Mrs Oral A Carter dies at 45 in Missouri
Mrs Oral A Carter born Mina Lillian in Winigan Missouri on March 16 1898 died March 31 1943 aged 45. She married Oral A Carter on April 6 19XX and had four children three daughters and one son. She leaves husband children a grandson a son in law and many relatives. She joined the Christian Church at Winigan in 1914 and spent most life in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oral A. Carter
Mina Lillian
I.’. M. Cattey
Winigan
Missouri
Sie Rare Mildred
Tome
Christian Church
Thankful Note Praises Friends for Help During Fire
A homeowner expresses gratitude to friends who twice saved the home from fire and to those who contributed seeds, labor, and gardening care. The message highlights that friends in need are true indeed.
Mayor urges curb parking on Main Street Saturdays
City notes double parking problem on Main Street Saturdays and asks drivers to park at the curb. The marshal will assist to enforce curb parking and asks for public cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Gooch
Linn County Names Ralph Rogers New County Agent
The Linn County Farm Bureau Board approved Ralph Rogers to replace Webb Embrey as county agent. Rogers, born in Linn County, studied at Missouri College of Agriculture and has worked with the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis since 1933 and as secretary treasurer of National Farm Loan Associations. He and his wife plan to move with their two sons Diane and Seene Shen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Bureau Board
Ralph Rogers
Webb Embrey
Rogers
Linn County
Hubert Rogers
Knox County
Missouri College of Agriculture
National Farm Loan Associations
Diane
Seene Shen
S62
Public drives urge rural patrons to buy war bonds
A rural county appeal urges citizens to support the Second War Bond Drive. Linn County quota is 338000 with 197310 to be raised locally. The message stresses unity for America and asks villagers to buy bonds through bankers or postmasters and certify purchases to the appropriate office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ree
Thomas Dut
Red Cross
Sam
Linn County
Linn
Roosevelt
Wilkie
America
Hitler
Mussolini
Tish Electric Theatre Weekend Shows
One of Hollywood's funniest comedy teams headlines at the Electric Theatre this weekend featuring Mary Roberts Rinehart's character with rome in Caruercy the hainty spinster. The comic caper includes misadventures from a tame bear to a jail night and a game warden escapade.
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Hollywood
Electric Theatre
Mary Roberts
Rinehart
Rome
Caruercy
Dinner Honoring Lieut John Owens Returns Home
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Owens entertained at dinner Sunday April 11 in honor of their son Lieut. John Owens home briefly from Camp Gordon Johnstown Florida. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brassfield Mrs. Lizzie Austin Leone Barnie Lay Chas Seals and children John Palmer and kids Charley Miller and Alex Woodside. Lieut Owens was called back to Camp Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Owens
John Owens
Camp Gordon Johnstown
Florida
J. W. Brassfield
Lizzie Austin
Leone
Barnie Lay
Chas
Charley Miller
Alex Woodside
Lieut
Owens
Smiths Host Sunday Dinner With Nevins Family
Mr and Mrs J J Smith and daughter Mary Elisabeth entertained Sunday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jas Nevins of Independence Mrs Rachel Nevins Mr and Mrs Joe Nevins and sons Jimmie and Donald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Smith
Mary Elisabeth
Jas. Nevins
Independence
Rachel Nevins
Joe Nevins
Jimmie
Donald
For Rent Pasture near Purdin A G Porter and Hutchinson
Rental notice for pasture plots 180 A and 140 A located 3 miles northeast of Purdin Missouri. Property listed by A G Porter and Mrs A H Hutchinson of Purdin. Lease details and terms to be arranged with owners.
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N.E
Purdin
A. G. Porter
A. H. Hutchinson
Purdin, Mo
Methodist Church Announces Services and Youth Rally
Church announces minister C J Chappell hosts Sunday School at 10 A M. A children and young people service at 11 A M with plain pencils. Teachers urged to ensure class attendance. Parents and older members urged to attend. Evening service at 8 P M. Cottage Prayer meetings planned next week Tuesday to Friday at 2 P M.
