The Sikeston Herald from Sikeston, Missouri • Page 75

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941. THE SIKESTON (MO.) HERALD Happenings in Past 25 Years (Continued from Preceding Page) February 17--C. L. Malone was elected president of the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce. March 31--New postmaster, Wm.

H. Tanner, took over his duties. April 28--Flood disaster caused alarming distinction. Sikeston Red Cross cared for 1,500 refugees. New Madrid almost deserted.

April 28--Akin-Sikeston Canning Factory chooses site for location in Sikeston. May 10 American Legion Auxiliary was organized. May 30--Tornado caused half million dollar damage in vicinity of Sikeston. July 3--New bus law went into effect, with 25 busses operating out of Sikeston daily. August 3--President Coolidge issued his famous statement: "I not choose to run for president." August 25--Construction began on the building for the Dodge agency west of Peoples Bank building by E.

J. Keith. September 4 Akin-Sikeston canning factory and contents destroyed by fire. October 20--Harold Hebbeler and Robley Lennox returned from the American Legion trip to Europe. December 4 The new Ford Tudor sedan, on display for one day at the Ford agency, drew a.

crowd of more than 2,000 people. December 10 $15,000 in damage was done by fire to the Sikeston Gin Company plant. 1928. January 5--Ralph E. Bailey announced intention to run for Congress on the Republican ticket.

February 2--A three-passenger airplane was purchased by a group of Sikeston men headed by Hubert Boyer and Leonard McMullen. February 9 The Robinson Lumber Company's building was near completion. March 1--A. C. Sikes purchased the Baker-Bowman hardware store.

March 29--E. C. Matthews was re-elected as chairman of the Scott County Red Cross. April 5--N. E.

Fuchs re-elected mayor of Sikeston. May 3--Marshall Hotel Coffee Shop opened for business. May 2--Dr. O. E.

Kendall, Scott County's oldest physician, passed away. May 10--Construction started on Highway 61 South of Sikeston. May 14--J. H. Goodin, Scott county school superintendent, died.

June 28--Alvin Taylor celebrated his eleventh anniversary in business in Sikeston, entertaining 600 people at 'the Taylor Auto Company headquarters. June 28--Contract let for the new Sikeston Laundry building. July 8--Paving of Malone avenue was begun. August 2--Five new business buildings under construction in Sikeston. August 16 Miss Ruth Jones chosen Sikeston's maid of honor for the Mississippi traffic bridge dedication of Cape Girardeau.

October 5--State Convention of Women's Benefit Association began here. November 6 Herbert Hoover elected President of the United States. November 11--Legion Square was dedicated. December 6 People's Bank closed. December 20--C.

L. Malone resigned as Company commander. October 8--Regional Red Cross conference opened in Sikeston. October 18--Cairo Bridge was dedicated. December 22--Sunday magazine section of the St.

Louis Globe- Democrat was devoted to the story of S. L. Lawrence of Sikeston and his hobby of raising Chinchinalla rabbits. 1930. January thermometer registered 15 degrees below zero, the lowest in twelve years.

February a meeting of the Sikeston city council, a petition was presented asking for an election on the proposed municipal light plant proposition. President William Howard Taft died at his home in Washington. April taking of the 1930 census was begun this week. April 3. Sikeston voters approved the municipal light plant proposal in a special election Tuesday.

April portion of the Hayward farm north of Sikeston has been leased by the Missouri College of Agriculture as an experiment farm. May Boy Scout Council for Southeast Missouri was formed here. May to the 1930 census, Sikeston now has a population of 5668. June 26. The minature golf fever has struck Sikeston and the courses are springing up all over town.

July K. Baker unearthed what is is thought to be one of the rarest mounds containing Indian skeleton on the Ned Matthews farm near here. July new addition to the Sikeston high school building will be ready for occupancy, when the fall term begins. August city officials are working with national officers in seeking data as to the needs for drouth relief in this section. September 11.

Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley was in this district this week inspecting flood control projects. November 6. A Democratic landslide that encompassed the entire nation attended Tuesday's election, with Missouri also going Democratic for the first time in many years. November 27.

Contract for Sikeston's municipal light plant I has been awarded and construction is expected to begin soon. March 10--T. B. Dudley was the first to enter the Yard and Garden contest sponsored by the Lions Club. March 17--F.

