Sikeston Bulldogs Clinch First With 13–0 Win Over Jackson
Thirty years ago Sikeston captured first in Southeast Missouri football after defeating Jackson 13 to 0. Captain Tra Lee led a strong lineup including Paul Gilbert Pleas Malcom Clarence Dowdy Craven Toby Watkins Alfred Moore Harold Lindley Clarence Weekley Richard Barnett Wilburn Wilkey Lewis Emory Baker. Malcolm scored a touchdown and kicked a goal, Dowdy added the other goal. It was Sikeston’s fourth win in four games that season.
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Missouri
Sikeston
Jackson
Tra Lee
Bulldogs
Lee
Paul Gilbert Pleas Malcom
Clarence Dowdy
Craven Toby’ Watkins
Alfred Joseph Moore
Harold Lindley
Clarence Weekley
Richard Barnett
Wilburn Wilkey
Lewis Emory Baker
Malcolm
Dowdy
Sikeston News Highlights from October 23 1924
Water from Sikeston’s municipal well was declared unfit for drinking by the State Board of Health, prompting plans to sink new wells. Scott County widened voting sites from two to four. Governor candidate Sam Baker spoke in Sikeston. Gretchen Dunaway and Horace D Payne wed in Sikeston. A Chicago driver, Wm V Monroe, lost control on Highway 60 near the Little River canal, killing Mrs Monroe. Excavation started for Sikeston’s municipal swimming pool.
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Sikeston
State Board of Health
Scott County Court
Sam Baker
Missouri
Gretchen Dunaway
Horace D. Payne
Kansas City
Wm. V Monroe
Chicago
Highway 60
Little River Drainage Canal
Morehouse
Cairo bridge dedication draws crowds with parade and air show
The Mississippi river bridge at Cairo was opened with speeches, an air show, boat races, and fireworks. The Sunnyland Stage Line opened Sikeston headquarters boosting daily bus flow to 34. W T Jones yielded 18012 gallons of sorghum from two acres on Pharris Ridge, selling at 0.10 per gallon. S L Lawrence won prizes with Chinchilla rabbits at a St Louis show. Dr W A Anthony of Sikeston was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Dental Society at its Poplar Bluff meeting.
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Mississippi River
Cairo
Sunnyland Stage Line
Sikeston
W . T. Jones
Pharris Ridge
S. L. Lawrence
St Louis
W A Anthony of
Southeast Missouri Dental Society
Poplar Bluff
Notable 1934 deaths and local mini events in Cape Girardeau
Fifteen years ago an obituary notes former State Senator R. B. Oliver died at 84 in Cape Girardeau. Also mentioned are a blooming snowball bush in Sikeston, Ruth Malone buying a residence on South Kingshighway, Civil War veteran L P Pasley turning 90 at his daughter's home, August H Rodenmayer and Port Meoog resident Mecomers in a flood incident, and Rufus Ro Reed of the Missouri State Patrol promoted to captain, all reflecting short local notices.
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R. B. Oliver
Cape Girardeau
W. H. Carter
Sikeston
Ruth Malone
Forrest Young
South Kingshighway
P. Pasley
E .M. Crooks
August H Rodenmayer
Fornfelt
Sikeston Area News Roundup 1948 Highlights
Five years past notes record Lambert conviction for draft evasion, Leyte invasion by MacArthur forces, and Harold Swanagan’s transfer to Reno after duty in Garden City Kansas. Local items include Sikeston cotton storage reach, Baptist parsonage open house, Legion Park beautification, first Scott County selective service call, district Boy Scout leaders gathering, Davis home move, and first grand jury in years. Armstong inlaid museum installed by skilled workers with full guarantee.
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Harry E. Lambert
Iulmo
Jehovah Witnesses
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Pilippine Islands
Harold Swanagan
Air Force
Garden City
Kansas
Reno
Nevada
Sikeston
Sikeston Compress and Warehouse Company
E D Owen
New Baptist Parsonage
West Gladys Street
Legion Park
Scott County Selective Service Board
Southeast Missouri
Missouri High in Old-Age Assistance Figures
Missouri spends 22.8 percent of state government expenditures on old age assistance, far above the 8.7 percent national average. The Census Bureau data and Missouri Public Expenditure Survey urge tightening eligibility rules, noting Missouri’s per capita outlay of 1234 compared with 705 nationally. Growth in rolls to 126,345 and potential financial strain loom if laws stay lax.
