Baccalaureate Service Held Sunday Evening At 8
A local baccalaureate service opened with invocation by Rev. Chappell and featured a morning hymn by a mixed group. Rosalie Gooc performed A Perfect Day, with speaker introduction and address by Supt. John P. Ingerslow of Milan Methodist. The program included a rose solo by a girl’s glee group, benediction by Rev. Chappell, and a class roll listing 28 graduates. Class motto praised youth as democracy’s future. colors blue and white. flower red rose. Sponsor Supt. Lela Garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Chappell
Apap
Suneshpeseeeves
Rosalie Gooc
Fred Montgomery
John P. Ingerslow
Milan Methodist
Commencement Program Highlights and Participants
The program lists a band processional and prayers from Hans and Gretel, with the Girls Glee Club and Girls Chorus performing. Supt Garrison delivers the address with Dr F A Culmer, Professor V D Grice, and Mr H C Bailey presenting diplomas and giving benediction. The event features a band, chorus, speaker introductions, and diploma ceremonies.
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Chappell
Hans and Gretel
Garrison
F. A. Culmer
Central
Ee Fayette
H. C. Bailey
Mets
V. D. Grice
When We Write Home to Camp Boys Today
A reflection on sending mail to American service members abroad. The piece notes that many receive joyful news from home while some arrive with empty hands, feeling lonely and overlooked. It urges readers to remember the loneliness of those in camps and to write to them promptly.
Death Notice Blanche Heckethorn of Ferguson
Blanche Heckethorn born March 9 1887 in Ohio moved to Browning Missouri as a child married Emmett Heckethorn in 1908 four children Alva Leonard Porter Florence died April 16 1943 in St Louis Funeral at White Funeral Home Ferguson burial at Memorial Cemetery Monday April 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Burdette Heckethorn
Anna Blanche Burdette Heckethorn
M.S. Burdette
Ohio
Browning
Missouri
Emmett Heckethorn
Casper
Wyoming
Alva B
Leonard
Porter
Florence
Heckethorn
St. Louis
Ferguson
California
Eva Wilson
Lula McClaskey
Litchfield
Illinois
Mabelle Jeske
Robert F. Burdette
Willis H. Burdette
White Funeral
Memorialie
Take A Letter Darling at Electric Theatre
Saturday and Sunday show reviews praise the film as superbly written acted and directed. Rosalind Russell plays a clever advertising firm partner aided by Fred MacMurray as her secretary. The plot of romance and wit resolves satisfyingly after 93 minutes of entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind Russell
Fred MacMurrey
For Sale Items Auction By Joe Christy
For Sale notice lists gray mares ages seven and eight well broke a Jersey cow due to freshen soon one sow six pigs and one set harness buyers urged to see this weekend Joe Christy coordinates the sale.
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Joe Christy
10 head coming yearling white face cattle
C L McQuown offers 10 head of yearling white face cattle for sale as listed in the local notice. sale details and terms not fully shown in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. McQuown
Wanted 100 Feeder HogS for Roy Haley
Roy Haley advertises for about 100 feeder hogs, preferring thin sows and boars. Item seeks livestock supply with specific body condition.
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Roy Haley
Sunday Church Plan Urges Attendance for May Second
The Methodist Church led by C. J. Chappell invites families to Sunday school at 10 am aiming for 100 attendees and to stay for the 11 am service. Baptism and reception of members will conclude the morning service. Begin plans now for the day.
Stitch and Chatter Club Meets With Florence Elliott
Stitch and Chatter Club April 8 gathered with Florence Elliott and members including Camora Spencer Alta DeVore Alice DeVore Alma Hanman Amelia Allie Ware Hallie Minor Alp Christy Donna Lambert Beth Cox Mollie Cordray Clara Hanman Merilee Ware Peggy Browning Gary Mary Jo Patty Barbara Hanman Bart Lambert Jim Elliott Ted Hanman and others. They quilted a double wedding ring quilt and embroidered patriotic kittens tea towels while sharing stories, snacks, and a grab bag roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitch and Chatter Club
Florence Elliott
Camora Spencer
Alta
Alice DeVore
Alma Hanman
Amelia
Ireneee
Allie Ware
Hallie Minor
Alp Christy
Donna Lambert
Beth Cox
Mollie’ Cordray
Alma
Comora
Ireland
Alice
Clara
Doris Hanman
Florence
Jim Elliott
Irene
Ray Kelly
Raymond
L. IT
John Allen Kelly
Mildred Brantner
Blanche Bevier
Melba Brantner
Ted Hanman
Bill DeVore
Abbott Family Reunion Brings Kin Together in Missouri
Elwood Abbott returns from Denver to Missouri for a long awaited family reunion at Browning and Bethel Church. The gathering reunites siblings and relatives from Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado with stories of childhood pranks and music, and plans a larger reunion hoped for in coming years.