W. Woolworth Company leased the Kready building. April 5--N. E. Fuchs was reelected mayor.

April 7--L. B. Kornegger died. April 16--Mrs. Nelle G.

Burger, national W. C. T. U. president, spoke here.

May 16--The new post office was opened on North New Madrid street. June 23--Scott County 4-H Club members led all other counties in honors at the annual camp. July 15 The Famous Store opened for business. July 21--Campaign began for lighting high school athletic field. August 28--Sikeston Drum and Bugle Corps attended State Amer- ican Legion convention at Hannibal, Mo.

September 15--Miss Henrietta Moore was chosen Neighbor Day queen. November 8--Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States. December 15--Stephen Barton of Benton was chosen chairman of the Sikeston District Boy Scout organization. December 29--E.

Vincent Heisserer, prominent merchant of Benton, died. PAGE SEVENTY-FIVE MR. AND MRS. GEORGE L. DYE Celebrated their Golden Wedding January 1, 1934.

1929. January 3--Public Library opened by the Woman's Club in the Scott County Mill Company building. January 22 Judge and Mrs. William L. Carroll celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary.

January 22--F. M. Sikes, pioneer citizen, died. February 3--Dr. E.

J. Malone died. February 13--A. B. Dill passed away.

February 20--Wm. H. Tanner, postmaster and prominent citizen, died. April 11 Southeast Missouri Telephone Co. purchased the local telephone system.

May 30--Twenty-one Boy Scouts left for camp at Irondale. June 27--W. E. Hollingsworth was appointed new postmaster here. August 29--The O.

K. Drug Store was purchased by Paul Galloway. September 5--Big lawn-party celebration accompanied the opening of the new paved streets on North New Madrid and North Kingshighway. 1931. January 1--Paul David Malone and Robert Mow ware awarded Eagle Scout awards.

January 1--Sikeston's population was 5676, according to the 1930 census. January 22 W. E. Hollingsworth was chosen as chairman of the Sikeston district of Boy Scouts for the year 1931. February 121--A bill creating a State Highway Patrol was passed by the State Legislature.

April 2--The name of Lyman Bowman was suggested as a successor to the late E. C. Mathews as a member of the Board of Public Works. April 9--O. F.

Anderson was elected superintendent of Scott county public schools. April 23--The Boyce Farm Equipment moved into its new home on West Malone avenue. April 30--Tharon Stallings and W. L. Miller bought the miniature golf course on North Kingshigh- way.

May 7--Trial tests of machinery in the municipal light plant began. May 21--Little Jane Wilkerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.

Wilkerson, was adjudged a blue. ribbon baby. I June 11--The corner stone for the new post office building was laid. September 3--Wm. E.

Mahew of Crystal City commenced his new duties as principal of the Sikeston high school. September 24--Dr. E. C. McClure was in Vienna, Austria, continuing the study of advanced medicine.

October 8--Rufus Reed was named a member of the new State Highway Patrol. November 26--Capt. A. D. Sheppard and other members of the State Highway Patrol began work here.

December 10--Offices of the State Highway Department were opened in the new building. December 31 Dr. and Mrs. Howard Dunaway moved to Sikeston, where the former opened offices for the practice of medicine. November 6--Democrats won Scott County offices in election.

November 15--Caleb Matthews died. December 27 Sikeston merchants reported large volume of holiday buying. 1932. February 4 Carl Luper of Sikeston was chosen to serve as president of the Scott County Farm Bureau for the year. February 7--Annual celebration of Boy Scout Week began.

March 3--Charles A. Lindbergh 20-month-old son of the famous flyer, was kidnapped. 1933. January 5--Former President Calvin Coolidge died. January 12--Frank Mount of Sikeston was re-elected chairman of the Scott County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

January 19--George W. Kirk was elected President of Southeast Missouri Area Council of Boy Scouts. January 25--Judge and Mrs. C. Bowman celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

March 16--Mrs. L. R. Burns was elected president of the Woman's Club. I March 15--Scott County's five banks re-opened for business after the 10-day banking holiday put into effect by President Roosevelt.

April 27--George L. Dye of Sikeston was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Odd Fellows Association. May 6--International Shoe Day in Sikeston, with a showing of 4,000 pairs of shoes and large celebration. May 25--Three-day convention of Southeast Missouri Drummers Association opened in Sikeston. June 16--Southeast Missouri Press Association meeting held here.

