Jubilee Plans Are Completed for Southeast Missouri Jubilee
Jubilee organizers report progress on the third Southeast Missouri Jubilee with amateur entertainment lacking a sponsor. Aiming to raise about 2600 to 2800, finances rely on booth rentals, rides, and dances while 500 youth have signed for the massed band concert. The Kiwanis Club coordinates floats and queens as July activities include a grand parade, queen pageant, and Jubilee ball.
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Southeast Missouri
Murray Phillips
Jubilee
H. G. Sharp
Lions Club
The
Herald
R. A. Harper
Sikeston General Hospital Reaches Full Operation
Sikeston General Hospital is in full operation this week with the sterilizer last major piece received Tuesday. Dr M G Anderson is on duty this week and will be relieved by Dr Howard Dunaway next week. City physicians will serve weekly on call in alphabetical rotation. Patients admitted include Frank Newman, Canalea. Mrs Paul Bradley, Kewanee. Wanda Stallions, Sikeston.
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Sikeston General Hospital
M. G. Anderson
Howard Dunaway
Frank Newman
Canalea
Paul Bradley
Kewanee
Wanda Stallions
Sikeston
Lions Club Dance Set for October 31 at Armory
Sikeston Lions club schedules a barn dance at the armory to fund the annual Christmas program for underprivileged children. President Wm. Woehlecke led a noon meeting at Hudson's Cafe with 33 members present. details to follow.
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Sikeston Lions Club
Armory
Wm. Woehlecke
Hudson’s Cafe
Kroger Employees to Carbondale Meeting
Employees of three Sikeston Kroger stores traveled to Carbondale Til for a branch meeting. Attending were Mr and Mrs Truman Bennett Mr and Mrs Charles Stearns and their sons Billy and Bobby Mr and Mrs Dale Green E F Mouser Carl Banks Wallace Floyd Hinkle Bernard Cockrel Russell Potts Leslie Seabaugh and Leroy Green.
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Sikeston Kroger
Carbondale
Til
Kroger
Truman Bennett
Charles Stearns and Sons
Billy and
Bobby
Dale Green
E. F. Mouser
Carl Banks Wallace
Floyd Hinkle
Bernard Cockrel
Russell Potts
Leslie Seabaugh
Leroy Green
Good Rain Bad Cotton Picking Good Rain In Sikeston District
After two days of rain delaying cotton harvest in Sikeston the district's gins mills and warehouses report slow progress. Now 290 bales ginned this morning vs 3000 last year, with pickers paid 75 cents per hundred pounds as optimism rising for a strong finish with expected warm sun and full labor.
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Sikeston
Sikeston Compress and Warehouse Company
Weather pattern shifts as warmth returns after rain
The forecast calls for warmer weather tomorrow while the region still needs blankets and winter clothing for the rest of the week. Rain totaling 1.68 inches boosted moisture farmers had long needed. The week peaked at 99 degrees twice, staying above 90 until a drop began Tuesday night. A low of 43 degrees was recorded yesterday.
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The
Mercury
Sikeston Draft Quota Sets 28 Men for City
Sikeston will draft about 28 men for a one year term under the new peacetime law. Officials estimate 14 percent of the population aged 21 to 35, divided by 40, yields the local quota. Nationwide, 16.5 million men will register October 16 with draft boards in all states classifying registrants.
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Sikeston
Congress
Roosevelt
Scott County Prepares for Military Draft
County Clerk H C Watkins Jr notes cooperation from election judges and clerks in Scott county for October 16 draft registration of men 21 to 36. Ninety percent response rate: 49 replies from 250 letters. four unavailable. Draft boards will include three county officers, one Federal officer, and a physician, with a supply board of three lawyers, two doctors, and a dentist.
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H. C. Watkins Jr
Scott County
Watkins
Means
Missouri
Jaycees to Entertain Softball Teams at Fish Fry
Managers of the summer softball season teams sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce will be guests of the Jaycees at a fish fry to be held at Ted Bennetts park Tuesday night Oct 1.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ted Bennett's Park
Motorists Blink At Sporadic Sikeston Traffic Lights
Sikeston traffic signals failed repeatedly over the past week as the timer mechanism malfunctioned. Charles Moose, head of the city light plant, jokes about selling them while city electricians seek a fix, leaving drivers anxious at major crossings.
