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a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a and a tor flame stabbed notion. He heard roar and his stom: er of woor his her fear jolting KEPUBLICAN CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI, Thursday, August 13, 1953 THE APPLE OF HIS EYE I CAN AN I Methodist "Festival Of Faith" To Open Sunday, August 16 The Methodist "Festival of Faith, sponsored by the Eastwood Memorial Methodist Church in Caruthersville, in a big tent in the church yard, will open August 16 and run through August. 30, will have as its evangelist Rev. Floyd V. Brower, pastor.

Rev. Brower is a native of Willard, Missouri, near Springfield. After attending the country school at Clear Creek, then at Bois D'Are, and Springfield High School, he attended Draughon's Business College. During World War the SATC, he attended State Teachers College at Springfield, Mo. After he had been out of school for six years, he entered College in 1923.

During this time he married Miss Catherine Arnold of Springfield, and just before entering school at Central, a daughter was born. Mr. Brower received his A. B. degree from Central College in 1926, and his A.

M. degree from Southern Methodist University in 1927, and his B. D. Degree in 1929. Upon graduation, he was appointed at Malden, Missouri.

Before that first year was out, the Board of Finance of the M. E. Church, South, asked him to take over their land and land investments in Southeast Missouri as Assistant Secretary of the Beard of Finance of the M. E. Church, South.

This was his assignment until land prices up and all the land was liquidated." During that time, Mr. was teaching preaching, working, and with youth in summer camps preaching on the streets. Just before completing the land sales, he was appointed pastor of the Eastwood Memorial Methodist Church in October, 1940, where he remained until August, 1942, when he served as Chaplain in the U.S. Army for 47 months-27 of them spent on army transports in the Atlantic and Pacific. When the was over, Mr.

Brower returned his pastorate in Caruthersville. Since his return, Rev. Brower and the other pastors of the county ish have worked out a attracted County Par- plan, which has nation-wide attention to what is being done in our own Pemiscot County. Mr. Brower goes to various parts of the United States to address conferences "and councils on the work of Town and Country Ministers.

Through the fine Christian leadership of Rev. Brower and his helpers, Colin Bray and Doyne Michie, this meeting is expected to be indeed a "Festival of Faith." FILM DIPICTING HISTORY OF FORD COMPANY SHOWN TO KIWANIS CLUB Members of the Kiwanis Club viewed a film made by the Ford Motor Company in connection with their 50th anniversary of the founding of the Ford Company and found it very interesting and informative. The film was shown through the courtesy of E. C. Gilmore of the VanAusdall-Gilmore Motor Co.

The film early scenes of Henry Ford, first gas buggy, showed, his first workshop, early scenes from his plant, progressive models of his car and changes in the methods of making cars, all of which was very interesting. Some of the scenes of early cars and particularly of early roads, brought back memories of days "that were" to many of the older members who remember both the early cars and roads of those days. Thu Funeral Rites Today For Hosa Wilson Ark-Mo Manager Here Funeral services will be held this, Thursday, afternoon at 2 o'clock for Hosa Wilson, 50, office mannager of the Caruthersville office of Arkansas-Missouri Power Company. The services will be held at the First Baptist Church in this city, with the Rev. Samuel G.

Shepard, pastor, conducting the services. Mr. Wilson had been in ill health for the past two years, but his condition showed considerable improvement last winter and he was able to resume a near normal schedule at the office and resume attendance at the Kiwanis Club in which he had been an active ber until ill health had forced him to take a leave of absence. He was admitted to the Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital, Hayti, as a patient Sunday, suffering from a heart ailment. He died Tuesday.

Mr. Wilson was born February 4, 1903, at Locust Grove, the of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wilson.

He was educated in the public schools at Batesville, and completed high school in that city. He was united in marriage on October 4, 1929, to Miss Bonnie Schultz of Monette, and to this union was born two sons, Hosa Woodrow Wilson, now married and living in this city, and Gary Lee Wilson, 20, who lives at home. In 1927 and 1928 Mr. Wilson was employed by the Arkansas Power and Light Company at Pine Bluff and also at Little Rock, Ark. He was employed by the Arkansas.

