Purdin Croquet Tournament Planning Under Way
Purdin prepares for its annual croquet event starting August 11 or 12 with sixteen teams. Captains are B. F. Darr and R. L. Hale, nine matches per evening until twenty four games complete, then winning side hosts a big seed.
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Purdin
B. F. Darr
R. L. Hale
Roy Brown
Mack Molloy
J. N. Edens
Henry Hale
van Vencill
C. McNally
Virgil Lee
Mark Gooch
H. L. Fuller
O. Helms
W. A. Smith
B. F. Carr
Clifford Chambers
Rex Hale
H. Buswell
Interior Secretary Ickes Attacked by Municipal Plant Advocates
Harold Ickes faces criticism from municipal power advocates who dispute his stance on building publicly owned electric plants. They argue private systems already serve towns efficiently and economically, warning against universal municipal ownership regardless of need.
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Harold Ickes
Interior
PWA
Locust Drainage District meeting and district notices
Notice of annual meeting of Locust Creek Drainage District in Linn and Sullivan Counties Missouri to elect a supervisor. Also report on D D Bridge Club August 1 gathering with prizes won by Helen Carter and Evelyn Neely. Soil Conservation Association organized with 26 attendees and plans to aid farm soil saving efforts.
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D. D
Frances Carr
Helen Carter
Evelyn Neely
Virginia Bolling
Della Peters
Beverly Moore
Velma Jennings
Ila Nevins
Erma Peterson
Linn
Sullivan Counties
Ling and
Missouri
Linneus
Misouri
Board of Supervisors
G. W. Grider
F. L. Fitch
Soil Conservation Asso
Linn County Soil Conservation Association
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Association
CCC
Soil Saving Earth Structures Cooperative
T. T. Lamme
Antone Forst
E. A. Loomis
Blaine Fleming
Price Hoskins
Friendship Circle Club Holds July Meeting With Nine Members
The Friendship Circle club met July 31 with nine members and four visitors including Mrs. Susie Reid of Pur din and the Bagley and Blender families. A dress was made for Ruth Gooch, and a Mrs Kathryn Smith led a program while Lou Slater won a dress. the next meeting shifts to August 15 due to a Brown ing club event.
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Friendship Circle Club
L. J. Houser
Edna
Margaret Bagley
Jule
Kathryn Blender
Loy Slater
Frances Smith
Katherne Smith
Marjorie Ogle
Susie Reid
Purdin
George Gooch
Hazel
Ruth
Eugene
Arlene Smith
Wilma
Claris Bagley
Stella
May
Gale
Reid Blender
Stella Armstrong
Kathryn Smith
Lou Slater
Ruth Gooch
Dave Ogle
Browning
Local visitors and family news from town
Uncle Jim Brassfield was in town Saturday. Joe Street of Purdin was a business visitor Friday. Mrs. Alta McKinstray of Milan spent the last of the week with her niece, Mrs. Alda Brookshier and family. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Robinson and Miss Imogene Maggart of Roger were visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor and daughters were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Loren Vincent. Mrs. Laura Henry left Saturday for a visit with sister Mary Bartimus in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mason Thurlo caught a 524 pound fish at Burke Bend north of town Saturday. Reid Johnson, at State Teachers College Kirksville, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson.
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Jim Brassfield
Joe Street
Purdin
Alta McKinstray
Milan
Alda Brookshier
Forrest Robinson Troit
Imogene Maggart
Roger
George Taylor
J. Loren Vincent
Laura Henry
Mary Bartimus
Goelorado Springs
Colo
Mason Thurlo
Burke Bend
Reid Johnson
State Teachers College
Kirksville
Gordon Johnson
Linn County Leads in Corn Hog Contract Submissions
Linn County sent in Group 1 corn hog contracts for the 1935 first payment within ten days. Some contracts have been paid in Missouri and neighboring states. County Agent Hall expects payment here only by the end of August as Linn County remains near the front in submitting contracts.
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Linn County
Washington
Missouri
Hall
Breeding Balanced Egg Laying urged by Dr. Rice
Frank Priebe reports from Chicago on Dr. James E. Rice of Cornell, now in New York state, urging poultry breeders to balance traits. He warns high egg output without body size and vigor harms birds, citing Leghorn breeders and high mortality. He urges growing birds to 4 or 5 pounds before increasing eggs.
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Poultry
United States
International Baby Chick Association
Chicago
James E. Rice
Dr. Rice
Rice
Frank Priebe
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Ioods
Peter Pan Gingham
Circle Bargains
Farmers Store
St. Louis
Greenwich Lye
Kellogg’s Corn
Lady Esther
EL Vampiro
Browning and
Harris
Kasper’s
Wolverine
Armour
Ben Hur
P&g
Wisconsin
Longhorn
Hamburger
Ickes
Herman Allen
J. A. Lay
Joe Johnson
Ora Major
Opal Johnson
G. T. Carter
Belle Riley
S. Lantz
C. L McCormick
Donald
Hardin George
Babe
Dr. Becker
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