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Sikeston
Charles Moose
Guardsmen Called to Active Duty in Missouri Unit
Members of Company K Sikeston Missouri National Guard prepare to quit jobs on November 23 and serve a year on active duty. The 140th Infantry of the 35th Division will train at Camp Robinson Arkansas. The call affects about 37 000 guardsmen nationwide announced by Secretary Stimson. Major General Ralph E. Truman commands the division. The Sikeston based officers and staff list details of personnel including Captain Wade Shankle and several lieutenants and sergeants with numerous private soldiers named. Five more recruits will be added before mobilization.
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Sikeston
Missouri National Guard
United States
140Th
35Th
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Nebraska
Kansas
National Guard
War Stimson
Ralph E. Truman
Kansas City
31St
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Missouri
Texas
Camp Blanding
Fla
Brownwood
140Th Infantry
Harry E. Dudley
Charleston
West Plains
Cape Girardeau
Chaffee
Marston
Steele
Caruthersville
Hayti
Farmington
Bloomfield
Kennett
Poplar Bluff
Bernie
Dexter
Festus
Col
Dudley
Ralph Love
W. E. G. Graham
Tanner C. Dye
Francis Pfeffer
Sigt. Harrison Taylor
Wade Shankle
Carl C. Wilkinson
Lawrence Adams
George Staley
Robert E. Atkison
Carl Campbell
George T. Johnson
Vernon S. Sherry
Schuyler E. Reed
James E. Sturgeon
Herschel Terrell
Louis Tippy
Jack Shelby
Cororal
Melford Taylor
Taylor
Patrick Adams
Clarence D. Cline
Vance Engram
Dale Enterline
John Gilbert
Elmer J. Matthews
Woodrow McKinley
Orville Nickell
Lewis J. Marshall
Alfred Andres
James Beal
James
Robert Lee
John Lett
Maurice Minner
Bill Mosley
Eugene Myers
Willis Norman
Beverly Ralph
Raymond Roberson
Elden Smith
Robert Stallings
Emmanuel Taylor
Roland Troxell
Robert Wright
Marshall Young
Roy Kinder
Ferrell Miller
Virgil Owens
Matthew Lewis
Wm. Barber
Merrill McKinney
Gladys C. Miller
Thomas Neary
Shannon Carter
Wm. Brooks
Charles Johnson
Ward
Air College Restricts Visitors Near Sikeston School
Officials at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics restrict visitors to the Sikeston air school hangar flight line and surrounding areas unless they carry signed permits. The move follows a fire at the nearby Tuscaloosa Alabama Institute of Aeronautics hangar that destroyed four planes, with thirty more saved, heightening fire and sabotage concerns amid inflamable materials.
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Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Air School
Sikeston
Army
Alabama Institute of Aeronautics
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sikeston Air School
District Conference Officials Elected for Southeast Missouri
The Southeast Missouri Conference of high school athletic directors elected new officers. T. E. Stallings of Sikeston high school became vice-president, R. A. Lynch of Dexter will preside, and Thurston Hill of Dexter was named secretary treasurer. About 30 officials attended. Retiring officers include Russell Hawkins of Jackson as president, Metz Cherry of Kennett as vice-president, and Mark Scully of Jackson as secretary-treasurer. A separate fall rules interpretation meeting drew fifteen coaches and officials.
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Southeast Missouri Conference of
T. E. Stallings
Sikeston High School
R. A. Lynch
Dexter
Thurston Hill
Russell Hawkins
Jackson
Metz Cherry
Kennett
Mark Scully
Local Masonic Lodge Attends Missouri Grand Lodge Meet
J. H. Hayden Jr., worshipful master of the local lodge, returned from St. Louis where he attended the 120th annual Grand Lodge session of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri. Grand Master Karl M. Veisburg and Grand Chaplain Rabbi Samuel Thurman officiated opening ceremonies Monday with more than 1200 delegates statewide.
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J. H. Hayden Jr
Masonic Lodge
St. Louis
Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted
Missouri
Karl M. Veisburg
Samuel Thurman
Fuchs Family Seek Medical Treatment in St Louis
Mr and Mrs N E E Fuchs are in St Louis this week for medical treatment. Their daughter in law Mrs Edward Fuchs is with them and expects to return home Sunday.
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N. EE. Fuchs
St. Louis
Edward Fuchs
Fresh supply of car license plates arrives at bureau
Prospective buyers faced shortages yesterday as the Lair Mattingly station sold the last plates at ten. A shipment of 600 plates arrived this morning ensuring adequate stock. Current six month license price stands. after October 1 a year’s license can be secured for a quarter of the yearly price. Through the year 12,500 licenses have been sold, a record for the district.