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William Dudley Abbott
Missouri
Mahalda Kirby
Wes Martin Dudley Abbott
Linn County
Martha Price
West
Elwood
Greve
Nellie
Emmett
Harold
Ralph
Ruby
Denver
Colorado
Kansas City
Harold Abbott
Browning
Bethel Church
Price Cemetery
Elwood Abbott
Cole
Perry McCollum
Winigan
Carl Thudhum
Franklin
Emmett Abbott
Green City
Marvin and
Marlene
Ralph Abbott
Lincoln
Neb
Ruby Baker
Jo Ann
Stanley
Wilfred
Carrollton
Emil Madorin
Barbara
Freddy
Neal Abbott
Trenton
Ralph Lorence
Green Castle
Eudema Page
Jefferson City
Earl Abbott
Nile
Marjorie Ed
Mellie Abbott
Goldsberry
Elma Abbott
Alton Abbott
New Boston
Albert Cassity
Bk. L. Foss
Mary McCollum
Albert Wallace
Nebraska
Brookfield resident Wm. Burkholder visits on Saturday
Wm. Burkholder of Brookfield was in town Saturday to attend to pending business matters.
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Wm. Burkholder
Brookfield
Notice of Stockholders Meeting Citizens Savings Bank Browning
The eighth annual stockholders meeting of Citizens Savings Bank of Browning Missouri will be held at the banking house in Browning on May 11 1943 at 9 00 a m for at least three hours. The purpose is to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business. H S Johnson president Lok secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Savings Bank of Browning
Browning
Missouri
H. S. Johnsong
Lok
P. E. O. Meeting Hosts Notable Ritual Exemplification
Mrs Hinda Rush hosted the local P. E. O. Chapter on Wednesday April 14. Officers presented the Exemplification of the Ritual with credit, followed by a social hour. Mrs Bertha Haning delivered a timely article titled For Days. A dessert course was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinda Rush
Bertha Haning
Births Report From North Salem Area
Mr and Mrs Eldon Head announce a 74 lb baby girl born April 10 with Dr McArtor as attending physician. Mr and Mrs Floyd Kelly announce a 6 lb baby girl born April 24 named Nina Manne rs Kelley, previously Miss Hazel Bundies, with Dr McArtor as attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Kelly
Nina Manners
Kelley
Hazel Bundies
Dr. McArtor
Cinderella Club Hosts Dessert Bridge Evening
Cinderella Club members and guests attended a Dessert Bridge night on Tuesday. High score honors went to Mrs Jennings and Mrs Drake, with consolation to Mrs Garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Brantner
Cinderella Club
Mesdames Almeda Perer
Helen Carter
Mariyn Gooch
Martha Gooch
Dorothy Drake
Lela Garrison
Lena Kenley
Stella Page
Mary Wilkison
Lila Williams
Jennings
Drake
Garrison
Dixon hurt at mill in Milan hospital bound
Dixon of M F A Co op is in Simpson hospital Milan with a badly mashed finger on the right hand from grinding feed at the hammer mill.
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Bob
Dixon
Simpson Hospital
Milan
Pressure cookers allocated for Linn County rationing plan
The department will allocate 150000 pressure cookers under a Linn County program. Rural and urban residents may apply for purchase certificates as individuals, neighborhood pools, or organizations sharing use. Applications require all members' signatures and are available from local Farm Machinery Rationing Board officials in Linenus Missouri.
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Linn County
Farm Machinery Rationing Board
Earl Foster
AAA Farmer
T. L. Nolain
FSA
Harold Costigan
Linenus
Missouri
Memor ials offered at favorable stock prices before rise
Fulkerson Bennet Co. of Brood Mo. promotes a fortunate opportunity to buy a stock of memorials purchased prior to any price increase. The notice urges customers to act quickly to take advantage of the remaining inventory.
