Henry Meldrum Post Named for Sikeston Soldier
Thirty years ago this week Sikeston formed an American Legion post with W H Sikes as first commander. Other officers included Elbert Meldrum as vice commander Carson Wilkey adjutant Ray Hudson finance officer Marvin McMullin historian and Rev Cypress Mitchell chaplain. A committee led by C L Malone sought new members and Harry Blanton was named delegate to the State convention. The post was named in memory of Henry Meldrum of Sikeston who died of wounds received in France the previous year.
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American Legion
Sikeston
W H. Sikes
Elbert Meldrum
Carson Wilkey
Ray Hudson
Marvin McMullin
Cypress Mitchell
C. L. Malone
Harry Blanton
Henry Meldrum
France
Utilities sold in southeast Missouri for three million dollars
Twenty five years ago on September 25 1924 Union Electric Light and Power Company properties in twenty Southeast Missouri towns were sold to Community Light and Power Company for a reported sum of 3 000 000. Public school opened at Canaloa in a new building recently completed there. J H Galeener advertised a million loads of wood to be given away to those who would gather it on his lands near Tanner.
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Union Electric Light and Power Company
Missouri
Community Light and Power Company
Canaloa
J. H. Galeener
Tanner
Sikeston Notes From Sept 26 1929 Twenty Years Ago
U S Senate confirmed W E Hollingsworth as Sikeston postmaster. A lion in a show wagon roared at itself on a downtown street. Elmer Grant yielded 847 bushels of soybeans on 27 acres at C F McMullin Estate north of Sikeston. Miss Southeast Missouri crown won by Miss Mayme Shelby of Charleston with 15000 in attendance. Mr and Mrs T F Baker and family moved to Malden, Dunklin Seed bought. New homes begun for several families and Coca Cola plant near completion. Rev Joseph P Reid of Covington Indiana became pastor of the Christian church.
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W E. Hollingsworth
U. S. Senate
Sikeston
Elmer Grant
C. F. McMullin
Sikestton
C. D. Matthews Jr
Bankers
San Francisco
Missouri
Mayme Shelby
Charleston
T. F. Baker
Malden
Dunklin Seed and Grain Company
O. C. Lewis
L. R. Lewis
Frank Heller
Ray Ahuddell
Wm. Thompson
Joseph P. Reid
Covington, Ind
The
Christian Church
Sikeston News Highlights Local Events and honors
Harry J. Kirk organizes a credit agency for Sikeston. Billy Foley hosts an eleven guest stag party. Mrs Paul Higgins hosts Mack Higgins on his birthday. Sikeston’s gins produced 1842 bales of cotton from the 1934 crop. The Southeast Missouri Jubilee returns with The Sikeston Herald cited by the US Treasury for war loan ads. Miss Wilda Lesler and Miss Mary Lou Swanagan earn Tennessee all star softball spots. Rose Mary Putnam becomes State College senior class president. Lewis Sales Co buys a Kingshighway building north of Missouri Pacific.
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Harry J. Kirk
Sikeston
Billy Foley
Joe Dye
Frank Stevens
Tommy Roberts
Bobbie and
Peter Burns
Lowell Greer
Billy Anderson
Harold T. Lindley
Miller Moll
Don Phillips
Ed Dan Renner
Paul Higgins
Mack Higgins
Sikeston Herald
United States Treasury Department
Herald
Wilda Lesler
Canada
Mary Lou Swanagan
Humko
Memphis
Rose Mary Putnam
State College
Cape Girardeau
L. A
O. C. Lewis
Lewis Sales Company
Kingshighway
Missouri Pacific
Sikeston business moves and civic actions noted
Clay Mitchell and sons bought the C L Malone insurance agency. Acting on orders of Federal Judge Rubey M Hulen a deputy U S marshal seized the poll books for Sikeston Ward Two for the August primary. Final inspection of Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston by Commonwealth Trust of New York. Ten factories of the International Shoe Company adopt four day weeks. The Semo Bus Company ceases operations, replaced by Semo Coaches run by new owners.