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Methodist Church
Army Induction and Limited Service Report for Glen Adams
Glen Adams returned Sunday from Fort Leavenworth Kansas where he had been for induction into the army. He will report Saturday for limited service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Adams
Fort
Leavenworth
Kansas
Pvt Richard J Thudium Remembers Home From South Pacific
Pvt Richard J Thudium writes to his parents from somewhere in the South Pacific in March 1943. He reports receiving mail and several Xmas gifts and thanks relatives and friends for their support. He asks for snapshots, mentions hardship in obtaining tires and letters, and expresses optimism about victory and better days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thudium
South Pacific
Martha
Augusta
Orville Mott
Club
Alberta Campbell
Earl
Platt City
Triple A
C.G
Dinner honors Lawrence Elliott before Fort Leavenworth departure
Mr and Mrs Carl Drake and sons hosted a Sunday dinner for Lawrence Elliott prior to his Wednesday departure for Fort Leavenworth Kansas to begin his armed forces assignment. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lawrence Elliott Mr and Mrs Jesse Pulliam Mr and Mrs Earl Stone and two daughters of near Purdin Mrs Nellie Stone and daughter Miss Lorene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Drake
Lawrence Elliott
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Jesse Pulliam
Earl Stone
Near Purdin
Nellie Stone
Lorene
Browning Board of Education Elects New Officers
The Browning Board of Education met Friday night and elected officers. President is Dr. W. D. Grice, Vice President H. C. Bailey, Secretary Mrs. C. W. Gooch, Treasurer Miss Edith Burkholder. Other members named are T. Kartow, Dr. T. R. McArtor and Carl Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning Board of Education
W. D. Grice
H. C. Bailey
C. W. Gooch
Edith Burkholder
T. [. Kartow
T. R. McArtor
Carl Drake
Thanks for the support during our family illness
Mr and Mrs Ellis Jennings Vernon and Reva extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors who offered help during the sickness in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Jennings
Vernon
Reva
Linn County Farm Help Recruitment Program Announced
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard announces a county farm help recruitment program. A current list of available workers will be kept in the Linn County Agent's office in Linneus and at the U S Employment Service at 309 Main St Brookfield. No charge is made for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rvice
Brookfield
Lindens
Notice of Citizens Savings Bank Stockholders Meeting
The Citizens Savings Bank will hold its annual stockholders meeting in Missouri City on May 11, 1943. The session starts at 9:00 a.m. and lasts at least three hours to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and handle any other business. H. S. Johnson, President. L. L. Ingraham, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Savings Banking
Missouri
H. S. Johnson
L. L. Ingraham
William Crookshanks Joins Pre-Med Scalpel and Forceps
Billy Joe Crookshanks, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Crookshanks, is among five Central College Fayette Missouri students to undergo formal initiation into Scalpel and Forceps a pre-med fraternity. Initiates carried large bones for a week and bowed to members. The group aims to promote excellence in medical work and connect college and medical school. Alpha Epsilon Delta is the nucleus. Crookshanks aka Bill also serves on the Central Collegian editorial staff.
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Billy Joe Crookshanks
Herbert Crookshanks
Central College
Fayette
Missouri
Scalpel and Forceps
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Crookshanks
Billy Joe
Bill
The
Central Collegian
County Agent Webb Embrey Resigns at Linn County Board Meeting
County agent Webb Embrey resigned from the Linn County Farm Bureau Board during its regular meeting, effective on or before May 1, 1943. Embrey arrived in Linn County in January 1942 and made many friends during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Embrey
Agricultural
Farm Bureau Board
Embrey
Linn County
Memorials at Bargain Prices From Fulkerson Monument Co
Local stock of memorial items bought before a price rise is offered at reduced rates. Fulkerson Monument Co of Brookfield Missouri invites buyers to secure pieces while supplies last.
Browning High Seniors Named in School Notes
Browning High School lists seniors Ray D. Peterson James B. Creason DeVon Gray Billy T. Sheen J. W. Lumsden Nolan R. Creason Howard W. Havens Edward Elliott Helen Falconer Fred Lee Montgomery Wilma Bagley Nellie Powell Joy Pryor Mary Sue Bennett Junior Jennings Marilee Kelly Norene Brookshier Ila Mae Cordray Marjorie Knifong Laverne Jennings Marjorie Stephenson Beva Jean Cox in the Junior Play April 20 notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning High School
Johnny Get Your Girl Farce Opens April 20
The three act farce Johnny, Get Your Girl by Jay Tobias will be presented April 20 featuring Johnny Goodman pursuing Polly Chafford amid schemes by Polly's relatives. The cast includes Polly Chafford, Charlie Chafford, Birdie Blotz, and Johnny Goodman with comic impersonations and a dramatic clash over an inheritance.
