The Sikeston Herald from Sikeston, Missouri • Page 5

A NeMpper ta the Best latemti rf Soft ait CMitirs. THE SIKESTON HERALD TEN PAGES IN THIS ISSUE Volume XXXIX. Published Thursiavs at 119 W. M-ilone Ave. Sikeston.

by Clint H. SIKESTON, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939. as second 1.1 Sik matter March S. Number 13 linesman Hurt Fund for Sikeston High School Uttle Doing in Aged Couple Lose $1600 in Cash Traffic Accident Band Uniforms Seems Assured C(mrt To Pretending Eye Doctor Darkened In Fall Today Roy Beaird in Hospital! After Accident On i bank and almost $100 more in With approximately 5650 in the visited business houses and in- Two Fined On Liquor Rural Phone Line pledges the fund being raised for 6 to dividuals and received offered contributions and pledges to the fund. It is hoped that all those who uniforms for the Sikeston hAve made pledges and others who Charges--Felker Cases Continued.

new i high school band seems District officers are searching nominations of $20. $10. and S2 Car of Sikeston for a man and woman who, pretending to effect a health cure, fleeced Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heisserer of near Oran out of $16OO in desire to do so will make payment The Scott county circuit court i cash.

In addition to the cash, two not later than tomorrow so that just about wound up one of its $200 time savings certificates is- Rov Beaird, veteran linesman and "troubleshooter" for the' However, every pledge already theast Missouri Telephone made needs to at least the 0 111 contributed can be lightest terms in recent years, sue by the Farmers and Mer iniured 5100 more in cash needs to be con- transferred to the school board this week, and the jury has been chants Bank of Cape Girardeau Ml STeet i tributed in order to equal the $850 April 1 for payment on the uni- dismissed until April 5. Court will -ere also lost. freL while working near offered by the Board of Education forms when time for payment ar- be in session Tuesday. April 4. but I(MS wa bills, all of which was thought to have been placed in an ordinary gallon bucket, and concealed under the stairway.

Police are of the opinion that the money was Broke Electric Line to Charleston. the John" Russell farm in the Sal-! Provided Sikeston people cedo district tributed a like amount. In its next issue The Herald will In securing The injured man was brought to the office of Dr. H. M.

Kendig by lea es Ior no jury cases will be heard. The loss was discovered Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Heisserer, fol- Liquor offenses, minor damage lowing the visit of the man and the money and publish a full list of conrtibutors suits, and divorce cases occupied woman Monday. When she went band uniform fund. so that those interested may the attention of the court during ge the money from a bucket The Herald has had fine assistance know who contributed to this wor- the past week.

concealed under a rear stairway of his fellowworker, George lis from a fevv men and vvome who thy cause and those who did not. i Heisler Sikeston liauor 1 of the dwelling, where it had been where it was found that he a pleaded guilty to unlawful placed to assist in affecting dislocated several ribs and sustained other injuries. An X-ray revealed an injury to the spine, and Mr. Beaird was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau for further treatment. JAYCEES TO SEND DELEGATES TO JOPLIN COLLECTOR ASKED TO FTLE OVER-DUE BOND sale of liquor and was fined $100.

cure for Mr. Heisserer's failing i Elmer Levan. liquor dealer of eyesight, the money was gone. Chaffee. was found guilty on two Disappearance of the money Three delegates and two mem- The Scott county court has re- counts of liquor law violation and followed three visits of the pair bers of the State board will go to ceived a message from Prosecut- wa fined $250 for each offense, to the Heisserer farm, the promise Joplin April 14 for a three-day'.

ing Attorney David E. Blanton He was also sentenced to 90 days a fourth visit, and the comple- of the "cure." the latter hav- Fec-Iing between Charleston and never placed in the bucket, but by Sikeston sometimes runs hign, a sleight-of-hand trick the road particularly during football sea- map and powder puff found in the son. but last Monday night at 7 bucket were substituted. o'clock, for the first time, big, time revenge was taken when the The visits of the couple, descnb- home town of tne Blue Javs was ed as gvpsy-like in appearance. partially plunged into darkness because two Sikeston women accidentally broke a power and light pole and tore down the live wires which carry electric energv to Charleston.

For more than an hour Charles- began last Friday, the woman insisting that she could cure Mr. Heisserer's eyes. The woman, who carried on all conversations while the man remained in the car, went through various maneuvers. including the washing of the eves with "half-a glass of clear water," tomans, some of them anyway, and finally demanded that all the frantically searched for matches money in the house be placed in' and candles, ar.d at least one as a r.d at church Device was seriously dis- According to Gillis. Beaird had state conv ention of Junior Cham- calling attention to the fact that in jail on each charge.