Missouri Power Company from 1929 to 1933. Then after an intermission of two years he returned to work with the Arkansas. Missouri Power Company in April, 1935, and has remained with them since. He was located in Kennett, as District Sales Supervisor until December, 1939, when he was transferred to Caruthersville, continuing, the promoted same to work. Local In Man- 1944 HOSA WILSON ager of the Caruthersville office, and served in that capacity until his death.

He was a member of the Baptist Church and attended church and took part in its activities until ill health forced him to curtail all activities. He was a member of the Caruthersville Kiwanis Club and took an active part in the youth work of this organization, serving on the Boys' and Girls' Committee and as chairman of the Key Club interest, even he, after his sons committee in which took an achad completed high school. He had served on the Board of Directors two or three different times. He was a strong supporter of all school activities and an ardent football fan. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and was active in many worthwhile drives and community undertakings.

Hosa was not a "front man" or "glad hander" but preferred to do his work, whether for his company or on committees, without fanfare or flare and always to the best of his ability, which earned him the solid respect of his fellow workers. He had made a circle of friends here who regret his untimely passing. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Schultz Wilson; two sons, Hosa Woodrow Wilson, and Gary Lee Wilson, both of Caruthersville: his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

William H. Wilson of Batesville, two sisters, Miss Hazel Wilson and Mrs. Hester Lee Stivers, both of Ironton, and one brother, Henry Gray Wilson, of Batesville, Ark. Burial will be in maple Cemetery with H. S.

Smith Funeral Home in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Tistadt left Wednesday of this week for Easton, where they will visit with relatives of Mrs.

Tistadt. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd returned late last week Louis. Prewitt, ville, and Leavenworth, where they had visited with relatives.

1953 Perfect Perfect TWO WHO TAUGHT IN LOCAL SCHOOLS LAST YEAR GO TO HAWAII Miss Elizabeth Head, who taught in the local Elementary School, and Miss Marian Mayes, also an elementary teacher and Speech Director in the high school here last year, are leaving Friday, August 21, for the West Coast where they will take a plane for the Hawaiian Islands, where they have been employed as teachers for the coming year. The two young ladies will be in the same school on Molokai, the fifth largest island in the Hawaiian group. Miss Head's home is Trumann, and Miss Mayes lives in Blytheville, Ark. MISSIONARIES TO SPEAK IN BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THIS AREA ALL NEXT WEEK The Baptist Church of this city has scheduled a full week beginning Sunday morning, August 16, and continuing each night, 7:30 o'clock, through Friday night, August 21, of Missionary programs at the church. The program is in the 25 Baptist Churches area- and around Caruthersville, according to Rev.

S. G. Shepard, pastor of the local church. There will be a different missionary speaker in each of the churches and eight of these will speak in the Caruthersville church. Miss Edith Weller, a native Louisville, who has been doing missionary work in Brazil since 1945, will be the Sunday morning speaker at the Baptist church in this city.

She was graduated from Georgetown University in Kentucky and then did further work in preparation for missionary work in another Kentucky Baptist school in Louisville. She was appointed to in the 1945 foreign and has mission field in Brazil been working since, doing evangelistic work in Manaos and Recife. Others who will speak both at Caruthersville and in surrounding churches include the following: Rev. Frank Dimaggio of Birmingham, Italian cousin of the DiMaggios baseball fame, who is working with foreign speaking people in Alabama; Rev. Albert Craighead, a missionary to Paraguay; Rev.

W. A. Sullivan, associational missionary in Oxford, Rev. F. B.

Smith, associational missionary at Ellington, and Mrs. Grace Thompson, missionary in Louisiana. These meetings are open to the public and the public is extended a cordial invitation to attend. In' connection with this Missionary Week program, arrangements have been made for a 15-minute program each morning of next week, Monday through Friday, from 9:45 to 10:00 o'clock over Radio Station KCRV of Caruthersville. At this time a different missionary will be interviewed each morning by Rev.