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Johnny
Jay Tobias
Swain
Johnny Goodman
Polly Chafford
Charlie Chafford
Charlie
Polly
Chafford
Cullen
Birdie Blotz
Helen Eastman
Adelaide Chafford
Waverly Ware
Betty Brown
Myron DeVore
Lucius Larrabee
Brown
Phillip Britton
Gertrude Northrup
Doris Mitchell
Isabeth Easley
Laverne Kirby
Hokey Polk
Charles Vincent
Joel Brookshier
Annual Junior Play Set for Tuesday April 20
The Annual Junior Play will be staged Tuesday night April 20. Chosen by junior sponsor Mrs. Brantner the production is Johnny Get Your Girl.
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Brantner
Johnny
Annual Junior Senior Banquet and Class Scheduling Update
On April 30 the junior senior banquet will be held in the high school auditorium. The boy s physical education class has been divided into two groups. Mr Page has the 9th and 10th grade boys the 8th period and the upper class boys the 9th period on Monday and Wednesday. Baseball is their favorite sport.
Susie and Her Lamb D T Parade Line in Verse
A brief verse note dedicated to Sue Bennett recalls Susie with a blonde lamb that trotted beside her as she walked, a simple children’s rhyme image captured in print.
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Sue Bennett
Susie
Lamb
D. T
Sunday Dinner Guests at Mrs Prather's Home
Jennie Epperson and Mr Jennie Epperson visited Mrs Elizabeth Prather for Sunday dinner in a social note from the community column.
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Jennie ‘Epperson
Elizabeth Prather
Duttons Welcome 63 Pound Baby Girl Catherine Sue
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dutton of Milan announce the arrival of their first child, a 63 pound baby girl named Catherine Sue, born April 9. Former Browning Public School superintendent Mr. Dutton and Dr. T. R. McArtor of Browning served as attending physician.
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John C. Dutton
Milan
Catherine Sue
Dutton
Browning Public School
T. R. McArtor
Browning
Browning Man Joins Chicago Radio Operation Training
Pfc. James Neet, 25, of Browning, is assigned to a Chicago Air Forces Technical School to train as a radio operator mechanic. The program, under Brig. Gen. Albert L. Sneed, uses former Stevens and Congress hotels and Chicago Coliseum buildings. Upon completion he may join a ground unit or, after further training, serve as an aerial gunner in a bomber crew. Neet is a Browning High School graduate and formerly worked for Consolidated Aircraft Corp in California.
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Chicago
Pfc
Harvey
James Neet
Jas. N. Neet
Browning
Air Forces Technical School
Stevens and Congress
Coliseum
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Albert L. Sneed
Neet
Air Force
Browning High School
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
California
Wool Pool Opening Set for April 19
Linn County wool growers directors announce opening the wool pool on April 19 if arrangements finish in time. Wool will be received at Linn county on May 2 with sacks available anytime after. John Mason has been hired as manager.
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Linn County Wool Growers
Linnque Ng
John Mason
Diary of Slats Family Home Life Fragments
Fragmented diary entries recount daily household tensions with misheard names and social gossip. Mrs Gillem and Mrs Maddock quarrel, a husband questioned, and a mother contemplating leaving. School events, marriage talk, and family dynamics surface in a stream of casual notes.
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James H. Pratt
Good
Mary M. Pratt
Guy Brookshier
Elizabeth Maloney
Minnie West
Mollie Mitchell
John Maloney
Sherman Hoskins
Cora
Pearl West
Keokuk
Iowa
Pratt
Brookshier
John Pratt
Cushing
Oklahoma
Hoskins
White Oak Church
Cornelius G. Tiahrt
Jenkins Cemetery
Schoene
H. L. Adams
Tish” Electric Theatre
Richard J. Thudium
San Francisco
Fulkerson Monument Co
Brookfield, Mo
Elfes
Toty Office
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arived
Gillem
Naber Ledy
Ari
Jane Dame
Marrie
Elsy
Gus
Jake
Attenshun
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