Levan. it just climbed the pole and started ber Qf Cornmerce organizations to County Collector C. E. Felker has -as charged, possessed a beer li- in failed to materialize. to work when he fell.

It is thought. bg held there, it was announced; not complied with the law in fil- cense, but had been selling hard that one end of the safety belt had at th reglllar eekly meeting ing bond for his new term of of- liquor as well, not fastened to Mm and when a i Beaird leaned back against President Tom Legan it it gave wav. The car in which the couple visited the farm was described as youth. a 193T Chevrolet coach, black, with stated The bond which is being called charged jointly with Albert Hunter i hite sidewall tires and bearing Gillis was working on behind Beaird and did not see the accident. that Wm.

K. Mahew. Frank Miller. for was due March 1. when Mr.

the burglary of Ashley's Con- black upon orange license plates, the pole j) avid Blanton. Dr. Howard Duna- Felker began his new term as fectionery here some time ago. was Xo trace of it has been found. the bucket and hidden, "charm" before she could complete turbed.

At about eight o'clock, it the cure. Mrs. Heisserer reluct- 2S reported, the damage done to antly produced the money and i the Missouri Utilities Corr.pany waited until Tuesday afternoon. Power and light lines had been re- the time she had been told to get paired and the city was again the money out of the bucket. When shining brightly.

it was found to be gone Sheriff The Sikeston women were injur- John Hobbs as notified. ed and the car was a virtual wreck- Mr. Heisserer is 72 vears old and Mn? Mildred Blake, who was way and Dr. Wm. Sidwell would' county collector following represent the Sikeston club.

election. acquitted by the jury. Hunter, tried last week, was sentenced to The monev taken was in his wife 01. driving the car belonging to her mother, sustained four crushed Beaird has been an employee of There were thirty-two members Countv Clerk H. Watkins Jr.

two years in the Intermediate Re the telephone company for more pres ent Tuesday night and the! said thjg morn i that he under; formatory- THE REISS DAIRY IS ENLARGING BUILDING ATTENDING STATE CONSERVATION MEETING than 1-1 years. stands Felker is endeavoring to COOPERATIVE DHtECTORS TO MEET MONDA The monthly meeting board of directors of the Scott- meeting was held at Hudson's Cafe on South Ranney street, i niake the necessary bond. i Jack Barnes, formerly of Kennett. and Ed Reeves of West Plains were introduced to the organiza- of the tion as visitors. It was also stated by Garwood Work was started last Fridav Paroles were granted Melvin Hudson and Mrs Edith the 1 former having previously been sen- on an addition to the Reiss Dairy RATE HEARING tenced to years for burglary building here.

The new addition j-y KANSAS CITY TUESDAY and larceny and the latter facing will increase the width of the a two-year sentence on a chicken building IS feet and will be added ribs, a lacerated hand and numer- ous cuts and bruises while her i companion. Mrs. Lillian Farris. Dr. T.

C. McClure. president, and with minor injuries. W. H.

Sikes. secretary, of the! According to the report of the Scott County Conservation Asso- i State Highway Patrol, who in- ciation. left this morning for Co- vestigated the accident, the young lumbia. where they will represent i women were returning to Sikeston A number of Southeast Missouri! theft charge. Mississippi-New Madrid Coopera- i sharp, chairman of the athletic truckmen were in Kansas City, The Grolier Society W.

secured tive Association will be held Mon- committee, that plans were being oru jay and Tuesday, to attend a a judgment of S60 in its suit ainst Milton M. Clack and oth- day night. April 3. in the associa- mac 3e for softball during the sum- re ight-rate hearing conducted by a a tion offices on Greer avenue, the mer mon ttLS. Managers and vari- Commissioner Snider of the Inter- i ers superintendent.

II. M. Zaricor. has i ous i will be organized imme- state Commerce Commission The i A ro forma decree of incorpora: hearing was for the purpose of dis- as granted to the Kiwanis ANDERSON FAMILY HURT IN ACCIDENT for railroad ana truck lines. announced.

diately. According to a check made this -morning. 302 houses of the three counties have been connected with the main power line of the cooperative and are now being furnished with electric current Crews of workers are engaged were painfully injured Tuesday daily in connecting other custom- when the car in which they were cussing an adjustment of freight Club of Sikeston. rates for Southeast Missouri points Divorces secured during the Mrs. Ralph Anderson and her two children, Betty and Billy.

ers as their houses are wired for riding, driven by Mrs. Anderson. Systems and Riphter of the Those attending the hearing from Sikeston included Gene Potashnick. Frank Van Home, J. R.

