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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
11
A small town notice lists publishing details for the Sikeston area, noting publication on Thursdays. It mentions the street address 119 West Malone Avenue and contact numbers 74 and 75 for inquiries. The item reflects typical local newspaper staff information and public contact points.
About 260 Boy Scout and Cub leaders from the Southeast Missouri District Council gathered at Rustic Rock Inn for their annual meeting. They discussed plans for next year and reviewed the council’s activities, stressing the importance of boys and the Boy Scout movement in shaping good, useful men amid powerful challenges.
Mr and Mrs E D Cook tour Detroit and other Michigan communities where the community chest system funds multiple charities through a single annual drive. Detroit requires participation in the unified fund, replacing separate campaigns for individual causes, a model now spreading across the state. Residents praise the plan and the Department of State Highway’s proposal for traffic lights at the Highways 60 61 and 62 intersection in Sikeston. The current flash lights are deemed insufficient for the busy site.
Southeast Missouri notes reappointments and honors Governor Forrest Smith reappointed Charles W. Boutin to the State Board of Mediation and Allan Oliver to the University of Missouri Board of Visitors with John M. Dalton new to the board. Farmington will honor General Hugh T. Mayberry of Nashville at William Jewell College December 2. Chaffee hosts a window painting contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with prizes from $1.00 to $7.50.
The Lions Club met at Rustic Rock with thirty-nine members and three guests. W. W. Wilkison spoke on Man's Conquest of Nature, tracing mankind's progress from rock tools to fire and modern industries, and warning that expediency can undermine justice and threaten survival.
Leonard R. Exum spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Dunn Hotel Tuesday night about the Community Concert Association. He outlined its origin, growth, and aims to bring first class entertainment to Sikeston and other communities. A short sound movie of two artists at a duo piano recital was shown. Guests included Lon Swanner, Dr. Warren KraMer, and B. B. McCaa, who plans to move to Sikeston. The next meeting Tuesday November 1 will include election of 1950 officers and installation of new members.
Harry L. Harry of Sikeston was chosen a member of the board of directors of the Missouri Real Estate Association at its meeting in Columbia. Two hundred members attended. The next meeting will be held in Springfield next April or May.
Mrs Myrtle Walker 61 of Sikeston died at home after a 10 day illness. Funeral held at her home with Rev J N Hoffert officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery with Welsh service. Survived by two daughters Mrs Eugene Atchley of St Louis and Mrs Shelburn Brewer of Blytheville Ark, two sons Russell Walker and J N Walker Jr of Sikeston, five grandchildren and sister in law Mrs A N Green of Memphis.
Prosecuting Attorney Robert A. Dempster says the FBI has joined the hunt for Willie Davis 34 who is charged with the brutal killing of 7 year old Billie Jean Smith on October 15. Davis remains at large and is believed to have fled the state.
Barbara Williams of Sikeston has been chosen by Delta Chi Delta at State College in Cape Girardeau as a candidate for Sag amore queen. She sings with the A Cappella Choir and Music Club, and belongs to Gamma Delta Lutheran. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams and attended Ward Belmont College in Nashville.
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority held its Ritual of Jewels Degree and initiations at Rustic Rock Inn last evening with twenty six members present. Pins were awarded to Clauise Gimlin Foster Stepp Leonard Schumacher Charles Hahs Fred Jones Jr. New pledges receiving pins included W A Meyers Jr W C Andrews Bynum Puckett Bruce Hampton Jean Summers Rex Martin Leonard Colley Ramsay Garner Ima Jean Sutton Curt Howerton. The ceremony was presented by Eleanor Hahn with Edith Phillips, president, James Johnson Jr. vice president, and Lawrence assisting. Next meeting set for Wednesday November 9.
The Woman's Civics Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Country Club Tuesday evening, November 1.
Six persons received emergency treatment at Delta Community Hospital for various injuries from accidents and falls. Names include Jimmy and Billy Howell, Mrs. Bill Darby, Johnny Long, Troy Little, and Pedro Reyes. Additional residents admitted for medical and surgical care span Sikeston, New Madrid, Bertrand, Portageville, and East Prairie.
Birth notices from Delta Community Hospital list eight Sikeston couples with eight newborns between Oct 21 and Oct 25 including sons for Clarence Hill Charles Liles Stauffer and Crone and daughters for Jack Mitchell John Moser Richard Allen Smotherman Newman Watson Puebla plus a son for Junita Puebla Morehouse. The week also notes Campbell meeting attendance exceeding 600 at the Association of General Baptists event.
The executive committee of the Sikes ton Community Teachers' Association presented a program for adopting the group at the Oct 19 meeting at the Airport cafeteria. A Christmas party St Patrick's social and a business meeting were approved to develop reading problem mental hygiene and life adjustment education. Delegates Miss Martha Jones and Fielding A Poe reported on the District Meeting. Light refreshments were served by Mrs Irene Van Bibber.
