Labor Enough for Cotton Picking Southeast Missouri
A Missouri State Employment Service survey finds ample local labor to pick the Southeast Missouri cotton crop. Officials urge growers to notify offices when workers are needed and outline temporary offices in Charleston East Prairie New Madrid Essex Malden Wardell Hornersville Steele plus regular sites in Sikeston Kennett Caruthersville. The service offers free registration and coordinating for workers and employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri State Employment Service
Missouri
Car Wedeking
Sikeston
Steele, Blackwell Horse and Mule Barn
N. Kingshighway
Kennett
Kennett Street
Caruthersville
Ward Avenue
Wedeking
Employment Service
Charleston
East Prairie
New Madrid
Essex
Malden
Wardell
Lindas Lumber Co
Hornersville
Ward Ave. Steele
Blackwell Horse and Mule Barn
Ruth McKinney Weds Royal Kellett in Charlestown
Miss Ruth McKinney youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J R McKinney became the bride of Royal Kellett son of Mrs Alice Kellett Saturday night in Charlestown with Rev Ellis Baptist minister performing the ceremony. The bride graduated Sikeston high school in 1937 and works in the Board of Public Works office. The groom educated in Detroit Michigan works as service manager at Kellett Motor Company. Attendants were Amanda Marshall and Eleanor Righter. The couple spent a brief honeymoon in the Ozarks and will live in the Gross apartments on Southwest Street.
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Ruth McKinney
J. R. McKinney
Royal Kellett
Alice Kellett
Charleston
Ellis
Kellett
Sikeston High School
Board of Public Works
Detroit
Mich
Ernest Kellett
Kills Two Bobcats With One Shot
H L Sizemore of Sikeston fired early Monday morning and killed two half grown bobcats with one shot. He was squirrel hunting east of La Forge with Roy Story when he misaimed at a squirrel. The two small cats drew attention in Sikeston streets as Sizemore carried them home. He noted there is no bounty on bobcats.
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H. L. Sizemore
Sikeston
Bootheel
Mr. Sizemore
la Forge
Roy Story
Marrying Parson Still on the Job
Retired Sikeston minister Rev J T Self known as a marrying parson ties the knot for Miss Marjorie Lee and Roy Alsup at his Sikeston residence. The couple, aided by Loretta Latham and Ross Alsup, plan to live on the Jim Baker farm north of Sikeston.
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J. T. Self
Sikeston
Marjorie Lee
Edward Lee
Roy Alsup
Norman Alsup
Self
Loretta Latham
Ross Alsup
Jim Baker
New York Couple Wed by Rev Self in Sikeston Home
Lyman W. Mitchell of Buffalo married Esther E. Krueger of Buffalo in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Self at the Mitchell home on Sikes avenue. Attendants included immediate family and relatives from both sides. The groom, a Sikeston native, works for the International Railway Company of New York and the couple plan to return to New York later in the week.
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Rev. Self
Lyman W. Mitchell
Esther E. Krueger
Buffalo
Mr. Mitchell
C. E. Mitchell
Sikes Avenue
Mrs. Mitchell
Melfred Taylor
Sikestonian
The
International Railway Company of
New York
Miss Freda Lambert and Gene Grant Wed
Mr and Mrs Gene Grant are receiving congratulations at their 609 Tanner street apartment after their Sunday afternoon wedding in St Louis. Rev B L Schubel officiated with Bob Minner and Louise Nienstedt present. Mrs Grant, ex Miss Freda Lambert of Sikeston, works in Southeast Missouri Telephone Co. Mr Grant, son of Elmer Grant, is a Sikeston High School graduate employed with Boyce Farm.
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Gene Grant
Tanner Street
St. Louis
Grant
B. L. Schubel
Shaw Avenue Methodist Church
Bob Minner
McMullin
Louise Nienstedt
Blodgett
Freda Lambert
H. D. Lambert
Sikeston
Sikeston High School
Southeast Missouri Telephone Co
Elmer Grant
Boyce Farm
Sikeston youth to attend colleges across the U S
Dozens of Sikeston students will pursue higher education this fall. Enrollees include Mary Louise Montgomery and Mary Emma Waller at State Teachers College Cape Girardeau, Eleanor Harty and Peggy Donnell at Missouri University, and many others heading to Stephens College, Christian College, Sullins College, Central College Fayette, Westminster College, Sunflower Junior College, Southwestern University, Rollins College, U S Naval Academy, University of Illinois, Moses Brown School, and Cape Girardeau Business School.
