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Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1949

Page

8

City adopts new fire truck and local notes

The council authorizes purchase of a Gee fire truck with a SeGcalion booster tank at an estimated $8,100. Golden wedding anniversary celebrated by Mr and Mrs Ben Hill at their home on October 12, married in 1899 in Cairo Indiana. Multiple Southeast Missouri items including gun club formation near Big Island, Lamited States Navy Band concerts in Cape Girardeau, re opening of Cedar Street International Shoe plant in Poplar Bluff, a fatal shooting in Cape Girardeau, a checker match in Sikeston, confirmations by Archbishop Ritter in Cape Girardeau, and local civic actions across towns.

Ylmo Ben Hill Poplar Bluff Joseph E. Ritter St. Louis Sacred H Eart Catholic Missouri

Ponder Function Of Trees Before Planting

Garden experts warn weekend planters to select trees by size shape foliage and hardiness to avoid future pruning headaches. Deciduous choices for fall planting include ash crabapple elm hackberry hawthorn and honeylocust with care. Evergreens like Douglas fir juniper pine spruce and yew also suit fall planting. Early planting aids root establishment before freezes. Eighty members of five Presbyterian churches attended Group Two’s annual meeting in Jackson last Friday.

Jackson Potosi Presbyterian Church

Chickenpox a common childhood disease with possible complications

Chickenpox is a common childhood illness with fever and a blistering rash that spreads from face and chest to the body. It is typically mild but can cause itching and secondary infections. medical care advises keeping the child from scratching and uses antiseptic treatments. One attack provides immunity, though adults may still contract the disease during community epidemics.

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