S. G. Shepard, pastor of the Baptist Church here. They, native will be customs asked to and tell habits about of the peoples they are serving. MISS EDITH WELLER INSPECTION OF COUNTY SCHOOL BUSSES BEING MADE HERE TODAY School busses in use by Pemiscot County schools are being assembled here today, Thursday, at the American Legion Fairgrounds for their annual safety inspection, which will be made by members of the State Highway Patrol in conjunction with officials of the State Department of Education.

Representing the State Department will be Carlton Fulbright, state school supervisor for this area. Some 60 or more school busses are expected to be assembled here for inspection, which is expected to consume the greater part of the day. Farm Policy Meetings Scheduled Next Week In Pemiscot County The Secretary of Agriculture, Benson, is undertaking to determine the farm policy suited, and needed, by the farmers thru getting their opinions. The Farm Bureau, at the request of the Secretay, is holding a series of meetings in various parts of the country where farmers may hear explanations of proposed plans and in turn express opinions. At these meetings a poll taken of expressions of the "farme ers.

Four meetings are scheduled, all, at night, at 7:30 o'clock, and are as follows: The first meeting will be at the Wardell Gymnasium on Tuesday, August 18. The next meeting will be Thursday night, August 20, at the Concord School. Meetings in two different parts of the county are scheduled for Friday, August 21. One is the Steele High School and the other at the Deering High School. Farmers are urged to attend the meeting nearest to them and express their opinions.

Tony Luckenback, Alonzo Kersey, Jack Moore and Gerald Corbin returned Wednesday Lake, Elaine, Ark. They from a three fishing trip to report very good luck, particularly on nice sized bass. Job 43: Two Farmers Have Reported Open Cotton Bolls It won't be too much longer now until "white gold" (cotton) will will be flowing into the gins from Remiscot, forward County to farms, eagerly a by time all concerned--the farmer, the laborer, the merchant and the banker. ton picking in this section of the country means money. Just how much of the white, fleecy crop there will be is yet to be seen because the extremely dry weather when part of the crop was planted kept some cotton seed from sprouting and it also led to spotty stands of cotton.

Some farmers have indicated that they will have good crops although most of the farmers suffered some loss of cotton land because there wasn't enough moisture to sprout the seed shortly after it was planted. In addition to having the weather against them this year, there was some insect and other plant trouble this year. By Monday morning The Republican had two reports of open cotton bolls. Jack Hutchison called Saturday night, that Hutchison Paul farms Hooker, just who west farms of Cottonwood Point, about 12 miles southeast of Caruthersville, had reported finding an open cotton boll Friday afternoon on one of the 40's in that block and Saturday Jack had a look at the fields himself and saw many open and partly open bolls on three of the 40's, some of the stalks having an open boll and a partly open boll on them. The variety of this cotton is Fox, and planting of these four fields started April 14 and finished April 20.

Monday morning Clarence Cecil, who lives in the Chute community on what is commonly called the Kilgore land, about 3 miles southeast of town, brought an open boll of cotton to The Republican office to display. This cotton boll came from a 14-acre block of cotton which was planted April 17. The variety is also Fox. Mr. Cecil reported that a check of the field revealed lots of open bolls and there were three open on the stalk from which the boll he brought to The Republican was picked.

Mr. Cecil stated that with favorable weather during the next two weeks that he feels confident of being able to pick a bale from this field by August 20. The first cotton bloom reported to The Republican office was on Thursday, June 25, by Mrs. J. A.

Lynn, whose husband farms the R. H. (Bob) French land, at the southeast edge of this city. Several others reported blooms that same weekend, among them being Clarence Posey, who lives about 4 miles southwest of this city. New Grid Coach For CHS Tigers Don R.

Ditsler, whose football team at Gary, Indiana, high school in 1952 tied for the conference championship, wednesday of this week signed a contract to coach football and assist in basketball and track and to teach physical education in Caruthersville high School, it was announced Wednesday afternoon by Supt. R. M. Pierce. Ditsler succeeds Don (Red) Cross who will coatch at Cairo, this season.

