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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
3
The New Madrid County Library headquarters relocates to 206 Main Street New Madrid with complete redecorating and built in shelves to accommodate the collection.
Nation-Wide Roll Call Information was sent to Cubmasters Scoutmasters and senior leaders. During the last week in September a district official will call on each unit to inspect their program equipment and uniforma tion of 3241 books. The headquarters will serve as a work room and bookmobile service will reach county areas. John Downing of Gideon was named to the County Library Board for a four year term replacing James Meredith whose term expired in June. Exceptional values in mirrors and pictures LAIRS Herald Want Ads get results.
Enrollment at State University in Columbia is expected to reach about 9 500 this fall with fall registration at 6 559 by August 26 per Dr C W McLane admissions director The total next year will be about 1 500 below last year due to 3 000 graduates and a similar drop in veteran men enrollments Women enrollments are rising and would be higher if housing were available Prospective students with families face the same housing constraint
Henry E. Johnson of Bollinger County marks a 25 year career with the Missouri Highway Department starting as a truck patrolman at Division 10 Sikeston on August 12, 1924. Promoted to patrolman May 1, 1940 and to maintenance man January 1, 1946, he now serves on a farm near Patton Junction and is regarded as dependable and efficient.
Missouri reports 6 438 000 acres under organized forest protection in 1948 an increase of 14 000 acres from 1947 yet more than 5 000 000 acres still require intensive protection the finding of a survey by American Forest Products Industries a nonprofit group backed by lumber pulp and paper and plywood firms The Keep Green program is highlighted as a nationwide effort to educate the public on forest fire prevention and safeguard future timber supply through industry public and private cooperation
O B Evenson, assistant program director from the New York office, will train district leaders in new techniques September 12 13 in Southeast Missouri. A September 12 meeting at Dexter High School trains leaders in roundtable developments and age changes Cubs eight Scouts eleven Explorers fourteen.
A travel diary notes a Sunday journey through Ohio and Pennsylvania by a Texas Eastern gas line crew. It recalls passing near Lebanon and Wind Ridge, claiming 250000 miles of pipe route the nation, and arriving at Philadelphia to work at a large gas plant supplying a consumer.
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