Pitman. A. E. O'Hara and Smiley of the Local Truck week were as follows: Mardis Marie Terry, colored, from James Terry. colored: Alvina Brockmeyer from John Brockmeyer.

James G. Crooks from Ethel Jean Crooks. Ervin Morris Thoman on the west side. The length of Scott county at the State meeting the new addition will be 70 feet. The new addition, being built to take cars of the present crowded condition and preparation for at about i o'clock Monday night, of the Missouri Conservation Fed- bringing home the car which had 1 eration.

The meeting will con- been repaired in a Charleston tinue through tomorrow. i garage. As Mrs. Blake approach. n.

ed the second curve east of Ber- A routine meeting of the Scott i i. -u i. i trand, she reported, the headlights equipment later is being con- county chapter a held last night i at Chaffee. Strticted of tile and glass. The interior of the building will be of glazed tile for 3'-j feet above the floor and then four feet of glass will be added on top of the glazed tile Above the glass additional tile will be added but this will have a somewhat different appearance and purpose than the Plans for the enlargement of of her car suddenly went out and she failed to negotiate the curve.

The car left the road and struck a the new service. i struck a parked vehicle in North io nter E. N. Dunlap. representative of St.

Louis. I E. Archer and Company, who Co. Mrs Anderson is confused re- a.rding the cause of the accident. will have charge of the construe- tion of the Association's new 208- i but it is thought that possibly one mile project, is preparing to begin staking operations soon.

The of the children distracted her attention and that she took her eyes TM Thoman Charles u-er glazed tile. Schweickharat from i The glazed tile inside will aid in Schweickhardt on a counter suit preventing the formation of as the pool at the sandpit near the Missouri utilities Company power drainage ditch east of town, and and light snappin it into its use as a place for the propaga- two pieces bringing the wires tion of small game fish, is being tumbling down about the wrecked advocated by members of the Scott car over the highway. county chapter. I This action is in connection with i the organization's plan to place Railroads serving Southeast Oma Blanchc Givens from Aubrey much moisture as forms inside the Missouri recently announced a Givens and Loi a Mae Marrs from rPS ent building. freight-rate reduction for this dis- fish.

secured from the State Conservation Commission, in all available places in the county J. T. Marrs. Mrs. Marrs was also trict and it is likely that the In- rant ed S150 for past care of chil- terstate Commerce Commission I dren and S20 ppr for their county.

head. Mrs. Anderson was also painfully cut and bruised. The car was damaged but not LOCAL POSTOFFICE beyond repair. The party was returning from Post office officials here this Jacksonville.

where they had RESD3ENCE IS DAMAGED BY FIRE work will "begin in the vicinity of momentarily from the street and TM" ide a similar reduc support. LaForge, the new project includ- the crash occurred. Billy, riding uon ror lrucK lmes ing line extensions in Scott, New in the front seat, was badly cut Madrid and Mississippi counties as i about the face, while Betty, in the well as offering the new service to i back seat, struck the rear of the the rural sections of Stoddard 1 front seat and bruised her face and The outside walls will be of glass brick, a composition which is made of 6-inch blocks and is four inches thick. This glass brick will Cases dismissed included N. E.

a keeping out he at in the Fuchs vs. Quintilla Beck, suit to hofc weathcr and keepu ig the heat determine title. The case of Julia E. Lane vs. E.

M. Munger. action for rent in arrears, was granted a Serious damage was narrowly rn ange of venue to the New Mad- averted Wednesday when greasy rid county circuit court. in during the winter months. The glass used inside for partitions will be plain glass so that visibility will MALONE TO BE CO-PDLOT FOR SOUTHERN AIR LINES On Saturday Jimmy Malone will take a job as co-pilot on the Chicago Southern Air Lines, his flight being between Chicago and New Orleans.

Malone will serve for three months as a co-pilot, af- NEW TRUCK FOR left Painters in the newly- The present building will not be i ter which he will take the position jrost oince orriciais iieie uiia i HPTTSP week received a government truck visited Anderson's mother, ae se for use in the distribution of par- Mrs Huckeby. eel post and special delivery mail. The truck was sent to Sikeston from Memphis. With the government truck in operation, the privately-owned ve- completed residence of Mr. and I tor E.