Cross has coached here for the past two Ditsler, a three-letter man at Arkansas State College, Jonesboro, is a former basketball teammate of Joe Parkinson, when the latter was cage star at State. Parkinson, a former Tiger grid and cage star, is returning to Caruthersville to assume the duties of head basketball coach. Ditsler spent four years in the and after his discharge from service he attended Indiana University, where he received his Master's Degree in Physical Education. Since entering the coaching profession Ditsler spent two years at Pocahontas, where he had a very successful tenure, according to Supt. Pierce.

Ditsler went to Gary, from Pocahontas and has enjoyed a succesful stay in the the Indiana city, his 1952 team tieing for the conference championship. Ditsler arrived here early Wednesday morning, talked over the situation here with Supt. Pierce, checked the equipmened and athsetup, the contract. He immediately started back to Gary, to begin getting his affairs in shape ther to leave there this weekend and expects to return to Caruthersville in time to start checking out equipment to members of the Tiger squad Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Ditsler is married and the father of two young daughters, one in the third grade and the youngest entering first grade.

He will move his family here as soon as he can arrange for a house. afternoon that Ditsler received an Supt. Pierce stated Wednesday excellent recommendation from athletic officials at Arkansas State, both a8 An individual and as a player and coach. No. 9 IN MISS JOAN DOUGLAS TO TOUR WITH FAMOUS THEATRE GROUP THIS FALL Miss Joan Douglas, daughter Mr.

and Mrs. J. F. Douglas of this city, who has spent the summer with the world-famous Barter Theatre group at Abingdon, has won a part with the touring company, according to information received here by her parents. A picture of Douglas ap.

peared in the Sunday, Commercial Appeal of Memphis, along with a short news story. The news story, captioned "On Her Way," was as follows: "Miss Joan Douglas of Caruthersville, was so successful with her role in Eugene O'Neill's comedy, in a Barter 'Theatre of Virginia production that she has won a contract with the company. She'll be seen in the Abingdon, group's national tour production of the play which will open September 20 at White Sulphur Springs, Va." Miss Douglas, who has completed three years of college work at Murray State Teachers College, Murray, where she has been majoring in dramatics, plans to stay with the Barter group thru this fall but then probably will enter college for the second semester to continue work toward her degree. Miss Douglas was among a group of some 500 persons who tried out for apprenticeships with the famous theatre company at a theatre conference held at Chapel Hill, N. in March of this year.

She was one of 30 selected for this summer work. Her selection for a role with the touring production group indicates that she has passed her apprenticeship. Barter Theatre is said to be the largest professional acting group outside of New York City and enjoys a national reputation. It is quite an honor to be selected by this group for training and those selected receive valuable experience as well as coaching by some of the best professional coaches and directors in the professional field. Miss Douglas is a graduate of Caruthersville High School, where was active in music and drama.

Following graduation from high school she enrolled at Murray State Teachers College, Murray, where she is majoring in drama. She has appeared in a number of the college plays. Her friends here will be glad to learn of her new honors and wish for her much success in her chosen field. Plans Made For Queen Contest In 1953 Legion Fair The contest to select a young lady of this area to reign as queen of the 1953 American Legion Fair to be held at Legion Park Caruthersville September 30-October 4, this week was officially opened for entrants, according to Norman Shain, vice-president of the fair board and director of the contest. Numerous civic clubs in the region have been mailed letters and registration blanks for entrants.