R J Genins addressed Rotary Club and guests on UNESCO and World Peace for United Nations Day. He noted America as a beacon of hope, showed images of Independence Hall and the Washington Monument, and urged interest in UNESCO. He quoted Leighton on human relations in a changing world.
The Dramatics Club held Tuesday auditions to select characters for a new one act comedy titled Grapes for Dinner. The play will premiere at open house night, marking the club’s first production since its organization earlier this year.
Supt E R Le Fevre and four Paris Missouri school board members plus the vocational agriculture instructor visited the high school on October 19 for an inspection tour. They focused on the Agriculture Music building as a model for a future project.
The Junior Red Cross drive ran in school with homeroom contributions. FHA volunteers under Mrs Irene Van Bibber and Mrs Christine Robinson served 28 gallons of chili to 150 visitors after last Friday's football game. Sophomores plan a Halloween party October 29 in the high school gym with games, dancing, and decorations.
Mr and Mrs W F Bradley observed their 57th wedding anniversary on Sunday October 23 at the home of granddaughter Mrs Arthur Powell in Bertrand. Attending were Powell and family Sikeston Sh S A Bradley of Sikeston Earl Wolverdine and Paul Barnes of Cairo Ill Mrs Emma Ervin of Blodgett and Rev and Mrs A V Alcorn. The Bradleys wed October 23 1892 at Forsythe Church near Oakland City Ind They have one son S A Bradley and a foster child Dora McPherson They hold nine grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren Both belong to Blodgett Methodist Church Mr Bradley served 25 years on the school board and four years as deputy postmaster He remains active in farming and gardening at an advanced age They are 83 and 84 years old.
Mrs Irene Van Bibber and Miss Merle Miller serve as advisers to the sophomore class guiding activities and student needs.
New furniture arrives for the remaining three rooms at Airport school completing a full upgrade. New chairs arrive for speech rooms at the elementary schools. The Rotary Club donates one hundred dollars to the Airport school's speech room.
To study school conditions with a view of being of service is an aim of the Honor Society. A service committee to study possible school projects was selected by the president at the meeting held last Thursday. This committee consists of Frances Mattingly, Nora Wilson, Barbara Turner and Jimmy Middlet on. This is a permanent committee and will work throughout the school year.
Education Week activities center at Sikeston High with open houses on Thursday for the high school and sessions for elementary grades on Tuesday to Thursday. Purdue Opinion Panel results to help gauge teen views nationwide. Teachers to attend State meet in St Louis, with Governor Smith and Carlos Romulo set to speak in the convention.
Judge M E Montgomery presided yesterday about seven men were fined and given jail terms. D W Davenport of Charleston fined 25 dollars and 90 days jailed for careless and reckless driving while intoxicated. Earl A Honeycutt of Birch Tree fined 25 dollars and 60 days jailed for the same charge. Joe Flowers, Mexican, arrested for carrying a concealed weapon with bond set at 500 dollars. Warren G Rowlett waived preliminary hearing and faces circuit court for burglary at Daugherty’s cafe. Rowlett also allegedly fled to Cairo after the incident. Jesse McIntosh and two Sikeston Negroes, Johnny and Tommy Robinson, faced theft cases and small jail terms. P A Sanders fined and jailed for assault with a butcher knife. Tom Michael Stevens guilty of improper mobile license. Louis P Batchelor fined for overloading a trailer. Serrah Serl Sisk tried for careless and reckless driving accident involving a trailer and Thelma Price.
The Oct and fresh Mercer's fashion show drew a full house inside the store at 429 Broadway with 400 plus watching outside. Twenty two models aged from 1 to 35 showcased Mercer's Teens n Tots Shops lines plus grown up coats dresses hats gloves nylon hose and Eisenberg jewelry. The event highlighted new larger store space four times previous size offering infant to career girl fashions including Carter's and Lorraine lingerie.
Mercer's Tot-Teen Shop now operates as TEENS 'N TOTS SHOP in the redecorated I Ben Miller Building on Broadway to accommodate growth. The business, once praised nationally as a top growing youth fashion retailer, ships mail orders nationwide and showcases winter and Christmas stock including jerseys silks corduroy jackets shirts and sweaters. Mrs. Mercer, petite and childfriendly, moved the store to offer more room and rebranded to emphasize youth fashion. Customers are invited to visit the new location, see the expanded selection, and shop for holiday gifts.
Mr and Mrs E F Mouser report their son in law John L Obert of Los Angeles California is improving after two weeks of serious illness He is married to former Jewell Mouser once a local resident of the city
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