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Rubey M. Hulen
United States
Sikeston
Delta Community Hospital
Commonwealth Trust of
New York City
International Shoe Company
Semo Bus Company
Semo Coaches
Champion Home Economics Club Organizes Meeting
The Champion Home Economics Extension Club organized on Tuesday afternoon September 27 at Mrs. Ray Mainord's home in Sikeston. Officers elected include Mrs. Mainord president, Mrs. J L Acord vice president, Mrs. John Maddox secretary, Mrs. L L Mainard parliamentarian and reporter, Mrs. Olen Stobaugh song leader, and Mrs. J E Carter game leader. Next meeting set for October 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Mrs. Acord's. Citizens nearby Champion Lane urged to join.
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Champion Home Economics Extension Club
Ray Mainord
Route 3
Sikeston
Mainord
J. L. Acord
John Maddox
L. L. Mainard
Olen Stobaugh
J. E. Carter
Continental Blue Seal Hospital Plan Opens In County
Local administrators announced the Continental Blue Seal hospital and surgical plan begins enrollments today at a Public Works Building site. W. A. Myers said the community plan offers low cost protection for individuals and families with cash payments toward hospital expenses and surgical operations. G. R. Casebeer and Arthur Egger assist as Home Office supervisors to install the plan and ensure prompt cash payments to members.
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New County
Continental
Public Works
Missouri
W. A. Myers
Mr. Myers
G. R. Casebeer
Arthur Egger
Home Office
Insurance guarantee by Continental Casualty Company of Chicago
The text states that all benefits are guaranteed by one of the nation's largest insurance institutions, the Continental Casualty Company of Chicago. It emphasizes the reliability and strength of the insurer backing the benefits.
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Continental Casualty Company of
Chicago
Funeral Yesterday for Baby Butler
Infant Fred Leonard Butler Jr. died two days after birth at Delta Community Hospital SikesTon. Funeral held 1:30 PM at Pentecostal Church Morehouse with Rev. Andy Kerr officiating. Burial in East Prairie Cemetery with Welsh service. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Butler and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Z. E. Butler and Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Adams, all of Morehouse.
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Fred Leonard Butler Jr
Fred L. Butler
Morehouse
Delta Community Hospital
Sikeston
Pentecostal Church
Andy Kerr
East Prairie
Z. E. Butler
Tobe Adams
Matthews Child Dies in Matthews at 15 Months
Linda Gates, 15 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Gates of Route One Matthews, died of pneumonia Tuesday at Delta Community Hospital Sikeston. Funeral held yesterday at 2 pm at the family home, Rev Bynum officiating. Interment in Matthews Cemetery. Survived by parents two sisters Mary Sue Melba Lou and two brothers Charles Ray Kenneth Kaye, paternal grandparents Jim Gates Pocahontas Ark and maternal grandmother Effie Nance Matthews. Pretty bridge lamps only 6 95. LAIR'S.
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Linda Gates
Ernest Gates
Route One
Matthews
Delta Community Hospital
Sikestton
Bynum
Matthews Cemetery
Albritton
Mary Sue
Melba Lou
Charles Ray
Kenneth Kaye
Jim Gates
Pocahontas, Ark
Effie Nance
Atomic rays may increase corn yield in Brookhaven test
The United States Atomic Energy Commission conducts experiments on a 6000 acre tract at Brookhaven New York to study effects of atomic radiation on corn growth. Researchers consider chest high stalks potentially yielding more grain than standard fourteen feet stalks, aiming to boost output.
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United States Atomic Energy Commission
Brookhaven
N. Y
Hart's salesmen meet at Paducah Colonial Club
A Hart's Bakery meeting for bread salesmen and supervisors from Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, and Paducah departments was held at the Colonial Club in Paducah Kentucky last Sunday. A business session preceded a dinner.
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Hart's Bakery
Colonial Club
Paducah
Sikeston
Poplar Bluff
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Southeast Missouri
Mohandas K Gandhi
Rebecca Felton
Italy
Ethiopis
Antioch
Brazil
Portland Cement Association Syndicate Trust
Lewis
Clay Mitchell and Sons
C. L. Malone Insurance Agency
U. S
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
Lair’s
William Driver
Salem
Mass
Baby Butler
Allard-Matthews Insurance Agency
Center St
Hart
Lewis Sales Company Telephone
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