Shain stated that in addition to civic clubs, business firms could also sponsor contestants and any who wish to do SO should contact him immediately. The closing date for entrants is August 28. There is no entry fee or other expense attached to sponsoring contestants. "All clubs and business firms who intend to sponsor entrants should select them as quickly as possible," Shain stated. "The girls must submit photographs of themselves so they will need as much time as possible before August 28 to have the pictures made and delivered to us." To qualify as an entrant a girl must be between 16 and ,25 years old, unmarried, and must in the the fair.

the past three years, the contest" will be conducted entrants. solely with photographs of the There will be no "live" viewing of contestants by judges. Each entrant submit two photographs which will be identified only with numbers to correspond with a key list retained by fair officials. Each contestant's personal measurements will be included with her pictures. All of the pictures will be sent to an out-of-state impartial panel of judges who will view them and pick "Miss 1953 American Legion Fair." The queen will serve at various functions during the fair and will be presented to the public in a ceremony to be held at the fair on Thursday evening, October 1.

All contestants will take part in the ceremony. The queen will receive $100 from the fair board and all other entrants will receive nice gifts. The queen will be named before the fair opens and will visit a number of communities in the region to deliver official fair invitations. In addition she will make an appearance television on WMCT, Memphis, on, the guest of Hart's "Hartoon Time." Shain said the time of the television appearance will be announced after the queen is selected. CHILDREN HAVE CIRCUS AND DONATE A RECEIPTS TO POLIO FUND A group of children in the Parkview neighborhood, Rosalie, Beverly and Marilyn Brooks, Barbara Hamby and the children of Mr.

and Mrs. Lee Coleman entertained one afternoon last week with a Circus Party for the benefit of the Polio Fund on the lawn at the Brooks home. Tickets for the production were sold earlier in the week and refreshments of a fruit drink were sold during the performance and the group netted the sum of $1.55, which has been turned over to the County Polio Chairman, Atty. Robert Gowen. A very pleasant afternoon was had by all in attendance and the children had a lesson in cooperation and community service.

Mr. and Mrs. Abe Gaither spent Sunday at Sikeston, with their son, Bill Gaither, and family. Shooting At Hayti Tuesday Fatal To Braggadocio Farmer Wilma E. Riggs, 34-year-old farmer living about a mile north of the Crews Reynolds Gin, in the Shade Switch community, died Tuesday afternoon about 3:20 o'clock in the Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital at Hayti, of gunshot wounds inflicted at a fi'l-1 ing station on Highway 84 at the west edge of Hayti.

Tommy Pate, 33, who is reported to live in the same community about half a mile from Riggs, is being held in the Pemiscot County jail on a first degree murder charge, which was filed in the Magistrate Court of Judge Sam J. Corbett Wednesday morning. The fatal shooting occurred about noon Tuesday at the Boyd Curtis Filling Station, located on Highway 84, at the west edge of Hayti. Riggs was shot twice in the left side and once in the right side, with a .32 pistol, according to Deputy Sheriff Earl Cummings. The sheriff's office is continuing its investigation into the case in an attempt to determine the cause of the shooting, but no reason had revealed up to Wednesday afternoon.

However, a representative of The Republican learned office Tuesday that last afternoon week at a the deputy Sheriff's of that office had served a warrant, sworn out by Tommy Pate in the Magistrate Court, on Riggs on charges of trespassing. The return made by the officers showed that Riggs was arrested on Friday, Auguest 7, and that he was released on bond pending a hearing. Thus, apparently there had been trouble between the two men prior to the shooting. A coroner's inquest was held Tuesday night at the H. S.

Smith Funeral Home in this city, where the body was brought following death at the hospital. Riggs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Riggs; two sons, Johnnie Wayne and Jerry Riggs, and two daughters, Gayle and Geneva, all of Route 2, Hayti; five brothers, Connie Riggs of Deering, Barney Riggs and Tony Riggs of Bragg City, Cecil Riggs of Braggadocio, and Edward Riggs of heim, and one sister, Mrs. Grace Davis, of Peodia, Calif. Funeral arrangements were in.

complete this, Thursday, morning, but had tentatively been set for Friday, depending on the arrival of his brother, Edward Riggs, from California. H. S. Smith Funeral Home has charge of the services. Miss Sue Harris of Decature, is a guest in the home of Mr.

and Mrs. U. G. May and the home of her niece, Mrs. Ernest Robertson..