July 6--Charles H. Moose was named superintendent of the Municipal Light and Power Plant. July 13--Grain elevator at the Scott County Milling Company's Mill A plant were destroyed by fire. July 20--Local Highway Patrol installed new teletype system. September 14--A total of 1215 pupils were enrolled in Sikeston schools, the highest number in Sikeston's history.

September 21--W. E. Hollings, worth was named chairman of the Scott County Chapter of the American Red Cross to succeed F. E. Mount, who resigned.

October 12 Miss Katherine, Jane Mitchell was named queen of Maiden's annual Fall Festival, i December 14--Atty. Harry C. Blanton was recommended by Senator Bennett Champ Clark I for United States District Attorney. 1934. January 1--Mr.

and Mrs. George Dye observed their Golden Wedding anniversary. January 11--Prosposal for a Municipal Airport was made to the city council by the Lions Club. February 8--Boy Scouts observed Anniversary Week. I February 15--Appointment of Clarence F.

Bruton as postmaster was virtually assured. I 1 March 8--City Council forbade skating on the paved streets here. April 1--Construction began on new building for the Bank of Sikeston. i April 3--Dr. G.

W. H. Presnell was elected mayor of Sikeston. April 12--Tom Malone died in St. Louis hospital.

May 5--Apollo Group members were hostesses to the Southeast Missouri Federation of Music Clubs. May 17--Mary Emma Powell was chosen "Miss Sikeston" for the Ozarks Mardi Gras at Poplar Bluff. July 3 Sikeston's Municipal Airport was dedicated. July 26--First prize of $100 was i awarded the local Lions Club Chorus at the Internation Lions Club Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan. August 9--Fred Allard was killed in an automobile accident.

October 1--Two-day convention of Missouri Federation ol Woman's Clubs held in Sikeston. 1935. Jan. 17--A feeble attempt to secure money landed Henry J. Dorman of Jackson in jail following an attempted extortion of $10,000 from C.

D. Matthews president of the Bank of Sikeston Feb. 21--Sikeston's new fire truck has arrived and passed all tests given it. March 14 Floodwaters of Southeast Missouri's twin rivers, the Black and the St. Francis, reached new highs this week as they poured into the lowlands from eastern Missouri, washing out railroads, flooding highways and sending hundreds of persons scurrying to higher ground.

March 21--Ground was broken for the first building of the Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill. March 28--The "Rex," Sikes ton's second motion picture house, was opened for business. April 4--Kemper Bruton was elected president of the newly- organized Junior Chamber of Commerce. May 30--Codes of the National Recovery Act were abandoned Monday, when the Supreme Court ruled parts of it unconstitutional. June 20--Miss Freda Lankford was chosen "Miss Sikeston" in the first beauty contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

July 4---District offices of the Works Progress Administration will be located here, it was announced this week. Aug. 22--The first of the blue and brown "milk-bottle tops" with which Missourians will pay the recently-assessed one per cent sales tax, were received in Sikeston this week. Aug. 29--The new Reiss Dairy plant on Malone avenue is in operation.

Sept. 19--Sikestonians had a glimpse of big-game hunting when a lion killed a tiger during circus performance here. Sept. 26--The Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill, Sikeston's newest industry and one of its largest, went into operation this week. Oct.

17--The remodeled Malone Theater, one of the largest and most beautiful picture houses in this section, has been reopened. Nov. 7--The annual State convention of the Missouri Christian Endeavor opened here with a thousand delegates. Nov. 21--The Sikeston Kiwanis Club had charter night services.

Nov. 28--The newly enlarged and redecorated building of the Church of the Nazarene was dedicated Sunday. Dec. 12--Claud McGee was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the slaying of W. Tom Carlton, Gray Ridge railroad man.

1936. January 2--Richard Halliburton, world traveler and lecturer, and the author of several travel books, lectured at the Sikeston high school. January 23--The Sikeston Tractor and Implement Company is the name of a new firm which has purchased the implement business of Russell Brothers. February 20--The winter's low of six degrees below zero was recorded as cold weather tightened its grip on Southeast Missouri. February 27--County Agent R.

