Sikeston Gets New Hospital Infirmary converted on West Gladys and New streets to serve air school staff and cadets.
Sikeston moves to secure a local hospital by transforming J A Sutterfield residence into a district infirmary after a June vote authorized a $20,000 bond. The facility will house more than twenty beds with an operating room, maternity ward, and X ray room, funded by city water and power support, cadet charges, and government subsidies. Oliver L. Parks pledges $100 per month plus cadet rates, aiming for self sufficiency. The site selection involved city officials and medical staff, with potential future expansion around the present building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Poplar Bluff
Cairo
St. Louis
Memphis
J. A. Sutterfield
West Gladys
New Streets
John A. Young
Oliver L. Parks
Ait School
Air School
W. H. Tanner
Sutterfield
Gladys Street
New
G. W. H. Presnell
Jos. L. Matthews
E P. Coleman Jr
H. L. Harty
H. M. Kendig
C. McClure
Sikeston Welcomes New Air School and Hospital Opening
A landmark week for Sikeston as the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics opens alongside the Sikeston General Hospital. The air school, approved by the War Department and directed by local and qualified staff, inaugurates training for aviators, while the hospital welcomes its first patients. Community leaders and residents supplied funds and support to realize both institutions.
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Sikeston
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sikeston General Hospita
United States War Department
Asl
Parks
Crowded Sikeston Schools Spur New Building Plans
Sikeston public schools face severe overcrowding as population grows. Superintendent Harper notes the Ralph E Bailey school remains insufficient and urges a new grade school in the southeast. The Herald supports a small Lillian A Smith addition for first and second graders and notes a future colored school, all requiring taxpayer funding.
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Sikeston
Ralph E Bailey
Board of Education
Herald
Lillian A. Smith
New Air School Inaugural Edition Credits
The Herald credits Clint H. Denman Jr. as youngest editor and thanks Mr. Parks and the air school leaders, builders, and staff for cooperation in preparing the edition with pictures and data.
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The
Herald
Clint H. Denman Jr
Parks
New Air School
Sikeston Chamber weighs hospital plan Sikeston General Hospital
Twenty years ago in Sikeston the Chamber of Commerce planned a possible hospital called Sikeston General Hospital at a regular meeting next Monday. Other items note C D Matthews Jr family trip to St Louis and a local student Dorothy Lillard moving in to study at Sikeston High School.
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Sikeston Chamber of Commerce
Sikeston
Sikeston General Hospital
War Secretary Hurley Inspects Mississippi New Madrid Flood Projects
Secretary of War Patrick Hurley and War Department officials visit flood control works under way in Mississippi and New Madrid counties. Also noted is the month’s high temperature of 102 degrees and Sikeston public schools enrollment reaching 1112 with 492 in high school and 620 in the first five grades.
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Patrick Hurley
The
War Department
Mississippi
New Madrid
Sikeston Public Schools
Planters Gin Receives First Cotton Load of Season
Five years ago on September 12, 1935 W R Binford delivered the first cotton load of the season to the Planters' Gin weighing 1350 pounds. Plans called for Malone Theater reopening October 1 though completion was not yet certain. Huey Long, a dominant force in Louisiana politics, was shot and killed in Baton Rouge at the State Capitol he had built as governor.
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W R. Binford
Malone
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
Baton Rouge
State Capitol
Softball Tournament Set at Lilbourn High School Field
The first high school softball tournament in New Madrid county starts Monday at Lilbourn High School athletic field and runs through Friday. Participants include Marston Lillybourn, Kewanee, Gideon, Risco, Parma, Morehouse, Canalou, New Madrid and Matthews. Portageville cannot compete due to a conflicting football schedule. Trophies awarded to first, second and third place teams.
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New Madrid County
Lilbourn
Lynn M. Twitty
Marston
Kewanee
Gideon
Risco
Parma
Morehouse
Canalou
New Madrid
Matthews
Portageville
New Madrid County High School Association
Tucker Released From Bluff Hospital
Wade Tucker, New Madrid county farm organizer, has been released from Brandon Hospital in Poplar Bluff where he had been since July 20, suffering from bullet wounds. He was shot after a speech at Peach Orchard in Pemiscot County. Jesse Byrd, merchant there, is free on bond awaiting trial on charges of assault with intent to kill.
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Wade Tucker
New Madrid
Brandon Hospital
Poplar Bluff
Tucker
Peach Orchard
Pemiscot County
Jesse Byrd
Justice Court
Swacker Brothers Move Between Schools In Missouri
Bul Swacker, son of Mr and Mrs A W Swacker, enrolled at Beaumont high school in St Louis. His brother Art, senior at Sikeston high school, will complete studies here. The Swackers plan to leave Sikeston in coming months. The board of education rejects a horse show on the school football field citing safety concerns for bulldogs on the grounds.
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Bul Swacker
A. W. Swacker
Beaumont High School
St. Louis
Art
Sikeston High School
Board of Education
First bale of cotton ginned in New Madrid county
Above 18 shows the season’s first bale ginned and baled in New Madrid county. The owner set it as a stake in a Willkie presidential wager, with no takers when the photo was taken. The Walter Richardson Gin Co at Marston conducted the ginning and baling.
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New Madrid
Walter Richards
Giro Matos
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Walter Richardson Gin Co
Marston
New Arrivals Born to Families Around Sikeston Area
A series of newborns is reported in the Sikeston region with births occurring between September 7 and September 11. Families named include Pratt in Sikeston, Pitman in Sikeston, Chartrau on Moore Avenue, Latham in Sikeston, Spitzer near Bertrand, Romine near Sikeston, Young near Matthews, and Clayton near Matthews.
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Larry Eugene
Ed Pratt
Near Sikeston
Raybourn Pitman
Sikeston
Doyne Chartrau
Doyne Lewis
Moore Avenue
Eugene Latham
Jo Ann
Albert Spitzer
Near
Bertrand
Charles Henry Jr
C. H. Romine
James Young
Near Matthews
Charles Harrison Clayton
Monroe McIntyre
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Levi Jones
William Thomas
Richard Parden
Shelby Jean McVay
Will C McVay
Clint Lt. Denman
Ward Denman
Malone Avenue
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Scott
Adjomining Counties
Mussouri
Harper
Sikeston Herald
C. D Matthews Jr
Buddy
Dorothy Lillard
Columbus, Ky
F. W. van Horne
Wilbur Ensor
St Louis
Frank van Horne
Ed Hollingsworth
Waco
Texas
Southeast Missouri
Missouri
Warsaw
Germany
Bluff Hospital
U.S. Highwa
Maxwell House
Lush
Ohio Valley
O. K
Brooks
Illinois
van Camps
Peter Pan
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