Felker. totaling 57 on the Mrs. J. E. Dover on North street! March docket, have been continued ignited and filled the house with unti i the August term of court.

cases agrainst County Collec- torn avvay accordin to the man and Mrs. Dover had planned INSPECTION VISITS TO NORTH STATION AND CAFE OPEN TO PUBLIC to take possession of their new home Friday. When the painters left Wednesday morning, they pil- LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD I Preliminarv inspection of Com- i agement. but the new outside walls will cause the building to appear completely new. Later the present building may be done over inside to match the interior of the new addition.

John Sutterfield is contractor in The women were brought to the office of Dr. T. C. McClure here, after which Mrs. Blake was taken to St.

Francis Hospital. Cape Girardeau. for further treatment- This is the second major accident for Mrs. Blake, who was also involved in the accident several ago in Miss Muriel Hurt was fatally injured. NAME MEMBER OF SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD JEFFERSON CITY.

Mo March The State Social Security Board will announce Saturday a successor to C. L. Blanton of Sikeston as chairman of the Scott quantity of rags, had pany K. local unit of the Missouri of work and mate rial are being secured from the local Elsewhere in this issue of The been saturated in turpentine, in Rational Guard, will be held Sun- i ber companies. will be found an announce- the kitchen sink.

The damage day and Monday. April 23 and 21. jt i expected that work will be hide which has been used for the ment Qf thg North SerV was not discovered until afternoon hen a i Dudley of completed on the new addition in past several months will no long- station and Caf(1 They are now when Mr. Dover entered the house Sikeston will pay his annual of- about a month, er be needed. I of pilot.

Mr. Malone has had 1 years of flying experience. It is interesting to note that County Social Security Board, it is Mr. Malone's pilot, under whom he reported here today. i will serve for the next three Blanton's resignation has not months, had his first three months' becn officia.lv announced, but is training under Malone's direction.

said to have been received several Mr. Malone is the husband of da vs A and a a successor has former Miss Virginia Baker. been selected. Appointment by the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

G. C. state Koard be by Baker of Sikeston. the count court readv to serve the people of Sikes- to find it filled with smoke and the ficial visit to the company. ton under a new management.

from the rags charring the Date for the a a inspection TROOPER TANDY ARRESTS Harold McClure is the new own- kitchen cabinets. The blaze was to be made as usual by an officer DRUNKEN CAR DRFVKR er the service station and he extinguished by Mr. Dover and his the United States -Vrmy. has not will offer Sinclair H-C gasoline, daughter-in-law. Mrs.

Harry yet been announced. Preliminary hearing for Vern Sinclair Pennsylvania motor oils. Dover. Other inspection visits to be SIKESTON MEN HI RT IN ACCIDENT SATURDAY Albritton. local undertaker, and Leon Ancell.

also of Sikes- The sink and fixtures were ruin- made by Col Dudley include the are recovering from injuries ice cream and will Betz. Charleston resident, on a Opaline motor oils. Firestone tire? charge of drunken driving is and tubes, lubrication and washing ed woodwork in the kitchen badly company at Dor.ipbnn on April 11 a i about 1 a Saturday scheduled for next Wednesday be- and greasing. smoked and partly charred, while and Company at Dexter on April ul poplar Albritton's fore Justice of the Peace Brown Jack Barnes will have chrage of the newly-tin ted walls of the other 13. automobile collided a fores- the cafe and offers short orders, rooms in the house also were dam- bv the smoke.

head ar.d an injury to the right side of his chest and Ancell was badly cut and bruised. The car was badly damaged. Dudley Gilmore. forest ranger in charge of the Wappapello unit Jewell. Betz arrested at 5 o'clock sandwiches of all kinds, fountain Wednesdav morning by State service and Trooper John Tandy on Highway specialize in Michigan hamburgers OONS CLUB TO HAVE 60 east of Miner.

and barbecue sandwiches. SPECIAL APRIL MEETING Capt. Dye of Sikeston scrvice truck. Albritton sus- will make inspection visits to com- Uunf a knee injury, boused fore- panies at Capo Girardeau and Charleston EASTER VESPERS AFTERNOON Musical organizations of Sikeston high school, under the direction of R. and Miss Mary" McCray.

will be presented next Sunday afternoon in the annual Kaster Vesper service. The program is not available at this time. The sen-ice ill begin at four o'clock at the Sikeston hiph school auditorium. The public is cori-ially invited to attend. PURSUIT LIGHT FOR POLICE CAR As the city of Sikeston prepares to enforce the new a i laws recently adopted, with streets clear- Iv marked and stop signs erected at dangerous corners, the city police car.

piloted by Claude McManus. is another device to discourage tr.irr.c violations ar.d speeding The r.ew device tr.e gitt of Leonard Cohen. rod pursuit lisrht. has beer, attached to the police car. New Markings Being Made on PlIfKc of PAVP1 pcc Cafo Wednesday, plans were Ralph or r-avea oireeib discussed for a special mee inf to treasure ANDERSON ATTENDED ST.