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Missouri
U. S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Washington
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri advisor named for National Foundation infantile paralysis
Mrs. Charles L. Cousins of Kansas City has been appointed Missouri Advisor on Women's Activities for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis by Basil O'Connor. She will attend the Washington conference November 6-10 and coordinate with the 1950 March of Dimes campaign under Dr. Homer P. Rainey. A December 6 Cape Girardeau election will decide bonds for city improvements including fire stations pools and arena upgrades.
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Kansas City
Charles L. Cousins
Wayne Ave
Missouri
National Foundation For
Basil O’connor
Cousins
Washington, D. C
Elaine Whitelaw
New York
National Foundation
Washington
March of Dimes
Homer P. Rainey
Stephens College
County March of Dimes
Dr. Rainey
Cape Girardeau
Bragg City Man Wins Second Cotton Picking Championship
John Edd Anderson, a tenant farmer from Bragg City Missouri, won the national cotton picking contest in Blytheville Arkansas, earning 1000 and the title. Ernest Pitts 16 of Blytheville was second with 88.3 pounds and 250 dollars. Third went to Cecil Vincent 18 of Bolivar Tennessee with 86.3 pounds and 100 dollars.
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John Edd Anderson
Bragg City
Blytheville
Ark
Ernest Pitts
Cecil Vincent
Bolivar
Ténn
Arthur Bentley
Gideon
Peggie Craft
Wilson
Sidney Jones
Negro
Eugene Shinault
Mississippi County
Shinault
Fame of Missouri rose fences reaches Liam
Jackson Missouri and distant parts spark interest in Missouri multiflora rose. Lela Shearer Knox of Prae Thailand received US magazines from St Joseph with the Missouri Garden Forum article about the J W Priest farm fence. Knox, tied to local hospital school and church compound, asks for multiflora rose hips to start a permanent fence as carabao roam the area. Priest plans to send a start of multiflora this fall.
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Knox
Siam
Missouri timber survey doubles prior forest estimate
Washington DC Missouri now recorded with 11.898 billion board feet of standing sawtimber, more than a million homes, in a Central States Forest Experiment Station survey. It also lists 15.074 million acres of commercial forestland versus 18.837 million in 1946, with 90 percent privately owned and 11.8 percent poorly stocked.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
U. S. Forest Service
Central States Forest Experiment Station
Sikeston Students Win Campus Offices at State College
Three Sikeston youths at State College in Cape Girardeau win campus offices. Thelma Kesler becomes Hesperian Society treasurer. Ardeth Kirby leads UWA and serves Baptist Student Union secretary. Graham Sadler advances to first vice president of the Baptist Student Union and joins Music Club and State College bands. Richard Alfultis is Webster Society treasurer.
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Sikeston
State College
Cape Girardeau
Thelma Inez Kesler
L. F. Kesler
Near Sikeston
Hesperian Society
Canalea High School
Kesler
Wesley Foundation
Methodist
Graham H. Sadler
Philip Sadler
Baptist Student Union
Sikeston High School
Richard J. Alfultis
H. O. Alfultis
Oran
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Newspark
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Metropolitan Opera House
Rome
Utica
Randolph Field
Texas
Ansell Briggs
Iowa
Czechoslovakia
Jackson Davis
Matthews
Billy Keith
Scott County
Armstrong
Mrs. Cousins
Columbia, Missouri
Laur’s
Bragg City Man
Liam
Ardeth Lee Kirby
Edna Kirby
UWA
Secre
Tary
Miss Kirby
Herald
NEW Madrid County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Inc
New Madrid
Scott, Mississippi
Emiscot, Dunklin and Stoddard
Burt H. Rowe
Stallcup Bulding
Gm Va
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