New Home for Ice Cream Firm Moves Planned
G. T. Boone, proprietor and manager of the Dixie Ice Cream House, plans to move his business to a new concrete block building on Highway 61 north of the Rustic Rock Inn. The rounded front structure, painted white with red trim, will house a glass-partitioned office, factory, store rooms, can-washing area and showers, and is expected to be occupied by week’s end. The Dixie Ice Cream House, opened about a year ago, sells wholesale ice cream across the Southeast Missouri region.
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G. T. Boone
Dixie Ice Cream House
Missouri
New Baker Residence Under Way on Park Corner
The Essie Baker home on Park and Wakefield avenues advances with basement dug and forms to be laid. The four room dwelling will offer a bath, front and back porches, including a porte cochere, and will boast modern conveniences such as a furnace and a composition roof.
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New Baker
Essie Baker
Park and
Wakefield Avenues
Work Nears Completion on Boardman Residence
After weeks of remodeling the Boardman residence on Sikes avenue nears completion. A large bay window extends the dining room and French doors brighten the living room. A new front terrace roof and finished bannisters enhance the home. The rear kitchen is widened with a screened porch added. Walls are redecorated and floors refinished, giving a near new appearance.
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Edward Boardman
Sikes Avenue
Residence on Gladys Ready for Roof
Construction on the new residence for A. T. Freeman on West Gladys Street is 18 underway with the roof being added this week. The four room house will include a bath and finish with modern conveniences.
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Gladys
A. T. Freeman
West Gladys Street
Work Begun On New Residence for Jess LaFentres
Work was begun last week on a new four room frame dwelling on East Gladys street for Jess LaFentres. The residence will include modern conveniences and be a two room and frame structure.
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East Gladys Street
Jess LaFentres
Boyce Residence Remodeling Underway on Ramsey Street
Construction started last week on Charley Boyce residence adding a master bedroom with private bath on the north second floor. A dressing room will join a bedroom on the south wing. Exterior will be painted white when finished in about six weeks.
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Charley Boyce
North Ramsey Street
Mr and Mrs W P Hunters repaint woodwork at East Gladys
Mr and Mrs W P Hunter are having the woodwork repainted and floors refinished in their residence on East Gladys street.
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W. P. Hunter
East Gladys Street
Spacious new Maplewood Drive residence for Wayne Bess family
The two story white frame home of Mr and Mrs Wayne Bess is among Sikeston s larger new houses this year It provides ample space for the Bess family of boys A large screened in porch on the east is a standout feature The Bess home completes Maplewood Drive one of Sikeston s shortest and newest residential streets All homes on this street have been built within the past three years
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Maplewood Drive
Wayne Bess
Sikeston
Bess
Equipment Ordered for Malone Park Playground
Charles H. Butler reports the Malone Park playground fund has reached the $250 pledge goal and the equipment is ordered with a city match planned for total cost and installation. Delivery date unknown. carpenters’ group contributes $50 toward the effort, transforming the square into a recreational space for all.
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Malone Park
Charles H. Butler
Butler
Sikeston
Fire causes minor roof blaze at Sikeston home
A spark from a chimney sparked a small roof fire at the P. W. Branum residence on Highway 60 at Sikeston's western gateway yesterday afternoon. The city fire department extinguished the blaze with little damage reported.
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P. W. Branum
Highway 60
Sikeston
North Carolina Runs Nation's Largest Rural School Bus System
North Carolina operates the largest rural school bus network in the United States, transporting about 320,000 children to and from schools each day.
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North Carolina
City Tax Collections Exceed Last Year Early Rush Totals
City Collector J W Mathis reports early rush season figures show city tax collections from October 1 to October 28 totaling 8495 79. October 1940 totals were 5309 71. Real estate and personal taxes license tags and other assessments are included. He cites reminder notices as key to the boost in payments.
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J. W. Mathis
Mathis
Junkyard Case Heads to Circuit Court Appeal
Joe Goldstein and Wm. Minam are granted an appeal to the Scott County Circuit Court after a city nuisance ruling over a western Sikeston junkyard. City Judge Brown Jewell presided with City Attorney Robert A. Dempster assisted by Blanton and Montgomery. Jury members included H. L. Mattingly and others.
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Sikeston
Joe Goldstein
Wm. Minam
Scott County
Brown Jewell
Robert A. Dempster
Blanton and Montgomery
H. L. Mattingly
Clarence Bailey
Claude Agee
Ira Shuffit
Kendall Sikes
New Madrid Junior Chamber plans community building site
Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at New Madrid are planning to purchase a lot to serve as the site for a community building. They envision a small structure soon with future additions as funds allow.
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New Madrid
Plan to Celebrate National Book Week in Sikeston
Next week, November 28, Sikeston marks National Book Week with class library visits led by Miss Beatrice Robbins and Miss Dobbins teaching book finding and checkout basics. A school poster contest will select winners exhibited in downtown store windows, continuing a 23 year effort to boost children’s reading nationwide.
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Beatrice Robbins
Sikeston
Dobbins
United States
Design Needed in Remodeling for Old Homes
The article emphasizes the value of good architectural design in remodeling or converting old homes, noting that design faults often arise from poor planning. It advises consulting an architect to ensure outward appearance aligns with good taste and the interior suits residents, and to consider structural limits to avoid costly mistakes.
Carnegie Books for Public Library picks readers eye
The Sikeston library receives the first batch of International Mind Above books from the Carnegie Endowment. Highlights include Dorothy Duncan's Here's to Canada and We Escaped edited by William Allen Neilson, plus Cross Winds of Empire by W. E. Remington and The Totalitarian War and After by Count Carlo Sforza. Other new titles cover travel, war, and culture, with numerous authors such as Amy Heminway Jones, Stevens, von Tempski, Wheeler, Enright, Darby, and Foster.
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Sikeston Library
International
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Canada
Dorothy Duncan
United States
William Allen Neilson
W. E. Remington
Far East
Malaysia
Philippines
Carlo Sforza
Europe
France
England
Italy
Amy Heminway Jones
China
Stevens
Willison
Judy of
the Islands
von Tempski
Stephen Foster
Dog Tray
Wheeler
Pam
Paradise Ranch
Enright
Dixie Land
Darby
Freddy and
the Ignoramus
Brooks
Thomas Jones and His Nine Lives
Watkins
Simon
Pegeen
van Stockum
Story of
Major
Hoke
Master’s Degree Awarded to Former Sikeston Teacher
Garland Parker, formerly a Sikeston public school teacher now at a New Orleans school, received the Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin board of regents at a recent meeting. He completed his studies this summer.
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Garland Parker
Sikeston Publ
New Orleans
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Parker
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Perdue
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Estes
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Sherwin Pou
Sherwin-Williams Headquarters
Sikeston Paint & Wallpaper Company
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ST. Scott ST
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