeston
Front Street
Graber
Division 10
Missouri State Highway Department
Kansas City
Missouri
United States
Randolph County
Federal Postal Department
Unel S. Hall
Randolph Countian
Congress
House Committee On
Mud Creek
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Lint I. Denman Publisher
Rd Denman
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Missouri
Scott
Adjoining Counties
Jaycees
Bes
KOR
Bulldogs
Charleston Blue Jays
Bluejays
John J. Reiss
James Johnson
Sikeston Mercantile Company
E. M. Crooks
E. H. Crear
Sikeston Methodist Church
Atran
AIR School
United States Navy
State Historical Society of Missouri
Floyd S. Shoemaker
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