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Fulkerson Bennet Co
Brood, Mo
Hinsdale Coach Harvey Dickinson to be commissioned Ensign
Hinsdale High School athletic director Harvey Fields Dickinson will be commissioned as Ensign in the U S Navy and report May 27 to the preflight school at Chapel Hill North Carolina. He will serve in the physical education line developing aviation students and has guided Hinsdale teams to conference titles and strong showings in track and basketball.
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Hinsdale
Illinois
Harvey Fields Dickinson
Hinsdale High School
United States Navy
United State’s Navy
Chapel Hill
North
Carolina
Dickinson
Hinsdale Recreation Committee
OCD
Culver-Stockton College
Hinsdaleans
H.T.H.S
Farewell Party For Raymond Before Fort Leavenworth Assignment
The Friendship Circle Club hosted at Floyd Brown's home on Tuesday night April 13 to bid farewell to Raymond who leaves Wednesday at noon for Fort Leavenworth Kansas to begin military duty. Ice cream and cake were served. many friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Circle Club
Floyd Brown
Raymond
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Clyde McCollum
Rozanne
Willie Woodside
Verlan Ogle
Earl Stone
Phyllis
Janet
Jay Smith
Dixie
Erwin Smith
Eugene
Arlene
Jerald
Riddle
Henry Patterson
Pansy Lou
Bonnie
Wendell
Michael
Clarence Sheen
Billy
Curt Bagley
Clarice
Wilma
Marjorie Stephenson
Jim Slater
Friendship Circle Meets for April 21 Session
The Friendship Circle Club led by Mrs. Earl Stone met Wednesday afternoon with eight members two visitors and seven children. The president read a poem The Kid has Come to the Colors. Members studied home nursing. A box of cookies and candy was sent to Ivan Smith at a South Carolina camp. Wanda announced a flower contest won by Frances with a defense stamp prize. Next meeting hosted by Mrs Clarence Skeen on May 5.
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Friendship Circle Club
Earl Stone
Ivan Smith
South Carolina
Wanda
Frances
Clarence Skeen
C. R
Ration Stamp Schedule Notes May Expirations
The notice outlines gasoline, sugar, coffee, fuel oil, and shoe ration stamps with respective good-for quantities and expiration windows. A, B, C, D stamps expire April 30. blue stamps D E F expire April 30 while G H J become valid April 24 and expire April 30. additional stamps such as red stamps and wartime Beck shoes are dated through June 15 or later with changes to validity noted.
War Ration Book No 3 to Be Mailed to 120 Million
The Office of Price Administration will distribute War Ration Book No 3 to more than 120 million people. Mailmen will deliver postcard forms May 21 to June 5 and households mail the filled card to OPAA to receive the replacement book. Prentiss M Brown notes Book 3 replaces stamps now in use and future rationing will be announced officially if needed. A newly formed township board led by C C Drake Jerry Jennings and H V Campbell supervised street maintenance Friday. Arthur Bennett secured as operator Haley was booking after interests here.
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OPA
OPAA
Prentiss M. Brown
C.C. Drake
Jerry Jennings
H. V. Campbell
Arthur Bennett
Haley
Fire destroys brooder house and 300 chicks
A storm night fire destroyed the Law family brooder house and about three hundred young chicks. It is unclear if the blaze started from the brooder stove or was caused by lightning.
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Bennie Law
Slats Diary Sunday to Friday about school and family life
A diary entry recounts a week of a youth named Slats noting small events. He comments on a church service dime for heathens, a newspaper marriage notice, a rude editor, his parents and siblings, a math prize for a 9 times 7 problem, and romances with Jane marked by playful mischief and innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
S. S
P.m
Jane
Elsy Deerly
Otto
Napoleum
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willUur Benediction
Ray D. Peterson
Jas B. Creason
DeVon Gray
Billy T. Skeen
J. W. Lumsden
Nolan R. Creason
Howard Havens
Edward Elliott
Helen Falconer
Wilma Bagley
Joy Pryor
Nellie Powell
Mary Sue Bennett
Junior Jennings
Marilee Kelly
Norene Brookshier
Beva Jean Cox
Ha Mae Cor
Ray Duane Peterson
Junior Fanning
Electric Theatre
Abbott
P. E. O. Meeting
Harvey F. Dickinson
U. S. Navy
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