Shelby Items: August 2 notes from local outings and visits
The Jelly Jones Club held its annual outing in Chillicothe Park on Sunday August 1. Ben Cattey and family were visited by Robert Hoskins and wife. 4 H Club met at Lawrence Riley home to plan Linneus Round-Up. Various Shelby residentsSpend days with and travel to nearby towns including Brookfield Purdin Kirksville and Brookfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelly Jones Club
Chillicothe
Ben Cattey
Robert Hoskins
Shelby
Brookfield
Saturmley
Lawrence Riley
Linneus
H. N. Jaynes
Derwin Cornwall
Alex Finney and Sons
Pleasant Hill Arrivals and Local News Recap
Pleasant Hill gossip notes visitors and local trips. Mr and Mrs James Smith travel from St Louis to visit relatives while Herman Smith returns to work in St Louis. Spencer Britton takes second in Regional F F A public speaking in Kansas City with Nebraska winner edging him. Local families host and visit at the Britton Spencer and Mairs households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
James Smith
Edwin
St. Louis
A. L. Knnfong
Lynden
Everett Riley
Herman Smith
Herman
Bernice McCollum
Junior Tucker
Harry Nickell
Fern
Billy Newton
Thelma Tucker
Browning
Phillip Britton
Moline
Ill
Kenneth
Donald Knifong
Brookfield
B.O. Brantner
Shirley
Glenda
John Browning
Peggy
Haskell Spencer and
Lyle Britton and
Lyle Britton and Sons
G. M. Spencer
Shafter Items Busy Haying and Social News
Local notes report rains and a good oat crop with a high of fifty bushels. Community members attend gatherings in Chillicothe and Browning, mention soldiers in training, visits to relatives, and updates on residents’ health and letters from overseas. Many names appear including Morris Phillips Hammock Campbell and Hicks, with travel to Leavenworth and notes on the True Blue Club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Stone
Shafter
Donald
Tom Allen
Iowa
George Phillips
R. E. Smith
Roy
Ray
Lelia Hicks
Elmer Hammock
L. W. Arnold
Chillicothe
L. W
Fay
Everett Crookshanks
True Blue Club
Howard Hall
van Vencill
Jane
Purdin
Fay Coulter
Betty Hall
Long Beach
Calif
W. R. Phillips
Aberdeen
Maryland
Pvt. Hall
Geo. Phillips
Herman Cooper
Price Gilmer
Floy Morris
Bobby Shifflett
Tommy
Julius Wood
Bobby Shifflet
Ted Hicks
England
Glenn
Waverly Stevenson
Community Notes From Purdin And Vicinity
County line items show visits among Crookshanks Baskett Jenning and Crooks families. Local mentions include Alpha Lay sick Heal swiftly. Purdin area property transfers, school roof work, and new teachers plus Travis Smith enlists in the Navy.
Purdin Items: Rain Brings Hope as Army Returnee Comes Home
A Saturday morning rain marks the heaviest in some time and residents hope for more. James Shufflebarger, son of John Shufflebarger, returned home from an army camp with an honorable discharge. Local illnesses are about the same or slightly better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shufflebarger
John Shufflebarger
4 H Club Day Draws Neighborhood Attendance at Linneus
A large neighborhood turnout for the 4 H Club day on August 5 at Linneus reported a good day. Mrs. John Rulon and her sons visited home folks Friday. Alex Finney's sons baled their father's day with help from Norman McDonnald over the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linneus
John Rulon
Alex Finney
Norman McDonnald
4 H Club Day Highlights and Local Social Notes
Dora Cornwall and son attended 4 H club day in Linneus on Thursday. The Grove Hill Club won several ribbons at Linneus. Ronald McDonnald and Junior Rulon earned blue ribbons for grooming a club calf and won a trip to Trenton on August 28. Mrs. Nellie Jaynes and the Grover Kearnses shopped in Linneus and Purdin Thursday afternoon. Everson Carr is poorly. Dr. McArtor of Browning called Friday. Mrs. John Bunyan and Dorothy Jean spent the weekend at Lehman Powell’s. Lawrence Bailey and family Nellie Kerns and Dicky Thumbo spent Thursday at Linneus. Quinn Guyer and family attended 4 H day. Guyer is Sewing Leader of Bear Branch Club. John Simpson family welcomed a new granddaughter at Laclede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Crookshanks
Chillicothe
Clarence Crookshanks
J. B. Baskett
U.S. Army
Noble Crooks
Jewell
Alpha Lay
Kenneth Jennings
Walter
John Quigley
Wanda
Bill
George Jennings
Laverne
Beryl Warren
Morris Crookshanks and
Ed Sayers
Junior Phillips
Kenneth. Jennings
Gee. Crooks
Baby
Cecil Crooks
Kansas City
J. W. Gooch
Frances Gooch
Mable Lee
Morris Crockshanks
J. W
Navy
Will Myers
Bucklin
Kenneth Arnold
Fred Cassity
Kenneth
FBI Service
St. Louis
Nellie Garrett
Joann
Thurday
Purdin
Homer Cooper
Grover Garrett
Austin Myers
Bobby
Marie Conley
Roe Conley
Alva Stone
John Stone
Earnest Pearson
T. H. Thorne
Purdin School
Rose Chambers
Shelby
Travis Smith
Dora Cornwall
Linneus
Roxie Finney
Wilma Rose
Browning
Roy Spencer
Oklahoma
L. T
Trenton
Nellie Jaynes
Grover Kearns
Everson Carr
Dr. McArtor
John Bunyan
Dorothy Jean
Lehman Powell
Herbert Wilson
Brookfield
Lawrence Bailey
Nellie Kerns
Dicky Thumbo
Quinn Guyer
Guyer
Bear
John Simpson
Laclede
Also Mentioned on This Page
Browning, Missouri
Missouri
T. R. McArtor
M. D
DR. Vinton Jones
Schoene’s
Herman Adams
Pleasant Hill
Edgar Morris
Tom Kimbrough
Billie
Margaret
Veda Hammock
Grover Murrell
Harold’ Campbell
Campbells
Alice
Arnold
Meadville
Carlos Hicks
Bonnie
Misses Mary and
Coriene
James Phillips
Army
Roy Smith
Bill Steele
East of Browning
Leavenworth
Kansas
James Hammock
Virgil Molloy
Wayne Bagley
Illinois
Bertha Jennings
James Morris
Jenny Sue
Harold Campbell
Sanford Campbell
Agell
Near
Galt
Walter Browning
Electric Theatre
Gene Autry
Gene
Millhouse
Borrah Minnevitch
Harmonica School
Staley
M. F. A. Central Cooperative
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