Hospital's Favorite Patient Sent Home
Don Pearson a nine year old boy and son of Ira and Mrs. Pearson left Missouri Delta Hospital after nearly a year of treatment for third degree burns from kerosene fire injuries at his home. Under Dr Throgmorton he endured five skin grafts and gradual mobility recovery while a hospital birthday party on July 9 stood as the high point of his stay.
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Missouri Delta Hospital
Don Pearson
Ira Pearson
Throgmorton
Don
Donald
Van Buren Cave's Big Spring Mystery Explored
Van Buren Missouri reports geologists puzzled by Big Spring in Current River area a source unknown. Cave discovery 1935 reveals 4.5 miles of passages with onyx calcites and radium halos. Caverns linked to former underground river gorge. Civil War legends and Jesse James tales emerge. Electric lights installed two miles west on Highway 60.
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Onyx Caverns
Big Spring
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Quantril
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Community Visitors and Travels Highlight Local News
Numerous families and individuals are visiting relatives and traveling between Missouri towns and states. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cornell en route to Venice California, San Pablo visitors, trips to New Madrid, and trips to Chicago for ailing relatives.
Local residents host visitors from across states
Mr and Mrs Pete McGuire and children from Lilbourn hosted family. Jack Crain and family from Miami Florida visited his mother Flora Crain and sister Hazel. Mona Lee Scott of Sikeston Route visited Marilyn Shippen. Gene Lamins and sister Jeanette Lamins from St Louis area hosted by Mrs Lamins. Bill Gurly Ruth Ann Savage and Dewey Savage with Carl Vaughn family hosted by Thayer residents. Lucille Porter of Cuchee Ti guest of Byron Patterson. Jim Meadows of Evansville Indiana visited local friends. Granville Canady and two grandchildren from Kansas City visited Ben Stewart. Canady is former Dortney Rose of Morehouse. Herman Zschille and two children of Jackson dined with Ben Stewart.
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Walter Cornell
Venice
California
H. A. Steward
San Pablo
Calif
Herschel Gray
Woodrow Bolen
Mississippi River
New Madrid
James Green
Charles Chapman
Chicago
Brenda Sue Lacey
F. W. Klein
St. Louis
Claude Hunt
Larry
Carl Laumus
W. F. Epperson
Dyersburg
Tennessee
Donaldson Cook
Ruth Chaney
Sikeston
Harold Halley
Oran
Sherman Cambron
George Braggs
Betty
Poplar Bluff
Inez Green
Geraldine Gray
Harris
Washington
Paul Sheward
Jack Williams
Korea
Huey Williams
Jerry
Joe
Jewel Foster
Missour Delta Community Hospital
Leland Love
Hartzell
EB. F. Love
Hank Savage
Griffin
Georgia
Dewey Savage
Skeston
Clarence Savage
Navy
Charley Ford
Flint
Mica
W. H. Ford
Jack Taylor
Harold Richey
Ferrell Etheridge
Pete McGuire
Lilbourn
Jack Crain
Miami
Florida
Flora Crain
Hazel
Mona Lee Scott
Marilyn Shipn
Gene Lamins
Jeanette Lamins
Bill Gurly
Ruth Ann
Wonnie
Carl Vaughn
Thayer, Mo
Lucille Porter
Cuche
Byron Patterson
Jim Meadows
Evansville
Indiana
Granville Canady
Kansas City
Ben Stewart
Canady
Dortney Rose
Morehouse
Herman Zschille
Jackson
New Employees and Updates in Division 10 Sikeston
O W Bollinger joined the state highway department as a two up team patrolman in Division 10 Sikeston on August 1 1927. He was promoted to patrolman November 1 1932 and to maintenance man January 1 1946. Four new employees joined recently Maurice Craig James Wood A F Batchelor and Elza Wazu Scott. A move transfers Paul F Bergman from Division 4 to Division 10.
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State Highway Department
Sikeston
Maurice Craig
James Wood
A. F. Batchelor
Elza Wazuscott
Paul F. Bergman
Delightful Sweet Peppers And A Moses Austin Grave
Green peppers are at their peak and provide substantial vitamin C and A. Ruth O Dennis notes peppers are economical for summer meals and should be refrigerated after washing. The text also mentions the grave of Moses Austin near an State Highway in Potosi Missouri, highlighting his pioneering mining interests.
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Ruth O "Dennis
Moses Austin
Stephen Austin
Austin, Tex
Potosi
Austin
Missouri Covered Bridge Near Hillsboro Narrowly Noted
One of Missouri’s nine surviving covered bridges lies a few miles north of Hillsboro and is highlighted as a notable historic structure in the region.
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Missouri
Hillsboro, Mo
CHECK CHILD S HEALTH BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS
Starting school for the first time is an important step toward growing up. Some children take this step easily, others find it very hard. Those who begin school in the very best health possible do better school work than those with physical or emotional handicaps. Regular examinations by family doctors and dentists prevent many problems and help children develop physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
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Health Department
Henry County Named for Patrick Henry
Henry County in Missouri carries the name of eminent American Patrick Henry, recognizing his influence in the nation’s early history.
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Henry County
Missouri
Patrick Henry
Sikeston Council OKs Matthews Avenue Paving Plan 1952
The Sikeston City Council declares the Matthews Avenue paving project necessary from Johnson Avenue to Maple Avenue. The plan calls for removing the earth road and laying a five inch concrete surface with lip curb and gutter. Costs will be borne by benefiting property owners as a special assessment, with plans in Ordinance 2066 and published in two weekly Sikeston Herald editions.
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Johnson Avenue
South Main Street
Maple Avenue
Sikeston
Missouri
City OF
State OF Missouri
General Revenue Fund
Sikeston Herald
A. C. Barrett
Joe Cravens
Racing meet to headline Southeast Missouri District Fair
Starter Al Sweeney presents the checkered flag to the winner in Des Moines style as a large field of cars and drivers from Iowa and Missouri tracks prepares for the 1952 Southeast Missouri District Fair feature in Cape Girardeau. Time trials start at 1 30 p.m. and six races follow at 2 30 p.m.
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al Sweeney
IMCA
Des Moines
Iowa
Cape Girardeau
T-4-L Promises Quick Relief for Athlete's Foot
An ad claims T-4-L cures athlete's foot by peeling outer skin to expose fungi and kill it on contact. It offers instant drying and a 40 cent refund if not satisfied within one hour at White's Drug Store.
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White’s
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