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Lair-Mattingly
Mr and Mrs J F Harrison to move to Cairo Tl then Florida
Mr and Mrs J F Harrison plan to depart early next week for their former home in Cairo Tl. Mr Harrison anticipates relocating to Florida this winter to work for the government, continuing his service there.
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J. F. Harrison
Cairo
Harrison
Florida
Government
Scout Leaders Plan Expanded Program
Dr W W Parker president of State College Cape Girardeau and district Boy Scouts chairman led a meeting at Hudson's Cafe with Glen R Nordyke as main speaker. Plan to start about 20 new troops and 6 or more cub packs next year with district training for leaders. Attendees included Jesse Downs J M Cullison Marshall Craig E D Burnett A D Rhodes Caruthersville Parker Chase Cagge Strunk EB Rudert Ben Schrader Royals Jett Hoxie Clay Newton Chase LeWallen Chaffee Hartford Robinson Dempster Butler Ensor Bailey Nootz Kirk Schwelger and Bartley Schwelger Sikeston.
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W. W. Parker
State College
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri
Glen R. Nordyke
Kansas City
Jesse Downs
J. M. Cullison
Marshall Craig
E. D. Burnett
Charleston
A. D. Rhodes
Caruthersville
Frank M. Chase
W. A. Cagge
L. H. Strunk
EB. J. Rudert
Ben Schrader
Eugene H. Royals
W. R. Jett
D. A. Hoxie
H. S. Clay
Newton Chase
Poplar Bluff
Fred Lewallen
Chaffee
W. Edwin Hartford
J. EB. Robinson
R. A. Dempster
Charles H. Butler
W. W. Ensor
John Bailey
Harold Nootz
George W. Kirk
Bartley R. Schwelger
Sikeston
August circuit court to conclude with routine session
The August term of Scott county circuit court will conclude Monday with final clean-up operations. Judge Frank Kelly will rule on civil cases previously submitted. The Steck murder case against Alvie Steck, charged in the Haw murder, is set for that date but no trial will be held, and a change of venue is expected. No jury will be called. the session is expected to be brief.
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Scott County Circuit Court
Frank Kelly
Alvie Steck
A. P. Haw
Benton
Fall From Hay Truck Kills Blodgett Laborer
J Arnold Brooks 26, a Blodgett farm laborer, died after a hay truck he rode on toppled under a tree on a country road near Blodgett. Coroner Trickey ruled death not definite and possible skull fracture or broken back. no formal jury inquiry. Brooks survived by his mother and siblings.
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Blodgett
J. Arnold Brooks
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Giarardeau
E. R. Trickey
Brooks
Fred Withrow
Withrow
J. F. Nunnellee
Scott County
David Lynn
New Arrivals Include Five Newborns in Southeast Missouri
Clay LaValle Jr born Sept 19 at Southeast Missouri Hospital to Mr and Mrs C L Sharp. John Irvine born Sept 18 to Mr and Mrs Laurance Knepper. Mr and Mrs Joe Surratt near Essex parent of a son born Sept 23. Mr and Mrs James Tyler of Sikeston parent of son William born Sept 22. Carmelita daughter born Sept 22 to Mr and Mrs Rufus Cherry near Sikeston.
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Clay LaValle Jr
C. L. Sharp
Southeast Missouri Hospital
John Irvine
Laurance Knepper
Joe Surratt
Near Essex
James Tyler
Sikeston
William
Carmelita
Rufus Cherry
SiKeston Markets Grain and poultry prices listed
Market prices for Sikeston show Wheat No 2 at per bushel Tc, Corn white No 2 at .60 per bushel, Corn yellow No 2 at per bushel, Hens at per pound, Ile fryers heavy at per pound, Leghorn fryers per pound, Leghorn hens per pound, Old roosters per pound with small price figures noted.
Sikeston Adopts Three-District Zoning Ordinance
The Sikeston city council, at a special meeting, enacted a three district zoning plan dividing the town into residential, business and industrial zones with specific building, height and use restrictions. It bans renting Negro occupants outside Sunset Additions, limits ownership by race, and preserves three city parks from development. The 17 page ordinance requires plats, scale drawings, and signed use statements for permits.
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Sikeston
Sunset Addition
Sunset Second
Missouri
United States
Legion Square
Railroad Park
Malone Park
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Kiwanis Club
Jubilee Committee
Sikeston Hospital
Jaycees
Air College
Tuscaloosa School
Scout Leaders Plan
Sikeston Markets
Council
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