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State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
Mary Louise Montgomery
Mary Emma Waller
Helen Vera Dudley
Emily Kendall
Dixie L. Proctor
Mary Helen Wagner
Mary Waldman
Electa Shankle
Ava Louise
Ruby Carrethers
Ancel
Sonny) Waggener
Elwood Taylor
Billy van Arsdale
Bob Montgomery
Paul Bowman Jr
Bill Simmons
W. C. Mulcahy
University of Missouri In
Columbia
Eleanor Harty
Peggy Donnell
Charles Tanner
Charles J. McMullin
Loomis Mayfield Jr
Ben Bowman
Jean Hiriein
G. C. Baker Jr
Bill van Horne
Mary Jane Sikes
Mary Emma Allen
Stephens College
Betty Jo Gross
Christian College
Esther Jane Greer
Sullins College
Bristol
Central College
Fayette
Sikeston
Lois Hahs
Ruth Hollingsworth
Gwendolyn Kirk
Vonda Lea Lufcy
Mary Lou Schroff
Edward Matthews
Westminster College
Fulton
Moore Greer Jr
Sunflower Junior College
Morehead
Bill Galloday
Southwestern University
Memphis
Tenn
Bob Matthews
Rollins College
Winter Park
School Buildings Overcrowded in Sikeston
R A Harper, superintendent, notes rapid Sikeston growth strains Bailey elementary eight-room building with 323 enrolled and 20 pending. South grade shows rise to 490, needing space yet has rooms to absorb overflow. Enrollment per teacher exceeds 40, likely over 45 by Thanksgiving, risking inefficient teaching without redistribution and new facilities.
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Sikeston
Bailey
Board of Education
Public School Teachers To Live In Sikeston For 1940 41
As the 1940 1941 term begins groups of Sikeston teachers move into town residences for the nine month term. High school teachers occupy Moore Greer and Keith apartments while South Grade Bailey and other schools list specific staff and housing arrangements including Moore Greer and Travelstead properties.
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Sikeston
Frances Burch Moore Greer
Helen Campbell
Leo Beckett
Keith Collins
McMullin
John V. Ellison
Keith
Agnes Erley
John O'Hara
Uriel Haw
H. D. Bashore
Edith Lowe
Marian Miller
Moore Greer
Kathleen Newsum
Hazel Weltecke
Orville Nothdurst
Harry Young
Josephine Vieth
E. C Matthews
South Grade School
W. W. Hinchey
J. W. Baker
Leslie Mae Allen
Pauline Meredith
Welter
Wilma Ragains
A. A. Mayfield
Bailey School
Dorothea Miller
June Todd
Thurman Travelstead
Travelstead
Former Sikeston graduate named Essex postmaster
Loy Roberts, a Sikeston High School 1916 graduate and merchant active in Essex and operator of mercantile stores at Canaloa and Gray Ridge, was appointed postmaster at Essex recently after a business visit to Sikeston on Wednesday.
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Loy Roberts
Essex
Canaloa
Gray Ridge
Sikeston
Roberts
Sikeston High School
National Guard Mobilized for One-Year War Duty
President Roosevelt orders 60,000 National Guard members to report September 16 for a year of active duty with the Regular Army. About 242,000 Guardsmen remain, with 220,000 expected after losses. Units in 26 states including Missouri are affected, featuring four divisions and 18 coast artillery regiments. 203d coast artillery from Webb City heads to Fort Barrancas. Guardsmen with dependents get 20 days to resign. those under 18 discharged. employers urged to reinstate returning workers within 40 days.
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National Guard
Roosevelt
War Department
Missouri
Mr and Mrs Cooper Visit Cape Girardeau Friends Sunday
Mr and Mrs Robert L Cooper of Cape Girardeau visited friends and relatives here Sunday afternoon, sharing profile of travel and looking forward to further visits.
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Robert L. Cooper
Cape Girardeau
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Hahs Machine Works
Proseprity Street
Parson
United States
R. A. Harper
Jankay
National Forests
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Sceny
Mis
Souri
the Unemployment Compensation Commission OF Missouri
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