LOUIS MEETING At last Sikestomans can safely names of the streets were at one At the weekly luncheon meeting of the Lions Club, held at the Pal- Anderson, secretary- easurer of the Sikeston Produc- be held in April in connection with tion Credit Association, was in St on to it two cars ladies' night. At that time a Louis Monday and to at- fore enterin? thc speaker from out state will be in- tend a special mee.mg of all the "forest Sikeston Man So Patriotic He Wanted to Look Like "Uncle Sam' of the Clark National Forest, was driving the truck and had stopped vited to address the Lions and dents and charge of the meeting ednesdav. SOMETHING NEW IN PLOWING EQUIPMENT of Ruth and Scott streets." instead of having to point vaguely down and never replaced, thus as in and mumble something about leaving those unfamiliar with the "across the street from the Jones town little opportunity for finding house." For the first time, in their way unaided. And the down- recent years at least, Sikeston town section has been nearly as streets are clearly, attractively bad, many of the markers set in- and permanently marked. td the sidewalk at the intersections Workmen under the direction of having been torn away.

Street Commissioner Roy Beck So far as can be seen at present, are completing: the task of mark- the only drawback to the new plan ing street names on the curbs, the is the necessity or advisibility of share, called Kaydex. names being painted in white on native Sikestonians learning the i In order to show farmers just a rectangle of black. Because there names of the streets. Taxi drivers what this new plowing equipment other officers Missouri of THE WEATHER. A rising to the seasonal high of 85 degrees Friday, and touching the 83-degree mark on the fol- The Matthews Wagon Yard Im- i i ow i day, the mercury in South- plement Company is advertising six of this issue of The a "successor to the plow- are so many newly paved streets and others in a position to know in town, some of the streets are thus being marked for the first time.

say it is unbelieveable how many people do not know the names of local streets--even those in the im- Though itandards bearing the mediate vicinity of their homes. is, a display of "Raydex" will be made on the floor of the Matthews Wagon Yard Implement Company's show room on Tuesday, April 4, to which all are invited. east Missouri thermometers began a determined decline Sunday that resulted today in a temperature of 39 degrees. A total of almost an inch of rain fell during the week, as skies remained gray and clouded. Colder weather is forecast for the week-end in this section, the outlook brightened somewhat by promises of clear skies.

driveway leading into the forest i service headquarters. He said he i had been out working on forest i fires and was returning to his when the accident occurred Gilmore was driving i south and Albritton was headed north. Another occupant of the Albritton car. Miss Ethel Ross of Dudley, suffered minor lacerations and bruises. Gilmore.

whose car was also badly wrecked, suffered a severe chin bruise, lacerations to the legs and arms and was shaken up in the accident. He was thrown against the side of the truck by the impact and knocked unconscious. "With all this talk of du-tators and the papers and magazines filled with pictures of Hitler and Mussolini. I just decided I would show folks what good old Uncle Sam looks like." an elderly gentleman explained to a group of interested listeners Saturday night. He was referring to his rapidly- maturing mustache and whiskers, both strikingly similar to those sported by America's well-known symbol.

"All I need is a pair of striped overalls and a high hat." he grinned fondly stroking his chin whiskers. His exit, followed by the amused and admiring glances of the crowd, brought a spirited discussion of Americanism as compared to practices in dictator nations, engaged in by a motley group gathered about the meat counter of a downtown grocery. The talk showed an understanding of European affairs, and of the a i of the United States toward recent depredations of dictators, that would not have bevn po.ssible in mar.y countnes in Europe, where no one would venture to voice opinions that were hen? flung out in a public place. The talk, inaugurated by the self-designated "Uncle Sam." resulted in a closer feeling of unity between those taking part and broke up with the heartily-endorsed statement of one of the ringleaders. "Well.

I guess we all do a lot of complaining, but we're pretty glad we're Americans, anyway. iNEWSPAFERr iNEWSPAPEr.