L. Furry died. March 12--F. J. Noonan became engineer of the State Highway Department here, succeeding A.

R. Towse. April 9--N. E. Fuchs was elected mayor of Sikeston.

May 14---Extensive damage was done in a tornado which destroyed ed parts of the business section of Essex. June 4--Frank Dye was elected president of the district Rural Mail Carriers' Association. June 11 Two hundred ex- service men are to receive an average of $500 each when the soldier's 'bonus is distributed here. June 18--The mercury 'broke all records for June heat when it went up to 102 degrees. July 2--Franklin D.

Roosevett and John N. Garner were re- nominated by the Democratic party as candidates for re-election as President and Vice-President. July 30--Attorney General Roy McKittrick was in Sikeston to question officials of the WPA district office concerning their activities in circulating initiative petitions for the proposed insurance law. August 6 Lloyd C. Stark, Democrat, and Jesse W.

Barrett, Republican, were named as candidates for governor of Missouri. September 23--Seven men and one child were killed in the Southeast Missouri district during the past week-end. October 8--The Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Association was formed here with Major C. L. Malone as president.

October 29--Parallel parking of all cars in the downtown section was ordered in an ordinance passed by the city council. November 5--President Roosevelt was re-elected in a Democratic landslide. Major Lloyd C. Stark was elected governor of Missouri. November 12--Paving of the widening strip to Malone avenue was completed.

December 10--King Edward VTI of England abdicated in order to marry Mrs. Simpson. ter, was killed in an automobile accident. July 22--Pleas Malcolm was named as acting postmaster. August 1--Mrs.

C. L. Malone, Mrs. R. H.

Wagner and Mrs. Kathryn Johnson were elected to offices in the district organization of the American Legion. August 5--Library contract was approved by the city council. Construction expected to begin September 31. September 2--James E.

Matthews of Sikeston assumed his new duties as director of the State Penal Board in Jefferson City. November 4--Work was begun on the new Catholic Church building. December 16--LeRoy C. Leslie was chosen the new cashier for the Bank of Sikeston. December 16--State yields a record cotton bales.

1938. January 5--Mrs. Emma Estes of Judge W. C. Bowman and mother of a large and prominent Sikeston family, died.

January 13--Bus station moved to Missouri Pacific Railroad station. January 18--Work begun on the new National Guard Armory in the Chamber of Commerce park. February 15--Mr. and Mrs. E.

A. Lawrence observed their Golden Wedding anniversary. March 3--Joseph W. Myers, pioneer farmer, county official and civic leader, died at the age of 71 years. March 17--Sikeston took on a city-like appearance with the placing of traffic lights in the downtown section.

March 28--Construction begun on the new building of the Southeast Missouri Telephone Co. March 26--Wade Anderson, Scott County Sheriff, died a victim of pneumonia. April 5--Dr. G. W.

H. Presnell was elected mayor of the city, serving his second term, the first having been from 1934 to 1936. April 14--G. A. Dempster, J.

W. Baker Dr. J. A. Hess and W.

L. Carroll were honored at the Master Mason's banquet. They had all been Masons for more than 50 years. May 6--Mrs. B.

F. Blanton was chosen to head the District Federation of Music Clubs at a meeting in Dexter. June 16--The Christian Church celebrated its twenty-fourth anniversary. MR. AND MRS.

C. L. BLANTON SR. Celebrated their Golden Wedding September 17, 1940 1937. January 28 Southeast Missouri's worst flood hit this territory Three thousand refugees were housed in Sikeston, March 4--George W.

Hale rented a portion of the Stallcup building for a new jewerly store. March 11--C. L. Malone was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce. March 30--Conly Purcell was elected president of the Sikeston Junior Chamber of Commerce.

April 3--The Sikeston Board of Education elected Robert A. Harper as superintendent of Sikeston schools. Mr. Harper was formerly superintendent of Dexter schools. April 15--The Junior Chamber of Commerce was awarded a plaque in recognition of the work done on local Boy Scout work.

April 29--Mrs. L. M. Hollenbeck was elected president of the Woman's Club to succeed Mrs. H.

E. Reuber. May 20--First meeting and organization of Women's Junior Chamber of Commerce. Miss Ruth Powell was elected president. June 10--Esther Jane Greer was selected "Miss Sikeston" for 1937.

June 10--Plans were completed for the construction of a Boy Scout recreation cabin at a cost of $1685. June 23--Charles D. Matthews Jr. died suddenly--a business leader in Sikeston for more than forty years. July 5--C.

F. Bruton, postmas- June 23--City purchased the Citizen's Bank building from C. E. Felker and will use it as an office for the Board of Public Works. August 18--J.

