Stories from Saturday, September 23, 2023

SATURDAY75 years agoSept. 23, 1948 • Joe H. Boyd, well-known Poplar Bluff machinist, died at midnight at the Poplar Bluff Hospital. He was 53. Described as one of the most competent machinists in this part of the country, Boyd retired as a machinist after April 1, 1941, when he inhaled ammonia gas fumes while working at the Arkansas-Missouri Power ice plant...