F. Cox Jr. joined his father in business with the Home Oil Company here. September 8--Many Jane Sikes was chosen to rule as queen over the Southeast Missouri Jubilee festivities. October 12--E.

A. Lawrence, prominent Sikeston resident for 31 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. M. Stallcup.

October 17--Miss Blair Law was chosen librarian for the new Sikeston Library. November 8 All Democrats were elected in the Scott County election. November 16--Mrs. L. O.

Rodes, prominent Sikeston woman, died. December 5--Dr. W. W. Parker, president of the State Teachers Cellege, delivered the address at the dedication of the new library building.

its fourth building edition of 52 pages. Feb. 3--Ten inches of snow fell in the worst storm of the season, almost completely halting traffic in this section. The lowest degrees of cold for the winter, 5 degrees below zero, prevented the deeply piled snow from melting. March 2--Trooper Melvin Dace of the State Highway Pntioi was promoted to the rank of sergeant.

March 10--Approximately 200 farm families of Southeast Missouri had electric service for the first time as the power lines of the Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association were energized. March 20--Frank Heisler, 83- year-old pioneer Sikeston builder and one of the founders of the Catholic church here, died. April 6--Pleas Malcolm was appointed as postmaster of the Sikeston office to fill the position of the late C. F. Bruton.

April 191--It was a triumphant day for the Sikeston high school band, as they paraded through Sikeston streets for the first time fully costumed in new and attractive uniforms. Money to buy the uniforms, totaling $1700 was raised through the cooperation of a group of citizens, led by The Sikeston Herald, and the Board of Education. June 1---Tharon E. Stallings, principal of the South Grade school for the past several years, was named principal of the Sikeston high school to succeed Wm. E.

Mahew, who has accepted the superintendency of the Kewanee schools. June 6--Sikeston voters overwhelmed saloon advocates by a vote of 839 to 144 in a special election on a proposition to authorize the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink. July 27--Appointment of Tom Scott of Benton, former sheriff of Scott county, as warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary, was announced by Governor Lloyd C. Stark. Aug.

23--The Sikeston Compress and Warehouse Company was officially opened, Aug. 27--Workers of the Himmelberger-Harrison Manufacturing Company at Morehouse struck for higher wages and a closed shop. Sept. 6--Work was begun on the erection of a 208-line addition to the power lines of the Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association. Sept.

30--More than 15,000 people of the district attended the second Southeast Missouri Jubilee, of which Miss Mayme Shelby of Charleston was crowned queen. Oct. 19--Excavatiing for the new swimming pool was begun. Oct. 20--Sgt.

Rufus R. Reed of the State Highway Patrol was promised to the rank of captain and transferred to Springfield. Nov. 2--For "business reasons" President Roosevelt changed the annual Thanksgiving Day from the traditional last Thursday in November to a week earlier. Nov.

11--Approximately 500 American Legion and Auxiliary members attended the district meeting held here C. L. Malone was elected distnct commander. Nov. 16--Ross Killgore became a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Nov. 16--Clint H. Denrnan, editor of The Herald, was named president of the Missouri Press Association at its annual meeting in Kansas City. Nov. 23--The Sikeston Bulldogs defeated the Charleston Bluejays 19-2 in a surprise climax to a mediocre season.

Dec. 7--Hotel Marshall, long- under the management of G. P. Van Arsdale, was sold by its owners, the Matthews Estate, to J. I.

Dunn of Poplar Bluff. Dec. 28--The Foley Motor Company, Ford agency, was purchased from J. Wm. Foley by Herb Walton and Ralph Williams.

1939. Jan. 12--Farm labor union activities and not eviction of tenants and sharecroppers was found to be the immediate cause of the mass movement of 1161 persons to the shoulders of Highways 60 and 61 east of and south of Sikeston. After enduring five days of cold and privation, the sharecroppers, itinerant workers and cotton pickers were removed to their homes by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and most of them returned to the employ and care of the planters. Feb.

2--The Herald published To give visual and fitting expression to your love and regard, the mediant and the form must be chosen with care. Comforting assuranca of duty well performed will be It you choose a genuine Rock of Memorial to stand as your reconl for the years to come. A Monument Beautiful Is a Olorv Forever Sikeston Marble Works F. E. MOUNT, Proprietor SIKESTON, MO..